Round Robin #5--Kathy Earley

Antother surprised face -- tears of surprise and ,"I can't believe it"!

Kathy's center was an applique piece that she received from Rhonda in a swap years ago. Rhonda placed the first round on--the red zigzag with cream background. The flag border by Melissa Picha has the pledge of Alligence embroidered on the flags--so creative. The third round with stars in the corners is the work of Cheryl McInnis. Next, Debbie Stanley placed more Stars and stripes. I knew that I wanted some blue in the last border and I knew I wanted to repeat Rhonds zigzag. What I didn't want to add a small border strip to make my border fit. So I opted for scrapy pieced corners so I could adjust the size. Scrappy so I could use all the beautiful blues and backgrounds that she had included in her box. This left empty centers---a perfect place for words. I have known Kathy for almost 30 years. Her son Josh and my oldest son, Clint went to school together and played to gether as children. I know how proud she is of Josh's military career. He is her hero. A few appliqued stars and ---------Wa La! The last quilt is finished.

I hated that we had neglected to honor Kathy's oldest son, Heath, who is a firefighter. Kathy plans to make a matching quilt for Heath and present them to her son's next Christmas. Such a great idea.

Round Robin Quilt #4--Rhonda's Quilt

When Rhonda's quilt got to me, it was already really large. Rhonda's center is the black background. Melissa's first round is the red background. Debbie Stanley's round is the outside twist. Cheryl had added the black background round and included the four patches on point. Since the quilt was already large, I opted to add applique to Cheryls round in the blank corners. As usual, this quilt stayed on my wall for a fairly long time until one day my youngest son caught me sewing away on another project when he visited. I ask him what he thought about Rhonda's quilt. His comment was that it looked like a deck of cards. I decided to go with that. My thought was that it needed a purpose--so--I put the heart, spade, diamond and club in the corners first. I had to back them with white to make the black on black show up. It needed more, so I scanned some playing cards and printed them on fabric. I used a fabric pen to go over some of print to make it darker. I placed them randomly and stitched around them.

Wa-la--#4 on it's way to Kathy Early.

The Third Round Robin Quilt--Merry Christmas, Cheryl

She looked truly surprised, didn't she??

Chery's quilt was the next one in line. The multicolored pinwheel round was done by Debbie Stanley. I decided to continue the Christmas scene for my round. I chose friendship stars for the blue sky. Trees on a snowy white background for the sides and applique snowmen for the bottom. The snowmen were really a delight to make. I enjoyed searching for just the right decorative stitch to represent the snowmen features.

The piano key border is the work of Kathy Earley. Merry Christmas to All and To All A Good Night, is the work of Rhonda Lawton. The last border was done by Melissa Picha. Each stocking has the name of a grandchild embroidered on it. Cheryl and her husband's names are in the center on the bottom. A great quilt, a really great quilt.

Round Robin Quilt #1

I did so want to post about each quilt as I placed my choice of round. The hardest part about this project was deciding what to do. The coices are endless. One thing I did learn--the person who does the first round really leads the direction that the quilt will continue to follow. I feel it is the most important round.

Debbie's quilt was the first one that I worked on. Her center was larger than any of the others and her quilt ended up the largest. Her center ended with the center applique and she ask that it be placed on point. I squared it up again with the dark border, 4 Churndash blocks and the next border. Kathy E. put the green narrow border and the checker board border. I think I have a picture of it when I fiished my round, but I cannot find it. Debbies Quilt was the one I enjoyed the most. For one reason, it was the first and when my enthuriasm was the hightest and another reasone, the style and color choice is of my preference. The next applique border was done by Rhonda Lawton. The sawtooth border was the choice of Melissa and a good one I must say. With the dark repeated, the last border which included all fabrics framed the piece to perfection. I like the term "piece". I had not heard that used until I met Mrs. Cheryl McInnis and was ask to join the "Round Robin 2007".

Round Robin #2--Melissa's Quilt

The next quilt was the one that scared me to death. Cheryl chose the first round for this quilt. The floating friendship start with the multicolored background. The turquoise blue point border was done by Debbie Stanley. I kept this top on my wall for the longest time trying to decide what to do with it. I eventually called on my Wacky Friends for some opinions. All I could see was more points repeating Debbies points then continuing to ?--whatever the next participant chose. So, I reached for a Strawberrie Wine Cooler and took the plunge.

This is what it looked like when I finished. The center was a little full, but my best friend, Kathy L who is a long arm quilter assured me that it would quilt fine. I was finished with Quilt #2.

THANK GOD! I MADE IT. AND IT DON'T LOOK HALF BAD--FOR A MELISSA QUILT.(No offense, M--we just have different tastes). I threatened to add a few reproduction fabrics to improve upon this quilt--------and Meslissa said a little purple and lime green would do alot for mine. OHH if we were all the same, wouldn't the world be a dull place.

Finished with Quilt #2.

WHAT A SURPRISE!

SEE THE REST OF THE ROUND ROBIN QUILTS IN MY JANUARY 6 POST BELOW!

I am finally getting back to our Round Robin Reveal. This is my quilt. I have never been more delighted. My quilt is exactly what I wanted although I didn't know I wanted it--LOL I know that makes no sense, but I went into this with no expectation as I did not want to be disappointed, but this quilt met every non-expectation I ever had! Round one, the flying geese was done by Kathy Earley, Round 2, the southwestern design was done by Rhonda Lawton, the 3rd round, the embroidery, was done by Melissa Pica, and the next round, Delectable Mountain, was by Cheryl McInnis, and the last was done by Debbie Stanley--a plain border but very necessary to finish it up. Great Job Girls--it's a treasure.
The quilts were put up on the wall one at a time and the owner was brought out with her eyes closed. I have a video short of my reaction--I am famous for crying--can cry on demand and that is exactly what i did. I even made everyone else cry too. I will post some close-ups later. I aim to drag this out as long as possible LOL. Come back for more--

ROUND ROBIN REVEAL

Cheryl McInnis's Christmas Quilt.
Just realized that I had saved this as a draft. SORRY These are all the Round Robin Quilts except mine.

Kathy Earley's Red White and Blue in honor of her son, Josh.
This is Debbie Stanleys beautiful Applique Nine Patch. I failed to get Debbie in the picture, but I will later.

This is Rhondas "Deck of Cards" quilt.
Melissa's Compass Centre Quilt--it's a hotty like her!