Check-In Post April 12th 2024

[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.


This Week's Question: Where do you do most of your crafting?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[wiseheart]

My dishcloth or pot cloth or whatever the correct name is, is almost done. I've lined the two pieces of cloth, quilted it, added a little felt flower for decoration and a small loop to hung it up with, and seamed one of the four sides with blanket stitch. The originally more or less rectangular object has no an... interesting outline because the fabric stretched out rather creatively while I worked on it, but it will do well enough for our kitchen. And it means that I've saved a piece of Mum's favourite gown from the rubbish bin, so it's good.

[badly_knitted]

We'd call it a potholder. Dishcloths are what we use to wash the dishes with, then tea towels for drying them.

Glad you're making progress with it, even if the shape is a bit unusual now. So sad that your mum had to lose her favourite, but at least part of it has been repurposed.

[wiseheart]

Potholder. I must remember that. Thank you.

Yes, it was a sad sight when they handed me the cut-up pieces of Mum's gown at the ER, but I've tried to save as much of it as I can, so further potholders are in the coming. In various sizes and shapes. *g*
Too bad that there was nothing I could do for the nice, light grey cardigan that once used to belong to Grandma. That one was beyond even repurposing. I only kept the tiny little buttons.

[badly_knitted]

The loss of the clothes, however sad and disappointing it is, must surely be insignificant compared to what you still have though. Your mum was what mattered most, and the medics were just doing their best to help her as quickly as they could.

[wiseheart]

I know. I'm not blaming them. It's just so that with the cardigan another piece of Grandma is gone.

[badly_knitted]

It's hard to lose things like that, I know. But you have the buttons. Not much, but still...

[darkcedars]

That's a cool way to save some bits of favorite clothes.

[spiralicious]

Very well done *hug*

[badly_knitted]

Still worn out and achy from yesterday, too much walking and carrying stuff, plus I'm battling a headache, but I made progress on my cross stitch. Finished the big leaf and started on the flowers. I've done most of the first shade of pink.

[wiseheart]

Great progress! And at least you've got the rich booty for all that walking and carrying stuff.

[badly_knitted]

Yes, it was worth the effort and the exhaustion.

[darkcedars]

Sounds pretty good considering you didn't feel great.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I got about 2.5 hours on it, which was relaxing, even though it didn't help my head.

[spiralicious]

Great progress. Hope you feel better soon :)

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I'll just rest until I stop hurting.

[darkcedars]

I'm about 3 inches up the side of the muppet hanging basket (need eight). Worked on it a bit earlier.

I am putting most of my energy towards outdoor projects. It's warm enough to paint, so I'm tackling the garage painting project which did not get done before it got too cold this winter. Today I finished scraping & repair on the east side.

[badly_knitted]

That's great progress on the Muppet basket!

Yay for getting back to the garage repairs and painting! Good luck, it's a big project!

[darkcedars]

At least I figured out how best to somit last time.

[badly_knitted]

Yes, now you can just get on with the job without fiddling.

[spiralicious]

Wonderful progress on both!

[wiseheart]

That is a lot. Go you!

[tielan]

I do most of my crafting in 'The Study', which is both an office and a workroom and a spare room. It's not a large house.

I have thought about starting a YT channel entitled "messy crafting" which will be about Making in the midst of Mess, because all the channels I've ever seen, things are perfectly neat and tidy and organised and I am just ARGH MY SPACE IS SO TOTALLY NOT LIKE THAT.

Surely someone else has already thought of this.

Anyway, I have sewn the 'binding' on my Regency corset. I'm not actually sure it will work to keep my boobs up - I think maybe I have more boobage than the corset I've made can handle - maybe I should have done two gussets instead of one.

Hopefully will finish tonight.

[spiralicious]

I would totally watch that channel.

Good luck!

[badly_knitted]

Sounds like a great idea for a YT channel! Personally, I can't abode crafting spaces that are too tidy. They look, and probably are, carefully staged when we all know the best crafting is messy and disorganised and artistic!

Well, if the first one doesn't quite work, you know what to try next! I'm sure you'll figure it out in the end. I count myself lucky in having zero boobage, life is so much simpler for the flat chested, but I wish you luck with designing a corset that gives you the support you're looking for.

[spiralicious]

Today has just been awful, just lots of little things. I did some crafting though, possibly out of spite. I made a bottle cap art pendant and I made 6 more card making kits. They just have the papers precut and notes about anything else, as I plan on taking them home with me to have on hand when I have zero ideas for Monday crafting, assuming Lynne would like that to continue.

[badly_knitted]

*hugs* Sorry you've had an awful day.

Yay for getting some crafting done in spite of everything. I'm sure the kits will prove useful in the weeks to come! You could run a cardmaking class!

[spiralicious]

*hugs* Thanks

They have been invaluable.

[jupiter2932]

Oof, I hope things perk up! Sounds like you still got some good crafting in anyway.

[spiralicious]

Thanks :)

[wiseheart]

*hugs* Sometimes it's the small things that really get to you!

[spiralicious]

*hugs* ain't that the truth