I was able to stretch my sweater! My thrifted new-to-me 100% cotton sweater ended up in the dryer and shrank down to kid size. I washed it again and was able to stretch it out! Success! If I couldn’t fix it, I was going to reduce the arm length down for my son since it…
Pair your donations. Make sure to tie shoelaces together on shoes, or rubber band shoes together. For socks, roll them in each other. Bag and label other sets of items. If I took a tag off and I know what the size was, I like to permanent marker the size in the neck or waistband…
Super proud of my husband this morning who replaced the igniter on our water heater. Thank you internet. I’m also grateful for my time at Building Services at the City of Austin so I could direct him to a local Granger for the part. Austin has two locations if you need something local like this.…
My son was so excited to find these baskets for me! Wash your baskets, especially ones that are new to you and are from second hand or thrift stores. Even from other people you know. Just wash things that are new to you to clear out dust, animal dander, etc. This is the super dark…
This sweater is 15 years old, at least. It’s from Kohl’s. When you shop, thrift, and/or borrow, buy/find good quality pieces and take care of them. My sweater is washed on the gentle cycle, air dried and I use my fabric shaver on it to remove pills. Pills mostly occur in the armpits. I fold…
In the midst of vaccinations hangover (so tired from flu and Covid vaccines) I felt like mending so I went through my little pile that needed the sewing machine, which is pictured here. I ripped the hem on my pajama bottoms, an arm seam burst on a t-shirt, my husband busted the armpit on a…
Photo: on the left is the original black silicone band for a FitBit Inspire 2, along with my pink and blue blue shark 4ocean bracelet (retired) in front of an open field of grass and trees. In the middle and on the right are my fabric replacements. The middle is teal and pink in an…
Repair You can shave the pill/bumps of fabric off many items to refresh them. My son wanted us to throw this pillow cover away because it was scratchy from pill pumps but it just needed a good shaving. I’ve also used a fabric shaver on athletic pants, shoes and sweater material. A fabric shaver is…
Repair If your hang tag breaks you can fix it. My ZWBL (Zero Waste Block Leader) hang tag broke the very first time I tried to hang it in my car. It’s really thick plastic. This was easy to drill through on each side after I broke off the other top part to even them…