Sew darling!

As you might guess from some of the blogs I follow, I've been into sewing lately.  My mom taught me to sew when I was a little girl; together we made blankets, quilts, a stuffed animal (I think it was a bunny?), clothes and other things.  I'm so glad she took the time to impart this useful skill.  I borrowed her sewing machine a few weeks ago, and I've still got it.  Thankfully she doesn't need it anytime soon, because I've been enjoying playing around and seeing what I can make from the scraps of material and old clothing we have.  We had a bag set aside to take to a thrift store, but at the last minute I realized that some of the shirts could be refashioned into new things.  It's a satisfying sense of accomplishment to be able to create a useful item, especially when it only takes a day to make!

Here's a scarf I put together from two shirts:

I LOVE the accessories which accompany colder weather.  Scarves in particular!  Every year as fall approaches I practically go crazy over all the wonderful colors and textures in the stores.  But it's just not practical right now for me to be buying anything superfluous.  I feel incredibly empowered by solving this problem without spending a penny.