Sampler Blues: A Stay at Home Round Robin Finish

Welcome to the kick-off to the finish parade for 2025's Stay at Home Round Robin!  We've been so pleased to see so many sew along!

Link up your finishes with Gail.  Finished tops or finished quilts are both accepted for the finish parade.  Finishes are your final entry into our prize drawing.  We've been keeping track of every SAHRR participant and each time you've linked up, you've gotten a number for that post.  Sometime in the first two weeks of April, the hosts will have a Zoom call and use a random number generator to award the prizes.  Once we've contacted the winners and gotten responses from them, we'll post winners on each of our blogs.

I was not sure if I was going to add an additional border of solid dark gray after completing my 6th round prompt.  I ultimately decided that there was enough gray around the quilt that it didn't need more.  I quilted with straight lines at 1 1/2" intervals using a light blue thread.  I'm not sure if you can tell from the photo, but I only have about half the binding completed.  You can see the clips on one side.  Time got a bit away from me, so it's not completely finished.  But it's close!

This was the first time I've done my SAHRR as a sampler quilt and I love it!  The uniform block size gave me parameters and establishing my setting before I started helped me to have a basic plan while still allowing for the freedom to go with the flow of each round.  All my fabrics are from Island Batik. I picked a selection of 12 blues and paired them with Cornsilk as the background for the blocks, then used the solid gray for the sashing cornerstones and setting triangles.  Most of it was cut with my Accuquilt.  

We all had such a good time that we've decided to do it again next year!  We typically start mid-January.  That gives you a TON of time to decide on a center for next year's Round Robin! 😀

Be sure to visit all of the hosts, and remember to link up with Gail for a chance at prizes.

 Gail @ Quilting Gail

Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing

Anja @ Anja Quilts

Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Brenda @ Songbird Designs

 

This was my 5th year as a host and participant in the Stay at Home Round Robin.  Here is a look at all my SAHRR finishes.

2025 Sampler Blues

 2024 Purple Path

2023 Flamingo Fun

 

 

2022 (Unnamed)

 

2021: Ursa Major