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mhoc

Morning all, nice and sunny so far, love Sunday mornings when it's like this.

Some suggestions please.

I used to keep the household sewing kit in a fishing box/ tool caddy type box - with our 3 it was a constant job sewing buttons, re sewing hems, putting on badges, mending and fixing. Now that we have an empty nest Oh occasionally sews on a button but I am constantly sewing the toes of my thick winter tights (am I the only one that still does that?)

The box is obviously too big now so I need a smaller container, deep enough for cotton reels to stand up - I suppose in theory I only need a very deep pretty small tin so this weeks task is to search the house looking for one.

I've still got the odd long good cadburys fingers box but those are going, I have emotional attachments to them so they are going.

oH has a clear like caddy like box for the numerous chargers and wires - like a veg peel box, something like that might be OK. I am going with the pretty box idea at the moment so it would at least look ornamental when not in use, a caddy is a bit ugly and obvious.

What do others use for their everyday sewing kit?

TrulyMadly

I use old biscuit tins for a lot of things .....sewing stuff, seeds, Easter ornaments, little light bulbs...most of them I've had forever and I'm really attached to them.
I pay extra at Christmas for tinned biscuits just to get a nice tin....not very:money: I know.
I also save all the Roses and Quality street plastic containers to but I'm happy to see them given away and not returned with cakes.

Sarahdol75

Good morning everyone

mhoc

This mornings task was to get OH to clean out his messy corners either side of the sofa - one side he has a side table with the laptop on and other electronics etc so it is a tangle of wires. The other side has a small glass cabinet next to the wall so he tends to dump everything there between the sofa and the cabinet - work stuff, magazines, socks, bits of cardboard and work papers, batteries, everything, he is a complete pack rat - honestly it's an embarrassment.

I can't move any of it as I don't know what is what as everything is his

This morning the worm turned and I politley got him to clean it all out - firstly he told he it had already been done - actually he had only moved a few bits around on the top layer. This is the problem he can't actually see that its messy, to him its normal and everyone's living room is the same.

So he actually did this, moved and sorted everything out, OK not perfect, a lot stuffed into the cabinet but I actually got to vaccum the carpet for the first time in these corners for years :eek:
Yes I have taken photos incase I don't see the carpet ever again.
I also got him to part with 2 calendars one from 2013 and one from 2003 :eek: that he had skilfully hidden behind the sofa

(Ok I am not totally blameless as I do gave a magazine pile but this is culled on a regular basis and I very rarely buy mags now so it never gets to the dreadful stage. And I do admit to having some of my cidre collection behind the sofa but this is gradually going down)

So this is why the sewing box issue came up

Annabell5

Morning everyone.A beautiful one it is too.Just did the turkey on cc yesterday a few palmolive h/washes(decent comparison) wedges and went instore for a couple of meals.So thanks again to the ops.Freezer full now so I can't do it again

mhoc

fairclaire wrote: »

My errant DD is home. I won't go into why but I've had good reason to stay up and make sure she is home safe and well lately. She doesn't like it one bit! But I won't stop doing it She is stubborn but she didn't pull that from thin air. I'm more than a match for her Ladyship.

I actually think I'm winning

I also used to wait up for my gang when they were late teens/college stage - going to bed is useless as they wake you up stamping around the house when they get back. Mostly it was eldest son doing the stamping. Eldest child left home when she was just turned 18 but in the odd times she was home afterwards I still waited up.

Its a battle of nerves outwitting teens/young adults - I don't think anyone actually wins - it's just the game that keeps changing

MKS

Anon wrote: »

I think you may have bought the wrong one - if I am right you bought extra lean £4 each/2 for £7 instore and appears as that on your receipt. You wanted lean, £2.45 per pack instore, but 2 for £4.90, appears as 2 for £7 on apg.

Anon

Thanks Anon. You're right, I bought the extra lean.:o

MKS

fairclaire wrote: »

If he was wearing that skirt, I doubt anyone would stop him :eek:

MKS.....latest of late birthday wishes not been keeping up :kisses3:

Thanks, FC.

MKS

purpledonkey wrote: »

^Wot she said :dance:

Evening all

Thanks PD.

hornetgirl

Nannylala wrote: »

Good morning HG lovely and Sunny here ...hope the rain is not on it's way as was hoping to get a bit of washing out to dry today ...

Sunshine is back now Nanny. If I'd stayed in bed a bit longer I wouldn't have known about the rain