Quilting Gail gave us our prompt for week 5 of the Stay at Home Round Robin this week, and it was to use two colors for our blocks. I chose these two fabrics - one which is predominantly gold (with green accents on it - like batiks always have!) and a neutral.
Then to choose a block... My project has hourglass, double slice, birds in the air, and applique pumpkin blocks so far. What else does it need?
What I made was Friendship Stars, which I hope will represent the sunflowers in the center block's verse.
Still contemplating the final layout, which I'll decide on after the 6th border prompt, coming up on Wednesday! But here is everything I've sewn up for my SAHRR so far:
In the Little House Sew-along, hosted by Melva Loves Scraps, I finished up block 1 - the Maple Leaf. Using the jelly roll I have for the log cabin surround is going to result in a very orange quilt! I'll have to see what else I can add in to tone it down a bit!
Block 2 for this project is called Native Star, and when I discovered from Melva's post that it is made from quarter star blocks, I went digging in my orphan block drawer and found some of these blocks that I had made last year when I started thinking about the Starburst quilt. These ended up being rejected in favor of the blue background I decided to use for Starburst, but are perfect for this one.
This isn't exactly the same layout as Melva's Native Star example,
but hopefully it fits the spirit of the project.
Plus I loved being able to use some orphan blocks up!
This week I'll add the log cabin sashings to this block.
Linking up with Quilting Gail for the SAHRR Round 5
and Melva Loves Scraps for Sew and Tell Monday.
And at The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.
23 comments:
Your SAHRR is looking beautiful!
Looking good! I like your log cabin block too.
Love those Friendship Stars - the are my favorite blocks in the quilting world. You are managing to keep your SAHRR small-ish, and it looks great. Those orphan blocks look perfect for the Native Star!
The Friendship Star block works very well with your SAHRR. You are smart to wait until all the prompts are out before putting it together. Yay for finding a use for the orphan block.
The gold stars have it! Your SAHRR is coming along nicely.
Your Friendship Stars work really well. It will be fun to see how your version comes together after this week's prompt. It's always fun to use up some left over blocks, they work really well with what you already had for the Little House quilt along.
All your batiks looks so nice together.
I always like the little stars they will work great on that quilt
Love your friendship stars! They are perfect for your quilt! Thank you for joining in the fun and linking to SAHRR '26, Round #5!
To keep the SAHRR small is a special challenge and I love yours. The colours are extremly lovely. And the other project is so clever for log log cabin lovers and star lovers! The fall colours are so perfect for that project. Its fun to see… I have this week friendship stars to show as well with the prompt of the week. Funny…
Wendy will be so kind and show my work. Have a good Monday! Eva
Your layout for the SAHRR takes care of the blocks that aren't similar size. . .good plan! How fun to use parts from your "parts department" for your SAL with Melva! That is a terrific block!
I love the blocks you have made so far - including the friendship stars. Anxious to see your layout. I am sure it will be lovely and ready in time for fall. A great reminder of this fun SAHRR.
Good on you to remember to check the orphan box! They are so happy now! :)
Great job on both of them!
Your friendship stars and SAHRR blocks are looking fantastic together!
I was curious to see how all your SAHRR blocks are looking together, placed around the fun center: they look great, and can't wait to see the finished project. Tomorrow the prompt arrives!
I love where your SAHRR quilt is going! The colors are so good, and those little friendship stars just fit so well!
Your quilt's look fabulous! Great use of an orphan block!
Lots of happy sunny yellow in your two QALs. It will be interesting to see what you do for today's final prompt - whatever you want!
Your SAHRR is looking so cute, Diann!!!
It does feel good to use some spare parts. They will look great with fall-ish jelly roll strips. Thanks for sharing in the link up. Good luck in the prize drawing.
Both blocks look great!
Lovely blocks! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2026/02/25/wednesday-wait-loss-473
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