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  • Rummer
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    pigpen wrote: »
    Rummer... I was eyeing up my lavender in the garden but apparently it has to be harvested in spring/summer when the flowers are flowering and ine is all dying back now.. I just bought some.. dirt cheap but I couldn't visualise how much each weight was so I thought of 500g should cover it.. O...M...G... I have a box, the size of a shoe box FULL of lavender.. my house smells beautiful but OMG!!! How will I EVER use it all up???????????????

    What are you planning on making with it all?? I thought I would be too late in the year and my plants were new so I would give them a full year here to settle in, something to think about for next year though :D
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  • pigpen
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    lavender bags.. about a dozen for Christmas gifts to use up some of my fabric stash... I may need to buy more fabric to use it up there is so much lol!!
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  • System
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    pigpen wrote: »
    lavender bags.. about a dozen for Christmas gifts to use up some of my fabric stash... I may need to buy more fabric to use it up there is so much lol!!
    How do you make them please? And could you do similar with catnip for cats?
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  • pigpen
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    rosyq wrote: »
    How do you make them please? And could you do similar with catnip for cats?


    http://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/gifts-to-sew.html
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  • Rummer
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    Thank you for the link :D

    Well the ends have been sown and the shawl is currently blocking so I am going to count this as my 5th completed project since joining the thread and it used 4 1/2 balls of yarn

    Since starting this challenge I have now used 14 1/2 balls of yarn from my stash :j The pile is shrinking and in it's place are lots of beautiful things :D

    Tomorrow when I have a bit of time I am going to look through the yarn I have remaining (there is a lot :o) and decide what I am making from it and in what order. There are a few things that I started to work on that I am going to frog and find new uses for the yarn so lots of thinking and planning to do :D
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  • System
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    edited 23 September 2014 at 8:18AM
    Thanks for the link, they're really pretty :)

    Rummer, sounds like you're going to be [STRIKE]busy[/STRIKE] even busier :D
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  • Bubblesmum
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    greentiger wrote: »
    Aaagh! Did it again - started to post, went off to look at something else and lost post. I've been awol lately, because of Commonwealth Games. Between watching on tv and going into Glasgow to enjoy, I've not had much time.

    I've skim read up until now; it's good to see destashing continues apace, in all sorts of forms. How many words did you destash, Ems, lol? I'll go back and read properly because there are lots of lovely things there. Well done.

    Well I had (a little of) today free, so I got back in the groove. Some of you may remember my little yellow ducks and that I'd had an idea about them for my granddaughter. Well, here it is -

    14778537435_36df61a508.jpgduckpond bag by r.doctor, on Flickr

    I made a little bag. I was going to applique a duck, but then I decided to make use of some of the decorative stitches on my machine.

    The bag opens up

    14798387073_de155b17d0.jpgta-da! duckpond! by r.doctor, on Flickr

    And, of course I made 5 little ducks and Mummy Duck, quack quack.

    14591865199_9d7f3cf86e.jpg5 little ducks went swimming one day by r.doctor, on Flickr

    I need to get cracking and finish a baby quilt and also 2 sets of bunting, for babies who arrived earlier this week. Guess where I'm going right now!


    Still catching up..... Adore this x
    As a dear MSE friend says “keep plodding” or
    What does the saying say.... When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
    Or as my Mum would say, brush yourself down, tomorrow is another day or
    Fake it, to you Make It

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  • System
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    Have finished the quilting for mum and put it on flikr - reducing her stash more than mine really!
    https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127106559@N06/15147898029/
    Still don't know how to upload pictures from there to here, sorry
    Rx
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  • greentiger
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    rosyq, that's beautiful. Well done, both of you.
    Sewing 88/COLOR]Woollies 19Card s 91Reading 37/40
  • System
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    greentiger wrote: »
    rosyq, that's beautiful. Well done, both of you.
    Isn't it?! I just quilted in the ditch so as not to spoil the gorgeousness :o
    Thanks :)
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