Last finish of 2022

Well I squeaked by finishing this before the end of the year!  I started this as a round robin over the summer.  Then the quilt was sent to two other ladies that added some rounds to it.  Then it got sent back to me, and I finished it with one more round.

I knew I wanted to make this for my mom, and my mom has said she wants a quilt big enough to put on her bed.  So I kept that in mind as I added my final border to the quilt.

Here is the full quilt being held up by my dad and my husband.  I started with the yellow "flower" in the middle.  It was actually a snails trail block that I slightly modified to make it look like a rose.

I chose to do a yellow flower because that has always been one of my moms favorite colors.

And here is a picture of the full quilt on my mom's bed.  I would say that it fits!  She loves it, so that's all that matters.

Because of other Christmas obligations I wasn't able to add the binding until the night before I gave it to my mom! Luckily our friends have a sewing machine I could borrow. otherwise this might have gone into the next year pile!

This was finish number 12 of the year! (I know I haven't shared them all yet, but I will this year).  That might be the most I have finished in one year.  I do know one year I finished 9.  Having a long arm really helps!

round robin 2020

My round robin group in 2020, had 4 people.  

This is the first block I received.  I wasn't sure what to add to it, which colors to pull out from the star!

I chose the black and white border to make it a little larger, then pinwheels in teals.  I thought there was a lot of mustard in the star already, the teal would help make it pop.

This is the second block I received.  I liked the straight lines contrasting the triangles and diamonds.

I noticed in the second round it didn't have any of the blue, so I added that.  I went completely different for this.  I did a kite block.  I like the movement it adds.

 

This is the last block I received.  I love the framing on the house, and then the squares on point around it.  I picked out the colors I wanted to use, but had no clue about what to do.

 

Then it came to me, flying geese! If I wouldn't have been so in love with the fabrics I picked out, I probably would have made them all green, and to look like trees. I think they kind of look like they are flying around the house. 

And last but not least, my lovely cat quilt block that came back to me!  I actually got this block when I was doing the monthly block swap.

I LOVE the borders!! I cannot wait to add some more to mine to make it a full size quilt!

 

 

Round robin 2021

I LOVE round robins.  I love swaps, I love getting to know other quilters. 
 

 Someone that was in my Round robin 2020 group was running her own, so I of course wanted to join!

Here is the block:

This quilt will actually be for my friend, Becca after she graduates college.  She picked out the design, then picked out all the fabric.

It's always interesting to me to see what fabrics and such other people pick.  Becca has a good eye for color.

The pattern is from http://627handworks.com/ 

I enjoy paper piecing! And love how the hexagons look.

For this round robin we also had to include some fabric so our swap partners can use some of it in each of the rounds!  I am excited to see how this ends up turning out, and what blocks I will get!

Kitties are multiplying!

I decided to make some cats that face the left and some that face the right.

Here's how they look around the middle block.

Round Robin 2

I posted about this second round robin from 2017.  I got kind of stumped on what to do. And then I saw this small cat blocks, and decided to use those to make a border for my round robin.

As I cut up fabric, for projects, I also cut up fabric for my leader/enders (bow tie & spools), but also for this (and a few other sizes for other quilt ideas I have).

FINSHED QUILT!!!!

Here is my round robin Quilt from 2016 it is finished!!!

And my finished back!

I am so excited to have this quilt done.  Just because I think it's so cool being the round robin and all.

Round Robin 2016 cont

I had joined a round robin in 2016 & 2017.

Here is my finished quilt top! I added the purple and neutral 2.5" squares to make it a little bigger.

I realized I have a new problem now with having a long arm and wanting to finish quilts, I don't generally buy yardage!  So I went digging through my flannel stash, but didn't see anything that I thought would work.  Then I found this Eiffel tower fabric (which happens to be the same fabric I used in the first block.

I decided to add the purple and neutral blocks to the back to make sure it was big enough.  This will be the first thing I quilt on my long arm!!

Round Robin 2017

Some of the ladies I did the round robin with last year decided we would do it again this year, there were only 3 of us, but it was fun. 

I added the flying geese to this one to kind of look like trees to match the camping fabric.

I wanted a way to pull out the colors that were in her bear claw block

And here is what I received back! I don't know what I am going to do next to add to it.

Round robin 2016

I have wanted to join a round robin for a long time.  Someone on facebook posted about one, so I jumped at the chance to join!

This is the first block I received, and I added the string blocks to the outside.

This is the block I sent.  I will post a final picture of it

I added the black & white hour glass blocks.  I wanted something that would add to it, but not be super crazy.

It's just lovely!! I am adding some purple & white 2.5" squares to make it just a little bit bigger.