Finish or NOT Friday 3.27.2026

I don't think I ever shared my latest 1/4 log cabin finish. I made it to donate to my friend, Bernice who in turns gives the quilts to the local VA. This VA wants quilts 48 x 48. A few blocks and borders make up really quick!

pattern: 1/4 log cabin: public domain

panto: serpentine

I also realized that I never shared the ZigZag Zoom quilt I made for the January Howell MelonHeads demonstration. I used RWB again and stripped pieced the smaller color portions for a quicker sew. This one went to the MelonHeads Veterans (different from Bernice's and Michigan QOV) in February.

pattern: Zig Zag Zoom

panto: serpentine

My 'new roomie' is giving me the stink eye! Angie!

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

Stay at Home Round Robin...Quilt Parade 3.25.2026

 Today is the Quilt Parade for the 2026 Stay At Home Round Robin!

I used a few blocks from my QOV parts department that 'fit with' the prompts and created a QOV. I also elected to make the prompts into rows as a row quilt as that is 'easier' math for my brain. :)

patterns and prompts:    week 7: quilter's choice: borders

                                       week 6: two colors: sashings

                                       week 5: curves: top row of swags

                                       week 4: animal kingdom: 2nd row: monkey wrench

                                       week 3: 'double': 3rd row: double arrow blocks

                                       week 2: hourglass: 4th row: Ohio Stars

                                       week 1: beginning: 5th row: Barn Stars

panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Kathleen McMusing's SAHRR Quilt Parade

WIP Wednesday 3.18.2026

The 1/4 log cabin quilt made it onto the frame!

pattern: 1/4 log cabin: public domain

panto: serpentine

I also put the borders on the current panel quilt. I went with the brown tones as the borders, just to change up the QOV!

pattern: lasagna type piecing with panel insert using 3.5 inch leftovers from

                1/4 log cabin quilts.

              loosely based on Quiltville's Simply Strippy

Sharing today with the Inquiring Quilter's Wait Loss Wednesday.

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

Sharing today with SoScrappy Saturday.

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

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

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.