For round 3, our prompt comes from Emily, who blogs at The Darling Dogwood. She is encouraging us to use a block or blocks that take their inspiration from the animal kingdom! Now, this is a fun prompt, isn’t it? Let’s see what some ideas are and what block I chose.

What Are Some Options?

There are so many ways to incorporate this idea into your quilt. Emily, in her prompt, suggested that you could choose a block named after an animal, one that looks like an animal, an applique of an animal, or fabric that contains animals. Let’s look at some blocks that contain animal names

Row 1: Turtle, Fish, Cat, Bear’s Paw
Row 2: Sawtooth/Bear’s Paw, Reindeer, Birds in the Air, Hummingbird
Row 3: Bird of Paradise, Puss in the Corner, Wild Goose Chase, Goose Tracks
Row 4: Dogtooth Violet, Devil’s Dark Horse, Fox and Geese, Elephant

There are so many other creative ways to look at animals, too. One that I have always meant to explore more, has been tanagrams and animals (here is a great link on those). Tanagrams are formed from the 7 pieces in a square, and make other images. Many of these could be translated into quilt blocks.

My Block Reveal

I decided to go with the Sawtooth/Bear Paw. I liked the sawtooth as a link to the gears/tool theme in my quilt. I decided to use the 8 at a time HST triangle technique. It does make quick work of them. And, here is a view of where I am so far. I am doing this a week ahead of you, and hoping to pull ahead in the next few days, so I can have a completed top for you at the end of the 6th round.

Some Helpful Links

Here are some sources for figuring out Half Square Triangles and the various methods there are.

• 8 at time Half Square Triangles
• Half Square Triangle Sheet
• Another Half Square Triangle Sheet, with options for more room for error.
• Mathless Quilts Calculators – great if you have limited fabric and want to get cutting for each method for HSTs. This page also has calculators for flying geese, split quarter square triangles, yardage for backing and binding and square in a square. Lots of great calculators.

The Hostesses

Remember, check out the other hosts choices to see what else is brewing! The list is below.

• Anja @ Anja Quilts
• Brenda @ Songbird Designs
• Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
• Gail @ Quilting Gail 
• Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts

My Linky Party is held by Emily at The Darling Dogwood.

Stay at Home Round Robin 2026 Schedule

Remember each week, the host listed is the one that has a link up for you to post your progress. The others will also be showing their interpretation, so you get the added benefit of seeing 6 different approaches to the same prompt!

• ✓ January 14: Each of the hosts will be sharing their center blocks
• ✓ January 21: 1^st Round:    Brenda @ Songbird Designs
• ✓ January 28: 2^nd Round: Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
• February 4: 3^rd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood<——-This Week
• February 11: 4^th Round:   Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts
• February 18: 5^th Round: Gail @ Quilting Gail 
• February 25: 6^th Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
• March 25:   Parade: Your Finished SAHRRs!

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Coming Up on the Blog

Teal Tablerunner
Retreat fun
SAHRR – Round 4 – 2/11/26
Baby Panel Quilts (2)

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