For the SAHRR ’24, I used Island Batik fabrics: a 10″ stack of Limerick in addition to “Teal”, “Egg Shell” and “Cherio-Iris.” For more information on a SAHRR, see THIS POST.
Here is my finished SAHRR … all quilted and bound.
Quilt Stats:
- Size: 56″ x 72″
- Fabric: Island Batik
- Hobbs Batting: Heirloom 80/20
You can read about the progress of my SAHRR on these POSTS:
And close ups of the quilting and you can see that I quilted right over the labels:
- 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
- January 29: 2nd Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
- February 5: 3rd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
- February 12: 4th Round: Brenda @ Songbird Designs. Visit Songbird Designs to link up
- February 19: 5th Round: Gail @ 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.
Stella, Regina, Heather F., Rosie, Kathy R., Jacomina, Kathleen, Judy B., Robin B.
Link Party
Link your SAHRR (finished or flimsy) at the linky party. This will be open until March 24 at 11 PM (Pacific Time). After that, the hosts and I will be choosing the winners. Don’t forget to link up!
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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This was such a fun quilt along. Thank you for putting this together again this year. I hope you decide to do it again next year.
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Thanks, Kate! I’m glad that you enjoyed it!! We are meeting later this week to draw the prize winners and will likely be discussing next year’s potential SAHRR!
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Well done with this fun SAHRR 2024 version! I love watching the finished projects, and how everyone made her quilt using the prompts 😉
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Thanks, Frédérique! I’m always amazed at how different each one turns out!
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Fabulous outcome, Gail and friends!!
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I know … I think each one is great!
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Thank you for all the fun, Gail! Your SAHRR turned out beautifully and I’m loving seeing all the other pretty finishes, too. I really enjoyed participating again this year!
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You’re welcome, Diann! It is a lot of fun to see everyone’s creativity coming to life!
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I’ve enjoyed your quilty progress, and love how your swirly quilting stands out on your background. Thank you so much for hosting this SAHRR, bringing together so many quilters and unique quilts, and sharing the work of quilters who don’t have blogs or websites. It’s been a blast!
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Thanks, Janine!!! You’ve made my heart smile! I know that myself & the other blogging hosts have enjoyed it as well!!
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Gail your quilt turned out just fabulous. Thank you for hosting such a fun activity that makes my brain work, and lessens (some) of my stash and scraps!
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Thanks, Sandra! It does make one think … sometimes harder than we want!! And yes, the stash decreases a bit! (Although, you’d never know it!)
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Your quilt is beautiful. I’ve really enjoyed seeing it grow. Thank you very much for hosting 🙂
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Thanks, Janine! The SAHRR is a LOT of fun and I really enjoy seeing the variety of quilts that are made!
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Beautiful finish, Gail! I like that you just quilted right over the labels! Great idea!! Thanks for hosting and allowing me to co-host this year! It was a fun time!
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Thanks, Brenda! It’s great having you along and part of the SAHRR team!
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Your SAHRR is beautiful. Thank you for hosting this quilt-along. I’m amazed at the creativity I’m seeing in the parade again this year.
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Thanks, Sara!! The SAHRR certainly gets everyone’s creative juices flowing. I’m amazed as well!!
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Thanks for the SAHRR and congratulations on a stunning quilt. I know your friends will love this gorgeous quilt. The choices through the process were spot on. Thanks for sharing the other SAHRR folks too. They all did a great job.
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Thanks, Kathleen!!! I think that Every. Single. SAHRR. Quilt. is totally amazing! So many wonderful and beautiful quilts! Love it!
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What a stunner! It is a beauty for sure and so nice to be completed!
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Thank you very much! It was fun to make and I really enjoyed quilting it!
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WOW. That is such a fun idea. Block of the Months has become uninteresting right now but this could be a great game change and scrap buster. Think this could be just what I needed to see.
Thank you for sharing
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Oh thanks, Charlene!! We’ve been doing this for several years now and it’s always a lot of fun with so much variation! I find it amazing! Happy Quilting!
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Wow – so many pretty finishes! They all look great!
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I know!!! I’m totally amazed with the variety of finishes!!!
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Beautiful finish Gail. This has been a great party.
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Thank you, Lynn! It’s been great having you with us for this amazing journey!
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