SAHRR and diamonds

 This weeks round for the SAHRR is diamonds chosen by Emily from The Darling Dogwood. As I mentioned in my last post, diamonds are tricky so I ordered a ruler. It came this afternoon so I was able to work some magic on my block! Here is my block after adding this round. 

I am pleased as to how this turned out although not perfect my any means. I will link to the Linky Party @ The Darling Dogwood.

In my last post, I also mentioned that I was waiting on fabric for a baby quilt for my granddaughter due in May and fabric for the backing of a wedding quilt I've been working on. Both of those arrived yesterday! So the unexpected free time is now filled with projects! Stay tuned!

Filler sewing

 I'm at a place where I have time to spare while I wait on a few things. 

I'm working on a wedding quilt (sneak peek in last post) and the flimsy is done but I need to get backing fabric. 

I am also waiting on a fabric order to start the quilt my daughter picked for our granddaughter (due in May)!

The SAHRR for this week is diamonds and after doing much research on making diamonds and doing some practice, I decided to order a ruler. I don't order specialty rulers very often but diamonds are tricky. I remember when I made a Storm at Sea quilt (when I was a fairly new quilter...what was I thinking?) and how difficult it was. 

So I'm waiting on an Amazon delivery.

I'm waiting on the new color announcement for February's RSC and the next steps for the Macaron Mystery QAL both next week!

My grandson, his mom and dad came down with Covid so I also couldn't babysit and had those days free too (not a bad problem to have but I did miss him)! 

Magnus likes to race cars on my coffee table and we would often use my pumpkin or my snowflake table topper as our racetrack. But after I put away the seasonal toppers, he wanted something to race on. So I made this topper for racing while he was recovering. 

Yesterday, I had him for the first time in about 10 days. He loved it!

Another idea I have been thinking about for quite some time is a 

small hanging to go with my snowmen collection. For years I 

collected snowmen and I still put out some of them each Christmas 

and keep them up through the winter. 

I made this yesterday during nap time. I finished it last night with the quilting 

and binding.

Still had some time so I joined Stash Buster Challenge on Facebook. The challenge is to make 52 blocks. Here are my first 4 blocks. 

Having too much time can be a bit dangerous! Hopefully I will be able to keep up with this challenge once everything comes in. 

Linking with Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts, NTT @ My Quilt Infatuation, Friday Foto Fun @Powered by Quilting, Brag about your Beauties @From Bolt to Beauty, and Off The Wall Friday @Crations Quilts and Art.

SAHRR Week ~ Round 1 and other things

Monday began Round 1 of SAHRR for 2022! 

Anja's choice to start this year is..the curved-block. Now I don't do much curved piecing so I hemmed and hawed about what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to try to keep each round to no more than 3". My original thought would have needed a filler border to make the size work out. I scraped that idea but I had already added the borders. My final decision was to just add a drunkard's path block to each corner. To make it more interesting, I pieced the bars between each corner in opposite colors from the drunkard's path block. This round nicely frames the original block.

I'm linking to Anja Quilts.

I also finished 2 blocks for the January/February block drive. Kat choice of blocks for the beginning of the year is a string block. We are using the pattern from 2019. They will be in the mail soon.

I have been working on another quilt but I can't say much about it yet. I will leave you with a sneak peek. 

 

SAHRR2022 Center Block

 Last year I participated in the SAHRR (Stay at Home Round Robin) challenge hosted by Quilting Gail. Seeing that COVID is not over yet, the round robin will once again be conducted at home. 

Each week starting next Monday, one of 6 quilting friends will announce the round. Last year we did piano keys, plus, flying geese, checkerboard, wonky stars, and log cabin blocks. After the announcement, it is up to you how you add the round to your quilt. 

Last year was the first time that I participated in a round robin and it was fun seeing how different everyone's turned out. 

This year I will use an orphaned block for my center square. 

I don't even remember when or why I made this quilt block but I found it in a basket in my sewing room. (I generally don't have many orphaned blocks around.)

I still have scraps from these fabrics, and I pulled other coordinating scrap from my stash. Let's see how this goes this year! 

Here is the line-up:

• 1st Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
• 2nd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
• 3rd Round: Roseanne & Sue @ Home Sewn by Us
• 4th Round: Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
• 5th Round ME!!! @ Quilting Gail 
• 6th Round: Chris @ Chrisknitssews

                                                                                                                Stay tuned to see how this year's SAHRR goes! 

Linking up to Linky Party for center blocks.

First Finish of 2022

 I finished my 2nd RSC quilt from 2021 ~ Wonky Shoo Fly! It turned out even better than I expected! A few nights ago, I finally sat down to bind the quilt and finish up with hand stitching. 

The last stitch went in last night, then it made its way to the washer and dryer. Here it is in all its crinkly goodness!

Today I took some time out in the snow for a photo shoot of Wonky Shoo Fly!

Wonky Shoo Fly was made following along with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge throughout 2021! I added one additional color, peach, so that I had 11 colors.

Angela, from So Scrappy and the host of RSC, posted a tutorial on the wonky shoo fly block. I choose to do it as one of my blocks for 2021. 

The block size is 6" and I made 10 blocks each month. 

To make the finished quilt a bit larger, I made 6" strips 

of wonky piano keys to match the adjacent color block. 

I also added another border of the scrappy cream color I 

used in the top. I am very pleased on how it turned out. 

All the scraps in the top are from my scrap bins. The backing is a new purchase.

The binding is also from my stash - navy and cream check. 

(You can see it better in the first picture)

This quilt finished size is approx. 67" x 72"

And now it is 2022, a new year and new a RSC. January's color is red! I choose this block, Hang Ten, a free pattern on Happy Quilting. 

As I was making this block (it is 15"), I realized that I would get 8 bonus HST that I could use for another block. With a few additional squares, I made these 2 blocks. Easy Peasy!

Each block is 4"  x 8"

I also made this block that I found on flickr years ago. 

I have lots of gray scraps, so I'm doing the background in gray! This block is 11".

I'm linking to Scrap Happy Saturday, Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts, and Friday Foto Fun

As the new year begins, the old year ends! Not sorry to say goodbye to 2021 but I did complete a year of monthly calendar journals! Here is my December calendar!

Have fun, stay warm and safe!