Check-In Post - January 27th 2025

[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: If you're making any, what are your crafting resolutions for 2025?


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

[tielan]

I sewed together two quilt tops, which were originally only going to be one quilt top, but I looked at it, thought it was too large, and turned it into two tops with only the addition of a single block!

One quilt top:


becomes wo quilt tops:


During the long weekend (which it was here in Australia), I also finished a shift-dress that I started about 2 months ago. I gave up on it being a 'comfy dress to wear' - it's now my 'summer beach caftan' suitable for wearing over a costume.

I shortened the sleeves, unpicked the side seams up to the pockets and re-sewed the edges, then I overlocked just about every seam in the dress - and cursed that I hadn't done it sooner! Overlocking is a wonderful thing.

Finally, I have decided: no more shift-dresses. I don't like how I look in them and I need to stop imagining I'll look good in them.

[badly_knitted]

Well done on adapting the shift dress into something comfy and useful!

The quilts are gorgeous, as always! You're so good at making them.

[sister_raphael]

The quilts look really amazing!

I enjoyed the long weekend but wasn't as productive as I could have been, but hey, that's what weekends are for, right? Looks like you were busy!

[wiseheart]

Those quilts are amazing.