Midweek Update

We're heading out for a week in (hopefully!) sunny warm Arizona with friends, so I'm combining all my midweek posts into one for the sake of efficiency!  An update on my Stay at Home Round Robin and I Like Thursday, all in one.

Because it's true, I do like the Stay at Home Round Robin project!  It's a good creativity and brain stretcher.  Plus, it's fun to see what other quilters do and also figure out what to do with my own project.  

This week's host, Quilting Gail, has called for star blocks, and you can see all the different ideas people are trying at the link-up here.  I was thinking about my half-square triangles from last week's round and how they could fit into a star block.

I've also had the Sister's Choice block on my mind lately, and that (to me) looks like a star.  

Could I use the HSTs plus other elements of the basic block design to make a Sister's Choice variation using my bunny in the garden with her Dresden flowers as the center?  It would need sections something like this:

So I tried it with additional pink pieces to connect the blue and the corners.

Okay - except that's a lot of pink for me!  Maybe too much.

So, what if I turned the HSTs the other way and made the green the focus?  Like this - 

This I like!  It fits the garden theme better.

A little quilt math was needed to figure out what size the green connecting strips needed to be to make each border section the correct length.  After taking the above photo, I got the two side pieces sewn to the center.  Not sure I'll get the top and bottom done before we leave on our trip, but it will happen as soon as possible!

Sharing at Quilting Gail for the SAHRR round 3,

and at The Inspiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.

Also joining in with Not Afraid of Color for I Like Thursday!

Slow stitching this week...

I feel like I've stitched a lot of binding this week, on some small finishes, like my Table Scraps project.  I also stitched some binding to finish up the February heart for my mini quilt stand.

Lots of hearts!

I put away all the snowmen and got out the Valentine decorations.

All of these were stitched last year, 

and it looks like my basket needs more heart designs to fill it up!

But meanwhile, I'm still working on the Winter Stamp SAL from Melisa at PinkernPunkin.  You can see her finished piece here.  I've just finished up Stamp #2, and ready to move on to #3.

Sharing at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

And at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew and Tell Monday.