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Advice from a 1949 Singer Sewing Manual

February 2, 2014 Catherine
Advice from a 1949 Singer Sewing Manual

...and replace the word "sewing" with "writing."

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Before work: coffee, washing clothes, curing the last 10lbs of bacon.
Building something special, to be released in 2019. Will announce soon.
Using the garden flower harvest: Steeping one batch of calendula/grapeseed oil and one batch of calendula/lavender/sweet almond oil for waning to waxing moon to make some soothing lip balm sticks and topical oil for my friends who have dry skin in the winter. I don’t steep the whole cut flower heads because the petals and buds strained from this oil will be repurposed for a batch of lavender salt bath scrubs and will look oh so pretty. Calendula and lavender are soothing, anti-inflammatory, and promote healing. Calendula is very easy to seedsave, too. A lot of folks find the oils can be expensive or out of budget, which I understand, so I recommend looking online now at good herbal sources for steep discounts during the Black Friday weekend, in bulk at your local shops, or try a “discount” grocery store (we have a couple in Asheville that I love and I hit the jackpot there!)...just look at the expiration dates and smell it first before buying to make sure the oil hasn’t accidentally turned rancid. 🙌🏼 // #urbanhomestead #herbalmedicine #herbalskincare #diy #makeyourown #calendula #lavender #healingskin #winterremedies #herbalremedies #naturalsolutions
Sometimes you just need to build a fire and sometimes that’s all you can do.

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