Class or Challenge Title: Book Club Ch 12
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Bison Shepherd’s Pie with Parsnip Mashed Potatoes
Brief Description: This project has a few unexpected materials! I made my Shepherd’s Pie by swapping out the ground beef for leaner bison, the milk in the mashed potatoes for cashew milk, and half of the usual russet potatoes for parsnips.
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@Abbeeroad - the hat looks fantastic
@MistressJennie - I love swapping out potato for parsnip in mash, so tasty
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Class: Herbology
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name: Itty Bitty Doll Dress
Description The somewhat muted colors of this print feels appropriate for the first flowers of spring that have to compete with blustery days and an overabundance of mud. It’s 6cm from shoulder to hem and will fit an 11cm doll.
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Note: The picture for the first project is both projects in-progress, and the picture for the second project is both after they were completed.
Class or Challenge Title: Detention - WIP
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Butterfly Potholder
Brief Description: While going through my scrap fabric looking for more black fabric, I found a few unfinished bits and bobs. First was a butterfly potholder I had made as practice when learning to free motion quilt many years ago. The layers had all been quilted, but it was never trimmed down or bound. So today I cut some black binding and finished off a years-old project!
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress - Patented Daydream
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Tim Holtz Mug Rugs
Brief Description: In that same trip through the fabric bin, I found scraps from making the scrappy Tim Holtz fabric placemats I made a couple years ago. There were random off-cuts of the patchwork. So I added a black band like the original placemats have, then tested out my new walking foot and it’s line guide, quilting the together. Then today I trimmed them down and added the binding. Now they’re ready for our living room!
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Advanced studies update - Ravenclaw is finished 
Small break now to get a swap finished and out and then need to work through threads for the last two and see what I have and what I need to order!
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress - Peruvian Darkness
House: Slytherin :
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Project Name & Page Link: Chouette Hat and Cowl set (completed test knit)
Brief Description: I test knit this hat and cowl set for The Chesapeake Needle. Project details in the linked LC post, but here’s a direct link to the hat pattern on Ravelry.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress - Portable Swamp
House: Slytherin :: ::
Project Name & Page Link: Chouette Hat and Cowl set (completed test knit)
Brief Description: I test knit this hat and cowl set for The Chesapeake Needle. Project details in the linked LC post, but here’s a direct link to the cowl pattern on Ravelry.
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Those are gorgeous!
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Beautiful!
A new Hermione’s Book Club prompt has been posted!
Class or Challenge Title: Alchemy
House: Slytherin :: ::
Project Name & Page Link: Grey Baby Vertebrae cardigan
Brief Description: Used some speckled grey yarn that I dyed myself.
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Class or Challenge Title: Muggle Studies
House: Slytherin :: ::
Project Name & Page Link: Fiber Coven broken rib socks
Brief Description: crafted some socks by hand. I improvised a 3x1 broken rib sock pattern.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress - Boxing Telescope
House: Slytherin :: ::
Project Name & Page Link: Baby Sophisticate cardigan
Brief Description: This is definitely a punch of color.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress - Ten Second Pimple
House: Slytherin :: ::
Project Name & Page Link: Green Baby Vertebrae cardigan
Brief Description: Used up some green Cascade 220 yarn that had been taking up space in my stash.
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Oh my gosh I LOVE that gray cardigan! Just needs a little Engorgio and Accio. 
And while I love that little green cardigan, the March Iron Chef prompt is for cooking with green ingredients. 
But you could totally use this as a stash detention prompt!
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Adorable cardigans! And thank you Abbeeroad for catching this. All Iron Chef Hogwarts prompts are specifically for cooking projects.
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OMG, duh. Massive brain fart on the Iron chef prompt! Thanks guys! wow, my brain.
Edit, I have changed the green cardigan to be a headmistress challenge. That yarn lingered in stash for SO long. Thanks again!
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Hey Friends! If I were to propose an HP themed swap for the next round of swaps, what kind of HP swap would you like to see? I’m thinking something fun, and carefree, as spring returns and the end of the pandemic is sort of in sight. Something cheerful and happy. What do you guys think? Any themes (I Want to Live in the Burrow, Owl Post, Craft My Hogwarts House, Back to Hogwarts), or requirements you’d love to see?
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I’ve been thinking about this all afternoon. I love all the HP swaps we’ve seen over the years so it’s hard to say what would be most desirable now. Maybe something smaller to facilitate shipping? I love the ones that have secret HP options like the burrow and malkins swaps- where you can do the aesthetics OR the character specific projects… this isnt really helpful, I suppose, but I didn’t want to not answer anything!
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I would second this 
I think either the burrow or the craft my house appeal to me right now
Hmm…I’ve been thinking on this too. I have an idea ruminating in my head for something maybe, trying to figure out how it would work.
What is Owl Post? How does that work?
Owl Post was a swap theme someone suggested awhile ago, for HP themed paper goods. Like notecards, stationary, stickers, etc. we never really fleshed out the idea further, but the name stuck with me.
~ COMPLETED ADVANCED STUDIES ~
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name: Muggle Doll Shoes
Project Page Link: CLOSED: Harry Potter Craftalong - Yule 2020/21
Brief Description: It is done! YAY! This project was a good challenge, and I learned a lot. If it had not been an advanced studies project I probably would have thrown in the towel after the first few tries. This craftalong really helped me stick to it. Muggle doll shoes are so small and fiddly. I learned how to use polymer clay, ribbons, fabric, pleather and repainting to create the tiny shoes. I also learned how to make a silicone mold and a cookie cutter. The cookie cutter of the doll foot was the BEST idea for creating doll soles. Seriously, it was a game changer for the polymer clay shoes. I also learned to use resin for the first time while using my silicone mold for doll wedges. The resin wedge soles though were not as great as I hoped because it is difficult to add some extra shaping and finetuning after the sole is made. I also made a shoe shelf from matboard.
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