SAHRR and January in review

 I thought there would be no sewing time yesterday or today. But I got home earlier than expected from the gathering of former coworkers, and realized I had 2 hours all to myself.  I went right to the sewing room to put my new Stay At Home Round Robin ideas into play.

On Tuesday I had some riding in the car time and had a brain storm about the Snowball blocks from week 1 and the HSTs from this week.  It took less than 5 minutes to remove the second Snowball block (above small pineapple) and turn the remaining one into the sun.  I cut the little triangles and appliqued them on.  The one on the far right is just pinned, until something is added onto that side in a future prompt.  The HSTs were a quick add to the bottom to look like grass, along with a leftover binding strip.  Voila!  A much more fun result than I started with.  

Now, looking back at January . . . I had made a short list at the beginning, and did very well in addressing those goals.  Better yet, there has been a lot of fun with all the pink mixed in with my other projects.  A couple of things were not checked off, but I'm confident those will get their turn in the near future.  And I also did several projects that were not on the list.

A couple big important items that can be checked off involved binding.  The biggest thing I can check off is binding the Scrappy Kitties quilt.  It's a big one, made with blocks done for the 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  It's a large twin size.

The backing is a black and white cat print that I ordered with this quilt in mind when I began making the blocks.  It's a cute backing.

Most of the things are checked off for January . . .

* Finish final 4 blocks for 2024 Saturday Sampler - Flimsy DONE
* Choose fabrics for new 2025 Saturday Sampler - DONE
* Choose fabrics for RBD Challenge - YES & 2 blocks DONE
* Make January paper pieced block for Circle of Friends - DONE
* Make extra blocks for batik Hunter's Star
* Finish hand quilting Guild Swap Stars - DONE
* Finish binding Star of Wonder (Christmas wall hanging) - DONE
* Bind Scrappy Kitties quilt - DONE
* Blanket stitch pink Cat applique block
* make lots of scrappy pink blocks for RSC - YES I DID!!