Thing-A-Day February 2021 Craftalong

AIMR · January 31, 2021, 10:52pm

Thanks for this motivating craftalong!

bird tote
felt circles for future project
handmade buttons
make mask for sister who lost her favorite one I made her…grrrr
stuff from my pinterest board!
master boards
quilt pockets! (vintage)

Feb 28
Feb 27-Fish embroidery panel #2
Feb 26- Fish embroidery panel #1
Feb 25- pantry curtains complete
Feb 24 - cut fabric for curtains
Feb 23 - clean craft room
Feb 22-art class journal pages prep
Feb 21- work on LC address book cover
Feb 20- yarn flowers
Feb 19 - crochet baskets
Feb 18-organized embroidery thread, made pork enchiladas
Feb 17-tote bag finished
Feb 16-tote bag patches
Feb 15 - Pulled pork, worked on tote bag project
Feb 14 - Happy mail, tote bag project
Feb 13 - Zoom Art Journal Page
Feb12 - Knitted a lot of rows of Simple Scarf #1 Red
Feb 11 - Baked no knead bread!
Feb 10 -Pig stuffie
Feb 9 - Crochet Cowl
Feb 8 -Cacti embroideries
Feb 7- crochet rainbow hearts and tassels
Feb 6 - crochet rainbow heart
Feb 5 - Flamingo hoop
Feb 4 - Economy quilt blocks (5)
Feb 3 - mend t-shirts
Feb 2 -practice economy quilt square
Feb 1 - Feb BOM

Lynx · January 31, 2021, 10:54pm

What do you mean by a bird tote? A tote to put bird stuffs in or a tote with a bird on it?

Magpie · January 31, 2021, 10:55pm

Ideas: Macaroons, finish snowpeople ornaments, finish crochet worm, book bag, temari balls, note cards, fridge magnet, miniature bell dome…

Day 1: pizza!
Day 2: cookies
Day 3: hand bound button holes
Day 4: prepped lots of happy mail
Day 5: Edel’s heart block
Day 6: set up a new bedroom for one of the kids
Day 7: cookie ornaments
Day 8: crochet FSM
Day 9: winding embroidery thread onto bobbins
Day 10: onigiri rice balls and furikaki
Day 11: snow dude ornaments
Day 12: woven coasters
Day 13: visible mending
Day 14: fixed holes in swants
Day 15: covered head board cushion
Day 16: tasty sprouts!
Day 17: fixed holes in sweater
Day 18: most of a crocheted basket
Day 19: chocolate shortbread with caramel sauce
Day 20: crochet crowns
Day 21: woven coasters
Day 22: 3rd & final pair of swants
Day 23: crocheted basket
Day 24: masterboards
Day 25: slow-stitched heart art
Day 26: more itty bitty crochet crowns
Day 27: moving the studio
Day 28: added a layer of wool padding to mini ironing board

megwell · January 31, 2021, 10:57pm

~~Saving a spot here. I’m planning an inchie project.~~I’m shooting to do a set of alphabet inchies. I’m hoping to work on it every day but probably won’t go strictly for a completed inchie per day (my brain will immediately rebel). If I can stay on pace for 7 a week, I’ll be happy.

Cut inchie bases

Edel · January 31, 2021, 11:01pm

I’m in, I don’t know what’s going to be on my list yet. Some journaling pages probably, quilt blocks, I need some new microwave cosies, I’ll probably start a new miniature kit too. And fingers crossed, move house in the middle of all this-which might put a slight crimp in making something every day.

steiconi · January 31, 2021, 11:11pm

I need motivation, too. I’m gonna count household projects like putting a new shelf in the pantry. And embroidery, fixing the curtains, maybe painting that yellow star…

worked on a kinetic sculpture.
Planted three cactus, and did some planning sketches. Reworked some of the kinetic sculpture
Bracelet buttons. Planted the last two cactus.
Made ciabatta bread successfully for the first time, plus assembled the workings for the kinetic sculpture. It might need more adjustment, plus the aesthetics.
And I designed and 3D printed a set of labels for my jugs of iced herbal teas. Mmmm tea.
Designed and printed a replacement hummingbird feeder bottle. It leaks, and doesn’t fit the screw end quite right, so I reworked the design and it’s printing again.
Worked on the pretty part of my kinetic sculpture, at 4am because I couldn’t sleep. Tested the new hummerfeeder bottle; still leaks.
changed the band and scarf on my winter hat, using a leopard print pajama top.
Drew up the embroidery design and selected floss for the kinetic aesthetics. Plan to work on them tomorrow while waiting for medical test.
Good plan, the test ran an hour late. I got a good start on the embroidery!
Sadly, I got lots more done on the embroidery while waiting for another doctor today.
finished the first part of the kinetic aesthetics. Also made sugar free peanut butter banana cookies. They don’t taste like much of anything, but boy, are they healthy…
Finished my kinetic project! Made Thai curry. Mmm.
Took photos and wrote up my kinetic project, Mt. Catsmore .
Made a Valentine for my sweetie, covered a storage box with pretty paper.
Altered a shirt for sweetie when I realized it was 8pm and I hadn’t done my Thing for the day.
Recorded, uploaded, and linked Mt. Catsmore video! First time ever!
No Thing.
Mended and added an elastic ankle band to my schleppers, turning them back into slippers. Made biga for ciabatta bread tomorrow.
Made ciabatta. Researched and brainstormed ideas for my March ornament.
Worked on March ornament ideas and a UFO embroidery.
Finished and mounted the embroidery. Designed and printed new hummingbird feeder base, to go with the bottle. Then redesigned it to work better.
Made heel pads for a couple pairs of shoes, & 3D printed a planter for the basil plant I ordered. Edited and printed wallpaper for mini scene–six times. Sigh.
Hand drew the wallpaper. much better. Designed and 3D printed a pencil holder.
Took everything out of our pantry cabinet, added a new shelf, and put everything back.
No thing again!
Reworked wallpaper again, reprinted Pagoda roof.
Painted mini walls, cleaned off worktable, admired wallpaper.
Papered the walls! Looks great!

poetrylover828 · February 1, 2021, 12:27am

I need this encouragement to get some things done. I haven’t been feeling motivated as of late. So maybe this will help.

roler · February 1, 2021, 12:41am

Oooh, I’m in! I hope this motivates me to work on stuff other than just my afghan!

AcadianDriftwood · February 1, 2021, 1:18am

Welcome aboard everyone! I’m so excited to see what all gets made this month.

thanate · February 1, 2021, 1:30am

Well, my kid and I are starting with Hourly Comics Day tomorrow!

AntBee · February 1, 2021, 2:52am

I’m in, thanks for leading the way!

2/1: Rows of baby gift blanket:

2/2: Rows of baby gift again:

2/3: … and some more rows:

Day 4: Little Heart Stuffie:

2/5:
Border. Border issues. Frogging.

2/6: another wee heart, wove ends in on socks, and restarted the blanket border.

2/7: border time and weaving ends on blanket

2/8: blanket ends, more hearts
2/9 still more hearts, seriously this yarn is like loaves and fishes
2/10 sewing and embellishing hearts
2/11 one hour on hat
2/12: 2 hours on hat, cardboard clubhouse for toddler
2/13: 2 hours on hat, husband valentine plaque, toddler valentine card activity
2:14: rows on hat
2/15: rows on hat

2/16: rows on hat, baked a cake

2/17: rows on hat:

2/18 rows on hat

2/19 da hat

2/20 hat
2/21 hat
2/22 hat
2/23

d wonky other hat
2/24 no crafting, so tired
2/25 what day is it? Who am I?
2/26: horrible basket, got

d twice
Avert your eyes:

I did like how the colors pooled here, but the black was wrong for the project. It was too fluffy instead of stiff and the bowl just looked crappy when stood on a table.
2/27 revamped bowl thing

2/28 hat

Abbeeroad · February 1, 2021, 1:28pm

Gonna try!!

Day 1: Pasta Fagioli
Day 2: Quiltalong BOM
Day 3: Snow Dye
Day 4: Snow Dye Results/Banh Mi
Day 5: Hanging Heart Block
Day 6: Snowman
Day 7: Cookies
Day 8: Free Motion Practice (no pic)
Day 9: Missed
Day 10: Chocolate Banana Bread
Day 11: French Braid Mug Rug
Day 12: Mug Rug Binding
Day 13: Art Journal Page
Day 14: Slime/Heart Pizzas
Day 15: T-shirt Yarn/Masks
Day 16: Scrap Fabric Twine
Day 17: Calendar Page Envelopes
Day 18: Scrappy Crowns
Day 19: Kid Craft Lanterns
Day 20: Bleach dyed shirt
Day 21: Garter and Stockinette Stitch
Day 22: Ribbing, Seed, and Moss Stitch
Day 23: Scribbles Pages and Yarn Over/Knit Two Together
Day 24: Hot Mess Headband - WIP
Day 25: Hot Mess Headband - complete
Day 26: Cards
Day 27: Ovary Up Stitch
Day 28: Art Journal Pages

Lynx · February 1, 2021, 3:41pm

I completely lost any interest in crochet, so my yarn has just been sitting there for several years. I’ve decided that I need to either “do something” with my yarn stash or donate it, so I’ll make some scarves/amigurumi that I can either donate or put in a STS shop at some point.

Last night I started this scarf and I’ve already completed a couple pattern repeats today.

AIMR · February 1, 2021, 4:11pm

My thing today was I finished my February BOM for the quiltalong!

seeuudee · February 1, 2021, 10:13pm

1st February - spent the evening gridding for a new cross stitch piece and had a little time left to add the first few stitches before bed

AcadianDriftwood · February 1, 2021, 10:44pm

Ooo a big piece! Is that fabric sparkly?

roler · February 1, 2021, 10:52pm

According to USPS tracking, I’m supposed to get the next package for my crochet afghan club today! (This is a different afghan from the huge rainbow one I’m making.) Maybe the next stripe on this afghan can be my Thing for the Day!

AcadianDriftwood · February 1, 2021, 11:08pm

My thing today was making my annual Xmas ornament out of the cards we received this past holiday. It’s getting harder to figure out a way to fold or cut them that I haven’t done before! This time I did inchie boxes strung together in a little garland.

BelleBeryl · February 1, 2021, 11:12pm

Today february one did several little crafts in between house chores.

Stitched 27 beads around the mini Meadow quilt wallhanging ( on picture at post Pencil Case is in background before I add beads)

In my newest coloring book painted small highlights with my new Derwent metallic paints like the lilies stamens etc.

Cut out from packing paper small tulips for depth in acrylic paints, glued in my A6 art journal painted with white acrylic. Let dry. Added a thin edge of Copic Cerise accent.

Hand sew one side of quilt fabric pillowcase for my sick/illness bed.

Cut out 1 apron pocket with free pdf pattern from Sew4Home out of scrap quilt fabric.

Draw a sketch of Joey the otter from Youtube videos in soft pencil in size A6.

Evening some coloring in other coloring book with color pencils.Floral Bouquets Charlene Tarbox I have this double. Was my very first adult coloring book, bought when I went online in 2004 when DD started school and I had some free time to start with pc.

Magpie · February 1, 2021, 11:27pm

Pizza!

We’ve been practicing dough making with the kids. This one turned out pretty good!
I make the sauce from scratch & we grate real mozzarella cheese, nomnom.