Prompt: Research Project
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Blue Prayer Shawl
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Breif Description: I was strong armed into joining a prayer shawl group and unfortunately I don’t really enjoy making them. I cast this on in February and finished it today.
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Prompt: June Y2K
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Rhubarb Bundt Cake
Brief Description: rhubarb bundt cake, that i didn’t think would turn out well, but my son begged me to make it. It turned out ok, but i should have dehydrated the rhubarb a bit first. Bundt cakea were made popular in 60s Bundt cake - Wikipedia
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Prompt: June YouTube
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Chicken Scratch Pincushion
Brief Description: This was made during the Making Zen, where we followed along with videos
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Prompt: June CDs
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Rhubarb Oatmeal Cookies
Brief Description: These cookies are round. In the 2000s there was an episode about Phoebe’s grandma’s famous oatmeal cookies https://friends.fandom.com/wiki/The_One_With_The_Dozen_Lasagnas#:\~:text=In%20this%20episode%2C%20Rachel,chocolate-chip%20cookie%20recipe%2C
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Prompt: June Social Media
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken Breasts
[ ] Brief Description: My husband requested I make these. cream cheese, olives & jalapenos stuffed in a chicken breast, breaded & baked. jalapeno poppers became popular in the 70s Jalapeño popper - Wikipedia
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Prompt: June Hipster Fashion/Add a mustache
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Refashioned white chemise nightgown
Brief Description: I had a really nice jersey sheet that I made into this nightgown. white chemise/shift inspired by the Outlander books from the 1990s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlander\_(novel)
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More project dumping… I do hope to be better about posting things next season…
Prompt: The Muppet Show
Team: Team Extra Epic
Project Name: Duct Tape Wallet with giant phone pocket
Project Link: Duct Tape Wallet with giant phone pocket
Brief Description: This wallet has green in it. Duct Tape Wallets became popular in the early 2000s, with Myth Busters doing episodes about duct tape during that time, according to Cantech. So this fulfills my 2000s project #1.
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Prompt: Hair Bands
Team: Team Extra Epic
Project Name: Gizmo vs Furby 4x6 art
Project Link: Gizmo vs. Furby 4x6 art
Brief Description: I’m stretching the prompt here, but both Gizmo & Furby were fluffy. One of them until midnight, anyway. The original and terrifying Furby that, in my opinion, bore a pretty good resemblance to Gizmo (before midnight) came out in 1998, so this fulfills my 1990s project #1.
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Prompt: Social Media
Team: Team Extra Epic
Project Name: Animaniacs ATC
Project Link: Animaniacs ATC
Brief Description: The background of this ATC is blue. According to IMDB, Animaniacs was on the air from 1993-1998, so this fulfills my 90s project #2.
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Prompt: Free Range # 1
Team: Team Extra Epic
Project Name: 1970s dress ATC
Project Link: 1970s fashion ATCs
Brief Description: I had a lot of fun looking up fashion from the different decades in search of earning those ultra cool pins 
This is the article I used for inspiration to draw 70’s fashion: 32 Iconic Photos of Gloriously '70s Fashion | Marie Claire , and this fulfills my 1970s project # 2.
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Prompt: YouTube
Team: Team Extra Epic
Project Name: 1970s plaid skirt suit ATC
Project Link: 1970s fashion ATCs
Brief Description: This is a red plaid dress. I looked up 1970s fashion and used this article for inspiration to draw this ATC: 32 Iconic Photos of Gloriously '70s Fashion | Marie Claire . This fulfills my 1970s project #3.
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Prompt: Free Range # 2
Team: Team Extra Epic
Project Name: Esmeralda ATC
Project Link: Esmeralda ATC
Brief Description: I really like Esmeralda’s character in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, so I drew her. I had a lot of trouble with the shadows/shading… Something to work on. This movie came out in 1996, so this fulfills my 90s project # 3
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Prompt: June Monthly Battle (Social Media)
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Octavo Fanbinding
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Breif Description: Blue - definitely Blue. And the text inside includes a few texting conversations, so that kind of fits the general theme of the prompt.
Prompt: Free Range #1
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Octavo Fanbinding
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Breif Description: Fanbinding isn’t really a quick process, but this was probably the fastest I’ve ever made one. Super short (less than 7,000 words, hence its tiny size); I read it on Thursday, formatted and printed it on Friday, and had it cased in and in the press on Saturday.
Prompt: Free Range #2
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Three Doll Dresses
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Breif Description: The weather may have warmed up, but somehow I’m still sewing with winter-themed fabric.
Prompt: Free Range #3
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Three Doll Dresses
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Breif Description: Using up some scraps and still sewing doll dresses. These are about twice the size of the blue dresses above
Prompt: Free Range #4
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Three Doll Dresses
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Breif Description: What’s this? More Doll Dresses? Say it ain’t so! (Still sticking with the larger size here)
Prompt: Big Project #2
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: 2025 Reading Journal Stats Pages
Project Link: 2026 Reading Stats Journal Pages
Breif Description: Finally finished my 2025 stats pages in the old reading journal. Usually I try to have them done in January, but that didn’t happen this year.
Prompt: Zap #4
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Macrame Cord Cover
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Breif Description: My cat likes to chew on cords, so I needed to protect the charger for my new laptop. I ended up knotting some scrap sock yarn around it as deterrent (can confirm - she hates the texture on her teeth). The yarn was tonal so there’s some really subtle stripes going on at this circumference. (The bright blue is some actual plastic cord wrap from Michaels)
Prompt: Zap #5
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Paper Endbands
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Breif Description: I made a huge batch of endbands for my fanbinding series and future projects out of some string and striped paper. It probably won’t be my go-to supply for future binds but it’s good for small books or for when you need a bunch of semi-matching materials.
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Prompt: Big Time #1
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Hacky sacks
Brief Description: I have been making a ton of hacky sacks for people, the “2” “7” “1” ones are for an escape room taskmaster task.
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Prompt: Zap #1
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Lemon Verbena Extract
[ ] Brief Description: I’ve been growing lemon verbena & wanted to give this a try. Lemon verbena was a well in the 70s on little house on the prarie https://littlehouse.fandom.com/wiki/Lemon_Verbena
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Prompt: Zap#2
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Blue cord bookmark
Brief Description: a quick project for our taskmaster escape room
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Prompt: Zap#3
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Red Cord Bookmark
Brief Description: a quick project for our taskmaster escape room
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Prompt: Zap#4
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Green Cord Bookmark
Brief Description: a quick project for our taskmaster escape room
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Prompt: Free Range#1
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Red Crochet bin
Brief Description: I crocheted over macrame cord to make this bin/bucket. Macrame was.popular in the 70s Macramé - Wikipedia
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Prompt: Free Range#2
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Sea Brooch
Brief Description: Also from the Making Zen workshop I made this brooch with a sea urchin. The sea urchins were considered a scourge in the 1960s Red sea urchins discovered to be one of the Earth's oldest animals | Newsroom | Oregon State University
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Prompt: Free.Range#3
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Rhubarb Tart
Brief Description: I made mini rhubarb tarts. In 1980 there was a tv comedy special “rhubarb rhubarb” Rhubarb Rhubarb - Wikipedia
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Once again the time has gotten away from me, time for a last-minute project dump!
Prompt: May - The Muppet Show
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Green bowl cozies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made some microwavable bowl cozies for some friends - two were green!
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Prompt: May - The Mall
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Brown bowl cozies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made some microwavable bowl cozies for some friends - two were brown/beige/tan!
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Prompt: June - CDs
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Round face scrubbers
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made a stack of these face scrubbies for a friend.
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Prompt: April - Pong
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Geometric Coaster
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Some scraps of fabric I turned into a very geometric coaster!
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Prompt: May - MTV
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Lizard!
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Who else is addicted to those song clips with the inserted “Lizard!”? 
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Prompt: June - Hipster Fashion/Add a mustache
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Bowl cozies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: More bowl cozies I gave away at work - I’m dividing these up as two per submittal, so the top two are for this prompt, the rest are free range.
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Prompt: Free Range 1-3
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Bowl cozies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: More bowl cozies I gave away at work - I’m dividing these up as two per submittal, so the top two are for the previous prompt, the rest are free range.
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Prompt: Free Range 4
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Basketball coasters
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Made for prizes for the basketball pool
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Prompt: Free Range 5
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Quilt Square Organizer
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Made of foam board to organize my quilt squares in my drawer unit. The hardest part was calculating the most effective layout…
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Prompt: Free Range #5
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Never Ending Doll Dresses
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Brief Description: Switching things up with multiple sizes at once!
Prompt: Free Range #6
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Never Ending Doll Dresses
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Brief Description: I swear I’ve been trying to cut back on these.
And I think that’s it, finally! I’ll definitely try to spread out my posts a bit more in the next round.
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These are soooo cute 
oooh, I thought these were paper at first glance! Which gives me some ideas for organizing my paper stash This looks great!
Impressive!
I wish I could have taken your quilted potholder class! How wonderful those kits look!
Prompt: Free Range #6
Team: Totally Radical
**Project Name: sticker cards
Project Link: Mini cards
Brief Description: These small cards have bands in them to hold a sticker, along with matching envelopes.
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Prompt: Zap #2
Team: Totally Radical
**Project Name: I Spy Cards
Project Link: Mini cards
Brief Description: Remember “I Spy” books? My kids (and now grandkids) have the entire series, I think. But I did have a duplicate that got a little water damaged so the pages that were still in good shape became craft fodder. Hence these little cards.
The I Spy books were copyrighted in the 90s:
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Prompt: Free Range #2, bingo square (adult coloring)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Artsy Tatoo
Project Link: -
Brief Description: I designed and got this tatoo earlier this month with the express purpose of coloring in it. I’ve done a few, but failed to snag pictures and just now realised there is no June 31. 
But it’s adult coloring even when blank!
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Also, this finishes my bingo!
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That is one of the coolest tattoos ever!
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I, like many others, have a whole bunch of projects to post before the season ends. I’m going to start with the projects that got me a Bingo. Interesting enough, 4/5 of these projects are cards, 3 of which were created specifically to mark off the bingo prompts (I needed cards and figured why not use those prompts to make myself some cards?).
Prompt: May - Hair Bands, 1960s pin, Bingo - card making
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Sew Happy Cards
Project Link: Keeping It Together Prize Pack
Brief Description: These cards were first embroidered onto fabric with batting beneath it, then sewn onto the card. The batting makes the brightly colored cards a little fluffy.
According to Wikipedia, “Machine embroidery dates back to 1964 when Tajima started to manufacture and sell TAJIMA Multi-head Automatic Embroidery machines.”
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Prompt: Hipster Fashion/Add a mustache, Bingo - adult coloring
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Bumblebee card
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: This card is embroidered, then colored. While working on it, my nephew FaceTimed me to show off his (fake) mustache. I was his test call before he called Grandma to prank her 
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Prompt: June - YouTube, Bingo - charms
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Star Spangled Beauty - section 2
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I watched a YouTube tutorial on how to embroider, then put together the flag in this section. This section features some mini charms (2.5" fabric squares) above the blue flower.
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Prompt: June - Y2K, Bingo - calligraphy
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Fabric and embroidery cards
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: The first time I attempted to make this embroidery design on a card, it was a disaster. I tried again and am so glad that I did, because I love how these came out. I needed to check calligraphy off my bingo card and thought that a calligraphic embroidery font would be a fun way to go.
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Prompt: June - CDs
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Mystical moth card
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I like the sound of the ‘Mystical Magical’ song and I feel like there’s something mystical magical about this moth with celestial designs.
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And with those five projects - BINGO!!!
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Prompt: June - Social Media, 2000’s pin
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Gift Cards
Project Link: Keeping It Together Prize Pack
Brief Description: I created 4 gift cards and gift card holders intended to look like gift bags. I made these for my quilty friends over in the Quiltalong. Three of the gift cards were for Etsy, which according to Wikipedia, was launched in 2005.
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Prompt: May - AOL
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Poison Bookmarks
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I used the internet to get the pattern for these poison bookmarks that I created for a NG raffle prize.
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Prompt: June Battle - 2010s
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Oatmeal Banana Pancakes
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: My husband (whom I married in 2011) taught me how to make these oatmeal banana pancakes.
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Prompt: Zap #2, 60s pin
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Yellow Dino Bag
Project Link: Shirt to bag
Brief Description: I turned this shirt into a bag that toys can be put into (and then taken out). The bag is designed like a plastic grocery bag, which according to this Wikipedia entry, was invented in the early 60s.
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Prompt: Zap #3, 60s pin
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Blue Sweatshirt Bag
Project Link: Shirt to bag
Brief Description: This sweatshirt was originally purchased at Target, which according to Wikipedia, opened it’s first store in 1962.
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This thread is CLOSED. Thank you for a wonderful season! Head over to Camp Nerd Games to continue the fun for Summer!
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I adore those sewing machine cards 
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My little sister had a Furby in the late 90s. It was annoying as heck, so she took the battery out. This thing was in a dark closet, in a box, had no batteries, and it STARTED TALKING in the middle of the night. @QueenHobo and I were equally scared and annoyed. lol.
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Creepy thing was telling me it was hungry 
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