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The Lucy Show

March 19, 2007 By Marta Darby 5 Comments

This is what happens when you have creative women in the house and a rip in the knees of your jeans.

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I think I remember it being last year’s JCrew catalog that showed patched jeans for about $300. (!!)

At times like these I make my kids repeat these magical words:

"Mi mamá cose."
"My mother sews."

Seriously, all that good Cuban-Wife-in-Training stuff comes in handy in times of fashion emergencies.  =D

So when Lucy’s jeans fell victim to her bicycle chain and a fierce game of tag, she decided she could probably patch them herself. Aren’t they so cool?

So she wore her new/old patched jeans to Junior High Day last week and guess what?

That’s right. Now she has a stack of jeans from her friends requesting patches.
She’s thinking a website… ebay… maybe a blog…

The apple does not fall far from the tree.  (sigh) 

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  1. Susan says

    March 20, 2007 at 4:16 am

    Gorgeous, Amy! Well done! (That’s what the Brits say…) Do you do mail order?

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  2. Amy says

    March 20, 2007 at 6:27 pm

    HA! Susan, I’m touched that you think I’m that amazing and skinny . . . but no such luck. It was all Lucy. I’m well practiced in the art of “Mi Mama cose” and when MY jeans ripped, I made my Mama “cose” them. 😉 Just like she did that Medieval Prom dress . . . and my entire wardrobe all through Jr. High (don’t tell Lucy) 🙂

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  3. alysa giorgetti says

    March 24, 2007 at 12:00 am

    Cool jeans. i was dong that in 1968 or was it 1969?

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  4. class factotum says

    March 25, 2007 at 11:00 am

    I was talking to my boyfriend last night and he said that one of the things he likes (*loves!*) about me is that I will mend his clothes. “It’s no big deal,” I told him. “I know how to sew. Why wouldn’t I do it for you?””A lot of women wouldn’t,” he said. “And a lot of women don’t even know how to sew!”
    I have darned his socks, replaced the buttons on his dad’s old Burberry coat (with authentic leather buttons I found on eBay, hemmed pants, etc. Tailors charge a lot of money. I used to sew all my own clothes. A smart woman saves on things like this so there is more money for important stuff! (And doing cositas asi para tu hombre makes him feel very special!)

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  5. Marta says

    March 25, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    class factotum -The fact that you would do those little things for him is what makes you a Cuban goddess in his eyes.
    You are a smart woman. =D

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