Coming Up in My Blog

It’s about time I got you up to date on what will be a busy few weeks for my blog and my sewing room. There are two projects that will be my immediate focus – my quilt for the Starry Seas Blog hop and my Stay At Home Round Robin blocks and quilt for 2026. Let me tell you a little more about each.

The Starry Seas Blog Hop

The Stary Seas blog hop will feature Jennifer Fulton’s newest line for Island Batik/Lumin fabrics. It is a gorgeous set of fabrics, with teals, blues, corals and rusts and fun sea and star motifs. I just love it.

The hop begins on Monday, and, I am sure there are some gorgeous quilts for you to see. Here is a list of participants and their dates:

January 12th – Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter  (ENTER TO WIN A FAT QUARTER PACK!)
January 13th – Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
January 14th – Preeti @ Sew Preeti Quilts
January 15th – Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
January 16th – Laura @ Slice of Pi
January 17th – Lisa @ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
January 18th – Gail @ Quilting Gail
January 19th – Sandra @ Textile Time Travels
January 20th – Leah @ Quilted Delights
January 21st – Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter (WINNER ANNOUNCED!).

Be sure to check them all out and enter at Jennifer’s page for the fat quarter pack.

Here are all the beautiful fabrics one more time for you to look at! What would you make with this gorgeous collection?

Stay At Home Round Robin 2026

Yup, we are back and it is almost time to begin the  Stay At Home Round Robin. Yes, you get to stay home and so does your quilt. You are the only one who works on it, but we give you blocks each week to add to your quilt. If you are curious, here’s the LINK where you can see all the quilts made last year. The fun thing is they are so different each year. We are posting on Wednesdays, not Mondays as we have in the past….a change for all of us. Somethings haven’t changed and last years hosts are coming back:

• Anja @ Anja Quilts
• Brenda @ Songbird Designs
• Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
• Gail @ Quilting Gail  (she was the instigator many years ago)
• Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
• Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

And here is the schedule for this year. While one person sets the prompt for the rounds, the others will have fabulous ideas so you will want to stop at each of the hosts!

• January 14   Each of the hosts will be sharing their center blocks
• January 21:    1^st Round:    Brenda @ Songbird Designs
• January 28:   2^nd Round: Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
• February 4:   3^rd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
• February 11:  4^th Round:   Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
• February 18:  5^th Round: Gail @ Quilting Gail 
• February 25:  6^th Round:  Anja @ Anja Quilts
• March 25:   Parade: Your Finished SAHRRs!

So, begin thinking about a collection of fabric you may want to work in and if you have a block to use for the center or need to make one. We are a friendly group with few rules, except, we do ask you to make a block that reflects that week’s prompt….if you can make the story work we accept it. It is all up to you so it can be a fun way to do something different with some leftover scraps from a great project!

I have yet to pick my center and fabrics, so I am right there with you. I will be on retreat next week and working along with the you. There is no registration, just come along next week and find out our what our center blocks and fabrics look like and begin playing in your fabric! You can join in the first linky party showing your block for the center, so maybe start thinking about it (I know I have to). Then, the prompt prompts for the rounds begins the following week, and doesn’t have to be done until the 27th, so you have most of the month to work on it! At least for me, it feels good to think of it that way.

More details will be coming in my post on Wednesday, including some of the sponsors for the hop and my center choice and fabric selection!

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