Craft Through Coronavirus Craftalong

[Animegirlie (Malinda - burner of pizza)]

this is such a great thread! you guys are so inspiring

[roler (Laura)]

Now that we’ve entered a new month, I thought I’d go through my list of goals that I posted at the beginning of this thread and see where I stand:

-Finish my Flash the Sloth hoop DONE!
-Make a set of three crocheted hanger covers DONE!
-Make more TM patches for my parents’ KitchenAid cover (maybe even… finish the cover???) Finishing the cover is put on hold for now as I need to go out and shop for supplies, which isn’t happening soon. But I can make patches!
-Finish knitting a baby sweater for my friend’s second baby (due in May) DONE!
-Make felties to send to my friends in Japan I made a felt applique hoop for one of them; does that count?
-Make a feltie of a weird Japanese fish-monster prophet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amabie (Some of my friends in Japan have been drawing pictures of this and posting it because in the legend it said to do that if disease spreads) Totally forgot about this one; still wanna do it!
-Make some small amigurumi when my yarn order comes Yarn order still hasn’t come ToT
-Decoupage some paper photo frames (first need to choose the photos to go in them, so I can coordinate colors!) Waiting for warmer weather so I can do this outside 'cause of glue smell

Hmm, I’m actually doing better than I thought! That’s encouraging! XD I should add one more:

-Make a hoop for MYSELF!

How’s everyone else doing with their lists?

[AIMR (Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)]

I finished four of the projects on my March list and have now moved them onto my April list…it has helped to have a list and to see all of you carrying on…

[sheepBlue]

Finally finished and posted my Corona quilt!!

My Corona Quilt - or How to use up 80% of your fabric stash

I blame this post on @sloth003 and @Edel Keep on inspiring and busting stash ladies! Both have been prolific lately in posting scrappy quilt projects. I am a huge lover of scrappy projects myself, but it has been a long time since I have felt inspired to poke around my fabric stash. And it is exactly because of that reason that I thought it would be a smart idea to use as much of it up as I could to make a new quilt for my queen bed that badly needs a new quilt top (our old one is made f…

[poetrylover828 (Rain)]

That’s a very cool scrappy quilt!

I’ve been playing lots of animal crossing so not as much crafting happening. But I did get this fun cocktail runner top done!

[sheepBlue]

Ooh very cool! I like the little cocktails print.

[racky]

Love it! Cheers!

[Edel]

Ohh @sheepBlue this is amazing. I love it. I’m thinking of the same quilt pattern for my next… It’s gorgeous.

And @poetrylover828 that cocktail runner is fabulous. Those fabrics!! Where did you get them?

[AIMR (Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)]

love seeing the quilt projects!

[poetrylover828 (Rain)]

Thank you! I got them from my local quilt shop. I will have to look to see who made the print. I loved the print. I honestly don’t drink that much but I love the retro look and they are my colors!

[sheepBlue]

Since I am between projects, I used today to clean up my craft room. It’s amazing the supplies you forget that you have Now to figure out how to use some copper tape, sulky, and wood paper…

[Edel]

I love cocktails, 50s designs and the colours!

[GMPNQ (Helen)]

What’s sulky (apart from my kids when they can’t watch TV)?

[poetrylover828 (Rain)]

Sorry I got distracted and never went to see what the fabrics were (but I can recommend that new Disney movie Onward). The fabrics are from Michael Miller and I think the line is Kitschy Cocktails (or afternoon least one of the pieces is that).

[sheepBlue]

It’s a dissolvable stabilizer used a lot for embroidery.

[Edel]

Thank you x

[GMPNQ (Helen)]

Ahh. I use a lot of that, at times, but never remember the brand names.

[MistressJennie (Moderator - Jennie - she/her)]

Hey friends, thought I’d throw this out there. I am supposed to close the signups for the Go Bananas Swap today, but I have an uneven number of swappers! The point of this swap is to get to know, and then to spoil your partner, and go bananas crafting something really lovely for them, so I’d prefer not to have to do a round robin. I want folks to really be able to interact with one another. Anyone interested in playing with us??? C’mon! Help a sister out!

[AuFish (SD or Summer)]

Late to the party here. I can’t make a list because I don’t know what craft supplies will turn up. My crafting supplies are mostly packed in tubs still from moving house. The tape we head on hand rebelled at being used as labels, a job beneath its dignity. As a result, every tub is a surprise. I do not recommend this moving method.

Still, crafting is therapy for the awkward days when you spend a few hours trying not to get distracted from finding a can opener, not the perler beads and Legos.

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The beads came in handy to make this cheerful but of fun decor for the bathroom mirror.

I also whipped up a few whirlygigs to keep birds from nesting in the front porch that I feel in love with.

[roler (Laura)]

I went out to my grandma’s house today (no one has lived there since she passed away three years ago) to pick up some old fabric to make masks. It was a beautiful day and the mountain was out, as we say here in WA.