2026 Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR)

I am participating again this year making a SAHRR quilt. This is the second year I have participated, but this is the 6th year SAHRR has been happening. For more info or to participate yourself, click on the SAHRR link in the side bar of my blog.

This week Gail and the gang involved in bringing the SAHRR are sharing their center blocks and we have one week to post and share ours on the Linky Party on Gail's blog. Since I knew I needed a center block when it was first announced about this year's SAHRR, I thought about using an orphan or UFO block, but in the end I decided to make a sunflower appliqué block, since I love both sunflowers and appliqué. I will have to wait for the clues each time to decide on what I will do next, since I have no idea what those clues will be and what I will do with the clues to add to this center block.

It does not have to be done in the round either, so I could make one block with the next clue, or a couple of blocks to add to each side of the center (or top/bottom), or? It's all up to me how I want to do it and what size block(s) I will make and where I want to place them. So I could make a Row quilt instead of going around. So I will just wait for the next clue and decide then. It will be as much of a surprise to me as to you. 😄

This block is 9-inch finished or 9 1/2-inch unfinished.

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Bee & Clover Panel with Pieced Border & Sunflowers

I am trying to use up some panels that I either bought or were donated awhile ago. This panel with bees and clover was a long narrow panel. I knew it needed side borders to make it wider, but making it too wide might look odd or take away from the panel? It's always a challenge to know what to do with panels. I wish they were more equal in width and length before adding borders. 

I first added the black inner border to define the panel. I knew I wanted to make a couple of appliqué sunflowers to add some interest and color and add some kind of border too. I came up with this border on the sides that looks a bit like zipper teeth 😄. I didn't have enough of the 3 border fabrics to make a top/bottom border, so decided to use the bee print on top/bottom. I am not wild about that, but maybe when someone quilts this, it will look better? I am donating this quilt top to Wrap the World with Quilts, so I am sure it will be used and I hope loved too. 🤗

This quilt top measures 34" wide x 59" high.

I used machine blanket stitch on the stem, leaves and petals and that stitch that looks like rickrack for stitching around the center of the sunflower.

Closeup of the bee & clover panel.

Pieced border.

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