Hi and welcome. It's incredibly cold here so I hope that you're keeping warm wherever you are! I'm dreaming of tropical beaches - no plans, just dreaming 😊 Project Quilting's third challenge is the Year of the Horse while SAHRR's round 3 is inspired by the Animal Kingdom. Ready or not, here they are! Here's the link to this week's I Quilted This!
PQ - 17.3: Year of the Horse
This week's theme: "find your inspiration from the turn of the year, in the animal, in our hopes and desires for the near future." In this piece, I have included my hopes for my art for the upcoming year. I wrote these goals in my Plans, Goals, and Dreams for 2026 post.
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This project was inspired by a quick picture that I created for that post. I really want need to remember this, which is why I made the poster and now a quilted version.
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| PPT creation |
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| Scrappy |
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| Small |
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| Playful |
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| Experimental |
There is a nod to the Year of the Horse. Let's hope that the horse will find lovely pastures to rest at some point, and not just race ahead with blinders on.
SAHRR Round 3: Animal Kingdom
This week's Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) is a block from the animal kingdom. Thanks Emily! I did a quick search and was lucky enough to find the Chicago Geese Quilt Block. It's a lovely block and includes my favourite technique - stitch and flip!
Here is my 9" block.
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| Chicago Geese Quilt Block |
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| Here they are ....could be a challenge pulling them all together |
The instructions I followed were for a 12" Chicago Geese block. I made this one a little smaller but I miscalculated. No surprise there! 😮 If I can't manage to make all of these blocks play nicely, I can always re-make some of them smaller....and use this year's extra blocks as next year's centre 😁
What I learned
- I had a great time stitching up the scrappy background for my 2026 Goals piece.
- I really wanted to do something different and just before I started FMQ the word "scrappy", I remembered how words can be written from letters cut up from the newspaper (remember those?)
- I'm really happy with how it came out, but I need to be more careful with my super sharp scissors - I'll be repairing the little hole I made 😔
- For my Chicago Geese block, I really should have reviewed my calculations before starting.
- I'm becoming quite proficient at half-square triangles and stitch and flip. It's nice to be playing with simple traditional blocks.
Related links
- Project Quilting - 17.3: Year of the Horse
- Project Quilting 17.1 Challenge - A Clean Slate, January 09, 2026
- 12" Finished Chicago Geese Quilt Block instructions from fabric 406
- A Quilter's Cove QAL Link-up and SAHRR, January 31, 2026
- SAHRR Round 1 - hour-glass block, January 26, 2026
- Starting Things and I Quilted This!, January 15, 2026
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties, including SAHRR's Round 3 party with Emily at the Darling Dogwood. TGIFF, Beauties Pageant, Off The Wall Friday, 7.3: Year of the Horse Monday Musings, Sew & Tell,
Note: Darn, it would seem that I forgot to link up to Emily's Round 3 party! 😕
I like how your met the challenge this week! Quilting your hopes for the year looks great!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Terry!
DeleteYou did a wonderful job with the prompts from both challenges. Your project quilting piece would have been a fun block to add to your SAHRR, it would fit in really nicely.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate, yes the fabric matches - I took what was easiest to get my hands on lol!
DeleteChicago Geese - who knew? What a fun block! I like your PQ project, too!
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy - yes, who knew? I'm surprised that I found it...and that it was relatively simple.
DeleteAnother goose block. That one is new to me too. It is fun playing along for sure. I couldn't find the I quilted that site. Perhaps a different address?
ReplyDeleteHi Lynn, I did like the Chicago geese block. I host the I Quilted This! every Thursday on this blog. I don't usually post more than one post a week, except for the last couple of months! You can link up on my latest post.
DeleteLove your mini quilt for the PQ prompt, year of the horse. It is fun how it mimics your picture! Then, that Chicago Geese block is so much fun. You can make these work with coping strips, lattice, etc....flying geese. They are beautiful blocks and you are so creative!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathleen, and thanks for those suggestions. I suspect that I will have to be innovative, no matter what, but then, that's part of the fun :-)
DeleteAll of your variety of blocks are looking good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Betty :-)
DeleteI like your color combination of the SAHRR. What size is your center? Thanks for sharing in Sew & Tell.
ReplyDeleteThanks Melva, the centre block is 23.5" square. Those used to be my favourite colours back in university. :-)
DeleteGreat job on both projects, Andree! I really love how your SAHRR is coming together. Love those colors. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings. Have a great weekend.
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