Craft Through Coronavirus Craftalong

A good Corona beer would also be handy. :beers: Cheers!

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I was thinking that just this morning.

My dh is teleworking, which he can do, but since we donā€™t have a home office he has to work from our computer desk in the living room. He has quite a few conference calls, we all have to be extra mindful of each otherā€¦like, I fit in as much of the sewing for preparing binding for the Ohio State quilt as I could before his next call.


Iā€™m alternating black, red, and gray stripes.

Attaching to quilt and will sew when I have another chance. (No sewing roomā€“kitchen table).

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You said it right thereā€¦we are having to be much more mindful of othersā€¦it is usually women who sacrifice their own needs, wants, etc. for the sake of their familiesā€¦this place reminds us to take some time and space for ourselves as wellā€¦the binding is a great way to sit and relax and chillā€¦

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We stocked up on essentials; food, TP, medications, but I didnā€™t think to plan out my crafting needs. I made a pair of pants the other day, and was stricken with remorse. Now I used up that piece of fabric, I have less to craft with!

Then sanity reasserted itself. My craft room is like yours; packed full of half finished projects and supplies it would take a year to craft through.

As usual, step 1 is clearing off the table to have a place to work.

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this makes me smile!
looks yummy & lovely :slight_smile:

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Iā€™m in, as well.

@Edel, your pie looks delicious! I havenā€™t had rhubarb in ages.

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Collaborated w/ my kid on this one:
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MISTRESS JENNIEā€™S CORONA-CRAFT LIST
-Finish my Klaziena Shawl.
-Weave Tea Caddy Mat (from sari silk ribbons)
-Loom Socks
-Pyramid Pouches (stash bust fabric & zippers)
-Rainbow Suncatchers
-Make 1-2 recipes from my non dairy cheese book.
-Dragon wing shawl (yarn bought during Asheville Adventure)
-Scrappy stash-busting quilt top

Learn to use my new embroidery machine!

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You have such a kind and wonderful soul.

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Hey lady! Nice to ā€œseeā€ you!

Spent much of the day working on behind-the-scenes mod stuff, and taking care of a bunch of Harry Potter Craftalong housekeeping. While I donā€™t have anything physically crafted to show for it, I did accomplish a ton of stuff that needed to be done. Now to make dinner, and get some work done on my Klaziena shawl.

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Cuuuuuute!!

My crafting goals for the near future:

-Finish my Flash the Sloth hoop
-Make a set of three crocheted hanger covers
-Make more TM patches for my parentsā€™ KitchenAid cover (maybe evenā€¦ finish the cover???)
-Finish knitting a baby sweater for my friendā€™s second baby (due in May)
-Make felties to send to my friends in Japan
-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)
-Make some small amigurumi when my yarn order comes
-Decoupage some paper photo frames (first need to choose the photos to go in them, so I can coordinate colors!)

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A few ideas for now:

  • Personal WIP
  • ATC theme in my head
  • Whatever else my ā€œooh, squirrel!ā€ craft tendencies dictate

Actually completed:

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Starting tomorrow, the whole family is at home. So, Iā€™ll definitely be crafting to stay sane. I pinned my sisterā€™s quilt this afternoon. Still need to find a good pattern for the baby blanket.

List of projects that need finishing in the near future:

  • quilt for my sister (just need to quilt and bind)
  • quilt for me (pin, quilt, bind)
  • baby blanket for niece
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Iā€™m binding a quilt right now! We can be binding buddies!

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Iā€™ll have to get my butt in gear, then. I still have to quilt this thing! :joy: I did make my binding already, though. Iā€™m really hoping to get started tomorrow, but, weā€™ll see. I have felt almost frozen for the past few days. Once I get started, Iā€™m usually okay, but getting started is hard.

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For now, still going to work (I donā€™t really have a work-from-home kind of job), but that could change any day now. And then the need to craft full-time will kick in. Well, almost full-time - thereā€™s years of reading to catch up on!

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Oh, Iā€™m so in. Iā€™ll be teaching from home 5 hours a week or so, but thatā€™s it.

I have enough yummy yarn to knit untilā€¦May? June?

  1. Jewel tone shawl
  2. Shawl for Mom
  3. Shawl for me
  4. Sweater for me
  5. _______ with the gorgeous yarn I bought last week
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Weā€™re a pair of mountain hermits up here, so our life will likely not change too much. I am used to popping down to a food seller of some sort a couple times/week, so that might change a bit. What might open up more extra crafting time is two sets of planned houseguests might not visit.

Iā€™d like to:
Do a spring bottle brush tree decoration. :hatching_chick:
Make a jackalope! :crazy_face:
Finish up some xmas bottle brush tree decorations for an Xmas in July thing. :christmas_tree:
Finish up a tee shirt quilt project for a friend. :womans_clothes:
Mount 6 frames worth of the foreign toothpaste collection. :tooth:

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