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[Speicher]

I'm a pretty dab hand in the kitchen. Plus I know how to make proper belgian waffles. Parental unit is Belgian, you see... I also know how to make those choux buns filled with creme chantilly and covered in gooey chocolate glaze.

And can we have a nice selection of satins, velvets and trimmings to make cat show drapes from please? If it're recycled fabrics, even better. I don't mind unpicking curtains and stuff to reuse them.

Belgian waffles are one of my favourites, and profiteroles.

Yes, regarding the fabrics, I am sure we could have a fabric shop and a special corner for recycling clothes and fabrics. I have a large collection of lots of fabrics in various sizes, and could do with some of them being reused.

Yesterday, I was repairing a shirt. The collar was falling apart, so I unpicked it, added a new, contrasting piece of fabric where the worn out fabric was, and tacked the collar back in place, the other way round, as it were. This process used to be called, sometime in the last century, turning a collar. It is now ready for the machine stitching.

I have a very cosy fleece shirt, where the cuffs have frayed. Another fleece had candle wax spilt on it, don't ask, so the spare bits will be used for new cuffs. It can be, I think, very therapeutic to do these repairs.

I would, of course, be very careful not to get sticky finger marks on the fabrics.

 

[fossyant]

Didn't make it into work today - the desk I'm at is causing me serious back pain. Fortunately the Facilities Team have 'now' sprung into action after I copied in 'the bosses' and my electric sit/stand desk that someone else is using (don't ask) will be relocated ASAP to another office where there is space (all the desks are in a fixed 4 or 6 configuration and can't be 'moved'. At least the office I'm moving into has a good view being on the top floor, and lots of natural light.

 

[fossyant]

WW1 Trench making tonight. We have decided to buy a cake, but it needs 'decorating' - pictures to follow this evening/

 

[mybike]

I thought there needed to be an effort made to improve the quality of posts here. So:

 

[Speicher]

I have just found the right sign for the kitchen opening times at the new café/wool/craft/bar/fabric/garden shop.

 

[fossyant]

My daughter has finished her 'trench cake'.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Very imaginative, good use of confectionery.

 

[Reynard]

That is pretty, and quite dramatic.

Thank you Was all made with recycled fabrics - three different pairs of curtains, all picked up on jumble sales. Still have a fair bit of the fabric left to use for other sewing projects.

 

[Katherine]

My daughter has finished her 'trench cake'.

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Very imaginative, good use of confectionery.

Especially the match makers!

 

[Reynard]

Belgian waffles are one of my favourites, and profiteroles.

What's not to like, cream, chocolate, squishy cakey bits... When it comes to waffles, I usually make Gaufres de Namur. Not quite as toothsome and less sweet than a Gaufre de Liege (the ones with the sugar pearls in them) but more substantial than the Gaufres de Bruxelles. And they're equally good hot or cold. And they make a super toasting waffle if you're that way inclined.

Yes, regarding the fabrics, I am sure we could have a fabric shop and a special corner for recycling clothes and fabrics. I have a large collection of lots of fabrics in various sizes, and could do with some of them being reused.

Likewise - have several suitcases of fabrics on the loft. Parentals were involved in soft furnishing / upholstery, so have a lot or rems and offcuts there. Plus I like to trawl charity shops, boot sales etc for interesting fabrics to make show drapes.

Yesterday, I was repairing a shirt. The collar was falling apart, so I unpicked it, added a new, contrasting piece of fabric where the worn out fabric was, and tacked the collar back in place, the other way round, as it were. This process used to be called, sometime in the last century, turning a collar. It is now ready for the machine stitching.

I have a very cosy fleece shirt, where the cuffs have frayed. Another fleece had candle wax spilt on it, don't ask, so the spare bits will be used for new cuffs. It can be, I think, very therapeutic to do these repairs.

Wow! Kudos to you. I don't recycle clothes to that extent, but am happy to patch jeans, darn socks, replace zips, that sort of thing. Would rather have a few good quality but hard-wearing items of clothing than the stuff that you can buy for peanuts that falls apart as soon as you look at it.

I would, of course, be very careful not to get sticky finger marks on the fabrics.

We'd need a washroom with lots of nice soaps and smellies and that sort of stuff in order to keep the sticky fingers at bay.

 

[Speicher]

Replacing a zip is a very fiddly thing to do. I would have to be sure that the trousers had plenty of life left in them. I have often bought a garment in a charity shop because I like the fabric. Full-length skirts can easily be made into shorter skirts, or shorts.

There are very excellent Charity shops which sell garments that look like they have never been worn.

I would have to respect your expert knowledge on the subject of waffles, and would be happy to try them all.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I love trawling charity shops and flea markets for all sorts of things.

 

[Reynard]

Replacing a zip is a very fiddly thing to do. I would have to be sure that the trousers had plenty of life left in them. I have often bought a garment in a charity shop because I like the fabric. Full-length skirts can easily be made into shorter skirts, or shorts.

There are very excellent Charity shops which sell garments that look like they have never been worn.

Yeah, with zips, you do need to see if it's worthwhile doing as it's a nightmare to unpick and then redo stitching. One of my fave items of clothing came from the Cancer Research shop here in Ely - a Toggi fleece-lined suede gilet for £7.

I would have to respect your expert knowledge on the subject of waffles, and would be happy to try them all.

My fave recipe is one I actually found online I do a good line in German gingerbread as well

 

[TVC]

I love trawling charity shops and flea markets for all sorts of things.

Is that how you found Fabbers?

 

[Reynard]

I love trawling charity shops and flea markets for all sorts of things.

Boot sales and jumble sales too. I'm a sucker for books. And militaria. And cat ornaments...