SoScrappy Saturday 1.31.2026

Today is the fifth Saturday of January of the color blue. I still have 1/4 Log Cabin blocks on my mind so I made a few Meals on Wheels place mats. To achieve the 12.5 and 15.5 inch size the local Meals on Wheels wants...I did an uneven number of rounds.

pattern: 1/4 Log Cabin

                    *snowflakes cut at 6.5 inch squares and each round is 3.5 inches cut 

                       wide length to match. Well...y'all 'know' how to make log cabin 

                       blocks, right?

Sharing today with SoScrappy Saturday.

Finish or NOT Friday 1.30.2026

I finished my second 1/4 Log Cabin quilt. This time I did the setting in more of a 'ring' fashion...if you can call squares...rings? I like this setting the best so far!

pattern: 1/4 Log Cabin and my 'cheat sheet'

panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

SAHRR : Border 2: 1.29.2026

Prompt #2 was released yesterday for the SAHRR. Our hostess for this round is Kathleen McMusing. Kathleen chose 'Make it Double'. Any border element that deals with 2. I did a quick Google Search and found Double Arrow in Piece and Quilt's blog. I printed out the picture and changed the sizes so that the block is 12.5 inches unfinished. I DID make a 6.5 inch (unfinished) hourglass from the technique I learned last week. :)

Here are my four Double Arrow blocks.

Here they are all sewn into a row!

pattern: Double Arrow from Piece and Quilt blog, with a few variations.

Sharing today with Kathleen McMusing's Prompt #2 for SAHRR 2026.

WIP Wednesday 1.28.2026

okay...I've got the second 1/4 Log Cabin pieced into a top. Once again, I used pink as my inner/stop border.

pattern: 1/4 Log Cabin. I wrote a 'cheat sheet' about 20 years ago that I still

                refer to as I piece my blocks.

Sharing today with The Inquiring Quilter's Wait Loss Wednesday.

Design Wall Monday 1.26.2026

 Happy Birthday to the State of Michigan!

189 years young!

Remember this second set of 1/4 Log Cabin blocks?

I have them on the design wall and I arrange them in (loosely) rings. If you look close, you can 'see' some have 4 blues together in the middle, followed by gray and then blues in the outer. Half the blocks are gray (middle), blue then gray in the outer.

pattern: 1/4 log cabin. I wrote a 'cheat sheet' in the late 2000's that I still

                refer to today as I assemble this block.

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SoScrappy Saturday 1.24.2026

Today is the fourth Saturday of January of the color blue. For this week's project, I decided to make rail fence blocks. I chose the same blue for the outer rail and a light gray for the middle. Hummmm...not exactly the look I was hoping for...

pattern: Rail fence, public domain

                I cut strips at 2.5 inches, sewed along long edge then subcut at 6.5 

                    inches (unfinished).

I'm going to pair the rail fence blocks with my novelties for a child's charity quilt, something along this idea. I have 'other' projects to complete, so this will wait. I should probably set aside the blue for binding...if I was smart, eh?

pattern: 6.5 inch (unfinished) novelty fabrics with 6.5 inch (unfinished) rail fence

                     blocks

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Finish or NOT Friday 1.23.2026

One or possibly two more hurdles to go...this one needs a label and possibly, a hanging sleeve. Kane's  Memory quilt.

This is the front:

Kane was a Detroit Lions fan and I had one 'Carhartt' sleeve. This is the back.

pattern inspiration: 

panto: serpentine

I also finished the first of two 1/4 Log Cabin quilts that I am presenting on Wednesday January 18, 2026.

pattern: I used my 'cheat sheet' that I wrote many years ago (with a few updates!)

panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

SAHRR : Round 1. 1.22.2026

 

The first round for the Stay At Home Round Robin was released on Wednesday. Brenda of Songbird Designs is hosting the first round. She picked hourglass as the block. She linked to Missouri Star Quilts tutorial on how to make hourglass blocks using 4 patches here. I followed the tutorial except that I started with 4 inch cut squares and trimmed my hourglass blocks to 4.5 inches square.  

Why?

Because I turned my hourglass blocks into Ohio Stars!

pattern: Ohio Stars, public domain.

Sharing today with Brenda at Songbird Designs: SAHRR Round 1.

WIP Wednesday 1.21.2026

I pieced together the inner portion of the 1/4 log cabin quilt.

I had a dilemma...do I leave it as at 54 x 72 or do I add borders? It's too large to donate to the MelonHeads and too small for the local Red Cross/Casual Quilters. I embraced all the floral and went with a pink inner and the snowflake outer (that has pink n it!) and ta-da...ready for backing, quilting and binding. It's now big enough for the local Red Cross (they wish for twin size quilts - it measures 64 x 80 before quilting).

To make the blocks, I followed this 'cheat sheet' I wrote many years ago.

Sharing today at The Inquiring Quilter's Wait Loss Wednesdsay.

Design Wall Monday 1.19.2026

I started to sew back the binding for the Memory Quilt. I like to spread the quilts out while I sew the binding back and the dining room table is the best spot. and yes, I do have a 4 foot Christmas tree I leave out all year and decorate for the 'other' holidays. Currently, it's pink for Valentine's Day!

I need to show a couple of different settings for the 1/4 log cabin block. I had shown the quilt in my 3.5 inch strip presentation and there is interest in a class. So I cut a whole heap of blues and grays. I have started to piece the blocks for two different settings.

Here are some of the blocks that I have completed.

I am also 'piling up' the second set of blocks.

I had written a 'cheat sheet' about 20 years ago and still use it, although I have updated the wording.

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.