Ursa Major: Stay At Home Round Robin

Today marks the end of the Stay At Home Round Robin.  The SAHRR is the brainchild of Gail from Quilting Gail.  Her idea is that instead of a traditional round robin, where you pass your quilt from maker to maker, each quilter makes their own.  She invited a small group of quilt bloggers, including me, to join her in choosing different rounds in this Round Robin.  Each maker then used that prompt in their quilt, making the quilt completely their own.

I started with an applique polar bear.  Thanks to Kate from Life in Pieces for the recommendation for the name of this quilt.  Ursa Major is a constellation, which made me think of the stars on the outer border, and it means "greater bear" which I thought appropriate for the polar bear.  

I wasn't sure how to quilt this.  I ended up with one of my go-to designs, wavy lines.  I did them horizontally in a medium blue Aurifil thread.  I used more of Island Batik's Bluebird for the binding--it's the same fabric in the outermost border and the background of the center polar bear, so that hopefully ties everything together nicely.

All of the fabrics are Island Batik.  Most are from the Glacier View collection from last year, with a few of their foundations in whites and blues thrown in to supplement.

I've been excited to see how many people joined in our Stay At Home Round Robin! We've all had such a good time that we've decided to make it an annual event!  While we wait for next year's, be sure to check out the finished quilts from all our hosts.  If you sewed along, be sure to link up with Gail.

• Gail @ Quilting Gail
• Chris @ Chrisknitssews
• Emily @ The Darling Dogwood --That's me!
• Anja @ Anja Quilts
• Roseanne & Sue @ Home Sewn by Us
• Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
• Susan @ Quilt Fabrication