Some Thoughts on Learning to Sew
Learning basic sewing skills is never a bad thing. Knowing how to patch a hole in a pair of pants or stitch up a tear in a sleeve are valuable skills, especially if there comes a time when clothes...
View ArticleSew Like a Pro Tip: Don’t Cut Your Patterns!
Here’s a little known sewing tip that will save you tons of hassle. Don’t cut your patterns. You know how you open up a pattern, especially a multi-sized one, and there are a bunch of different sizes...
View ArticleThe Short List of Essential Off-Grid Sewing Supplies
photo by shimelle In a grid down situation, sewing may become quite a valuable skill as clothes and furnishings need repaired, rebuilt, or created. Even in everyday life, having the tools and skills...
View ArticleOrganizing: The Remote Control Pillow
Living in a small space, I’m always looking for a little more organization in my life. With end tables made of food storage buckets instead of drawers, it leaves a few items without a good...
View ArticleFood Storage and Survival Radio Episode 13: Sewing Skills and Colonial...
Episode 13: Sewing Skills and Colonial Heritage Foundation Listen here! Part 2 of an Independence Day interview with Gregg Hardy from the Utah Colonial Heritage Foundation discussing events leading up...
View ArticleHow to Repair a Frayed Shirt Collar
My husband is arguably even cheaper more frugal than I am. Plus he gets attached to his clothes. Take this favorite shirt, for example. He brought this to me a couple of weeks ago. “Can you fix...
View ArticleFood Storage and Survival Radio Episode 45: Survival Sewing
Episode 45: Survival Sewing Listen here! Today we discuss the most likely reasons you’ll need to be able to sew, some easy ways to get started, and the essentials you’ll need for your survival sewing...
View ArticleFour Essential Survival Sewing Skills
You don’t need to be able to sew a masterpiece to have the essential skills you’re most likely to need in a long term emergency situation. The majority of sewing you will need to perform will fall...
View Article23 (mostly beginner) Preparedness Sewing Projects
Want to try your hand at sewing? How about taking on a project that, besides honing your sewing skills, will help you be better prepared when it’s finished? I’ve rounded up 23 great sewing projects...
View ArticleDIY Double 2 Liter Bottle Tote
Here’s an easy sewing project I dreamed up when trying to figure out how to be able to carry more water in an emergency. 2 liter soda bottles are so easy and inexpensive to get, wash, and fill for...
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