SAHRR – Center Block

For those not familiar with the acronym, SAHRR, it means Stay At Home Round Robin. From what I understand, this fun idea came from Gail at Qulting Gail. It started in 2020 when it was deemed unsafe to pass around (round robin) a quilt for people to add to over time. You stay at home, follow weekly prompts given by the SAHRR hosts and add a border each week to your project.

Our prompt the first week is to select a center block. This can be a new block, an orphan block or, in my case, an embroidered piece from years ago. I was inspired by Diann at Little Penguin Quilts. She has used embroidered blocks for SAHRR a few times and her recent post reminded me of one I have in the “unfinished” projects box.

 

This is Bells & Bows, designed by Kaaren Johston. Kaaren used to blog at The Painted Quilt. The blog is still available to read but Kaaren stopped posting in 2016. She leaves the blog active so that followers can have access to her many free patterns.

 

I stitched this a while ago but wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. Kaaren’s pattern provided instructions to finish it into a little quilt. That is what will happen with SAHRR, the borders will just be a surprise each week.

I stitched this using the called-for variegated DMC 115.

I haven’t pulled fabrics for the borders just yet, but I do have something in mind.

This weekend is Friday Night Sew-In (FNSI), hosted by Wendy at Sugarlane Designs. I purchased sashing fabric for the Dad t-shirt quilt a couple of weeks ago. It has been washed, dried, and is ready for starching. I’ll cut the blocks and attach sashing Friday night.

Have a great weekend, my friends.

See you soon!