26 SAHRR - Round 3

 I am participating in the 2026 Stay at Home Round Robin which is an annual event beginning every January.  You can find all the details at  Round #2 for the 2026 SAHRR | Quilting Gail

This week is round 3. I had to dig deep into the creative brain cell to think of something this time.  After a few sleeps and some trials in EQ,  I decided to add a border to create an open area for quilting and a place to rest your eye.  Animals was the challenge this week I tried to stay with the floral theme of the fabrics and made some butterfly appliques.

I pieced a 4 inch border with background fabric, added a 1 inch trim of color then put a butterfly in the 4 corners.  They are fused but I still need to blanket stitch them down. 

I also made 8 more smaller butterflies to try in the remaining open areas of this border.  I pinned 2 in place on one side of the border just to see if it would work.  If I envision these 8 butterflies going around the border,  will it be TOO MUCH ?   I think it will be too much but what do YOU THINK?

I'm linking up with The Darling Dogwood and these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

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Friday Quilt Hop * 2-6-2026

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Quilting | So Sew Easy

5 Pages of projects; some links contain

a category collection of projects i.e. jelly rolls

 I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

26 SAHRR - Round 2

 Round 2 on my 2026 SAHRR is ready.  Link up this week is at

                            Kathleen McMusing - Quilter, Teacher and Designer

Be sure to visit there to see the creations from all the participants.

Here is my project so far, the  round 2 prompt is "Make It A Double".  This is my interpretation which is also defined by the fabric collection I am working with and how complicated/or not, I want to put into the round.  And size does matter as I'm trying to avoid making a queen size quilt this time.  I also get lots of help from EQ8 and Accuquilt cubes.

I'm also joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

A Quilters Cove - January House Blues II

 So January is finished and it's time to share our first house.  I made mine in blues to correspond with Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I added charming little elements to my first house.  I top stitched them all down raw edge style.  The background piece has a layer of  thin interfacing  This type of designing is a bit beyond my artistic talent.  I am enjoying the challenge for a change of methods. My project will showcase different house designs in different size blocks.  Why keep it simple ?

During my internet travels, I came across this page which offers 6 free house patterns and want to share the link with you, just in case you need more options.

Village Houses: Joybells Ring in Heaven’s Street – OccasionalPiece–Quilt!

Have you made a house block yet?  Andree is our Linky Party hostess.  I hope you will share your creation there so we can all see your awesome designs.  Maybe you will consider following Andree so you can get notice to the linky parties when they are first released.  Here is the link for January

Quilting & Learning - What a Combo!

I am also collecting the specific posts for this quilt along on my "A Quilters Cove" page.  This can be a resource to look back on our works.  If you would like any of your direct links shared on this page, please email me and I will be so happy to include it in our listing.  This page will also have links to the linky parties.

                                             Scrapbox Quilts: A Quilters Cove QAL

Just an F.Y.I. ..Soscrappy has announced the color for February .... medium & dark greens.  Of course you can expand on your color options.  I know I will be doing that.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 1-30-2026

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Gallery - The Questioning Quilter

the Queen of disappearing blocks

Free quilt pattern: Rise and Shine - APQS

simply modern quilt

Anne & Will

easy stippy

PATTERNS & TUTORIALS | Aunt Henri

elegant placemats, fancy tea cozy & more

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Placemat Challenge 26-01

 I have a difficult time resisting small challenges; okay some big challenges too.  Connie at Freemotion By The River is hosting a monthly color challenge.  She announces a color and offers directions for a block.  You are open to make anything with your color; large, small, finished or not.  You can share your creation in the linky party anytime during the month.

I decided to challenge myself with making placemats for gifting this year.  Those quick finishes are satisfying for motivation.  I've started with a placemat in shades of aqua which just happens to be near the top of my 10 favorite colors list!

Methods for making placemats should not need so much tweeking in my advanced quilting stage of life, but alas, it seems sometimes still necessary. I am not accustomed to making single fold binding.  It should have been cut 1/4 inch wider and so it did not turn out perfectly.  I will probably still free motion quilt in the area around the sailboat when the machine is set up for it.

In the meantime, this placemat is 12 x 18.

and here is the back ................ a leftover piece from some wideback yardage I had. 

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

2026 SAHRR - Round 1

 When  Brenda announced the criteria for Round 1 of the 2026 Stay At Home Round Robin, I jumped right into EQ for design help.  I made some adjustments and quickly settled on a plan and promptly got to work cutting the units so I could sew it together at our group sew day yesterday.

It came together pretty well and I am happy with the progress,..... so far. I used 4 inch finished blocks. My piece now measures 24 inches square.  I still need to put a nice blanket stitch on that center applique.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 1-23-2026

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Favorite Quilting and Sewing Links

grab your pot or keg of your favorite beverage to view

this extensive host of quilting links 

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Lil Bear Hug 26-01

The lil bear hug mission continues this year, initiated by Mary of Heartstrings aka Little Quilt Project – HeartStrings Quilt Project.

 While continuing to work out of the blue scrap bin, I found some sets of potato chip shapes sewn into pairs.  I stitched them together for the center, then added leftover pieces to bring it to size - 19-1/2 by 21-1/2.   I did walking foot quilting in a diagonal grid using Omni mint green thread in the top and bobbin.  The backing and binding is also from scrap pieces.

I have been giving attention to several WIPs this week but needed to treat myself to a real finish, so the lil bear hug project is now started for another new year.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.