SAHRR Border 1
Today is the day! It’s time to share the SAHRR Border 1 – the first border we add to our center blocks! If you are visiting my blog for the first time, or missed the Introduction of the SAHRR – the Stay at Home Round Robin quilt along, you can pop over to Quilting Gail for the Introduction post as well as the Center Block post to catch up. You’ll want to come back here, though, to see the first border and to link up and show us your border later this week!
Okay, refresh your coffee or tea, this post will be a little longer than my usual posts as of late.
Here is my center block. I am using a vintage block made by my grandmother; you can read more about it in last week’s post.
The block measured 9 inches. I decided to add an additional border and make the block 12-1/2″ (unfinished). This makes it easier for me to add the first border, and gives the block a bit more stability.
SAHRR Border 1 – The Signature Block
I chose the Signature Block because it creates an interesting border design. You can play around with the layout of the blocks to create different designs for the border. As you plan your border, keep in mind that your center “signature area” doesn’t need to be a light colored fabric – feel free to play around a bit with your color and fabric choices!
To make my blocks, I cut white 2-1/2″ squares and blue 1-1/2″ squares. I drew a diagonal line on my blue squares with a marking pencil, then placed them in opposite corners on the white squares. It’s quite easy to chain sew these little blocks, so they go together quickly.
Another little tip – if you nest seams rather than press them open, you’ll want to press them open like this so that those two corners meet up easily.
Here is my block with the first border.
Since my center block was made by my grandmother, I realized it would be fun to add some signatures in some of my blocks. The signatures represent four generations of women in our family who sew(ed) – my grandmother (Selma Cecelia), my mother (Phyllis Elizabeth), me (Wendy Ann), and my daughter (Molly Elisebeth). I wrote the names on the blocks with a blue Pigma Micron pen and heat set them with my iron.
Now It’s Your Turn!
Visit the other hosts for the SAHRR for more inspiration on how to use this border in your quilt. Here is the schedule with the links:
- January 15: Center Block: Gail @ Quilting Gail
- January 22: 1st Round: Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts – You are here!
- January 29: 2nd Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
- February 5: 3rd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
- February 12: 4th Round: Brenda @ Songbird Designs
- February 19: 5th Round: ME!!! @ Quilting Gail
- February 26: 6th Round: Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
- March 18: Parade: showing all of your finished SAHRRs!
Thank you to our Sponsors!
A huge thank you goes to our sponsors, who help make this quilt along even more fun by offering some nice prizes. Several companies that we all LOVE agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2024!!! We will keep track of all of the participants that link to our Linky parties each week. We’ll keep a list and use a random number generator to choose the winners for each prize! So the more you link up, the great your chance to win – if you link up to 3 Linky parties, you will have 3 opportunities to win!
- Island Batik: 3 fat quarter bundles
- Hobbs batting: Wool Batt
- Quiltery: For the Love of Geese: A pattern of winner’s choice
- Aurifil Thread:
- Prairie Spirit Alpacas 12″ x 18″ Alpaca /Wool pressing mat
- Oliso: Pro Plus Auto Lift Iron
- Fat Quarter Shop $25 gift certificate and 2 charm packs of winner’s choice
- Zipper Valley: $20 gift certificate
- and MORE!!!!
This Week’s Link Up
Link up your SAHRR Border 1 finishes at the linky party below. Please note: In order to qualify to enter for prizes from our sponsors, we need to know who you are and how to contact you. Please email me or one of the co-hosts with your location (Country) (the email itself will provide the contact info.) It is best to link with a blog or Instagram. If you do not have either, feel free to send me your round each week, I’ll post it on my blog and enter you into the draw. My email is piecefulthoughts@gmail.com.
I hope you enjoy creating your SAHRR Border 1 this week! I look forward to seeing your progress!
Wendy
Two Little Finishes
27 Comments
Barbara J Stanbro
Sweet. You’re making me wish I’d joined in. Maybe next year.
marissthequilter
This is going to be a special quilt, with all the family memories and signatures. I am impressed with your neatly fitting waves. Thanks for sharing the method.
Sandi
I love how your block looks! I love the idea of the different family signatures. Hugs,
Cindy Pieters
What a wonderful touch of adding the family signatures!
Tracie
Your quilt top is taking on a sweet vintage style, which must be a fun direction to explore.
chrisknits
I love the movement the signature blocks gives around the guilt!! Off to play on EQ8 to get my design planned!
Cocoa Quilts
Wendy I love adding the names to your signature blocks!! What a great tribute to your Grandmother.
Diann@ Little Penguin Quilts
I was feeling a bit of the January “blahs” when I woke up this morning, but then I saw your post, and got excited to work on a new project! Those signature blocks make a great frame around your center, and I love your idea to put the family names in them, too. Are you planning to use all solids in your borders? Thanks for a fun block idea, Wendy!
texasquiltgal
I love the vintage block with the signature blocks of color, and how sweet to add those names! Nice start!
karenfae
that is looking good – nice to add the names
Kathleen McCormick
I love everything about this – the coping border, the family signatures, and of course your design. This will be so lovely, especially having your hands working on your grandmother’s block – to give it a place of honor!
Kate
Those blocks arranged that way always make me think of postage stamps for some reason. It’s a great place to start the round robin.
rl2b2017
Oh, Wendy!! The Signature Block is one of my favorites but you took it to a higher level. The addition of those names to the blocks just makes my heart sign. Brilliant! Fabulous! Seriously, using the center block is heartwarming but honoring four generations of your peeps is so touching. This piece will have to find a special place in your home where you can see it often. {{Hugs}} a bunch. LOVE this, my friend. ~smile~ Roseanne
Bernie
I am with everyone else who has commented. What a special quilt this will be – tributes to the women in your family, using your grandmother’s work as the center. This is lovely. Now to think about how I might use the signature blocks with my project. 🙂
Brenda @ Songbird Designs
This is great, Wendy! Those signature blocks with the family names adds such a warm touch with your grandmother’s center block!
Sandra Walker
I think the addition of your quilter-ancestors’ names really adds a very meaningful touch to what is going to be a very meaningful quilt.
laura bruno lilly
Those ‘signatures’ on a signature border are the perfect addition to your Grandmother’s ‘vintage’ center. Adding the coping border was wise and added a bit of a contemporary look to the overall setting IMHO.
🙂
Vicki in MN
What a great idea you had to write the names in those blocks! Hey I see a sunshiney mug mat laying by your machine!
kewagner7d65629885
What a wonderful idea to add the names of the sewers in your family! What a rich tradition you have! i am the only sewer in my entire family so far!
Karrin Hurd
Love the idea of adding the names of the women who sew in your family.
Janine @ Rainbow Hare
The signature block is a lovely addition to your vintage centre and I love your idea of writing on the names of your family quilters 🙂
Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Oh, I love that you added the names of the 4 generations of sewists in your family to the signature blocks. Fantastic!
quiltinggail
I love how your signature blocks frame your g’ma’s block and that you added the names to the blocks. Yup, I LOVE it!
Eva
Lately I can comment and all ladies complimented so well. You are rich to have this piece of fabric from your grandmother… I wished there is one in my hand from my grandmothers. No one quilted … sewing have done both… one was an super excellent needle artist in white embroidery in north of our county Hessen. May be I find for next year a piece. But back to you. I love your work and the task of the first border and you did a very good job in motivating the audience! I am fighting with colour balancing. The SAHRR makes my week!
The Morning Latte
Oh your idea turned out great. Very thoughtful, creative and meaningful = the best kind of quilt! (Didn’t know your middle name was Ann, too!).
Frédérique @Quilting Patchwork Appliqué
What a lovely project, it’s going to be filled with lot of memories.
JanineMarie
I love how you included the names in your border. This is going to be such a keepsake.