Crafty Thread - what are you working on at the moment?

[Looby]

In the last couple of days I've made four envelope cushion covers with varying degrees of success. They look alright if you don't study them too closely. [emoji4]

 

[Cid]

Handmade programme on R4. No voiceovers or music, just (slickly filmed) process. Utterly riveting.

 

[miss direct]

Can you tell what it is?

 

[moose]

spirals Saw this and thought of you!

 

[spirals]

^^ so sweet!

 

[wayward bob]

Can you tell what it is?

is it a cat bed?

 

[wayward bob]

uncovering these on my desk together made me laugh. healing through hacking

 

[clicker]

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Fairy sofa with sheepskin arm rests for
their wings?

 

[wayward bob]

hamster hangout?

 

[wayward bob]

uncovering these on my desk together made me laugh. healing through hacking

cf also self-healing mat :thumbs : honestly i wouldn't be even vaguely sane right now if it wasn't for my crafting

 

[8115]

cf also self-healing mat :thumbs : honestly i wouldn't be even vaguely sane right now if it wasn't for my crafting

Ditto, although the pair of socks I am trying to make are coming close to reversing the process at the moment

 

[wayward bob]

one thing i'll always know is that when it comes to making holes i've given it my awl

 

[8115]

one thing i'll always know is that when it comes to making holes i've given it my awl

 

[wayward bob]

what?

 

[8115]

what?

Terrible pun

 

[wayward bob]

this is urban the whole place is one terrible pun :thumbs :

 

[albionism]

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Cherie Blair's mouth?

 

[Greebo]

eskdave this was at least partly your fault, in a good way.

I hope this is the final round of the selkie and the seventh wave. The thing wasn't my worst idea ever, but the long rows are so tedious that I can only make myself do it when either bored out of my skull or extremely stressed.

BTW please excuse appallingly stitched panoramic format image.

 

[moose]

Never had you down as a Daily Mail reader Greebo
Nice shawl though.

 

[Greebo]

Never had you down as a Daily Mail reader Greebo <snip>

In laws do, I don't (it's their table too). Mostly okay in spite of that, and their frequently execrable choice of telly.

 

[moose]

You have my sympathies. My mother quotes the Daily Express as gospel.

 

[Greebo]

You have my sympathies. My mother quotes the Daily Express as gospel.

TBF their heads (those of my in laws) may be in the wrong place but their hearts aren't. Small mercies.

 

[onenameshelley]

Current projects are revaneering a table and reupholstering the chairs to go with it a elephant print skirt and a summer dress.

 

[Greebo]

*gratuitious victory lap*

Finished, ends hooked in and clipped, worn.

 

[friendofdorothy]

I've nearly finished re-making a jacket out of a dress that RubyToogood kindly gave me.

It is in a lovely fabric, deep blue/purple colour and feels like suede, but Ruby is alot taller than me so as a dress it wasn't the right shape for me. It's beautifully sewn and fits me perfectly aound the bodice. I've cut it off at the hips and used the skirt to make sleeves, with just enough left over for 2 small inside pockets. I'm just heming the lining now, then putting in a double ended zip at the front.

Thanks Ruby!

 

[RubyToogood]

I've nearly finished re-making a jacket out of a dress that RubyToogood kindly gave me.

It is in a lovely fabric, deep blue/purple colour and feels like suede, but Ruby is alot taller than me so as a dress it wasn't the right shape for me. It's beautifully sewn and fits me perfectly aound the bodice. I've cut it off at the hips and used the skirt to make sleeves, with just enough left over for 2 small inside pockets. I'm just heming the lining now, then putting in a double ended zip at the front.

Thanks Ruby!

I need to see this!

I've been making myself a plain black shirtdress out of cotton sateen, using the shirtdress pattern I've used a million times before.

 

[friendofdorothy]

I need to see this!

I've been making myself a plain black shirtdress out of cotton sateen, using the shirtdress pattern I've used a million times before.

You do really neat hand heming! I managed to reuse some of it for the sleeves' hems.
I'll wear it on our next outing, provided its finished.

 

[RubyToogood]

You do really neat hand heming! I managed to reuse some of it for the sleeves' hems.
I'll wear it on our next outing, provided its finished.

I loved that dress, it was the warmest thing ever and cut right down on my heating bills.

 

[friendofdorothy]

I loved that dress, it was the warmest thing ever and cut right down on my heating bills.

why on did you give it away? it's lovely - shame I couldn't just wear it as a dress.

 

[boohoo]

Queen dress - made at Christmas and worn once. Using some of Boudicca 's fabric scraps!