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How can I restore this old vintage sewing machine?

I was recently given this beautiful vintage sewing machine by a lovely elderly lady in my area. It is really lovely and I would love to restore it and get it serviced properly before using it. I inten...
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Sewing Sewing Sewing Machine
How can I restore this old vintage sewing machine?
Asked by Nina Potter
1245 days ago
4 likes | 2 comments | 4 votes | 0 follows

What can you make with old bottles?

Ok, first off, I'm not an alcoholic!!! It's the wife! No, really I am joking. Our friend owns a micro pub and obviously, always has loads of bottles. Currently they just throw them all away. And I ...
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Glassware Wine Bottles Booze Bottles Glass Bottles Glass Bottles
What can you make with old bottles?
Asked by Anthony Allen
1267 days ago
1 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

Is this a kiln? Any pottery experts out there?

Hi, my friend and I, have just moved into a new flat and we found this thing in our back garden. Left by a previous tenant or a previous, previous tenant, we don't know. And we really just wanted to k...
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Pottery Pottery Mystery Kiln Homemade Kiln
Is this a kiln? Any pottery experts out there?
Asked by Hanna Raine
1267 days ago
2 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

What are these huge wooden hoops used for?

Hello, can anyone tell me what these huge wooden hoops are used for? My friend went to a garage sale recently and took a photo of these huge hoops hanging up in the person's barn. She took the phot...
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Embroidery Wooden Hoops Embroidery Sewing
What are these huge wooden hoops used for?
Asked by Megan Courtney
1267 days ago
2 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

What can you make with pipe cleaners?

What can you make with pipe cleaners? Lol, really what on earth do you actually make with pipe cleaners? My daughter and I are always making little projects and have tried lots of different things. We...
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Crafts Pipe Cleaners Crafting Papercraft
What can you make with pipe cleaners?
Asked by Kelly Channing
1269 days ago
1 likes | 1 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

How to use a loom tutorial, please?

Hello, can anyone recommend a really good written tutorial on how to use a loom. I'm sorry, but I am a complete beginner and am really looking for something that starts right at the beginning and expl...
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Weaving Loom Tutorial Beginner
How to use a loom tutorial, please?
Asked by Ann Patsy
1270 days ago
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Vintage custom sewing machine what was it used for?

Hello, I have a bit of an odd question, hope there is a sewing expert out there who can help me. It's bugging me a bit :) I was in a cute, little shop recently. It was just a vintage clothes shop a...
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Sewing Vintage Sewing Machine Mystery Sewing Machine Singer Sewing Machine
Vintage custom sewing machine what was it used for?
Asked by Emma Cavan
1272 days ago
4 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

Why is pottery so hard?

So I have just finished my first pottery project. And I have to say my nerves were through the roof for most of it. And it really didn’t help, Janice the tutor, laughing at me all the time. All joki...
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Pottery Pottery Fishing Bowl Birds Stress Madness
Why is pottery so hard?
Asked by Baz Tommy
1272 days ago
1 likes | 1 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

Tutorials for beginners in leatherwork?

Hello, I have just been given a load of pieces of leather strapping that I wanted to try and make something with. But unfortunately I am not the quickest of learners and I like to take things at my ow...
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Leatherwork Leather Wallets Straps Written Tutorials
Tutorials for beginners in leatherwork?
Asked by Bernard Bryant
1273 days ago
0 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

How to start with resin casting?

So a friend of a friend has just bought this whole collection of used resin casting pieces from the internet. However, she has just found out she is pregnant and has lost interest in this. So I have o...
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Resin Resin Casting Shells Jewellery
How to start with resin casting?
Asked by Maria Wilson
1275 days ago
3 likes | 1 comments | 0 votes | 1 follows

Are these old sewing patterns really trendy or am I losing it?

Having recently had my own child, I had expressed an interest in taking up sewing, to my mother. So she went away and came back with a huge pile of old sewing patterns. I mean some are so old, that th...
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Sewing Vintage Patterns Sewing Patterns Sewing
Are these old sewing patterns really trendy or am I losing it?
Asked by Deborah Issac
1275 days ago
7 likes | 4 comments | 9 votes | 0 follows

How to make a clay face that scares people to death or makes them laugh

So my mum made this little face when she did a pottery evening class back in the 70s, when she was a bit of a hippy and a wild child. And it has now followed me around for over 40 years. She presented...
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Pottery Clay Pottery Sculpture Face
How to make a clay face that scares people to death or makes them laugh
Asked by Jane Herb
1275 days ago
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Are Gutterman threads really the best?

Hello, I have limited experience of sewing and before I started, I remember reading a bit about threads. And the consensus was that Gutterman threads really were the best. Well, at least on the couple...
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Sewing Sewing Thread Gutterman Kids Clothes
Are Gutterman threads really the best?
Asked by Susan Murphy
1280 days ago
1 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

The Haunted Pot of Terror!

So my friend had just moved into this house and kept hearing this strange scratching noise come from the loft. And even though it was 3.33 in the morning, and the thunder was cracking outside and the ...
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Pottery Pot Plant Pot Pottery Face Pot
The Haunted Pot of Terror!
Asked by Jane Hiram
1280 days ago
1 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

How to paint a wicker chair?

Hi, thanks for reading. Just appreciate any advice you might be able to offer. We have some older wicker cane chairs that we are really getting bored of. And we were wondering what we would need to...
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Painting Paint Wicker Chair Cane Chair Painting
How to paint a wicker chair?
Asked by Barry Stevens
1281 days ago
2 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

Is it bad that I want to paint this dresser?

Hello, please can you settle an argument I am having with my friend. I have a very small, French holiday chalet, that we use for holidays and to get away from London life. And I am not an interior des...
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Painting Dresser Painting Paint
Is it bad that I want to paint this dresser?
Asked by Jackie Altham
1281 days ago
2 likes | 0 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

What can I do with Ginny the mannequin?

Ok, she's been christened Ginny because she is always legless, get it, lol? So my mother actually bought her and gave her to me. It was a unusual present I have to admit, but that is my mother. I m...
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Mannequin Mannequin Painting Decorating Ginny The Mannequin
What can I do with Ginny the mannequin?
Asked by Cheryl Brooks
1281 days ago
1 likes | 1 comments | 0 votes | 0 follows

How to stop metal going rusty in the garden?

Sorry for the terrible pictures, I'm not much of a photographer. I just wanted to share a tip to stop metal going rusty in the garden. And I have say that this trick has been really quite successful. ...
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Metalwork Vaseline Metal Outside Swing Chair
How to stop metal going rusty in the garden?
Asked by Linda Headley
1281 days ago
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Can I use a domestic oven for powder coating?

Really sorry if this is a stupid question, but does anyone know if you can use a domestic oven to cure (or whatever it's called), maybe bake, something you have powder coated? I know you need the s...
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Paint Powder Coating Powder Coating Oven Restoration
Can I use a domestic oven for powder coating?
Asked by Kevin Karney
1282 days ago
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How do I test if paint is lead based?

Hello, does anyone know how to test if paint is lead based or safe? I have this vintage egg weighing machine and I would really like to clean it up and use it. I thought it would be fun to let the kid...
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Paint Lead Based Paint Egg Weigher Kitchen
How do I test if paint is lead based?
Asked by Jerry Pace
1282 days ago
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