To-Do Tuesday #244 Weekly Update

I may have forgotten to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day yesterday, but the sentiment is still the same a day late. Here are three of our favorite valentines, wishing you a very, very, VERY one. Join us today for the 244th weekly To-Do Tuesday list and update. Linda hosts the To-Do Tuesday linky party and we appreciate her weekly encouragement. Thank you, Linda!

To-Do for the week of February 8^th through 14^th:

1. Round Five in the SAHRR √ Done
2. Continue the appliqué blocks for Colt’s quilt – nope – nothing this week
3. Work on Beau Bear baby quilt – √ Done
4. Make a mocha cheesecake for Chris – √ Done
5. Short list limit – no more items allowed to remain stress-free

Another blogger mentioned that their husband makes a tailor clapper. I can’t remember who but I would like to purchase one or two. If you know who this person might be, would you please leave a comment? My memory is best labeled as non-existent. Thank you so much!! {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne

To Do #1

We are on the FIFTH round already for the Stay At Home Round Round (SAHRR). Can you believe it?! We shared our option just yesterday, choosing between the Rail Fence block or appliqué. The prompt choice was chosen by Quilting Gail, our hostess with a linky party this week. It’s shocking to you, I’m sure, that I choose appliqué. That’s my jam, man.

We are making some progress now, at last. We pinned this on our design wall to get an idea if we liked the little wonky stars on the end of the signature block. It seems to work, don’t you think?!! Yesterday’s post shares all the fun details, including why Addison is spelled using blue fabric. ~smile~

To-Do #2

I didn’t actually do any appliqué on Colt’s quilt blocks since I was literally busy with A.d.d.i.s.o.n. However, I did give his quilt quite a bit of thought. The golf ball looks too one-dimensional to me. I thought I would add some light gray stitching on the top edge of the ball to hint at a curve. I also thought about adding some grass blades fluttering about the tee as that would be more realistic, don’t you think. Please enjoy my crude drawing for a very broad general idea. I welcome any thoughts you have to make the golf ball a bit more exciting! It is a white-on-white dotted fabric to give the impression of dimples.

To-Do #3

Beau Bear baby quilt which was inspired by Gail at Quilting Gail is really taking shape. Oddly enough, our color palette is very similar to Gail’s except for one notable area. Areas, I guess I should technically say since it’s the face, tummy, and bottom of the feet.

We do not have the quilt top complete yet. The final white border needs to be added to all four sides. Also, I need to buttonhole the nose, add some eyes, add a nice smile, and delineate the HST between the ear and the bear body itself. The gray areas are made using Minky. It is nice and soft yet little bumps to catch the baby’s attention. We should wrap this up easily before the end of the month.

To-Do #4

We got a chance to sing Happy Birthday, Daddy with Dominic, Addison, and Chase on Sunday. Colt, Auntie Nicole, and Gamma were present for the big event as well. Let me assure you that Chris is not three, but we did choose to use only three candles.

There were several rounds of blowing out the candles and everyone did a great job! I want to make sure anyone is able to enjoy the recipe if you’d like to. We shared it originally during the Cookie Exchange one year; you’ll find the link to the printable recipe of Mocha Cheesecake here.

To-Do for the week of February 15^th through 21^st:

1. Work on the Round Sixth and final prompt for the SAHRR
2. Keeping working on Beau Bear baby quilt
3. Sew FIVE apple blocks for Violet, who is turning ONE soon
4. Just enough to keep it stress-free!

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