Welcome back to the Stay At Home Round Robin, an idea from Gail of Quilting Gail and co-hosted by a small group of bloggers. We are now at the second round and it's my turn to choose what to use. And I picked plus signs!
I mentioned last week that I wasn't sure what to do with my piano keys in the corners, so I decided to use the next round as cornerstones instead. Now you can see how that looks. My husband saw it at this stage on a table and asked if the bear was Swiss, though he admitted the colors were wrong. 😀
These plus signs are 3" finished; I'm still trying to keep it from becoming too big. I did decide that it needed a 1" border to give it a little space from the next round.
Are you playing along? Link up your second plus sign border, cornerstones, whatever you decided to use. The linky will be open for one week.
Be sure to check out all the hosts to see what they did with their plus signs, and come back each Monday to see our next round. Have questions about the Stay At Home Round Robin? Gail has answers here.
- January 11: Center Blocks: Gail @ Quilting Gail
- January 18: 1st Round: Chris @ Chrisknitssews
- January 25: 2nd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood --That's me!
- February 1: 3rd Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
- February 8: 4th Round: Roseanne & Sue @ Home Sewn by Us
- February 15: 5th Round: Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
- February 22: 6th Round: Susan @ Quilt Fabrication
- February 28: 7th Round Gail @ Quilting Gail
What a great idea to add plus cornerstones and so smart to add that one inch border. I love your blues. I was thinking about starting a blue quilt just this morning!
ReplyDeleteLove the blues in your quilt, Emily! Great idea, adding the plus blocks as cornerstones!
ReplyDeleteThe plus blocks make great cornerstones and the small border really makes it stand apart from the next round!! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI like them! Gonna see how they look in my Mariner’s compass or decide if this is where I move to compass #2. No matter what, I like the plus blocks and look forward to seeing all the other versions, too.
ReplyDeleteVery nice use of those plus signs as cornerstones. That might work on mine too. The blue is so lovely.
ReplyDeleteThe corner plus signs are a nice addition. Can't wait to see what you do on the next round
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the plus signs as cornerstones!! Very creative, my friend! :-)
ReplyDeleteThose blue fabrics are amazing!
ReplyDeleteHi Emily! I love your DH's sense of humor about the Swiss bear. I like the addition of the Plus Sign in the corners of the piano keys. Nice job and I really love the blues. ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteLOL ... the blue Swiss Bear comment is making me smile. So is your beautiful RR. Thank you for hosting this week. Plus sign was a great choice for my RR this week. I am really enjoying this SAHRR ... :) Pat
ReplyDeleteThis looks great. I love the ombré effect of your piano keys. And the linkup is so fun to see everyone's unique style with the same prompts.
ReplyDeleteFun corners! Haha, a blue Swiss flag, why not?
ReplyDeleteI love the blues in your quilt!
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun round - thanks for hosting!
This is so much fun! I love your blues and whites - gorgeous fabric! Thank you for hosting us this week.
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to see all the different ways a quilt evolves with different fabrics and different makers. Your blue and white color scheme is so pretty. Looking forward to seeing what comes in the next round.
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