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  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Thanks Watty. Last day today.

    Plan to start tarting up sofas tomorrow.
  • Radish72
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    Enjoy your holidays
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  • Alchemilla
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    Cheers m'dears.

    I confess to singing loudly "stand up, baby stand up" every time anyone sat down today.
  • LydiaJ
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    Alchemilla wrote: »
    Last day today.

    Plan to start tarting up sofas tomorrow.

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  • Habibiboo
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    :wave:

    May I declare your holiday officially started ... hope you enjoy a well earned break!

    :eek: To your fellow diners ... it's seeing "responsible" adults in families like that which reveals so much about some of the kids in school and why they're how they are doesn't it? Can't have been much fun for your family (or the manager).

    Will follow your sofa tarting progress with interest ... only yesterday I declared ours more shabby than chic but they are great sofas, it's just the covers. I need ideas which go beyond crocheting granny square type covers, as Mr. Hbbb has strangely banned this as an option!
    Will you (a) be sewing (b) be posting pics, Alchemilla? x
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  • Alchemilla
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    Yep holidays are here. Woop woop!

    It does make you think about parenting. This sounds weird but I got the feeling the sons of this family didnt belong to the parents. Like they had got together to work a scam. Know it sounds farfetched.

    Summer school was fascinating, great and exhausting. Only nine turned up with two adults but wow they worked! Lovely how they went from bunny in the headlights to confident young student by lunchtime, and how their personalities emerged!

    I will take pics of the sofas and I will be sewing but I really not great at it and it will be more of a bodge.
  • gallygirl
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    Enjoy the holidays :T.
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  • Alchemilla
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  • Goldiegirl
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    Enjoy your holidays:)

    I'll be watching your sofa sewing with interest.

    Our sofas are currently just the right side of presentable, but within a couple of years will need sprucing up.

    I need inspiration!
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  • Alchemilla
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    Thanks goldiegirl. We will see. My Mum still laughs at my sewing. She is one of the crafting competent.
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