Welcome back to the Stay at Home Round Robin! This week it is Roseanne & Sue from Home Sewn By Us who tell us what to add, and they chose spools. I'm honestly not sure I had made a spool block before!
I hadn't decided how I wanted to make my spools when I noticed that a quilt magazine I had out on my table had a spool block, though not in the quilt pattern I had been looking at! So I planned on that block without actually looking at the instructions. Turns out it was for an 8" block, and I didn't want one that big. No problem, I could figure out the components from the picture and size them down, and was even able to cut the pieces with my Accuquilt. The picture I followed was from the Norfolk sampler by Wendy Sheppard in the Spring 2022 issue of Quilter's World.
I made my blocks 4" finished. Since I'm doing a row by row format this year and I started with a 40" row, that meant ten spool blocks. I made them all with the same fabrics. I decided to orient them all the same way, rather than alternate the tilt of the spool. Here are my spool blocks with my "center" row. I haven't actually stitched the rows together yet, as I haven't decided what order I want my rows.
If you are playing along, be sure to link up each week because there are prizes this year! Every week that you link up, you will get an entry into our drawing, which will take place after the March 13th parade. Here are some of the sponsors and prizes:
- Island Batik 3 fat quarter bundles
- Hobbs batting Queen Size Wool Batt
- Aurifil Thread Colour Builder: (3) 50 wt Milan Grey spools
- Prairie Spirit Alpacas 12″ x 18″ Alpaca /Wool pressing mat
- Oliso Mini Iron – your choice of color!
- Fat Quarter Shop $25 gift certificate
- and MORE!!!
Here is the schedule for this year's Stay at Home Round Robin. And be sure to visit all the hosts today to see how we each added spools to our quilts.
- January 16th Center Blocks: Gail @ Quilting Gail
- January 23rd 1st Round: Spools -- Roseanne & Sue @ Home Sewn by Us
- January 30th 2nd Round: Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
- February 6th 3rd Round: Chris @ Chrisknitssews
- February 13th 4th Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
- February 20th 5th Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood ⮜ That's me!
- February 27th 6th Round: Gail @ Quilting Gail
- March 13th Parade: Show off your finished SAHRR!
Great spools, they look just right!!
ReplyDeleteHi Emily! Oh, dang. Those spools look so bright and festive. I love it!! It seems there are several of us who have not made a spool block before. I know it was my first time (at least that I recall). I can't wait to see where the next prompt take this piece. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute spool design! I love how everyone is interpreting this.
ReplyDeleteOh, fun! LOVE your tipped spools, Emily!
ReplyDeleteGreat spools row! I love the color and the little twist of a pattern!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun spool design! Interesting that so many of us hadn't made spool blocks, too!
ReplyDeleteLove your pretty spools!!! Especially how they look like they're on point!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great spool block. I can't wait to see how your quilt unfolds. I love the row idea.
ReplyDeleteA perfect addition to the flamingos! It's been fun to see how different everyone's borders are.
ReplyDeleteI love your spool border, Emily! Very cute!
ReplyDeleteHi, my email address for Gail doesn't seem to work, can you send me a working email address as I am a no link follower and my emails keep bouncing back. Kathy at repzjr@gmail.com
ReplyDeletethanks Kathy