Sunshine!

 

We had a beautiful day filled with sunshine, which made it difficult to take a good picture of my progress on Renulek's Spring Doily 2026. I'm 1/4 of the way through round 17. I really like that the rounds in this doily have been easy to follow. It's nice to not have to follow step by step instructions for each round.

I have two strips finished on my patriotic quilt. I'm going the combine the blocks for each strip before joining the eight strips together. That way, I can still make changes to the arrangement if I want to.

I'm really enjoying this pot holder technique, and I'm having great fun looking at possibilities for future projects!

Quilt day

 

I only tatted a couple of rings and chains today, because I concentrated on my quilt.

It took me a while, but I think I've found a layout that I like. I have the rows grouped and marked so that I can keep the layout.

I've sewn my first row together, and I'm really pleased with the way it is going. There are six blocks in a row and eight rows. I think there's a good chance I will finish my quilt before school is out for the summer!

Baby blue

 

I've started round 17 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026 in size 20 Lizbeth #649 Baby Blue. I didn't get very far, but I'm pleased with what I did complete.

Today, I focused on finishing the blue bound quilt blocks, and they are now done! I plan on laying out the blocks tomorrow and pinning them together. I'm eager to see how this pot holder quilt method works for me. I already have ideas on how to improve my technique for my next project. I just need to decide what that project will be!

Round 16

 

I am so pleased that I was able to finish round 16 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026 today. This round was done in size 20 Lizbeth #646 Purple Iris Lt. I've already chosen my color for round 17, which I hope to start tomorrow.

I was also able to finish two more quilt blocks. I only have three more to bind and then I can start putting the blocks together!

As expected

 

I knew that I would not have much time for tatting today, but I did have about an hour this morning to make a little progress.

Mom needed a couple of things returned, and after that I headed to daughter Carol's house so that we could attend a bridal shower for her step-son's fiancé. We had a wonderful time!

After that, I headed to a memorial gathering for my friend Mary Lou's mother. Phyllis was a wonderful lady who lived to be 102 years old. I know Mary Lou will miss her mother, but it's nice to know that we have great memories of her to share with each other.

So much activity in one day was a clear indicator that I would not be in the mood for cooking dinner. I picked up some carry-out. The bonus was an easy after dinner clean up!

Sewing day

We had another sewing day at school. Marley brought a sewing machine from her grandmother's house. Since we had already cleaned a machine the day before, she knew just what to do. After cleaning it, Marley did a practice run. She's all set to practice at home this weekend.

Lily practiced sewing straight lines one paper. She helped clean this machine yesterday, and was ready to give it a test run. Daron and James also took turns sewing along a line.

Next week, we hope to put together a prom dress made out of paper seed sacks, an FFA challenge. The official contest deadline has passed, but we figure that this is a trial run so that the students can enter the contest next year.

Two more quilt blocks are finished. I'm really looking forward to laying out these blocks and then sewing them together for a lap quilt.

I almost made it to the 3/4 mark on round 16 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026. I'm not sure that I'll reach my goal of finishing this round by Saturday, but I should be able to finish it before the weekend is over.

Tomorrow will be a busy day, but also a fun one!

 

More than halfway

 

I spent some extra time at school helping kids learn about sewing machines today, so I didn't have much time to craft. However, I did manage to pass the halfway mark of round 16 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026.

I also finished one quilt block. I'll be spending extra time at school tomorrow as well, so I probably won't get too much done. Oh, well. I'm still having fun!