Just Create - Goblin Edition

[silvercat17]

How is it another week already?!

You know the drill: What did you get done? What do you want to show off? What do you need support on? Did you watch, read, or see anything cool?

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[cornerofmadness]

trying to get a short story based around water monsters done

[althea_valara]

Goblin, you say? (Goblin is one of the servers in Final Fantasy XIV that I have a character on!)

BIG NEWS! (a) I found a craft fair (b) in my area, very close to me (c) with a low space rental fee (d) happening in October (e) that hasn't started accepting vendor registrations yet!

!!!!!!!

So, this past week I've been hyper and crafting a lot, to make stuff for the fair. I'm doing snowflakes, tiny pumpkins, bookmarks, kerchiefs (to cover the hair, not the kind you wear around your neck), and gnome ornaments. I slowed down a bit today, and took a nap but I still managed to do some crafting today.

I recently read the first Murderbot novella, and have the second borrowed. Need to get on that and read it.

[alexseanchai]

I just wanna write, why is this hard 😭

[dianec42]

I finished the test stitch for the yellow-orange shading for the last installment of the Art Nouveau seasons (cross stitch). I think I am going to have to go with a blend for the middle shade. But I will do as many surrounding colors as I can and then hold up the test ones to be sure.

Meanwhile I have filed the Art Nouveau seasons, the test stitch, and (hopefully) adequate notes. I want to see if I can finish some of my many works in progress. Unfortunately I have picked up the GIANT project of Fabulous Women in History, a stitch-a-long by CloudsFactory from (I believe) 2016. I am nearly two-thirds done. The fabric is a beautiful purple hand dyed linen. I am not very skilled at stitching on linen so it is taking a while (and there are a couple of screw ups). I got this as a kit and the thread it came with is AWFUL.

She also has a few additional historical women available to purchase (wow, did THAT come out sounding wrong!). And the kit came with a coupon for one free one... So OF COURSE my whole third row is out of whack due to massive edits. :D It's going to be great, but first it's going to be a massive pain in the ass.

I think I am going to alternate - 1-3 historical women, then a simpler more mindless project, then more women. Otherwise I will burn out and never finish it.

Support... I think I need support in letting things go. I have some cross stitch WIPs that I'm never going to finish. I have a ton of t-shirts that have sentimental value but I never wear then and they get in the way of finding something I will wear. I have gorgeous jeans that are intensely uncomfortable. I need to get these things out of my house so I can have some space for the things I do use, but it's HARD!

[fenicedautun]

I was all by myself this weekend, so I did a ton of stitching, including many hours on MakeitPink's Ariel, finishing a Mill Hill halloween kit (need to take a picture and put it on insta), starting a Bothy silhouette kit (the Alice ones I did were on this gorgeous hand-dyed aida, this one is on painted aida and it's super scratchy :( ). Otherwise, I read stuff and ate food from a French bakery I hadn't tried before.