... and so.....

Wishing you all a very very lovely 2020.... I am unable to come up with profound things to say but I do wish you lots of happiness

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I made a start in the sewing room.... (no surprises there) 

I had this plastic box marked 'Baby'... with a mixture of minky, chenille, muslin, flannelette, cotton, cotton bedlinen (new).

Our youngest grandbaby is 4 ... so they have been languishing a while.... mostly leftovers...

first up I chopped the muslin and chenille and got out my overlocker… which I tried to kill a month ago by sewing over a pin, then thinking I could change the blade, and instead I broke a needle, so I sent it for service and paid enough for 5 metres of fabric but it works very nicely thank you Mr Fixit ....

These make just lovely washcloths for bubz, and Mums too.....

Then some good used baby items got the chop... a towel and a muslin wrap.... overlock raw edges...

these are now dishcloths ...

 Then I went to put the dishcloths away in the drawer and took out horrible stained old ones ….

Which I took to put in the laundry to become dusters.... and saw the cupboard was full of all sorts so I started tidying.....

and discovered I had all the things to make up my cleaning stuff.....

.... decided I needed more laundry powder...…

MY LAUNDRY POWDER RECIPE... 

4 cups grated soap..... (this is the only bit of labour intensive - you can use an electronic thing but I have broken 2 with soap so I just use the good old grater)

2 cups washing soda

1 cup bicarb (or borax but all our water is recycled into the garden)

1 cup nappy soaker (optional)

Mix it all together... need 2 Tablespoons for a wash....

I think I have enough for a couple of years now.... this is a 4 litre container....

Then I made up my all purpose cleaner....

ALL PURPOSE CLEANER RECIPE (I do 4 lots at a time and have a heap of bottles ready)

1.5 litres water (1 cup boiled) 

300ml vinegar

60ml dishwashing liquid

25mil eucalyptus oil

3 Dsp washing soda (60ml) (same stuff I use for the laundry powder)

Mix washing soda with boiling water to dissolve.  Add remaining ingredients

I use it almost everywhere, wonderful for sinks, stoves, soaking cooking things (especially oil fried pans), kitchen bench, toilet..... blah blah blah.

Do not use on timber with a varnish... the eucalyptus ruins it.....

I have a few spray bottles in strategic places in the house....

Of course I recycle as much as possible but I do find they need replacing - I think the eucalyptus slowly messes up the plastic....

Then I went on to make my glass cleaner..... (good for windows, mirrors, shower glass)

GLASS CLEANER RECIPE

Equal quantities of: 

alcohol (I use methylated spirits)

water

vinegar

None of these take much time to do at all (just grating the soap does a bit) and they all work fine for me... and have saved me a lot of money over the years.

There are a few stronger cleaners that I do buy and use periodically... so these don't fill all my needs.

Then I went back to the box that started it all....

and made a bunch more washcloths.....

... isn't this the cutest fabric, I think it's vintage and it was passed on to me by someone who had a bunch of lovely old fabrics....  If there had been enough I would have made myself a Bondi top with it....

Righto, Gotto Go..... there is cottons in there that can be made into little quilts.... with some help from other coordinates from my stash.... I would like to empty that box.....

Karen reminded me that bibs can be made... always useful and I do have a bucketload of press-studs!  I can use some of the fabrics and the towelling that is in there..... 

May your 2020 be fun... and happy.... and creative in any way you like