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

mrs-moneypenny

A bit more wool used up for me. My youngest daughter works in a nursery and wanted a friendly looking and safe to cuddle elf for work. So it can have some elf on the shelf fun during December. I found a pattern for a tooth pixie in a jean greenhough book I had and adapted that. Here is my result

greentiger

your elf is so cute! Great work, mrs-m.

nimbo

All of these cards look great. As do the other bits people have made. I love the elf. I keep thinking I would love to be able to knit. Hence the wool. Then when I try it's usually a disaster - hence the Pom poms now. At least I will use up the woolly bits I have. Hopefully soon as there wasnt too much.

I mentioned wanting a polystyrene wreath to the mil. She has been handed one recently with a bell and a heart with small pins. So it sounds as though I can make a wreath for free but will end up with some other crafting bits to use up too.

This may be a good or a bad thing. Hey ho.

I'm looking forward to getting some bits actually finished and I'm going on strike next weekend so I can stay in and do things for me.

Nothing actually finished this week. I do have plans though and will get to actually make something soon.

wit40iwtwan

Could I join in - I know it is late in 2016 but having just learnt the word SABLE I have decided to challenge myself to complete a few UFO's hanging about my sewing room.

I hope to complete 5 items in the coming weeks till the end of 2016:

1 - buttons on jacket, hole in trousers & sew in threads of completed blanket

2 - Baby knitted top/fleece bottom quilt

3 - Christmas felt ornaments & Stocking

4 - felted jumper embroidered quilt & corners of cat quilt

5 - wedding sampler thing - DECIDE what it will be but really 20 years as unfinished ends in 2016!!

In 2017 I will have a much bigger list and hopefully my stash will reduce to manageable proportions and stop overwhelming me with the possibilities whenever I enter the room!

mrs-moneypenny

Welcome wit40wtwan, your craft list sounds lovely.

I've just started a beaded jumper, hoping to get it finished in time for Christmas

greentiger

Hi, wit40wtwan, you're right to join in now. The point is to do something about the stash we have, not just admire it (what I do) or pretend it isn't there.

Let's take back our Space!

mrs-moneypenny

Made an owl toy/cushion yesterday, found another I'd cut out and forgotten about that was promised to my youngest niece so plan to get that finished today.


I did prep some crafting yesterday, I sprayed 28 old scratched CDs green and sorted out some balls of green wool, assorted ribbons and about 200 buttons in shades of red. Just need to find another 2 CDs then I have enough for every child in the class to make one of those wreath decorations. More stash busted


Both owls now finished.

Stash busted total up to 178

nimbo

I have this evening gone through my broken jewellery stash tonight. I have taken charms for recycling and chucked a load.

I still need to sort a new storage solution for my remaining earrings. I also need to clean them. It's Not exactly a massive thing to have done but it has pushed the earrings higher up the list of things to do.

Wit 40. I hope you have some fun getting the things on the list sorted out. They sound eclectic.

greentiger

teeny weeny bit of stash busted today - grandson needed something spotty for school on Friday for their Children n Need event. I oly had a little bit of fabric so now he has an oversized bow tie!

spotty bow tie by Bobbie Doctor, on Flickr

nimbo

I have managed another 10 pom Poms. They won't exactly resolve the stash issue but hey ho.

I have gone through my scrabble tiles and picked out some Christmas themed words to hopefully use in the next few weeks.

does anyone have any ideas for using up massive amounts of scrabble tiles. With limited letters? I'm counting the destahs there as two.

420 / 500. So far.

I hope you've all been busy and making stuff. The pictures are all really inspiring. I think I have to sort out my photobuckey account for next years challenge. It's been on the list year and just not got round to it yet. Haha