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!

Another busy day

Today was another day when I didn't expect to accomplish much. I'm pretty pleased with what I did finish. First, I finished off a cowl that I started recently. I don't think they look like much with the way I photograph them, but they sure do look pretty when they're put on!

While watching the Olympics after school, I tatted my doodad ornament of the day. 

My visit to the eye doctor this morning included having my eyes dilated. For some reason, that really wears me out. I think I'm done crafting for the day!

Beyond expectations

I really didn't think I'd accomplish much today, but I surprised myself!

I woke up early and managed to finish my Hidden Well squares before church. After church, I framed all of the blocks.

Where I really surprised myself, was in the number of doodad ornaments I tatted today.

I tatted two before our  Tollway Tatters meeting this afternoon. Nine were in attendance, which I think is a pretty good number for a Sunday afternoon.

During our meeting, I tatted two more doodad ornaments.

I left the meeting after two hours so that I could start a pot of soup for dinner.

After I put the soup together, I tatted a fifth doodad ornament. I think this might be a record for me!

 

Lots of pieces

 

I spent the whole morning working on quilt pieces. First, I sewed jelly roll strips together.

Then, I cut those strips into squares. Next, I sewed two squares together. After that I cut the squares diagonally tinto four triangles.

The next step was to open up those triangles and press them into squares. I'm not sure if I'll have time to sew tomorrow, so I'm happy that I was able to achieve so much today.

This afternoon I turned on the Olympics and tatted my doodad ornament of the day.

I also managed to tat another 2026 Christmas button ornament before dinner time. I think I might just sit and do nothing tonight!