To keep your arms warm when wearing a sleeveless dress to a party use a pair of panty hose. cut out the crotch and toes and pull them over your head. You can use black or nude or mesh pantyhose.

Those with teenagers and above should have a look at what clothing their kids are throwing out. I recently scored three jackets and a pair of jeans from our son who was going to toss it out. Not only was the clothing in near new condition, it was branded in cool teenager stuff so I […]

Check what your kids are going to throw out as being out of fashion or too small. They have some really good gear, and even it is only good for the gardening it will be cost effective (a term that, as you know, means cheap!). Another source is to wait until the charity shops have […]

Do you have sewing skills, a sewing machine and some spare time? How about helping a struggling family by mending their children’s clothes? I have recently ‘adopted’ a family and have been patching items of school uniforms and jeans, have fixed the seams and hems of small dresses, given tights a new lease of life […]

We buy most of our clothes from second hand shops. It takes a bit longer looking for ‘needles in the haystack’ but people are always saying how well dressed we are!

If you have old jeans that no longer fit, Unpick and use material to make jeans for small children, you can add buttons, ribbon, etc to make them more personalised and nobody would even know that they were made out of your old jeans. If you can not sew, maybe you might know of someone […]

Use any left over jeans, decorate with lace, buttons, patches, from the crutch area; cut straight across; and resew to seal the legs and crutch.  With the cut off legs, make straps using the leg material; and sew onto the top band part of the jeans where the belt loops are. I used an old […]

I try to save as much money as I can when it comes to clothing. I buy out of season when the sales start ready for next year. Already I have shorts and tee shirts packed for next spring and summer and will be using winter clothes I bought in spring when the weather cools […]