Round Robin #1: King's Crown

Welcome back to the Stay At Home Round Robin!  Today, Kathleen gets to pick what we add to our quilts.  She turned to her first initial for inspiration and picked the King's Crown block.  There are a few variations of this block so Kathleen picked two possibilities.  She will have details of those variations on her post.  As a third option, you can do as Kathleen did and look to your first initial for inspiration as to what to add to your quilt.

Since I'm doing this year's SAHRR as a quilt sampler, I chose to make the King Crown blocks in both forms that Kathleen suggested.  One of variations is fairly simple and worked really well as a 12" block.

The other variation is on a multiple of 5, so it made a 10" block.  To bring it to the size I needed, I added 1" squares on each side.  This ended up giving my crown a little jewel on top, which I really liked.  I also particularity like this block on point, which is what my layout is, and chose to put it in the top row in the center, much like a crown would be.

Here's what my quilt looks like with the blocks so far.  Keep in mind that the rendering from EQ8 is not perfect, some of the fabrics display differently and one of the fabrics is as close to the real fabric as I could find, but it's not actually the same.
 

If you are sewing along, link up with Kathleen this week. Each week you link up earns one entry into our prize drawing at the end of the Round Robin.  Here is a list of prizes and sponsors:

• Island Batik donated 3 fat quarter bundles:
  • Flutter Fields
  • Shadow Blooms
  • Bubbles curves and corners!
• Oliso Pro Plus Iron
• Batting from Hobbs Batting
• A pattern of YOUR choice from A Quiltery
• A quilt pattern from Devoted Quilter
• A pattern from Sew Fresh Quilts  
  

 

Here is the schedule for the Stay at Home Round Robin:

• January 13th: Center: Gail @ Quilting Gail
• January 20th: 1^st Round: King's Crown block or inspired by your first initial  Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
• January 27th: 2^nd Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
• February 3rd: 3rd Round: Gail @ Quilting Gail
• February 10th: 4^th Round:   Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
• February 17th:5^th Round: Brenda @ Songbird Designs
• February 24th: 6th Round: Me!
• March 24th: Finish Parade: Gail @ Quilting Gail