Welcome to LC! We have a “Use the good stuff” craftalong as well…a reminder that life can take us down roads that we did not plan, so it is best to live mindfully and enjoy our crafting and friendships each day!
What are we saving these things for, if not for ourselves or our loved ones?
Can’t wait to see what you make! I think many of us are looking at making more clothing for ourselves!
Welcome!
It’s the best place on the whole entire internet, seriously. Some of us have been crafing together for 15+years! New friends are always welcome with open arms and the encouragement & support is just lovely. There’s no BS, selling, snark (unless it’s a snarky project, lol), just friendship & sharing.
Keeping a record like this is so motivational! Check out @AIMR 's list from last year for example. Just seeing it all lined up like that is an amazing reminder of all you’ve accomplished. Often it’s way more than you thought!
I interrupt this normally scheduled programing to announce…it’s time to VOTE for our current challenges!!
It really is nice for looking back over your projects. You can set it up however you like, change it over time, etc. We all have our own style. For me, I like to make a topic in the relevant section first, such as a crocheted toy, for example. Then I add that project to my list here along with a link to the topic and a thumbnail image. If it was something I didn’t make a topic for I still add it with a thumbnail but no link. It can get a bit unweildy by the end of the year but I still like it for looking back.
Here’s my list from last year.
Seeing your list makes me want to dive head first into all my batik scraps!!!
Seeing others’ lists is really a window into the broad world of making and makers. Some crafters are mostly committed to the one medium in its various methods (yarn, for instance), some really like a particular form but with a big variety of media (assemblage, say), some are expert in a couple-few things, and some dabble in all manner of media and forms. It’s wondrous to see the ways a creative mind can work differently than your own!
I did not keep track of my projects in 2022 and I would like to change that this year. It’s so nice to be able to look back and see all the things I’ve done. Thank you @AIMR for setting up this craftalong!
COMPLETED:
January:
No projects completed
February:
Quilty car decal
Quilt/sewing/maker stickers
Valentine cake pops for my love
Craft More, Worry Less quilt label
March:
Mug Rug for swap with Kwality570
April:
EQ8 Cup of Cheer quilt design
Label for bee collage
Finally finished my bee collage (binding and back pockets)
Paper scissors sheath
May:
Sera shirt for Josh’s bday
Smaller Sera shirt for when he loses weight
Dark Chocolate Oreo Truffles
Holly Jolly quilt label
June:
22.Tamanu oil lip balm
8th & Ocean cold process soap
White chocolate peanut butter cups for Father’s Day
Label for Charlotte’s I-Spy quilt
July:
26. Purrmaid pillow
August:
28. Back to School Chalkboard
September:
31-33. Door hangers
October:
41. Halloween stickers
November:
53. My Candy Corn Quilt Shoppe quilt
December:
57. Christmas cards (2nd batch - same as cards above)
58-62. Personalized Reindeer Ornaments
WIPs/UFOs to finish (come on, part of the work’s already been done, just get going and finish it!):
Projects I would love to create in 2023:
Welcome! Always nice to see another Aussie joining this awesome community! 
The year is off to a good start - I finally finished up my first knit sweater, and I whipped up a couple rosaries from stash. I have so many big projects to do this year that I’m sure I’ll go mad if I don’t pepper in some short and satisfying projects along the way.
Those rosaries are lovely!
Thank you! I didn’t have enough eye pins for full five decade rosaries, but then I remembered that singles were a thing, and I had supplies for those!
Thanks!
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. 
“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
Love the green in that sweater
Me, too! I will have to think of a project with that green and grey…the combo is lovely!
It’s actually brown. The Cascade colors are: Moss, Olive Heather, Doeskin Heather, and Walnut Heather.
Even nicer! I like that foresty range…grieges, brays, grauns, lol
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:
greeting cards
ATCs
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
knitted scarf
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
wrap top of big headphones with purple hand-dyed bulky yarn
make chocolate bunny flag (see post I made)
knit and felt a cat cave
make beaded stag beetle brooch
make beaded owl brooch
rainbow plastic outdoor bead hanger x2
amigurumi
prayer flag for Laura for xmas
turn pretty yarn into baskets?
make Pride wreath
use paper bits to make masterboards esp. halloween
some ravelry projects!
Scrap bracelets by kittykill
gelli printed Halloween cards, stamped
cross stitch for swap
Iowa quilt block pillow for ma
Great pumpkin stamp
Gathered skirt using the kawaii fabric I bought
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
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,
Church of the Crystal Skull inspired rainbow scarf
Set of six Vintage-y Cat Valentine Cards for my LC peeps
Set of seventeen Valentine cards for family and friends
Adventure Time valentine featuring Lemongrab
(no pic, for husband’s eyes only)
Catloaf valentine for my only son (later, whiskers were added)
set of three knitted yellow washcloths for upstairs guest bathroom
set of three knitted grey washcloths for basement guest bathroom
Sixteen simple St. Patrick’s Day cards for family and friends
Needlefelted Hello Kitty
Crocheted Lemon Bee
Sets of knitted washcloths for family or friends
Knitted and felted cat cocoon/cave
Amigurumi alien
Amigurumi cthulhu
Bulky yarn-covered over-the-ear headphones
Prairie Schooler Halloween cross stitch
(argh, forgot to take a pic!)
a bunch o Halloween gelli-printed cards for STS
two Halloween kilt pins for STS
Hippo and hat stamps for STS
custom mushroom stamp
snowman w/ candy cane stamp for STS
Hello Kitty riding unicorn cross stitch for STS
two Halloween chunky houses, AIMR and LovelyMiss
Headstone for kittykill
three Needlefelted pumpkins for kittykill
Floral tape wrapped wire creepy tree for kittykill
kayrun’s custom sashiko/boro kit
Prairie Schooler st Nick mail Cross stitch
Great Pumpkin carved stamp
two Great Pumpkin cards, sis and mom
knit chunky beanie hat for Stephen
Two xmas cards, Seth and Brandy
A grip of reusable fabric bags
Amigurumi leshy for my son
tiny sweater for my husband
one knit hat for charity
another knit hat for charity
chunky chair blanket for son
small nessie cookie card for Kathryn
Your chunky houses are awesome!!!
Aw, thank you. I enjoy making them every year.
