From Pants to Skirts

I have 2 girls who are constantly growing out of their clothes. When the big one outgrows pants, I just start putting them in the youngest ones drawer. Now the youngest is outgrowing those pants. Funny thing, the waist still fits the older one! So I decided to try to salvage the pants and make them last for another go-around. I looked online but could not find a tutorial for what I wanted to do, so I decided to make my own. I took the pants and cut off the legs. Then I seam ripped up the front and back seams. I pulled the left and right sections together a little and sewed the seam up. I adjusted the length of the new skirt and then added a second fabric to the bottom to make the skirt long enough to be modest. Some of the bottom fabric is regular yard goods, and some of it is taken from a skirt from a dress that the youngest has outgrown. This idea also works great for pants that are ripped in the knees or stained to make them last a little longer. Now the eldest can wear the new skirt and when she grows out of it, the youngest will get it back!

The pants in their original state.

The pants after I cut the legs off

After I seam ripped the front and back seams and stitched them back together.
I then cut them to the length I wanted them.

Skirt with bottom made from 2 ladies tank tops. I cut the
tops apart and used 2 pieces on the front and 2 on the back.

Finished skirt with lettuce edging

Another skirt I made. For this one I used yard goods for the bottom.
AM, know that I am praying for you.

Samsung Children’s Museum

I decided to take a field-trip to the Samsung Children's Museum. We had a blast with all the fun things to see and do there. It is meant to be very hands-on for the kids and the price was great, about $6 per kid and $5 for adults. I drug my friend, Angie, along so we could hang out. It was a great day!


The front entrance


My girls


The Nature Girl loading a basket on the crane


The Artist operating the crane


The Nature Girl in her safety vest on the construction site


The Artist using the pulley to bring things up to the 2nd floor of the model home


The Artist laying (foam) shingles


The Nature Girl installing a window


The Nature Girl laying tile (magnetic) in the bathroom


My girls with the statues


The Artist drawing a vase


The Nature Girl doing a rubbing


The Artist using the drafting tools


The Nature Girl performing


There was a movie screen where she could watch herself dance


Puppet


The Nature Girl as an astronaut


The ball room


Elaborate set ups using air, resistance and gravity




While we were in the water room, we saw lots of young children all color-coordinated from different schools while we were there. It seems to be a very popular spot. It is probably not as busy on weekends when there are no school fieldtrips.


The Nature Girl watching water work


The Artist using slides to show the "baby" and the adult of several creatures


I loved the sonogram display. It was so cool!


The Artist making her first news report


The Nature Girl picked up weaving immediately


After we finished the museum and lunch, we went for a walk around the
lake surrounding Lotte World to enjoy the day and the beautiful flowers


The walkway was covered with cherry blossoms


The castle at Lotte World


Me and my girls


Angie and the girls


Beautiful Angie


My girls in the flowers


The trees surrounded the entire lake. It was such a beautiful stroll

For more info on how to get there, copy and paste the following link http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=268213&nearBy=shopping&

Sock Curls

My dear friend told me that she wraps her granddaughter's hair up in socks to create curls. So I decided to give it a try on the Nature Girl since she has a slight curl to her hair. After her bath one night, we rolled her wet hair up in socks and had her sleep on it.


We all thought it was funny to have socks in your hair...




but it did make her hair curly. And it was fun to try.


July 3, 2009

Insadong

If you are looking for pottery, antiques, souvenirs or traditional tea houses, then Insadong is the place for you!


The building outside the subway station




Shoes being sold out of a trunk on the street


Souvenirs


Business card holders


Compacts




Fancy fans


3D greeting cards of traditional Korean dress


Amethyst cathedral


Beautiful inlay




moldy books




Traditional Korean pottery. The Queen of England shopped here!




these guys sell 16,000 strings of honey also known as court cakes... a sweet candy served to royalty. They put on a pretty good show... have your camcorder ready!




Flashy hair accessories are everywhere in Korea


A shop selling buddist items




Poinsettias




Angie took me to my first Kalbi (I think that is spelled right) restaurant. It is a place where they grill the meat right at your table.


You wrap the beef or pork in a lettuce leaf. Some people have been known to call it "beef in leaf", but not I.


Here is the meat grilling on at the table... yum!


A nut candy... very, very sticky




A chest inlayed with mother of pearl... I don't remember how much it cost, but it was expensive!!!!


an antique shop

I had a great time checking out Insadong with my friend, Angie. Thanks for going exploring with me! Sept 7, 2009