7 Mistakes of Food Storage
This was a really good (and short) article.
We have gotten our storage buckets from the bakery department in most stores (Target or other grocery store). THey are easy to clean out AND work wonderfully well. Best of all, THEY ARE FREE!!!
This article brings up some good points.
4 days ago
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Hi, Paula. Saw your comment at Lady Lydia's blog about how you would like to learn to sew.
Yes, this can be quite tricky unless somebody shows you how to do it. I learned in home economics class years ago (I'm 55) and I am glad.
Are there any books in your library that you can borrow to show you how? Sometimes, Singer Sewing Centers (sewing machine stores or even fabric stores) give free lessons or at least don't charge much. Maybe there would be a DVD out there that could demonstrate.
I am an older lady at home. None of the younger ladies around here stay home unfortunately.
Here is a little tip that might help you: When you have a minute (like when the children are down for a nap) let the housework go for a while and get a couple of old garments that are too used or too out of style to be worn any longer: a man's shirt, and a girl's dress, for instance, or some other things.
Buy a seam ripper at WalMart for about $1.00. You will need one anyway when you start sewing for real. Invaluable.
Sit down and get some good lighting. Take these garments apart seam by seam with your seam ripper. As you do this, notice how the garments are constructed -- how the armholes are set in, how the collar is stitched in, how the hem is done, how the buttons and buttonholes are sewn on, how the facings or linings are sewn in, etc.
This will help you when you put your clothing together after you cut the material out with a pattern. Just knowing how garments are constructed is very helpful.
When you are done, save the buttons, zippers, etc. Cut up the material for cleaning rags, or homemade stuffed animals, or to cut in squares for quilts, or to top little jars of jam for gifts, or to top jars of buttons to use as a decoration (rubber-band them on, then top the rubber-band with a ribbon), or cut in strips for rag rugs.
You could also sew these ripped-apart garments back together for practice, then cut them apart again for other uses or discard. This practice may be helpful, and you won't mess up nice material before you know what you are doing.
Hope this helps a little.
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