Latest Photos of Round Robin Quilts

When we met for our Christmas party in December, many of the quilts or quilt tops from our latest round robin were displayed. This round robin was one where we each had two centers for quilts rotating among the group. Each lady added a border before passing it onto the next person for another border. Although it stretched our math and design skills, we have some wonderful results. 



Mary's cheery quilt

 

Alyse's completed stars on display at WSQ show where it received a third place ribbon.

 

Rae Ann's Birds in My Backyard





Melanie started with her children's hands in the center




Laura's wading birds






Karen's colorful kitty

  

Rita's lovely house quilt also on display at WSQ show

Rita's angel quilt (a gift for her daughter)
on display at the quilt show

Sara's sand cranes

Round Robin Winding Down



This center began with a printed panel. It belongs to Joyce G.

 Wow! Has it really been two years since we began our adventure in adding borders? This has been an interesting round robin...sometimes challenging to keep the quilt top square. It has also been a challenge to make the border enhance the quilt, rather than detract from it! From the ones I've seen, I think we have done a great job. Here are three tops that have recently come to me for my addition.

This is ready for quilting. It belongs to Karen B.

Gen C. owns this quilt with the theme of friendship. It needs one more border.

Send me a photo of any you would like to see posted here. I hope we can have a real live quilt show with the finished quilts!

For a New Baby Named Stella

About twenty-five years ago I watched a first-grader who was a neighbor and my kindergartner's best friend. He and his wife had their first baby last month, so I had to make them something for Stella.

Polar Fleece jacket and receiving blanket.

"Stella's Blocks"

Some Recent Projects

As you know, Kandice is our very prolific quilter, knocking them out at what seems to me to be a very rapid pace! She makes quilts for all of the graduating girls in their ward. Lucky girls! Here are a few tops.

She has quilted them since these pictures were taken!





Detail--notice the secondary 3-d block pattern. Cool!

From Bali Pops--the precut strips from Hoffman Fabrics. She had enough strips left over to make the wallhanging on the right.

Two more tops...

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Ladies of the Lake Christmas Party

The Ladies of the Lake met at Rae Ann's on December 14 for a Christmas lunch and gift exchange.

After a great potluck lunch, and gift exchange, of course we had show and tell of projects in various stages of completion.

Donna showed us the retro top above that she had given to her. We all agreed this has to be hand quilted and said we would help!

We had a very nice time, especially visiting with some of the Ladies who came from far distances to be with us.

Resolution for next year: Better pictures of quilts with better identifying info!!

Sara surprised us by presenting each Lady with a copy of the official "Log" containing entries from all retreats held at the cabin for the past six years. Thanks, Sara!

Thankful for Quilts, Quilting, and Much, Much More

I recently made this little quilt to hang outside our front door. It's one of those by Joined at the Hip where the center panel is buttoned on, so you can change it with the season. I used to vt Marty and she had one hanging by her front door which always made me feel welcome. We miss you Marty!

I'm thankful for our oldest granddaughter, Lauren (all our grandchildren) for whom I made the quilt above way back 20 years ago, the first of twelve. (It's hard to believe she's a sophomore in college!)

I'm thankful for my grandmas and all my ancestors in our family history. This quilt block was one I made for a quilt called Grandmother's Back Yard done by the first quilt group I joined way back in the 1980s. 




I"m thankful for this star pillow that sits on the back of my living room sofa made by Lily and given to me at the Ladies Christmas party several years ago. I think of Lily whenever I look at it.

Having a friend like Kandice for inspiration with her ability to knock out beautiful quilts at a rapid rate is a nice blessing we can all be thankful for!

We are all thankful for Rita who keeps us organized with her calendar and reminder notes and assignments. What would we do without her? 


Thanks, Rita!!



Rita's Flower Garden Quilt

I'm thankful to have taken "Quilting 101" from Annie, a great teacher of quilting, who quilted with us for awhile. She taught a different technique for every block in this sampler quilt I made in the class.


Annie has gone on to have the first podcast for quilters and is writing a book to be published next year. She also teaches online courses. Check out her website at http://simplearts.com/blogs/

I'm thankful to have a daughter who loves quilting as much as I do. Here is Secret Garden Melanie and I made for her brother's wedding thirteen years ago.

 
And along those lines, I'm thankful for a heritage of quilters in my family. I found a yellow and blue unfinished quilt top in a pinwheel design among my mother's things. I took it apart and used the blue fabrics for Recycled Pinwheels which now reminds me of my mom, aunts and grandma who quilted.

I'm especially thankful for my grandma who made me this quilt when I was a teenager. (Pictured above with her and my grandfather's wedding picture.) I now treasure it, but at the time I had little appreciation for all of the work that went into it, which is hand-quilted. Once when I was a young mom I had it wrapped around me at a ward camp-out. An older, wiser woman told me that it was " much too nice for camping." I think that is when I started looking at quilts and quilting through different eyes.

Preview of Works in Progress

I've gotten glimpses of some of our current round robin projects. Some of them are done already, although the actual ending date is next spring.

Here is a preview of a few in various stages of completion:


These are the hands of Melanie's children, making up the center with the beginning borders.














I believe this cute angel is the center of one of Gen's two quilts.

These sand cranes belong to Sara and Laura. Both are looking great!!

On the right is one of Mary's centers.

All done! This belongs to Lily. Very pretty! It has little sparkling beads embellishing the flowers in the border. (Nice work!)

Odds And Ends

I'm posting a few things I've forgotten to post previously.....:) Above is Kandice's Lady of the Lake quilt hanging in her home. It's interesting to see how "our' block goes together in a quilt, don't you think?

This cute Santa hangs on the wall of Rita L's sewing room. I meant to post it with the holiday quilts.

These two cute poochies are on a quilt Rita J. made for her grandson Asher. She was working on it at a retreat in 2008 when this photo was snapped.

The quilt on the right is Sara's Days of the Week quilt featuring retro embroidered dish towels. I have some towels made by my aunt in the 1950s. Think I'll make one! I love retro fabrics!

This is a quilt Sara had in the West Sound Quilters quilt show a few years ago. Interesting! Tell us about it, Sara!