And the Mending and the Washing and the Ironing…..

Mending week is over.  Finally.  But of course the washing never ends.  I did put an end to the ironing a good 9 years ago when I decided not to purchase any more clothing that requires ironing.  Brilliant.   Now whenever I pull out my ironing board, it is to “press” something.  And that my friends is totally different.  This week  I’ve sewed on buttons (an eternal chore) fixed large shouldered dresses to fit small shouldered little girls and mended a favorite sweater. But the real project was jeans.   It seems that everyone’s jeans have holes.  Everyone’s.  Mine,  Scott’s, the neighbor down the street and their two boys.  And so this week has been spent mending jeans.  A totally thankless (even though they all said thank you), but cost effective task.  And, sewing patches inside and outside the small legs of jeans for small boys is a workout.  You can cross exercise off the list after a few pairs of those.  (Not that exercise ever goes on my list.  It doesn’t.) This was my stack to start with.

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OK, that may be a bit of an exaggeration.  But only a little.  Mending jeans is totally uninspiring, unless of course you are AmySmart, then you can make mending fun.  I can’t make mending fun, particularly when it is jeans for us adults.  That just  doesn’t seem conducive to funness and cute heart and flower patches.   Somehow I don’t think my neighbors husband would have been pleased with hearts on his knees and back pockets.  Though for the life of me I can’t figure out why.   For his jeans he requested some mend-distress-ing.  Aftermarket distressing? I don’t know exactly what to call it.  I guess he  did the real heavy duty  distressing before they came to me, and I did the patching up kind of distressing.  Kind of  like re-distressing his distress…. now  I am just confusing myself.

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Anyway, what I did for his was kind of like this tutorial here.  I was surprised at how it turned out.  I mean, I would never pay good  money for pants that already had holes in them.  But I can get behind the aftermarket distressing and repair technique.  I’ll try this one again.  It’s practical and trendy.  And since when have those two things ever gone hand in hand?

In other sewing news/un-news.  My alphabet quilt is coming along nice and slow.  My original plan was to be done by April 15th…. but it’s not going to happen I don’t think it’s going to happen.  Ah well, no big deal.  It has been a fun evening project.  And having it in my lap and stitching away makes TV bearable to watch.  Kind of.

I also have some really great news about my Alisa Sue quilt.  I found out that it  sold at the charity auction in Omaha last Saturday for $95.00.  I was SOOOO excited and I couldn’t be more pleased.  I am so thankful that it was able to raise a little  money for Mariah’s family to help with her mind boggling  medical bills.  I am linking up to Amylouwho’s Sew&Tell.  Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments, I try to reply to every single one.  Don’t be shy, I’d love to “meet” you!