Round Robin #1 Signature Blocks

Welcome back to the Stay at Home Round Robin!  This week it is Wendy's turn to tell us what to add, and she picked signature blocks.  Be sure to link up with her this week at Pieceful Thoughts.

Here is what I used as my starting center block, as shown last week:

I chose to make a border using signature blocks.  I cut out the blocks using my AccuQuilt 8" Cube (signature blocks are in one of the companion sets) and made a total of 24 signature blocks. The fabrics are all Island Batik, the two in the signature blocks are a dark purple blender and the neutral Almond.

I sewed my blocks together in kind of a zig zag, alternating the direction of the block.

Here they are surrounding my center. Because of the zig zag pattern, I opted not to use signature blocks in the corners.  I'll leave the corners for the next round.  So after the 1st round, here is what my quilt looks like:

Don't forget to check out all of the hosts to see what they did with signature blocks!  If you are sewing along, Wendy has the link up this week.  Remember that you get an entry into the prize drawing from our sponsors every week you link up.

• January 15th: SAHRR starts!  Link your center block with Gail of @ Quilting Gail
• January 22nd: 1^st Round: Signature Blocks * Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts
• January 29th: 2^nd Round:   Anja @ Anja Quilts
• February 5th: 3^rd Round:  Emily @ The Darling Dogwood (That's me!)
  
• February 12th: 4^th Round:  Brenda @ Songbird Designs
• February 19th: : 5^th Round: Gail @ Quilting Gail 
• February 26th: 6^th Round:  Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
• March 18th: Parade: showing all of your finished SAHRRs!