Monday, January 19, 2026

FOMO or Squirrels or……

I have no resistance when it comes to taking on new projects! I was catching up Saturday on blog reading, and I saw several people’s posts about their center block for the Stay At Home Round Robin. There were some really cool centers! I went to the main site, and there was still time to join in. I got busy, and this is what I came up with:


I seem to be stuck on stars lately. I’ve had a picture of this pinned to my Pinterest board for a while, but it doesn’t have any measurements or instructions. That’s okay, I did my own thing. The centers are from a chunk of fabric that was in my scrap box. I have some yardage also, so it seemed like a good choice. I pulled some random colored scraps to make the star points. Would you believe it turned out to be 24”? I like it, and we’ll see what I can do with it. Here’s the link to the main page. 

Well, I didn’t stop there. Betty sent me a picture of her January block for the 2026 BOM from A Quilting Life. 


I had been thinking of starting a new BOM but couldn’t make up my mind. Oh gee. I had a few yards of a border print Betty had given me. Her sister bought it at a garage sale. 


It’s really old, but I do love any and all border prints, so that was my incentive to make a block.


I dug out some older fat quarters that would work with the border print. I like Betty’s block better, but I was limited to what works with my focus fabric.


I’m not sure I will love it, but I’ll try to keep an open mind until I get a little farther along. 

It’s been cold—good weather for soup!


Ground beef with potatoes, tomatoes, onions, cabbage, and carrots. It’s so good on a cold night! I was wishing I had some homemade bread to eat with it, but I settled for saltines. Have a good week, and stay warm wherever you are!

9 comments:

  1. Your starting block is beautiful! Love the colors. I have that Quilting Life BOM on my list too, but I 've not even done the first block. I'm still debating. Soup looks good. We had chicken & noodles over mashed potatoes yesterday and homemade rolls. Talk about carbing up! That's what cold weather does to us - lol!

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  2. I love your 4 stars for your centre block!! It will be fun to watch your quilt grow!! Thank you for joining in on the SAHRR '26 and for linking up!

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  3. I haven't started many new quilts so far this year I"m slowing down I guess - sooner or later I will get to moving faster on sewing again

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  4. I love your star blocks! I’m trying to get inspired since Christmas. Thanks for the idea.

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  5. Love your center block! Glad you are joining us this year!

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  6. Lovely blocks. I'm looking forward to following you in the SAHRR :)

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  7. I agree. Starting projects is great fun. I have a pile of UFOs to prove it. =)

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  8. Pretty blocks, Carolyn. Beautiful border print you have chosen for the BOM. I love your block, it looks great with the border print.

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