Stash Busting 2016 - I WILL use my mountains of craftstash before buying more!

craftingmad

No makes to report from me today but also no craft spending either

rosie51

Wow, everyone so busy, its lovely to share our interests. I can add another patchwork cushion to my makes, total is now 9/100.
I was looking through the things I started ages ago and have decided i must finish them off.
I have no sewing room since we moved into our one bedroom bungalow, my stash is stuffed in 2 floor to ceiling cupboards so whenever I open the cupboards up everything falls onto me. I borrowed the veg rack that has wheels on from the kitchen, and put the stuff I am working on and all cottons ect on it. It is easier to keep stuff together and I can keep tidy. My husband goes mad at me as I am always losing needles and I am a messy sewer to boot. I call it being creative.

lollyfin

The books are lovely Mrs mp
I haven't finished anything else yet just quietly knitting away in the corner but I am thinking about doing a little cross stitch, I haven't done one in a long time but it will give me a change from knitting

keepcalmandcraft

Mrs Moneypenny, I love the books. I've been meaning to do that myself with some books I found in a charity shop. Where did you get the pattern?


I've made some pom-poms with a bag of old wool and made 20 cards using pieces of painted silk I had left from other projects. So 23/100 done so far.

mrs-moneypenny

Off pintrest I think I did some last year for the school libraries. It's basically just a list of measurements you mark on each page and fold up and down accordingly.
there are lots on there, if you search free book folding instructions they should come up, I'd offer to scan mine and send them but the scanners not working at the mo sorry.

bugslet

Thos books are fabulous, really unusual.

Well I got my wool out to start on the cobble rug, which has to be felted.... The wool is superwash.:(

I did crochet a test piece and tried felting it, but at best it came out a bit fuzzy, but unshrunk.

Anyone any ideas or am I going to be the naughty poster in the corner and have to do some stash-adding:eek::D

mrs-moneypenny

Sorry bugslet, I think it needs to be wool to felt successfully.

bugslet

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

Sorry bugslet, I think it needs to be wool to felt successfully.

It does, I was just hoping someone was going to come along and tell me that eye of newt mixed with mandrake root will unsuperwash the superwash.

Then my only trouble would have been newt catching:p

rosie51

Another patchwork cushion cover made using bits from my stash, that's 10/100 now, so I a well on target.
Well done to everyone with their makes, some brilliant ideas.

mrs-moneypenny

This weeks batch of patchwork squares for the quilt kit I'm working on.