SAHRR Round 5

I know I said I wasn't going to post my SAHRR update until Friday but construction has ended and now cleaning begins. I didn't want to fall behind on this fun event so I worked ahead of my own schedule.

This is the next to last border for the Stay At Home Round Robin project. I was so excited when this week’s prompt from Brenda at Songbird Designs was some version of a log cabin block.  Log cabin blocks are one of my favorites to make.

I decided to make quarter log cabin blocks and place them at the corners of my little quilt. Depending on what next week’s prompt is, I may have to make more. There will likely be another coping border made with the red fabric.

Since my blocks measure 3 ½” unfinished, I pressed my seams open. For some reason, my tiny blocks are more accurate when I do this.

The last log cabin quilt I made was a gift to my Mama for her 80^th birthday in 2023. She is still enjoying it today.

I'm linking up at Brenda's for this week's SAHRR assignment.

Have a great weekend!

Witching Hour Wednesday – SAL Progress

In case you’ve missed them, here are links to previous posts about the Witching Hour Stitch Along (SAL).

November 1st - Kickoff
November 6th - A, B, C
November 20th - D, E, F
December 4th - G, H, I
December 18th - J, K, L
January 1st - M, N, O
January 15th - P, Q, R
February 5th - S, T, U

This week's assignment was completing letters V, W and X. Six of us submitted the progress photos below.

Connie

Lisa

Lynne

Margaret

Tara

And finally, my progress.

I’ve enjoyed seeing the different fabrics and threads that everyone selected for this project.

The final assignment is due Saturday, March 1^st. There will be a prize drawing during Gary and Ronny’s stitching zoom on Sunday, March 2^nd. Everyone who finished the SAL will be entered to win a gift certificate to GaRonStitchery.

I'll be back on Friday to share my SAHRR blocks for round 5.

See you then 😀

SAHRR Round 4

Happy Sunday, friends.

Late post but I finished before the deadline.

I’m enjoying the Stay At Home Round Robin hosted by Gail. The latest prompt came to us from Wendy at Pieceful Thoughts.

Wendy challenged us with a Sliced Square with an Insert block. I didn’t follow a pattern but made mine from Wendy’s description.  It was simple and fun.

I combined this block with the Friendship Star from round 3 and created this…

Please excuse the shadow. This photo was taken late at night :(

Round 5 will be revealed tomorrow, and I look forward to seeing what Brenda has for us.

We are still living in a construction zone. Hope they finish the floor next week and we can get back to normal around here.

Enjoy your day 😊

SAHRR Round 3

This week’s Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) prompt was given to us from Gail at Quilting Gail.

We are to incorporate any star block into our next border. She decided to go with the Friendship Star for her project.

The Friendship Star is one of my favorite stars to make, so that was my choice also.  Well, sort of.

I am trying to keep my SAHRR project a wall hanging size. In an effort to do so, I am going to combine border prompts when I can. For instance, I combined round 1’s King’s Crown blocks with round 2’s half-square triangles.  This may not always work. I will take it one week at a time.

You can visit the Linky Party on Gail’s blog to see what everyone else is doing. There are some very different and interesting quilts in the works.

 

Our next prompt releases on Monday and comes from Wendy at Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life. I look forward to seeing what she comes up with.

 

Enjoy the weekend!!

 

 

Witching Hour Wednesday – SAL Progress

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Witching Hour Wednesday. I’m here to share progress photos from six lovely stitchers. The assignment was to complete the letters S, T and U of the cross stitch pattern Witching Hour by Keslyns.  

This week’s eye candy comes from…

Connie

Lisa 

Lynne

Margaret

Sandi

Tara

And finally, this is my progress.

We are getting close to the end.

 

I’ll be back Friday for a Stay At Home Round update. This week’s prompt is “stars” so there are a lot of possibilities.

 

See you then!

 

January Stats and a Big Finish

Happy Monday, Friends!

I hope you had a great weekend. 

I was just beginning to get over a head cold when the construction began on our upstairs floors and the dust took over...

 

The construction story will have to wait.

 

In January, I stitched 7,088 stitches on two projects. Slacking, I know, but between being sick and the construction, it was the best I could do.

 

Of the 7,088 stitches, I started and finished the English Rose Sampler, which I shared about previously.

The remainder of those stitches were part of the Witching Hour SAL which I will share with you on Wednesday. The Witching Hour Wednesday posts were delayed a week because Gary and Ronny needed to push their zooms back a week and I prefer to keep the SAL assignments the same as the zoom dates.

The big finish is Olga’s Autumn Stocking

The stitch along was to begin December 1, 2023 and end December 1, 2024.

 

Olga’s Autumn Stocking

Started: 12/1/23

Finished: 9/4/24

Fabric: 36 count linen by R&R Reproductions in the color Winter Brew

Floss: All the called-for Gentle Art and Weeks Dye Works threads

I had a very specific idea in mind for the final finish and knew I wouldn't be able to do it myself. I reached out to someone who would be able to help. Vonna at The Twisthed Stitcher is amazing. She listened to what I wanted and said she could do it.  She did!

This will be displayed year-round...once my house is back in order.

See you on Wednesday for the Witching Hour Update.

 

 

SAHRR – Week 3

 This is the third week of Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR), which is actually the second round of borders. This week’s prompt comes from Anja of Anja Quilts. She challenged us with half-square triangles.

I added Anja’s HSTs to Kathleen’s King’s Crown blocks from last week.

I’m pleased with the result and look forward to next week’s challenge.

Visit Anja's blog to see everyone else's round two progress.

I have a special cross stitch finish which I’ll share on Monday.  In the meantime, have a great weekend!