Thrift at Home

One day it finally registered with me that Genevieve was carrying her school pencils in a ziploc bag, punctured by their points and ugly as ...

"Boro" is Japanese mending using a field of sashiko (embroidery) stitches.  Boro is quite trendy on Pinterest right now, but I jus...

I have turned a corner with my knitting and am happily, confidently using double-pointed needles. I am knitting socks for Ben!  These legwar...

I woke up at 6am and immediately looked out the window and went out to this computer to see if the children had a delay.  There seems to be ...

A hole appeared in the knee of a nice pair of Ben's jeans.  I wondered if he would like a monster face there, something I had seen ...

Plenty of time to sew new boots for Phoebe.  I felted a thrift store sweater vest, and this time I added some calico toes and rick ...

I seem to have developed a pattern of making just one gift for someone every Christmas. This year, it was Phoebe and her little first cousin...