The view from my window

 

This is the view from my window by my sewing machine. I love it! I really love it now, because Dave spent a good portion of the morning cleaning it up. Yes, there is a lot of pine straw there, but all of the construction materials from the work we had done last summer/fall is cleaned up and put away. I kind of like the look of the pine straw.

I finished six more blocks for my patriotic lap throw for a total of 24. I need 48 (I think), so I'm halfway there.

Round 9 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026 is finished.

I've only done one pattern repeat of round 10. This round will take a while, but I think it will be an enjoyable round to tat. I'm using size 20 Lizbeth #647 Purple Iris Dk. 

Another doodad ornament has been added to my stash. I guess you could call this another successful craft day!

Unexpected

 

I really didn't expect to get much done today. This afternoon, Dave asked if I was going to be working on my quilt, meaning the one to go over the window. I really wasn't in the mood, but I decided get started anyway.

Now that I have the strips completed, I can connect the rows. After that, I will bind the outside edge of the quilt. I guess I'd better start looking for the shelf/quilt hanger that I'd like to have!

The unexpected part was what I completed of round 9 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026. Mom had an eye procedure done this morning, and while I was waiting for her, I managed to nearly complete round 9.

Mom is doing great, and I achieved more than I expected!

Multi-crafting

 

I'm almost halfway through round 9 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026. It's time to rewind my shuttles!

Six more quilt blocks were added to my stack today. I'm up to 18 with only 30 more to go.

The edging on Sue's runner is coming along nicely. I'm using size 20 Lizbeth #180 Honey Drizzle. This is about two hours worth of crocheting. This is going to take a while!

Another doodad ornament has been added to my stash. 

I don't expect to get much done tomorrow. Our day is filled with running around, and I'm okay with that. I do know that I will spend the day thinking of the things I could be doing!

Sunday, fun day!

 

I woke up early again today, and I managed to get a good start on round 9 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026. I'm back to using Lizbeth #640 Antique Violet Med. This is a simple round, so I think I'll get it done in a couple of days.

Six more quilt blocks are done for a total of 12. If my math is correct, I need 48 blocks to make a lap throw. That means I have 1/4 of my blocks quilted.

I still have quite a few doodads, so I'm going to continue tatting doodad ornaments with the goal of using up these particular findings by the end of March.

I've decided that for the month of March I'm going to concentrate on Renulek's Spring Doily 2026. I don't know if it's possible, but I'd like to try and finish it by Easter. 

Have you set any goals for yourself?

Productive day

 

This morning was our Tollway Tatters meeting, and it was a great one! We had 13 in attendance, and I managed to finish round 8 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026.

I finished my doodad ornament of the day after lunch.

I have a nice little selection of doodad ornaments to show for the month of February. I still have quite a few doodads left, so I think I will continue tatting them in March.

Since it's the last day of the month, I decided to lay out the shuttles I used in February. There are 51!

I did order purple fabric for my yellow, gray, and purple wall quilt. Since it won't be here until either tomorrow or Monday, I decided to start on another project. I had a patriotic jelly roll in my stash, and I decided to make a lap quilt. I finished six blocks today, except for the binding. I'm going to bind each block, and when they're all finished, I will decide on a layout and hand stitch the blocks together. 

Tonight I need to look at crocheted edgings to finish off a table runner for a friend of mine. I believe her grandmother embroidered the table runner, and it does have a white crocheted edging. There are little yellow threads all around the doily, and Sue remembers it having a variegated yellow edging. I just need to find something that will work as an accent for the outer edge. Time for more research!

Another research day

 It took a while, but I finally found the video I was looking for!

This is the back-to-back technique, which is what I needed to use because of the mistake I made the other day. My blocks have been joined into rows, and I'm ready to add the sashing to the front side. I thought I wanted to use gray, but it looks too bland. So, I need to shop for some purple fabric, which I think will do the trick.

Since I spent so much time searching for the video, I didn't accomplish anything else today. That's okay. Tomorrow is Tollway Tatters, and I think I will get a lot of tatting done!

Research day

I didn't accomplish as much as I'd hoped today, because I spent a lot of time researching ways to join my quilt blocks. I thought I remembered what I had seen in videos, so I moved forward without double checking. That was a big mistake! Luckily, I didn't do too much damage, but I did spend quite a bit of time taking out stitch and looking for the video that I needed to watch. I may try again tomorrow. 

Because I spent so much time researching, I didn't reach my goal of tatting 2/3 of the way around round 8. It's good that I'm ahead of Renulek's postings!

Once again, I managed to tat a doodad ornament before dinner. I'm starting to see a pattern in my crafting day!

I had a sweet surprise from four senior girls today. We had decided to have a chocolate lunch, something we had done before. We each brought something chocolate and shared our favorites. The girls gave me this adorable fabric basket filled with two bags of chocolates, Dr. Pepper, tulips in a paper cone, a cute little duck, and a lovely card with a note from each of the four girls. This is something I will treasure for a very long time!