Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR) 2026~ Top Finished

My 2026 SAHRR top is done. I need to quilt it, but that will take some time to do and I need to think about how I will quilt it.  This top measures 34.5" wide x 41.5" high. I didn't want to make a huge quilt as I have difficulty quilting large quilts on my sewing machine, so I kept this one small, which can be used for a baby quilt, a wall or small lap quilt.

The last Prompt (#6) Anja (of Anja Quilts) told us it was Quilter's Choice, so yay! I was hoping I could add the lettering, along with something else, so I used dies to cut the letters and made simple squares between the Ukraine flags. I had 2 different fonts and sizes of letters. I am happy with how this came out.

 The Linky Party on Anja's blog already ended, so I couldn't add my link to share there 😢. I kept forgetting to take photos, plus it had been windy here, so I finally got these photos taken yesterday. I guess I will have to wait to share it on Gail's blog later this month.

Slava Ukraini at the top means Glory to Ukraine, hence that wording at the bottom.

The tie dye I used as background looks like bursts of sunflowers or fireworks.

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Sew Powerful Purses #73-74 for 2026

I made several of these baby zebras and other baby animals on flaps a few months ago. I finished these recently. I found some giraffe fabric print in my fabrics for the purse bodies of these 2 purses. Donating to Sew Powerful Purse Project.

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Sew Powerful Purses #71-72 for 2026

Scrappy pieced flap and a Zentangle flap. Donating to Sew Powerful Purse Project.

Scrappy pieced flap.

Zentangle heart with texture painted background.

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Sew Powerful Purses #69-70 for 2026

2 purses for Sew Powerful Purse Project that I used African woman canvas prints for the flaps. I had to trim off the bottom of each print to fit it to the flap size. I used a Japanese print fabric in orange and red with black Kanji writing on it. Africa meets Japan in these purses. The Japanese print was such a good color match to these flaps.

I wanted to show the entire flap here. Since I had to cut of the bottom of the print in order to not cut of her head when the flap folds to the back, I added a strip of green print to make the flap the correct height, but you cannot see that green when the flap is folded back, so now you can see it.

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Sew Powerful Purses #64-68 for 2026

5 more purses completed to donate to Sew Powerful Purse Project.

Scrappy pieced rectangles.

This was a Spiderweb quilt block I had that I turned into a purse flap.

Another heart finished for the February challenge at the Sew Powerful Facebook group.

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Sew Powerful Purses #61-63 for 2026

 I made these teapot appliqués years and years ago. Wanted to make a table topper with them, but my layouts just never worked quite right. So when I found these again, I decided they needed to become purse flaps. I had hand blanket stitched around them all those years ago because that was probably when I didn't have a sewing machine that did blanket stitches. So I added some scraps to make the flap the correct size and finished these 3 teapot flap purses to donate to Sew Powerful Purse Project.

Happy tea drinking and/or sewing!

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Sew Powerful Purses #58-60 for 2026

3 more purses to donate to Sew Powerful Purse Project. The flaps were all made using prints of African women that were meant for framing. Since they are a canvas and similar to vinyl, but stiffer, I wanted to use them for purse flaps. I had to cut the bottom part of each print off to fit the size of the flap, but also since part of the top of the flap is on the back side of the purse when used, I had to cut off the right amount so the head could be seen on the front, which was a bit tricky to get it right.

I had purchased several prints a couple of years ago and forgot about them. When I found them all recently, I started to finish them into flaps for the purses. Most of the prints, I bought one of each, except the two down below I bought 2 of the same print.

I tried to cut off just enough of this print so her head would still show. In doing so, the rest of the dress at the bottom had to be cut off. I could have cut more off the bottom, but it was hard to know this beforehand. This print was narrower than most and so I added fabric strips to the sides to make it wide enough.

These 2 were the same print, but when I cut off the excess from the bottom so it would fit the flap, I cut one slightly higher than the other. You can see more of the women's hand on the right one.

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