This is a photo of one of my old compost bins. I bought these in about 2003 (?) at a local “buy everything home and garden” store. They have lived in just so many places around the garden over the years and are still hanging together in spite of it all. But, in my experience,… Continue reading Adapt and repair what you already have-10th October 2022
Tag: Singer treadle sewing machine
My other sewing machine-13th Mar 2022
I did promise I would tell you about the other one. It may not be what you think. And, if I love the first one so much, why do I need another one? One word: zig-zag. My beloved 201K is a straight stitch machine and there are sometimes when a girl could really do with… Continue reading My other sewing machine-13th Mar 2022
My 1st Singer sewing machine-9th Mar 2022
We met my Singer treadle sewing machine yesterday but I would like to tell you a bit more about it. This particular one was built in about 1945. Actually, I can tell you exactly when it was built. By looking up the serial number that is on the little metal plate attached at the front… Continue reading My 1st Singer sewing machine-9th Mar 2022
Household mending-8th March 2022
Mending tea towels? REALLY? Get a life, girl! The obsession with mending things comes from a pig-headed streak in me, I admit it. There was a time when I had the same mis-matched tea towels as absolutely everyone else I know. I bet even the Queen has mis-matched tea towels. They are, without doubt, the… Continue reading Household mending-8th March 2022
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