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Tutorial: Simple Pants Hemming | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: Simple Pants Hemming

Contrary to popular opinion, hemming pants can be spectacularly easy, and doesn’t need to involve cutting of any kind. This tutorial started out as a list of instructions for my friend Katy–who took me up on a recent boast that I could teach her how to hem a pair of pants over the internet–but I …

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Tutorial: Vermicomposting: Don't Forget to Feed the Worms | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: Vermicomposting: Don’t Forget to Feed the Worms

I cook a lot from scratch, and always prefer to use fresh produce rather than canned or frozen. With our CSA share and at least two farmers’ markets within easy walking distance, we end up with quite a pile of cores and vegetable peels by the end of the week. The idea of sending organic …

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