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Thrify alternative to expensive hobby found

January 10th, 2012 at 03:57 pm


Well, sickness has befallen the house of M. I'm home with a sick 8th grader and a sick 1st grader. The younger one responded better to his medication, is fever-free presently sitting on the floor humming and playing with Legos. The 8th grader has not rallied, and is wrapped in a comforter on the couch simply resting. Science Fair presentation is tomorrow and the high school entrance exam is on Saturday so I've decided to dose her with amoxycillan (we keep it on hand and tend to give if she runs a high fever for 24 hours since she can get to pneumonia quickly - or I should say "has" in the past prior to the pneumovax). So I'm housebound, but the cupboards are full.

Only thing I'm missing is a current craft project. I am a cross-stitcher with no current projects in place. I started looking at patterns which are rather expensive, online that cost $7 + shipping for a 5" x 5" pattern. After a little bit of time on line, I found free patterns that I liked every bit as much as the expensive ones. I printed out four (trees during each season) (FREE) and I checked my stash and had fabric and floss. This might be my year of thrifty hobbying! I should add that I am a basic DMC color floss person as opposed to the new hand-dyed silk floss which is available nowadays in brilliant hues and tones. The cost of the DMC is $.39 as opposed to $2.00 for the new ones. I suppose I could argue that I'd be supporting local artisans purchasing the $2 ones rather than the most-likely made in China $.49 ones, but money IS money at this point.

Onto the Passive Income Challenge, I have received (again) the offer of $100 for the TCF Bank Checking Account. I like this one as it doesn't require any driect deposits, only 12 transactions in three months. DH has been offered American Express Gold which rewards $1000 in three months with $250 in gift cards. Considering that one as well.

Off to start my thrifty cross stitch project while listening to science fair project presentation AND playing Clara Barton/Florence Nightingale. Smile

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5 Responses to “Thrify alternative to expensive hobby found”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
    January 10th, 2012 at 04:32 pm 1326213166
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    I love thrify crafting!! Great way to make use of what you have on hand,too.

    Those offers look nice also!

  2. My English Castle Says:
    January 10th, 2012 at 04:56 pm 1326214578
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    I gave up cross-stitch to save my eyes a few years back, but sort of miss it. Do you frame them? Give them away?

  3. PNW Mom Says:
    January 10th, 2012 at 09:23 pm 1326230637
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    Great job on the thrifty crafting! Hoping the kiddo's feel better soon!

  4. patientsaver Says:
    January 10th, 2012 at 09:43 pm 1326231800
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    For years i liked to cross stitch but i stopped doing it cus it's hard to see the teeny stitches. I had to throw away a lot of half finished projects.

  5. frugaltexan75 Says:
    January 11th, 2012 at 02:09 am 1326247756
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    I have way too many half-finished cross-stitch projects ... often the problem was that I'd make a couple mistakes in reading the pattern and by the time I realized it, it was well past the point of no return .. so I'd give up on it.

    I'm hoping to return to some of them this year and see if I can figure out how to fix them.

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