SAHRR - Next Round - Half-Square Triangles

The next round of the SAHRR has been chosen as Half-Square Triangles at Anja Quilts.  I decided to sew a border around my center block.  I liked the look of this framing of the block that Kathleen McMusing showed on her blog.

I decided on yellow for the border. Not sure how I like this so far, but we'll see as I add other parts according to the prompts. 

I did not do anything yet with the previous week's block. This block was called "Sunshine" for my initial. It was similar to King's Crown.

This block is 6 1/2" so I'm hoping that I can add a few more blocks to put on the sides of my center framed block. Then maybe I'll frame the other blocks somehow, too. It is yet to be determined. 

Stay at Home Round Robin

I was doing a little search for a paper-pieced block - because, well, sometimes my points don't come out too great for half-square triangles. I found this block on Generations Quilt Patterns and I thought it was the same as King's Crown Block. However, now when I snapped a picture and posted it here, there is 1 extra hst in each section. My eyes must have been deceiving me.

But a light bulb went off - Kathleen also said that you could sew a block that begins with your initial. Well, by the stretch of my imagination, this block that they call "Sunshine" begins with an "S" which is my last initial. Now, I guess, I'm working within the guidelines. As quilters, we are allowed to be subject to our own imagination. I am linking up to SAHRR Linkup

Stay at Home Round Robin 2025

 I decided to join in with all of the fabulous quilters for the Stay at Home Round Robin, I have not participated before and would like to try it this year. It's always fun to have friendly quilters sewing along. I looked through all of my orphaned blocks and came up with this one. 

It is rather pink and red. There are some green and white flecks that I can work with, also. I guess it is better to use this block up instead of having it sit in my dresser drawer for another 5 years or so.

I would like to have a smaller quilt completed for a mini instead of a large quilt. This is a 12 1/2" block so I will keep the piecing small for the remainder of the SAHRR. But that's ok, hopefully I can figure it out.

I will be linking up to Quilting Gail

Tiny Tote Bags for Christmas Treats

 I have not done any blogging for quite a while. So I thought I'd post a few of the items that I finished recently. Christmas has long past and we have been moving on into 2025; however, I did sew Tiny Tote Bags for my coworkers. 

I will tell that it was a bit of a time-consuming project. The pattern makes 10 tiny totes. I did sew 11 because there was some little squares left from the strip-piecing. 

I'm glad I sewed the extra one because I wanted to keep it for myself. Selfish, I know. But sfter all of my hard work, I wanted to be reminded of it each Christmas. I can hang it on the Christmas tree in future years.  Plus, the fabric is left over from a quilt top that I hope to have quilted and bound for Christmas 2025. The quilt top has been done for  probably 3 years, Deer Christmas fabric

Tiny Tote

Luckily there were 10 coworkers in my office so it made just enough. I filled the tiny tote with candy and added these fanciful "disco balls". John Travolta would be proud. I love his commercial at Christmas where he is the Santa Claus! I believe it is for Capital One.

Lining

A few of my coworkers really liked this. They commented: "it even has a little pocket". 

Linking to Sew & Tell