Still Spending, but Crafting More
February's priorities:
Catch up my craft blog's tutorial/pattern directory
Finish fixing serger on workbench
Clean and oil 2 Sew-op Brother machines
On the 3rd I finished that dang pillow, and it was well-received that night as a gift. I caught up the blog's pattern directory and other resource compendiums on the 4th.
The following weekend I finished the crochet basket I started ages ago (December?) and repacked my basement crochet bag with two new projects. I did a little work on one of them but they're both more finicky than baskets (they're little and one of them needed to be designed), so ultimately I began another basket in weekend 3. But also finished it the same weekend.
I did some ancillary work - went through some magazines for collage materials, tried to clear more space in the sewing room, also taught embroidery at the Sew-op - but it felt like a low crafting month overall.
In the last full week of the month I worked on the to-design ami enough to realize it simply wasn't going to work, so I switched to the other one. Unfortunately the one I had to abandon was the one I bought all the perle cotton for last month.
Then! Weekend 4 was ridiculously productive. I shortened the sleeves of 3 shirts and added grosgrain ribbon to the waists of 2 pairs of pants to hopefully keep them from stretching with wear. I reattached a button on one of the hubs' shirts and took in the hands of my Yoga Paws. I prepped samples to photograph for my Machine Care workshop handout, and worked more on the ami Saturday night. Sunday I started a new version of the failed ami as a needle felting project. That was it for the month but I felt I made up for the slow start.
February's craft spending:
I've been a little spendy so far this year...
2 skeins wool yarn for needle felting project ($9.79)
grosgrain ribbon for stash ($2.09)
3 remnants for stash ($6.53)
black powdered dye ($1.49)
2 spools thread for stash ($2.93)
5 skeins yarn for long-term afghan project ($11.05)
4 skeins yarn for stash ($8.84)
(those last two prices include shipping, so you can see why I jumped on the sale!)
February's completions:
t-shirt pillowcase (we'll call this $18.19, $8.91 of which was spent this year; materials got shuffled around)
bobble stitch crochet basket/tray
spike stitch crochet basket
3 shirts' sleeves shortened
2 pants' waists stabilized
button re-sewn
yoga paws taken in
3 samples for handout photos
March's priorities:
Alterations to two new pairs of work pants
Finish fixing serger on workbench
Post something interesting on the blog
Prep new handout for next Machine Care workshop
Catch up my craft blog's tutorial/pattern directory
Finish fixing serger on workbench
Clean and oil 2 Sew-op Brother machines
On the 3rd I finished that dang pillow, and it was well-received that night as a gift. I caught up the blog's pattern directory and other resource compendiums on the 4th.
The following weekend I finished the crochet basket I started ages ago (December?) and repacked my basement crochet bag with two new projects. I did a little work on one of them but they're both more finicky than baskets (they're little and one of them needed to be designed), so ultimately I began another basket in weekend 3. But also finished it the same weekend.
I did some ancillary work - went through some magazines for collage materials, tried to clear more space in the sewing room, also taught embroidery at the Sew-op - but it felt like a low crafting month overall.
In the last full week of the month I worked on the to-design ami enough to realize it simply wasn't going to work, so I switched to the other one. Unfortunately the one I had to abandon was the one I bought all the perle cotton for last month.
Then! Weekend 4 was ridiculously productive. I shortened the sleeves of 3 shirts and added grosgrain ribbon to the waists of 2 pairs of pants to hopefully keep them from stretching with wear. I reattached a button on one of the hubs' shirts and took in the hands of my Yoga Paws. I prepped samples to photograph for my Machine Care workshop handout, and worked more on the ami Saturday night. Sunday I started a new version of the failed ami as a needle felting project. That was it for the month but I felt I made up for the slow start.
February's craft spending:
I've been a little spendy so far this year...
2 skeins wool yarn for needle felting project ($9.79)
grosgrain ribbon for stash ($2.09)
3 remnants for stash ($6.53)
black powdered dye ($1.49)
2 spools thread for stash ($2.93)
5 skeins yarn for long-term afghan project ($11.05)
4 skeins yarn for stash ($8.84)
(those last two prices include shipping, so you can see why I jumped on the sale!)
February's completions:
t-shirt pillowcase (we'll call this $18.19, $8.91 of which was spent this year; materials got shuffled around)
bobble stitch crochet basket/tray
spike stitch crochet basket
3 shirts' sleeves shortened
2 pants' waists stabilized
button re-sewn
yoga paws taken in
3 samples for handout photos
March's priorities:
Alterations to two new pairs of work pants
Finish fixing serger on workbench
Post something interesting on the blog
Prep new handout for next Machine Care workshop