Done!

Today was a day for big finishes. 

While looking for tatting supplies, I came across three Curds & Whey pieces that I had tatted. All they needed was to be blocked and put in bookmark sleeves. The pattern is from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konnor. Done!

I had two of these braided circle doodads left.

They are now ornaments. Done!

These flower shaped centers are what I was searching for. They were my favorite centers for my original doodads years ago.

My biggest accomplishment of the day was finishing the red, white, and blue tree. I spent about 5 hours today, and probably 15 hours total to complete this tree. It will be raffled off at the high school play, Bandstand, in mid-March. The raffle will benefit two groups, Adopt A Soldier and Project Headspace. 

Daughter Carol, who is the drama club director, asked for a red, white, and blue tree for the raffle. Of course I was flattered to be asked! When I sent her this video clip today, she told me she loves it. There is no great compliment in my opinion.

The best news is that I have another project checked of my list. Done!

All quilted!

 

It pays to get up early. Before breakfast, I had my first doodad ornament of the day tatted.

I also managed to quilt three blocks.

I'm feeling really comfortable with my walking foot.

Plus, I now have the quilting sequence memorized.

This afternoon, I got back to quilting.

The batting I needed to finish my blocks, arrived yesterday, so I was able to keep my pace.

I like the way the different colored borders change the look of the Hidden Wells blocks.

I can't decide if I like the purple or the yellow better.

My next step will be to trim the blocks to a uniform size.

After that, I will lay them out to decide on the final look. Then, I will be able to sew the blocks together.

Naturally, I finished my day of crafting the same way I started it, with a doodad ornament!

Wow!

I can't believe how much I accomplished today!

I managed to tat four doodad ornaments while thinking about how I was going to approach my quilting for the day.

I'm almost out of this style doodad, so I'll be looking through my stash to see which doodads I'll use to finish out the month.

The big advantage to tatting several in one day is that I get to use more of my shuttles!

Before starting to quilt, I needed to figure out how to use my new walking foot. Thank goodness for YouTube! I learned so much more from watching a video than I did from reading the instructions.

Once I figured out the walking foot, I needed to find my sewing machine bobbins. 

That took a while, but the good news is that I reorganized and decluttered five boxes from upstairs in the process.

I really had anticipated quilting these blocks differently.

Once I was sitting at my machine, I completely changed what I had planned to do.

This quilt will become a wall hanging to hang over a window in our new room addition.

I think I need 20 blocks to cover the window, but I'm not sure. I'll be able to tell more once I've joined the blocks.

I'm pleased with the number of blocks I quilted today. I could have quilted more if my back hadn't gotten tired. Now it's time to rest!

Keeping up

I'm happy to say that today I was able to keep up the pace I set for myself.

I tatted two doodad ornaments.

Most of my day was spent working on my red, white, and blue tree. While I'm pleased with my progress, I'm not sure I will meet my goal of finishing the tree this weekend. I ran out of blue pearl head pins, so I had to order some more. That's okay. Maybe I'll spend tomorrow working on my quilt!

 

Another pair

 

I tatted another pair of doodad ornaments today.

I'm not sure what I'll use them for yet, but I like the idea of having a box filled with them for future use.

Most of my crafting time today was spent working on the red, white, and blue tree for the Drama Club raffle in mid-March. Today my goal was to fill all three stars. I'm quite pleased that I finished as much as I did. 

I have a four day weekend. Tomorrow is a half day for the kids, with teacher meetings in the afternoon. So, there will be no lunch, no one for me to supervise. Monday is Presidents' Day, so there is no school. I'm going to try very hard to finish this tree over the weekend. 

Will there be tatting this weekend? Most definitely!

Another cowl

 

I spent quite a bit of time watching the Olympics today, so it was the perfect time to work on another cowl. I was surprised that I finished it so quickly.

Luckily, I left enough time to tat a doodad ornament!

By request

 

I was asked to post a picture of one of my cowls being worn. It just so happened that I was wearing a sweater that goes well with the cowl!

Once again, I managed to tat more than one doodad ornament.

I'm using shuttles that I haven't seen in a while, which is great fun for me.

Today I cut batting and backing for my quilt squares. I could have started quilting today, but I chose to watch the Olympics instead. Tomorrow is another day!