Stash Bash

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.    

I was trying to upload pics of my project today and got a message that I have exceeded my picture limit????  I have no idea what the heck to do about that since I am planning to move this blog to WordPress or stay here at Blogger and just do some renovations.  Has this happened to anyone else?  I am posting this without pics while I try to figure it out.  I am paying the monthly fee now until I decide what to do.  I tried resizing my pictures before adding them and that did not work.  I also tried uploading them to Flickr and then uploading the url and that did not work.  I am so terrible at this computer stuff : (

Today I am sharing with you a little project from a much bigger project that I am working on this week and will share with you on Monday.  Won’t you come back on Monday to see it?

Our ironing board cover has seen better days.  I have skipped around this project because that is what I do.  I skip around projects and avoid them until the inspiration bites me in the bottom and then I get to work.

Yesterday as I was finishing my big project, there it was, staring at me, saying “hello, I need some attention!”  Yes, yes you do!  I went to my sewing room and grabbed some Alexander Henry, Farmdale Crossing fabric (yes, I use this fabric for everything lately) and drew out a pattern by laying the ironing board right on top of the fabric and drawing around.

Staying true to my quest for Stash Bashing, I decided to use some felted wool underneath for the padding and I used some elastic I rescued from an old bottom sheet that was no longer useful.  I really should make some beeswax polish to give it a nice wax but that will have to wait until I get the rest of my project finished and hopefully I won’t skip around it too long.

My ironing board needs some new screws and one of the slats on the side needs to be remade but I love it so I keep finding ways to make it work.  It also becomes a stepping stool as well as a chair depending on how you fold it.

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. 
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