50 or more Projects Craftalong -2023

I am going to try this, and see if it helps me get my projects done, and helps me use my stash. I am trying to avoid swaps & focus on clearing these things out of my brain! This year is all about getting these nebulous ideas all the way to reality! Many things on this list will not make sense, it is from a game or a book. There is no way I will do all these but it helps to see it all listed out in one place as I have ~10 different lists of projects to combine here. :slight_smile:

“Hope to do” List

Manta mobiles (day & night versions)
Walking Sky crab
Flapping mobile
Aubrey/Maturin scenes
S&A scenes
Outer space projects
Mr Jones embroidered portrait
Vintage linens curtains for bedroom & office
Craft room & office
Reading corner
Bookshelf nook
Repair Christmas banner
All the tea wallets!
Tea cozies
Living room curtains & rods
Writings
Bedroom curtain “wall” for serious air conditioner season (makes my bedroom smaller & easier to cool)
Repair advent ornaments
Mini door
Felt birds & small day mantas for a wall hanging
Vinyl jellyfish
Krill with light
Towel cubbies
Cat ships
Pillowcases
And others to be added….

Done List

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Love the green in that sweater

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Me, too! I will have to think of a project with that green and grey…the combo is lovely!

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It’s actually brown. The Cascade colors are: Moss, Olive Heather, Doeskin Heather, and Walnut Heather.

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Even nicer! I like that foresty range…grieges, brays, grauns, lol

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I’m hopping in. I don’t post a lot of my craft projects because I think they are the dreaded “not good enough”. I’m feeling pretty comfortable with this spot.

This year I will make:
:heavy_check_mark: greeting cards
:heavy_check_mark: ATCs
:heavy_check_mark: Halloween chunky houses
oh, and I would like to do the Alisa Burke classes that I purchased months ago
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library geocache
:heavy_check_mark: knitted scarf
:heavy_check_mark: a tiny sweater for my husband
science the candy corn rat amigurumi
breezy bee amigurumi
make cotton scarves into skirt
turn AIMRs fish tins into xmas dioramas
the 31 days of halloween advent calendar
wrap headphones with embroidery floss
:heavy_check_mark: wrap top of big headphones with purple hand-dyed bulky yarn
make chocolate bunny flag (see post I made)
:heavy_check_mark: knit and felt a cat cave
make beaded stag beetle brooch
make beaded owl brooch
rainbow plastic outdoor bead hanger x2
:heavy_check_mark: amigurumi
prayer flag for Laura for xmas
turn pretty yarn into baskets?
:heavy_check_mark: make Pride wreath
use paper bits to make masterboards esp. halloween
:heavy_check_mark: some ravelry projects!
Scrap bracelets by kittykill
:heavy_check_mark: gelli printed Halloween cards, stamped
:heavy_check_mark: cross stitch for swap
Iowa quilt block pillow for ma
:heavy_check_mark: Great pumpkin stamp
Gathered skirt using the kawaii fabric I bought
:heavy_check_mark: fabric gift bags for chrismukkah, see magpie’s tut
Crow on a spool with a key
matchbox Halloween scene, using matchbox diecut
tiedye geocaching shirts
cut collars on tee shirts

  1. ATC themes: Momiji Doll, Ami Nekota, fortune cookie, sock cactus, Victorian imagery, Inspirobot quote, Katamari Damacy, dogs, Scottish thing, houseplants (3), TBD, Hello Kitty, one of my own themes, Momiji doll, draw your day, Alice in Wonderland, map, pez dispenser, thing painted on stone, pi(e), zombie apocalypse, Barbie, animals,

  2. Church of the Crystal Skull inspired rainbow scarf

  3. Set of six Vintage-y Cat Valentine Cards for my LC peeps

  4. Set of seventeen Valentine cards for family and friends

  5. Adventure Time valentine featuring Lemongrab
    (no pic, for husband’s eyes only)

  6. Catloaf valentine for my only son (later, whiskers were added)


  7. A needlefelted cat reading a book

  8. set of three knitted yellow washcloths for upstairs guest bathroom

  9. set of three knitted grey washcloths for basement guest bathroom

  10. Sixteen simple St. Patrick’s Day cards for family and friends

  11. Needlefelted Hello Kitty

  12. Crocheted Lemon Bee

  13. Sets of knitted washcloths for family or friends


  14. Knitted and felted cat cocoon/cave

  15. Amigurumi alien

  16. Amigurumi cthulhu

  17. Rainbow Love door-hanger

  18. Bulky yarn-covered over-the-ear headphones

  19. Prairie Schooler Halloween cross stitch
    (argh, forgot to take a pic!)

  20. a bunch o Halloween gelli-printed cards for STS

  21. two Halloween kilt pins for STS

  22. Hippo and hat stamps for STS

  23. custom mushroom stamp

  24. snowman w/ candy cane stamp for STS

  25. Hello Kitty riding unicorn cross stitch for STS

  26. two Halloween chunky houses, AIMR and LovelyMiss

  27. Headstone for kittykill

  28. three Needlefelted pumpkins for kittykill

  29. Floral tape wrapped wire creepy tree for kittykill

  30. kayrun’s custom sashiko/boro kit

  31. Prairie Schooler st Nick mail Cross stitch

  32. Great Pumpkin carved stamp

  33. two Great Pumpkin cards, sis and mom

  34. knit chunky beanie hat for Stephen

  35. Two xmas cards, Seth and Brandy

  36. A grip of reusable fabric bags

  37. Amigurumi leshy for my son

  38. tiny sweater for my husband

  39. one knit hat for charity

  40. another knit hat for charity

  41. chunky chair blanket for son

  42. small nessie cookie card for Kathryn

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Your chunky houses are awesome!!!

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Aw, thank you. I enjoy making them every year.

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Good way to get back on track:
2023 Completed Projects by Month

January

  1. Loom Bracelets (with Daughter
  2. Native American Village (with Son - School Project)
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I’m working on what will be my 4th project for the year… if I can make myself keep going, that is. Not difficult, just tedious and dull. All the feather/down throw pillow inserts shed their dang feathers through their own fabric and the covers I’ve made. Pokey and messy. So I ordered fabric designed just for this purpose and blarg, what a drag. Doesn’t help that no two forms are the same size so I can’t semi-mindlessly cut. Le sigh.

Thanks for the vent, now back to cutting.

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I’ve started 2 projects that hopefully won’t take eleventy-million years to complete. I managed 25/50 last year but some of them were like the Thing that took Aaaaaaages. I’m looking for a few nice-but-quick wins around here for first quarter crafting.

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I am in. I hope to finish the two blankets I have done. I need to make the baby some warm pants for next winter. I didn’t get to this year because I was so busy.

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JANUARY PROMPT FOR PROJECTS:

Rethink a supply or project you have had in your pile for a while. Make it into something else. It can be functional or just for show.

Make something that can be used more than once.

Make something for yourself.

Make something warm (if you are in a cold place) or something cool (if you are in a hot place).

Make something inspired by someone here.

Prompts are to help you get going if you like using them! Do none, one or all! :slightly_smiling_face:

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I just saw the prompts for January, but just added a new finish to my list that is something that can be used more than once, for myself! I am midway through a project that is from materials I decided to rethink and put to use as something totally different. NEATO!

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Once again this year, I’m hoping to do some smaller projects. I say this every year and then continue to work on big projects that take me forever :laughing:

Hopeful projects

  1. Collage art
  2. pillow cases
  3. hot pads
  4. forever quilt
  5. fabric coasters

Completed projects

  1. crochet water balls
  2. ATC for bluebird in Jan. ATC swap.
  3. ATC for thanate in Feb ATC swap
  4. Valentine Cards
  5. ATC 2 Feb swap
  6. ATC 3 Feb swap
  7. Labyrinth ATC March swap
  8. Salted Carmel socks for Jerry
  9. Family mugs group 1
  10. mugs group 2
  11. Elegant Shell tunic
  12. Open diamond macrame plant holder
  13. Sweet 16 mandala
  14. Frogs in suits ATC Sept swap
  15. Watercolor ATC Sept swap
  16. Sunflower ATC Oct. swap
  17. Halloween rug
  18. Swimsuit ATC Oct. swap
  19. Tree lamp
  20. Christmas village gazebo
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First finished project for 2023…year of the rabbit. Something I made for me!

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Oooh, that is so nice! :heart_eyes:

Wow! An awesome version!

Oooo. That’s very nice. It seems simple at first, but there is a lot to see when you really look at it.

First project of the year is done. I made some crochet water balls/balloons. I’m starting with 3 and letting the kids test them out before I make more. I used a pattern from Ravelry.

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