2026 Focus Cutting Sew Along

This year Naomi's Focuscutting Sewalong focus is the square. I wasn't sure if I would do it or not..... but I love hand stitching so.......

I keep tossing up between making curtains or something else. I guess when a I have a number of blocks I will decide.

Week one above is motif. The theme for the first 4 weeks is the colour white or cream. The can be background or focus. At present I'm using one and a half inch blocks, but may change that depending on the fabric. 4 blocks make a 4-patch. Week 2 was obscure sections. I 'cheated' and used a striped pattern to make the block - my block my rules, right 😆!

Week 3 was matching. I usually don't like the matching as I think it wastes too much fabric and it's REALLY hard.

 

 I still missed one section.

  

Week 4 was freestyle so I made another motif block. 

   

Link Up Parties for Inspiration: 

Finished(or Not) Friday – Alycia Quilts

Off the Wall Fridays - Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Put Your Foot  Down - Quiltery

Wednesday Wait Loss - The Inquiring Quilter

Sew and Tell - Melva Loves Scraps

Fairy Quilt - My First Finish of the Year

Finally finished the 'fairy quilt'. My first finish for the year.

I purchased the lovely fairy panel at a quilt shop in Towoomba many, many years ago and last year when trying to think of what colours to use to make the 2025 Moda Blockheads I came across the panel and decided to make some blocks purple to go with the panel.

I made 12 blocks in total and added a strip of purple stipes to the top.

For the backing I used a Tinkerbell blanket that I purchased, also years ago, that I hadn't used yet. 

Link Up Parties for Inspiration: 

Finished(or Not) Friday – Alycia Quilts

Off the Wall Fridays - Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Put Your Foot  Down - Quiltery

Wednesday Wait Loss - The Inquiring Quilter

Sew and Tell - Melva Loves Scraps

Lupines and Laughter - Parts 7 & 8.

Part 7 was quick, as I already had the pieces cut out ready to go this week, which meant I could also work on part 8 and the reveal - yay. First putting together the pieces made in part 6 with some sashing.

Then piecing the alternate block to make the top.

The first border was to be ice blue, but I changed it to dark purple. The second border was the flying geese from part two.

Now all that is left to do are the cornerstones and the quilting and binding. That will have to wait as I'll be working on finishing and quilting the fairy quilt - I need all my pins that are sandwiching the fairy quilt.  

Link Up Parties for Inspiration: 

Finished(or Not) Friday – Alycia Quilts

Off the Wall Fridays - Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Put Your Foot  Down - Quiltery

Wednesday Wait Loss - The Inquiring Quilter

Sew and Tell - Melva Loves Scraps