That’s a lot of work!
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Wow! Impressive finish!
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I started this in winter 2020/21 in the middle of lockdown and on furlough for months. I’ve stitched alphabet samplers before and I honestly enjoyed those more than all these borders. But the pattern, fabric and yarn were all from stash and that’s why I started it.
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Wow!! It’s beautiful, I think classic red and white looks so elegant, I really love those old motifs.
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I covered my kitchen windowsill with 4-year old contact paper purchased for a project that only used about 4"x4".out of an 18" x 3 foot roll.
Still enough leftovers to do both projects twice more.
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Isn’t it great when you have a need and can make it yourself? A customized tea wallet…very nice!
@Immaculata I also love the red and white classic cross stitch patterns. You did a beautiful job on it.
I would want to make that into an apron to wear…it is just too beautiful not to see daily! (A hostess apron, not a cooking one…or even a beautiful boho type blouse?)
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Maybe the back of a black leather sewing jacket, the one with spikes and chains and built in pin cushion…
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My college-aged nephew started crocheting. Me, thinking I’m being clever, ordered him a good project bag and thought, like wallets and purses, it would be bad luck to gift it empty. So I’m looking at the yarn cabinet to see what might be suitable to pass along.
Nothing is quite right, of course!
Dear Stash,
you’re killing me.
Signed,
Resigned to Hoard
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A far-away friend came to our bash yesterday so I gave her a sack full of yarn for her daughter who knits & another sack full of all the big glass beads in my stash, woo hoo!
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Oh stash, how we love you.
My DW needed a cover for her circular knitting machine to keep the kittens off of it. So stash to the rescue.
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Nice! Kittens do love string and yarn…mine wants to chew on my thread holder so I am going to have to make some sort of cover for it…love that you used a piece of patchwork…pretty and functional is always good!
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My two furballs have zero interest in my embroidery threads, i was surprised to discover. Regardless, I am very strict about keeping all craft supplies out of their reach while crafting & then also securely stored, but sometimes they want to cuddle with me, or watch over me, while I stitch. I am so paranoid about pins & needles and the cats!
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This is really cool! I want to touch it, I bet it feels nice to use too.
Awesome cover @marionberries, it looks really snazzy!
I love all the great projects on this thread where people have seen a problem or a need and just solved it with what they have on hand. It’s like a thread full of MacGyvers!
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After the accidental re-stashing of far too much yarn, I offered some to my colleague who makes “stuff” for her Grandkids’ school.
Not sure if she realises how much she is getting, but it will half the new stash!! 
And despite multiple WIPs, I have started a new “passive meetings” project. It looks straightforward enough to do whilst I am (probably fake) listening. some of the current WIPs require more attention, especially my main one. I have written “concentrate” next to one particular row! 
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Great snuffle mat! I’ve been considering making one, and just did a latch-hook rug with t-shirt yarn that I decided was better off as a shower mat.
Anything you’d recommend for when I finally make one for the dog?
Also @Renstar, “re-stashing” is an excellent, less-self-shaming descriptor 
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I watched a few YouTube videos and found that there is really no wrong way to make these. The more fleece you use, the harder it is to find the treats, so if your dog gets frustrated or anxious, it is better to make a loser one. Mine is pretty tight because I was making it for my cats…they are just too smart and figured it out too quickly…
Just have fun with this pretty mindless project…I am glad @sheepblue posted hers…I had no idea such a thing existed! I learn so much from this community!
Do you need fleece scraps? I am destashing…ha ha ha.
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Ah, see I was worried if it was too loose, the bits would get trapped way down in the fabric and get icky! I’ve bought one for another dog before and they’re sewn to prevent that in the official versions, and that’s beyond my pay grade.
I could potentially be talked into some fleece scraps… 
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Mine does let treats fall through the mesh sometimes, but it’s an extra level of the game for my dog to flip the mat over to inspect for fallen bits haha.
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