Well, the six weekends have passed. I managed to defeat only four of the craft categories (if you include TV Craft as a category), but I’ve made a lot of things and got some projects done that have been hanging around for a long time.
The Categories:
TV craft – lots of jewellery projects tackled: Best project: gemstone choker (had lots of compliments)
Dyeing Day – category defeated. Best project: overdyed socks. I’m wearing them at last!
T-shirt Printing Day – category defeated. The t-shirt printing project was a dud, but I wound up spending four half-days on solar dyeing scarves.
Jewellery Day – the only item on this list was to try making something with metal clay, but it needs time to dry thoroughly before firing so I knew I’d have to abandon that category when the last weekend came around.
Overlocking/Accessory Day/s – not defeated but certainly reduced. I wound up combining the two categories since some of the overlocking projects were more easily done on the sewing machine. I probably wound up spending four days on various projects. Best projects: Yarn Shade Card Blanket, Painting Bag, Tweed Purse and Lazy Quilt. Didn’t finish the Fair Isle Hat, Passap Cover or get to the 2 seam 50s top.
Shirt Conversion Day/s – never got to this one. That’s fine – refashioning tends to be a warm weather craft for me.
Bookbinding Day/s – a category I added later, perhaps foolishly because I never got to it.
And the awards go to:
The Yarn Shade Card Blanket for Best Project
The Lazy Quilt for Best Make It Up As You Go Project
The Painting Bag for Most Unexpectedly Awesome Result
The Solar Dyed Scarves for Most Addictive New Craft
The Cook Islands Tshirt Replica for Greatest Anticlimax Project
