Knitting, crocheting, sewing, gardening, needlepoint, cross-stitch, some sewing...can also strip wallpaper, paint, and am contemplating making art from tin cans.

I also knit and crochet, but have been neglecting those hobbies in favor of quilting for a couple of years. I finally got back to my crocheting and finished a project I've been working at off and on for about 9 yrs.

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oh very nice...it feels sooo good to finish a project like that huh?

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Most definitely!!! I used to work on it in my spare time, in between other projects. Then it sat for a year in my son's garage, and for another year after it finally got brought down here. Only needed two more squares made and the last 3 rows assembled and attached. I'm just so glad it's done. And it's ALL MINE!! I'm not giving it away like I do most things I make.

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WOW! You guys are so talented! I love seeing all the creativness here at Pixies.

I wanted to contribute to this thread as well...so here goes...

Here's one of the wing back chirs my mother-in-law gave me (I have a pair). This is it in it's original state...never been worked on...around since the dawn of lime green velvet textile. So, you see why I had to reupholster it...eh?

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OK...so it doesn't look lime green in above pic...but trust me it was. And green is my fave color...just not lime green...ughhhhhh!

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So...here's what I did to them (2 chairs)...

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So...Christmas came so fast (and I hate sewing when I come home from work), and I didn't get them complete. I did enough to one so that I could put it against the wall and show my mother-in-law when she visited. She exclaimed, "You know they were only loaners, don't you"? LOL!

I have to finish them with the help of an upholsterer friend at work. The outside back is a pip to do and I can't go any further without his aid.

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In the meantime, I got ambitious and made a pattern (from scratch...a first for me) for my dining chairs and made custom chair pads to "finish" off the room's new look.

P.S. Don't ya just love that Santa rug under my table? My nephew worked for Home Depot and gave us the sample for the sales staff. It's incredible in detail...and free to us!

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And here's the room to date...as my mom-in-law saw it...

Thanks for looking. I'm kinda proud of how the new stuff turned out and how it makes the room more "me".

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