project tracker and accountability

[stitchkeeper]

Taking inspiration for @pterribledinosaurdrawings and trying to smallen my WIP pile. Counted everything in December, found 70 projects (uh, yikes lol) in progress. Anywhere from 80% done to fabric just collected and assigned to a project I'd Really Like To Do.

I've decided I can start a new project for every 6 I knock off this list in 2026. 6 is arbitrary, and that's the point.

Spent December knocking out 9 projects!!

January progressions: 6

January defeats: 4

January additions: 3

February progressions: 4

February defeats: 0

February additions: 3

March progressions: 5

March defeats: 3

March additions: 3

April progressions: 1

April defeats: 1

April additions: 3

May progressions: 6

May defeats: 0

May additions: 2

Hard goal of under 40 by 2027, which seems hard, but achievable.

63/84

Or

21/84

[fripperiesandfobs]

Tea gown ca. 1875-80

From Cora Ginsburg

[megacarapa]

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

[megacarapa]

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

[tj-crochets]

Links to my free sewing patterns! - big manta ray - smaller manta ray - monster friend (those monsters with horns I’ve been making lately, but without horns) - pie slice - Fred, the Fish of Minimal Effort - tiny cat (aka Jiji) - mini mothman - whale shark/donut whale shark - juggling frog/toad (aka my smallest, simplest frog pattern of the three I’ve made) - large frog - tiny hedgehog - minecraft bee - minecraft zombie - blorbo - Strawberry Hearts quilt pattern - starfish - little octopus - canvas tote (wider than it is tall) - canvas tote (taller than it is wide, more of a grocery bag)  - basic bat and ghost - mini mushroom friends - whale - hammerhead shark - simple seal - cartoon flea (the one from Emperor’s New Groove) Tutorials: - flannel baby blanket tutorial - onigiri bag tutorial - tomato pattern design walkthrough (how I design the pattern, not a link to the pattern itself) - giant worm tutorial (I don’t know why it’s marked mature? it’s a worm)

[eekamakes]

Happy Goose Day! The pattern for the Geese on Geese quilt, along with the minis and a digital illustration are live on my Etsy!

[daftpatience]

this messed up vintage cat sewing pattern has tormented me since i saw it & like some other folks have done in that post - i tried my hand at tweaking the pattern to resemble the illustration (and my personal tastes) a little more. i've ended up with this. i bestow it upon you nice folks now 👐

(update 2, added instructions & it's also on my Kofi!)

go forth and make weird little beanbag kittens! pls show me if you do!

[eekamakes]

Make a goose with me! 6 hours of work in a little over a minute!

[truebluemeandyou]

Types of Sleeves Infographic from Enerie. 

*3 images because Tumblr still cannot seem to host clear and sharp images of vertically long images.

Writers continue to reblog these infographics for their useful terminology. If you’ve missed any here they are:

Know Your Bras Infographic

Know Your Collars Infographic

Know Your Hair Buns Infographic

History of Hairstyles Part 1 Infographic

History of Hairstyles Part 2 Infographic

Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 1 Infographic

Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 2 Infographic

Know Your Sunglasses Infographic

Know Your Shoes Part 1 Infographic. Lobster Claws anyone?

Know Your Shoes Part 2 Infographic

Know Your Necklines Infographic from Paper Blog

Sleeves and Necklines Infographic

Know Your Hats Infographic

Know Your Collars and Cuffs Infographic

Know Your Necklines Infographic

Know Your Skirts Infographic

Know Your Nail Shapes and What’s Popular on Instagram Infographics

Know Your Eye Liners Infographic

Know Your Wedding Dresses Infographic

History of Swimwear Infographic

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

@namelessennes

[stitchkeeper]

Mid April craft update. I FINISHED THE HAT!!! Just in time for warm weather😅

The finished quilt was a work project, and now it's in the window!

Got to move my two at a time BQ5s along a little bit, and my pants repair is coming along nicely! Almost done with the main patch, and then I'll be doing the minor reinforcements on the other picket corners.

And! I picked all the fabrics for my next EPP attempt!

[nocturnal-stims]

Transgender quilt

🧵 Mx.domestic on IG

[oreramar]

Every time I'm forced by circumstance to hand-sew something, I remember a fairytale I once read. There are lead-up shenanigans as the humble protagonist helps small animals and meets the princess and all that, but in the climax, the princess rigs a contest for her hand by setting her own task: sew her a dress in a single night.

The noble suitors, who have never sewn a thing in their lives, sabotage themselves by their own ambitions: they choose difficult fabrics to work with and cut huge, elaborate patterns and select gems and pearls and beads to sew onto it, and snip such long bits of thread that they lose time detangling their stitches, and ultimately resort to pinning bits together as they run out of time, so that their offerings initially look beautiful and flashy, but when the princess tries them on they stick her with pin ends and fall apart as she moves.

The humble protagonist uses a very simple pattern without embellishments and sews using short lengths of thread (snipped off and threaded for him by little birds of course) which don't tangle and therefore save time. His dress is plain by contrast, but holds together and the princess is able to move freely in it, and so he wins the contest and her hand.

I particularly think about the bit about threading the needle with shorter lengths of thread, needing to tie off more often but avoiding tangles and thereby saving time.

I then ignore that piece of wisdom passed down through who knows how many years and proceed to cut the longest damn length of thread I can manage because I hate tying off beginning or ending knots and I will not subject myself to more of that even if it does mean more tangles along the way.

[mamaspark]

Stag quilt is also finished and ready to gift

Can’t you see him looking through the woods? I used a fawn Minky for the backing. It’s ready to head out to it’s new home too.

[stitchkeeper]

The only thing I really worked on in February

My annual attempt to convince myself I could enjoy knitting actually I swear it's not so bad I looooove counting to 121 🤪 (it's actually going pretty well and I'm having a good time with the cabling)

[mystitchworld]

Eat your greens! 🌱🐑

[vincentbriggs]

Hello! I was showing my wife the triangle dressing gown and I realized I'd always assumed it was quilted. But it seems like maybe it has interfacing instead?

I guess, how did you line this is my actual question lol.

Marvelous work, thank you for sharing!

Hello! It isn't quilted, I added a flannel interlining to the whole thing which I tacked down to the patchwork seam allowances so that none of the tacking stitches show on the outside. There's a silk taffeta lining on top of that. The collar, lapels, and front edges have heavy interfacing, and the whole thing is very stiff and bulky.

It was a heck of a lot of work, and I go over it in a lot of detail in the video.

[stitchkeeper]

January "I touched it" round up. Aka, things I worked on, but don't finish.