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

dallam20

I have been a bit quiet lately as making sample cards for a shop so that's been taking up all of my spare time but I am pleased to say I have completed now my 2nd stash busting challenge so that's 100 completed since I started :-) I am due to go to the Make It show at Farnborough on the 28th February so feel I have earned my treat now. I will only spend what money I have saved from sales and Christmas as I still have sooooo much still to use!! I think if I make 20 cards a day until I'm 90 I still won't run out of card and paper!!! LOL
D x

susan42

Hi everyone, sorry been MIA OH took me away to warmer climates

Came back this morning and realised I havent made a valentines card so I just knocked one up

So thats the 1st one of feb, need to pull my finger out

i love the makes and seeing what everyones making, thanks for posting them

Well done dallam on your two totals completed

nimbo

I have started another scarf - so far 1.5 balls in, and it's half done in one day.... I think I have decided that I like to knit big and chunky... haha.

My pattern arrived (bought for me by my OH for V day)...

I have also knocked up a set of bits for a craft stall I will be doing in May - so although not yet gone, they will be... so 8 down, nd another started at least...

panterka

Hello everyone. I have been watching this thread for months, but never got round to posting myself. I can identify myself with most of you:) and having boxes, cupboards and shelves filled with craft stuff is overwhelming. I have moved a house last month, and still try to unpack my goodies.
I probably had a go at every single craft there is at some point of my life, so I have made a few decisions.:
1. If the items have not been used in last couple of years and I am not good at it- it gets flogged on ebay-i.e. this needle felting kit bought 2 years ago that ended as massive craft fail that cost me over £30.
2. I will use up my goodies to make items for sale on folksy/craft fairs, and I have prebooked some craft fairs too.
3. I will not visit hobbycraft in 2014 (tough).
4. I will make 500 items before I buy. It seems an awful lot, but it must be done.

I set up a craft diary, with daily targets, aiming to finish at least 30 items by end of February.

loopychriss

[QUOTE=panterka;64696988 I have moved a house last month, and still try to unpack my goodies

I set up a craft diary, with daily targets, aiming to finish at least 30 items by end of February.[/QUOTE]

We'd like to move, probably next year now, but I can't even think about it yet with the amount of craft stuff I'd have to pack up!! Which is why I need to be on here....

I have a sort of craft diary too, but I find if I write lists I tend to go the other way, and don't achieve anything!

Haven't done much since last weekend except make some morsbags and go through some doll house magazines taking out projects I want to keep. Have destashed by about 25 magazines though and all those torn out fit in a box file.

Have had a blitz today on the Order of Service pricking designs and done another 18, which is all 40 that I need done now. There's still work to be done on them before I can call them finished but at least that's the hard bit done

So, list looking like this now....

Make 12 Christmas cards
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
Make 8 items for dolls house group swap for April - NOW PULLED OUT OF THIS SWAP
Altered canvas picture - Decluttered to a friend
Taggy blanket for friend's expected grandchild in February - finished 8th February


1. Greetings cards x 10 (birthday, anniversary, new baby)
2. Make 100 morsbags over year - 16 made (8th Feb)
3. Paint and decorate granddaughter's dolls house
4. Make 9 items for dolls house group birthday swaps 2014 - 4 made (18th Feb)
5. Dolls house group swap June 2014 - something found in an attic
6. Make 24 items for Christmas advent swap (dolls house group)
7. 'Just Married' bunting for daughter's wedding in June
8. 40 Order of Service cards for daughter's wedding - 40 of the pricking designs done
9. Name place cards for wedding - 0 out of 70
10. Mr & Mrs decoupaged letters for top table at wedding
11. 50 Thank you wedding cards for daughter and son-in-law (June) - 9 made
12. Altered book for disabled grandson with pics of people and things he is familiar with (to look at at wedding in June)
13. Witch-themed quilt for friend's 60th birthday (28th June)
14. Miniature fairy room setting for friend's 60th birthday (28th June)
15. Dog-themed quilt to raffle for charity in the summer at dog show (August)
16. Finish strip lap quilt - needs quilting and binding
17. Finish another strip lap quilt - needs quilting and binding
18. Finish quilt for mum's bed for her birthday (19th Dec)
19. 6 new cushion covers for lounge
20. Fragrant wall hanging for my bedroom
21. Miniature setting in house-shaped box
22. Lavender bags for my drawers (6)
23. Finish cross stitch picture (I will finish one project before starting another) !!
24. Decopatch photo frame
25. Decopatch mannequin body
26. Make a miniature Christmas room setting in white candle lamp (for 1st Dec as a Christmas display)
27. Decopatch/button picture frame for friend's birthday (Dec 17th)
28. Bunting for spare bedroom
29. Denim quilt started in 2013
30. Cot quilt started in 2011
31. Block of the month quilt started 2009
32. 50 Christmas cards for Christmas 2014 (to be ready by 1st Nov)
33. Fabric Christmas decorations for friends - set of 4 x 6 = 24
34. Picture for bedroom on canvas with buttons in shape of a heart
35. 6 styrofoam fabric-covered ornaments for Christmas presents 2014
36. Decoupage 2 wooden boxes for treasure boxes
37. Advent calendar for granddaughter 2014 - 24 mini morsbags - 2 made
38. Advent calendar for grandson for 2014 - mini morsbags
39. Christmas card hanger (fabric and velcro)
40. Plaited fabric Christmas wreath
41. Set of 8 notelets using up blank cards for Christmas present (2)
42. Set of 8 notelets using up blank cards for Christmas present (3)
43. Make crackers for family for Christmas Eve - 9 needed
44. Journal in a jar - notebook, pen and loads of questions to answer (daughter for Christmas)
45. Journal in a jar for other daughter
46. Journal in a jar for sister in law
47. Journal in a jar for son in law
48. Finish roof on my dolls house
49. Paint and finish outside walls on my dolls house
50. Dolls house - kitchen/diner
51. Dolls house - lounge
52. Dolls house - bedroom
53. Dolls house - bathroom
54. Dolls house - attic (sewing and hobby room)
55. Dolls house - study
56. Dolls house - utility room
57. Dolls house - windows
58. Miniature room setting in box - beach scene
59. Miniature room setting in box - garden scene
60. Miniature room setting in box - attic scene
61. Miniature room setting in box - not decided yet but got 4 boxes to use up!
62. Miniature scene made in wooden bread bin
63. Miniature room setting in breadbin No.2

I don't feel like I'm making much progress as I can't see a visible decline in my stash, but I think I'll concentrate on one project at a time and get the whole thing done rather than do a bit of one and a bit of another..... Need to concentrate on the wedding stuff first, then the doll house swaps: but being me, I'll probably start on something else completely different!

How are you all doing?

emslovesmickey

Just thought i'd drop in and say although i haven't made a new target i am still crafting. I'm working on a cross stitch kit, made a sympathy card this morning (my great uncle died), and have been coming up with designs for my configuration box.

Hope everyone else is crafting well

Kinski

loopychriss wrote: »

We'd like to move, probably next year now, but I can't even think about it yet with the amount of craft stuff I'd have to pack up!! Which is why I need to be on here....

I have a sort of craft diary too, but I find if I write lists I tend to go the other way, and don't achieve anything!

Haven't done much since last weekend except make some morsbags and go through some doll house magazines taking out projects I want to keep. Have destashed by about 25 magazines though and all those torn out fit in a box file.

Have had a blitz today on the Order of Service pricking designs and done another 18, which is all 40 that I need done now. There's still work to be done on them before I can call them finished but at least that's the hard bit done

So, list looking like this now....

Make 12 Christmas cards
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
Make 8 items for dolls house group swap for April - NOW PULLED OUT OF THIS SWAP
Altered canvas picture - Decluttered to a friend
Taggy blanket for friend's expected grandchild in February - finished 8th February


1. Greetings cards x 10 (birthday, anniversary, new baby)
2. Make 100 morsbags over year - 16 made (8th Feb)
3. Paint and decorate granddaughter's dolls house
4. Make 9 items for dolls house group birthday swaps 2014 - 1 made
5. Dolls house group swap June 2014 - something found in an attic
6. Make 24 items for Christmas advent swap (dolls house group)
7. 'Just Married' bunting for daughter's wedding in June
8. 40 Order of Service cards for daughter's wedding - 40 of the pricking designs done
9. Name place cards for wedding - 0 out of 70
10. Mr & Mrs decoupaged letters for top table at wedding
11. 50 Thank you wedding cards for daughter and son-in-law (June) - 9 made
12. Altered book for disabled grandson with pics of people and things he is familiar with (to look at at wedding in June)
13. Witch-themed quilt for friend's 60th birthday (28th June)
14. Miniature fairy room setting for friend's 60th birthday (28th June)
15. Dog-themed quilt to raffle for charity in the summer at dog show (August)
16. Finish strip lap quilt - needs quilting and binding
17. Finish another strip lap quilt - needs quilting and binding
18. Finish quilt for mum's bed for her birthday (19th Dec)
19. 6 new cushion covers for lounge
20. Fragrant wall hanging for my bedroom
21. Miniature setting in house-shaped box
22. Lavender bags for my drawers (6)
23. Finish cross stitch picture (I will finish one project before starting another) !!
24. Decopatch photo frame
25. Decopatch mannequin body
26. Make a miniature Christmas room setting in white candle lamp (for 1st Dec as a Christmas display)
27. Decopatch/button picture frame for friend's birthday (Dec 17th)
28. Bunting for spare bedroom
29. Denim quilt started in 2013
30. Cot quilt started in 2011
31. Block of the month quilt started 2009
32. 50 Christmas cards for Christmas 2014 (to be ready by 1st Nov)
33. Fabric Christmas decorations for friends - set of 4 x 6 = 24
34. Picture for bedroom on canvas with buttons in shape of a heart
35. 6 styrofoam fabric-covered ornaments for Christmas presents 2014
36. Decoupage 2 wooden boxes for treasure boxes
37. Advent calendar for granddaughter 2014 - 24 mini morsbags - 2 made
38. Advent calendar for grandson for 2014 - mini morsbags
39. Christmas card hanger (fabric and velcro)
40. Plaited fabric Christmas wreath
41. Set of 8 notelets using up blank cards for Christmas present (2)
42. Set of 8 notelets using up blank cards for Christmas present (3)
43. Make crackers for family for Christmas Eve - 9 needed
44. Journal in a jar - notebook, pen and loads of questions to answer (daughter for Christmas)
45. Journal in a jar for other daughter
46. Journal in a jar for sister in law
47. Journal in a jar for son in law
48. Finish roof on my dolls house
49. Paint and finish outside walls on my dolls house
50. Dolls house - kitchen/diner
51. Dolls house - lounge
52. Dolls house - bedroom
53. Dolls house - bathroom
54. Dolls house - attic (sewing and hobby room)
55. Dolls house - study
56. Dolls house - utility room
57. Dolls house - windows
58. Miniature room setting in box - beach scene
59. Miniature room setting in box - garden scene
60. Miniature room setting in box - attic scene
61. Miniature room setting in box - not decided yet but got 4 boxes to use up!
62. Miniature scene made in wooden bread bin
63. Miniature room setting in breadbin No.2

I don't feel like I'm making much progress as I can't see a visible decline in my stash, but I think I'll concentrate on one project at a time and get the whole thing done rather than do a bit of one and a bit of another..... Need to concentrate on the wedding stuff first, then the doll house swaps: but being me, I'll probably start on something else completely different!

How are you all doing?

I knackered just reading your list never mind having to do it. I started a sock monkey for my oh for valentines day but I never got round to finishing it, I'll get it done in the next day or so, oh will probably give it to one of our many grandbrats. I fancy trying bunting as my daughter who lives in America hopes to be moving back here soon with her oh and their son, her oh applied for a visa two weeks ago, they've been informed that a decision has been made but immigration haven't told him what the decision is , anyway is bunting easy to make.

tattycath

I've been asked to make a draught excluder for someone. What's the best fabric to use please? Would it be better to make one and then a case for it so it's easier to clean?
TIA

loopychriss

PS to last update....

Just pricked 4 thank you cards, so that's 13 made now. Think that's my lot for pricking for now...

Total: 97 out of 500

loopychriss

Kinski wrote: »

I knackered just reading your list never mind having to do it....... anyway is bunting easy to make.

I think I'm a bit knackered after reading it too, but it won't all happen this year, that's just what I'd like to achieve before we move. I might delete some of them and just dispose of them, e.g. started quilts and picture frames. Haven't decided yet. Bunting is quite easy to make: I made a triangle template and cut out 2 triangles from each piece of fabric. Sew up the long sides into the point, then turn inside out and press. When you have enough, cut the binding. I have been cutting it on the straight grain of the fabric but found when I sewed it to the flags it bunched up a bit. Best to cut the strips on the bias (diagonal) of the fabric.

tattycath wrote: »

I've been asked to make a draught excluder for someone. What's the best fabric to use please? Would it be better to make one and then a case for it so it's easier to clean?
TIA

I made a draught excluder for mum and dad: I used an old curtain and stuffed it with bits of fabric too small to use in anything else. You could also use an old pillow/cushion, old tights etc. cut up small. I didn't make a separate cover for it but you could, you'd have to make some sort of closure for the case though. I think any fabric would do, I used cotton curtaining as I don't like sewing anything else. You could also use fleece. Hope that helps.