Bonjour et bienvenue 😊 I'm so glad that you dropped by. For the first time EVER I have a flimsy finish that is on time for a Sew-Along (SAL), Quilt-Along (QAL) or Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) schedule. Most of them become UFO's although a few were finished a short time after.

SAHRR 2026 Finish

I'm so happy to present my finished flimsy. I don't want to keep calling this quilt the SAHRR 2026 quilt, so after some deliberation, it's now the All Grown Up quilt. If you'll remember, the four centre blocks came from the Growing Up QAL with Alida in 2017. So now the quilt is All Grown Up. See, that was another QAL that became a UFO 😉

All Grown Up is now a finished flimsy

What a difference taking a photo in the sun makes! The photo above was taken on a very cloudy day while the one below was taken in the afternoon sunlight. You can even see the shadow of tree branches on the quilt top! The "real" colours are the top photo, more maroon than pink. Once upon a time, these were my favourite colours. I still love them, they're just not my favourite anymore.

Have you noticed the difference between the flimsies, other than the colour? I though that I was finished but I decided to add a narrow maroon strip at the bottom of the quilt. I find that it looks more finished. It's narrower than the other borders because the quilt is long enough!

All Grown Up - almost finished.

Piecing the bottom row

Bottom row photo from my previous post

After my last post, I just had the bottom row to piece together...but I was getting bored 😕 What can I say, I don't like doing things the same way more than once, which is why I don't make big quilts with one block anymore.

I decided to add a horizontally pieced line between the first and second blocks. I had found a gray fabric so I used a small square, as well as some pinks to help pull all of the colours together. After the pineapple block, I used vertical strips of some of those same colours. I couldn't use them all though because the bottom row got too large!😁

Bottom row of All Grown Up - shacking things up!

I'm really happy with my All Grown Up quilt. I'm going to put it aside (but not too far so that I can find it easily again!) and then FMQ it. I'm really hoping to FMQ it this summer or fall because I'm looking forward to cuddling up in it. I also have some great ideas for quilting it!

I have two beautiful appliqué design books, Beautiful Botanicals by Deborah Kemball and Jacobean Rhapsodies by Patricia B Campbell & Mimi Ayars that I love but will not likely use for appliqué, however, what if I used the motifs to FMQ? Doesn't that sound like a great idea? The shapes are fairly simple and they really look amazing together. I'm adding this information in my post so that when I do start quilting it, I'll have written it down and can find it if I forget.😊

Jacobean Rhapsodies

Beautiful Botanicals

What I learned

I can finish a SAHRR quilt top on time if I only make one, and it's not too complicated.
Although the flimsy is finished, I was pretty tired of it - which is why I got creative in the third row!
I'm looking forward to FMQ those nice negative spaces. They are not huge, but big enough to FMQ something interesting!
I did find those three missing blocks. I'll be adding them to the back of the quilt, when I've found the perfect backing fabric and I'm ready!
I'm so happy that this is finished - I have all kinds of projects to get to 😀
Spring Fling with Out Of The Box is coming soon, on April 24 - 25. I'll have one new hand-stitched piece for the show and I have a few ideas for pieces that are mostly finished but were never exhibited. Stay tuned for more information!

I Quilted This!

Welcome to the I Quilted This! linking party that celebrates quilting on a domestic machine or custom quilting on a long-arm. Feel free to link up and share any recent project, even if you're not quilting it! Here are the posts that included FMQ, ruler work and walking foot quilting last week. Thanks for linking up 😊 and feel free to grab the button.

Kat from Scrapbox Quilts finished up quilting a Heartstrings donation quilt as well as making a Lil bear hug quilt. They are so cute.

Kat's quilted Heartstring quilt

Kat's latest Lil bear hug quilt

Frédérique of Quilting Patchwork Appliqué finished her two lovely play mats (tapis d'éveil) for her two brand new grand-nieces. They are so cute. If you're intrigued about how she made them, be sure to read her posts!

Frédérique's first play mat

Frédérique's second play mat

Sandra from mmm quilts made this amazing quilt for Project Quilting 17.5 It's called Circadian Rhythm. She deliberated a lot about each aspect of the quilt - it really is stunning!