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Tutorial: Upcycle a T-Shirt to Underpants | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: Upcycle a T-Shirt to Underpants

I recently rescued a whole stack of my husband’s old t-shirts from certain death in the trashcan. There were a few small holes in all of them, but the vast majority of the fabric in each was still usable. After I got over my initial shock and dismay that he would throw away potentially useful …

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I Sewed My First Old Lady Blouse! | Red-Handled Scissors

I Sewed My First Old Lady Blouse!

Tonight, I was going to post about this week’s CSA share, and how we got a million more pounds of strawberries and rhubarb (and asparagus!), but this is way more important: I finally finished sewing my VERY FIRST SHIRT, and it fits! It’s cut petite, it buttons over my chest-height lady-parts, and is completely passable …

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Friday Internet Crushes: There's No Place Like Home | Red-Handled Scissors

Friday Internet Crushes: There’s No Place Like Home

Urban Indoor Vertical Garden (Photo care of http://www.nytimes.com) I long to have this kind of space for indoor gardening in the city (not to mention the south-facing windows that must be on the other side of the photo)! I’m pretty sure I could make a whole wall garden out of basil and catnip. That would …

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Mustache Underpants | Red-Handled Scissors

Mustache Underpants

After I embroidered a mustache onto a handkerchief for my husband for Valentine’s Day, I (understandably) wanted to put mustaches on everything. This, of course, prompted my friends to come up with the most silly/odd places where one might stitch a mustache. In the end, it was unanimously decided that mustaches on underpants would be …

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