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2022 - No Craft Spending - I WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!
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I made 8 cards yesterday! I would've made even more, but I had to do yet more work (up to 2 days off in lieu now), so had to stop. True stash busting too- ran out of room in a drawer after putting something else in, so need to use this box of bits up!
Glad I'm finally off and running- 8/100Make £2025 in 2025- £751.88/£2025
Make £2024 in 2024- £852.21/£2024
134/200- bust my craft stash 2025!
166/200- bust my craft stash 2024! £106.80 spent
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Hey all. It’s lovely to see people have been busy.I have managed another 5. So 52 / 250.
not masses. But progress still. I will continue to grow the quilt. It’s gotten a tiny bit bigger.Not spent any more so still £22.87 / 250. Only adding to keep track.I need to find my pack of pmc. Which I will make my fella help with as I need some muscle. He loves coming to visit I make him move boxes.
Stashbuster - 2014 98/100 - 2015 175/200 - 2016 501 / 500 2017 - 200 / 500 2018 3 / 500
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I’ve managed to empty a whole box in the craft room.Put loads of stuff away also. 😁
53 / 250.I need to gather loads to get to a charity shop. But the room is so crammed with stuff it’s a bit of a challenge.Hope you’ve all been well. Xxxx
Stashbuster - 2014 98/100 - 2015 175/200 - 2016 501 / 500 2017 - 200 / 500 2018 3 / 500
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I am doing the same @nimbo. The room is a dumping ground but full of lovely supplies. I emptied a lot of the bags full of mixed stuff a few weeks ago but have not got much further.
I hope to take out a set of draws and put in a day bed so I can have visitors by the end of this month.
Keep at it. you will get there.
Wife, mother, gardener, nurse, Big C survivor. Officially retired at 55 2021 [/b][/b].Mortgage free April 2021Challenges 2024: Decluttering Campaign 32/100 bags plus 0 large items. Make £2024 in 2024#8 £0/£2024 Using my craft stash 0/52 Reading books 0/52 Donations for the CS/washing done from others (in and outs) in 2024 x 10 bags and 0 large items.4 -
I'm finally off the starting block and have been busy during the evenings in my craft room now everything has been put away and all is where I want it to be, finally.
So far I have made 2 oven "thingys", not sure what to call them. Going to count them as one item as really simply made. Nothing special just cut a bath towel into squares and whizzed up the sides on the sewing machine. Great for putting hot pans on too so really useful for us.
I have also altered 2 pairs of dungarees, in fact, I'm in the middle of a 3rd pair at the moment. The two I have finished now have pretty pockets on the front, I have taken them in at the sides as they were too big for me, also turned them up, and I have altered the straps on them both. I have more than a few pairs of dungarees to alter so I have started on my gardening ones first. I will post pics soon!
So that's 3 out of 25 for me so far.
Well done everyone on all of your efforts and great pictures.
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Morning all. I love how we all struggle for space. 🤣
I have managed another 2 So 54 / 250.
I’m a bit annoyed. I thought I had a pack of pmc. So had booked a course to learn how to use it properly. Did the class. Made two pendants. They’re pretty. The pmc packet was in fact filled with fimo. I am not impressed. I loved what we did. And now want to shop - which is not the plan at all.Not spent any more so still £22.87 / 250. Only adding to keep track.
Stashbuster - 2014 98/100 - 2015 175/200 - 2016 501 / 500 2017 - 200 / 500 2018 3 / 500
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I've not spent, but I was the beneficiary of some free fabric on a local declutter group. Doesn't fit with my declutter goals, but does give me free fabric
Declutter challenge: List 312 things in 2022: 45/312
Mortgage-free Wannabe: Re-mortgage at start: £131,423 (27th Jan 2022)
OP since re-mortgage: £15004 -
55 / 250
I have cleaned a brass photo and hung it. Counting this as one. I know it’s not a lot but I have done a small thing at least.Not spent any more so still £22.87 / 250. Only adding to keep track.
Stashbuster - 2014 98/100 - 2015 175/200 - 2016 501 / 500 2017 - 200 / 500 2018 3 / 500
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I've been battling a cold and a lot of other things needing doing so not much done, but a few more rows of the shrug. £1 spent so far, which seems not too bad.2022 stashbusting:
1/6 large projects completed
1/6 small projects completed
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These card are the ones I made last weekend
Make £2022 in 2022 #69 £2247.73/£2022
Make £2023 in 2023 #4 £395.92 /£2023
Declutter 2023 in 2023 35/20237
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