Round Robin Participation

On previous posts, you have already seen my first two rounds (here and here) and the finished quilts that went to lucky owners.

Round ThreeThis block was sent to me for the addition of the third border. You have no idea how long I stared at this piece trying to come up with an idea to complement the block. I tried appliqué …. nope, too busy.

In the end, the block won out and told me to stop and all I added were corner triangles and on it went to the next person for finishing (quilting, etc.)

Here it is all finished up. I love the simplicity of the piece and how my pink corners framed the fabulous center block and border. I hope the lady that now owns this quilt loves it!

Round Four

My job for this round was to sandwich the quilt, quilt it and put on binding and label and then send it on to the last person on the list.

This quilt was hard to hand quilt. The batik fabric and LOTS of piecing was hard to needle through; but I got there in the end.

Round Five

My quilt! While glancing through the sneak peeks that the four ladies had worked on, I had no idea this beauty was mine.

Go here to read more and see all the quilts being revealed.

When I signed up for this round robin, I gave an idea of colours to use and my quilt was to be asymmetrical. Top scores to the ladies for coming up with a design that matched me perfectly!

Will I participate again in a round robin ….. yes (except I’m taking 2009 off and will be working only on things for me)! RR forces me to be creative and to think outside the box. Will I become better at it? I hope so.

Have a great day!

Round Two

This is the block I received for round 2 of the Spring Fling Round Robin. What to do, what to do???

A bit of appliqué was added by me and then on it went to the next person who added the flying geese border and then to another person for quilting and finishing.  It is now owned by my friend Judith.

Great job, ladies!  Go here to see more quilts from this exchange.

To all of you that celebrate at this time of year .... 

Happy Holidays and Stay Safe!

My lst round robin block

Waaaay back in August, my first block in the Spring Fling Round Robin 2 was mailed to the next person on my list and the above block is what I did.

…. and this is the finished quilt. What a delightful quilt! :o) It truly is amazing to see the difference from my first stitches to the last and the ladies after me brought my part to life. In fact, when I checked out the final version, at first I could not see my block as there was so much going on.

Go here to this post to read more about the quilt. Be sure to check back to the main blog as there are more quilts to be revealed over the next few weeks and they will be awesome.

Have a great day!

Edit: Unfortuntely, I am not the person to own this lovely quilt. It is Margaret (hostess of our swap and the Four Seasons Quilt Swap 4 and 5). For this quilt, I started the block; then another person added the 1st border; then another person added the 2nd border; then another person quilted it,added the binding and label and then mailed the finished quilt to Margaret. When you consider the number of people working on this quilt, it is so amazing that it turned out like this.

Ssshhhh .....

Here is just a peek of the block that was made for the first round of the Round Robin that I am participating in.

We can’t reveal the whole block as it must remain a secret until the very end.

This is definitely a mystery for me:

a) I don’t know who is sending me the next round and

b) When I do my part, I don’t have the whole vision of what the final quilt will look like.

This is something that I am not accustomed to and it is definitely a challenge to do my bit. Seeing all the quilts will be exciting when they are all revealed.

Have a great day!