Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Mystery Round Robin Quilt

A huge thank you to all of the ladies who worked so hard on my quilt:  Michele, Caroline, Carol, Samantha, and Renae!

This was my first time participating in a round robin and I underestimated the stress that I would have in trying to figure out the perfect border to add.  I will admit that I wasn't crazy about my fabric choices for my center block or with my piecing.  In a way it made it easier because I wasn't worried that I wouldn't like the quilt in the end since I didn't even like it in the beginning.  With that being said, here is my PERFECT Round Robin Quilt.


I decided to quilt it using dense, straight lines in a square starting from the center and working my way out.  This is the first time I've quilted using this closely spaced lines and I love the texture (although, it isn't the softest).


I seem to have a problem with square quilts so when I got it back I added a 2.5" border to the top and to the bottom using a Lizzy House Pearl Bracelet fabric from my LQS.  I know the rules stated that we were supposed to steer away from using too many plain/unpieced borders, I'm so glad that some of the ladies did it anyway.  This quilt has the perfect balance of pieced and non-pieced (or minimally pieced) borders!


The center block was made using a Kate Spain Honey Honey Charm Pack and there is more from that line scattered throughout.  It measures approximately 42" w x 48" l.


The backing and binding are also by Kate Spain (her Terrain line, I think).  A wonderful job all around ladies.  I'm so happy to have had a chance to work with all of you on these quilts and hope your as happy with your finished product as I am. Head over to Quilts From My Crayon Box to see all of the other finished quilts.

8 comments:

  1. Oh wow. I love the way this turned out. I like your final addition. It really pulls it all together. Beautiful quilt!

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  2. I like this one! The simple lines really offset the busier fabrics. Sweet!

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  3. That is really neat! All the ladies seem to keep that center block in mind and totally made it pop without making it POP. Everything works great and your quilting just tops it off! very Modern if you ask me :o)

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  4. It's lovely. Great colour scheme. Love the quilting.

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  5. Nice! Impressed, you already have it quilted :)

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  6. Very lovely!! And I too am impressed that it is a finished quilt already!

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  7. It turned out fantastic. You are so right, the perfect combo of pieced and simpler borders. I hope you'll join in the next time.

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