Crafty Things for April

DominiqueU

This is the first thread I've ever started because I needed to show off the one crafty thing I've successfully done for this baby. 

I made a mobile!


Alright, ladies. Put me to shame with your recent craftiness. 

bunkie999

Love your crib, and great job on the mobile! There is actually a "crafty" thread already started if you just use to search function you'll find it there and you'll be able to see other peoples crafts 

HMcDade1

She was starting a new thread for April since March is almost over and the other thread has 50 responses/pictures ... 

elenabrent

It's probably time for a new crafty thread anyway, especially because the last one was a weekly. Good work
@DominiqueU!

I'm in the midst of binding my quilt, and I ordered the chemicals to make cyanotypes to make drapes for the nursery. I'm really excited about doing cyanotypes on the fronts and black out fabric on the backs, I haven't worked with cyanotype fabric since college and I miss it! 

stillcozy

@DominiqueU that mobile is so cute! I almost made one just like but I doubted my crafting abilities haha. I love your colors! 

DominiqueU

I know there was already a thread. Full of pictures and from March. New month, new thread. 

@elenabrent I had to google cyanotype. Looks awesome. Keep us updated! I would love to see pictures. 

@Lindsayleigh1989 I went the simplest route for the mobile. Luckily, I have a Cricut machine so I just cut out sheet after sheet of circles. Then I used thin yarn and double sided tape so I didn't have to sew through any circles. It took a little bit of time, but it was pretty easy. Thank you, Pinterest. 

oneliloaktree13

Yeah because @bunkie999 if you used the search function as well you would have seen the multiple monthly craft posts/check ins.

DominiqueU

Also, I just now realized that it's not quite April yet. But whatever. I'm sticking to it. 

elenabrent

@DominiqueU I support you. Fuck March.

oneliloaktree13

March is stupid, and April is one month closer to July so yay April!

winnie1122

Joann's had some great deals today so I bought tons of fabric for nursery curtains and to recover the rocking chair I have and to make these MONSTERS!!! I am having wayyyy too much fun with these guys and bought tons of felt, so there may be an army of them by the end of the week! I'm thinking of making several of them into a mobile and then making some without buttons for him to just play with. Now that I finally cleaned his room out of all my junk I've been enjoying the more fun parts of preparing for his arrival! 

ButterMyBiscuit

@winnie1122 Ermahgerd! Gimme!

Kellyj103

@DominiqueU it's almost April so new thread time! You go girl! Love the mobile!!

stillcozy

@winnie1122 those are so adorable!! 

sboston06

I have a friend who makes paper cranes so I've recruited her to make baby a paper crane mobile. I forgot how much people love to help out with crafty things!

in April I really need to get back to working on baby's Christmas stocking. I'm cross stitching it and haven't done anything since November. 

DominiqueU

@winnie1122 Looooovveeeee!  We're going with a monster-esque theme and have been losing our minds with adorable monsters on clothes and such.

emnoahmom

A picture uploaded! This is the alphabet tree I made for our kids playroom. We are missing a and v in the picture because someone walked off with them, but I'm pretty happy overall. Now we just need to add a birdhouse to the trunk and it's done.

DominiqueU

@emnoahmom It's classy Chicks Chicka Boom Boom!

juliagulia38

I'm crocheting loveys for two of my friends' babies. (A fox and a raccoon one)  After that I'll make one for my baby and finish her blanket. 

Ill post a picture once I'm done. I'm going to make the fox body today.

winnie1122

DominiqueU said:

@winnie1122 Looooovveeeee!  We're going with a monster-esque theme and have been losing our minds with adorable monsters on clothes and such.

Oh us too! They've just had so many cute monster fabrics and clothes out that I can't handle it! This kid is going to end up being dressed in monster everything for the first year of his life at this rate....I just can't resist it when I see it!

WVUPetunia

I haven't done much to convert DS's whale nursery to DD's mermaid nursery yet, but I got crafty today! I saw a tutu mobile on Etsy for $65. Um, no. I created this one for under $20.

PleaseSendPicklesNow

Y'all stepped up the crafting while I was away. This stuff is AWESOME!!!
Those monsters are the cutest. @winnie1122 Did you use a patten or dreestyle the design?
And @DominiqueU I love your crib!!!!

DominiqueU

@PleaseSendPicklesNow The crib was $99 on Walmart.com. I adore it. 

winnie1122

@PleaseSendPicklesNow I just winged them, bought a bunch of felt squares and some embroidery thread and just had fun! I got the idea from a few mobiles I saw on Pinterest though, so I bet there are some patterns out there! Glad to see you back! Been thinking about you!

emnoahmom

DominiqueU said:

@PleaseSendPicklesNow The crib was $99 on Walmart.com. I adore it. 

I was just looking at your awesome mobile and had to go back to look at the crib. That's gorgeous and what a great deal. I love the whole color scheme.

winnie1122

Finished the curtains last night, next stop is recovering that yellow chair. Spring break is drawing to a close, so there may not be as much craftiness over here for a long while. It's fun watching all of your projects come together!!! So much talent on this board!

juliagulia38

Finished crocheting the fox lovey for my friends baby. 

noelietrex

I'm finishing up 6 more CDs to use up my material, but then I'm done sewing. Nesting over- I'm too fat and uncomfortable to hunch over my sewing machine for hours now. Time to rest until the big show!

quartz02

@noelietrex is keepin' it real. Hahahahaha

@juliagulia38 that is adorable! I bet you could set up an etsy shop and make some money on those!

themamalion

[edited because wrong account name -- wtf?!?!]

PleaseSendPicklesNow

NBR, exactly, but I finally finished the cowl I started the week I got pregnant. Actually, I'm pretty sure I cast on the DAY I got pregnant, haha. On the inside hem, I personalized it: "I love you [baby's name]." His name is obscured in the photo for privacy reasons.


Under the cicumstances, I want to keep nis name close to my heart always. 

The important stuff for knitters: If you Google "knitting alphabet chart," you'll find tons of free charts you can use to personalize or sign your project. Even fancy cursive ones. And did I mention that they're free?

elenabrent

@PleaseSendPicklesNow Hella knitting skills right there. You put mine to shame.

oneliloaktree13

@PleaseSendPicklesNow using the cat face to blur was an awesome touch.

PleaseSendPicklesNow

@oneliloaktree13 We call him our kitten, so it felt fitting.  

MamaBish

Finished my owls for the mobile, I think 5 should be enough but we'll see once it's together

sboston06

I got some motivation to work on baby's Christmas stocking today. Giving this snowman a face has made the project a little happier. When I sew I usually curl myself up pretty tight but there's not much room to curl with this belly in the way!

fleurdelakeview

@sboston06 You have beautiful stitching! Do you mind if I ask where you got the pattern? I'd like to make a Christmas stocking for my baby but I'm not happy with any of the patterns on the online store I usually purchase from.

sboston06

@fleurdelakeview thank you! I use only Dimensions Gold for our stockings so they all "match" in size/length and stitch count.

sboston06

These are the finished products for the one I made for DH and me. I think I made his in 2006 and mine in 2008. I also made my niece one in 2010 but they typically take me 6+ months to finish!

Weville

@sboston06 Those are beautiful!

AAAG13

@sboston06Those stockings are awesome! That is officially my next project!