Have you heard about The Great Home Hack-the UK’s first ‘home hacking event’?! Running over three days from the 13th-15th March, at Fulham Palace in London, The Great Home Hack will showcase the very best of British upcycling. And I’m going to be there, running a Masterclass-eeeek! The event is curated by Upcycler extraordinaire, Max … Continue reading
Isn’t that what every girl wants for her birthday..?! Except if you are of the Make Do and Mend mentality, you will be more delighted with a knicker making workshop and a book all about how to make sweets. So you can imagine how excited I was to get exactly these two things for my birthday last … Continue reading
Today, being the second Sunday of the month, saw me and the Upcycle Exchange at Bath Artisan Market again. And this month, the theme was Upcycle! So I was running some upcycling workshops too. Not one, not two, but THREE… The first was a re-run of the elephant tin can stilts-not one solitary person wanted … Continue reading
Last night I had my debut W.I talk, thanks to the lovely ladies at Potterne Springs W.I. They held a “Small Ideas, Big Changes” evening, that they threw open to the wider community as a free event, and it was an inspired idea that seemed to go down really well with everyone who attended. As … Continue reading
Knitting ideas, inspiration and free patterns, plus crochet, weaving, and more
Other than my pants, the rest are charity finds
A money-saving, growing-our-own, making-do-and-mending husband-and-wife blog
Some of the cool and useful food, craft and sustainability skills that your grandparents knew, but probably didn't teach you!
Inspired by Make Something Month
Author, trainer, coach
connecting people, place and planet
by Jack Monroe, bestselling author of 'A Girl Called Jack'
Let's fix our relationship with electronics
Every month (except December) we bring people together* to give the objects we share our world with a second lease of life and to chat and have a cuppa whilst we're at it (*currently online)
Makes, remakes, mends, darns, sews, arts, and crafts.
thrifty, creative & eco-friendly ways to raise children
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Proof that "We're going to live in a tent in a field" is easier read than done
My Make Do and Mend Year 