Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2019

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Minimise: Old shirt cut up for rags & buttons added to stash
Mend: Pair of glasses & F*tb*t strap - by DH

Siebrie

Calley, your only option may be to wear this shirt out at home, or as a sleepshirt, or as a vest underneath a sweater (added benefits: the sweater won't need washing as often, and the heating doesn't have to be on as much); you can wear your good clothes when you go out and see people, and actually take your coat off.

Are the stains up to the neckline? Can you hide them with a cardigan or scarf? Appliqu! some decoration (cut from another old shirt?) over them?

calleyw

I soaked it water and used washing up liquid and scrubbed it and put through another wash.


Most of it seems to have come out. Found a another spot will deal with that after its been worn again. I tend to use it for the gym. Just did not want to look a right mess.


Yours


Calley x

misstara

Did a roast chicken dinner yesterday with cauliflower and carrots for veg so tonight's tea was cold chicken, leftover roasties and cauliflower cheese, very yummy. There's still cauliflower cheese leftover so will have that tomorrow night with ys sausages. Made stock from the bones but there's no chicken left to go into soup as OH has claimed the small bit left for a sarnie tomorrow. Will stick the stock in the freezer for another time.

Trying to use up various toiletries, put on a face mask and some weird booties that are supposed to soften your feet. They've been in the bathroom cupboard for ages so at least they are now gone. Found 4 half used hand creams so slowly making my way through them, 1 down 3 to go!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do: Used up all my potatoes, sausages from freezer; started a soup using up 3 pots of bits from freezer, portion of cottage pie, lo mash, lo chopped tomatoes, 2 small bags of tomato sauce from freezer, stock cubes & red lentils from stores

Mend: Glued sliding feet back onto box footstool, oiled hinges on box footstool. DH repaired/added electrical wiring & added extra lights to motorbike.

Minimise: Food from freezer & stores, personal paperwork

MadamMim2013

Sewn up the pocket on my new to me tweed jacket from “fleabay”, also repaired the rip in sons joggers (look as good as new too!) :cool:

Soup made from various leftovers

Old boxers cut up for rags and buttons put in jar

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do: Food from freezer & stores
Mend: nothing
Minimise: Food as above & balls of wool - knitting scarves for homeless

Siebrie

Mend: dd2's bicycle helmet. The strap slipped out of the click-thing (technical term ) all the time, so I just sewed it on tightly. She has almost outgrown it, and we will chuck it if she does.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: Food from fridge, freezer & store cupboards
Mend: Stitched up a seam on my gloves

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: food from freezer & store cupboard

Minimise: 4 more balls of wool (knitting scarves for the homeless)

Mend: nothing