That dress (tunic?) 
I love the variety of projects here.
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Thanks!
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Prompt: August Battle–Dish Soap
Team: Sherlock Holmes
Project Name: Stuffed Zuchinni (vegan or vegetarian)
Project Link: Stuffed Zuchinni (vegetarian or vegan)
Brief Description: A way to use up those giant zuchinnis… and have lots of leftovers. While making this, it has to simmer, which means it bubbles just under the boiling point 
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I forgot to take a photo before I cut it up to store it in the fridge… oops!
I hope I did this right; it’s my first entry besides the anniversary one
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Sherlock
Project Name: Ugly storage
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Brief Description: I recently moved and trying to find effective storage for things can be tricky. We have WAY too much stuff. So I cobbled together bits of moving boxes and made these storage bins (the ones with the orange and blue tape on them) so that I can slide them out of the cupboard kind of like drawers, to make it easier to find stuff. They are not pretty. They are not even “pretty -adjacent”!
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Sherlock
Project Name: Chaos x-stitch
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Brief Description: This cross stitch will likely end up in my STS shop.
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Prompt: August Battle - Broom
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Esquites
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Brief Description: We got corn on the cob from our CSA and I made esquites. I used a broom to clean up all the corn strewn around my kitchen after cutting it off the cob. 
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Prompt: August - Glass Cleaner
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Bloomin onion
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Brief Description: My partner found an air fryer recipe for a bloomin’ onion. I tried to do it. It was okay…but definitely not good. The air fryer is not a deep fryer, lol. The onion was very delicate after cutting it.
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Prompt: August - Dish Soap
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Felt donut
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Brief Description: Continuing my easy bed time craft kits, this felt donut is circular and may end up living in my kitchen.
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Prompt: August - Cleanser
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Card folders
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Brief Description: I’ve been upping my card writing game, and decorated some card folders with washi - many of which are speckled with images (and also rubbing off that tape residue is very gritty).
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Prompt: August - Bleach
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Chili
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Brief Description: I made a big pot of delicious chili. My best batch in a while. And the house smelled wonderful for a day. 
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Prompt: August - All-Purpose Cleaner
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Felt taco
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Brief Description: Made a felt taco, too. Has multiple colors, shapes, and parts. He’s got a clip so he can hang off a bag (or maybe be a huge keychain, lol).
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Felt kitty
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Brief Description: And a felt kitty in a pumpkin.
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Chorizo Tacos
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Brief Description: I made tacos. I actually made two batches, but forgot to take a photo of the ones with fried shells.
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Needle punch
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Brief Description: I did this needle punch kit over the past few days. I frogged it so many times I’m actually surprised the fabric was still holding together at the end.
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Prompt: Zap
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Superman Magnet
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Brief Description: One of my card recipients likes Superman. I made a superman magnet with my printer and Zyron. It’s about 5 inches across at the widest part.
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Prompt: Zap
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Lunch
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Brief Description: This looks so dumb to submit, but I made a fancy mustard sauce for the croissant sandwiches, which you can barely see on the bottom under the cheese, lol. It was mayo, dijon and whole grain mustard, lemon juice, honey, and garlic powder. Yum.
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Hey y’all, check out this post announcing an event for Fall, and see if you want to participate! (P.S. I’m offering some craft kits!)
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I love the usability of these boxes on shelves. Practically is great, especially when there are stressors like moving and starting fresh somewhere new. And I happen to think a well-organized space is beautiful, no matter what’s being used to organize it
Also… I love the “chaos coordinator” cross stitch. Perhaps i should borrow that title and put it on my office door at home 
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I caught up on tracking and updating the team rosters.
Please make sure I got all of your projects submitted checked off… I got distracted in the middle of updating tracking on Friday when my husband called because he’d been in a car accident (he’s totally fine. We find out Wednesday if our car was totaled). I think I got everything, but if you see any discrepancies, let me know!
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Sorry you’re going through all that stress, @storerboughtcreation ! Glad your husband is okay!
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Im glad your husband’s okay! I hope everything goes smoothly with the car situation.
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Yikes, @storerboughtcreation! Glad to hear everything is (relatively) okay.
Prompt: Cleanser (August)
Team: Miss Marple
Project Name: Teal solar print
Project Link: Solar Prints a la megwell
Brief Description: It’s not a towel by design, but you could use it in a bathroom.
Project Photo(s): Top print in this photo
Prompt: Broom (August Battle)
Team: Miss Marple
Project Name: Violet solar print
Project Link: Solar Prints a la megwell
Brief Description: This item, and all the bits I used to print on it, would get stuck in a vacuum, so it’s gotta be broom.
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Bottom print in the previous photo.
Editing to add one I forgot:
Prompt: Free Range 1
Team: Miss Marple
Project Name: Fox hoop
Project Link: LC Fox Mixed Media Hoop (Or, Look, Ma, I Stitched!)
Brief Description: I made this at the '23 Champaign meetup.
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Prompt: Battle August- Vacuum
Team: Miss Marple
Project Name: Rhubarb Lattice Pie
Brief Description: Last of the rhubarb & I attempted a pretty pie, it caught a little on top. I had to go with vacuum because I unfortunately still have carpet in our kitchen
Prompt: July - Cubism
Team: miss marple
Project Name: Salted corn ice cream
Brief Description: Made of many many pieces of corn (and cream and sugar) this was a fun different icecream
Prompt: August Bleach
Team: miss marple
Project Name: Beet hummus
Brief Description: My niece loves beet hummus so I had to give it a try. I made 3 different types. my favorite was topped with fragrant crushed fennel seeds. Love the muted pink
Prompt: August Cleanser
Team: miss marple
Project Name: Rhubarb Oatmeal Cookies
Brief Description: Speckled with rhubarb these are delicious cookies
Prompt: Research 1
Team: miss marple
Project Name: Bookshelves
Brief Description: I built bookshelves to go next to the fireplace, they’re only temporary so I kept them simple so they can go in any room later
Prompt: August dish soap
Team: miss marple
Project Name: Blueberry oatmeal cookies
Brief Description: Circular with berries of blue these are yummy cookies
Prompt: Big Time 1
Project Name: Crochet Popcorn Garland
Team: miss marple
Brief Description: I am hoping to make a few of these before Christmas, this one is 8 feet long with bead "cranberries ". it is a nice take along project, but a full garland takes quite a bit of time
Prompt: August- All purpose cleaner
Team: miss marple
Project Name: Flower arrangement
Brief Description: Gathered flowers around the yard as well as a few of the neighbors’. lots of colors, lots of shapes, lots of parts
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We have a lot of newbies this season, so I thought I’d share my answer to a question I received. This may help everyone out. I vaguely remember being confused by the battles a bazillion years ago back on Craftster. 
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Every season runs for three months. Each month has a battle to complete, so there is a total of three. They are their own separate prompts. For the bingo card, you’d need to complete all three battles. You only need to choose a side when posting the battle prompt.
Each month also has 5 regular prompts. Those you don’t need to pick a side for, you just post that prompt. The battle has nothing to do with those. By the end of the season there are 15 of these.
Here are the crafting opportunities broken down another way:
These should take a minimum of 30 minutes to craft. Worth 20 points each.
Monthly battle - 3 total. Choose your side.
Monthly prompt - 15 total. No side choosing needed. Just include which prompt you’re doing in the header
Free range - 6 total. You can use this to post whatever you want. Useful for when your craft doesn’t fit a prompt or you’ve done all of the prompts already and have a few extras to share
This take less than 30 minutes. Worth 10 points each.
Zap - 5 total. For those crafts that don’t take much time to complete.
This should take longer than 5 hours. Worth 50 points each.
Big time - 3 total. For those larger projects.
This should take longer than 20 hours. Worth 100 points each.
Research project - 2 per season. For when you finish a time intensive project.
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I can’t imagine the taste of corn ice cream. Does it taste at all like corn?
I love your popcorn garland, and your fireplace setup is so cute!!!
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thank you
the corn icecream tastes like sweetcorn, & really good vanilla icecream had a baby
my son asked me if i “can be more midwestern” when i offered him some.
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Prompt: Aug – Glass Cleaner
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: Busy Street Pocket Letter
Project Link: Town Tryptic Pocket Letter
Brief Description: These ATCs are in a clear plastic holder. Clear like glass!
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Prompt: Aug – Bleach
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: Lemon Hang On.
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Brief Description: The Hang Ons are useful on door handles so you don’t forget little things. My Laundry Room has a door headed outside, so this would be useful to me there.
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The other special Anniversary Event is posted! I have more prizes I’ll be adding over the next few weeks!
If anyone wants to offer prizes (and ship them directly to the winners), PM me a short description and image and I’ll get them added!
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Can’t believe I’ve been MIA again! Busy, but quick summer, and it’s back to school week, already. Quick post to get something in for the battle- I have a few more but just realized how late it is already.
Prompt: August Battle- Vacuum
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Crochet Club Zipper Pouch Set #1
Project Link: (Coming soon…)
Brief Description: I run a Crochet (& Knit) Club at school, and I had half a dozen kids who came almost every week (plus some occasional drop ins). I decided to make each of my “regulars” a set of zipper pouches in their favorite color- the larger one for hooks, a pair of scissors, etc. and the smaller one for stitch markers and yarn needles.
How does it fit the prompt? After making 12 pouches (the rest will be posted soon), there were plenty of thread bits and snipped pieces of fabric that needed to be vacuumed out of the carpet at my aunt’s time share!
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Glad to hear your husband is OK! I hope your car is OK too 
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I love the chopsticks bag set; it’s beautifully made. And those birds are so cute. I love them all, but I think my favourite may be the cardinal.
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