Round #2 for the 2026 SAHRR

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Did you see all the Round #1s from last week’s Link Party? You can see them at Songbird Designs.

This week is Round #2. Kathleen says: Make it a Double!  It is week 2 and I challenge you to use a  double block.  Here are a few examples:   

  • Double Z
  • Double 4 patch
  • Double Irish Chain
  • Double Cross
  • Double Hour Glass
  • Double Pinwheel
  • Double Wedding Ring (that would be ambitious) 
  • Double Wrench 
  • Double X

I wasn’t inspired by any of the Double blocks. I find this unusual as usually I am able to find something that works. I went to Quilt Blocks Galore for more inspiration. As I went through the list of “double” blocks, Nothing was saying “do this.”

And then … I was wandering around the Internet and came across Jenny Doan’s “Double Churn Dash” quilt. Now, I’m not about to make a whole quilt, but it inspired me to use 2 of the fabrics from the Radiant Burst collection and frame Round #1 with a Double Churn Dash. Yes, I know that a Churn Dash is basically the same as a “Wrench” block … but I’m also a bit of a rebel!

This is my finished Round #2 … This block is now 22 1/2” x 26 1/2“.

How I made this double Churn Dash: The strips of red, blue and neutral were all cut at 1 1/2” and the half-square triangles were cut at 21/2“, and will finish at 2” in the quilt.

Be sure to link up your round #2 on Kathleen’s blog: Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing

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:  1st Round:    Brenda @ Songbird Designs
  • January 28:  2nd Round: Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
  • February 4: 3rd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
  • February 11: 4th Round:   Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
  • February 18: 5th Round:  ME!!! @ Quilting Gail 
  • February 25: 6th 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!

Other’s Progress

If you want me to put your picture on my blog, the deadline is Monday noon (Pacific Time).

Here’s Gail H’s Round #1

Robin’s

Fauntie’s

Donna’s

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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  10. Hi Gail, that’s an excellent idea. It looks like a double border…but it isn’t! Very cool and rebellious! Thanks for linking up to I Quilted this!

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