SAHRR 2026

 

Finishing up this final post.  I’ll link up to the Parade on Kathleen McMusings blog as soon as it opens. 

I started with an embroidered block that I never fully finished. My Post from January 17th

Then came Round #1.  Hourglass Blocks 

Round #2 was  ‘Make It a Double”

Round #3 Animal Kingdomand #4 Curves followed. 

Round#5 . Two Colors and the final Round #6 Quilter’s Choice

And now the finish, I hand stitched the binding down at my Thursday Stitchers gathering last Thursday the 19th. 

As I was studying where I might add some final touches of beads, I discovered I missed quilting the left Double Tulip block. I marked it with a pin so I wouldn’t forget. 

I put small triangles at the two upper corners on the back. I like to use small 1/4” dia. dowels to hang small things. 

And it’s done!  Hanging for an outdoor glamour shot:

It does need a label, but I call it done. 

Also linking up at Finished or Not Friday  ‘cause ya gotta celebrate every little finish !

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SAHRR and Finished or Not Friday

 

And :

After Round #6. quilters choice. 

 I’ve begun the quilting. 

The dark purple fabric with the scattered shapes is the backing. 

I used a light lavender thread for quilting. There was some stitch in the ditch , some  serpentine, some squiggles, some straight lines . And a  bazillion threads to bury. 

 And now the binding is on and I call it DONE. 

I took this photo this morning at 7:02 am . It was gorgeous out front. 

I also had a small finish: Project Quilting 17.6. A Happy Handful. 

A pocket pincushion for a faraway friend.  

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ScrapHappy Saturday

 

I’m linking up with Angela and friends for the 2nd Red Saturday of March and Rainbow Scrap Challenge.. I made 2 16-patch Star blocks. And one is ready to sew. 

I’ve done a bit of math and decided I’ll need at least 4 of each color.  I got 2 green ones made for Feb and none for blue January. I guess I have some catching up to do. 

Tomorrow is the last for Project Quilting 17. I missed completing 17.5 “ of Another Era” and 17.6 “ My Complements “. I really hope I can complete this last one. Stay tuned. 

Also I started the quilting  on Make Do and Mend for 2026 SAHRR. The parade is the 25th, so I need to have it done by then. NO PRESSURE!!  LOL

I have just started reading. So far I like it and it’s RED. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

SAHRR Round #6 ~ Quilter’s Choice

 

This week, Round #6 is hosted by Anja Quilts.  Anja chose Quilter’s Choice.  Hooray! Thanks, Anja. That gave me a chance to use the first hourglass blocks I made that were too small for the first round. And to combine them with the purple and yellow pansy fabric that I wanted to use, made for a relatively easy border. 

My plan is to use the pansy fabric for the binding also. I haven’t picked a backing fabric , but it will be purple!  I think I am pleased with this SAHRR. 

I’m linking this up at Anja Quilts. 

And at Alycia Quilts for Finished or Not Friday. 

I haven’t had an almost finished in a long time. 

And a final thought, found on the internet. 

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SAHRR. Round #5. Two Colors

 

This week’s prompt is Two Colors. At first I was going to go rogue, because I really wanted to add more of the pansy fabric. I guess technically it is purple and yellow. But in reality there is whilst, green and yellow and many shades of purple. So this is plan B. I’m not extremely pleased. And they are not attached yet, so I could change my mind. It is almost to the correct size, so I’ll wait for the final round and then continue 

I’m joining the linky party at  Quilting Gail

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Scrap Happy Saturday.

 

Linking up with Angela at So Scrappy  Green is February’s selected color. I made a second

 16 patch star block. . The one on the left is the second one. 

I also sewed crumb blocks. I’m using all my greens in the crumb blocks. 

Other sewing this week, was an item for Project Quilting 17. This week’s prompt was Of Another Era. So many possibilities. It didn’t go as planned.  This was a panel from my stash. A front and back of a Smiley pillow. I cut out the circles.. The directions say sew the front to the back and stuff. They are not the same size. 

Also a new prompt was announced for SAHRR. This week our round should be 2 Colors. 

Still haven’t landed on a plan.Maybe this afternoon. I might tweak the rules a tiny bit. No Quilt Police during SAHRR. This is what it looked like yesterday. 

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SAHRR Round #4 Curves

 When Wendy announced Round #4 prompt, curves, I had several thoughts. Drunkard’s Path, Orange Peels, appliqués circles, I even looked for a piece of fabric with printed curves. I’m trying to keep my project wall hanging size.  I’ve used a pansy print already. But that seemed like a cop out. 

So I decided on orange peels on the left hand border. I only wanted the border to be 4” finished. I looked up several patterns, but they all were on a 5.5” inch piece or bigger! 

It finally dawned on me that I could use petal shapes. I found several in a collection of patterns from BH&G Patchwork and Quilting calendars! From 2013!

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Theses are not appliquéd on yet, but they are fused in place. I’ll finish them today. 

I might embroider some detail on each little half flower. 

Sharing over at Wendy’s blog Pieceful Thoughts’ 

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SAHRR Round #3. Animal Kingdom

 

Last Wednesday it was time for another round on the SAHRR for 2026. Emily from The Darling Dogwood wrote this:

Welcome to round three of the Stay at Home Round Robin! It's my turn to set the prompt! This week, we’re taking inspiration from the animal kingdom!  Any animal counts, from the smallest ant to the biggest of sharks. There are lots of ways to interpret Animal Kingdom.  Here are some ideas:

• A block or unit named after an animal: Bear Paw, Monkey Wrench, Snail's Trail, Birds in the Air, Shoo Fly, Puss in the Corner...there are so many!  Looking for something simple?  There's always that classic quilt unit, Flying Geese.
• Applique of an animal
• Pieced block that looks like an animal
• Fabric that contains animals

It didn’t take me long to decide to do flying geese, or rather a variation thereof. I’ve been drooling over the Wandering Geese border. So I googled Wandering Geese quilt block. There were many YouTube videos. I knew I would need a video. I started with a video from Deb Tucker’s Studio 180 Designs from 13 years ago.  Then I watched several others. They all used basically the same technique, told me that the goose square needed to be cut 1/4 “ larger than the background square. None of them mentioned how to figure how big the block would be, Deb Tucker mentioned a cheat sheet for different sizes. I looked, the 2 sided sheet was $8.95. YIKES!  I stewed and waffled back and forth. I finally gave up trying to do the math by watching the videos several more times. I justified it, by telling myself that I have been wanting to do the Wandering or Migrating Geese, and clicked the download button, confirmed my payment and got busy .

These are not sewn together, the finished “block” is 3” X 1”. The side of my wall hanging so far is 15 inches tall. There are 13 geese pinned on the side. I need 2 more I think. Next I’ll try to sew some of them together. Tomorrow probably. 

Tuesday 2/10/26

Round #3 completed and attached to main piece. 

I’m linking this post up at The Darling Dogwood. 

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ScrapHappy Saturday

 

  The last Saturday for blue. I did cut a block for The ScrapBusters Challenge to see if I liked it. It’s ok, but I’m not sure!  I’m linking up with Angela for Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

So I continued to make crumb blocks . I think I’ve used up all the Eat My Dust fabrics and the blue with yellow stars, then I find another strip or chunk! So I keep using it up. 

My Stay at Home Round Robin project is on round #2.  “Make It a Double” is the prompt. I’ve spent considerable time trying to decide which block to do, then more time drafting it so it will fit. It’s still a work in progress.  Not blues but purples and lavender.

I’ve been seeing the State Birds of Resistance decals on Facebook, and Instagram. This is the one for Wyoming, the Western Meadowlark. 

Have you looked up your state?

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SAHRR. Round #1. Hourglass block

 

This week, Brenda at Songbird Designs presented the suggested block for Round One. She had links to a great tutorial from Julie at the Crafty Quilter and a printable chart from Kristin Laura Designs with dimensions for lots of sizes for Quarter Square Triangles, a variation of the Hourglass.  Scroll down to cheat sheets!

I trimmed my center block to 8.5”  square. In my head I thought , purple first. So the hourglass sounded good.  I did a trial block and I didn’t have my cheat sheet printed out. As you can see, they were too small by about an inch and 1/4.  Total. 

Enter more fabric and the cheat sheet. The 1/4 sq triangles that were too small are above. The 2 1/2” unfinished blocks are at the bottom. They aren’t sewn together or attached just yet. I’m going to wait and see what the next round is. I don’t want my finished project to be too big. 

Here is a better photo. 

Looking forward to round 2. 

I’m linking up at Songbird Designs!

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