stash busting - I will use my mountains b4 buying more!

Florenceem

ziggy2407 wrote: »

Everyone is doing great and you lot are truly inspirational - some amazing makes - well done everyone :T

Had a very productive day (9 pics from facebook)

Driftwood Boat (for bathroom)
Cottages painted (need to decide how Im going to display)
Rock monsters started
4 x Button trees prepped for cards
Found a tea cosy, few scraps of material, bondaweb and buttons = one little gift for mum

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10203230313215689&set=pcb.10203230330376118&type=1&theater

I will add two more to my total for the finished tea cosy and driftwood boat - yaay

Lovely makes there.

Florenceem

I was really naughty - bought a metre of fabric yesterday.
In the past - I would not have just bought one piece of fabric so signs of improvement. I knew exactly what I will make with the fabric as soon as I saw it. I only paid £5 for it.
Also - couldn't resist a pad of paper in Work. I do not have much in the way of male backing paper for making cards - see how I can justify a spend.

Florenceem

Just one card to share today - it is for Mr F - he is 62 tomorrow.

emslovesmickey

Made another card today so thats 23/50. Would have done more but i was mainly stitching and thats slow progress

emmi_bush

Hello all. Lovely to see all the new makes. I've had a slow couple of weeks as we're in the process of selling our house and buying a new one that all my spare time seems to be made up of filling in firms and making phone calls! Hoping to get some more sewing done again soon as I have 3 bags to make and a camera case...
Happy crafting everyone!

loopychriss

Update time again, have done a little bit this past week and a bit, not as much as I'd like though. Still ploughing my way through the wedding stuff and making some progress there. I've made a few alterations to my list too - daughter has said I don't need to make the bunting as she's seen a wooden one for £4 so will buy that instead. I'm not arguing, it's less for me to have to do, but won't use my stash up - will have to think of some other way to reduce it!

Going to start the painted/decoupaged letters (Mr & Mrs) this weekend, and maybe cut out squares for the dog themed quilt that I need for a raffle in August. The speed I work at I'd better get it started soon or it will never be ready in time!


Make 12 Christmas cards (2013)
Make another 12 Christmas cards (13 made)
Make table runner for friend for Christmas
Make table runner for another friend
Make button-covered photo frame for sis-in-law
Button covered photo frame - finished 2nd January
Button covered wooden heart - finished 13th January
3 button covered heart shapes for granddaughter - finished 15th January
Set of 8 notelets using up blank cards (1) - finished 19th January
Button covered mirror - for me - finished 29 January
12 gift tags for Christmas 2014 - Finished 30th January
Bunting for friend's daughter & hubby who are expecting in February (made out of the cloth serviettes from their wedding in 2011) - Finished 2nd February
Finish cross stitched mat for dolls house - Finished 4th February
Taggy blanket for friend's expected grandchild in February - finished 8th February
40 Thank you wedding cards for daughter and son-in-law (June) - finished 2nd March
Set of 8 notelets using up blank cards for Christmas present (2) - finished 3rd March
Set of 8 notelets using up blank cards for Christmas present (3) - finished 4th March
Cot quilt started in 2011 - finished April 6th

Miniature fairy room setting for friend's 60th birthday (28th June) - going to give her something else
'Just Married' bunting for daughter's wedding in June - don't need to make this now

1. Make 100 morsbags over year - 21 made (1st March)
2. Paint and decorate granddaughter's dolls house
3.Make 9 items for dolls house group birthday swaps 2014 - 6 made (31st March)
4. Dolls house group swap June 2014 - something found in an attic
5. 40 Order of Service cards for daughter's wedding - 10 completely finished
6. Name place cards for wedding - 0 out of 70
7. Mr & Mrs painted letters for top table at wedding
8.Witch-themed quilt for friend's 60th birthday (28th June)
9. Dog-themed quilt to raffle for charity in the summer at dog show (August)
10 Finish strip lap quilt (red) - needs quilting and binding
11. Finish another strip lap quilt (funky colours) - needs quilting and binding
12. Finish quilt for mum's bed for her birthday (19th Dec) - needs backing, quilting and binding
13. 6 new cushion covers for lounge
14. Fragrant wall hanging for my bedroom
15 Miniature setting in house-shaped box
16. Finish cross stitch picture (I will finish one project before starting another) !!
17. Button covered photo frames (2) for friend's daughter
18. Miniature Christmas room setting in white candle lamp (for 1st Dec as a Christmas display)
19.Decopatch/button picture frame for friend's birthday (Dec 17th)
20. Denim quilt started in 2013
21. Block of the month quilt started 2009
22.Decoupage 2 wooden boxes for treasure boxes
23. Advent calendar for granddaughter 2014 - 24 mini morsbags - 2 made
24. Advent calendar for grandson for 2014 - mini morsbags
25. Journal in a jar - notebook, pen and loads of questions to answer (daughter for Christmas)
26.Journal in a jar for other daughter
27. Journal in a jar for sister in law
28. Journal in a jar for son in law
29.Finish roof on my dolls house
30. Paint and finish outside walls on my dolls house
31. Dolls house - kitchen/diner
32. Dolls house - lounge
33. Dolls house - bedroom
34.Dolls house - bathroom
35. Dolls house - attic (sewing and hobby room)
36. Dolls house - study
37 Dolls house - utility room
38. Dolls house - windows
39. Miniature room setting in box - beach scene
40. Miniature room setting in box - garden scene
41.Miniature room setting in box - attic scene
42.Miniature room setting in box - not decided yet but got 4 boxes to use up!
43. Miniature scene made in wooden bread bin
44. Miniature room setting in breadbin No.2
45. Paint and recover ottoman (or dispose of altogether - haven't decided yet)

mothernerd

A little de-cluttering done. Have been mostly confined to bed for nearly 4 weeks now - am managing a little housework (can stand up for about 15 minutes). Found a bag of thin foam sheets - ended up on the landing when little bedroom was being cleared for painting. Sat in bed cutting out different coloured rabbit heads. Added various bits from around the house and took to mum's today. Using old cereal packet card (my good card is in the attic and attic stairs are dis-assembled) I helped the 4yo make a packet of cards to play a pairs matching game - we taught her how to play and she and her mother played with 4 pairs and then 7 (no more room on the board they were using}.

Whilst her mother was collecting the 4yo (end of term assembly in church), the baby played with wool scraps and smooth sticks (originally bought to make toffee apples for the church Christmas Fair but now going to be flower stalks) as I cut out flower petal shapes and flat tulip shapes for cards. Next week the 4yo and I will make flowers (did a prototype today with mum's lodger's teenage daughter) to stick in polystyrene inside a flower pot and cards for grandmas (and maybe great-grandma). There should be enough adults around to play with baby and 4yo (and only one dog for a change as dog 2 will be down south).

So a little de-stash.

emslovesmickey

loopychris have you noticed crafters never do as much in a week as they want to do? So much crafting, so little time!

Kinski

emslovesmickey wrote: »

loopychris have you noticed crafters never do as much in a week as they want to do? So much crafting, so little time!

I used to sit bored for most of the day and I longed for something to keep me occupied, me and my big mouth, I now have grandbrats nearly every day and I would love some time to do things I want to do . I have two of the horrible things here today, my five year old grandson as his parents are down south at a wedding and my 22 month old granddaughter as her parents are working today, I'm sitting here with peppa pig on the telly for my gdaughter ( I hate that bl***y pig ) and my grandson is on his iPad watching a film .

tattycath

I might have accidentally bought a metre of cotton fabric for a fiver today.