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!

Almost halfway

 

I almost hit the halfway mark of round 16 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026. Maybe that means I can finish by Saturday.

Two more quilt blocks are finished. I hope to have them all finished by the end of next week. After that I will be able to lay out the blocks and start sewing them together. This should be fun!

1/4

 

I"m a little more than 1/4 of the way around round 16 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026. I wonder if there's any chance of me finishing this round by Saturday?

Video day

 

I went down a rabbit hole of watching sewing and quilting videos on YouTube today. As a result, I finished off three more quilt blocks. However, there was no tatting. I feel like my day is incomplete!

Unexpected

We had some unexpected guests today. Daughter Andrea and family stopped by on their way home from Kentucky. It was a short visit, but oh so sweet!

I also had a phone call from my college roommate. Eileen and I have known each other since our senior year in high school. We were roommates in college for two years. I took a year off after sophomore year. Eileen left after junior year and married her husband Tom. Our friendship has been one of those where we might not talk for months, but we pick up where we left off. I couldn't ask for a better friend.

I missed Tollway Tatters, but I did manage to finish two more quilt blocks. I now have ten of the 24 blue blocks finished.

I've chosen my color for round 16 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026, size 20 Lizbeth # 646 Purple Iris Lt. 

I'm itching to try some new patterns, so I may get started on another project. We'll see how the week goes!

Round 15

 

I've very pleased that I finished round 15 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2026 today. I took a quick peek at round 16, and it looks like another round that will be easy to memorize.

Back in the 1980s, I was fascinated with Georgia Bonesteel and her lap quilting method. There was only one station that aired the show, and it was not a local station. The video and sound quality were not fantastic because of the poor reception. 

I was thinking about that show this morning, and today I watched the whole first season on YouTube (Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel) while tatting and working on quilt blocks. It's been a great day!