Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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



Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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


Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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.


Saturday, March 14, 2026

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.


Friday, March 13, 2026

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


Sunday, March 8, 2026

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.

Friday, March 6, 2026

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



Sunday, March 1, 2026

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