flower power to the rescue...

i have a favorite pair of jeans.

i.ve worn and washed them so many times now, they fit like butter.

like a second skin.

they are my go-to when i want to be comfy, like some reach for a pair of p.j's,

or a favorite sweater or pink fluffy pig slippers with ears.

what.s a girl to do when those bare worn threads at last break free 

and cause a most undesirable crater?

this was the question from my micah who is 10.

here.s an easy fix we tried

take a strip of fabric.  

{ours was about 2 in. wide and 12 inches long}

stick it under your needle and start twisting the strip on top of itself in a circle as you sew haphazardly everywhere around it.  just go crazy. 

 {i have a darning foot but you could use any foot.}  

here is the finished product.

see...no rhyme or reason to the stitches.

cut 2 leaf shapes from fabric and hand stitch them right onto the jeans.

take  your very imperfect flower and hand stitch it over the 

grand canyon in your pants.

VoiLa!!!

emotional comfort disaster avoided!

what brilliant ideas have you come up with lately?

cultivate cleverness!