Thursday, November 27, 2025

Cowboy Panel Finish!

Hi and welcome! 😁 I know - two posts in one week. It's been a while since I've done that! I'm thrilled to share with you my Cowboy panel quilt flimsy.

4 Borders on the Cowboy quilt

I've been working on this project since January through the SAHRR 2025 (Stay At Home Round Robin). I knew that I wouldn't get this project done by March when they had the parade. However, having a completed flimsy by the end of 2025 is a huge win! 😃

Cowboy panel quilt - a finished flimsy 😀

Here's are some highlights of the project. To make things easier for everyone, I've added the links directly in the post.

Week 1 was the Art block - we had to find a block that started with the fist letter of our name. The corner block and the bottom blocks are Art blocks.

Week 2 was HST or blocks with half-square triangles. The Lama block on top is a Friendship Star block with a border. The bison block in the middle was an extra block to showcase the fabric.

Weeks 1 and 2 blocks

Week 3 was a Star block. I made two Nine Patch Star blocks with scraps from two shirts. Here's one of them.

Week 3 - a Nine Patch Star block

Week 4 was blocks with inserts. I made the first block with the horse fabric and the next two blocks have all kinds of inserts. Those are the first two blocks on top as well as the last one on the bottom. I also added a pocket block with a denim border. The pocket is from one of the shirts.

Cowboy panel with blocks from weeks 1 to 3

Another insert block made later

Week 5 was a half or quarter log cabin blocks. I ended up making one regular log cabin block to feature the Canada geese fabric and then a quarter log cabin block.

Full log cabin block wit Canada geese

Quarter log cabin block with Moo!

Week 6 was the Kite block. Other than some math issues, it came out well.

Kite block that I later added coping strips

After week 6, I needed more blocks so I made a few appliqué blocks based on a free pattern that I found.

Boot and hat

Cacti

Horse shoe with friends

Finally I needed one extra block so I made an improv block.

Last block - improv

This summer, I added an inner dark brown border and completed the two side borders. It went well, especially with the help of coping strips.

Inner and side borders done

Since the side borders went together fairly easily, I thought that the top and bottom borders would be a breeze....not so much 😔 I blame it on my accuracy challenge and poor math skills. Here is the quilt with the top border.

Outside picture of the Cowboy panel quilt with 3 borders

This is where I left the quilt until this week. I knew that the bottom border wouldn't be as much trouble because in theory, all I had to do was to copy the measurements of the top border. I'm thrilled to say that I was only a quarter inch off on both ends, so just cut that off!

Last look at the Cowboy panel quilt flimsy
from SAHRR 2025

This flimsy is my November OMG - Yay! Done with days to spare.

What I learned

It was really interesting going through all of my SAHRR posts to prepare this one. There were definitely lots of learning while making all of these blocks.
I knew that I was being overly ambitious when I started making 2 panel quilts, but the Cowboy quilt is now a flimsy and I'm hoping to finish the Christmas panel quilt by the end of the year. This is also very ambitious but I know that I can do it after everything I've learned from making the Cowboy quilt (in theory anyway😁). Think coping strips and measure 4 times!!!!
I've looked at my Christmas panel and blocks - I don't have any fabric picked out for the borders. Oh well, I'll be checking out my stash next. I will also make this my December One Monthly Goal (OMG).
My plan is to finish both flimsies this year and start the new year with FMQ fun!
Here's a photo of the panel. After checking out my photos, it looks like I'll be spreading the blocks out or making more. Come back to check up on my progress 😊