I’m addicted to crafting

Me too!

It all started a year ago when I bought my small terrace house and had little money left to decorate it.

I started up-cyling furniture from Freegle or that I bought from charity shops.

Then I moved to up-cycling lampshades, cushions, flower pots and making some collages to display as artworks on the walls.

I also painted tiles in my kitchen, the kitchen cabinets and all the walls in the house.

My next step is to buy a sewing machine. I got lots of free fabrics on Freegle from a retired seamstress and I want to start making curtains, cushions and clothes.

Something else I also got into with the whole DIY thing is making my own organic beauty and cleaning products.

Fun stuff and it all saves me money.

I am a passionate painter (oil ), life drawer, do clay sculpture, refinish furniture and upholstery, play the piano, sew clothing, home furnishings, diy home renovation- plastering, stucco, painting, tiling, knit for babies and adults , make blankets, collect wool, and is that all?
I go through intensive periods of doing one of these for 12 hours a day 7 days a week and then without warning switch to another! These periods can go from months to years! Having moved 2 years ago and already planning a move I needed a break from physical exhaustion. So right now my passion alternates from scrolling Mumsnet and Rightmove (equivalent).

Feel this. Bought a cricut years ago and still have no idea how to use it.

My sympathy! Mwahahaha !

😂😂

sometimes you just have to tell yourself there will be other yoghurt pots...

@Binglebong 2 days, 2 bloody days, my orderly 2 storage boxes of stuff has exploded. I don't have anything I need and I now need a dolls house too. I've lost the ability to throw stuff away and had a yoghurt and thought corner bath.
I think i have a problem

OP

I'm a hardcore, long time crocheter

I cannot, for the fucking life of me, work out how to knit. So I tip my hat to you.

Crack on!!

i am addicted to crafting, it started with cross stitch but it is now crocheting blankets. Currently doing sunshine and flowers by janie crow. I really fancy trying glass painting, I have seen some amazing hand painted wine glasses at a craft show.

I do watercolours. And cross stitch. And decoupage. And mosaic. And I want to do glass etching and stained glass.

Never enough hours in the day

Okay, cool. A 3D printer sounds like a another craft project really useful tool!

sorry that was meant to quote @SoupDragon

What's wrong with that?

I have enough yarn to open a shop!

I do give some away every now and then though.

I will never be able to use it all up in my lifetime and I'm a prolific crocheter!

Hehe, so it's YOU hobbycraft exists for! I walk in there sometimes to buy a cheap thing for my children to do at the weekend and think, 'But I could just BUY all this stuff without having to make it myself...' and boggle at the idea!

I dont see the problem. I am not a crafter but admire people who are. Good for your health mental and physical.

Yes, you should teach.

Yes! Joining a craft group is a great way to meet people and strike up friendships. I've been going to knitting and crochet groups at my LYS for over two years now. It's reached the stage where several of us will go for lunch (just at a cafe, nothing extravagant) after the weekly session.

I like crafting and doing things like you do.

The one thing I’d say, sometimes this can be a bit insular so if you think you’re not socialising enough and would like to do so then join or set up a group where you meet. There’s eg a crochet one at our local pub.

That's like the phrase "buying yarn and using it are two different hobbies". There are t-shirts and the like available printed with that! 😄

Ah what a fabulous thread for a Tuesday morning, has really made me smile!

I'm also a crafter, I enjoy painting, drawing (pencils are my guilty addiction!), sewing (mainly embroidery, cross stitch and textile art but I do make clothes, patchwork quilting etc. too), also do jigsaw puzzles (mainly in the winter months).

I also have a huge fabric and thread stash and love making 'pictures' from the off cuts and my stash....I use my own photos as inspiration for all my art.

I have t been that well recently so it has all taken a back seat but this thread has inspired me to get going again!

Happy crafting all, would love to see some pics of your makes.

You all need to watch Blown Away on Netflix.

Then we can start a separate thread about the practicalities of getting a hot box into your home craft room/garden studio.

I tried spinning once and could barely walk afterwards 😁

Your life sounds wonderful @Mathsbabe

What an inspiring thread thank you @Merryoldgoat

Hmmmm....
Dressmaking
Patchwork
Cross-stitch
Redwork
Cardmaking
watercolor
Drawing
Inkle weaving
More variations on papercrafting than I can shake a stick at.
Calligraphy, then....
...Chinese calligraphy (a whole new set of tools!)
Started with a hand cranked Sizzix, then a Gemini die cutter, and now own a Cricut
I plan to takeover my son's 3D printer
Hankering desperately for a laser cutter/engraver
Mild daydreaming (at this point) about the new super large Silhouette cutting machine
Supplies include extensive amounts of;
fabric
paper
dies
stencils
paint
pencils
pens (alcohol, gel, chalk, etc)
glue
more paper
glitter
crepe paper (flower making)
more fabric
stamp pads
stamps.

Disclaimer: I am never, ever, bored.

Go for the garden studio.