Preparing for Winter

Winchelsea

sammy_kaye18

Thank you for showing us your lovely girl - isn't she gorgeous?!!

muffin_man_7

It's good to know i'm not the only one thinking of winter in july the damp from all the rain yesterday and today makes me throb bad back and shoulder to prob from all the soakings when kids little can't push d buggy and hold a brolly and didnt have water proof coat back then but i do remember filling up five hwb and putting inside their tshirt so not too hot and hot choc and squirty cream with biccys for supper well got to have something to look forward to on a freezy night now it's as if something missing when nothing to get ready for winter so last year i got thermal curtains in the sales but didnt go very well with curtain poles so this year im getting curtain rails and my sil will help to put them up two done six to go front and back door next and my eldest is lending me her sewing machine so i can put proper tape on top and im making some stuff for younger ones for xmas can't say what cos my son helps me on puter and i want it to be surprise might ask how to put pics on for my next lesson i'm recyling lots of things i've bought over last couple of xmases and couldn't make cos my sew mac packed up and me hand sewing is not that go od fleecys up at window does help they're light enough to thread on a tension rod too a shower curtain will stop a lot of draught if you don't want fabric in bath room or you could use both i like the idea of wrapping the bath to keep water warm an old quilt should do the job i reckon i started reading these pages last year only just caught up i keep loosing them i hope to try more ideas and hopfully share some of mine if they work we shall see

Larumbelle

If anyone is after wheat bags, they have these ones in Poundland at the moment. (Presumably that's where that seller got them...)

Anyway, at £1 they probably don't work out much dearer than home made, and are a great bargain for the HM-phobic.

BigMummaF

Some threads about that thing we're all trying to avoid talking about yet, even tho the shops will start putting their decorations out soon...

Gift in a Jar.
Snowman Soup.
Getting Organised..Crafting for Cri..I think there are newer ones, but these have some links on the front page.
Retro Sweet Boxes.
Making Chocolates & Sweets.
Chocolate Spoons.
My favourite--Make your own Flannel Cakes.

Enjoy, & HTH.

ginnyknit

I hear one of the big shops is doing Xmas in August -( as a publicity stunt no doubt) Im slowly coming to admit that I will have to face upto the C word!

parsonswife8

ginnyknit wrote: »

I hear one of the big shops is doing Xmas in August -( as a publicity stunt no doubt) Im slowly coming to admit that I will have to face upto the C word!

Seen that Ginny
Makes me sooooo mad as when Christmas does eventually materialise, I am well sick of it all already.
It really spoils it, in my opinion.
:mad:

NualaBuala

Congratulations Sammy!

I'm glad this thread is still going. I don't have a huge amount to do and probably won't do anything for a few months unless I notice bargains. But I love reading what other people do - makes me feel all cosy inside! I felt really cold yesterday and I was wearing a big cardi and snuggled under a fleece rug ... seemed a bit like winter was already here.

Thats_Me_3

Well done Sammy-Kaye, absolutely gorgeous.

xx

zarazara

re winter,if I could I'd live in just the one room with lots of clothes and blankets. We need a culture shift in this country.

mcjordi

im pleased someone bumped this up lol i was looking for it for ages.. starting at page 1 in for a good read