THE FHG SEWING THREAD :-D

[ilove2patch]

As requested, a place for us to ask for help and advice from other stitchers and to show the things we make.
Over to you.:-D

[stan3502]

Morning all.

I'm getting really fed up of having to defrost the car every morning in the dark.:-(

Quite in work today and I'm on a half day.:-D

Must get on and finish the new curtains for the bar when I get home.

[****merlin*****]

sewing still isnt my forte at all

if i could learn to not hold my breath i think i would get on a whole lot better:^O

however i am enjoying doing this now, which is a step in the right direction:^O

its hard when your lappy is poorly

(i have 3 in a cupboard) i just buy a new one when something goes wrong:_|

i've had 4 (not counting the 2 ipads i returned) in 3 years:_|

[chickengrandma-2008]

All what learning said ^^^  😄

I've got to get ready to go to the dentist!:-(  I'm having two fillings!:-(  One of the one's he's supposed to fill broke last night!:_|

I don't want to go!:_|  :_|  :_|

[****merlin*****]

my neighbour came and asked me why we never need to scrape our windscreens every morning like they do

the night before, just before it goes dark (assuming you wont use your car after that) get a skooshy bottle, fill it 75% with white vinegar & 25% water, shake and spray on your windscreen

it wont frost up then

do this every night once you are parked up for the night and you wont have to scrape it again

[chickengrandma-2008]

And your car'll smell like a fish and chip van!:^O

[stan3502]

Merlin will definitely try that for the screen thankyou very much :-x

CG I don't do dentist unless I am unconscious so good luck and I will be thinking of you :-x

[****merlin*****]

small price to pay when you have as many frosty mornings as we do:-(

😞 at the dentist

i dont mind the dentist at all but i can see why many do

[ilove2patch]

AA man dismantling car!:|

[****merlin*****]

attached all my binding on the front

this has been a learning curve

1 - dont stitch as far before you do the ends next time

2 - think material thickness before deciding to use it as a binding

3 - banish aformentioned cat who sits on everything before you start attaching the back with your piece sat on your knee

if she would sit still it would be fine but she trys to follow my needle

one of us is gonna end up stabbed with it:_|

[stan3502]

AA man dismantling car!:|

Keeping my fingers crossed for you Maggie so you can soon be off on your way.:-x

[captainbovine]

cooo eeeee! here I are...back from work. I took them muffins today as I said they won't be getting them for a while.

Maggie...whaddya mean dismantling the car???? gawd, I thought it was just the battery?:O

Numptz...glad to hear H is back home...are you now in fetch and carry mode?

CG, dentists eh? hhmmm don't mind the dentist really, .... once I'm in there that is.

Off the quacks this afternoon to get all my meds sorted out, not leaving anything to chance!

[shonafp]

merlin

marvellous idea re white vinegar ! i'll try that.

( similiar to my father's idea of meths in the water bottle for the wipers ? never freezes up )

but...what time do you call just as it's getting dark ?

that would be around 5pm-ish here in devon - too early ?

[ilove2patch]

Cam belt has broken!:-( Hopefully no damage to valves as I wasn't driving it at the time. It has been towed to my local garage. They will let me know later. I am going on holiday at the weekend...in my car!

[chickengrandma-2008]

Did you have a guarentee with that car Maggie?

I'm home!:-D

I should have been a dentist!

Got there at ten to twelve for twelve o'clock appointment.

Got called in at nine minutes to twelve.

Two fillings, no injections.  Quick clean of the area to be filled, filling squirted in, purple light applied, quick file to smooth off.  I was back in reception before twelve.

£110 !!!:O   😮   😮   :_|   :_|   :_|

Filled in forms for new Denplan agreement!!!:-D

[chickengrandma-2008]

You might even have a guarantee Maggie!;\

[ilove2patch]

They don't gaurentee cam belts CG. I should have had it changed 'in case' when I bought the car but that's all very well in hindsight. Waiting to hear if it's just a case of a new belt or more 'major surgery'! 😞

[learning2me]

Fingers crossed Maggie 😉

[ilove2patch]

Thanks Mags.:-)

[petitecalicocat]

Aw Maggie what an expense just before your holiday too , still better now than on the motorway .

I'm taking DH to hospital soon to see the eye specialist, they cancelled his laser surgey last year saying it wasnt needed after all , wonder what they will say today !

Scrap man still hasnt turned up for sons old car 😞

[numptz2012]

hope it's not too expensive Maggie:-x

PCC, I may of missed you saying so but is sons car driveable? and is the scrap man paying him or 'doing him a favour' by taking it off his hands?:|