WIP 11/11

[cam]

I'm here at a decent time!!!

What have you been making progress on (or not making progress on)? Finish anything? Pictures?

[cam]

I finally got to spend some time with my sewing machine again. I whipped out some more toy baggies and cut the vinyl for many more. I have my measurements for my fabric figured out for one sewing machine cover and am ready to cut that today. Other than that, I did a tiny amount of mending. All in all, not much. I need to get going on a few bigger projects that have deadlines.

[cmeon]

Practice on the wheel= some "quirky" bowls- LOL. Lots of little things to fill the kiln (taking the kids out today [day off] so they can make their teacher's ornaments to go with GC's). I made some hair accessories for DD (because she needs MORE!), worked on some clothes for DD.

I have chocolate chip banana muffins in the oven. They're super yummy, but, I love the way they smell baking even more.

[MadApple]

Yay! Since I'm caught up on sharing, I can most a normal amount of stuff this week.

I made this mini quilt for a swap on Instagram:


I made this embellished Moleskine notebook and a customized Starbucks cup as extras for the swap:


I made some needle minders to sell:


Right now, I'm crocheting a stocking ornament for an ornament swap I'm hosting, and I have plans for some perler beads ornaments and some felt/embroidery hoop ornaments too. I bought stuff to make an autumn themed wreath for our front door - yarn wrapped with felt flowers and leaves. Of course, there are a ton more projects going on too. I always have too many projects to list out. We'll see what I get done.

[MadApple]

I almost forgot one more project I worked on this week. I've been dying to have every color of DMC embroidery floss, and Jo-Ann has DMC floss on sale 3/$0.99 and they have a 25% off you entire purchase coupon. I really wanted to take advantage of the savings. In order to figure out what colors I still need, I had to get organized. My stash is kind of organized, but also kind of not.

I found an excel workbook/spreadsheet for DMC floss inventory someone shared online so I wouldn't have to recreate the wheel. It was out of date - it still had some discontinued colors listed and did not have the 16 new colors they released last year. Tons of the color numbers were out of order, so I had to reorder much of the spreadsheet. I updated the color info and created color previews for the new colors. The first page of the workbook also had a chart that was supposed to calculate how many skeins of each kind of DMC floss you have (main colors, metallic, variegated, etc.), how many unique colors you have, and what percentage of the collection you have (for each kind and overall). The formulas for the chart were all wrong, so I had to fix them. I logged all the floss I have in all the random places I store it and in the projects I have kitted up (with a note for which project kit each floss can be found in), and then I went on a shopping spree to buy all the colors I was missing!

When I logged everything I already had, I had over 600 skeins of floss! If someone had asked me, I would have guessed I had about 300. Now that I have all the main colors, I have almost 800 skeins. My next big project with them will be wrapping them all on bobbins. I think it'll take a tremendously long time.

[MadApple]

cam - I can’t wait to see your machine cover. I don’t like my hard case, so I’ve been thinking about making one.

cmeon - Mmmm . . . chocolate chip banana muffins sound amazing!

[MsNicole06]

I'm almost done with the birthday party decorations. I'm working on the fish for the center pieces.
Once this party is over I plan on working on DDs advent calendar I'm making. I found it on Pinterest. It's felt appliqué and I can't wait to get back into some felt.

[MsNicole06]

MadApple I'm in awe of your floss collection.

Ladies you all keep me motivated and inspired to stay crafting.

[sunfrogger88]

cmeon ooo those muffins sound good. I have 3 ripe bananas too......

AFM not too much done but good progress made of my quilt!! I finished quilting, trimmed, cut the channels, made the bias tape, attached it to the back and turned and ironed/pinned. Just have to hand sew to the front and I'm done !!! Just in time too it seems, my labor symptoms are kicking up a notch!

PDQ. Sharing via Insta bc Tapa is broken.

http://instagram.com/p/99HmZlNhmnSiVf50wCS5UToSDfmXQEWAQR2yU0

[cam]

sunfrogger88, best wishes for labor and delivery. Exciting for you to be so close to meeting your LO.

[muscari]

For those of you working with vinyl - what do you use to cut things with? One of those uhm drat I forget the name...

[ruemorgan]

[cam]

Nov 12, 2015 13:14:50 GMT -5 muscari said:

For those of you working with vinyl - what do you use to cut things with? One of those uhm drat I forget the name...

For decals and such or vinyl fabric (such as clear stuff like I mentioned using for making toy baggies or upholstery type like I am using for several projects, upholstery and otherwise)?

For decals and temporary stenciling for autobody paint details, I years ago used just an exact-o (<--I feel like that has a different spelling but migraine means I can't think of it). I plan to get a silhouette, cricut, or something like that sooner than later (as soon as I have time to finish my research then look for a deal).

For both the clear stuff any upholstery fabric, I use a downgraded rotary cutter (once a blade gets too dull for my delicate fabrics, I break out a new one while marking the old one with a "V" to keep them straight and know which is my downgraded one to use on vinyl and other fabrics that may be rougher on a blade). I use my midgrade scissors and exact-o as needed for details, relief cuts, etc.

[skategirl128]

Crocheted cowl that I made strips to weave together.



Another hat! This time in soccer colors as a part of a special order. I can't believe I'm getting requests! So exciting



Unfinished ninja turtle hat #1. 8 more in various sizes and colors to go!


One of the pot holders I did with my class. Still need to write Happy Thanksgiving on the back and the child's name and 2015 under the hands. Also I will make the legs and add an eye and gobble.

[sunfrogger88]

Quilt is finished!

18 hours of work. Happy to share the tute I worked off of. It's a faux chenille quilt!