2023 - No Craft Spending - I WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!

Katiehound

Hi Soon-to-be

I don't know if this is waht you are looking for , but as usual google can be your friend!

here is a video doing free embroidery with straight & zigzag. She is using a darning foot, but I have seen other videos where there is no foot at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39_4t9IU3cg

and this one: thick thread in the bobbin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS8BJ5PhdnE

daisy_1571

Emsi gorgeous cards, I'm loving all the photos even tho it makes me want to try all the things pictured but im having some time sorting 'flat surfaces and abandoned paperwork' 

Stbo im not sure if you absolutely need but its certainly easier with a free embroidery foot.  I did a quick search to try to find a pic but couldn't get it to work.   Try searching for free motion open toe embroidery foot and you'll see.  Find a reputable dealer with a foot that will fit your machine then get started!  You sew with the feed dogs down otherwise they are trying to send the material through front to back and you want the material to go all ways.  I find its kinda hard to get my brain to understand im not sewing in a straight line but practice is the key i think.  Oh, and you might want to wear sticky gloves or put plasters on a couple of fingers or something,  it gets tiring on the shoulders to be trying to grip the material without pinching it.

Keep posting all the lovely pictures folks

Hugs to anyone who needs or wants one

Daisy xx

 Eta: sorry hadn't spotted we had a new page - katiehound thanks for those videos, really good to watch and learn

emsi_b

The cards are all made from papers- they were "prints" of watercolour designs though

RavenRover

Arghhh I realise I had a moment of weakness and bought a Diamond Dots kit from hobbycraft when they sent me a birthday voucher!!!  Damn they are good at sucking us in!!!😂

Soontobeoap

🤣😂, I have just realised that I want to try all of the crafts from these pics but I have a whole stash I am working through first ! 🤦‍♀️. I do love diamond painting though.

20 cards for neighbour made today. Counting in packs of 5 as they are simple ones. 

Wraithlady

Finally finished my first craft thing of 2023 - a black and red blanket knitted in chunky Aran. I had to keep taking it off my lap as I was getting too hot!

kiss_me_now9

God, I am feeling frustrated this morning! I have spent the last half an hour patiently pulling water into my fountain pen converter cartridge to try and clean it assuming it was one whole piece and I wouldn't be able to safely separate it... 4 minute video on youtube later and it's now (safely) in 4 parts and is as clean as the day I got it! My hands are blueberry purple! 

Soontobeoap

You could have done some finger print art at the same time. 😂

kiss_me_now9

Soontobeoap said:

You could have done some finger print art at the same time. 😂

I should have done! Thankfully after a long scrub in the shower it mostly faded XD 

Cupcakecraftscuddlycanine

thanks @plumduff55, @old_fogey and @Soontobeoap I manged to use a pack of cards which had some missing (but did have to buy another pack to do all the buttonholes), the wedding is in May with an Alice in Wonderland theme (hence the cards!)