2025 - No Craft Spending - We WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

that baby cardigan is so pretty CraftyRach 😻 

emsi_b

Nothing made, just coming to celebrate that I have fixed my sewing machine myself!!! Took the back off and found some condensed fluff, part of a broken needle and a bent pin. No wonder it refused to work anymore! Now back up and running in time to make a cape for world book day (The Highway Rat this year).

emsi_b

No cape yet, but I have made one card and tackled the mending pile. 4 things mended, but will count them as one.

Now at 16/200

CraftyRach

Another little 50g baby cardigan made from my stash 💙


project 9/52 ✅

daisy_1571

Gorgeous craftyrach 

Xx

greentiger

@Bubblesmum, nice to meet you.  Your embroidery group sounds really worthwhile.

 @Cupcakecraftscuddly canine, die cutting is fun,   I don’t use mine as often as I should because I have so many card kits to use up.   I did use it to make my husband’s Valentine card.    I like the clean finish it gives.   Well done on getting on with your Christmas craft kits.   As you say, it was a thoughtful gift.

 @Crafty Rach, you are a patient person.   I’d probably have flung it in a corner if I’d had to undo it twice (I did that with a quilt I was making a couple of years ago – and it is still there!).   But you got the reward of achieving a lovely wee cardi, whereas I have a lot of scrap fabric – when I finally grit my teeth and take it apart.   And the next wee cardi is so cosy looking too.

 Clever you, @emsi_b, fixing your sewing machine.   You’ve saved yourself a fortune.

 Well, my crafting dam has not burst as I’d hoped.   All I’ve done is one Valentine card, made on Friday morning while his nibs was out bowling.   I just cannot seem to stir myself to pick something up.   I have a couple of birthdays next week – friend and granddaughter, so I’ll have to get cracking.   Please direct any kicks up the rear end this way.

 

greentiger

I made 3 cards today, one for a friend’s birthday and the others for my ‘giveaway stash.’   My craft total is so poor this year, I thought I’d make a comparison with last year’s progress up to today's date.

I think I forgot to post CNY card pics, so I've added them here.   I forgot to take a photo of the sympathy card. 

 

2024		2025
Sewing	63 #Hearts4MCR	Sewing	0
Woollies	6 3 beanie hats, 1 scrapghan + 2 parts of a Christmas blanket	Woollies	1  1 part of a Christmas blanket  started in November last year
Cardmaking	16 5 Christmas cards, 4 sympathy cards, 2 Chinese New Year cards, 1 Valentine card + 4 birthday cards	Cardmaking	9 1 sympathy card, 4 Chinese New Year cards, 1 Valentine card + 3 birthday cards
TOTAL	85		10

 

Well, that’s sobering!   I had forgotten about #Hearts4MCR altogether!   The deadline was 31st March last year, so I’ll have to get a move on.   Last year I made about 90; I won’t manage that this year, but I will get some done.

 

Targets for the rest of February (10 days)

1.    birthday card for granddaughter

2.    5 Christmas cards

3.    birthday bag for granddaughter

4.    1 part of Christmas blanket (getting to that right after this)

5.    10 #Hearts4MCR

 

Wishing you all nimble fingers.

PS sorry about the messy comparison table - I'll know next time this doesn't like table format.

CraftyRach

For my latest project, I think I should have chosen a more simple design for my first Izzy Doll. This one is for my Aunt, who is recovering from an operation, and adores Paddington. 💙

project 10/52 ✅

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Stunning work 🤩

Dizzycap

WOW! Some lovely work folks!

I haven't spent a bean on art supplies so far this year, and I certainly don't intend to

Still plodding along with the card making when I have the energy xx