sahrr 2026

Weekly update: SAHRR and another finish, stash report, goals + reading from With Strings Attached

It was a puttering-around kind of weekend. Too chilly to go for a walk, no major errands to run, nothing much that needed attention. So I sewed!

The Stay at Home Round Robin is quilted and bound. Hooray!

The back uses two book-related fabrics.

I made the courthouse steps flimsy in 2023. Barb quilted it in an overall Baptist fan. I bound it last evening. It's 72 x 84.

I've scheduled a quilt a month with Barb. Whether I take something from the box of flimsies or create something new will depend on the month.

STASH REPORT, February ...

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Friday check in: the orchid show + SAHRR flimsy from With Strings Attached

Steffi and I went to the Chicago Botanic Garden on Wednesday to see the Orchid Show. This year's theme was back to the 60's. Different golden oldies played in each gallery--the first flower show I've been to that was a sing-along (and a tap-your-toes-along).

They filled a real VW beetle with orchids.

Catch the 60's decor -- the RCA console TV, the wood panelling and orange shag carpet.

The CBG staff starts planning two years in advance. All the sets are made in-house.

In the course of the six-week show they use 10,000 orchids, all grown ...

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Midweek: SAHRR, mug rugs + reading from With Strings Attached

SAHRR, rounds 3, 4, and 5.

I made flying geese for round 3, "animal." They're set as a ribbon.

I made four little drunkard's path blocks for round 4, "curves." They're the orange and black corners. This is a wallhanging and I don't want it to get too big.

Round 5, "two colors," was hard to interpret. I chose a strip of orange and a strip of blue.

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I've quilted all the Trip Around the World mug rugs. They're not due until the end of May so I can take my time binding them ...

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Thursday night check in: reader, I quilted it + the stash report from With Strings Attached

The amaryllis will bloom while I'm away so I took it (and some produce) to Mike and Jen, the neighbors who will watch the house. Not only do they have the house key but they also have the car keys because if the house is burning the cars need to get out of the garage.

I was determined to finish The West Wing before the trip. I watched four episodes Wednesday night (got through Matt Santos' election) which left me with five episodes for Thursday. All that TV time meant sewing time.

The prompt for round 2 of SAHRR ...

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Weekly update: SAHRR, the answer is 42, scrappy souvenirs + reading from With Strings Attached

Brrrrrrr! I hope you are keeping warm during this storm. I've been mostly indoors since Friday. I went to two memorial visitations on Saturday (the son of a Rotary friend in the morning and a quilting friend in the afternoon) though I didn't stay for the funeral services. I overrode the thermostat so the heat stays at daytime temperature overnight. Otherwise it would take all morning to warm up. Snowfall was about 2", no wind.

wrapped up in the Magpies' quilt with another quilt at my back

I appreciate all the people who braved the cold, wherever they ...

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Friday check in: SAHRR starter, 16 trips + reading from With Strings Attached

The ZBPL retirees met for lunch on Wednesday. Most of us still live in the area (two are in Wisconsin) but I don't cross paths with them very often.

It's been too cold to walk and I miss stretching my legs. (I could walk at the rec center but that's early morning and I prefer to walk in the afternoon.)

# # # # # In the warm, cozy basement studio:

I have chosen the starter for the Stay At Home Round Robin.

At the ALA Midwinter Meeting in 2018 I got two vendor tote bags with this Jane Austen quotation. I ...

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