It's the last round of the Stay at Home Round Robin! This project always go so fast! This week, you will link up with Anja. She says Quilter's Choice! Choose whatever you think your quilt needs for its final round and link up this week. Then, come back in a month for our parade of finishes. You can display either a finished top or a finished quilt for the parade that opens on March 25th. For each week you link up, you get an entry into our prize drawing, to be done after the Parade of Finishes. Prizes and sponsors are listed at the end of the post.
My biggest challenge for this round was background fabric. I originally intended to use the 2 large cuts from Garden Gate that I had equally for background, but I ended up using the lighter multi as my background by default. The darker purple just didn't work as well in the blocks. I had some hourglass units for my first attempt at Brenda's round 1 that I didn't use, so I created a block using those units, and I added what I had of the lighter fabrics in the collection where I would have used background had I had enough. I needed a few more hourglass units, plus enough of the background to put sashing in-between blocks and at the edges. I pieces every little scrap I had together and while I made it through the blocks, I didn't have enough to make the row the same width as the others.
Gail to the rescue! She had some left from her Garden Gate project last fall and was generous enough to send it to me. Hooray! I was able to finish my row. The photos are from before the fabric arrived in the mail.
I now have seven rows. One of the things I like about doing the SAHRR as a row by row is that it's easy to move the rows around, so I'm not stuck with the order we chose the rounds. I'm going to play with what arrangement I think looks best and I'll have a completed top to show you next month.
The Prizes:
- Lumin Fabrics (Island Batik) - 3 Fat Quarter Bundles: Playful Posies, Geometric Symphony and Paradise Palms
- Hobbs Batting: wool batt
- Sew Fresh Quilts: 3 patterns
- Aurifil Thread
- Oliso mini Iron, mat and carrying case
- Fat Quarter Shop: Gift certificate and 2 charm packs
- Devoted Quilter: 2 patterns
- Songbird Designs: 1 pdf pattern
- Grace & Piece Co: t-shirt
- Quilter's Dream: 8 assorted batts
- Crafty Quilter: 2 patterns
I LOVE your SAHRR! If there will be another SAHRR next year, I think I might do rows too. It would sure make it easier to plan the quilt size and know how many blocks to make each time, even if the blocks vary in size a bit. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is looking great. I said last year that I might do a row quilt this year....... maybe next year.
ReplyDeleteEach row is so pretty! Yay for quilty friends who share fabric, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad Gail had some of the fabric you needed to finish out your final row. I look forward to seeing how you decide to put the quilt top together!
ReplyDeleteIt looks fantastic! It'll be fun to see how you arrange your rows!
ReplyDeleteI have thought all along that the background fabrics have really made all your blocks extra special.
ReplyDeleteI love that Gail rescued you...and you were able to complete your blocks. Your final row is gorgeous and how fun seeing all the blocks in rows playing nicely together.
ReplyDeleteLove your row by row and the colors. I fall in love with the flowering snowball… will try that next year in the SAHRR. Good to have friends with fabric! Happy finishing eva
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