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The Great British Sewing Bee series 2 tonight 8pm
I've just noticed series 2 begins at 8pm on BBC2 tonight. I loved the first series, this has 8 episodes which I think is longer than the last one. I would love to learn how to use my sewing machine properly & make my own clothes, sadly I can't find any local courses but I will watch with envy!:D
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What to do with leftover haggis?
I recently acquired a very RTC haggis, mostly out of curiosity as I've never tried it before. :o Having tried some, I find I quite like the taste but am less sure about the texture, which is a bit 'gloopy' for my liking (with apologies to all Scots for criticising your national dish! :o ). I now have three quarters of a…
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Save with Jamie
I have the Save with Jamie book and was looking at cooking his chicken stew and making into a shepherd's pie for dinner tonight with leftover chicken a sort of poultry farmer pie! Anyway I was looking at his calorie count and IMO there is no way that the calories are correct. chicken stew with mash - he reckons that for 4…
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Chicken stock in place of beef???
So I'm on a no unnecessary spend pact (were in desperate times) and I'm trying to spend a max of £15 on food this week. My freezer and cupboards are pretty much full so it's just really potatoes, fruit, milk and bread I should need. Tonight I am cooking Chinese beef with egg fried rice and HM naans. I have everything in…
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Tuesday 18th February old style daily
This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Cleaning rough bathroom floor tiles
Hi all, I've done a quick search to no avail so apologies if there's a post somewhere answering this question. I've got beige bathroom floor tiles with a slight greyish 'marble' effect which is irritating as even when clean they look grubby... But even so they need a damn good clean. They are a rough finish, The grouting…
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Budget Buffet/Decoration Ideas?
Hi! I am throwing a surprise birthday party for my flatmate and around 30 people are coming. I am a student so I am on a incredibly tight budget. I was thinking of just buying 4 or 5 pizzas and some garlic bread but I want it to look like I have made an effort and not look stingy. He will be out of the house between 4-8pm…
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How to repair a Kipling bag?
If you are familiar with this brand, you will know that they are made from a kind of strong nylon, can be chucked in the washer and last for years. Most of them have a chunky zipper with which to close the bag. This is where my problem starts. My bag does not have a zipm closer. Instead, it has two largish 'poppers' that…
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O/S Daily Monday 17th February 2014
OS Daily Monday 17th Feb This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do…
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How can I deliberately shrink a jumper?
I've knitter myself a jumper and now its finished its much too big, about 2 dress sizes too big. I really really can't be bothered to start it over again so rather than leave it in the drawer for all eternity I want to try shrinking it. I know if I do it on a normal cotton wash it will shrink but it will also felt up and…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 17th February 2014
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Thank you to Dusty for last week's thread THESE…
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Who has a Thermomix?
I am coveting a Thermomix! But they are eye wateringly expensive (about £900 I believe). Does anyone have one? Do you love it? It wouldn't save me any money, but there are a lot of things I do that take ages which could be automated with a Thermomix. Like custard, or risotto, or lemon curd. I flipping hate standing at the…
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"Savers" cleaning products that really work
I've just started using Morrisons Savers dishwasher tablets at around £1.70 for 30, and they are FAB!. Looking at the ingredients I can't see any big difference between their savers and their regular tablets. It's got me thinking about replacing other cleaning/laundry/bath products I have with cheaper alternatives - can…
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Rescuing melted chocolate sauce - granular
Old stylers to the rescue please. I have managed to mess up melting chocolate for sauce for profiteroles. I do not have more chocolate so cannot start again. It is granular in texture and floating in the little bit of brandy and water I had added to it. I need a smooth pouring sauce. Thanks Spirit
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scones
hi all I was wondering if you could give me your advice please I have been making scones a lot lately really scrummy but when they are cut they either crumble of difficult get knife in start to cut but if don't go really slowly will crumble I cook tem on 170 as recipe says but it says 8-10 mins if only cook that long they…
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OS Daily Thread Sunday 16th Feb
This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Rosehip powder - what to do with it?
I need ideas on how to work rosehip powder into recipes? I picked up a pack as I remember reading that it is a good anti inflammatory for arthritis but I can't see how to incorporate it at the moment. I have searched the web for ideas but don't fancy rosehip tea.
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Pink stains on new white leather sofa-help!
So I've had leather sofas before but never white, got a gorgeous one delivered about 10 days ago. All good until last night - after a crappy day I put on my new bright pink bathrobe and curled up on the sofa. When I got up the sofa was bright pink where I'd sat _pale__pale__pale_ Tried to clean it with what I had in the…
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Steam mop- advice
I have just been given a gift of a Morphy Richards 9 in 1 steam mop which looks fab. Couple of things that perhaps I can get advice on : 1 - I have laminate ( not sealed) floors, read conflicting info as to whether or not it's ok to use on this type of floor, any advice or experience of doing this would be great. Also…
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5 year old party ideas
Hi all hoping for some ideas. Im going to hire a hall for dd2s party in july. Entertainers are so expensive. Any ideas for activities. Was going to usual pass the parcel and musical statues. Any other nuggets of inspiration?
