RSC2026-half-way through April

It’s been a great week for pink. I made 6 pink blocks for my Nine Patch & Snowball, plus 5 snowballs. I decided I’d better stop sewing them together so I can have layout options. The borders are alternating LV squares & 1/2 snowballs so I made 6 of them. I figured I could make a few each month & then I’ll have everything ready to put it together when the colors run out this year.

If you’ve been following my 2026 goal of FINISH, then you know that one of my monthly projects for RSC2026 is to finish a WIP with lots of the monthly color. Yippee, because this is my second WIP finish for the month & it’s pink! My first was a second red that fell into April. This is Hope #4 & was begun as my 2024 Breast Cancer Awareness quilt, then got set aside when life happened. I make one each fall in honor of my friend who battled 3 rounds & finally succumbed. I give them to friends & family who face their own battle. I started #5 as a teaching project with a friend & then her life happened, so that’s a WIP. But this is ready for quilting!

What is this you ask? Well, the above quilt was made from a Moda kit I purchased on sale & after finishing, I assessed the giant pile of leftover fabric & said, “No, I will not put this pile into my stash.” I cut it all into 4.5″ squares & sewed up a donation top inspired by Nancy@GraceandPeaceQuilting, who makes 99 Charms quilts for donations. I had a mess of layer cake pieces left, plus “halves” of layer cakes that were 4.5″ wide because I had to cut 5.5″ squares for the quilt. So “slightly shrunk charms” made up this quilt. It goes into the box for Many Hands Many Hearts & that kit is gone!