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make do and mend weekend. 10th & 11th July.
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Nell Merionwen



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sally_in_wales wrote:
I'll be there!

I've got a set of Edwardian 'speed darners' that we can play with if anyone has a really enormous amount of darning to do



Ren



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
Oooo. Sewing machines! Our school is flogging some off - I've been told a bid of a fiver would probably secure one. Anyone interested?


I'd be interested if there are any more going..

Fee



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Sounds like a good idea, I may well be interested, depends what's happening though as it's my Ma & Step-Pa's birthday weekend. But I'm a possible!

Jamanda wrote:
I can't thread a sewing machine


That reminds me, must get my sewing machine out for my Mum to re-show me when she's hear tomorrow, I swear my machine's broked

sally_in_wales
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

lottie wrote:
I've loads I should be doing instead of the internet and now I need to look up speed darners


they are very strange and slightly lethal looking devices full of sharp pins, you stab them through the fabric, perform a sort of zig zag interlacing with your thread that forms half the darn, then just sew through in the other direction, meant to take half the time of 'normal' darning.

BelindaC



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have a set of original wartime Make Do and Mend Leaflets, plus the 1943 original MD&M booklet. All potentially photocopiable if anyone needs mending/darning tips. I used them today in the Clothes and Textiles class I'm teaching - we were investigating clothes rationing and Making Do. I'm sure they suggest at least 27 ways to patch a shirt.

The weekend sounds wonderful but is too far for me to travel. If anyone runs one closer to Herts I might well be interested. I can sew/mend anything that can be done on a 1929 Singer handcrank.

lottie



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sally_in_wales wrote:
lottie wrote:
I've loads I should be doing instead of the internet and now I need to look up speed darners


they are very strange and slightly lethal looking devices full of sharp pins, you stab them through the fabric, perform a sort of zig zag interlacing with your thread that forms half the darn, then just sew through in the other direction, meant to take half the time of 'normal' darning.

Thanks---I'd tried to find the info with no success---I just love practical gadgets ancient and modern.

ros



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Belinda wrote:
I have a set of original wartime Make Do and Mend Leaflets, plus the 1943 original MD&M booklet. All potentially photocopiable if anyone needs mending/darning tips. I used them today in the Clothes and Textiles class I'm teaching - we were investigating clothes rationing and Making Do. I'm sure they suggest at least 27 ways to patch a shirt.

The weekend sounds wonderful but is too far for me to travel. If anyone runs one closer to Herts I might well be interested. I can sew/mend anything that can be done on a 1929 Singer handcrank.



hmmm, I'm sure my home ec teacher in St Albans in the late 70s was called Belinda

jamsam



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

thats the weekend of my birthday, but im sure i could do it!!!

I really need to learn to knit!

I'll bring cake!

Nell Merionwen



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

jamsam wrote:
thats the weekend of my birthday, but im sure i could do it!!!

I really need to learn to knit!

I'll bring cake!


shall I put you on the list?

jamsam



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

put me down as a possible for the day.....i have some friends who are all sewers/knitters/dressmakers etc who would lve to see the farm and join in, i will start a list!!

Helen_A



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 09 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Possibly interested... depends in part on whether DD1 would be scouting or not on those dates, as she needs these skills too!

Chickem



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 09 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Me Me Me
(dont care what he say's i wanna come too!)

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 10 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thought I'd bump this so people remember to to put the date on their new calendars.

cir3ngirl



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 10 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Don't think I was given a choice about going. Would love to crouchet and spell the word

mochyn



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 10 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Do you want me to teach a crochet thing? Dodes the £55 apply to teachers as well as learners? Have I missed things? Have I got a brain?

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