some things are not usable "forever"
#41
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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I'm a saver and a user. In the 70's we were recycling glass jars. I kept all my good ones. Now my daughter wants them, as she is canning lots of stuff from her garden. A lot more people are getting into gardening and canning again.
I read yesterday that vinyl records are coming back. The companies have a hard time getting enough vinyl, and the machines are old and worn out; but they are making new records and selling new record players.
Everything old is new again.
I read yesterday that vinyl records are coming back. The companies have a hard time getting enough vinyl, and the machines are old and worn out; but they are making new records and selling new record players.
Everything old is new again.
#42
As far as rotary blades go....I have learned that I get three times as much use from OLFA than any other brand...especially Friscars. They cost more but they last so much longer. I'm not affiliated with that company in any way, just a happy customer!
#43
I try to squeeze every little bit out of each item, but you are so right; there comes a time when an item needs to be pitched. As DJ said, I tend to hold on to stuff and I'm running out of room to store it.
#44
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 405
Oh what a topic. I need to get over 'saving everything as I might have a need for it sometime". My daughter and grandson spent about an hour here on July 4th. Later she said 'Mom, do you really need all this stuff?"
so I went through some stuff and gave her a box and told her it was the beginning of my purgging!
BUT I recently spoke with a good friend about my stuff and she is giving some of her stuff to the local battered womens shelter. So I am having soooo much fun - collected clothes, blankets, kitchen things and puzzles, pencils, crayons, paper, notebooks etc. While doing this I am imagining the children having fun with what I really do not need anymore. AND I will end up with less clutter and more room for my quilting ha
so I went through some stuff and gave her a box and told her it was the beginning of my purgging!
BUT I recently spoke with a good friend about my stuff and she is giving some of her stuff to the local battered womens shelter. So I am having soooo much fun - collected clothes, blankets, kitchen things and puzzles, pencils, crayons, paper, notebooks etc. While doing this I am imagining the children having fun with what I really do not need anymore. AND I will end up with less clutter and more room for my quilting ha
#45
I am happy to be thrifty.
So now when I find a way to up-cycle or re-use an item, and save a dime when I do, I think fondly of Emma and all she taught me by example. So go and replace your stuff when ever it gets a bit worn. Surround yourself with new and trendy, I am happy with my thrifty ways, and so far none of my friends and family have complained about my handcrafted gifts.
#46
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Beautiful Oregon
Posts: 320
Jan thanks for the kick in the pants -- your comment about 'scraps' -- I need to just toss some of this cheap, thin fabric that I inherited --- I have been hanging onto it for what????
Bearisgray,
You can add:
irons....which lose their spray action, leak, or don't heat thoroughly
marking pencils....I hate nubs!
templates....with dinged or chipped corners
leftovers....fabric scraps, partial patterns, 3-out-of-4 buttons, that trim you'll never use, batting scraps when you have yards of leftover batting pieces, a "finished" bobbin with about 2-3 yards of thread left on it
UFOs older than dirt which you'll never get around to completing
(These last two are "attention span". THAT does not seem to last forever either. )
Jan in VA
You can add:
irons....which lose their spray action, leak, or don't heat thoroughly
marking pencils....I hate nubs!
templates....with dinged or chipped corners
leftovers....fabric scraps, partial patterns, 3-out-of-4 buttons, that trim you'll never use, batting scraps when you have yards of leftover batting pieces, a "finished" bobbin with about 2-3 yards of thread left on it
UFOs older than dirt which you'll never get around to completing
(These last two are "attention span". THAT does not seem to last forever either. )
Jan in VA
#47
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,406
I was talking about gettibg rid ot things like:
the iron that shorted out that one is keeping " because the cord is still good"
I totally agree that some of us need to be a lot more frugal than others.
the iron that shorted out that one is keeping " because the cord is still good"
I totally agree that some of us need to be a lot more frugal than others.
#48
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MO (the Show Me state)
Posts: 2,947
Originally Posted by [email protected]
...I was recently given a lot of fabric from someones elderly Aunt that passed away. It had that old mildew smell to it. I can't tell you how many times I washed, soaked & sprayed those pieces of fabric (sometimes yardage) to get the smell out "just in case I might need it someday. I am still airing it and rewashing it, but refusing to throw it away. ...
#49
TO Clarify = ONLY if it is YOUR blood and YOUR spit.
WWII. A bit of research on the united national war effort explains why some things became scarce and collectable. Part of the war effort was collecting metal of all types: today's collectors of antique keys and doorknobs and metal toys cry over the treasures that were scrapped.
After stabbing myself with my seam ripper trying waaaay too hard to cut a thread, I realized it was time for a new one. Yes, Virginia, spit removes blood from fabric.
After stabbing myself with my seam ripper trying waaaay too hard to cut a thread, I realized it was time for a new one. Yes, Virginia, spit removes blood from fabric.
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