October is National Craft-Making Month!

Day 30

It was a busy day for me, but I attended my stitch-in, and finished the hat I started on Day 29.


[ID: A knitted baby hat in blue/tan/cream variegated yarn. End ID]

Day 31

Between laundry and various appointments, I didn't get to any crafting until late in the day. But I got a bunch done!

I reattached a ribbon and flower to a hat (not mine); I'd tried before with a couple of types of fabric glue, but it didn't stick (ha ha). So I asked permission to use hot glue, got it, and finally got the ribbon attached


[ID: Two photos of a purple cloche hat, the first with its ribbon and ribbon flower unattached, and the second photo with the ribbon and flower attached to the hat. End ID]

I made another little knitted butterfly.


[ID: A small knitted butterfly, using blue/tan/cream variegated yarn. End ID]

And I knitted 16 rows on a new baby hat before my hand and arm got too tired.


[ID: A purple knitting loom with 16 rows of knitting in blue/tan/cream variegated yarn. End ID]

(It was a very quiet Halloween in my neighborhood.)

Day 26

Another Wednesday, and some more work on the SaL cross stitch at the stitch-in


Day 27

I had a doc appointment to look at my knee, and it was an ORDEAL, and once I got home, I simply could not get motivated enough to work on any of my projects. :(

Day 28

More SaL cross stitch


Day 29

Even MORE SaL


Day 30

I altered F's Halloween costume: it was way too long, and showed a bit more of her than she liked, so I spent 3 HOURS doing alterations. I hate that kind of sewing. Shown is the bit I took in at a shoulder; I also had to put in a 4 inch hem on trailing hemline, and it was... frustrating.



Day 31

Does costume makeup count? I say it does! And I did F's Cruella makeup TWICE!

Day 28

I started to attach the gold cloth to the top of K's costume. I had NOTHING but problems: curling, bunching, thread breaking, and the bottom of the shirt disintegrating under the stitching. After a frustrating 90 minutes, I stopped and went on to more pleasant activities, like folding laundry.



Day 29

I assessed the gold trim again; I changed the sewing machine needle (I had been using the wrong kind), and changed the thread, but nothing worked, and my skills were not up to trying to make it work and get finished in 3 days. I admitted defeat, and informed K, who wailed and wailed. I promised her we would work on it again starting in January, and have it ready for our local SF convention in May. (And in the meantime, I'll get my machine serviced, because tension was part of the problem, and find a substitute for the gold fabric that isn't as finicky.)



(I took K to a thrift store after school on Wed, and we were able to find her a suitable beautiful costume.)

Day 30

Since I hadn't put my sewing machine away yet, GB asked me to repair the stitching on the waistband of his pants (no picture).

Day 31

The clutter in my office/craft storage space had become overwhelming, and I needed to get things sorted in there so at least I wasn't tripping and slipping and having things fall on my head.

Before


After


And, after returning home from the sugar mugging, I sat down and worked on my cross stitch until I ran out of thread in the needle.