Check-In Post November 21st 2020

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, 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: What was the last thing someone made for you?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Wrapping presents surely counts as a craft, right? Folding paper and sticking things...

You'll get to the scrunchies.

How lovely to have a handpainted card! That must be wonderful. Hope you enjoy the chutney!

[moth2fic]

Yes - and I used some of my new wasabi tape to decorate some of the wrappings!

I seem to be in baking mode. Banana and walnut bread, refrigerator cake, date marzipan, rhubarb crumble. I have a new parkin recipe, a fudge recipe and one for frozen yoghurt with red currants all begging me to start.

But the scrunchies are becoming urgent and I unearthed some fabric I'd forgotten about that has dragons on it - my daughter is a dragon lover so I think I'd better turn the fabric into cushion covers before I bury it again.

[badly_knitted]

I adore rhubarb crumble! Anything rhubarb really. You're very busy with all your new recipes.

Oooh, dragon fabric cushion covers, I hope you'll post pictures! Maybe there'll be enough leftover fabric for a couple of scrunchies!

[moth2fic]

The dragons are too big to show up on a scrunchie! But I have plenty of pretty offcuts for those anyway. It's more a question of having the sewing machine set up and that will happen with the cushion covers. And yes, of course there will be pictures.

[badly_knitted]

Pity they're too big for the scrunchies because dragon scrunchies would be fun, but still, dragon cushion covers will be awesome!

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

OMG, dragons!!! They're awesome! :D

[moth2fic]

The fabric is all cream, with panels of Chinese dragons in a different weave but the same colour. I think they'll look really good made up and will go well with other furnishings. I'm tempted to quilt so as to make the design stand out, but I really want at least one ready for Christmas so maybe one quilted later, and one not! Also, there's enough fabric for two double sided covers or four with a plain backing. My mental jury is still out.

[badly_knitted]

I know what I'd go for (if I could sew), four with plain backs so all the dragons could be on show. The fabric sounds lovely.

[moth2fic]

Thank you. You just made my mind up! I was tending that way anyway. The only thing that is bothering me is having to use a different fabric for the plain backs (or possibly patterned but not dragonish) but I have plenty and I don't think washing/cleaning will be too much of a problem.

[badly_knitted]

Glad I could be of help!