Great day

 

Yesterday was a great day for crafting. I completed ten more blocks for my Christmas quilt. I've decided to go with a 6 x 7 block quilt, which means I need twelve more blocks. I think I can accomplish that this weekend.

Dave has started decorating the windows in our great room. He finished the window in my sewing area,

and he decorated one of the two windows by his chair. I thought the idea was his own. It turns out, he had been searching for window decoration ideas on Pinterest. His twist was to use my knit ornaments. Good choice, Dave! 

Five more!

 

Five more blocks for my second Christmas quilt are finished.

That's really pretty good, considering I sewed between laundry loads.

I now have 20 blocks completed.

Each block is 9" square.

My big decision now is whether to make the quilt 6 x 5 blocks or 7 x 6.

I did start my Hufflepuff scarf yesterday. 

Although I've been keeping busy, I have been neglecting my tatting. Making the same mistakes over and over again led me to putting down my shuttles. I think it's time to pick them up again!

Accomplishments

I'm happy to say that I finished my Gryffindor scarf! I think I'll do the Hufflepuff next.

Five more blocks are finished for my new Christmas quilt.

The square fabrics are all from a fabric pack from Amazon.

The Christmas jelly roll fabrics are from a different collection.

The tonal whites are from another collection.

 I think they all go well together!

Six blocks

 

Yesterday morning I was very productive.

I finished my morning chores and finished six quilt blocks before heading off to school.

For some reason, I can only post five of the pictures.

The photos all show up in my album, but Blogger only picks up five of them.

Technology can be so baffling!

Starting anew

 

I've started a new Christmas quilt! I didn't spend a whole lot of time crafting yesterday, but enough to keep me moving forward. 

I've been spending a lot of time cleaning up files on my phone and computer. I sure am glad the files are all on my computer and not on paper!

It's beginning...

...to look a lot like Christmas around here! Dave has been hanging lights outside since the weather has been so nice. He has some ideas for inside, so I had a task set for me for the weekend.

 

The plan is to put up a tension rod in each window of our great room. Dave is going to tie lighted garland to the rod, and then hang ornaments at different lengths. We decided on seven ornaments for each window. With six windows, I needed to make 42 ornaments. It takes me about an hour to make six ornaments, so I knew I needed to get started right away. I'm just happy that I managed to finish them all this weekend!

My sister Janet came to visit for the weekend. She was working on bejeweled Christmas ornaments. Mom was busy knitting. We did take a break yesterday when daughter Carol asked if we wanted to go Christmas shopping at Hobby Lobby. How could we say no? After shopping, we went for a lovely lunch at Olive Garden.

I've had a lot of fun making bejeweled trees, but I've pretty much gotten over wanting to make them. Janet went through my supplies and selected what she wanted for her ornaments. I had one partially finished tree that daughter Alison had started a couple of years ago. She wasn't really interested in working on it anymore, so I told her that I would finish it for her. Today was the day!

Now I feel free to give away the supplies that I no longer need. Maybe I'll be able to organize my quilting supplies a little better!

Finished!

 

I finished my first Christmas quilt today. It's so colorful!

I'm glad I used Christmas fabric for the back. The quilt is now totally reversible. Some of my stitching isn't the greatest, so I hope the recipient doesn't look too closely. 

I've learned a lot from making the quilt with this new-to-me technique. I'm ready to try another!