Month: March 2026

Sunday Summary: March 22

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Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

  • January – February: 38 / 59
  • March: 22 / 22
  • Total: 60 / 80: 75%

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

  • Toni’s Garden – is a sew-a-long that started in January … It looks pretty, so I decided to join in! (check it out HERE). The first is fused and needs to be sewn down. Am deciding if I want to trapunto the flowers?
  • Patterns by Jen – 2026 Monthly Colour Challenge
  • Rainbow Scrap Challenge: Red for March

Quilting Projects:

  • Guild Baby Quilt Challenge
  • Bind Hospice quilt that is quilted.

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

No shopping so far this year! No finishes that I can show! So the main numbers do not change this week!

  • Fabric used this week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2026:     61.5 yards (46.5 yards from non-Island Batik)
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:   0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:            61.5 yards

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

March’s colour is RED . I have two 9 patch blocks using scraps of Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics) and a quilt using fabric from my stash.

Monthly Colour Challenge

I have participated in the monthly colour challenge with Patterns by Jen in past years. There was a break last year, but Jen is back with the monthly blocks this year. The theme is frogs … here is what Jen says about the theme: This year our color inspiration is coming from the amazing frog. I was a little concerned as I started researching frog colors that there wouldn’t be enough colors for the year, I mean, they are all green, right? 😉 Imagine my delight when I found frogs of (almost) every color of the rainbow, as well as a black frog that makes me want to take him home and love him.

Each month, the patterns are free, but when the month is over, there is a small fee to pay for the pattern. I got behind on sewing the blocks, but did download the patterns for the first 3 months this year. As with all my previous monthly colour challenges, I am using scraps of Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics). Here is my March block and the other blocks so far.

Did you know there were AQUA frogs?

This is a Sew-a-long by Red Boot Quilt Company. Here is the first block, fused, but not sewn. I am using Island Batik fabrics.

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

AMAZING!!! I was able to tick √   DONE. for every item on last week’s list!

To Do from last week:

  1. Finish quilting and binding Dancing Shadows Test Quilt for Songbird Designs. √   DONE.
  2. Work on Toni’s Garden – piece January block √   DONE.
  3. Piece March’s blocks: Jen’s Colour Challenge √   DONE.
  4. Work on Baby Challenge Quilt for Boundary Bay’s Quilt Show (theme is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) √   DONE.
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE.
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for this week:

  1. Finish binding and labeling a guild ‘Hospice’ quilt
  2. Work on Toni’s Garden – piece February block
  3. Quilt Baby Challenge Quilt for Boundary Bay’s Quilt Show (theme is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
  4. Start “Tilt-a-Whirl” test quilt for Songbird Designs
  5. Finish adding hanging sleeves to the ‘Featured Quilter’ quilts for the guild show.
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

SAHRR 2026

SAHRR 26

The SAHRR is almost finished for 2026. If you want to join in (better late than never!) the links are below. There will be a parade of all of the assembled quilts on March 25 at Kathleen McMusing‘s blog.

My SAHRR, top completed:

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Worldwide Quilting Day!

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Often, on Worldwide Quilting Day, I can be found hanging out quilts for the drivers-by and neighbours to see. But on this sunny Saturday, that isn’t happening. Instead, I’ll be going for a long walk and quilting my heart out!

Don’t Forget!

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary: March 15

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Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

  • January – February: 38 / 59
  • March: 15 / 15
  • Total: 53 / 73: 72%

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

  • Toni’s Garden – is a sew-a-long that started in January … It looks pretty, so I decided to join in! (check it out HERE). I’ve downloaded the first 3 clues and I’ve cut fabric for 2 of them …
  • Patterns by Jen – 2026 Monthly Colour Challenge
  • Rainbow Scrap Challenge: Red for March

Quilting Projects:

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

No shopping so far this year!

I posted 4 Clam-up bags (2 yards) and 1 quilt 3.5 yards this week! For a total of 5.5 yards

  • Fabric used this week: 5.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2026:     61.5 yards (46.5 yards from non-Island Batik)
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:   0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:            61.5 yards

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

March’s colour is RED . I have two 9 patch blocks using scraps of Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics) and a quilt using fabric from my stash.

Monthly Colour Challenge

I have participated in the monthly colour challenge with Patterns by Jen in past years. There was a break last year, but Jen is back with the monthly blocks this year. The theme is frogs … here is what Jen says about the theme: This year our color inspiration is coming from the amazing frog. I was a little concerned as I started researching frog colors that there wouldn’t be enough colors for the year, I mean, they are all green, right? 😉 Imagine my delight when I found frogs of (almost) every color of the rainbow, as well as a black frog that makes me want to take him home and love him.

Each month, the patterns are free, but when the month is over, there is a small fee to pay for the pattern. I got behind on sewing the blocks, but did download the patterns for the first 3 months this year. As with all my previous monthly colour challenges, I am using scraps of Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics). Here is my January block and February blocks:

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from last week:

  1. Sandwich and Quilt Songbird Designs Dancing Shadows in progress
  2. Work on Toni’s Garden – piece January block NOT DONE
  3. Piece February and March’s blocks: Jen’s Colour Challenge in progress
  4. Work on Baby Challenge Quilt for Boundary Bay’s Quilt Show (theme is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) in progress
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE.
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for this week:

I have my list, but I’m not going to stress about getting it done! There’s too much to get done in a week!

  1. Finish quilting and binding Dancing Shadows Test Quilt for Songbird Designs
  2. Work on Toni’s Garden – piece January block
  3. Piece March’s blocks: Jen’s Colour Challenge
  4. Work on Baby Challenge Quilt for Boundary Bay’s Quilt Show (theme is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

SAHRR 2026

SAHRR 26

The SAHRR is almost finished for 2026. If you want to join in (better late than never!) the links are below. There will be a parade of all of the assembled quilts on March 25 at Kathleen McMusing‘s blog.

My SAHRR, top completed:

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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TGIFF and a quick finish!

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This week, it’s my turn to host TGIFF!!! If you weren’t aware, Thank Goodness It’s FINISHED Friday is a Link Party for you to show off your lovely finishes each week. And since it’s a party, it’s good to socialize and visit others to see their finishes as well!

To be honest, it had slipped my mind that I was to host TGIFF this week. Yes, it was written on my calendar, but that doesn’t help when I don’t look at it! Anyhow, Anja, one of the managers, sent me a lovely email earlier in the week reminding me … SEW ….

The colour for March in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is Red. I had a disappearing 9 patch quilt in mind using some red fabric that I got from a Trend-Tex tour when Quilt Canada was in Vancouver … several years ago! And I had a hunk of white fabric hanging around …

It didn’t take long to cut enough 5″ red and white squares for 7 nine patches. It was quick work to sew them up together and then slice them up. When I put them on the design wall, I realized that I needed to make 2 outside rows of 2 1/2” red squares, separated by 2 1/2” x 5″ white rectangles to make the quilt symmetrical. Thankfully, I had enough of the red fabrics left over to make enough of the red squares. But, I had left one set of blocks on the cutting table, so I added them to the mix in order to make the quilt a better size for a baby quilt.

Then the quilt was webbed together and the borders on … This took most of one day to get the flimsy finished.

The next day, I sandwiched the quilt and quilted it with straight line quilting. The binding was added and Ta Da! the quilt was done! It even got a label for a donation to the baby quilt committee!

And a close up of the quilting:

Quilt Stats:

Link Party

And here is the Link for you to show us your FINISH this week:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

Don’t Forget!

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Lunar Glow Blog Hop

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Lunar Glow is a Signature collection by Jerry Khiev of Lumin Fabrics for Claudia of Create with Claudia. It’s an absolutely gorgeous collection!

Claudia sent me enough fabric to make 2 medium sized Clam-Up bags. However, I discovered that with some strategic cutting, I was able to cut out 4 bags: X-small, small, medium and large. The fabrics on the left and centre were intended for the outside of the bags, while the fabric on the left was for the lining.

These are the 3 fabrics I chose:

Aurifil #2600 (Dove grey) was used for the uneven straight line quilting and #2815 (Teal) was used for the construction.

Here’s a list of all the blog hoppers:

Their websites:

And Claudia is having a give-away … be sure to visit her and enter the give-away!!

Don’t Forget!

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary: March 8

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Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

  • January – February: 38 / 59
  • March: 8 / 8
  • Total: 46 / 66: 69%

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

  • Toni’s Garden – is a sew-a-long that started in January … It looks pretty, so I decided to join in! (check it out HERE). All I’ve done so far is download the patterns for the first 2 blocks … hopefully I’ll be able to show you my first block soon!
  • Patterns by Jen – 2026 Monthly Colour Challenge
  • Rainbow Scrap Challenge: Red for March

Quilting Projects:

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

No shopping so far this year!

The Magnificent Mystery used up 12.5 yards from my stash!!! I love using up my stash!

  • Fabric used this week: 12.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2026:     56 yards (43 yards from non-Island Batik)
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:   0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:             56 yards

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

March’s colour is RED . I have one 9 patch block sewn, using scraps of Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics):

Monthly Colour Challenge

I have participated in the monthly colour challenge with Patterns by Jen in past years. There was a break last year, but Jen is back with the monthly blocks this year. The theme is frogs … here is what Jen says about the theme: This year our color inspiration is coming from the amazing frog. I was a little concerned as I started researching frog colors that there wouldn’t be enough colors for the year, I mean, they are all green, right? 😉 Imagine my delight when I found frogs of (almost) every color of the rainbow, as well as a black frog that makes me want to take him home and love him.

Each month, the patterns are free, but when the month is over, there is a small fee to pay for the pattern. I got behind on sewing the blocks, but did download the patterns for the first 3 months this year. As with all my previous monthly colour challenges, I am using scraps of Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics). Here is my January block:

Meadow Mist: Magnificent Mystery

You can access all the clues at THIS BLOG POST. Here it is, all quilted and bound! I didn’t have much of the red/burgundy fabric left. The binding fabric was cut at 2″ and I had a total of 14″ left when it was finished! Yup, I was playing binding chicken! and I WON!!

And a close up of the quilting:

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 60″ x 72″
  • Block size: 12″
  • Fabric: from my stash … most of it was bought at Wild Rose (in Orting, WA) years before they closed.
  • Hobbs Batting: Heirloom 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread: 50 weight
    • Piecing: #2600 (Dove Grey)
    • Quilting: #2000 (light sand mako)
  • Silly Moon Rulers: Rocket, Beanie, and Charming
  • Schmetz Needles: Universal 80/12
  • Oliso Iron

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from last week:

  1. Quilt Magnificent Mystery √   DONE.
  2. Work on Songbird Designs Dancing Shadows
  3. Work on Toni’s Garden – piece January block NOT DONE
  4. Piece January, February and March’s blocks: Jen’s Colour Challenge in progress
  5. Work on Baby Challenge Quilt for Boundary Bay’s Quilt Show (theme is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) in progress
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE.
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for this week:

I have my list, but I’m not going to stress about getting it done! There’s too much to get done in a week!

  1. Sandwich and Quilt Songbird Designs Dancing Shadows
  2. Work on Toni’s Garden – piece January block
  3. Piece February and March’s blocks: Jen’s Colour Challenge
  4. Work on Baby Challenge Quilt for Boundary Bay’s Quilt Show (theme is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Blog Hop – has started!!

My day is on Wednesday, March 11!

The websites:

Claudia is having a give-away, so make sure you check in with her! Create with Claudia

SAHRR 2026

SAHRR 26

The SAHRR is almost finished for 2026. If you want to join in (better late than never!) the links are below. There will be a parade of all of the assembled quilts on March 25 at Kathleen McMusing‘s blog.

My SAHRR, top completed:

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Other’s Round #6 for the 2026 SAHRR

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This is my SAHRR ’26 with all the rounds on. It will be quilted and ready for the parade on March 25.

Other’s Round #6

For those of you that don’t have social media, I will post pictures of your quilts. Please send me your picture by noon (Pacific time) on March 23.

Jan W:

Jan H:

Rosie said,  I used leftovers from hourglass round to make stars for the corners. It looks finished but still need to add something to bring it to QOV size.

Robin’s:

Donna R says she was away at a conference and put Round #6 together in a morning!

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!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary: March 1

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Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

As I was doing the numbers for this week, I realized that I had goofed the % for last week. It’s fixed now!!

  • January – February: 38 / 59
  • March: 1 / 1
  • Total: 39/ 59: 66%

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

  • Toni’s Garden – is a sew-a-long that started in January … It looks pretty, so I decided to join in! (check it out HERE). All I’ve done so far is download the patterns for the first 2 blocks … hopefully I’ll be able to show you my first block soon!
  • Patterns by Jen – 2026 Monthly Colour Challenge
  • Rainbow Scrap Challenge: Red for March
  • Test Quilt for Songbird Designs: Dancing Shadows
SAHRR 26

Quilting Projects:

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

No shopping so far this year!

I finished quilting my SAHRR, but I won’t count the yardage until I post it (on March 25)

  • Fabric used this week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2026:     43.5 yards (30.5 yards from non-Island Batik)
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:   0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:             43.5 yards

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

March’s colour is RED Nothing sewn yet … haven’t even attacked my scrap bag! But soon!

Leader and Ender Scrappy continues …

When I finished my Irish Chain with stars, there were several partial components, so I’m going to continue to use the same blocks for my next leader and ender project.

Meadow Mist: Magnificent Mystery

The blocks are being webbed together. Ready to quilt … sorry, no picture.

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from last week:

  1. Finish Webbin Magnificent Mystery and sandwich it. √   DONE.
  2. Work on 2026 SAHRR √   DONE.
  3. Work on Toni’s Garden – piece January block NOT DONE
  4. Piece January & February’s blocks: Jen’s Colour Challenge NOT DONE
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE.
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for this week:

I have my list, but I’m not going to stress about getting it done! There’s too much to get done in a week!

  1. Quilt Magnificent Mystery
  2. Work on Songbird Designs Dancing Shadows
  3. Work on Toni’s Garden – piece January block
  4. Piece January, February and March’s blocks: Jen’s Colour Challenge
  5. Work on Baby Challenge Quilt for Boundary Bay’s Quilt Show (theme is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

SAHRR 2026

SAHRR 26

The SAHRR ’26 is almost finished. All of the rounds have been announced and participants have until March 25 to assemble (and possibly quilt) their projects!

My SAHRR, top completed:

Blog Hop – Coming Soon!

My day is March 11!

Claudia is having a give-away, so make sure you check in with her! Create with Claudia

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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