Round Robin and so on...

Remember the Round Robins we were working on last winter? I got mine back. And I love it! It's perfect for fall. 

I started with this as my center...

I asked the other gals to keep it fall-esque and to please only use batiks. 

And this is what I got back...

I am thrilled with the outcome and can't wait to get her quilted and binded and ready to snuggle under. I think I'm going to add a 4" border of the gold leaf batik that was the background for the row before the flying geese. It will float the flying geese border and really make it stand out. Plus, it will make it big enough to cover the bed. I just love those scrappy little flying geese. They are always so fun to look at.

I was able to snap a photo of Linda's round robin during Show & Tell last weekend. She started with the snazzy paper pieced iris center, and after we all worked on it, here was her final quilt...

I love the appliqued wavy vine border. Fun and different. I still need to get pictures of the other three in our group. Every single one of them was a winner. And they were all so different and fun to work on. 

This weekend I was a busy little bee and got so many projects done around the house. This includes the dreaded errands. How is it that you can spend the entire day running errands, and then at the end of the day, feel like you've accomplished nothing? I don't get it. After the errands, I unplanted all my flower pots (some of which are still alive today! Unbelievable! My black thumb is losing a bit of it's blackness and edging dangerously over to the grayish-green side) and put them up for the winter. I had to make room for my unshiny new black upcycled (funny how that word is everywhere right now) chair on my front porch. I've got it all painted and looking very...ominous. I used a flat matte finish spray-paint, and it looks so much more gloomy than a shiny black. Perfect for the impending doom of Halloween. Rather than three pumpkins spelling out B-O-O as I had originally intended, I got one medium pumpkin and put the entire BOO on it. I loved the look of three, but it needs a longer surface to be appealing. The seat of a rickety old chair didn't cut it. I set chair and pumpkin out on my de-flowered (hah) front porch, amongst a throng of bright gold Cottonwood leaves and was thinking it would make the prettiest picture for fall. Then I went inside and got distracted by something shiny and by the time I made it back outside, Keith had swept off the entire front porch. He's helpful like that.

So I'll wait for more leaves to fall. 

I also got my new sewing room all vacated of yet-to-be-unpacked boxes and ready to paint this week. I'm hoping to paint a coat Monday night and the second coat on Tuesday. Then I'll get my storage units all moved into place and can begin the fun part - unpacking my fabric. I am beside myself with giddiness over the prospect of unpacking, folding, and petting my fabric. The Type-A in me really comes out when I'm organizing my stash on the shelves - every pile of fabric not only color-coordinated, but all folded to the same size. It's tedious and completely extraneous, but it would cause enormous amounts of undo stress otherwise. And admittedly, it looks fantastic when it's all said and done. So fantastic, actually, that I never want to dig in and use any of it. Lest I mess up one of the piles. 

Comments

[Ruth]

I'm very impressed with the round robin quilts! I have never participated in one of those. They are beautiful and I hope to see the other ones as well!

[Donna]

Those round robin quilts are amazing! Looking forward to see the others. What fun to unpack and rearrange your fabric! Don't forget to show us a pic of your newly painted space.

[Helen in Switzerland]

Your round robin quilt is absolutely gorgeous!! Lucky you!!!

[Peggie T.]

I love your round robin quilt--LOVE IT! I'm so glad you've decided to set up your sewing space. What a great retreat as you tackle your other projects this winter. We miss you and Keith.

[Jane]

What fun to unpack and refold your fabric. I do that now and again to clean up the chaos I've created when I am on a search for the right fabrics for a project. Love the picture of the round robins too...I am looking forward to seeing mine again.

I made three "turning 20" quilts last week...what fun. And we have a new longarm quilter in town who does wonderful work...so she has them now.

hugs from Sitka...Jane

[Amy C]

Your Round Robin quilt is fabulous!

[Erin (your Skagway friend)]

Very pretty, they did a fantastic job. Have you finished up Fandango yet? I have decided to finish up as many tops as possible and just take them all up with me and see how many millions it will cost me to have someone finish them for me!