@tendstowardschaos That looks like four boxes of happiness, not a problem! Aren’t matching totes wonderful? (sigh… someday…)
Finally ran my April DeStash Stats: 5 sheets of Stickii Club stickers, 3 half sheets, 1 vinyl sticker (started a new journal, also technically from stash), 1 ink sample vial (2 ml), 19 dresses made (17 in my usual style, 2 using a purchased pattern) consuming just under 1 yard of fabric, and four fabrics have been reduced to the “too small for doll dresses” scrap basket. I bought 2 balls of yarn but those were finished within a week so that’s a stash neutral acquisition. But I got 16 new ink samples for my birthday, which did grow that particular stash niche a bit.
Your inventory management is amazing. Seriously, having ADHD, people with your skill look like wizards to me.
As to my fiber stash, it looks like a big pile of stuff to do. Fun stuff, but, still… I have to find time to play with it.
I justified the totes because I needed a few to store clothes outgrown by one child and not big enough for the younger of the two…those don’t need to match or be airtight. So, I used the new ones for the fiber and the old ones (that my fiber previously occupied) for the clothes.
Where’s Wildo? Thought I would make faux leather shoes, bought the thinnest brown vinyl I could find and it didn’t work. Used it for the soles, though. Could’ve gone all stash had I painted the shoes in the first place as I had sole material on hand.
Plethora of Piñatas: Bought some of the crepe paper (pronounced “creepy paper” like Nandor in What We Do In The Shadows TV series), all other paper and vessels from stash.
WHEW! I am working on a mostly-stash project right now that I hope I wrap up before the weekend.
I finished the scrappy baby quilt. I had to buy sashing, backing, and binding, but I had a large enough piece of batting. Cleared out a box of baby quilt/toy trimmings gathered over the last 7 years or so and used up a small piece of batting. Win. I also bought just enough fabric for the extras.
The crinkly sensory cloth and the ninnis were all from stash as well.
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I got rid of most of my blue cotton yarn!
I managed to get four matching ones in the size I wanted…but, I had to frog the first one I did to achieve this…here they are and what is leftover for my scrap yarn bin!
Those look great! love the pop of color for interest.
I finally knit up a lacy summer top using a bunch of scrap fingering weight yarns that I overdyed black. Funny, I thought the yarns achieved a pretty close tone so you wouldn’t really notice that there’s definitely different yarns, but once I was done and held it up to some actual sun light…uh…yeah you can tell LOL. I don’t think I care though. It’s all generally dark so
The urge to pick up bookbinding again is super strong this month for some reason. I’m just hoping I have enough decade-old leftover supplies in stash to scratch this itch before I do something rash.
Recycling works great! Brown paper bags are my fave.
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I’m doing a bookbinding course online…mostly to learn how to do more complex binding stitches…but, I have challenged myself to use only what I have on hand…
So, I am cutting up an old, unused handbag for a cover and making paper fabric over cardboard…I just hope I have enough waxed cord or at least a candle and some spare spools of perle cotton!
Unscented dental floss can also work in a pinch. I’ve also used wax on crochet thread when I wanted colors. (Don’t try it with embroidery floss - it’s not worth it)
I did a lot of bookbinding back in the day but haven’t really touched it since around 2010, 2012 (?)
And what course are you taking? I’m mostly interested in case binding, but I could use a general refresher.
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I have loads of dental floss left over from my stockpile during the pandemic!! Thanks for that!
I am taking the handmade book club little library 5 day challenge…it is free to me because I am a member, but I think there might be a special on it…it came into my FB feed…
I’m still making crochet baskets. I’m down to a lot of acrylic, having used up most of my “I think it’s wool or a wool blend” yarn. And of course into brighter colors. I am not liking the green and yellow basket that is 3/4 done, but someone will…I hope.
A Tisket A Tasket
A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it
Yes, on the way I dropped it
A little girlie picked it up
And took it to the market
She was truckin’ on down the avenue
Without a single thing to do
She was peck, peck, peckin’ all around
When she spied it on the ground
A-tisket a-tasket
She took my yellow basket
And if she doesn’t bring it back
I think that I shall die
A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it
Yes, on the way I dropped it
A little girlie picked it up
And took it to the market
(Was it red?) No, no, no, no
(Was it brown?) No, no, no, no
(Was it blue?) No, no, no, no
Just a little yellow basket
Fun stuff, but, still… I have to find time to play with it.
at least I should be down to less than a skein net.