Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2019

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: Food from freezer, fridge & stores to make another soup
Minimise: 2 balls of wool for scarves & a non stick pan that is shedding :eek:

2Scratters

Make do - made soup & curry from the contents of the fridge. Excess into the freezer
Minimise - using wool up to make blankets for homeless and young adults moving into own accomodation.
Mend - Waterproofing boots for trip to Krakow.

short and sweet from me this time.:)

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: food from freezers & stores. The hm soup is delicious 😋

Minimise: 2 more balls of wool, clutter from DH’s office either binned, recycled or put in Tip bag, 43 books into CS bag :j

randm

if this the wrong place then please point me to the correct thread,

Mend--the pu is flaking on my boots, i have rubbed the worst off and then used a leather conditioning/waterproofing balm,

1- is there something i could spray on the boot , perhaps a glue/fabric glue, anything that would dry, create some sort of a sealant on top to prevent anymore future flaking, of course whatever used most probably needs to be flexible.( i did try hairspray:rotfl:)
2- pu bags are also starting to peel and flake, they were not cheap (for me) and i expected them to last for more than a couple of years. so any tips on preventing flaking on future items, any help at all gratefully received.

silvasava

randm - TBH I cant think of anything that would be a flexible clear sealant. What a shame, its so annoying when things still have plenty of life in them but start to look shabby.
The everyday bags I use were Kipling copies from the market and have stood up to being washed in the machine quite a few times.

ailz95

randm wrote: »

if this the wrong place then please point me to the correct thread,

Mend--the pu is flaking on my boots, i have rubbed the worst off and then used a leather conditioning/waterproofing balm,

1- is there something i could spray on the boot , perhaps a glue/fabric glue, anything that would dry, create some sort of a sealant on top to prevent anymore future flaking, of course whatever used most probably needs to be flexible.( i did try hairspray:rotfl:)
2- pu bags are also starting to peel and flake, they were not cheap (for me) and i expected them to last for more than a couple of years. so any tips on preventing flaking on future items, any help at all gratefully received.

What about a tent re-waterproofer or something that re waterproofs wax jackets. I've just looked it up on g**gle and there are quite a few - and not too dear either.

Hope that helps

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: Food from freezer & wool from stash (am now on scarf EIGHT!)
Mend: Nothing

silvasava

Make do - food from fridge & freezer
Mend - DS2's jeans, my top, my jeans
Minimise - Mending pile!

Camomile

Make do: another NOSpend day so dinner from the freezer.
Mend question: I have a pile of socks that needs to be seen to, haven’t been at it for a while. Why is it always socks that need most of attention?
Minimize: pile of washing that has been done over the last few days, mess in the kitchen

nannygladys

Must try harder from now on - bad ways creeping in!!

Make do: Made flap jack for visitors instead of buying biscuits, so I didn't have to go to the shops!!

Mend: I don't really have much mending but I am sewing and knitting projects for Xmas pressies and for myself

Minimize: Not really bought in the way of clothes, stuff or much food in November and haven't been shopping yet in December.
Paper shredding completed and recycled.
Couple of bags gone to CS and bigger things gone to CS depot
Food recycling done each week and collected, other recycling now only put out once a month or every six weeks, my ways of shopping have changed throughout this year, but it still could be better.

Nannyg