Tuesday progress

Boy, did I have fun today! I framed my quilt blocks. The frames are shades of grey, black, and white. My next step is to cut batting and backing squares. Then, I will be ready to quilt!

I'm making quite a dent in my supply of key rings, and my yarn stash is getting smaller. I have 75 Chapstick holders made. I want to make sure I have enough for all of the middle school students who want one. I've already passed them out to high school students.

Another doodad ornament is finished. I didn't have enough thread on either of these shuttles to tat the ornament, but I was able to complete it using one as the shuttle thread and one as the ball thread. Part of the fun in this project is using shuttles that I haven't seen in a while. Luckily, Dave enjoys seeing me use my shuttles and he gets a kick out of seeing how many I have. I may have too many, but I'm not going to complain!

Sick day

There were eleven staff members out sick today in our little school district. That's a lot! My daughter was one of them, and I was called in to sub for her. I had a half finished dish cloth in my project bag. All of the students were on task and very well behaved, so I was able to sit and knit for most of the day. The result was two finished dish cloths.

I also finished another doodad ornament. I have a basket filled with partially filled shuttles from past projects, and I'm going to see how many of those shuttles I can use in February. I have a goal!

Productive day

 

Last night I crocheted five Chapstick holders while Dave and I watched t.v.

Today I was sorting through some of my craft supplies and found two bags of findings from when I was tatting with doodads. That was years ago! So, I think my goal for February will be to tat with findings that have been sitting in bags for way too long.

I also crocheted five more Chapstick holders today.

My big project of the day was finishing a stack of Hidden Wells quilt squares. Now I have to decide if I will sew the blocks directly to each other or frame them with solid strips. Right now I'm leaning toward framing them.

My last project of the day was to work some more on my red, white, and blue tree. There's not a whole lot more I can do until my patriotic pins arrive. For now, I'm happy to make a little progress each day!

Tollway Tatters

We had a great Tollway Tatters meeting today. I was only able to stay with the group for about an hour, but during that time there were ten of us sharing what we were working on.

I was able to tat one ornament during our meeting.

 Then, I tatted another after I left the meeting.

I'm happy to say that I completed my goal of tatting one ornament each day in January. I'm all set for my tatted Christmas presents next December!

I used a different tatting shuttle for each piece that I tatted during January for a total of 46 shuttles! I'm going to try and keep track of the number of shuttles I use during February. Since I'm not planning on tatting an ornament each day, I'm pretty sure the number will be smaller.

The high school play this year is Bandstand, the story of some G.I.s who form a band after World War II. I'm not familiar with the musical, but I'm definitely looking forward to it.

There's going to be a raffle the benefit Adopt A Soldier and Project Headspace. Daughter Carol asked if I would make a red, white, and blue tree for the raffle. I started on it today. This is the largest tree I've worked on so far, and it's going to take quite a bit of time. What I've done so far is about four hours worth of work... or should I say fun?

Sub day

I was called in to sub for part of the day today. Luckily, I still had some free time. 

So, I finished my ornament of the day. Only one day left of my self imposed ornament challenge!

My stash of Chapstick holders is still growing. I will probably start passing them out to the kids at school next week.

I'm trying to decide what my February challenge will be. I have all day tomorrow to think about it!

Another slow day

Maybe it's the cold weather, but I just didn't feel like doing much today.

Still, I managed to tat my ornament of the day.

I also crocheted five more Chapstick holders. Not bad for a day when I didn't feel like doing much!

Still at it

I'm still managing to tat an ornament each day in January... just a few more days to go!

The fabric I need for my pinwheel project isn't due to arrive until next week, and I'm still in the mood to sew. I searched YouTube and found instructions for Hidden Wells quilt-as-you-go blocks. I made several Hidden Wells quilts back in the '80s, and I loved the look. I had some jelly rolls from Temu and decided to do some experimenting. First I chose which four strips would go together. Then, I started stitching. I didn't have much time to sew today, but I am happy with what I was able to complete.

I'm still trying to use up small balls of yarn by crocheting Chapstick holders. I think I may run out of key rings before I run out of yarn!