I've always heard men can fix just about anything with duct tape. The funny thing is, I have never seen my darling fix anything with duct tape. He prefers to fix things the "proper" way. (Probably why I married him.)
I, on the other hand, love duct tape. Recently, when I went out to his work bench to borrow it, I found we had RED. Now isn't that a fun color! My lil' Ethan snapped a little plastic piece off of the back of my MP3 player. (No, I don't have an IPOD.) So with just a little strip of red, I can wear it again while working out. Thankfully, the back is against my skin so it doesn't show.
Another creative use for duct tape is a quick hem for pants. I've done this for years with jeans. I am not very tall and it is hard to find the right length. Plus, I like to wear different shoes. So if I'm in the mood for heals, great. If I want to wear flats, out comes the duct tape. Voila! In just a few minutes, my jeans are the perfect length. I've also been known to hem pants in the old fashioned way, but too many times have cut them off to short. After sewing, tearing it out and resewing the smallest possible hem they were still too short even for flats. (At least without my kids saying they would die of embarrassment if I wore them in public.) So I revert to duct tape.
Last week I decided to wear a pair of black slacks to church. My toenails were not polished, so I couldn't wear a dress and open shoes. I pulled out a pair of black pants that were new. Ugh! Way too long. Out came the red duct tape. Worked great, until I decided to wear the same pair of pants this week.
It was beautiful outside, I was having a great hair day as I strutted into church. I saw a few heads turn and watch me walk by. They must have noticed my hair. It wasn't until after much singing and I sat down that I noticed the bunched up red duct tape hanging off the bottom of my black pants. At that point I was wishing we'd had black duct tape. Of course once the tape has been tromped on it is folded on itself and there is no way to unfold it. It was useless to try to pry it apart and restick it. Should I sit there in church and pull off the rest of the tape in the front so each leg would drag freely all around? Or should I just let it drag in the back with the possibility of pulling the other pieces loose?
Let's just say, I'm going to cut off the bottom of those pants and try hemming them with needle and thread. The stickiness leftover after the duct tape has been removed on slacks is a magnet for dirt and does NOT wash off. (I never had this trouble with jeans before.) So I will never hem slacks again with red duct tape. Well, maybe if I can find black duct tape.
7 comments:
LOL That is so funny, in a I'm-sorry-for-you kinda way!
(thanks for your comment on my blog)
LOL Thanks for the chuckle!
That is so funny! I use that stuff you iron on to hem pants, but duct tape would be much quicker and easier.
Last summer my son pressed on the front-room window and it shattered in about a 4-inch by 4-inch area (the windows are really old). Even though it shattered, the pieces didn't fall out all over the place, so I covered it all up with duct tape! The duct tape has kept it from getting worse, but we finally are going to be able to replace the windows.
You know, I saw a wallet made completely out of duct tape. And one of my high school youth group girls wants to make her prom dress out of duct tape. Yikes!!
That is a hilarious story. Forget about the embarassment of the duct tape, at least your hair looked great! :)
Truth! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today because when I stopped by here I got the greatest laugh because I am also a duct-tape hemmer! I haven't used a needle and thread in years. I love duct tape!
I'll be back to get to know you better soon (there is no way you're a grandma, you so young in that photo!)
thank you I will have to try that sometime on pants or should I say jeans.
Glad I stopped by for a read today ... needed a good laugh, although it hurt a little. And I agree with heth, atleast you were having a great hair day!
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