5 Minute Pants Patch

 

As promised, here is a tutorial on how to do a super easy 5 minute pants patch!

What prompted me to patch up my jeans, you might ask? Well, for one, I'm cheap thrifty. But more importantly, I hate shopping for pants. I find it incredibly difficult to find a pair that fits me just right, and are comfortable. And that are in my price range (can I say again, cheap thrifty?).

I'm a curvy lady. I don't have thigh gap. For some insane reason, thigh gap is a physical attribute to strive for these days. It's viewed as a very attractive physical attribute to have. There is even a Wikihow page on how to get thigh gap. Crazy I say! As a nutritionist, this kind of worries me. How many young girls are going to starve themselves to try and get this!? Now, if you are just a skinny person and this comes naturally that is a totally different story, so please do not be offended by this rant and be happy you don't have this problem.

Anyways! Back on track here.

For those who don't have thigh gap, you might be aware of how the inner thigh part of your pants wear down before the rest are ready to be retired. Your thighs rub together when you walk, this wears down your jeans. It never fails to be the first part of my pants to give out. So what's a girl to do with these otherwise perfectly good pair of pants!? Why, patch them up of course!

Now for the super simple tutorial:

 

Step 1: Find a nice scrap of fabric that covers the hole by about a 1/2" on each side. I used a scrap from my quilting fabric (100% cotton).

Step 2: Turn your pants inside out, and roughly pin the fabric scrap ensuring that the hole is fully covered.

Step 3: Stitch a 1/4" away from the edge of your fabric scrap all the way around, at least once. I decided to go around twice this time (and intentionally made it a bit messy...just the look I was going for).

The top patch you can see is one I did at least 6 months ago. I only stitched around once, and it has held up well since. When doing this second patch, I restitched the 1st as I noticed a couple stitches thinning out.

And Voila! Good as new! All patched up with a cute fabric, and no one will see your undies. Barely noticeable from the back, not at all from the front.

A Honky Tonk Mother's Day

A big Happy (belated) Mother's Day to all the mom's out there! I hope you all had a great, relaxing day. I sure did! First, Fin let me sleep in. Then Colin made me breakfast in bed (which Fin proceeded to steal from me asked me to share with him) and took Fin with him to brunch and a hike with his family.

I got to sew for the first time in ages. Like really sew. Not just a quick 2 minute session - a great 3 hour session!

It was fantastic. And relaxing.

And delicious. I made the best smoothie ever.

And now, I present Honky Tonk! Well, Honky Tonk quilt top. I'm calling that a win though!

It wasn't that long ago I gave you guys a sneak peak of it here back when I had just cut up the cute fabric by Moda. You can find Honky Tonk here, here, and on clearance here.

On a side note, this sucker was crazy hard to photograph today! It was a gorgeous and sunny day, but insanely windy. Since I was alone, I had no one to hold it up. Pretty much everywhere it was set down it tried to blow away.

Even though this week crazy busy, I'm really hoping to at least get it basted. It's a nice baby sized quilt, so that shouldn't be too hard. Right?

But I need your help! I actually have 3 perfect options for backing and I can't decide!

The minky would make it nice and cuddly for the sweet baby this will end up with (it will be in my shop once finished), but the green or coral will be much easier to work with when quilting. So please, leave a comment and tell me what you think would look best!


Be back soon with the promised DIY herb garden, Fabric bin liner tutorial, and 5 minute pants patch tutorial!

Eryn

May the Fourth be With You

I'm squeeking in the Star Wars celebration just in time! And this is what happened tonight:

Tonight Colin and I honoured the great Star Wars by watching Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back. It was one that I still hadn't seen (what!?), and is Colin's favourite. Win-win right?

 

An extra bonus for me was getting some more work done on R2D2. It's still a slow, slow progress, but progress none the less. As many of you might know, Yoda makes his appearance in Episode 5. And now I really want to make a Yoda quilt! One at a time though...i'll add it to the (already too long) list.

I had my Little Blue Birds to keep me cozy for the movie/sewing time too. I love this quilt. It was the second quilt I ever made (last spring - my first was for my soon to be born Nephew). It's just barely big enough for myself as a lap quilt and I backed it in a super soft Chocolate dimple dot minky. I'll post more on it later, and have more photos too!

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So three just weeks came...and then went. Far to fast. Again. I've been dabbling in a few different projects (besides the loads to do with Real Nutrition), and wanted to make sure I keep you guys in the loop!

On the way I will have a DIY Wall Hanging Herb Garden AND a tutorial on how to make Fabric Bin Liners. I promise you won't have to wait another three weeks for them either. This mama is trying desperately to get organized (and get energy).

 

This past week we had a really nice day (yes a nice day), so I took Fin for a walk to the Arboretum. He had a blast crawling around and playing with the grass.

 

I got pretty excited to see that all the trees are blooming! Every year it amazes me how fast all the trees bloom and then bam! Everything is green and fresh and summery.

 

This kid makes my heart melt.

See you soon with a DIY project and a tutorial!


Eryn