2026 Quilting Check In Q1

If you haven't already heard, Melanie Meyer @mellmeyer has taken over the quarterly quilting goal check-in link up party previously posted by Yvonne Fuchs @quiltingjetgirl. I plan to keep checking in quarterly, but in a simpler format than years past. Melanie suggested reflecting on our Q1 2026 quilting progress, so I'll keep it to that.

January – March 2026 Quilts

It's actually been a pretty productive quarter, which is great. For one, I participated in several groups and workshops that resulted in quilts in a variety of sizes.

• Block Studies Collective

Shattered

Pillars

Shift

• Improv for Everyone :: Fat Curves and Skinny Lines workshop with Maria Shell @mariashellquilts

Upended

• Quilt Improv Studio

Configured

• Building an Improv Toolbox workshop with Sarah Goer @sarahgoerquilts

Imp

Happily, I finished the 2025 Seattle MQG BOM with the help of longarm quilter Dionne Hersch @dinglebobbins. That sure felt good!

Calendar Cascade

And I made a wall hanging for our son to (hopefully) hang in his office.

Liturgical Calendar Wall Hanging

Finally, I made a scrappy quilt, my first quilt finish for the 100 Day Project/AKA 100 Days of Scraps.

Strings

Going into Q2 of the year, I'll continue working on my Pantone Quilt Challenge project, and once that's done I have another quilt challenge I want to make a quilt for. There's also the current Seattle MQG BOM to keep up with and I suppose I should start another scrappy quilt for my 100 Days of Scraps. So plenty to keep me going. One day at a time.

Linking up with Melanie and the #2026QuiltingCheckIn Q1.