2020 DeStash-Along

Yep! It takes 6" squares to make envelopes just larger than the notecards I’ve been making–they are atc sized.

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Cool! Nice to use every little bit of a 12x12!

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Yes, because I end up with a 2"x12" strip when I am cutting out for the notecards.

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Okay, here is a project I just finished using scraps and stash supplies only, except the lettuce fabric. I bought it once I heard what the name would be here and I didn’t consider it old enough to be stash yet. I rummaged my scrap box for the rest of the fabric and used the kiss clasps I bought and swore I was going to use immediately back in April of 2019. :roll_eyes: The Lettuce coin purse is going to be a raffle prize in the Game. I plan on filling it with random supplies to further reduce some stash. One little coin purse at a time. Ha!

Link to the Free Pattern:
https://emmalinebags.com/collections/sewing-patterns/products/pdf-puffy-coin-purses-a-free-pattern

I originally posted this in the fabric scrap craft-a-long but I think it belongs on this thread. I need to destash this year. I have a craft room (I’ll try to get pics later) and it has spread into my indoor storage room and now it is impossible to move around in there. :unamused: I have a couple projects I am planning on destashing with. I joined a bag pattern club where you get a surprise pattern each month for 3 months. I intended to use stash for that but the first pattern called for canvas fabric so I ended up buying some… before I found some in my stash. Which means I need to be more organized with my stash too.
I have a couple destash projects in mind already.
1 – A quilted ottoman cover. Most of the focus piece has already been cut out of scraps and stash fabrics.
2 – shirts for work (I have about 3 boxes of fabric waiting for this to happen).
3 – Bag of the Month Club. I promised myself the next two months will be stash fabrics!

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I am in love with these. I love the chubby wee silhouettes, the fabrics you chose and how carefully you arranged them to fall just perfectly under the clasps. Love them!

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I have one completed friend to post as well, I made a crochet over rope basket for my daughter’s shakey eggs musical instrument things. (technical term, I’m sure.)

The rope was originally purchased 4 years ago for to make a trivet for my MIL as it was in the colors of her favorite sportsball team. The yarn was orphaned when a friend’s MIL passed away. It came to me on giant knitting needles getting forced into being a scarf of some sort but I slowwwwwly unraveled it (Boucle’s a toughie there) and gave it a more appreciated function as this nest. (I kinda love it.):
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(I wish I knew how to keep it from going sideways. apologies there.)

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I love your little projects…I was going through some stash supplies and found one of those clasps! Someone might have sent it to me in a swap as I am sure I would not have purchased it on my own…so now I can make something with some stash fabric as well.

@AntBee ugh…I hate frogging boucle or mohair yarns…they always catch and I end up breaking the yarn…but, you are right, you need that texture to make nesty kind of things…egg shakers are a perfect thing to put in them!

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I edited my post to add the link to the free pattern. :green_heart:

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I finally got sick and tired of hunting for a pen in the cavern called my purse! Using the tutorial that @trillian shared with us, I made this from a left over piece from one of those cake charms things (I never seem to be able to use the whole stack!)…

Pencil holder

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I’m loving all of these cute little pouches! Makes my fingers itch to make some of my own (it’s on my list of stash-busting projects). Maybe after I finish the gifts I’m working on, sigh.

The nest is adorable! Your yarn choice makes it look like a real bird’s nest.

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@gozer those purses are lovely and your goals are awesome. Practical and completely doable. (I put things like ‘a quilt for everyone!’ on my list)

@AntBee your nest is cute and perfect storage for the musical shaky eggs

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@AIMR Lookin’ Good! I love the fabric you chose - it kind of has a tectonic plate / stratigraphy feel to it.

I ended up making another batch of the itty-bitty boxy pouches (those things are addictive). Everything is from stash (I even raided my mom’s stash for more interfacing) except for the split rings - I bought a 10 pack of those for the pouches I made earlier this month.

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ha ha yeah, it does…in actuality, it is part of a line that has all insects…my guess is they are supposed to be insect tunnels with the striped thing being some sort of grub…I just liked the colors and felt I could find it easy in my big purse!

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I am still unpacking after nearly three months…I just found this big green bin that I thought had Christmas decoration in it…nope…the entire thing is filled with project bags of knitting and crochet WIPS!!!

Guess I am going to spend the weekend deciding what I am keeping and what I need to let go…at least I found some of my most favorite bags!

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So… couldn’t we argue that this IS all stash as it wasn’t purchased for THIS batch? lol

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That is deeply impressive. Good luck with the sorting!

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Most of them are ongoing projects made from scrap yarns from other projects…I can only work on them when I have leftovers from other projects…they will get done only if I actually make more things…ha ha…the little balls of yarns are never ending it seems…I have three afghans made of just those in there… :smiley:

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So, you interface them as well?? Hmm, I haven’t tried that yet…

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That’s a cool idea. I have 3 glass apothecary jars full of little balls of yarn. They look like gumballs and I love it but I do also want to use them up.

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I love looking at everyone’s cool things! I’ve been destashing like crazy today (thanks in large part to your inspiration!)

I did it @smileyyogini, I made a handle cover for my little cast iron pan! It’s much safer here now :smile:

Thanks for sharing that great pattern @Trillian, I made one of those pouches too!

And I made an autumn version of the leaf potholder for my own kitchen, with @Magpie’s great pocket suggestion!

Though I am far away, I feel like I am collaborating with you all :smiley:

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