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The charity shop haggle sounds like a great idea!! I want to start making patchwork things - I bought a lovely fairtrade skirt that is patchwork and it's given me the bug. That said, I haven't even made anything in patchwork but will certainly give it a shot. I've also got a pattern for making my ow...

There are still the odd few bargains to be found Stew - if I hear of anything I'll let you know.

Is it something to renovate that you are looking for? How rural? pm more details or post them here.

Shirlz x

There are still properties out here that are affordable - in the local paper today it said that Aberdeenshire and Moray are the cheapest places in the UK to buy property. We live in an area that is just within commuting distance of Aberdeen and of course the oil workers with their big bucks like the...

I missed most of the series as we have just moved to Aberdeenshire and didn't have a telly! In fact we didn't have most of our belongings until the delivery lorries arrived on Wednesday last week - 4 weeks after I moved in with the two boys. Amazingly, in that four weeks I coped just fine with the f...

lol i'm not sure - right now we have about 5 of the local farmer's sheep that keep coming into our garden - we have no fencing. We are surrounded by sheep of all sorts of breed here. We might - I'm not sure yet. DP isn't up here with me yet and I've got enough to do with the chooks, unpacking, kids ...

Hi again Ina... and hi Millymollymandy :lol: Thanks for the welcome - I keep light and buff sussex chooks at the moment. When we were in Herefordshire we also kept embden geese, various ducks, and sheep too. We were renting there and there was a large paddock and plenty of outbuildings, but I wanted...

I was planning a 'recycled christmas' this year anyway so I reckon I'll be making a few of those bags for various people :) I'm trying to find my last copy of the Green Parent magazine because I have a feeling that this next issue has a cloth bag for every reader with it :D - I should have my copy w...

:mrgreen: I can't wait. everyone else in the world likes I'm mad :wink: Does anyone have light sussex's? and if I have a few chickens is it easy to introduce others at a later date? Hi We have light and buff sussex - really good egg laying from the light sussex and very tasty the eggs are too!! The...

Cut off legs below knee. Undo one of the seams (I think the outside one is better, the inside should be a bit straighter); that gives you two roughly square bits of material. If necessary, cut them down to same size. Sow up along three sides, add long or short handles from other bits of the jeans (...

:wave: What a great find this site is! I was looking up information on the proposed carrier bag charge for Scotland when I found this place with it's fantastic article on the carry-a-bag idea. I always carry a bag or three with me anyway - I hate using carrier bags for all the obvious reasons. Anyw...