For the SAHRR ’24, I am using Island Batik fabrics: a 10″ stack of Limerick in addition to “Teal”, “Egg Shell” and “Cherio-Iris.”
Round #2 is hosted by Anja @ Anja Quilts. Anja chose “2 colours.” That’s correct, 2 colours. You can choose any 2 colours you want, make whatever blocks you want. The choice is totally yours!
I chose to make piano keys using teal and purple. The teal and the white/teal are from Limerick, the purple is a blender called “Cherio-Iris.” (I don’t consider white a colour! LOL!!!)
The piano keys were cut 2″ x 5″ and finish at 1 1/2” x 4 1/2” in the quilt. The piano keys on the sides were about 1/2” too long, so I made 3 of the seams about 1/8” thicker and then it fit like a dream.
Here is the 2nd Round. It finishes at 36″ x 40″.
- January 15: I hosted the first linky party and you can see them all HERE.
- January 22: 1st Round: Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
Today’s Round (#2) is hosted by Anja @ Anja Quilts
- February 5: 3rd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
- February 12: 4th Round: Brenda @ Songbird Designs
- February 19: 5th Round: ME!!! @ Quilting Gail
- February 26: 6th Round: Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
- March 18: Parade: showing all of your finished SAHRRs!
Other Participants
These are the SAHRR in progress by those who do not blog or have IG. The images must be sent to me by midnight on Saturday to make it into my blog post.
Kathy P (first block), Heather F, Jacomina, Kathy R, Robin, Judy B., Regina #1 original, Regina #2 alternative, Rosie in Oregon, Donna R #1, Donna R #2, Donna R #3.
And Kathy P sent me her finished quilt from last year’s SAHRR.
We have Sponsors!
We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2024!!! We will keep track of all of the participants that link to our Linky parties each week. We will make a list and use a random number generator to choose the winners for each prize! So, if you link up to 3 Linky parties, you will have 3 opportunities to win!
- Island Batik: 3 fat quarter bundles
- Hobbs batting: Wool Batt
- Quiltery: For the Love of Geese: A pattern of winner’s choice
- Aurifil Thread:
- Prairie Spirit Alpacas 12″ x 18″ Alpaca /Wool pressing mat
- Oliso: Pro Plus Auto Lift Iron
- Fat Quarter Shop $25 gift certificate and 2 charm packs of winner’s choice
- Zipper Valley: $20 gift certificate
- and MORE!!!!
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Quilting Gail 
I love the rail fence blocks! The colors are prefect!
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Thanks, Emily!!! I love how the teals and purples just went together!
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Looking good! I will have to file away that tip that piano keys make it possible to fudge measurements to get the right fit.
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LOL!!! Oh, I’m the queen of fudge … most of the time!
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thanks for sharing the pics Gail – I was having a hard time deciding what to do as my centre is a smallish block….now I have some new ideas and will share my picture soon!
stella
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Small is OK, Stella … it can always become bigger! or not!!! Lots of ideas – everyone does it differently!!! I look forward to seeing what you create!
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Brilliant! I love the addition of this border. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
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Thank you very much, Roseanne! HUGS!!!
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Those piano keys were a good choice for this round. They look great 🙂
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Thanks, Janine! I find piano keys easy and fun to do!
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I love the piano keys and that you had 3, like me. It is funny how our brains work – and that it seems to vary on any given day!
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LOL!!! It always changes!
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It’s so much fun to see your design unfold! Love the work!
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Thank you!! I love how all of the SAHRRs are different and unique!
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I like your keyboard border addition. I’ve consulted with Grad Girl and have my plan for border two. This week’s will definitely be easier than last! It’s been fun to see how everyone tackles the weekly prompt.
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Thank you!! Everyone has a different take on the border! It’s so much fun to see!
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Good choice on the border! Those IB fabrics are so pretty!
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Thank you!!! As you know, I adore IB fabrics!
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Wow, what a flexible challenge. That almost makes it too hard! Too many options. Gail, thanks for sharing the work of folks without blog pages.
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Hi Laura Kate! We want to make it fun for everyone … that includes doing it YOUR way!!! LOL!!!
I really enjoy sharing non-blogger’s work! It’s always fun to see all the different quilts grow week by week!
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