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!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

ScrapHappy Saturday Jan 24

 

 

I didn’t sew much blue this week. There was blue in my Project Quilting 17.2. Scads of Plaids. 

And I made Blueberry muffins this morning. Does that count?🙂

Looks like my oven has uneven heat. Should’ve turned them. 

I have decided not to pursue the Delectable Mountains block. At least until I get my space under control. I’ll continue to make crumb fabric in the color of the month. I reserve the right to change my mind again. 

I linking up with Angela and friends for ScrapHappy Saturday. Will be looking for inspiration!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Finished or Not Friday 2026 #1

 

  I’m proud to announce a finish!  It’s been a long time coming!  I finished 2 projects for Project Quilting this season. 

They are both small, but small steps lead to sometimes bigger finishes. 

Project Quilting 17.1.  A Clean Slate   You can read more about Project Quilting here.. And about my project Here

Project Quilting 17.2.  Scads of Plaids.   My post about plaids is here!

I’m so glad to be able to join the bloggers at Finished or Not Friday. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

It’s cold and we got a bit of snow. Those of you who are in the grip of the major storm, Be Safe and Stay Warm. 

I LIKE Thursday #266

 Do you like calendars, desk or wall real calendars was LeeAnna’s conversation starter this week. Check out her response and links to other participants in I LIKE Thursday at Not Afraid of Color

Yes, but I rarely pay for them. Sometimes I do. I did buy this Mt Shasta calendar when we were in Northern California for Christmas 2024. 

Who wouldn’t love looking at photos like these all month long?

But my other wall calendars are usually freebies from the bank, or the doctor’s office. 😀 See the first photo!

I do buy a personal planner/calendar. I’m always hoping it helps me be more organized. It does a little!

It’s cold inWyoming this week. Yesterday’s high was 28°, today 21° and tomorrow…9°  BRRR!

A good time to stay inside a sew. I’m participating in Project Quilting 17 this year. This week’s prompt, Scads of Plaids developed into this cute market bag. 

We received a puzzle for Christmas and it is finally finished. Mr. Busy worked on it mostly. I placed a few pieces.

Our next read for my F2F book club is  When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin. It was published in 2006, so it’s not new.  But every copy  in our library is checked out, so I have it on hold. Until then I’ll continue with this one. It was a gift from my daughter for Mother’s Day. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Project Quilting 17.2

 

HOORAY!  I’m a fan of plaid. I don’t use it predominantly, but if I have plaid in the color I need, it goes in my project. 

January is a time for me to rethink my life, rearrange my stuff. …….I’m off to find plaid, blue I hope!

Success finding blue plaids. And some red, though they look sort of pink here. 

I decided on a Market Bag. Pattern from designer Carolyn S. Vagts. 

It calls for charm squares. My scraps aren’t always 5” and bigger. I could get 4.5” squares from most . So my bag won’t be 13.5 x 13.5, but I’m ok with that. It is 12”x12”x 4”. I quilted 1/4” on each side of all the seams. 

From a stack of plaid scraps came a market bag. I followed the instructions except for the smaller squares. 

The handles are a different fabric, closer to a gingham than a true tartan plaid. This bag has the handles going from back to front . Other bags I have made, have a handle on the front and a matching one on the back. I’m anxious to see if I like this better. 

I put a pocket on the inside, cause you gotta have a pocket. The lining is a buffalo plaid left over from my nephew’s Minnesota Gophers quilt. So definitely there are Scads of Plaids in this useful bag. 

I’m linking up with Kim and Trish at Kim’s Blog Persimon Dreams. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

Slow Sunday Stitching 26.3

 

Some  Slow Sunday Stitching with Kathy today. I’ll not be as invested in the 

football games today. My team won yesterday, then lost their star QB. So Sad!

I still have several WIPs going. 

The biscornu is still at the backstitching phase. 

I started a winter stitch. It’s from Bent Creek , Winter Row. I’m a pushover for stitches with words or letters. It is a very slow stitch for me, on 32 ct linen 2 over 2. I need really good light and magnifiers on my glasses. 

My go-to project for short bouts of stitching is this cute free design from Primrose Cottage. I’m stitching it with DMC colors on 18 ct Aida, white. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

RSC 2026. Jan 17

 

I’ll be visiting all the blogs today, to see how everyone’s Blue month is progressing. Hop on over to Angela’s ScrapHappy Saturday to join me. 

There has not been any progress with blues for me this week, unless you call moving the blue scrap basket from the shelf where it lives to the cutting table ……

to the sewing machine, progress.?

Blue scraps galore, no blocks to show for it!!

Back to cheering for the Broncos!🧡💙🧡💙

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!