Check-In Post April 26th 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: We all make mistakes - what's your most memorable crafting disaster?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

Jammy goodness

[wiseheart]

Behold the jammies yummies:



Strawberry jam on the left, spicy apple jam on the right. Both absolutely delicious!

I finally picked up the long-overdue felt songbook again and started working on the book-binding. I hate that part; it's a killer on the fingers, sewing through so many layers of hard felt and double-sided tape. But I've sewn together the inner binding and pined on the individual pages, so that's progress. Tomorrow I'll go easy and seam the spine of the book with blanket stitch before attacking the really brutal part: the sewing in of the pages. But I'm on the way now, which is a relief.

Re: Jammy goodness

[badly_knitted]

They look great!

Yay for progress on the songbook! I know how much you hate the binding part, but you can do it Good luck, be kind to your fingers by not doing too much at a time.

Re: Jammy goodness

[wiseheart]

That is the plan, yes: frequent breaks. *g*

Re: Jammy goodness

[badly_knitted]

Very sensible *nods*

Re: Jammy goodness

[jupiter2932]

Yum :D.

Oh, sewing through thick layers is such a pain--hope it goes quickly. Sounds like you're making some good progress on it :)

Re: Jammy goodness

[wiseheart]

The progress is woefully slow, but I'm trying to be considerate with my poor fingers.

Re: Jammy goodness

[jupiter2932]

Ouch, I feel you--aching fingers are so frustrating. But slow and steady will get you there :).

Re: Jammy goodness

[wiseheart]

True. No need to ruin those fingers permanently - I'll need them for many, many other projects. ;))

Re: Jammy goodness

[illariy]

Hehe, love that play on words. :D

They look yummy.

The felt songbook sounds like such a cool project, although the painful sewing doesn't sound like fun. Hope you get through it all right and with a little less pain than expected.