March projects

[mala]

I finally finished those motherfucking hats. They just need the pompoms fluffed and trimmed and then I'll get a picture for y'all.

Who else is waiting for sock madness to start??? I'm sure I'm not the only one. (It's a speed sock knitting competition for those not in the know)o

Also, my kindle keyboard keeps adding random spaces and autocorrecting sock to sick. Duck you kindle (screw it I'm leaving that autocorrect)

[aprilsails]

I can never get my phone to write sew. It always autocorrects to something else, which is infuriating since I write sew pretty much daily.

I am in baby quilt making speed mode. I’m going to have to make three before the end of the summer so the heat is on! I’ve got one and a half of the four blocks done for my Sister:



Also Tinypic now sucks so bad. Any other options for uploads? That was ridiculous.

[mala]

Hogwarts hats. They were supposed to be for Christmas. Whoops.

[shortcake2675]

Mar 2, 2019 12:22:16 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

I can never get my phone to write sew. It always autocorrects to something else, which is infuriating since I write sew pretty much daily.

I am in baby quilt making speed mode. I’m going to have to make three before the end of the summer so the heat is on! I’ve got one and a half of the four blocks done for my Sister:



Also Tinypic now sucks so bad. Any other options for uploads? That was ridiculous.

Oh the otters!! Photobucket is moving to paid service. I’m not sure. Maybe cmeon would have a suggestion.

[cmeon]

Mar 2, 2019 20:12:08 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

Mar 2, 2019 12:22:16 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

Also Tinypic now sucks so bad. Any other options for uploads? That was ridiculous.

Oh the otters!! Photobucket is moving to paid service. I’m not sure. Maybe cmeon would have a suggestion.

Ugh, it's really getting more limited out there in the free world (at least for 3rd party hosting). I've been paying for Flickr for years, and chose to continue to do so with the Smugmug merge- but, they still have a solid free option, though, you need to set-up an account. I upload automatically from my phone (with privacy settings set to me only), and can edit and upload individually quickly and reliably. Sharing is easy if you don't care that their TOS requires you to link back to your photostream (I do care, so I cut and paste the code into a text box [most conveniently, the address bar] and copy just the photo's URL. You're limited to 1,000 photos (which isn't as much as it sounds like)- but, if you're just using it to share photos here, I'm sure it would be fine.

FWIW, here's proboards suggestions: support.proboards.com/thread/594665/external-resources

The only one I've used was Imageshack, and that was seriously... ugh, 2002ish? I'm sure it's not exactly the same- LOL. 3rd party hosting is against the TOS of a lot- most? - image hosts anymore. Not great news, sorry.

Adorable otters, though!

[mrspez07]

I’ve had luck just uploading pics straight from my phone. I often have to email them to myself to reduce their size but then in the desktop version (which you can get to below) allows you to insert from there. No 3rd party service. I do it so rarely though.

[aprilsails]

Well here’s the next one and tinypic went straight through this time:

[shortcake2675]

Mar 3, 2019 9:42:54 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

Well here’s the next one and tinypic went straight through this time:

I can’t wait to see this quilt together. The animals are so cute, plus the blocks are interesting with the points!

[aprilsails]

Mar 3, 2019 12:56:18 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

Mar 3, 2019 9:42:54 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

Well here’s the next one and tinypic went straight through this time:

I can’t wait to see this quilt together. The animals are so cute, plus the blocks are interesting with the points!

It’s a really pretty pattern from Elizabeth Hartman who is one of my favourite designers:



I told my Sister to pick her favourite four. Next up is the Muskox!

[AJL]

It's been a crazy-stressful several weeks for me and my family.  I like to hand stitch when I need to decompress. I was doodling around with some sample mini-charm packs and made this mini-quilt. I've been hand stitching it when I have a free moment. I've finished the color grid and now I'm working on the border. 

[shortcake2675]

L & I were on a shopping date with her friend and I opened my dumb mouth when her mom turned her down for the $15 deer water bottle in favor of the $5 clearance solid one that I had added a unicorn head to L’s when she wanted another water bottle with a fancy unicorn on it. And then I followed it up with an offer to do the same for her. And so, here it is. I will fill it with water and ice in the morning and send it to school with my daughter.

[Captain Catnip]

Mar 4, 2019 3:35:16 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

L & I were on a shopping date with her friend and I opened my dumb mouth when her mom turned her down for the $15 deer water bottle in favor of the $5 clearance solid one that I had added a unicorn head to L’s when she wanted another water bottle with a fancy unicorn on it. And then I followed it up with an offer to do the same for her. And so, here it is. I will fill it with water and ice in the morning and send it to school with my daughter.

Will you be my mom and make me one? I'll buy it.

[mrspez07]

Mar 3, 2019 23:34:38 GMT -5 AJL said:

It's been a crazy-stressful several weeks for me and my family.  I like to hand stitch when I need to decompress. I was doodling around with some sample mini-charm packs and made this mini-quilt. I've been hand stitching it when I have a free moment. I've finished the color grid and now I'm working on the border. 

Your post came across my Instagram too, following #modernquilts, I think. It looks great! Will you use it for anything?

[shortcake2675]

Mar 4, 2019 8:11:44 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Mar 4, 2019 3:35:16 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

L & I were on a shopping date with her friend and I opened my dumb mouth when her mom turned her down for the $15 deer water bottle in favor of the $5 clearance solid one that I had added a unicorn head to L’s when she wanted another water bottle with a fancy unicorn on it. And then I followed it up with an offer to do the same for her. And so, here it is. I will fill it with water and ice in the morning and send it to school with my daughter.

Will you be my mom and make me one? I'll buy it.

Sure. But not the Marshall’s clearance with a rattle, please.

[AJL]

Mar 4, 2019 9:08:27 GMT -5 mrspez07 said:

Mar 3, 2019 23:34:38 GMT -5 AJL said:

It's been a crazy-stressful several weeks for me and my family.  I like to hand stitch when I need to decompress. I was doodling around with some sample mini-charm packs and made this mini-quilt. I've been hand stitching it when I have a free moment. I've finished the color grid and now I'm working on the border. 

Your post came across my Instagram too, following #modernquilts, I think. It looks great! Will you use it for anything?

I'll likely hang it on my wall somewhere.

[mysticmuffin]

I've been busy in my sewing room. PDQ









I also have an embarrassing amount of fabric on order.

[aprilsails]

Cute clothes and cute model mysticmuffin!

[oregonpachey]

I am still working on my fingering weight sweater (why!!!) and a couple of socks.

[mala]

I FOUND MY MISSING YARN. In a place it had no business being. It made my day when I found it.

[shortcake2675]

I am finally learning how to use the auto font digitizing software I bought two years ago.

It will digitize TTF, but isn’t perfect right away.

But I’m getting close!! I went back to fuss with the top three rows to cleanup the skinny bits and realized I hadn’t made the density changes that made the bottom look so good, so I have fixed that and will try again.

[cmeon]

I've been really busy this month, but, this is the only thing that's been finished or photographed, and it just barely made it into March. DD's had this clock on her wall for at least 3 years, bought with the express intention of doing this- so, even though it's a silly/quick/easy project, I am SO SUPER SATISFIED that it's finally done!!! I honestly can't remember the last time I've knitted/crocheted anything, I'm glad my hands still remember what to do.