This post is mainly for showing off to my mother that I actually picked up a needle and thread.
Happily I didn’t need to go shopping for new jeans. (All my old ones worn in the nether regions which is really annoying as they are so comfy)
I found this pair that had the seat of the pants in tact but no button.
Because I am so organised, I found my needle and thread set straight away and got onto it.
(Hopefully my Mum is not having a nice relaxing cuppa as she reads this because she’ll probably snort it the wrong way!!)
AND – It didn’t just stop at the button! I like my jeans with pretty bits about the cuffs – I bought two different types of ribbon in Japan for this. This one was the easier one to get off the old pair and on to the new.
I would like to point out the needle and thread in this photo specifically.
No stapler. No glue. No double sided tape! (Although I am probably going to lose major points for using Navy Blue thread!! hee hee)
My mother is a dressmaker and also teaches sewing. (And an amazing one at that!!) When I was 15 she found some of my much loved but falling apart underwear carefully stapled together. I think it was clear then I was never going to be much of a sewer!!
I am the Queen of Unfinished Jobs
Seems one glove or bootee of a set is all I can manage to sew together. I seem to lose momentum after the second glove is knitted!!
Never mind.
In other news…
I would like to mention that when one does not own a mobile phone, its a drama and a half changing a pin number on a bank card!!
I found my international money cards but since it has been a couple of years or so since we used them I had no idea the pin number! Online help was no help. So I ducked into the bank and got them to sort it out. Mind you… several phone calls later with comments like “Who doesn’t own a mobile phone these days??” we finally got it worked out so I can actually put some money on them to take with me! It was a learning curve for the bank manager. He hadn’t come across that problem before!!
In cheering news, my bags are 95% packed and sorted!
I have four full days before I travel!! Reckon we can fit a hike in there somewhere??
Cheers!
