One of my goals this year is to work with fabrics and materials that I don’t have any experience with. There are certain materials that give me the willies and over the years I have dipped my experiential toe into working with them. This year is to basically work with leather enough that it doesn’t [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
Repairing a Blue Jeans Fly – Part 2: The Zombie Attack Version
Even if you don’t have a zipper, you can repair a fly so that you can still close it.
Replacing a zipper on blue jeans – Part 1
Given what it costs at the tailor’s to get a zipper replaced, it’s a skill that is worth knowing.
The Little Red Hen Moves
Far be it from me to make the claim that Aunt Toby and the DH are experts at raising chickens or hatching chickens with a broody hen. Chickens, as I have noted before, are the ‘gateway drug’ of livestock raising: as long as you can keep them save, fed and watered, you are good [...]
Saving the Least Worst – Blue Jeans, That Is
A good pair of blue jeans is worth patching and saving.
Snowed In? No Power? Cook With Your Grill!
If you lose all your power, you can still cook for your family using a gas or charcoal grill. Here are two ideas to show you just how versatile a grill can be.
Strike While the Iron is Hot
What we’ll be covering over the next several weeks — and what are your ideas?
Well, let’s not brood about it
We have a hen that has gone broody so we’re allowing her to do what is coming naturally – sit on and hatch out eggs.
Not a Chanel
You can use a pattern for all sorts of things – it all depends on the fabric.
Kitchen Counter Economics is a community where we can share ideas on how to save money, live more sustainably, and gain control over the stuff of daily living for ourselves and our families in the current economic environment. This started as a series of diary postings at the 
