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Well I have done some more searching and have found some videos showing homemade spray baste made with flour, water, salt and rubbing alcohol.
I am planning to try using this solution to glue some light muslin to my jersey fabric pieces instead of using vilene. I will report back once I get all the stuff together.

Did you get a machine?

I find that a domestic machine will do a lot, but many of the heavy duty tasks you mention would need an industrial machine.
I think it's worth getting a second hand old machine and getting to understand how it works and what its limits are before getting something industrial which will inevitably be more expensive. With the knowlegde from the domestic machine you'll know better how to approach equipping yourself for the more heavy duty tasks.

Hi everyone, Gerorge Lito I wonder how you got on in the end with improving your bedding?
Vanessa, have you got to the point of making a quilt with all the t shirts yet?
I ask, because I have been collecting knitted cotton (jersey) fabrics and would like to make a quilt with them. They are mostly my son's pyjamas. He goes through them at the knee at a right old rate, so they can't be handed down. I've patched and the patches wear through in no time, so i figured the only thing they were good for now was a quilt.
The youtube tutorials i have seen with jersey fabrics all recommend using fusible (iron on) interfacing, to help the pieces keep their shape. I have done enough sewing to agree that I need something to help them keep shape.
I don't want to use a polyester chemical combination on my quilt though. Has anybody resolved this problem already?
could I starch the items? use some kinds of scrim? how would I get it to stick? Has anybody used spray on baster? I never have. that's another chemical, although i suppose it would wash out?

If anybody has any ideas it would be much appreciated.

Thansk  

A cast iron frying pan from Aldi here but i admit to a) having a dishwasher, and b) putting the pan in it (so no seasoning).
A house hold of vegetarians with low iron stores here, i am unconvinced Dave De Basque, that most people have excess iron in their blood. The men in this house donate blood voluntarily every so often, and the girls donate every month without having to volunteer!
I’d be interested to see figures that suggest excess iron is a bigger problem than anaemia on population level...

My compost heap is a 15 minute walk from my house, so during the winter I don’t take it daily. I have a small caddy i use with the green compost bags, then i store these in a bucket outdoors and take them every few days. I find the compost liners degrade fine in my poorly maintained compost heap.

I also use ‘degradeable’ binbags which are black, for our regular rubbish,and I think those would struggle to degrade in a home compost situation. The two seem to be made of totally different materials, just in case anyone was getting mixed up.

Interested, but again, the shipping makes it beyond my budget.
Is this book sufficiently relevant to other climates globally to be worth nearly doubling the cost to people who live outside the US?

Is your priority to sell within the US?
Might it be worth selling slightly more expensive to the US market to enable the book to be more affordable globally?

Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure I can get my library to buy it if it’s U.S.specific. I don't suppose you could recommend a european focused similar book?
P.s If a copy of the book did find it’s way,it would be housed in a public library and lent out

Hi,
I love the sound of this book, but am just wondering how U.S specific it is in terms of species?