make do and mend

[@twistedfrannie9311]

Speaking on mending, I took mine out to the back deck two days ago. I replaced the elastic in 4 skirts ( I've lost 75lbs in the last year) and cut and pinned the fabric for 2 new skirts, that I'll be sewing later today.

[@rationbookrebecca]

Wow, 75lbs - That's Amazing💥.. How did the skirts turn out?

[@kuukat]

I just wanted to say that I love these cozy videos. It's like having a sit down with a good neighbor - very warm and chummy! Looking forward to spring here as well so I can have all my windows open for the fresh air. :)

[@rationbookrebecca]

Thanks lovely.... 🤞 the good weather isn't far away...

[@jeanniemullinder9038]

I love a mooching and knitting day too. Your open fire looks soooooo cosy ! loving your channel.

[@dorothyjaynevintage3250]

More gorgeous old books. Your Needlecraft book would be 1937. The letters and numbers you read out from the copyright page are how they used to date books - the numbers refer to the month and year of publication, so 837 would be August 1937. What a fab find! Good luck with the cottage - how exciting!

[@rationbookrebecca]

THANK YOU!!! I love it when I learn.. I now know how to date things when I see that... Woohoo!!!!! xx cheers m'lovely

[@vanadee1618]

I remember on the history channel there was a show about WW2 and what they did about clothes. Something about floor sacks or such were printed with patterns to encourage women to reuse them for clothing.

[@rationbookrebecca]

You remind me of the classic Marilyn Monroe potato sack dress.....

[@pinecone50]

Making clothing from flour sacks that were printed with patterns was very popular during the Depression in the US. I don't know how essential it was during the war as the US as more people had jobs and could afford to buy fabric and clothing rationing was not as severe as in the UK. I have never heard of flour sacks being used in the UK but I'd love to know if that is true or not.

[@varinafulcher5898]

Just been talking to my daughter in America , she’s on holiday, 8 hour time difference. Today i made bubble and squeak, a sweet potato and bean stew, an apple crumble, added syrup after seeing your tart one. Baked a loaf in the bread maker.

[@rationbookrebecca]

Oooh, hope she's enjoying herself over there... The customers were telling me about their holidays this weekend.. Memories from travels are great! Yum - how did the crumble turn out? Was the addition of syrup worth it?

[@varinafulcher5898]

Going back to the apple crumble with golden syrup, it gives it a sort of toffee taste, I use half oats half flour too. Sending positive thoughts for your cottage.x

[@lizintas8396]

Good luck with the cottage

[@peterleprevost2154]

What a delightful visit this. New subscriber here from New England. We still have snow, but a whole colony of snowdrops have emerged under an arborvitae. Beautiful sun this morning, but cloudy again now and probable snow this evening. Looking forward to catching up with your past videos, and holding my breath with you in anticipation over the little cottage. Positive thoughts coming your way. Susan

[@rationbookrebecca]

Bless you and welcome....

[@pinecone50]

So I take it that it is below normal temps in the UK? Forget snow in Canada. If you want to see people who won't see green for a long time check out California. Granted places like Mammoth Lakes get lots of snow in the winter but this year it is unreal. The snow extended all the way down almost to the Mexican border at one time. If you are interested check out Mammoth Mountain Life, Life in the Eastern Sierra etc. It will make you feel warm.

[@marietomlinson4403]

Good luck with the offer on your cottage 🤞 Love seeing the old books,some great finds you have there.

[@rationbookrebecca]

Thanks hon.... xx

[@georgielancaster1356]

Do you have a darning mushroom for sock repairs? Also, would it help if you bought a silk dressing gown from an op shop, then knitted panels to stitch to the silk, and to the knitted panels abutting, so it is lined? If I had a wool dressing gown, I would itch myself to death.

[@Mrs.S-UK]

This vlog was a little ray of sunshine for me this morning as I have been paying far too much attention to what's happening with Mr P & Mr Z in Europe as well as all the news from across the pond....driving myself bonkers. I think I need to take up knitting!....Good luck with the cottage ❤ 😊

[@hev2519]

Just found you and subscribed immediately. You have such a cosy vibe, very inspiring although I will have to delay the crafty and gardening stuff as I’m recovering from pretty major shoulder surgery. Your lovely vlogs are taking my mind off it. Fingers crossed your cottage goes ahead asap

[@rationbookrebecca]

Oh dear Hev, best wishes to you... Thanks for joining us!

[@ellendurkee5444]

-3 in Nova Scotia with a bit of snow, but! its melting as it lands.. there is hope :) I picked up a very flash black velour dressing gown (we call them housecoats) last week at my local second hand shop for $4, Its lovely and cozy. Moving is exciting! Good luck in getting the cottage.

[@rationbookrebecca]

Aaaw, that bargain sounds goooooorgeous.... Well done you.. Wrap up my lovely.. 🥶 and thank you xx

[@donnataylor3447]

I so hope you get your cottage. I so love your videos and look forward to them. My best friend was from the UK and you remind me so much of her and when I watch your videos it’s like sitting in front of her fireplace again. I wish I could live in the UK.

[@rationbookrebecca]

Donna, thank you so much.. what a lovely comment.. xx

[@donnataylor3447]

You inspire me to look for ways to save and use what I have. As a matter of fact I’m going to start a pair of socks today because I watched your video yesterday. Thanks so much!❤️

[@nrstooge]

I just ordered this and her other book - can't wait!

[@rationbookrebecca]

enjoy! ❤️

[@karenmiller6158]

Rebecca, I love this book!

[@rationbookrebecca]

Any favourite hints/tips?

[@jojobinxy7542]

I have the make do and mend book too! And the food one that goes with it, got them from Eden camp years ago, they're great 😊

[@georgielancaster1356]

Or, what about looking for an older style, men's dressing gown in an opshop, and cutting it down to make a dressing gown to fit you perfectly?

[@nrstooge]

50 gm of yarn is 1.75 oz - so 100gm is 3.5 oz (used to work at LYS for 16 years)

[@mikybaum108]

Good luck I keep my fingers crossed for you ❤x

[@jj-nb1ll]

So excited for you,I do so hope it all goes to plan for you.

[@rationbookrebecca]

Thank you ❤️

[@amandabrown352]

Hi love your channel, charity shops are my downfall ,especially recip books and vintage knitting patterns

[@rationbookrebecca]

Preach!!! I'm exactly the same.. xx

[@georgielancaster1356]

Oh. What a pity we don't live near each other! I see old knitting books - or pamphlet thingies and mostly modern cooking books but sometimes old, - and they aren't my thing. I am chasing WW2 air force stuff and SOE stuff and pacific WW2 stuff and... well, I get sidetracked by everything - but I will never learn to knit. I am in Oz.

[@georgielancaster1356]

@@rationbookrebecca Are the 66 points for clothes/material/shoes only? I think a little tin of ham from America, was about 14 points - but as an individual, you had 5 points a week. So if you had a family, it would cost pretty well 3 people's points for the 1 tin for the week. I guess everything else would be off ration.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Is the cottage you talk about in this video, the one you lost to another buyer, in another video?

[@sallyriley8408]

Hi rebecca...watching your vids a little randomly....did you ever sort a new dressing gown out? Just wondered how many points a woolen blanket is? Maybe you could use that as fabric and use your old dressing gown pieces as a pattern? Probably writing this nine months too late!!😂

[@rationbookrebecca]

Hi Sally, thanks for your thoughts.. I've made do without tbh. Woollen dressing gowns were 8 points and woollen cloth began at 3-9" for 1/2 coupon. I've also found a knitting pattern for a house coat - I dread to think how long that would take..

[@rosrychaplet]

Watching within a min of posting. Yay. 🎉

[@rationbookrebecca]

WOOT WOOT!!!! 🎉🎉

[@georgielancaster1356]

What about collecting up balls of wool at opshops and paying an elderly knitter to sew panels to sew together, to make a dressing gown?

[@varinafulcher5898]

I’m alway patching my bed socks up, there are patches knitted on patches.

[@rationbookrebecca]

A friend recommended that if you wear through bed/house socks quickly then putting a sort-of leather "sole" onto them would make them a lot more robust... After wearing mine out quickly, I got myself into the habit of walking around the house in slippers..

[@pieretteturner822]

Hi Rebecca, The Big Book of Needle Craft book was bought for me by my father when I was doing a fashion design back years ago, its a great book and I am sure you will use it a lot as I do. I too would say it is 1930's going by the styles in it. I have since seen it a couple of times in the sections of charity shops so must have been quite a popular book in its time. Good luck with the exciting move......

[@rationbookrebecca]

That's fab - glad you got a lot of use out of your gift.... It seems full of techniques I've never heard of - lots of goodies for loved ones 🤞.. Thank you

[@Pocketfullofpebbles.]

Is your camera okay, the zoom was flicking in and out, during the vlog?

[@rationbookrebecca]

For a moment there I thought you were 'Apronful of stones'... It's the camera on my phone.. Sadly it struggles in low light... But for now, I'll make do and carry on!

[@Pocketfullofpebbles.]

I love her vlogs, hope she makes more, also haven’t found my Mr Wonderful, they seem to be short supply.😢

[@varinafulcher5898]

I have the make do and mend one!

[@rationbookrebecca]

What are your favourite tips/tricks/bits from it?

[@varinafulcher5898]

The fuel units, and clothing points. I would spend a lot of my points on wool, as I frequent charity shops, where points aren’t needed.x

[@rationbookrebecca]

I think I'd do the same..... If you're a knitter, you're a knitter..... xx