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I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash.   


So I am super late today getting the Stash Bash posted.  I have now officially killed another laptop (which I desperately need to get all of my pictures out of) and had to buy a new one which also had some problems so I had to take it back the Geek Squad guys for them to redo and so here I am….computers hate me!  On top of all of that Blogger keeps wigging out on me and flipping my pictures no matter how I flip them on picnik or picasa and save it.  So I could have had this post up by 10 this morning but every picture took forever and there were some pictures I just had to give up on : (  


I am aware that I promised the felt bow tutorial on Tuesday but just had no way to do that so I will have it posted tomorrow : )


This week I am sharing the dress I made for Livie’s party.  Usually when I have a theme and need to make a dress I go out and find the perfect fabric but having to stick to my stash made that quite the challenge.  Since the theme this year was candyland and I did not want a candy looking dress per se I though of making her a candy striper dress.  After almost giving up I decided to look into the bins of clothes waiting to become something else and found this very large womans dress which has double sided fabric…perfect!  I think I have had this dress for a few years.  I beleive I wanted to size it down into a dress for me but I hope you agree it was meant to be a candy striper.

I love recycling clothing because if you are smart about it you can use the hem that is already there, the button plackets and that saves a lot of time sewing.  I did plan on using the hem at the bottom but after the dress was done I thought I still wanted to show more of the green side of the fabric so I turned up the hem an inch and resewed it.  That made it match the pockets and made me happy. 

 If you notice on the candy table, the lollipop topiaries were also covered with remaining fabric.

To see the rest of the party go here


So what did you get done this week, I can’t wait to see!   I love every one of your projects from last week, you all inspire me!   Thanks for stopping by this weeks Stash Bash. Below is the linky list for you to add your project. 

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.
Then come back here on Thursdays and post a link to your post.
Don’t forget to link back to the Stash Bash so others can find us and get encouraged too.
Fair enough?    


P.S.  Its so nice to hear from other stash bashers so if you visit some of the links don’t forget to leave them a quick little comment.

If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or follow me by email at the top right hand of the screen to have future posts sent to you. Tricia (Crunchy Catholic Momma)

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash.    

Thank you all soooo much for the birthday wishes yesterday!  You have no idea how much it means to me and each one of your messages made me smile and laugh.

I spent the day (all day) in bed.  I was served three wonderful meals (all favorites) and had time to read, knit and of course, computer time.  It all worked out so perfectly.  Yarn along day is my favorite day to check out what everyone else has been up to and yesterday I was able to visit so many of your blogs, it was great.

Onto the Stash Bash.  This week I worked on some some new shopping bags and bulk food bags.  This is one of the first products I made when I opened my first shop on Etsy back in 2006!  I can’t believe so much time has gone by since then.  These were one of my best sellers back then and mine were in need of being replaced.  I found this beautiful sheet that I must have purchased to use as fabric because I like plain sheets on beds.  I still have so much rip stop nylon left from when I used to sell the bulk food bags.  So I picked a color which matched the sheet and got to work.  In my ribbons pile I found the twill tape to use for the handles and viola, now I have new shopping bags.

I am only showing a few since they all look the same, for the pictures sake.  The bag and 6 of the bulk food bags fold up and they tuck away in the front white pocket of the bag.  It all folds down to the size of a piece of bread and takes no room at all in my purse.

So what did you get done this week, I can’t wait to see!   No projects to share yet?  Take a picture of your stash and some of your plans for your stash and post that!  Below is the linky list for you to add your project.  

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.
Then come back here on Thursdays and post a link to your post.
Don’t forget to link back to the Stash Bash so others can find us and get encouraged too.
Fair enough?  

If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or follow me by email at the top right hand of the screen to have future posts sent to you. Tricia (Crunchy Catholic Momma)