Have you taken any courses to help with OS living?

flea72

shelley_crow wrote: »

River Cottage have some fab looking courses, from memory they do beach/rockpool foraging, line fishing and preparing seafood etc. They are expensive and too far away for me, otherwise I would love it! ike JackieO, the local college have had to put up costs due to funding cuts and a lot of the interesting courses have been scrapped altogether.

i looked at their courses recently as i was down that way. but £180 for a one day course to learn how to make bread, was more expensive than buying a lifetimes worth of bread from my local artisan bakery that charges £3 for a 400g loaf

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Peabel

It's a while since I lived in the UK, but I remember the local authority nigh school classes well. I did lots of things, editing for relevant, Indian cooking, sewing, dressmaking and car maintenance.

My first ever job was as artist's model for a local authority night school art class. (No I wasn't naked, that would not have sold any places!)

It's a shame they are closing them down.

Peabel

dandy-candy

lilmisskitkat wrote: »

I did an 'Introduction to Sewing' course earlier in the year to learn how to use a machine, i'd only been able to do basic hand-stitching until then. This was followed by a basic pattern-cutting course and i'm starting another sewing & dressmaking course in September :j

I also did a one day soft furnishings course on cushions and i'm hoping to do the curtains one soon. In feb next year i'm doing a one-day workshop on making Rag rugs.

Crochet i taught myself watching Youtube vids (Art of Crochet by Teresa & The Knitwitch are fab).

There's a sewing course near me starting in September but I can't find anywhere selling cheap fabric. Even the market is charging £5 a metre for polycotton - 100% cotton is more! I do wish I could sew tho as it would be useful for altering charity shop finds.

Thanks for the tip on the crochet Youtube videos - I will look those up!

tryingtoruletheworld

Dandy-candy, if you don't mind what your practice pieces look like, have you tried charity shops for fabric, tablecloths or sheets? If you get 100% white cotton you could always put it on a hot wash first too.

I use this place http://www.remnanthouse.co.uk/ because they often have stuff on sale for £3-4 a metre, but then you have to pay postage.

pigpen

I have tried crochet many times.. I am just useless at it.. I did soft furnishings and dressmaking.

What kind /design of fabrics are you after? I have a huge stash I am downsizing really cheap just to get rid.. I have most of it on a fb group and more being added this week as I am desperate for space in my house. I am happy to share the groups with you if you are interested.. there are lots of ladies selling fabric and yarns etc.

shelley_crow

Pigpen, would you mind sharing the group with me please? I am after some fabric to make a cover for my kenwood chef.

Angel_Jenny

The only courses around here seem to be basic maths and English. Not my cup of tea.

I would love to take courses on various crafts (knitting, sewing, arty stuff, crochet), dressmaking, baking, cooking, gardening and soap making. Basically anything home, country or craft related!

lilmisskitkat

Oh and i would love, love, love to do a diy course. Neither DH or I can do anything really, we have to ask my Dad or get someone in. And seeing as we have just moved into a bigger house which needs complete re-decoration i think it would be money well spent!

K xx

WantToBeSE

i am thinking about taking a 1 day course in the basics of car maintenance.
Apart from actually helping me to save money and become more 'in the know' about cars, i am also hoping i might find a lovely young man