Check-In Post - September 17th 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: What piece of advice would you give someone interested in trying your favourite craft?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Another gloriously sunny afternoon out in the garden. I've cleared away so many buckets full of long grass and other weeds you'd think this patch of garden would be clear by now, but I'm barely over halfway. Still, I enjoyed being outside where it was warm =)

[wiseheart]

Me-time was sparse today, but I did a tiny bit of crafting. I've cut out the basic parts for six more lavender sachets, selected the appliqués and the thread for them and did a bit of detail work on three of them. I call that success.

[darkcedars]

I finally finished the last petals on the trivet today (it's a flower).

House projects not going very well. I'm starting to get nervous because it's nearly the equinox, and sometimes materials are temp dependent.

[fred_mouse]

So, a couple of weeks ago, I was watching these daily posts go past and feeling bad about my inability to craft, and contemplating quitting the comm. And then today the post came up, and I was 'what can I progress'? And it has been very motivating. So very much appreciating having these posts!

Today I have: decided to finish a lap quilt. It was at 8*8 squares (plan: 10*10). I've found the remaining squares, cut the additional seven I needed (ah, but not tidied up, will do that next), made a layout, set up the iron and sewing machine, ironed what I had, and sewn one of four sides. I'm suddenly attempting to get the top finished, the quilt sandwiched, the quilting, and the first pass on the binding done by Friday 3pm, so that I can take it as my hand craft activity on the weekend.