Upcycle Living

I love aprons: the design, the look, wearing it. But let's face it, aprons are not cheap. And to think that it's something that I wear to block off oil stains and dirt from cooking, it just doesn't make sense to spend money on it. Oh I'm such a stingy hag 😈 This was a sundress I had but worn off over time, and I'd ripped a whole somewhere on the back. Can't give it to charity, didn't want to cut it off into cleaning cloth (not yet), so I had to do something about it, and with it. Since my old apron has become so manky, it deserves a retirement. This old spaghetti strap dress came ready handy as it came ready with 2 attached belts for back tie bow, so all I needed to do was to separate the front and the back (keep the spaghetti straps and belt attached to the front portion), hem the edges to tidy up any loose edge and threads. Only took me one afternoon (hand stitching). Introducing my new apron, formerly called sundress 😎 ...

We've been using normal hand towels in the kitchen, but the nail keeps ripping holes in them. And as they are often hung stacked in double layers, drying is always a problem in this hot and humid weather which means it can get smelly too. But ready made hanging kitchen hand towels available in this country are often really horribly designed yet expensive. So here's a very simple solution - DIY! One existing hand towel cut into halves + some fabric scraps + two 6" long ribbons (hanger loops I cut and saved from clothing) = two new kitchen hanging hand towels absolutely free I can really get used to doing this :)