Week in Review March 23-27, 2026

by Maureen Lewicki · March 29, 2026

Monday, #Kimberbell Home Sewn for May, Block 5, The Stitchuation Room, 3/23/26

Sip something warm and work on your UFO pile while you enjoy Monday’s review of weekend stitching.

Block 5 of the Kimberbell Home Sewn tiling scene is looking good.

She also shares some super helpful tips for joining embroidered tiles. No need to hold your breath and hope everything lines up.

Becky is doing a snapplique project for an adorable baby quilt called Duck, Duck, Goose by Megs & Me. She walks through the whole process using a Daylight Tracing Light Box to trace the appliqué pieces so neatly!

America 250 Wonky Houses Banner Embroider-Along

America 250 Wonky Houses Banner (Order the digital file from here) officially kicks off the first full week of April. Becky gives us an embroidery project to celebrate America’s 250th birthday in style! This is just enough of a tease to get excited. As of 3/23, Kits were still available from Two Chicks Quilting. Order soon before they run out. You know how that goes with Becky’s projects! We’ll start on April 7 so everyone who pre-ordered can get their kits. Don’t you love happy mail?

Here’s all the ordering info. Click on the pictures.

May Mini Quilt from Designs by JuJu

Two Chicks also has a kit for the May mini quilt by JuJu. We don’t have June yet, just the May mini quilt.

Enjoy the replay!

Tuesday, #Kimberbell Home Sewn for May, Block 6, The Stitchuation Room, 3/24/26

KB Home Sewn Designs Vol 2 (18:55)

Block 6 for May’s Home Sewn project is under the needle today! Becky organizes her multi-needle machine and thread colors for the KB Home Sewn Designs Vol 2 If you’re looking to see the nitty-gritty details of a 10-needle, this video is for you.

S canNCut Passport Projects: (10:17)

Becky showcases the adorable materials for May’s ScanNCut project (file only) including making a paper bag into an apron and decorating a watering can. Perfect for Mother’s Day! Becky plans on doing this in early April. Click here for the kit.

They caught my eye with the watering can!

Grab your needle and thread, and let’s get something under the needle!

Wednesday Stitch the Evening Hour Glass Blocks on the #CelebratingAmericaQAL, the Stitchuation Rm, 25 Mar 26

Welcome to the Wednesday Stitchuation Room!

There’s a 70% off Spring Designs at DBJJ so spring on over there and get some springy stuff! 60% off everything else!

FAT QUARTER SHOP AMERICA 250 QAL

Here’s the Blog Post for Schedule & Fabric Selection

and the Celebrate with Quilts Pattern book

America 250 QAL:

This week demonstrates how to sew the Evening Hourglass block providing crucial tips on correcting the pattern book’s diagram and perfecting trimming techniques (13:24). Make sure your hour glass color is all on the same diagonal.

Inspiration, stichy chatter, and yes, miserable pollen, it’s all happening today!

Happy stitching!

Thursday, Stitch Your Sewing Room Project Prep, the Stituation Room, 3/26/26

New ‘Right Side Up Banister/Couch Quilt Kit (7:51)

Becky gives a sneak peek at a brilliant new project called the Right Side Up Banister or Couch Quilt by Kimberbell. It’s designed to look right-side up from both sides! How clever is this?? This fabric kit includes pre-cut applique pieces you can stitch down with your domestic sewing machine or you can get the machine embroidery designs that fit each piece perfectly. You’ll be finished just in time for warmer weather!

My Girlfriend’s Quilt Shoppe has the pattern and the kit. Becky plans just making one side so it fits in the spot in her sewing room she has set aside for it.

Stitch Your Sewing Room:

Becky did a deep dive preparing the Stitch Your Sewing Room Embroidery Stitch a Long, breaking down the pattern prep, including how to handle the USB on a Mac using a dongle (21:15) and how to organize your files (27:00). The tips are great for any of us, even if you are not sewing along!

Stitch Your Sewing Room Embroidery Stitch a Long is designed to be stitched without batting initially (39:41). That’s a different approach for machine embroiderers, but let’s give it a go! There are several colorways to choose from such as the Threads of Grace line above or Lori Holt’s Farmer’s Daughter below.

Becky is using the Renew line by Sandy Gervais.

The Riley Blake Designs website offers a colorfully creative inspiration guide, showing different fabric line suggestions (21:55). She mentions that customizer sheets are available to print out and color with pencils to plan your own fabric choices (22:36).

FRIDAY #DBJJ April Mini Quilt Sampler, Assembly. The Stitchuation Room, 27 Mar 26

This session was packed with tips for assembling the DBJJ April Mini Quilt Sampler. It’s a perfect example of a tiling scene. For this project, Becky uses DBJJ Stabilizer & Batting and Magnets to attach the mini quilt to the house frame.

Becky recommends using a 90/14 needle to handle the thickness of batting and stabilizer. (37:54).

This tutorial for assembling tiles is excellent. Becky explains how to identify the outer stitch line on the back of the tiles to ensure they match up perfectly. (31:13)

Identify the outside stitch on the right side.