I prewash all wovens however I'm more selective with knits. My knits are generally natural fiber w/lycra and will typically be gentle washed and line dried so I prefer not to prewash because it causes too much curling of the edges.  I have some nylon/lycra to make swimwear and I don't plan to prewash.  However, cotton/lycra may be prewashed if I think it's going in the dryer.  I will prewash any denim/lycra several times because denim seems to shrink a lot.

I like this challenge.  I have only two unfinished garments to deal with as far as I can recall.  But, I have a handful of quilts in various stages of completion so it would be nice to get them completed and off the fabric shelves.  I'll have to do an inventory later.

This is the wall hanging I want to do.  I'll have to go through the cotton stash to find some appropriate sea colors.

I also voted and had a hard time deciding which one to vote for.  Really excellent job everyone.

In the past I've done sewing, knitting, jewelry making, cross-stitch, and surface design (dyeing, stamping, resist, painting on fabric) but when I started learning Italian I gave up everything for a long time because of time constraints.  I still have all of my dye supplies and when I retire (and the last pet is gone) I'll take it up again.  I have two bins of PFD fabric that needs dyeing and/or other surface design.   My knitting was short-lived because it hurt my hands too much.  I only did cross-stitch a few times and found it too tedious. 

I want to weave and will probably take that up in retirement. I watched some weaving classes on a free Craftsy day and was all ready to buy but procrastination helped lose the urge for now.  I am sort of interested in machine knitting but I'll probably give it a pass.  I took a few jewelry making classes at a local bead shop and my techniques are much better now.  I mostly want to make bracelets since I have tiny wrists and it's hard to buy stuff in shops as they are usually too big.   

I've never wanted to embroider and it's funny because when I bought my Viking #1 20 some years ago I got a lot of incredulous feedback about why I didn't get the 1+.  I've used some of the fancy stitches on non garments and I've used the lettering to write a name for the back of a quilt but that's about it. Before I retire I plan to buy a coverstitch machine and I sort of want one of those sashiko machines but I will try to find a used one because they're a bit spendy.

At the moment, I'm dabbling in sewing and jewelry making.  However in retirement I will have more time for adding surface design and weaving which should be sufficient for my golden years. 

Ultimately, we should do what makes us happy and get rid of the rest.

So sorry about your pant legs, Catllar.  I did that once a few years ago because I always cut everything out as one layer so i get perfect grain and i forgot to turn one of the pieces over.   

I have to agree with the lighter red.  The dark red is too jarring. 

The dress turned out great.  I love the color.  I think the recipient (or more likely her mother) will be quite pleased.  The bunny is cute.