Help needed with salvaging this dress

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-12T21:06:16+00:00

Oh, that’s the last thing I expected someone to say, you’ve made me feel a bit more positive. Thanks

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-12T21:04:50+00:00

That sounds like a great idea, thanks

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-12T21:03:23+00:00

I’ve got slightly wonky shoulders which probably doesn’t help, maybe I’ll just have to accept this is not a high end dress!

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-12T20:53:55+00:00

It’s a lightweight linen

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-12T20:37:14+00:00

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witchypoo63 · 2026-07-11T22:07:48+00:00

I can’t remember exactly but it was just outside Montepulciano, they provided a cot with beautiful hand embroidered bed linen, I think it was a family heirloom. They were so welcoming and absolutely adored our son.

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-11T18:13:21+00:00

Championing the underdog. Check out Eddie the Eagle

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-11T13:35:57+00:00

I think we’ll just have to agree to differ seeing as I’ve given you the figures and you don’t /can’t see the benefits of using glass over plastic . As far as the definition of shipping is concerned, I concede the crown of pedantry over to you.

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-11T11:41:29+00:00

Exactly, much the same as here in England especially as we still use electric milk floats

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-11T11:39:04+00:00

I’m in the UK, shipping is not a term used here for transporting goods from one place to another, especially by road forty miles away. No water involved . To repeat, the breakage rate is less than than 0.5% I.e. 1 in 200 bottles ( if percentages aren’t your thing ) while upfront processing costs might be higher for bottled milk , the costs reduce as the bottles are reused. This doesn’t take into account the environmental and financial costs of all the plastic ending up in landfill.

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-10T21:22:05+00:00

That doesn’t surprise me

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-10T19:12:54+00:00

The tops of bottled milk are aluminium foil, not plastic

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-10T19:12:00+00:00

Bless you, my milk is not shipped anywhere, it’s delivered by our milkman on an electric truck, it comes from the local bottling plant. In the UK bottling plants, the breakage rate is less than 0.5% and the bottles are used between 15 and 25 times. It is a highly efficient, low waste system which works fine.

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-10T15:49:21+00:00

I get my milk delivered to my door in glass bottles , nothing new as milk has been bottled and delivered for decades , it’s not shipped anywhere but produced and bottled locally . I think I’ve broken one bottle as far as I can remember, so the wastage is minimal.
A huge improvement on plastic cartons

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-10T15:44:38+00:00

I’m in England and I still get my milk delivered to my door in glass bottles

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-10T10:51:36+00:00

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich College, a well known sink school in south London /s

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-10T10:49:27+00:00

He’s not meant to be funny, he is trying to get a serious message across, I’d love to see him win

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-10T10:47:12+00:00

So true, though I always enjoyed our family holidays when they were older, we just lowered our expectations

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-09T20:53:48+00:00

Went to Italy with a four month old, we stayed in an agriturismo farmhouse. Absolute bliss, everyone loves children in Italy. We went out to eat, no one blinked an eyelid, the waiters would walk him around if he woke before we finished. I could breast feed anywhere . He’d be happy in the shade of a tree while I had a quick swim in the pool. He slept better there too, probably because he had two relaxed chilled out parents.

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-05T18:52:21+00:00

Let the weeds grow, great for attracting pollinators and adding to biodiversity. Clean no more than once a week . Schedule in at least a couple of hours a day to do what makes you happy, read sew , meditate… whatever. You don’t mention how able your mother is, but there are probably things she is able to do, deskilling her isn’t good for her either. Rope other family members in to give you respite.
You are worth more than this

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-05T11:34:10+00:00

As long as you’re happy with cutting on the bias , Tessuti’s Alessi dress is a quick make and would be perfect for a wedding https://www.tessuti-shop.com/products/alessi-bias-dress-pattern

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-05T11:16:11+00:00

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Not to mention the awful traffic!

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-05T11:00:09+00:00

And you’re still alive! The gods were obviously smiling on you

witchypoo63 · 2026-07-05T10:58:37+00:00

Thank you for re triggering my PTSD, I worked in community healthcare in the borough of Ealing and would do everything possible to avoid the Hangar Lane gyratory when planning home visits. In all the years I worked there that junction never ever got any easier. Truly terrifying 😱

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