SAHRR26

The Stay at Home Round Robin 2026, led by Quilting Gail (quiltinggail.com) launched yesterday with the first prompt being the center square.  In the past I have used an orphan block as my starting point so I checked to see if there were any prospects in my UFO boxes and I came up with two possibilities.

My first choice was this block that I made as a sample for a class I considered teaching at the guild I belonged to before 2018.  It was from a series in a magazine, I think McCall's Quilting.

I still have some of the fabrics I used in the block and I pulled some coordinating fabrics to go with it.

My second choice looks like it might have started as a round robin. 

If I use it as the "center block," it's already 22" square so it could potentially evolve into a throw-size quilt.  

I think I will wait until the next prompt before I make a decision.  At this point I am favoring the smaller option since I'm not sure if I have the stamina to work at the larger scale.  But, having a week between clues, I can pace myself.  The first step will be setting up a cutting station on the main floor since I can't go to the basement.  

I'm Baaaack!

Happy New Year Y'all

View of the lake (and golf course) from the kitchen table  

A lot has happened since my last post on May 17 and my life has taken a turn.  My legs started getting weaker at the end of last year and this year I had a number of falls -- really more like collapses -- one in the tight confines of a narrow toilet stall in the ladies room at a posh country club in Orlando!  Combined with the two surgical procedures on my spinal column, my brain no longer communicates with my feet.  In the words of my neurologist, I'm paraplegic.

Thanks to my sweet husband, I'm able to get around with a motorized wheelchair.

Needless to say, machine sewing with a foot control is not possible.  Even though my workhorse Baby Lock has a knee control, I can't control my knee, either.   But my Janome has a push-button control so we have set it up on my SewEzi table and, by golly, my wheels fit under the table!  My first project on the new setup will be a doll quilt for the great-GD's birthday.  

Stay tuned!