Monday, January 29, 2024

2024 Stay at Home Round Robin - Round 2

We've moving along with the Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR) hosted by Gail @ Quilting Gail.

I chose the round 2 theme -- use 2 colours.  Using only 2 colours, you can do whatever you want for this round.

I combined Kona Nightfall with Torch to make a simple 4-inch finished border with cornerstone blocks.


This now measures 24.5 inches.

Make sure you link up your round 2 below before Sunday night to be entered in the prize giveaway.

Schedule:

In order to qualify for prizes from our sponsors, we need to know who you are and how to contact you.  We also need to know where you live, so please put your name and country in the Caption line (see below) when you link up.  It is best to link up with a blog or Instagram post so we'll have your e-mail address.  If you do not have either, you can send me a photo of your round, and I will add it to the link up for you and enter you into the draw.  You can e-mail me at anjaclyke [at] gmail [dot] com.


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Project Quilting 15.2 - Sky Colour

I'm cutting it close to the deadline for Project Quilting -- hosted by Kim @ Persimon Dreams and Trish @ Quilt Chicken.

The second theme was:  Sky Colour.  We had to exclude or use less than 10% of the usual blue.  I created a 6-inch mini sunset using my scraps.


I practiced some free-motion quilting.


This is a busy time at work, so I think I will try to make minis for the remaining four challenges and practice my free-motion quilting skills.


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Monday, January 22, 2024

2024 Stay a Home Round Robin - Round 1

Did you get your centre block made?  It's time for round 1 for the Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR) hosted by Gail @ Quilting Gail.

Round 1 was chosen by Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life - signature block.

I continued with Kona Torch and White and made 4-inch finished paper pieced signature blocks.


I struggled a little, as I often do with paper piecing.


This now measures 16.5 inches.


Make sure you link up your round 1 with Wendy before Sunday night to be entered in the prize giveaway.


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Monday, January 15, 2024

2024 Stay at Home Round Robin - Centre Block

It's the first day of the Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR) hosted by Gail @ Quilting Gail.

It's time to get your centre block ready.  You can use an orphan block, or make a new block.  You'll want to think about the size of your finished quilt and whether you want a specific colour scheme or a scrappy quilt.

I used Kona Torch and White to make an 8-inch finished square-in-square block.  It's paper pieced to ensure accuracy so I don't lose the points when adding next week's round.


Make sure you link up your centre block with Gail before Sunday night to be entered in the prize giveaway.

In order to qualify for prizes from our sponsors, we need to know who you are and how to contact you.  We also need to know where you live, so please put your name and country in the Caption line (see below) when you link up.  It is best to link up with a blog or Instagram post so we'll have your e-mail address.  If you do not have either, you can send me a photo of your round each week, and I will add it to the link up for you and enter you into the draw.  You can e-mail me at anjaclyke [at] gmail [dot] com.



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Sunday, January 14, 2024

Project Quilting 15.1 - Bird House

It's time for Project Quilting -- hosted by Kim @ Persimon Dreams and Trish @ Quilt Chicken.

It's season 15 for Project Quilting -- six themed challenges over 12 weeks.  The theme is announced at 12:00 noon on Sunday, and you have until 12:00 noon the following Sunday to link up a project that you made during the week.

The first theme is:  Bird House.  I had a busy week, so decided to make a small mug rug.  This is a log cabin-ish bird house using Kona scraps.


I decided to practice a few free-motion quilting motifs.


I tried to quilt a bird.  Sufficed to say, more practice is required.  😂



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Friday, January 5, 2024

2024 Stay at Home Round Robin

It's time for Quilting Gail's annual Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR).  Gail explains:
This is a common activity in many quilt guilds. A round robin (in quilting terms) is where each person makes a centre block. This block is put in a bag or container, maybe with extra fabric, perhaps with a notebook, and the bag is passed onto another quilter in the group. They are given instructions as to what kind of border (or round) they are to add on to the quilt. Sometimes the next person will make a border for each side, or one side or two sides of the block. It’s then passed on to another quilter and it continues on … when the quilt centre and all the borders are completed, it is returned to the original maker of the centre block.



For SAHRR, there is no passing of your project to other people -- you do all your own sewing.  Each week, there will be a theme for the round, and you choose how to interpret and implement that theme.

Schedule:

Sponsors - Every time you link up, you will receive one entry to win one of these fabulous prizes:
 
If you want to sew along with us, start thinking about your centre block.  It could be an orphan block, or a new block that you make.  Each week, you can visit all six bloggers to see how we've interpreted the theme.

See you on the 15th.

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

2024 Monthly Colour Challenge - January Block

Jen @ Patterns by Jen is hosting her annual Monthly Colour Challenge.  If you would like to sew along, you can download January's block here.  Don't forget to sign up to receive the monthly blocks by e-mail so you don't miss any blocks.

January's colour is green, and I used Kona Balsam and Cypress.  The square-in-square unit is pieced a bit larger so it can be trimmed down to the right size.


And then some flying geese units made four at a time, also pieced a little larger to allow for trimming.


And the completed 12-inch block.


The featured blogger for January is:




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