thank you for that. I’ve just had a lovely but busy day with lots of family and had not yet had time to quietly contemplate the meaning of today, so I really appreciated being led there through what you wrote. Hope you and your family have a blessed weekend and enjoy celebrating the risen Jesus on Sunday too 🙂 x
Hi Rubyellen, this is a beautiful post. We do need to take the time to think on Jesus and what He did for us on the Cross. I’m guilty of everything you’ve written here too. I love the words”My grace is sufficient for you”, it gives me a hope when I feel like I’m constantly not living the way I want to for God. Yesterday our church did The Stations of the Cross and my youngest son was one of the soldiers on station one and two. He said after he had finished playing his part that he felt terrible for what he had to do. I told him it’s important to keep it real because it keeps the impact on us large on our hearts and visually to see what Jesus was out through even simulated is very confronting. I find myself hit hard by His sacrifice and the enormity of it. But without it we wouldn’t have our hope. It’s it truly humbling and convicting. I wish you and your family a very blessed Easter season.
Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. I’ve casually read your blog for a few years but never comment. Thank you for writing this post. What a great post. Life isn’t fair and I need to stop keeping score. Love your perspective.
I have a large growing pile of fabric scraps. I refuse to throw them away because I am sure they can be used for something. I have been seeing different types of interesting necklaces made of buttons, beads, and fabric. Then, I figured why not make one out of my scraps...
I think it made my white shirt a little less boring. This was so quick and easy to make.
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How to make a recycled scraps necklace (which is very similar to the straps on my braided tablecloth bag):
1. Take your scrap fabric, I cut a .5''-1'' snip and tear the rest of the fabric down for a nice frayed edge. Used 3 different fabrics for each strand.
2. Take 3 of the torn pieces and tie the ends together with a rubber band.Â
3. Braid the 3 pieces together and tie ends together with rubber band when done.
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 for more strands. Remember you can make the strands any length you want, if run out of fabric, just weave more into the braid.
5. Once all the strands you want are braided, gather one end of each strand together and straight stitch together with sewing machine. Repeat for the other ends of the strands. Snip off any excess.
6. Gather ends of the necklace and sew together (snip excess) or a ribbon can be sewn at the ends to be able to tie the necklace closed, but I just sewed both ends together.Â
7. Voila! A nice way to make use of all your lovely scraps.
Sorry if the directions get you a little lost, but it really is easy. I promise. Maybe I should put some in the shop. Please share any other good ideas you may have of things that can be made with scraps. I would love to hear (read) them!
This is beautiful. Thank you for the reminder that we owe everything good to God.
thank you for that. I’ve just had a lovely but busy day with lots of family and had not yet had time to quietly contemplate the meaning of today, so I really appreciated being led there through what you wrote. Hope you and your family have a blessed weekend and enjoy celebrating the risen Jesus on Sunday too 🙂 x
Hi Rubyellen, this is a beautiful post. We do need to take the time to think on Jesus and what He did for us on the Cross. I’m guilty of everything you’ve written here too. I love the words”My grace is sufficient for you”, it gives me a hope when I feel like I’m constantly not living the way I want to for God. Yesterday our church did The Stations of the Cross and my youngest son was one of the soldiers on station one and two. He said after he had finished playing his part that he felt terrible for what he had to do. I told him it’s important to keep it real because it keeps the impact on us large on our hearts and visually to see what Jesus was out through even simulated is very confronting. I find myself hit hard by His sacrifice and the enormity of it. But without it we wouldn’t have our hope. It’s it truly humbling and convicting. I wish you and your family a very blessed Easter season.
Thank you for your willingness to share sweet truth on your blog!
Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. I’ve casually read your blog for a few years but never comment. Thank you for writing this post. What a great post. Life isn’t fair and I need to stop keeping score. Love your perspective.
Amen.