2020 DeStash-Along

That’s awesome @lady4feet!

I FINALLY finished the dancing afghan for my niece. I seriously underestimated how long it takes to make a blanket. But I used pretty much all of the wool that my mum found in the abandoned plastic bag at my grandparents house, so theres some of my stash (formerly my grandmother’s stash) gone AND it has gone to one of my Gran’s great grandchildren.

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I have failed miserably at destashing during shutdown…I get bored and cruise the internet…I have purchased way more fabric than I intended…

Back here to get back in line and start using it up again…

Love seeing the projects…oh, at least I am using stash wool up…one small victory!

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I am right there with you. I bought more yarn and started doing cricut so my resolution to not buy more craft stuff went right out the window.

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Lol me too… bought more fabric, but as you know you buy three or four to see which one works and you can’t return the rest, so it goes into the stash. Does cooking what’s in the pantry count as destash lol? Well, couple of masks yesterday made the tiniest dent, and some watercolor fails too. Maybe less wine next time.

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Right? I have spent way too much time just scrolling through Twitter. And then I’m annoyed at myself at the end of the day. {sigh} Shut down has been weird. Alright, all of us back up on the horse!

@Puamelia I like the print on those masks! Less wine! lol Maybe that’s also destashing…? :thinking:

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Thanks @grenouille78 , definitely great fabric stash additions lol. And yes, the wine stash is probably the only thing I’ve been successful at destashing ha ha!

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I think that’s second stash. Or is it stash-once-removed? :rofl:

I don’t have a pic, but I am working on some stash once removed myself that is also my deceased aunt’s UFO. I’m probably about 3/4 done and only had to buy one component. WOO!

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I haven’t been crafting much this year, it’s been more of a writing year for me, so much so that I hadn’t signed up for the new site yet. But I had a nightmare last night about wanting to post and this site being gone, so I used that as motivation to actually make an account. I’m still on my old raglan shirt kick, so at least I’m destashing fabric. I’ll try to get some pics of my best work up soon!

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Hi @gala_apples! Can’t wait to see your projects. I’m always amazed at people who can make their own t-shirts (I guess a raglan isn’t actually a t-shirt but they’re in the same general ballpark).

I finally finished up the 1/4 inch elastic in my stash and ordered 10 more yards off of Etsy. When I was planning my replacements-only DeStash year that supply wasn’t even on my radar as something I might use up.

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I know it’s… you know, halfway through the year… but can I join? Life events have left me not making for way too long and I’m wanting to get back it.

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@HolographicDreams It’s never too late to join! Grab your stash and start making stuff!

I made a quick collation of crafty things from stash for a younger cousin’s graduation gift. The university she will be attending in the Fall (hopefully) has purple as its school colors, and the pencil pouch incorporates a lot of materials that originally came from her grandmother’s stash. They don’t quite coordinate, but I’m pleased with how they turned out individually.

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Used up some satin I had purchased who knows when for costumes. I’m not a satin person normally, but costumes. Yay.

So I made pillowcases for my mom. Not quite so flashy, but so important.

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I’m looking forward to reading more of these destashing projects. Covid has reignited my desire to create & sew, so I’m trying to finish a bunch of UFO quilts & destash a bunch.
Here’s a few that I have completed in the last month.
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Wow, you’ve been busy. I particularly like the one with green sashing

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Thanks! It’s been fun! The green sashing one is probably my favorite too. I’m working on one today that I like even better. :slight_smile: I will share today or tomorrow when it’s done. Feels good to get these moving on to new homes. Most will be given to the children’s hospital to bring kids comfort or to a local community organization for low income families who just had a baby.

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Finished another project from my stash, image image

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I love this project! What size is it?

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Thanks! It’s 54” square.

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Very pretty quilt! Love the colors and the back is beautiful as well!

Thank you! It was a lot of fun!