Welcome back to the Stay at Home Round Robin! I had such a good time seeing what everyone did with the Animal Kingdom prompt! There were so many great blocks, appliques, and animal print fabrics, and some folks found blocks I had not heard of. I did visit everyone who linked up but had trouble commenting on a few. Ironically, it's Blogger blogs that seem determined not to let me comment, despite being a Blogger user myself. So know that I love seeing all your Animal Kingdom interpretations, even those I was unable to comment on.
This week, it is Wendy's turn to tell us what to sew, and she picked curves. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I. do. not. enjoy. sewing. curves. So this prompt was a bit more of a challenge for me. I did consider appliqueing the curves, which is completely legit for this round. But ultimately, I decided to embrace the challenge so I picked a block with pieced curves.
I've long been in interested in the flowering snowball block. Accuquilt does have a die for that block but I do not own it, and it felt like a lot to purchase for a SAHRR round, so I looked for templates. The only free template I found was here, and it made a 6" block. I know that the smaller the block, the more difficult the curve, so I enlarged the template.
My blocks ended up around 9". They aren't exact, but that didn't matter. I made five blocks and sewed them together without sashing, as sashing would have broken up the curved shapes. I added filler at the ends to get to a row that is 56".
Here are my rows so far:
Wendy has the linky this week. Remember, each week that you link up gets you an entry into our prize drawing at the end of the round robin. We have some really great sponsors and amazing prizes! The full list is at the end of this post.
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