Class or Challenge Title: Acid Pops Challenge
House: Ravenclaw
Project Name & Page Link: Sassy Shrooms
Brief Description: I’m really struggling with a new crochet pattern on another project, and after yet another mess of yarn, I made some no-pattern, no counting, do whatever looks funky fungus. Were you thinking they’d be friendly forest finds? Wrong, they are made of sass and chaos.
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Class: Apparition
House: Hufflepuff
Project: Itty Bitty Boxy Pouch
Description: Like @plaidpineapple, my tiny pouch also has an inside and outside, and is made using scraps from the recent quilt!
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Headmistress Jennie casts the House Points Charm!
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@sheepBlue that hat is lovely, I love the colour and shape.
@nettleseed mushrooms! They are brilliant!
@Trillian I can’t get my head around such tiny perfect sewing!
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@trillian ah ha…so this is where you are “hiding” your tiny gems! I love the tiny sewing and knitting…
@sheepblue It warms my heart to see you knitted items…I feel like you went from novice to experienced in such a short time…beautiful, beautiful work…that hat is simply gorgeous.
@nettleseed Mushrooms are high up on my list of “you can make a zillion and I would love them all”…very nice variety and shapes
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Class or Challenge Title: Apparition
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Raw Edge Circle Quilt
Brief Description: This cozy quilt top features the colors of a Gryffindor’s robes, black, dark red, and hints of gold.
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Aww thank you! I am definitely still more of a novice than experienced, but I am enjoying the learning process.
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@nettleseed love your shrooms that are made of sass and chaos, that made me lol.
@Trillian I adore your tiny pouch. You have a great sense of color coordination.
@MistressJennie Wow, your quilt is amazing.
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Class or Challenge Title: Iron Chef Hogwarts - Red
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Cranberry Upside Down Cake
Brief Description: I had grand plans of making a strawberry spoon cake for this challenge, but after breaking my butt last week, extra errand for ingredients seemed like a bad idea, so I scoured the freezer and came up with the last of my cranberries to use up. A little googling found me this upside down cake recipe. Can’t wait to try a slice after dinner.
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Class or Challenge Title: Muggle Studies
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Using All Parts of the Chicken
Brief Description: I ordered our groceries for the week, with an eye towards cooking as little as possible. I ordered 2lbs of boneless skinless chicken thighs to make white chili. Kroger texted to ask if they could substitute bone-in, skin-on thighs, and I said no, just skip that item. But they added 6.2lbs of them to my order anyway! What am I supposed to do with that much of something I didn’t want? How about turn it into 3 things: shredded chicken cooked and portioned for 5 dinners, 8.5 pints of bone broth, and a batch of corn muffins made with the rendered schmaltz!
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Wow, that is some substitution 
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Advanced Studies Friday!
I’m still actively avoiding the “winter” season parts. 
But this week I’ve got the cute little bumblebee and flower done and I’m finally getting around the the scrollwork.
The good news is that I’m liking this piece more and more! I think filling in those two little squares really helped for some reason. It brought a lot of it together.
I’ve got a lot of swap crafting to do over the next couple weeks so this will most likely be put on hold until they’re finished.
Show me your Advanced Studies!! How’re they going?!
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I love the bee!
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Class or Challenge Title: Book Club Ch 11 & Advanced Studies Update
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Work on the Mega-Afghan
Brief Description: I’m feeling a lot better than I was last week, but I’m still sore from my fall, and the most comfortable place to be is still in the dining room chair where I like to crochet. So I’ve been making more progress on the mega-afghan. In fact yesterday I finished my 19th skein of yarn, meaning I have just 1 left! Plus some ends to weave in from the last 3 or 4 skeins.
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Here’s where I started skein 19, marked with the white stitch marker.
And here’s where skein 19 ended, 6 rows later.
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Skein 19?! Isn’t 20 the last one? You’re so close!!
Yep. I have just 1 left. I’m hoping to get it done today, but it might be tomorrow, since I’m also trying to take very slow walks around the neighborhood to get some more mobility back. I managed 1 walk alone yesterday, and 1 much-less-fun walk with the pup.
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You guys are rocking the AS, @MistressJennie @Whistlefish!!
Abbeeroad’s AS UPDATE
I have been working my way through Alisa Burke’s online journaling class “Chasing Freedom.” Here are some of my recent backgrounds inspired by the daily prompts:
Day 1: Scribbles:
Day 2: One Line:
Day 3: Use Your Hands
Day 4: Black and White
Today’s class “connect with color” just dropped!
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@Abbeeroad Loving all of the journaling prompts so far
Class or Challenge Title: Hermione’s Book Club Chapter 11
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Hufflepuff Cross Stitch
Brief Description: A couple of evenings ago I spent 2 hours on my advanced study of cross stitch whilst watching HP and the Chamber of Secrets 
Starting point…
And two hours later…
And Advanced Studies update…
Hufflepuff was finished this evening, Ravenclaw is next up
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Woohoo! One down!
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@Abbeeroad your mug rug is great! I love the fabrics you chose. Hand stitched binding is always a favourite of mine 
Snow dyeing sounds intriguing?! We never get snow, so it’s not like it’s something I could ever try 
And your scrap fabric twine is gorgeous! What will you make with it? Your art journal is coming along so well! My favourite page is Day 3: Use Your Hands - I see a lime green heart in the middle.
@sheepBlue welcome to our craftalong! Your wall hanging is fantastic! Did you actually make the fabric that makes up those circles yourself? I love your cozy hat too 
@Whistlefish congratulations on finishing your gorgeous Winter cross stitch! 
@Edel your paper piecing is epic!! What will you do with the piece?
@MistressJennie I’m sorry you broke your bum! 
I damaged my coccyx in a snowboarding accident, as well as damaged a hockey puck sized patch of nerves in my tooshie… it was a painful few years 
Sending you my best wishes to get better very soon xxx Your raw edge circle quilt is wonderful! I’d love to sew curves but have never taken up the challenge. I also love the subtle Gryffindor hints 
@seeuudee your Hufflepuff cross stitch is so awesome!! I love it!
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Actually, there are no tricky pieced curves in the raw edge circle quilt block! The circles are cut out, then sewn on top of the squares, 1/4" from the raw edge of the fabric. So technically you are sewing in a circle, but you aren’t trying to piece it, just a rough applique with a raw edge. It’s supposed to fray along those raw edges, to give the quilt a more textured aged look over time.
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