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2020 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

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  • My new dark green-blue skirt is finally at the stage where it only needs the 5 yards of hem levelled by my chap and then hand-sewn by me, and the lining hem ditto... I'm pleased with it, though! 
    2025 remaining: 37 coupons from 66:
    January (29): winter boots, green trainers, canvas swimming-shoes (15); t-shirt x2 (8); 3m cotton twill (6);
    .
    2025 second-hand acquisitions (no coupons): None thus far
    .
    2025 needlework- *Reverse-couponing*:11 coupons :
    January: teddybear-lined velvet jacket (11) & hat (0); velvet sleep-mask (0);
  • PipneyJane
    PipneyJane Posts: 4,652 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Oh Pip, that's lovely! Well done! And short sleeves, as our foremothers knew, are very much more useful than you think - under cardigans, even under long-sleeved jumpers in very cold weather, over sundresses or camisole tops in cooler summer... 
    My new dark green-blue skirt is finally at the stage where it only needs the 5 yards of hem levelled by my chap and then hand-sewn by me, and the lining hem ditto... I'm pleased with it, though! 

    Thank you!

    Yes, agreed re sleeve length.  I remember stories and photos of the Herring “gutting girls”, who wore thick, handknit gurnseys which had elbow-length sleeves for practical reasons.  They didn’t want their sleeves getting covered in fish guts, for obvious reasons.  They stood on the quay side in the cold, gutting fish all day, and their hands and forearms would be covered in fishy bits.  

    I’m glad to hear the skirt is going well.  Hand sewing is my least favourite task - I tend to procrastinate for ages about it - so I hope you don’t suffer from the same problem.

    - Pip (Tonight, I will take up my new trousers.  Honest...)
    "Be the type of woman that when you get out of bed in the morning, the devil says 'Oh crap. She's up.'

    It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it - that’s what gets results!

    2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons - 25.5 spent.

    4 - Thermal Socks from L!dl
    4 - 1 pair "combinations" (Merino wool thermal top & leggings)
    6 - Ukraine Forever Tartan Ruana wrap
    8 - 4 x 100g/450m skeins 3-ply dark green Wool Local yarn
    1.5 - sports bra
    2 - 100g/220m DK Toft yarn
  • PipneyJane
    PipneyJane Posts: 4,652 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Thanks for the tips, ladies, next time I'm helping at our Repair Cafe I'll remember those! But it does astonish me how little confidence people have to even try to stitch something by hand; we had a lass with a sofa cushion cover with a broken zip come to the last one. The zip was beyond repair; misaligned & broken teeth, plus the connector just fell apart when we tried to move it, so we suggested she just remove it & sew the opening up by hand. Whereupon she turned pale and started muttering about buying a new sofa... it would have taken 5 minutes, so we could have done it for her - we're only supposed to take on mends that take less than 15 minutes - but she had only brought the cover, not the whole cushion. Poor girl! But I do despair that people think that something  like that is so terrifying...

    It’s the fear of screwing up and making something worse/ruining it.  I’ve felt this fear and have argued with myself that since I won’t wear it in its current condition, how much worse off will I be if I ruin it?  And I have skills!

    - Pip
    "Be the type of woman that when you get out of bed in the morning, the devil says 'Oh crap. She's up.'

    It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it - that’s what gets results!

    2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons - 25.5 spent.

    4 - Thermal Socks from L!dl
    4 - 1 pair "combinations" (Merino wool thermal top & leggings)
    6 - Ukraine Forever Tartan Ruana wrap
    8 - 4 x 100g/450m skeins 3-ply dark green Wool Local yarn
    1.5 - sports bra
    2 - 100g/220m DK Toft yarn
  • dolly84 said:
    My mum could knit, sew to a high standard and cook and bake very well too but she never taught me how to do anything as it might have made a little bit of a mess and she hated mess with a passion - never should have had children really.

    dolly84, we could be related... luckily I had Gran to spend school hols with! 

    I wish you lived near me - I would love to get you knitting and sewing things for yourself! :) I'm not really a pusher, honest, guv... I mean, just a little summer top, you could give it up any time you liked...!
    2025 remaining: 37 coupons from 66:
    January (29): winter boots, green trainers, canvas swimming-shoes (15); t-shirt x2 (8); 3m cotton twill (6);
    .
    2025 second-hand acquisitions (no coupons): None thus far
    .
    2025 needlework- *Reverse-couponing*:11 coupons :
    January: teddybear-lined velvet jacket (11) & hat (0); velvet sleep-mask (0);
  • maddiemay
    maddiemay Posts: 5,101 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    A very poor photo of my Rowan sweater, taken on the tablet, which will not play nicely with MSE, resorted to mailing it to myself, saving for a new tablet I think!  The colour is paler than shows on my screen,
    The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. (Abraham Lincoln)
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