Finish or NOT Friday 2.6.2026

 Binding and label all done! 

pattern: Stars 'n Stripes Over Reliance by Lisa Sutherland

panto: serpentine

I'm off to prep for the QOV National Sew Day...

I'll be making the 2026 Block of the Year: Echoes.

Sharing today with  Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

SAHRR: Round 3...2.5.2026

The third prompt for SAHRR2026 was released yesterday. Our host for Round 3 is Emily of The Darling Dogwood. Emily's prompt is 'Animal Kingdom'.

I searched 'the orphanage' and found a couple of red. white and blue blocks that will work. They are part of the QOV Block of the Year program. I present the 2022 Floating Churn Dash block...aka...MONKEY WRENCH! The pair on the left are 'the orphans' and on the right, are the newbies. All seem equally wonky. :)

pattern: 2022 Floating Churn Dash aka MONKEY WRENCH

Sharing today with Emily at Darling Dogwood's SAHRR Round 3.

WIP Wednesday 2.4.2026

 Stars 'n Stripes Over Reliance by Lisa Sutherland took it's turn on the longarm.

pattern: Stars 'n Stripes Over Reliance by Lisa Sutherland

panto: serpentine

It's also took a turn on Baby Brother for binding!

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

Design Wall Monday 2.2.2026

I was a little late to the FB Working Stars Sewing Party! The February 1st Challenge that was due is the Stars and Stripes Over Reliance pattern by Lisa Sutherland. This pattern has not been released by Lisa but will be in the future. Here is my fabric draw. The blue on the left was gifted to me at last Wednesday's guild meeting.

I had a little trouble following the directions but I kept at it and soon I had all the block parts made. I made a few mis-cuts but luckily, I had enough fabric to finish.

At this point, the construction went really fast! After lunch (and before dinner!), it was ready for quilting. I finished this portion Saturday afternoon, just one day ahead of the February 1st deadline. :)

pattern: Stars 'n Stripes Over Reliance by Lisa Sutherland

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SoScrappy Saturday 1.31.2026

Today is the fifth Saturday of January of the color blue. I still have 1/4 Log Cabin blocks on my mind so I made a few Meals on Wheels place mats. To achieve the 12.5 and 15.5 inch size the local Meals on Wheels wants...I did an uneven number of rounds.

pattern: 1/4 Log Cabin

                    *snowflakes cut at 6.5 inch squares and each round is 3.5 inches cut 

                       wide length to match. Well...y'all 'know' how to make log cabin 

                       blocks, right?

Sharing today with SoScrappy Saturday.

Finish or NOT Friday 1.30.2026

I finished my second 1/4 Log Cabin quilt. This time I did the setting in more of a 'ring' fashion...if you can call squares...rings? I like this setting the best so far!

pattern: 1/4 Log Cabin and my 'cheat sheet'

panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

SAHRR : Border 2: 1.29.2026

Prompt #2 was released yesterday for the SAHRR. Our hostess for this round is Kathleen McMusing. Kathleen chose 'Make it Double'. Any border element that deals with 2. I did a quick Google Search and found Double Arrow in Piece and Quilt's blog. I printed out the picture and changed the sizes so that the block is 12.5 inches unfinished. I DID make a 6.5 inch (unfinished) hourglass from the technique I learned last week. :)

Here are my four Double Arrow blocks.

Here they are all sewn into a row!

pattern: Double Arrow from Piece and Quilt blog, with a few variations.

Sharing today with Kathleen McMusing's Prompt #2 for SAHRR 2026.

WIP Wednesday 1.28.2026

okay...I've got the second 1/4 Log Cabin pieced into a top. Once again, I used pink as my inner/stop border.

pattern: 1/4 Log Cabin. I wrote a 'cheat sheet' about 20 years ago that I still

                refer to as I piece my blocks.

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

Design Wall Monday 1.26.2026

 Happy Birthday to the State of Michigan!

189 years young!

Remember this second set of 1/4 Log Cabin blocks?

I have them on the design wall and I arrange them in (loosely) rings. If you look close, you can 'see' some have 4 blues together in the middle, followed by gray and then blues in the outer. Half the blocks are gray (middle), blue then gray in the outer.

pattern: 1/4 log cabin. I wrote a 'cheat sheet' in the late 2000's that I still

                refer to today as I assemble this block.

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SoScrappy Saturday 1.24.2026

Today is the fourth Saturday of January of the color blue. For this week's project, I decided to make rail fence blocks. I chose the same blue for the outer rail and a light gray for the middle. Hummmm...not exactly the look I was hoping for...

pattern: Rail fence, public domain

                I cut strips at 2.5 inches, sewed along long edge then subcut at 6.5 

                    inches (unfinished).

I'm going to pair the rail fence blocks with my novelties for a child's charity quilt, something along this idea. I have 'other' projects to complete, so this will wait. I should probably set aside the blue for binding...if I was smart, eh?

pattern: 6.5 inch (unfinished) novelty fabrics with 6.5 inch (unfinished) rail fence

                     blocks

Sharing today with SoScrappy Saturday.