Design Wall Monday 3.17.2026

Do you ever have a project you want to work on but need the 'leftovers' from another? This is the conundrum I found myself in...

I want to use the 'leftover' 3.5 in strips to use with this panel.

First I needed to finish up the 1/4 log cabin blocks from the February/March demonstrations.

I paired up my remaining strips and set to work.

I decided to use what I had and make a quilt for my friend Bernice who supplies quilts to the local VA. The VA wants Bernice's quilts to be 48 x 48.

pattern: 1/4 log cabin block: public domain

This veteran's quilt left me with the 3.5 inch strips I needed for the panel quilt.

I sewed the 'leftovers' short end to short end, then cut the 'jelly roll strips' at 4 inches longer than the panel. I then sewed the strips together on the long side and straightened the one end. I sewed that strip piece (5 on the top and 9 on the bottom) to to the panel. Now to add my borders...

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SoScrappy Saturday 3.14.2026

Today is the second Saturday of March of the color red. I decided to make more of my two color rails...this time red is paired with a darker gray.

pattern: rail fence: public domain

                strip pieced: red cut at 2.5 x wof, gray at 2.5 x wof, sewn along

                long edge red-gray-red and subcut at 6.5 inches

Sharing today at SoScrappy Saturday.

Finish or NOT Friday 3.13.2026

Today's finish is my adaption of the Jumble pattern from Make It Scrappy 3 Yard Quilts. I wanted to use my extra Echo blocks I had made (and I made a few more!)

pattern: adaption of Jumble from Make It Scrappy 3 Yards Quilts

             Echo block: 2026 QOV block of the year

                (shhhh...the alternate block is a 10.5 inch unfinished Square in a Square)

panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

SoScrappy Saturday on Sunday 3.8.2026

I picked up Baby from the spa/repair. This time is was repair...her plastic piece that kept the feed dogs in place needed replacing. She's about 19 years old. She's been a true and faithful companion in my quilting journey.

Today I headed to the sewing room to make a few red/gray 4 patches for the March RSC.

 pattern: 6.5 inch unfinished 4 patches: public domain

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Finish or NOT Friday 3.6.2026

I did manage to finish my next QOV to a flimsy. This is an adaption of Jumble from Make It Scrappy 3 Yard Quilts. I used the few leftover Echo blocks from QOV Sew Day (and made a few more!) and made the Square in a Square blocks.

pattern: adaption of Jumble from Make It Scrappy 3 Yard Quilts

                Echo block from QOV

                Square in a Square block: public domain

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Finish or NOT Friday on Sunday 3.1.2026

This is a combination post of SAHRR -prompt 6 and Finish or NOT Friday...yes, I'm a little behind posting. Baby Brother's feed dogs stopped feeding and THAT stopped me! :)

Prior to no feed dogs, I had worked on my SAHRR. I was going to skip prompt 6 - provided by Anja as Quilter's Choice. So my choice is...the borders I had put on my SAHRR! It was while I was sewing back the binding on Baby, that the feed dogs and tension gave up the ghost. I tried 'my tricks' to get Baby back on track but alas, into the repair shop she went last week Wednesday...

pattern:    prompt 6 - Quilter's Choice - Borders

                prompt 5 - 2 colors - sashings

                prompt 4 - top row - curves

                prompt 3 - second row - animal kingdom - monkey wrench

                prompt 2 - third row - 'double' - double arrow

                prompt 1 - fourth row - hourglass - Ohio star 

                starting point - fifth row - barn star

Sharing today with Anja at SAHRR prompt 6 and 

Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

Design Wall Monday 2.23.2026

Imagine my surprise/excitement when I was leafing through the newest Fabric Cafe Book - Make It Scrappy with 3 Yard Quilts - and discovered the Jumble pattern uses the Echo Block from the QOV Foundation site! Although it is a different size, 9.5 inches unfinished in Jumble and 10.5 inches unfinished in Echo. I re-worked the alternate block in Jumble to match the Echo blocks and started piecing on Thursday Sew Day last week.

Here is what I had at the end of Sew Day. Notice the leftover Echo blocks being used! ekk! so fun!

I'm going for a 5 x 7 set with borders to bring it to size. Here is where I am at: all the blocks are made and it is ready for center assembly and borders.

pattern: a combination of Echo blocks and Jumble from Fabric Cafe's

                Make it Scrappy with 3 Yard Quilts.

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SAHRR - Round 5 - 2.22.2026

Quilting Gail is our hostess for Round 5 in the Stay At Home Round Robin. Her prompt is '2 color'. Should be easy, right?

Maybe, maybe not...

Since I am making a row quilt instead of a medallion quilt, I thought I would make sashing as I am nearing the desired length of my quilt.

ah...maybe not....

pattern:      top row:        'curves'

                  second row:  'animal kingdom'...monkey wretch blocks

                  third row:      'double'....double arrow

                  fourth row:    'hour glass'...Ohio stars

                  fifth row:       'my start'...barn stars

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SoScrappy Saturday 2.21.2026

Today is the third Saturday of February of the color dark green. Instead of 'so scrappy', maybe my blocks should be called 'so stashy'. As I am using the stash and not the scraps. :)

I made more 'funny' rail fences. Dark green - grey - dark green. I promise, I DO HAVE a plan...

pattern: rail fence - public domain

                my rails are 2.5 inch cut green - 2.5 inch cut grey - 2.5 inch cut dark 

                    green and sub cut the strata at 6.5 inches

Sharing today at SoScrappy Saturday. 

Finish or NOT Friday 2.20.2025

The fun thing about smaller quilts (less than twin (60 x 80)) is that they finish faster! Less pieceing, less quilting and less binding!

My finishes for this week are the 1/4 Log Cabin Leftovers. it feels good to complete both quilts.

This first one has a fabric insert arranged horizontally.

pattern: I just call it 'Lasagna Leftovers'

                    The fabric is a 12.5 x WOF of a novelty. 2.5 inch cut top/bottom 

                        border. I then seamed the 'leftovers' on the short end with a

                        straight join, cut to length to match the novelty and bordered

                        it all with 2.5 inch cuts. My binding is the same fabric as the

                        outer border.

panto: serpentine

The second quilt has the novelty as a vertical insert.

pattern: Lasagna Leftovers (same idea as above :))

panto: serpentine

Are these my favorite quilts? No but they will be nice donation quilts and very little of the blue and gray are leftover. The woodland print? That's another story and another quilt...<sigh>

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.