Retro Redo

 How I figured out a real diet without dieting for health and weight! Dang the long blurb I saved wouldnt post and then I overrode that in my clip board with the shorter one I had posted on a short. I'll retype with more details but ask me anything by email that you want while I work on it. Email is retroredo@yahoo.com I saw that too. Its hard. Ive been 200 lbs twice. Our bodies are programmed to eat. And overeating makes you want to do it more. I did weight watchers but they still really didnt explain how food works in your body. My partner got sick this last year. Went diabetic, jaundice and pancreatic cancer and gall stones 2 days after a clean bill of Health? They never tested for these things even as he complained about an off and on pain under his sternaum 20 years and oddly spiking triglycerides. With massive reading, science reports and more I realized the diabetic diet which the chain hospital had wrong and printed brochures on it? is just the food pyramid. For weight or d...

I'm making this a separte blog to make sure they work Well the links are there but dont show as the image which I made a pdf format. Too high of learning curve right now. Too many projects to make in a week. Hopefully you can print from my google drive link as I did make it viewable to all or highlight and copy the pic on the blog? Tested viewing blog outside from blog editing mode. I can highlight and copy the link which leads back to the google drive file. So hopefully that works to anyone that wants the pic or I can send back as email attachments. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PBBkqyfzf-7C4rwdHLYh-XyngpgjRokv/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PAHJUyK063q8IidqfThhIolOQauebRBd/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PILunc1f5pygVXXePSDABjWksBnTiRWQ/view?usp=drivesdk

 I have so many scraps especially from making masks. I wanted to use them up but also keep thinking of ways to do things for the kids in town. We retired to this small rural town inland Southern California. Much of the activites are outdoors. My family has teachers, principals, aides in the family as I was an aide mysel. My mothers's motto as well as her mother's was volunteer and share skills. Growing up with my mother was like going to high end preschool.  Always arts and crafts and always upcycled. So I practiced making some cards using basic shapes. I bought some card stock I cut in half then folded those in half to make the cards. I gained a glue stick that says "permanent adhesive" in a donation of craft supplies. I've not used glue sticks for a long time so have no idea if this is a new concept. But it worked really well sticking the fabric to the cards. Below are more sample cards I made as well as the top photo. For the kids kits locally I'm including...

 I was given a large bags of  jeans. My current sewing mode to reduce bags on the floor and reduce stash is to make similar things all at the same time. They were all men's plain jeans in larger sizes. Most had knees ripped out and other damage. So I cut out all the best materials. I found this template (not pattern as all dimensions are given on the screen) from my favoite youtube jean bag maker EasyToSew.  I altered the pattern a bit by imbedding the strap into the bag at the top ends. The original method had the ends folded around the strap. This method makes an easier lined bag to turn and have a good finished strap look. The only reason the bottom piece is cut is to reverse the  denim for a 2 toned look. Otherwise this bag could be made in 2 pieces plus the strap. This is also the first exact bag Ive made from her dimensions. Most of the time Im using her many well constructed details and zipper applications in my own sized bags. Especialy with upcycle you make ...

I dont have step by step pic on these. Just getting some pics and general posts up to start with. After my holiday sewing push will add more detailed posts. I usually make 2 messenger bags with convertible straps to cross body or over the shoulder. If I made a bigger purse style bag I was usually using the entire top o the jeans. I was seeing if I could calculateout 2 bags from one pair of jeans more like purses. The straps actually use a lot of material. First bag took a few days thinking. Im running low on small zippers so inside I just did an open pocket. To also save material I used the lining for the back of the straps.  The waistband on these was really thick so I cut it off which led me into the idea of zipped shoulder bag style. When I make my sideways turned boho bags where I just cut off the entire top I make one bag per jeans. But that is a bigger bag. Doing them this way, using the fancy side as a front and plain part of the leg or the back I can get  2 bags per je...