Did you see all the Centre Blocks from last week’s Link Party? You can see them HERE.

This week is Round #1. Brenda chose this round and here’s what she had to say: Traditional hourglass block using HSTs OR Super Easy Hourglass block with Jenny Doan’s technique using four patch blocks. You can find her video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK8vOFzYzwM. Make them any size you like to fit your plan for your SAHRR. Visit Brenda’s blog for more details: Brenda @ Songbird Designs

I hadn’t tried Jenny Doan’s technique and thought I’d give it a whirl. I cut my squares at 3″, made my 4 patches and carried on. The Hourglass blocks finished at 3 1/2″. I wasn’t sure that I liked just 4 blocks, so I made a second set, giving me 8 blocks.

This is my finished Round #1 … This block is now 13 ¹/₂” x 17 ¹/₂“.

Be sure to link up your round #1 on Brenda’s blog: Brenda @ Songbird Designs

The fabric I am using for this years SAHRR is Lumin Fabrics (Island Batik) “Radiant Burst” by Jerry Khiev, along with the Egg White neutral and solid white.

The Schedule

• January 14   Each of the co-leaders will be sharing their centre blocks (you will have to visit each of their blogs to see them). I will host the first linky party where you can show your centre block.
• January 21:  1^st Round:    Brenda @ Songbird Designs
• January 28:  2^nd Round: Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
• February 4: 3^rd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
• February 11: 4^th Round:   Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
• February 18: 5^th Round:  ME!!! @ Quilting Gail 
• February 25: 6^th Round:  Anja @ Anja Quilts
• March 25:   Parade: showing all of your finished SAHRRs!

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2026!!! (That means prizes for YOU!!!). 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! If you don’t have a blog or Instagram account, contact me, or one of the other co-hosts, and we will post your SAHRR on our blog. This way you still have an opportunity to win!

• Lumin Fabrics (Island Batik) – 3 Fat Quarter Bundles: Playful Posies, Geometric Symphony and Paradise Palms
• Hobbs Batting: wool batt
• Sew Fresh Quilts: 3 patterns
• Aurifil Thread
• Oliso mini Iron, mat and carrying case
• Fat Quarter Shop: Gift certificate and 2 charm packs
• Devoted Quilter: 2 patterns
• Songbird Designs: 1 pdf pattern
• Grace & Piece Co: t-shirt
• Quilter’s Dream: 8 assorted batts
• Crafty Quilter: 2 patterns

Other’s Progress

Here’s Sue’s: she says, “I decided to go sweet and simple and make floral borders”

Here’s Robin’s pretty block:

And Donna R’s … and she’s in the midst of binding a previous SAHRR!!

And Rosie’s red white & blue

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail