round robin

Round Robin Reveal from The Cozy Quilter

Back in the Spring, I asked three quilting friends if they would like to participate in a Round Robin project with me. They all said yes! Each of us provided a block and a bag or bin of fabrics that we wanted used in our quilt. We also provided some brief instructions regarding finished size, etc. Today, we got together at Carol's house for tea, snacks and the big reveal.

This is Katharine. She wanted a table runner for a piece of furniture in her house. The colours she chose came from some figurines that are to be displayed ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under group projects , improvisational piecing , round robin , slow sunday stitching

Casino Day from Quilting My Way

We did the usual Sunday cleaning. Then we headed to the casino. We go the 8x8 electric fry pan. I don't know if I could use it and may ask Katt if she wants it. I was hoping for the crock pot, but that was the one I missed. lol

We did pretty good but didn't stay as long as before. We weren't as lucky today as the last 2 times.

Stopped at Arby's for supper. We hadn't been there in probably over a year. He wanted to go to see if the salt was ...

added by 6th Generation Quiilter, Crafter 2 weeks, 5 days ago. under beading , life , round robin

Weekly update, part 1: placemats and more from With Strings Attached

I made time for only two walks this week, in and around meetings, when it was still warm and sunny. The front came through Saturday night. We had a dusting of snow and the Sunday high was in the mid-30's.

Left: Mr. and Mrs. Crane out for a promenade at Middlefork Forest Preserve on Wednesday afternoon. I was that close to them.

I stopped at Middlefork on my way to Lake Forest Place where the AAUW book group meets. This month we discussed Horse by Geraldine Brooks. I listened to it earlier this year when Diann/Little Penguin recommended ...

added by Nann 1 month ago. under bom , design wall monday , monday musings , oh scrap! , placemats , round robin , sew and tell , weekly update

First Round Robin Piece Finished from Quilting My Way

This morning, I needed to be up by 9 am to play the war game. I played but didn't get much in points. I've been backing off that game lately.

We watched some TV and then we shut it off.

I enjoyed listening to my book on tape and getting this done. I was trying to make it light and dark. It turned out pretty good, but not quite what I wanted it to look like. At least this is done. I hope she likes it.

I'm not sure when I will be getting the next one ...

added by 6th Generation Quiilter, Crafter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under brazilian embroidery , embroidery , finished projects , round robin

Went To The Playhouse from Quilting My Way

Today, we started with the usual Sunday morning. I got a few things done.

I played for a bit before we headed to the playhouse to see Heckle & Jeckle.

It was a different kind of play. I never read the book or saw the movie. I wasn't that thrilled in the first 10 minutes of the play and wondered how long it would be. It's a musical, so it went on for a while. I enjoyed some of the music, but it wasn't my kind of play. They did an awesome job of acting. The background, though ...

added by 6th Generation Quiilter, Crafter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under fair , life , round robin

Weekly update: AIC, quilt show, the end of an era, a finish! and a flimsy from With Strings Attached

I've had ample opportunities to go downtown to see the Caillebotte exhibit at the Art Institute, but it took a "closing soon!" email to get me to do it on Friday.

Wealthy Chicagoans in the Gilded Age (1890's) bought Impressionists as modern and avant-garde, and relatively inexpensive. They were patrons of the Art Institute and thus the museum developed its Impressionist collection.

"Paris Street, Rainy Day" was acquired in 1964 and has become one of AIC's most famous paintings. Caillebotte painted it in 1877.

I had hoped to go to this famous intersection (Carrefour du Moscou) when ...

added by Nann 2 months ago. under art institute of chicago , christmas quilt , design wall monday , monday musings , oh scrap! , ohio stars , quilt show , round robin , rsc 2025 , sew and tell , weekly update

Enjoyed The Day from Quilting My Way

Today, I was playing war games twice. We didn't win either one. lol

Then I enjoyed watching TV while Patrick was golfing. I was able to get a few shows in before he got home.

Then he went outside and worked in the garden. After that, he slept on the swing. He needs his naps during the day. lol

I was able to work on my beading.

I received my Round Robin today. Erin Ferre sent this. I need to think about what I want to add. We can add anything we want. It will take me a bit ...

added by 6th Generation Quiilter, Crafter 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under beading , brazilian embroidery , round robin

Midweek: topalong and round robin from With Strings Attached

Sunshine and somewhat warmer temps were conducive to good walks on Monday and Tuesday.

This is looking west from Spring Bluff Forest Preserve.

I love wild "flag" iris!

Gator Party, the June installment of the Running Doe Quilts topalong, is now a flimsy. I used shirtings (most of which I purchased at a rummage sale last weekend) and solids (from my overflowing solids stash . . . I don't purposely purchase them so how is it that I have two big bins full?).

The patches are 5 x 6-1/2 finished. The accent pieces began with 3" squares.

2-7/8 yards.

Since ...

added by Nann 6 months ago. under round robin , top-along , wednesday wait loss

This week's activities from The Cozy Quilter

In a previous post, I was lamenting the thickness of the pitcher plant stem in my rug hooking project. A couple of hooking friends suggested I try hooking a single line of stitches with two strands of yarn. This looks so much better! If you look at the part at the lower end of the stem where the green leaves are hooked around the stem, it looks to be the right width now. You can see from this picture that I got almost all of the leaves done this week. I hope to move on to the flowers this week ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , books , comfort quilts , finn , flannel , gardens , hospice quilts , round robin , rug hooking , scrap vortex

The Guild Quilt Show from The Cozy Quilter

The biannual Oxford Quilters Guild Show in Embro, Ontario happened over the past couple of days. As you know, I spent much of my sewing time over the past couple of weeks sewing sleeves onto my quilts for the show. On Wednesday morning, I dropped off my quilts and Christine's quilts so that they could be hung for the show. I entered 11 quilts and my barn quilt into the show and took pictures of each of them at the show.

This is one of the quilts I made for the new Hospice which will be opening this summer ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 7 months, 1 week ago. under finn , gardens , quilt show , rope bowls , round robin , rug hooking

SAHRR - Round One from Gene Black an Alabama Artist

After realizing that Gail's post was where I was supposed to share my center block, I realized that Kathleen's post was Round One. (I was late to start and got confused. I posted my center block on Kathleen's linky - mea culpa!) I did blog that center block - hopefully you saw it.

Kathleen offered the option of using a block that starts with your initial. For me that would be a G. So I Googled "quilt blocks that start with G" and found the Geometry Block - along with a lot of others.
But, I thought "quilting is really ...

added by Gene Black 10 months, 3 weeks ago. under piecing , quilt , round robin

Friday check in: a finish + book club selections for January from With Strings Attached

I've bundled up for two forest preserve walks this week. Fortunately the Kicks (S's car that I drive) stays warm so he is comfortable.

We are at the southern edge of the paper birch range. Hickory nuts. The icy snow sparkles.

All the Christmas decor is put away except for the wreath. Each year I think about going through the storage boxes and culling decorations that I didn't use this year (or last year or the year before....) Then I think what if I want to change things up next season? So I just close up the ...

added by Nann 11 months, 1 week ago. under finished or not friday , reading , round robin

Friday check in: under the needle, and round robin revealed from With Strings Attached

After a couple of rainy days the sun has come out again so we've enjoyed afternoon outings to the forest preserves: Indepdendence Grove on Thursday and Waukegan Savanna on Friday.

At the guild meeting on Wednesday we heard from the founder and director of The Penny's Purpose, an agency that collects and distributes blankets, comforters, and quilts to anyone in the area. (Kids in crisis, nursing homes, homeless shelters....anyone.) This will be a great way to donate locally.

We also had the reveal for the 2024 round robin! There was so much interest that there were two ...

added by Nann 1 year, 1 month ago. under finished or not friday , homespun quilt , lake county forest preserves , round robin

Weekly update: glorious days, caught up already!, twenty blocks + recent reading from With Strings Attached

Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine!

Swans at Hastings Lake on Saturday.

Herons at Nippersink on Sunday.

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Natalie Doan of Missouri Star was the guest speaker at the guild meeting Wednesday. I didn't get any good pictures! It was fun to hear her side of the family business.

This is the final month for the guild round robin. I got right to work and added borders to CB's quilt. I can't show you the entire flimsy until next month's reveal, but you can see one of the Tula Pink owls that AK added.

We got the pattern for block ...

added by Nann 1 year, 2 months ago. under bom , design wall monday , homespun quilt , oh scrap! , reading , round robin , weekly update

Friday check in: sunrise, quilt book indulgence, and a surprise finish from With Strings Attached

The solstice was at 3:50 p.m. yesterday. I was at the lakefront this morning to see the sun rise at 5:16.

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Used book sales, destashes, and publishers' warehouse clearance have been the source for most of the many, many quilt books I've acquired. Just as with fabric--if I can't not buy them, then I need to get bargains.

This year I am really and truly paring down all that creative potential. I've gone through a stack, sorting them into "totally unlikely to make anything from this" and "review again just in case." Why is ...

added by Nann 1 year, 5 months ago. under finished or not friday , round robin , wildflowers

Weekly update: workshop, component parts, and bargains from With Strings Attached

Dorothy asked if I had any queen-sized or thereabouts quilts available. I had two that might do, and when the AAUW book group met at her retirement complex on Wednesday I took them. She liked them both and bought this one . "It sleeps well," she reported.

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I gave myself a birthday-month treat on Saturday. A guild in the next county had openings for a workshop with Jane Sassaman. (Thank you, Ann, for your encouragement!) My calendar was open and V was available to take care of Stevens.

Jane used her Moths and Moons pattern to teach us her applique technique ...

added by Nann 1 year, 6 months ago. under design wall monday , jane sassaman , oh scrap! , round robin , sew and tell , weekly update

Projects on hand! from M. Brito de Campos

De afgelopen maanden heb ik aan

een aantal projecten gewerkt.

Nadat de grote quilt met de Giant Nested Curves af was, heb ik 2 quiltjes gemaakt voor de Tentoonstelling van Miniatuur quilts. Het thema was Balanceren op de kleurencirkel. Met de MOQingbirds hebben we quiltjes gemaakt met telkens 2 complementaire kleuren en alleen horizontale en verticale lijnen.

Ze hingen in Rijswijk.

Tussendoor heb ik aan de Moderne Round Robin gewerkt. Dit was mijn startblok.

Ik vond het al met al best ingewikkeld om aan een dergelijk project te werken. De werkstukken, die je ontvangt, bieden nog al wat uitdagingen om ...

added by Marina Brito de Campos 1 year, 6 months ago. under darting birds , freemotion quilting , half rectangle triangle , hurty liniaal , moderne round robin , onzichtbare bies , round robin , tentoonstelling van miniatuurquilts , traverse quilt , vogels

Weekly update: OMG finished, more estate sale bargains + reading from With Strings Attached

Cue Miss Rumphius! The lupines are in bloom at Illinois Beach State Park. I took the snapshots on Friday.

Our favorite plant/produce shop is open for the season. Susan always comes out to say hi to Stevens. One of her customers made a stack of "hug blankets" to give away to other customers who might need a hug so she presented this one to him.

I got geraniums for the front stoop -- and, hooray -- FIVE healthy rhubarb plants that Susan started from seed. I'll plant them tomorrow.

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I got notice of a quilter's estate sale in Antioch ...

added by Nann 1 year, 6 months ago. under design wall monday , estate sale , oh scrap! , omg 2024 , reading , round robin , sew and tell , weekly update , wildflowers

Weekly update: an OMG decision + reading from With Strings Attached

A quick walk around Sand Pond on Saturday afternoon.

The egret was quite close--guarding a nest, perhaps? Upper: sand cherry (a bush). Lower: crabapple (obviously a tree); mullein.

We enjoyed A Flor de Piel who performed for the final Lake County Community Concert of the season. The young singer (center) is only a senior in high school -- what a voice! Their parents (left and right) are music educators in Chicago.

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At the guild meeting last week I signed up for the upcoming round robin. It will begin next month so I have to figure out my starter block (an orphan ...

added by Nann 1 year, 7 months ago. under batik quilt , design wall monday , lccca , oh scrap! , omg 2024 , reading , round robin , sew and tell , weekly update

Van alles en nog wat. from M. Brito de Campos

Vandaag was ik op de Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal bij het Amsterdamse duo Dutchquilts en Petra Prins Amsterdam, dat genoegelijk en gemakkelijk naast elkaar gevestigd is. Er was Bee +. Supergezellig en heel erg leuk. Een tafel vol, en meer, met quiltende dames. Oude en nieuwe bekenden en, speciaal voor deze bee, Show en Tell. Vanmorgen waren Anette en Josephine aan de beurt. De mooiste quilts werden getoond. En zoals altijd, heeft elke quilt een verhaal. Je gaat de quilts er nog meer om waarderen. Na de lunch met lekkere broodjes waren Elsbeth en Cathelijn aan de beurt om hun quilts te tonen ...

added by Marina Brito de Campos 1 year, 10 months ago. under giant nested curves , modere round robin , round robin , tula nova

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