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  • tenmah
    tenmah Posts: 2,209 Forumite
    Oh dear Ladies, if I had a brain I would be so dangerous...........So ate a couple of frogs today, one of which was to sort through my clothes and get rid of any that hadn't been worn for a while or didn't fit etc. Tired myself out taking things off and on but ended up with a few big bags full of stuff to go. I then decided i would take it straight to the charity shop, as that is one of my problems, is that I sort things out and then having them sitting about waiting to go, and we live in such a small house it just isn't practical to have things lying about.

    So went and got the car (we can't park outside as it is too narrow) and decided to go to the Post office to pick up a parcel as well. So off I drove, got to the Post Office and found that my daughter had already phoned them and arranged for a redelivery, so a wasted journey.

    Never mind, it is a lovely day so carried on to the charity shop, about 2 and a half miles from where I live, stopped outside and realised I had forgotten to put the bags in the car................doh! I had two small bags in there from a previous sort out so I did manage to off load those, but can't believe I left the rest sitting in my front room.

    Tomorrow is bin day and as luck would have it, it is also the week they also collect clothes, so I have put the bags out for them. I am not sure what they do with them because there were some quite nice pieces in there that don't fit anymore, but I am just glad to have them out of the house.

    I still have one big recycling bag full of coat hangers to dispose of, but I am not sure where. I might just take them to the local tip with some other stuff I want to get rid of - which is my next frog!

    What an idiot I am!!!
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    Everytime I hear the 'dirty' word Exercise, I wash my mouth out with chocolate!
  • Lara44
    Lara44 Posts: 2,961 Forumite
    Happy Birthday Dr Daffs! :beer:

    I worked very hard today, still got about 3 hours to do. Roll on bedtime!!!
    :A :heartpuls June 2014 / £2014 in 2014 / £735.97 / 36.5%
  • Bitsy_Beans
    Bitsy_Beans Posts: 9,640 Forumite
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    What a fantastic idea Lucielle :D Sounds like a very workable plan to me.

    Have put the vac round (even moved furniture go me LOL), made a cheese and onion pie and my quiche. Still have some left over short crust pastry which I think I might freeze and use for pasties. Sun is well and truly out, cool breeze but it's another fabulous afternoon. Must pop out and plant up my courgettes as they are taking over the propogator on the windowsill. Can't wait to get going with my veggies again, my peas are coming on a treat, must get some canes otherwise they'll take over the plot like the red weed in War of the Worlds!!!
    I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife :D Louise Brooks
    All will be well in the end. If it's not well, it's not the end.
    Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars
  • Tescodealqueen
    Tescodealqueen Posts: 1,260 Forumite
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    Oooh its chatty on here today. Hope that everything is going well for you round about now Marru, thinking of you in your dream house.

    Happy Birthday Dr Daffs, have a lovely day:beer:


    Great idea Lucielle, and the pattern cutting course sounds great MG . Crickett, we are not far from each other so that could work out well. And I love your suggestion for Cheri about a dream weekend, sounds perfect

    Lovely to hear from you GQ, take care

    Bitsy your Friday tea party sounds great, cream tea - yum yum
  • tenmah
    tenmah Posts: 2,209 Forumite
    Meant to say earlier HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dr Daffs - Hope you are being very spoilt!
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    Everytime I hear the 'dirty' word Exercise, I wash my mouth out with chocolate!
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,109 Forumite
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    Thanks you lovely lot :D I'm having a lovely day :j :j

    What a lovely idea MG! :T :T
  • Memory_Girl
    Memory_Girl Posts: 4,957 Forumite
    Ok - out of the bath, but my back is still ouchy!!! Think I will have a day off digging tomorrow.

    Happy Birthday Dr Daff - hope your day is everything you dream.

    Time to rustle up a dinner and get the boys fed, watered and sheep-dipped. They are loving the garden, but at the moment it is heavy work and dirty at that, so we are all pretty grubby.

    I'm visualising, neat raised beds, square foot plots and containers - with (fingers crossed and funds permitting) a deck area that we can use all year around with a table and benches that we can work on outside........................... just now the "dream garden" is still very much of a "dream":D

    DS1 wants an early night tonight??? So I'm planning on curling up and re-reading "The Secret" - because every time I do I find some other lovely nugget of information to work with.

    So how are all your "Heart Singing" projects coming on??

    MG
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  • Bitsy_Beans
    Bitsy_Beans Posts: 9,640 Forumite
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    OK you lovely ladies that know how to sew. How did you start? I want to learn and I have my mum for that but I lack the confidence to have a dabble on my own and keep waiting for my mum to have time etc is holding me back. There's lots of jargon that's like double dutch to me and even a simple pillowcase dress is making me break out in a sweat :o I've looked at some tutorials on the web and they seem really complicated! Just out of my depth but desperate to jump in too :(
    I suppose I am worried about messing up and wasting precious fabric :o Stupid really.........
    I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife :D Louise Brooks
    All will be well in the end. If it's not well, it's not the end.
    Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars
  • NorthernLas
    NorthernLas Posts: 1,271 Forumite
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    edited 27 April 2011 at 6:37PM
    Bitsy - Do you have access to a second hand shop that sells fabric???

    I would suggest that you pick up a pair of curtains or a plain duvet set and just have a go at cutting and stitching with scrap fabric. You will soon get the hand of cutting the fabric and sewing straight and wavy lines on the fabric and how it feels if you stitch on the bias (don't panic all will be explained!!)

    So, cut a 2 x 24" square to start and then sew them together. You can make a square pattern by getting a newspaper and folding it diagonally ...

    Then on the next 2 x 24" squares, draw some pencil lines and see if you can follow them on the machine (either straight with zig zags or curved). The more you practice the better you will get both at cutting out and at sewing!

    Fabric - the threads are left to right (weft) and up and down (warp). I remember because the weft is weft to right.

    If you cut/sew on the bias, this means you cut/sew diagonally across the threads. The fabric can be stretched on the diagonal (this is how people did those hankerchief dresses of the 70s and dresses that flow over the body), so most patterns follow the warp/weft instead.

    Cotton is good to start with as the 2 pieces of fabric do not move when you stitch (unlike satin etc.) and is easy to cut.

    You need a god pair of fabric scissors and a floor to lay things out, the rest comes with practice.

    I can't remember how I started, probably hand stitching something. I have recently signed up to a sewing mag and I get a different pattern every month. Cleverley enough it is called 'Sew' and I think I signed up for 6 months.

    NL

    I forgot to say that as a free gift for signing up to the magazine, I got a big envelope of essential sewing goodies including a very nice pair of fabric scissors
  • Bitsy_Beans
    Bitsy_Beans Posts: 9,640 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Bitsy - Do you have access to a second hand shop that sells fabric???

    I would suggest that you pick up a pair of curtains or a plain duvet set and just have a go at cutting and stitching with scrap fabric. You will soon get the hand of cutting the fabric and sewing straight and wavy lines on the fabric and how it feels if you stitch on the bias (don't panic all will be explained!!)

    So, cut a 2 x 24" square to start and then sew them together. You can make a square pattern by getting a newspaper and folding it diagonally ...

    Then on the next 2 x 24" squares, draw some pencil lines and see if you can follow them on the machine (either straight with zig zags or curved). The more you practice the better you will get both at cutting out and at sewing!

    Fabric - the threads are left to right (weft) and up and down (warp). I remember because the weft is weft to right.

    If you cut/sew on the bias, this means you cut/sew diagonally across the threads. The fabric can be stretched on the diagonal (this is how people did those hankerchief dresses of the 70s and dresses that flow over the body), so most patterns follow the warp/weft instead.

    Cotton is good to start with as the 2 pieces of fabric do not move when you stitch (unlike satin etc.) and is easy to cut.

    You need a god pair of fabric scissors and a floor to lay things out, the rest comes with practice.

    I can't remember how I started, probably hand stitching something. I have recently signed up to a sewing mag and I get a different pattern every month. Cleverley enough it is called 'Sew' and I think I signed up for 6 months.

    NL

    I forgot to say that as a free gift for signing up to the magazine, I got a big envelope of essential sewing goodies including a very nice pair of fabric scissors

    I bought a few essentials, dressmakers chalk, decent scissors, pins etc when I was having a go at making a roll a few months ago. My mum was with me helping me make that (I physically did it but she guided me) and we even made bias tape from the fabric so understand that.
    My mum has just rung and I've told her how I don't feel confident and she's told me it's not that hard (says she who loved sewing at school and made pretty much everything when I was a kid). I think what I find hard is getting fabric and patterns involves a trip into Brum, haberdashery shops just don't seem to exist anymore. My local House of Fraser used to have one and it's all but disappeared apart from wool and some cross stitch stuff. Shame really as I remember vividly shopping for fabric with my mum, now it's all done online.......
    I have an old bedsheet I might have a play with, like you suggest NL. Really wish I'd have been more interested in sewing when I was younger and my mum had tried to teach me :o
    I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife :D Louise Brooks
    All will be well in the end. If it's not well, it's not the end.
    Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars
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