calling all of you crafty folks!

one of the most effective ways i've found to stop myself from snacking all the time was to keep myself busy with one of the many crafts i enjoy. i love talking to people about the various things they make, so i was just curious what some of you are making.

myself? i LOVE knitting (so hard to eat with needles in both hands), crocheting, stamping, cardmaking, embroidery, and i want to teach myself to sew. i have a machine, just have no clue how to use it!

what do you do?

Un fortch I'm into cooking. Lol. But lucky, here I have no kitchen. So I have a recipe scrapbook. But it means I think about food all the time. I just hide my snacks away. :D

i actually am buying a stamp set that is made for recipes. i want to start collecting them and putting them in a box. 

does having 1 quilt being pieced, one being quilted, one being planned and 2 cross stitch projects count as projects?  haha..

i don't like being tied down to 1 project at a time.. :)  i'm piecing a king size quilt for my bed in 30's prints, i'm quilting a quilt called the underground railroad code quilt (supposedly they are patterns used as code in the underground railroad) using civil war reproduction prints, planning a quilt for the guest room the old one is getting worn out

i agree with you too.. keeping projects going REALLY helps control the snacking bug!  :)

that sounds like me and my knitting projects. i have project ADD, i swear. i get bored when i'm working on something for too long, so i always have a ton of stuff going.

and i've heard about that underground railroad quit, actually. i read a book called "sweet clara and the freedom quilt" i think. it was a children's book about it. i think it's fascinating! and 30s fabric! oooh!

oh thank goodness i'm not the only one!  it does spice things up when there's more than one thing going.. :) 

i've never heard of that book.. i'll have to look for it.. i am going by the patterns from the quilt in a day series.. :)  i just actually painted my bedroom in 30's prints colors.. because i already have 1 quilt on my bed in those fabrics (my mom made it) and i'm making one.. so i figured what the heck!  yup.. i'm decorating around fabric.. can we say obsession?  heh..

i've never knitted.. but my grandma did.. and i always thought she looked like she was having fun doing it.. i don't remember ever seeing her without her yarn and knitting needles in her hands.. ahh.. good memories.. :) 

haha! i think that's great that you're decorating around fabric. 30s print fabrics are so great that you HAVE to decorate around them. 

here's the link to the pictures

oops.. double post.. heh

that purple is FANTASTIC. i love it, and i don't usually like purple. i can't wait to see pictures of the quilt!

so this is what it takes to get ob in the forums!!! LOL

I envy you guys!  I am too nervous to do stuff like that!

I used to cross stitch alot, before kids.... once I left some stuff out and our dog at the time, got my 1.5 inch needle and swallowed it.  I have not sewn since!  if I sew a button on I wait til the kids go to bed and I go in the bathroom and  sew it!  Sad I know.

One day I will get brave and attempt something crafty! once I find time!

I love to bead.  I love beading peyote stitch patterns and also making pen covers, Creditcard/business card covers.  I love to bead necklaces and other things, It very relaxing for me.  I don't get to do much now but I collect patterns I will do in the future

Hey guys. I am a crafter. I knit, crochet, sew, cross stitch , quilt a little, whatever.

My currrent projects are knitting baby blankets for the babies in the NICU where my DD works.

There is a limit to how many pairs of mittens or afghans anyone in my family wats or needs. LOL

I don't cross stitch too much anymore. My eyesight is not so hot with that now that I have bifocals.

heh.. yeah.. talk about crafts and stuff and i'm all over it! :) 

the purple did turn out great in person.. but the green is SO much better in person than the pictures show.. :)  i should get new pictures up in a couple of weeks once the head board is delivered and set up.. :) 

i think that we all should share pictures of our craftiness.. (is that a word?  hah)  :)  i love looking at and getting ideas from others.. :)  and ohhing and ahhing over them is fun too.. :)

People speaking my language!  Hurray!!!

I love to needlepoint.  And I have about 8 different canvases that I am working on right now.  I just finished a big one (12x12) for my neice, who just turned 13.  It is very whimsical and has a heart in the center with wings.  I love it and need to get it turned into a pillow for her.  I usually do much smaller things, Christmas ornaments to be specific.  I've gotten started on those and then am working on a canvas for my sister and another for my sister in law.

I crochet and enjoy tatting.  I used to cross-stitch but find needlepoint more diverse.

And it is great for keeping the fingers busy and out of food at night!!!

Add me to the list!!!  I LOVE to cross stitch.  Knitting and scrapbookin are the other things I like to do.  I am in the middle of a huge cross stitch piece right now....usually have more than one project going but my last few have been finished up and I just want to stick with one for awhile.  :)

I make beaded jewelry with seed beads... earrings, anklets, chokers, necklaces things like that

i knit and crochet. my attention span is horribly low lately, so i still with relatively small projects (stuff for my 3.5 year old to wear).
Oh, and i've made 3 purses already, and my favorite one (flagrantly red oversized tote with large white flower and white handles) is garnering a lot of compliments...
in general, keeping my hands busy helps keeping them out of cookie jars...

my goal when i got home tonight was to organize my room and make a craft corner, and then i realized i simply don't have the space. my yarn stash is growing daily, my boyfriend's mother keeps giving me old stamp sets she doesn't want. i think i need my own house for all this stuff!

i'm about to embark on my newest project. a rug knit from sheet scraps. i saw it in my knitting calendar and i just have to try it!

I knit, crochet, cross-stitch.... I've been making scarves, mostly, for the past year+ for fundraising for ALS, and have a stash of yarn still to get through as a result. Got some very nice yarn from my fiance for Christmas, too, that I will do something with, and when I went into my favorite Ithaca yarn store, I saw that they had a yarn that I really like on sale -- the last one or two skeins in different colors left in their stock -- and bought it all.

I also do paper crafts and play with clay. Calligraphy, too, sometimes (such as now, and should I ever again decide to handwrite wedding invitations in copperplate, someone shoot me, please). I love paper. My best friend once brought me a paper catalog, gave it to me during a rehearsal, and I was unable to sing for the duration... too much drool. :-D