Understand 100%
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Heard.
Could you scramble up a cross stitch to give a few bedtime minutes to? I crocheted that giant olive for 2 years! It was good to just have it to hand, even when I got too busy to do any stitching at all. At least I could have, if I wanted to, and that made all the difference.
Tonight I tested my figuring out ability to make a little bubble basket.
I used up some double-sided fusible foam. It keeps the rounded shape even with a bit of weight in it.
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I hate it when unforseen things upset my crafting schedule. I hope you at least feel that you are ready for visitors in a tidy house…one less stress off your very full plate!
I am in a slump…and when I am, I have to do something obsessive…so I crocheted the same pouch pattern four times…and now I am done with crochet and feel like I can move one to other things I really want to do. It helps to have a swap deadline as well…
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Oh that’s hard! I know it has a real impact on my mood if I don’t manage to fit in at least a little creative project most weeks. It was a real challenge when we were moving to Oz. I hope your schedule eases up soon!!
@Magpie LOVE your bubble basket! Eep!
Thanks for the commiseration, everyone! It will only be through the weekend, so I am sure I will make it, I’ll just be a little antsy for the remaining time. On Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning, I will hit the ground running-with-scissors! I have at least 4 not-small projects to do by the end of May!
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That bubble basket is super cool and clever! I took a closer look - did you shape it with little darts rather than gathering?
Yup! There are a few styles out there but the one with the more rounded shape that I like has silly construction instructions so I’m doing my own thing. It’s still not perfect but I have an idea. Show ya later!
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Looking forward to seeing it! You are an inspiration - I made three wrist pincushions from your tutorial on Tuesday 
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Woo! Where’s your post? I wanna seeee!
If you are MightyMitochondria, this is a spoiler …
Blurred because one of these is going to MightyMitochondria - haven’t posted else where yet.
Your tutorial with the plastic liner is excellent! I changed it up a bit, using wide elastic for one and Velcro for the other two. All from stash too!
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Beaut!!!
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Love love love! I was looking for some of those slap bracelets, they’d work great too.
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Just purchased some yarn to make a cat cocoon! We’ll see if the yarn or the dbl pointed needles get here first 
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woo-hoo I hit 50 projects today!
Summer is going to be really busy for me. How about for you all?
How about posting a short list of some of the projects you want to do over the summer?
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I need to make new cushion covers for a chair in my craft room. It is a big project because I also need to paint the chair and make sure the bones are sturdy for someone besides my cat to sit in!
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Dresses. I need one for a wedding in October and one for a theater even in June!
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Fingerless mitts for holiday gifts.
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Baby quilt for a friend’s first grandchild
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Art Lessons–I have a few in the queue.
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50 projects this early in the year! At that rate you’ll be at 150 by the time 2024 rolls around.
I’m just finally getting my ducks in a row with photographs of doll dresses I sewed back in January, so here we go. Batch #1 for the 6inch size:
Technically that’s project #3 for the year. I need to catch up on my pics & collages
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Another wonderfully cute array of tiny dresses @Trillian!
Well done @AIMR!
Hmm, short list of planned projects for the coming months … I have been looking around my house and my craft stuff, and I really need to finish some of my half finished and planned projects. But then I just yesterday received a copy of an out-of-print jacket pattern that I was so excited to find online from an Australian Etsy shop! Let’s see if I can pick 5. (And then let’s see if I can get those 5 done without getting distracted by other things!)
- Significant progress on the giant cabled cardigan for Mr Jemimah. (Probably not finishable in this time frame)
- Fitted jacket from new pattern
- Make up at least 3 pieces of embroidery into finished objects
- Lap quilt using the cool fabric Mr Jemimah picked out
- Winter skirt
Also there’s swap projects, but I know I’ll get them done because I already have deadlines.
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Another batch of dresses from January, so project #4? These range from about 8 to 11 inches.
Trying to think of my 5 projects for the summer…
- sew six dresses for my tiniest doll
- finish up the monster quilt I’ve been neglecting for a year
- sew or knit something for my largest doll
- knit a pair of socks (but first, find someone who is worthy of gift socks)
- explore another blythe sewing pattern
I will undoubtedly get distracted by something shiny and wander off to play with twigs in the forest, but those may keep me busy.
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I am not normally attracted to plaids or checks of any kind, but on your little dolls, those are the ones I love the most…that little red and white check with the black trim is just darling!
Also, the little plaid dress in Batch #1.
@AIMR Ha! I bought that red houndstooth on a midnight run to walmart during college in … 2006? My suite-mate was finishing up her renfaire garb the night before our trip and had run out of thread.
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WOOHOO! I hit 40 complete projects last night! I will probably start No. 41 later today or tomorrow. I may hit 50 by June which is close to my “target” as I have completed ~100 projects/year over the last few years.
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