General Chat

Good morning Gwynne,another sunny day down here,husband is watering veg garden before it gets too hot. I had to be up early for the orphan lamb(Parsley) as feeds are every 3 hours!! Jill xxx:)

Can't imagine you there with needle and thread Linda, all that patience required! :)) Julie, the apron was green&white stripe, easy shape, and when finished you had to chain-stitch your initials on it, Mum ended up doing that bit, I couldn't even thread up one of those sewing machines, this was 1967! :))

How is David this morning, wonder how the party went? :)

Good idea Linda! :)) We had to do a cross-stitch picture, to be framed for the wall, I can remember the teacher saying, ''it must look as neat on the back, as it does on the front'', course, mine was all knots and bobbles! :))

Good morning Gwynne and everbody. I am feeling a little bleary eyed this morning. I think another cup of tea is called for. Went mad yesterday and blitzed the house in the morning and then spent the afternoon ironing. So today, I am doing absolutely nothing. Its very grey and overcast here in Doncaster and according to the weather forecast I am watching the forecast is 'more rain - less sun'. Never mind, I'll just stop on here then. Jenny

Morning Jill, I hope Parsley is well *worries about the name* I love sheep. Gwynne

Hi Jenny, As you have nothing to do today perhaps you could pop round and do my housework. Gwynne

And don't even mention maths, I was even worse! :)) (not much better now!) English was more me, loved reading! :))

Christine and Linda, Much as I hate mending I used to love embroidery and dressmaking. I also loved making theatrical costumes. Sadly now I have carpal tunnel syndrome I don't have the dexterity for fine sewing but I still drag the machine out to make costumes. Gwynne

Gwynne, I have the same prob as you with trouser legs. Once managed to find a pair of cropped jeans that were the right length!! LOL Janice

Yes, Nanna's friend used to embroider, she did some lovely work, it must be relaxing, I used to love all those different coloured embroidery cottons, I used to play with those! :)) (oops!, hadn't better mention 'colours' today Gwynne!) :)) How is your hand now Gwynne?

oooh Gwynne, lol:) Housework - yuk. Its amazing though, after a quick hoover up I now realise that I DON'T have a patterned carpet and that lighter nights are here now I have cleaned the windows. Thats it though until later in the year. Jenny

Thank goodness Linda, and as for all that business about cosine and tangent things, well, I couldn't even begin to understand! :)) we never had a calculator then! :)

Embroidery is very relaxing. It's easy to pick up and put down so I always used to have something on a frame. Time I did something useful. Hope to catch you all later, Gwynne

Gwynne, A friend suggested Barley as its name, but I am not sure which to go for!! We have 5 adults and 6 lambs plus 2 baby goats and they are all pets. Parsley was the last of triplets and mum was too tired to bother with him Jill xxx:).

Oh Julie, all those pretty sequins, we used to sew them on a bit of ribbon with two arm-holes in, for our Trolls! :)) Nanna used to take me and my cousin into Town on a Saturday, and I used to love that Haberdashery dept, all those buttons, I used to collect the pretty ones, still have the tin here!, and those pretty ostrich-feathers! we used to play with them! :))

Morning Dee, that's a good idea, something to keep, how sad it is to see some of those old samplers going on e-bay, the work that went into those :)

Bye Julie, take care there, hope we get some sun! :))

good morning all hope u all hav fun days

Morning all from sunny Stowmarket. Was pegging washing out at 7am, going to Portugal on Wednesday, got a mountain of ironing to do, but half of it may end up in cases un ironed, (his of course)The hubbys at work, rest of them, and whoever else came back last night are still in the land of nod. Have a good day one and all. Shirley.