Practical sewing

As much as I would like all of my sewing time to be artistic and creative, I also have to face the fact that there will always be some practical sewing that needs to be done. I can put it off for extended periods of time, but there comes a time when there is danger of the mending pile toppling over on me while I sit at the sewing machine. So for the last few days, I spent some time patching work pants, mending sweaters, sewing on buttons, and hemming pants. With that pile down to socks that need darning I moved on to some other practical but more fun sewing.I looked through my large collection of vintage children's clothing patterns and found a pattern that would work for making P. some pants. She seems to have trouble with ready made pants. She is tall and thin and can't keep them up.I cut up an old corduroy skirt and a pair of old corduroy pants and made two pair of pants.Now I feel free to get back to some creative play in my sewing room.