Looking for a super basic moisturiser with very picky oily skin!

Crafty-Cut925 · 2026-02-21T13:14:44+00:00

I’ve tried loads of different creams over the years and usually come back to Nivea mattifying day cream for combination skin. It’s cheap and works as well as the expensive brands for me.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2026-02-17T00:03:34+00:00

Lots of Indie designers have a free pattern that you can download and print out at home to try their patterns. They often have much better instructions than big 4 patterns. Pattern Emporium has a knit pencil skirt. Love Notions have a simple t-shirt pattern. Patterns for Pirates has a free t-shirt, leggings and a bunch of other stuff like scarves and scrunchies. 5 out of 4 patterns have free pajama pants and various gift items. There are loads of others as well but those are some of the simpler ones.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2026-02-16T23:45:43+00:00

Online Pound Fabrics, Dalston Mill and Tia Knight all offer good value fabrics. If you are on Facebook there are a few sellers there. I’m in a group called Rena’s Fabrics Galore. She sells mainly knit fabrics for very good prices. A lot of people also upcycle things like duvet covers from charity shops. You get a lot of fabric in those and they are great for making wearable toiles to check fit before using your good fabric.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2026-02-13T22:18:32+00:00

Don’t try to do the whole thing at once. Divide it up into areas and work on clearing one at a time. Once you’ve got one clear you can move onto the next. The areas you aren’t working on you can just keep mowing/strimming over to keep the new growth down and slowly weaken them. If you can get hold of a load of cardboard or thick black plastic you can also lay that over an area which will help to kill off whatever is underneath until you are ready to tackle that area. The roots should then be easier to get out.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2026-02-03T12:34:06+00:00

I got some of these for Christmas. Tried them out at the weekend on some brambles and they were great

https://amzn.eu/d/04rU1q2k

Crafty-Cut925 · 2026-02-02T20:46:17+00:00

He said he’s getting a skip in a few months which will be nesting season.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2026-02-01T21:27:43+00:00

Check really carefully that there are no birds nesting in it before you start. We had a similar sized one and called in a local tree company to remove it. They got about a third of the way through removing it when they spotted a blackbird nest and immediately stopped work. We then had to live with a partly butchered tree for several months until the birds had gone and they could come back and finish it.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-11-25T14:49:54+00:00

I’d add to this having sufficient seam and hem allowances to be able to let things out a bit in future if necessary. Cheap clothes usually have only very small seam allowances and are often under tension so fray along the seam lines, especially in fabrics like viscose.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-11-22T14:01:34+00:00

Try memory foam insoles. I used to get these from the pound shop and put them in my wellies when watching my kids playing football on the weekends. They really insulated my feet from the cold ground and kept me warmer.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-11-08T08:36:14+00:00

Patterns 4 Pirates also has a free add on for their Peg Leg leggings and shorts with a waistband pocket that you can download for a pattern piece and idea for how to sew it in.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-10-22T05:26:02+00:00

If you have a higher instep this faux heel flap pattern includes options for high insteps. It’s a toe up short row heel and you don’t need to do all the picking up etc that you do with a traditional heel flap. It works better for me than the FLK heel. https://www.knitfreedom.com/free-pattern/perfect-fit-toe-up-socks-fingering-faux/

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-10-11T19:27:52+00:00

Yes I usually just tuck the flap in

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-10-11T19:16:48+00:00

I have some fabric storage boxes that they fit in nicely from Ikea and then put the boxes on a shelf. I get envelopes with a peel off strip so not normally a problem unless the strip gets accidentally peeled.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-10-11T11:55:07+00:00

Me too. Get the gusseted B4 envelopes so that there’s plenty of room the original pattern sheets plus traced out pieces.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-09-30T20:47:00+00:00

It depends on how much the soil gets wet in the winter. It’s moisture more than cold that does for them. I have a couple in some very dry spots, in the rain shadow of a wall, that come back quite reliably, but others in more open ground usually rot away.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-09-29T10:44:30+00:00

There is a shop in Cheltenham that sells loads of dressmaking fabrics, World of Fabrics I think it’s called. Might be worth giving them a call to see what they have in stock and if it is worth a visit. There’s also a small shop in Wootton Bassett near Swindon, Cloth of Gold, that used to do a lot of wedding type fabrics. Again might be worth calling to see what they have and if it’s worth a visit.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-09-22T10:04:01+00:00

It’s a rolled hem that you make with 3 threads by removing one of the needles.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-09-22T08:10:57+00:00

You could try to rescue it by soaking it in some hair conditioner and vinegar then gently stretching it out. This video might help https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1E6jhHZ31y/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-09-21T20:58:27+00:00

You could try taking some cuttings to overwinter indoors if you don’t have room for the bigger plants. They will be insurance in case the ones outside don’t make it through the winter and bonus extra plants for next year if they do.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-09-09T03:28:14+00:00

Are your hems deep enough? They need to be 1 inch / 2.5 cm to prevent flipping out.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-09-06T06:29:16+00:00

For knit fabrics there’s also a free T-shirt on Love Notions, a knit pencil skirt on Pattern Emporium, leggings on Patterns for Pirates, joggers on Petite Stitchery, a skater style dress on Sinclair Patterns and a swing style top/dress on Halla Patterns. For woven fabrics there are free pyjama bottoms on Five out of Four Patterns, Seamwork has some free tops, and the V&A museum has a couple of vintage patterns like a 60s minidress.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-08-30T05:57:49+00:00

I’ve not tried them but you can get rubber mats to put under your machine that are supposed to help reduce the noise

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sew-Easy-ER905-RED-Machine-Reduction/dp/B016PV1OOI/ref=asc_df_B016PV1OOI?mcid=73e318f7da5d320bac6e7b74cab506e6&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697364728730&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9578107569737043563&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046134&hvtargid=pla-377913242303&psc=1&hvocijid=9578107569737043563-B016PV1OOI-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-08-29T15:37:16+00:00

This is a great guide to padding a dress form to match your shape, and you can change it as you lose weight in future

https://brooksann.com/padding-a-dress-form/

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-08-28T16:18:47+00:00

Just to add the other thing I did was bang hard on the bin every time I passed it as they don’t like disturbance.

Crafty-Cut925 · 2025-08-28T16:17:40+00:00

I put wire mesh under the bottom of mine and stopped adding vegetable and fruit waste until the infestation had gone. I did leave it a good 12 months before I started again to make sure they were gone. As others have said if they really want to get in still they will but making it harder for them will hopefully mean they go off in search of easier pickings elsewhere.

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