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 don’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 other…like, I fit in as much of the sewing for preparing binding for the Ohio State quilt as I could before his next call.


I’m alternating black, red, and gray stripes.

Attaching to quilt and will sew when I have another chance. (No sewing room–kitchen table).

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You said it right there…we are having to be much more mindful of others…it is usually women who sacrifice their own needs, wants, etc. for the sake of their families…this place reminds us to take some time and space for ourselves as well…the binding is a great way to sit and relax and chill…

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We stocked up on essentials; food, TP, medications, but I didn’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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I’m in, as well.

@Edel, your pie looks delicious! I haven’t had rhubarb in ages.

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Collaborated w/ my kid on this one:
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MISTRESS JENNIE’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 don’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 parents’ KitchenAid cover (maybe even… finish the cover???)
-Finish knitting a baby sweater for my friend’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, I’ll definitely be crafting to stay sane. I pinned my sister’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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I’m binding a quilt right now! We can be binding buddies!

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

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For now, still going to work (I don’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 - there’s years of reading to catch up on!

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Oh, I’m so in. I’ll be teaching from home 5 hours a week or so, but that’s it.

I have enough yummy yarn to knit until…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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We’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.

I’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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