Round Robin

Island Batik projects 2025

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As an Island Batik (Lumin) Ambassador, I receive a LOT of wonderful fabric and quilting supplies from Island Batik and industry partners. This post is a compilation of the projects I created in 2025 using Island Batik fabrics. Thank you Island Batik for a wonderful year!

Here’s a l pictures of everything I received in my first January box. The 2nd box contained all the wonderful  Hobbs Batting and a tool from  Studio 180 Designs. You can see the video and individual pictures on THIS POST.

This was my first finish 2025: Helen Godden’s Christmas Countdown . You can read about it HERE. 

January’s Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour was Pink. This was my first Pink quilt to answer that challenge. See THIS POST for more details.

This was my 2nd quilt to January’s Rainbow Scrap Challenge (Pink). You can read more about it HERE.

This was my runner for February’s Island Batik (Lumin) challenge featuring Studio 180 tool and the Radiant Burst collection. See HERE for more details.

Claudia Porter from Create with Claudia asked me to make something with her feature fabric. Of course, I said “yes.” This quilt used the beautiful Meadow Hues collection. See HERE. for more detail.

This pretty quilt was made with Jennifer Thomas’s (of Curlicue Creations) signature fabric, Sunlit Garden. See THIS POST for more details.

March’s Island Batik challenge was “It’s All Up to You.” We made anything we wanted. The choice was ours. I made this bear’s paw quilt. See THIS POST for more details.

This zipper pouch was easy to make for a quick gift. See HERE for more details.

This was my SAHRR quilt. THIS POST has most of the details, with links to other posts containing details of each round.

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge for February was Blue. This is one of the quilts I completed for February. You can read about it HERE.

April’s Challenge was to make a quilt using a Drunkard’s Path block. You can read more about it HERE.

And, here’s a smaller version!

I reviewed a book called “Picture Patchwork” and this train was one of the quilts in the book. You can read about it HERE.

This quilt was made for the Island Batik Catalogue. You can read about it on THIS POST. (photo credit: Jerry Khiev).

A 12″ mini quilt was made for the Hobbs Batting booth in Houston … It’s likely the only quilt that I’ll have that hung in that quilt show!! LOL!!!

Blue was Rainbow Scrap Challenge for February. These 2 quilts were finally finished in May. This POST has more details.

This quilt was for the March Yellow Rainbow Scrap Challenge . You can read about it HERE.

This quilt was made for a dear relative dealing with cancer. You can read more about it on THIS POST.

This is one of the TWO quilts I made for the Irish Chain Blog Hop. You can read about it on THIS POST.

This is the back of the first quilt.

This is the 2nd quilt:

I made this little zipper pouch (front & back shown) from left-overs from the above quilt. See THIS POST for details.

The June Island Batik challenge was to make a soft toy using a Funky Friends pattern. See HERE for the adventures of these 2 squirrels!

These placemats used more of the left-overs from the Irish Chain quilts … This POST has all the details.

This was a mystery quilt from Canuck Quilter. You can read more about it on THIS POST.

I made this Swan Quilt using a pattern from the “Picture Patchwork” book. You can read about it HERE.

This quilt was made with scraps of purple and solid white. You can read about it HERE.

I used leftover strips to make these donation placemats. See THIS POST for details:

This quilt was made for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Orange was the colour for June … but it didn’t get finished until the end of July. See details HERE.

This is my August Island Batik Challenge: to decorate the wool Oliso carrying case. I also made a reversible bag to put my Alpaca/wool mat in. See HERE for more details.

This butterfly quilt was fun to make. See details HERE.

I made this quilt using Embroidery designs by Denise Looney and the fabrics were all from Island Batik. More details HERE.

These quilts were made for the Threaded Chaos Blog Hop, featuring crazy quilts using Aurifil Thread. THIS POST has all the details.

This quilt was made with a strip pack of the Splish Splash collection. You can read more about it HERE, and see lots of close-ups of the quilting!

The October challenge was to make a byAnnie bag. I made ‘Switchback.’ You can read about it HERE.

These were left-overs from the Splish Splash quilt (above) you can read about them on THIS POST.

The November challenge was Timeless Traditions. We were instructed to choose at least 5 traditional blocks and make a quilt. You can read about it on THIS POST.

When I made the Switchback (ByAnnie bag) earlier this fall, I had some left-over quilted fabric … one an incorrect panel. I couldn’t resist using them to make these too Clam Up bags. (See HERE for details)

December’s Island Batik challenge was totally up to us! We could make whatever we wanted. The fall colours were so vibrant this year, that I couldn’t resist making this maple leaf scrappy quilt. See THIS POST for details.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

WOW!! A total of 46 projects made with Island Batik fabrics!! This wouldn’t have been possible without the generous support of Lumin Fabrics and the industry partners!

So a HUGE THANK YOU to Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics) and Industry partners! They have supplied the products for free as my role as an Island Batik Ambassador! Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, Hobbs Batting, Schmetz Needles, Oliso Iron, Studio 180 Designs, Accuquilt, and Funky Friends. ByAnnie

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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SAHRR Winners

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SAHRR '25

The SAHRR ’25 (Stay at Home Round Robin) is complete for this year!

You can see the parade of quilts HERE. Each one is unique and wonderful. Everyone did a fantastic job!

If you participated and linked up, or sent a picture to one of the hosts, you were given a number for each entry.

Most of the team got together by zoom, and we were occasionally joined by Wilbur, Wendy’s cat!

We used a random number generator and choose the winners for all the prizes. Emails were sent and everyone accepted their prize.

Here’s a list of the winners:

  • Oliso Iron: CL
  • Island Batik fat 1/4 bundle: KH
  • Island Batik fat 1/4 bundle: DB
  • Island Batik fat 1/4 bundle: CK
  • Aurifil Thread: NH
  • Fat 1/4 shop: RB
  • Pattern from Devoted Quilter: F
  • Pattern from Devoted Quilter: SS
  • Pattern from A Quiltery: JB
  • Pattern from A Quiltery: J
  • Pattern from Sew Fresh Quilts: CH

Thank you to all of our generous sponsors!

And … just in case you’re wondering, we’ll all be returning in 2026 for another SAHRR!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

SAHRR ’25: The Parade!

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The Schedule

For my SAHRR 2025, I used the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white. (I ran out of blues from Poetic Bouquet for the final round of kites, so I added some similar coloured fabrics from other collections).

Here is my finished quilt:

And Close-up of the quilting!

Link Party

Here is the Link for the finished quilts Parade. If you have your top done, you can add the link. It doesn’t need to be quilted! But Koodos to you if you get it quilted for the parade!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef

Pictures of other participants

Here’s pictures and comments from the non-bloggers:

  • Rosie said, “I put 5 & 6 in the same round and added more strips to bring it up to QOV size.”
  • Carolyn said, “All material from my stash, some better quality than others.  An odd conglomerate of patterns, but I got each week in there.  Used 2 C blocks….Cardinal rather than crown block and checker board rather than the last one.  Machine quilted on my 40 year old Kenmore.  I have never done a sewn on border before and it turned out fairly well. No hand sewing saved my fingers some work.”
  • Jacomina said, “It is likely going to the guild’s charity destination: a shelter for women and Children fleeing domestic violence. The star block just did not fit in. Maybe on the back.”
  • Robin’s is so pretty! It’s all ready for quilting!
  • Judy had hoped to have her’s quilted, but instead, she spent time sewing with grandkids over spring break!

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! 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!

The SAHRR team will be meeting via Zoom in the 2nd week of April to pick the winners. We have a data base with numbers assigned to each entry that each person has provided. Using a random number generator, we choose each of the winners. It is done while we are on Zoom. Winners will be notified by email. Once all winners accept, we will announce the winners on our blogs!

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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SAHRR ’25: Round #6

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Emily chose to end with the same letter that she started with … she’s doing a kite block. I was going to go with “G” and do more geese blocks, but it just didn’t want to come together nicely. So, I opted for a ‘kite’ block. I used the Accuquilt dies #14 and #15 in the Qube 8 Companion set. I forgot to take a picture at this stage, so you have one picture that is quilted and the 2nd one has the binding on. In the 2nd picture, you can see how the kite’s changed direction in the middle. This quilt is HUGE!!! It’s

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white. Although, I ran out of blues for the kites and had to dig into my Island Batik blue scraps!

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link Party at Emily’s blog: The Darling Dogwood

Pictures of other participants

Pictures of Round #6

  • Here’s Fauntie’s with the slash squares and the stars in the same round!
  • Robin’s going to put her quarter logs on the top and bottom.
  • Looks like Judy is going to do the same!
  • Carolyn’s blocks may stay as the bottom row of the quilt. She’s waiting to see what this week’s prompt is!
  • Jacomina sent 2 pictures and said, “Not yet sure how these block will all get used but at least I got to use my fun fabric with chairs and Vespas to offset the flower fabric from the church’s now defunct quilting group. “

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! 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!

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 

SAHRR ’25: Round #5

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Brenda chose the Half Log block. I decided to just do a Quarter Log Block … remember, you get to do what you want in the Round Robin … it’s your quilt!

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link Party at Brenda’s blog: Songbird Designs

Pictures of other participants

Pictures of Prompt #4

  • Fauntie has started her round of stars! She says, “Not sure what I’m going here but next week I’ll have time to work on it”
  • Judy sent 2 pictures of her quilt from different angles.
  • Kristen said, ” I put two rounds together, Friendship Star and the sliced square, since February has been a busy month.”
  • Carolyn said, “This week’s was something I have never done. Had to try a couple different measurements to keep each block square. Maybe next time I could do it with rectangles.”
  • Katie said, “I used the slashed squares for the corners of the star, but I modified them to use 2 different pinks in the corners.  Looking forward to the next round!  I can’t take credit for the hedgehogs–they were in a scrap bag!!  They are so cute I wanted to showcase them.”
  • Jacomina said, “Glad to have 2 slashed blocks continuing the triangles. It will be interesting to see where the friendship stars will end up”
  • Robin’s not pleased with hers. I like the different corners!
  • Rosie said, “here is my pic with round 3 and 4 added.”

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! 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!

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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SAHRR ’25: Round #4

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Wendy chose the Slice Square with an insert. My Blocks started out at 5″ square. I cut them in half and inserted a 1″ strip of white in.

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link Party at Wendy’s blog: Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Pictures of other participants

Pictures of Round #3

  • Liz added some very pretty stars! She said, “I “stole” your friendship star idea and decided to just do top & bottom as I don’t think I want a square quilt.” (It’s not stealing!!)
  • Jacomina said, “It is starting to take shape. I have now used all of the dressmaking remnants from the fabric donated to the church quilting group. I hope I can use the fun fat quarters i bought in the next round.
  • Judy B
  • Katie in CT says: This is my 3rd time participating, but my first time sending in a picture.  I started with the cute embroidered hedgehogs, and used them for the center of the King’s Cross block.  My half square triangles turned into the star points, making the block into a large star.  I’m hoping to use the next prompt for the corners of the star–I’m trying to keep this small.  
  • Carolyn says, “I put my 3rd week’s HSTs into 2 blocks and gave the cardinal and star blocks a border.  Waiting for next week to decide on the other 2 blocks borders.  Wavering between the Cardinal’s green or more red. ” Please note: Carolyn would like YOUR opinion on this! Please put you opinion in the comments! Thank you!
  • Robin has double friendship stars (probably one of many names for this pretty star!)
  • Rosie said “#1 is Rocky Road to Kansas for my and Kathleen’s initials, and because my dad’s family is from Kansas. For #2 I added corners to some leftover 4-patches to make half-square triangles and made more with the cut-offs for an extra round.”

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! 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!

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 

SAHRR ’25: Round #3

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This was my choice: Stars. ⭐️

I used my Accuquilt Qube 8 to cut out the HST and made the friendship star. The blocks are 6 1/2” unfinished and will finish at 6″ in the quilt. (The HST are 2 1/2” unfinished, the centre square and the corner squares were cut at 2 1/2“) I was totally amazed that with the small coping strip, the stars came out just right!!

And, if you’re having difficulty deciding how to do your stars, The Quilter’s Cache: Quilt Blocks Galore has lots of star blocks. As well, visit each of the other SAHRR hosts (see the Schedule below). 

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

The Schedule

Link Party

Here is the Link for the Party for Round #3. If you are unable to blog, IG or FB a picture, please email me a picture by Saturday, midnight, and I will post it next week!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
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Pictures of other participants

I received a message from Eva, via another blogger. She was unable to comment on my blog, but this is what she said:

Here’s the pictures that I received this past week. I am willing to post your picture on my blog, but it must. be sent to me by Saturday at midnight.

Don’t you just LOVE all the variety?

  • Donna said, “Since my name begins with a D, I chose to do Dutchman’s Puzzle for my round 1.”
  • Liz said, “The Kings crown round: I used my initial E for embroidery as the 2 sort of parts of a  crown (?) were made in the hoop on my embroidery machine. So was the centre block.”
  • Susan said,  I combined week 1 (“S for squares”) and 2 HST to show this week. I’m thinking I may have to sub the tiny basket with green; it stands out too much”
  • Jacomina said, “With the grandchildren due to arrive any moment for the weekend I won’t have more time to play with outlays”
  • Judy has added pinwheels to the bottom of her first 3 blocks.
  • Robin also added pinwheels!
  • Fauntie said, “I learned this week that to make them go around the quilt evenly you must have an even number of blocks! Who said you can’t teach an old dog a new trick”
  • Carolyn H said, “Here is this week’s half square triangles.  I’m going to use them for cornerstones on each block so I don’t know if I have enough or will have to make more. “
  • Kristi says, “I mused on this round all week and finally decided to keep this round simple. A few triangles and adding the pop of orange in the corner!”

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! 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!

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: February 2, 2025

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Can you guess what I’ve been doing a LOT of this week? Yup, lots of staring!!!

SAHRR is in progress!

We’ve had the Centre Blocks and 2 rounds so far. Tomorrow, Round #3 will be hosted by ME. Here’s where you can find each of my rounds, along with links to the co-hosts!

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: 31 / 31 days
  • February: 2 / 2 days
  • Total: 33 / 33 100 %

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:

  • Blue Blocks: This month’s rainbow scrap colour is BLUE … so I’ll be starting that this week! See this post.
  • Meadow Hues: a lap sized quilt for a blog hop hosted by Claudia Porter of Create with Claudia. It is using her newest signature collection.
  • IB March Project: as leaders & enders … and no picture!

Quilting projects:

  • Test Quilt: SSB
  • IB February Project: sorry, no picture, except for the Studio 180 tool and the fabric!
  • Sunlit Garden: a small lap quilt for a blog hop hosted by Jennifer of Curlicue Creations
  • Need to sandwich the Pink Blocks

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!

I made it through January without buying any fabric!!! I’m very happy about that! I did finish 2 projects since my last summary. The pink baby quilt (details HERE) and the small zipper pouch (see THIS POST).

I find it interesting that no matter how I put these 2 items into the ‘gallery’ the zipper pouch (6 1/2” x 12″) looks bigger than the quilt (35″ x 35″)!

  • Fabric used in the last 2 weeks: 4.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2025:     5 yards. {1.5 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:    0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last week:

  1. 2025 SAHRR – bind it XX Not Done XX
  2. Bind Glorified 9 patch. √   DONE. 
  3. Work on “Pink Blocks“. in progress
  4. Work on IB February Project. in progress
  5. Do IB March Project as leaders and enders … for now. in progress
  6. Get Sunlit Garden to flimsy stage √   DONE. 
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Work on Blue Blocks
  2. 2025 SAHRR – bind it
  3. Sandwich and Quilt “Pink Blocks“
  4. Sandwich and Quilt IB February Project
  5. Work on IB March Project
  6. Sandwich and Quilt Sunlit Garden
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Island Batik’s Runner Up Blog Hop

This blog hop starts tomorrow!!! Be sure to follow along, I promise lots of eye candy! Here’s a list of the fabrics and ambassadors:

WEEK 1

February 4:

February 5:

February 6:

November 7:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 1 and Giveaway

WEEK 2

February 10:

February 11:

February 12:

February 13:

February 14:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 2 and Giveaway

WEEK 3

February 17:

February 18:

February 19:

February 20:

February 21:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 3 and Final Giveaway

WEEK 4

February 24:

February 25:

February 26:

End of Blog Hop + Final Round Up

Visit Lumin’s blog (Island Batik) for your opportunity to win one of the two fabulous Fat Quarter bundles of collections by our very own Jerry Khiev – Botanical Dreams or Fall Flair.

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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SAHRR ’25: Round #2

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The prompt for this was Anja Quilts: Triangles. I love pinwheels, so this was the perfect time to make them! The half square blocks are 2 1/2” square (unfinished). I cut them in groups of 4, using an Accuquilt Qube 8 die. Then I sewed them together to make the pinwheels. Each pinwheel finishes at 4″ square.

I also added a 1 3/4” coping border.

Edit: For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

Please note: If you plan to do EVERYTHING that I do on this Round Robin, you will end up with a queen size quilt. If you want a smaller quilt and want to do the same as me, then just add to 2 sides with each of the remaining rounds.

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link Party at Anja’s blog: Anja Quilts.

Please note: When you link up, you should receive a comment from at least one of the SAHRR hosts. There have been a few links that do not go anywhere. Obviously, we can’t comment on those links. Please ensure that you’ve linked properly.

Pictures of other participants

If you wish to send me pictures to include on the blog, please do so by Saturday at Midnight.

Here are the pictures of Round #1

My first name, Jacomina, is a feminine form of Jacob, used in the provincie of Zeeland in the Netherlands. So, an easy choice for this blockI have been able to trace my first name back to my sixth great Grandmother Born in 1732 about a mile from where I was born.

Fauntie’s block from last year’s SAHRR!!! She plans to finish it this year!

Judy has sent me a pic of her blocks. The blocks are 16″ square, so she’s decided to just go with 2 blocks.

Robin has added 2 blocks to her centre block

Kristen has added blue & purple triangles all around her centre block.  “S” is for Susan and Sawtooth border. Susan told Kristen that she needs more purple in her life, so this quilt is for her!

Carolyn is waiting to see where she wants to place this block. The Cardinal is an excellent “C” block!

Angie has a very pretty block in blues

Gail H. said, “Here’s my round 1 24” x 24” using Geometry blocks.”

Gene is using a block from when he was teaching himself Seminole patchwork.

Kristi said, “I started with Kings Crown and tweaked it a bit to add more HST’s and the little square in square. “

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! 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!

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 

SAHRR ’25: Prompt 1

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Kathleen has chosen Prompt 1. She chose it according to the first initial of her name. “K.” And she has chosen King’s Cross.

But WAIT!! I didn’t want to do a “K” block. So …

I chose the first initial of my name; “G.” After looking at the “G” blocks in Quilter’s Cache, I settled on “Geese.” I actually did migrating geese and followed Deb Tucker’s Youtube video HERE.

I did the migrating geese and trimmed the geese blocks to 6 1/4” x 13 3/4“. My centre block is 12 1/2” unfinished. I figured to fit the geese blocks onto my centre block, I need to add 1″ to each side. I cut 4 strips 1 1/2” wide and added them to the centre block. The corner stones are 6 1/4” x 6 1/4“.

This round finishes at 26″ x 26.”

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link party at Kathleen’s blog: Kathleen McMusing

Pictures of other participants

Please note that future pictures need to be sent to me by midnight on Saturday. Thank you.

  • Rosie is doing her SAHRR as a QOV! What a great Centre Block!
  • Judy B’s Dresden Plate is 16 1/2” x 16 1/2” So pretty!
  • Kristin’s using an old orphan block – love the scrappiness!
  • Kristi is using a pretty block from Today’s Quilter’s Magazine Issue #111.
  • Robin has a very pretty soft pallet for her centre block!
  • Sue has used 4 tiny orphan blocks and is planning a very scrappy quilt!
  • Jacomina has a pretty block with a circle inside lime green!
  • Patricia is using turtle fabric for her centre block.
  • Carolyn has a pretty Christmas block

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! 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!

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 

SAHRR ’25: Centre Block

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Everyone that is doing the SAHRR starts with a Centre Block. It’s up to each person to choose which block they want to use. Some people use an orphan block. Or you can use one of the blocks that one of the SAHRR team has used. OR you can use any block of your choice!! Any size that you want! It can be square or rectangle … even a triangle if you wish! 😁

My block is the Starflower block. I found this block at The Quilter’s Cache: Quilt Blocks Galore. If you want to be overwhelmed by block choices, this is the place to go. There are blocks from 4″ to 24″ and several that you can make any size you desire! The lists of block patterns tell you the level difficulty and if they are paper pieced or have appliqué.

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

The Starflower block can be found HERE. I made the block exactly according to the directions. Here’s 2 of the Half-square triangles before trimming.

And my Centre block, it is currently is 12 1/2” and will finish at 12″ in the quilt:

The Schedule

Link Party

Use this Link to show us your Centre block. If you don’t have a blog, FB or IG email me a picture of your block & I’ll post it on next weeks SAHRR blog and enter you into the draw. (quiltinggail@yahoo.ca)

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
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We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! 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!

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 

Announcing the 2025 SAHRR!!

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Earlier this year, as we had a parade for the 2024 SAHRR (pronounced Stay At Home Round Robin), we announced that we would be doing it again in 2025.

This year’s logo was designed by Brenda of Songbird Designs … isn’t it fantastic?

For the past 5 years, I have done a SAHRR and have made different quilts. The first year I did it on my own and then for the next 4 years, I had some fantastic blogging/quilting friends join in the fun!

Here’s my quilts from previous SAHRRs. The last 2 are ones I did on my own. It’s so much MORE fun with others! Here’s the LINK where you can see all the quilts made last year.

As you can tell, except for the 2 I did on my own, the rounds are all different. This year promises to be different as well!

All of my SAHRR quilts are made with Island Batik fabrics, Hobbs batting and Aurifil thread.

What is a Round Robin?

This is a common activity in many quilt guilds. A round robin (in quilting terms) is where each person makes a centre block. This block is put in a bag or container, maybe with extra fabric, perhaps with a notebook, and the bag is passed onto another quilter in the group. They are given instructions as to what kind of border (or round) they are to add on to the quilt. Sometimes the next person will make a border for each side, or one side or two sides of the block. It’s then passed on to another quilter and it continues on … when the quilt centre and all the borders are completed, it is returned to the original maker of the centre block.

So, I stay at home?

That’s correct! You and your centre block and the borders all stay home. You have to make the decisions as to what to add when given directions. How big, how many … it’s up to you. We will let you know what each of us does and there may be short tutorials on some of our blogs.

How do I join?

There’s nothing to join, no sign up. All you need to do is follow our blogs (see the links below)

How often does this happen?

Once a week. On January 13, we will show you our centre blocks.

The SAHRR Team met in July and I haven’t seen any of the centre blocks … so it’s going to be a surprise for me as well!

Then on January 20 (and each Monday following) we will give you instructions as to what the next border/round is to be. Again, we will all show you our centre blocks with the first border to give you some ideas.

Here are my blogging co-hosts in the order of what we will be doing and the linky parties we will be hosting each week. (There will only be one linky party each week … and we’ll direct you to it …)

  • January 13:   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 and you can also show your centre block.
  • January 20: 1st Round:   Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
  • January 27: 2nd Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
  • February 3: 3rd Round: ME!!! @ Quilting Gail 
  • February 10: 4th Round:   Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
  • February 17: 5th Round: Brenda @ Songbird Designs
  • February 24: 6th Round:  Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
  • March 24:  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 2025!!! 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!

Frequently Asked Questions

What if I don’t want to make that round? It’s your quilt – you can leave it out.

What size do I make it? That’s up to you … you are sort-of the designer here.

Are the rounds hard? No … each round is pretty simple … squares, rectangles, half-square triangles with perhaps a surprise.

What colours do I use? That’s up to you … you can follow what one of the SAHRR leader uses or have your own colour scheme.

What if I miss a round? You can leave it out, or go back to the blog where the directions are given.

Will you cut my fabric for me? No!

How often will the quilt police check on me and my progress? There are NO quilt police!! None!!

What do I do now?

Make sure that you follow each of the SAHRR leaders so that you don’t miss their posts.

Start thinking about what you might do for a centre block. Do you have an orphan block you’d like to use? Or do you want to try a new block … now is the time!

Relax … this is easy … and it’s only one round each week!

Next Week

Next week, I’ll have a wrap-up of my 2024 tallies: Stash Report & Stitching Stuff. I will also talk about my goals for 2025, share my To Do list and what’s on my Design wall …

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Friday – no finishes

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Well, that is correct!! I have NO new finishes … but I’m plugging along at several projects … and attempting to get ready for a retreat!

My Lone-star Left-overs is now a flimsy (1st pic). It’s a sort-of finish. I do all my own quilting on my domestic machine, so I don’t consider flimsies as a finish. It’ll be done when I get a round-to-it! The 2nd picture is the Fall Mystery Quilt where I used Island Batik’s “Cheers” fabric collection. And, yes, I’m using Silly Moon‘s Kite ruler … as well as the smallest Drop ruler (not shown).

I Need A Round Tuit

The above poem and picture comes from this site: https://www.quantumenterprises.co.uk/roundtuit/traditional-round-tuits.htm

I’m sure that I had a wooden Round TUIT years ago … but I have no idea what happened to it! LOL!!!

Favourite Finish of the Month

Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl hosts a Favourite Finish of the Month Link Party. Oh, why is it SOOOO hard for me to choose just ONE favourite finish? Especially this month because I have so many that I LOVE.

However, I think that my SAHRR (Stay At Home Round Robin) is my absolute fav of the above quilts! You can read more about this quilt HERE. I used Island Batik fabrics, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 batting.

I was Featured!

Both Andree and Jennifer featured my quilt from last week. This was from the Give It a Whirl blog hop. You can read more about it HERE.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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SAHRR 2024: The Parade!

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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:

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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef

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!

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

SAHRR Round #6

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For the SAHRR ’24, I am using 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.

Round #6 is hosted by Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing. We are to use letters and/or numbers. I debated long and hard about this one. At first, I was going to put a Bible verse in a wide border and have it circle the quilt … Then, in consultation with my husband, we debated on which verse to use. One of our favourites? one of the recipient’s favourites? We decided on Proverbs 3:5 a verse that is a favourite for all of us. But somehow, circling the quilt with the verse just didn’t feel right. Good idea, but not right for this quilt. And since all quilts need a label, it was decided on 2 labels … the Bible verse and my normal “made by …” The quilt isn’t quilted YET, but when it is, these will go in the 2 bottom corners on the back of the quilt.

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.

Heather F., Robin B., Jacomina, Judy B., Regina S., Kathy R. Kathy P. Judy B., Rosie

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!

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

SAHRR Round #5

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For the SAHRR ’24, I am using 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.

Round #5 is hosted by Me! Right here on my blog. 

My choice for this round is “4.” You can do whatever you want – but it needs to have an element of “4” in it. You can choose 4 colours, 4 different blocks, 4 of one block … it’s YOUR choice.

I chose to make a friendship star … there are 4 points to a friendship star … so that fits the 4 in this round. As well, each point of the star is a different fabric … so I could say that was another “4” that fit into this round. If you want some more ideas, visit the other hosts (links below) to see what they did! Or come back and look at the people that have posted in the Link party (below). I used my Accuquilt Cube 8 to make the star. It finishes at 6″ x 6″.

The stars were placed on the top and bottom of the quilt. 

Next week is Round #6! Our final round!!! Come back next week to check it out! 😋

Link Party

Show us what your Round #5 is like! Remember, every time you enter a link party for the SAHRR, you have an opportunity to win one of the prizes from our sponsors!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
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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.

Heather F., Charlene B., Jacomina, Robin B., Kathy P., Judy B., Heather F., Regina S.

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!

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

SAHRR #4

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For the SAHRR ’24, I am using 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.

Round #4 is hosted by Brenda @ Songbird Designs.

Brenda gives you a choice. Do something “on point” or a square in a square. I chose to do the square in a square. I used my Accuquilt Cube 8 dies to make them. If you don’t have the dies, the centre square is just shy of 3 3/8ths of an inch. The added triangles are the same size as for the 2 1/2” half square triangles. My blocks finished at 4″ square. I was amazed that the blocks were a perfect fit for the tops and sides. I was totally prepared to add some extra background to make them fit, but I didn’t have to! Can I say that I did a happy dance?

Today’s 4th Round:  Brenda @ Songbird Designs. Visit Songbird Designs to link up

  • 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.

I am truly amazed by the creativity of everyone!

Regina S (Round #2), Robin B., Gail H., Charlene B., Judy B., Regina S. #1, Regina S. #2, Jacomina, Rosie, Donna R #1., Donna R #2, Kathy R., Donna #3.

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!

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

SAHRR #3

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For the SAHRR ’24, I am using Island Batik fabrics: a 10″ stack of Limerick in addition to “Teal” and “Egg Shell.”

Round #3 is hosted by Emily @ The Darling Dogwood.

Emily chose “Triangles.” It’s totally up to you how you make your triangles, what size they are and how you want to arrange them.

My triangles were cut with my Accuquilt 8″ Cube die. They were 2 1/2” and finish at 2″ in the quilt. The triangles fit perfectly across the top and bottom, but were a little shy on the sides. I didn’t want to fudge like I did with the piano keys because then I would loose my points. So, I just added a little sliver of background on each end of the triangle row … and now they sort-of fit.

Here is the 3rd Round.

Today’s Round: 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.

I’m loving the variety of each of these SAHRRs in progress. They are each so different! Awesome!

Judy B., Robin B., Stella, Kathy R., Donna R #2, Donna R #3, Heather F., Jacomina, Rosie, Donna R #1, Kathy P.

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!

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

SAHRR: Round #2

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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″.

Today’s Round (#2) is hosted by Anja @ Anja Quilts

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!

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail