Check-In Post April 6th 2022

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.
Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: No question today.


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I've started the backstitch on the hot air balloon design. Haven't got very far because I was getting a quote for pruning the apple tree and removing some overgrown things that are being a nuisance. Two will have to wait until there's no chance of birdies nesting in them though. Just waiting for a date to be confirmed for the work on the apple tree and removal of a 25ft birch sapling that grew from a seedling that was originally intended for bonsai...

[wiseheart]

Sounds like a "slightly" overgrown bonsai. *g*

[badly_knitted]

Just a bit... =/

[darkcedars]

I am also laughing at the 25 foot bonsai.

[badly_knitted]

I left it outside in a plant pot, then had to become my mum's full time carer for several years, and in the meantime, little tree rooted into the ground to become not so little tree =/ I'll be sad to see it go, but it's growing so fast, right beside the greenhouse.

[peaceful_sands]

That's an impressive bonsai! Well done for continued progress on your sewing.

[badly_knitted]

World's tallest Bonsai? The whole Bonsai bit never got off the ground, sadly. The tree, on the other hand... It's lovely, but it's got to go before it destroys the greenhouse.

Thanks!

[wiseheart]

I've finished the castle puzzle pages, which is a relief, as they included 36 individual pieces of Velcro I had to sew on.

Also, I've more or less planned out the corresponding pages, which will also be the back cover of the quiet books. Mostly it has to do with Eeyore and balloons, since both little boys find Eeyore irresistible. *g* I'm not entirely sure about the design yet. Either the balloons will be reattachable (more Velcro - *groan*) or Eeyore will be able to move horizontally across the page with the help of a string or rubber band. I've done something similar with an airplane on my very first quiet book, only that that moved vertically, of course. In that case, however, I haven't figured out yet what to do with the balloons.

Ah, well, I'll think of something eventually.

[badly_knitted]

Well done with the castle puzzles, and good luck with Eeyore. I'm sure the boys will be thrilled.

[wiseheart]

Let's hope so! ;)

[darkcedars]

Does his tail also come off?

[peaceful_sands]

I was wondering the same thing :)

[wiseheart]

I'm afraid it doesn't. The whole thing is fairly small, and if it had a tiny part that comes off - save for the parts that are *supposed* to come off, that is - the boys might swallow it.

[peaceful_sands]

Sounds like you're making fantastic progress.

[darkcedars]

Today I mended the seams on the canvas-ish liner for a small wicker hamper. I've decided to keep my acrylic yarn in it. I'm working on arranging my craft materials better.

I also conquered the pile of papers to be shredded.

[badly_knitted]

Well done! That sounds like a very productive day!

[peaceful_sands]

Well done.