2025 SAHRR – Finished

Seeing beautiful, creative quilts is so much fun and the parade of quilts of finished SAHRR quilts begins today so be prepared to see some beauties! I can’t wait to show you my quilt, remind the participants of the linky party, and see what you have been up to since the end of February. Mine is finished and quilted, and I love it!

The Quilting

Here is where we left off at the end of February. The top was all done, and it just needed quilting.

I chose to do an all over pattern, called, Squiggle, on my Prostitcher designs. I tested a few others, but decided I really wanted a looser overall pattern, and nothing particularly windy or wavy or feminine. Now, I am not sure why, but that was my thinking.

I used a teal thread, #471 Glacier*, Superior So Fine for the top and a Superior Superior Threads SuperBobs Polyester* M-Style Gray Prewound Bobbi on my Handiquilter Simply Sixteen. It quilted up quickly, and I really think it works out well. I sized it to almost 6″ so it repeated well in the borders and blocks. I love So Fine thread as it looks like cotton and really “sinks” into the quilt, and is rather subtle, even when it is darker or lighter than than the fabric it is on. The batting I used was Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 and it gives it all a nice definition.

I used an old fabric I had on hand, a fun paisley for the backing. It has all the colors in it, and really worked out well. I also used the last “log fabric”, a batik as the binding, which went well with the front and back. Now, I had just enough for the this backing, it was a close call but it worked out!

What I love about this quilt is that it is not feminine or masculine. It finished at 48″ square so it would be a nice back of the couch quilt, or a perfect summer porch quilt.

The Hosts

Remember to check out the other hosts choices to see they chose! The list is below – and will direct you to the correct url each week (after I grab them – usually be 10 am).

• Anja @ Anja Quilts
• Brenda @ Songbird Design
• Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
• Gail @ Quilting Gail 
• Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Linky Party

Gail is hosting the link for the finished quilts – either just the top or the quilted piece!

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. Winners will be notified by email. Once all winners accept, we will announce the winners on our blog! 

In order to link up you will need to go to Quilting Gail!

Prizes

We have a great selection of prizes to award, and here is what we know right now:
1 of 3 fat quarter bundles from Island Batik, a gift certificate from the Fat Quarter Shop*, an iron from Oliso, batting from Hobbs Batting, a pattern of your choice from A Quilter, from Devoted Quilter, and from Sew Fresh Quilts and thread from Aurifil are among the prizes. For each linky party you entered, you get a number and then we draw random numbers until all the prizes are awarded!

Coming Up on the Blog

I host TGIFF this Friday, I hope many of you will visit then. I finished three quilts this month – hooray and am so excited to show you this baby quilt. I haven’t set my goals for April, but these are the things on my list.

Baby Girl Alphabet Panel (TGIFF)
Design a Boat block for a neighbor
Baby quilts (2 to make)
Fat Quarter Shop Jolly Bar Jig (April and May)

Linking Up

Monday Musings
Favorite Monthly Finish
Free Motion Mavericks

Fabric DeStash

Prior YTD Fabric Used = 7.75
Prior YTD Fabric Bought = 20 yards
Current Month Fabric Used = 5.75 yards
Current Month Fabric Bought = 3 yards

Net Fabric = +10.25

I am not worried as there are 2 more quilts coming this month that get added in so I should be very close to even!