The Last Round

Hello Everyone,

This month wrapped up the Improvi-Robin!  I had to put the last round onto Miki's quilt which was sent to me from Stephanie.

This is how I received the quilt.  Stephanie had added the larger borders and the appliqué  leaves.  It was gorgeous!

As soon as I opened it up, I had just the perfect colors of fabrics to go with it on my ironing board!!  Do you believe it?  I couldn't, but was thrilled.  So what to do?  

I decided to add four patches and triangles to the right side and the top.  I didn't feel that it needed four more borders.

Here is a peek at the right side.  Aren't the colors just right? I couldn't be happier!

I even mitered the corner, it really called for this to be done.

Here is the finished piece.  I sure hope Miki is happy with it, even though I was a little late in getting it off to her.  I sent it back yesterday via priority mail so she should have it in no time flat.

If you want to see the progression of this top, check out our Flickr group.  You will also see the other quilts in progress.

It was fun being in this round robin, it helps you to stretch your creativity a bit. The next blog post, I will share with you my block that I received back from Stephanie.

PS.  Don't forget to enter my fabric and pattern giveaway going on... here.

Until Next Time...

The Last Round

Rockin' Round The Improvi-Robin

Hello Everyone,

My part in the Improvi Robin this month was fun for me.  From the moment I received the piece below from Stephanie...

I knew that all I wanted to do was to add just to the top.  I had several ideas, but waited until the last minute as I had other deadlines to meet first.  But, lately I have been loving these colors together... eggplant and green just are fascinating me of late.  

You can see what I mean in this quilt that I recently finished.  Just click here.  I will wait for you to come back.  See what I mean?  Don't these colors just really go together well?

So now for my part...

I just added to the top.  I added the purple and mauve batiks with the Asian fabric as the background.  Sorry for the darkness in the photo above,  I definitely tried retouching and editing it, this was the best I could get.  But the next photo is a better depiction.

Here is the top part that I added.  I really like how it finishes it off.  Just enough, it didn't really need much more.  Now it is off to Miki for her to do her round.  I can't wait to see what she will do with it, I am sure it will be gorgeous!  If you would like to see the progression on some of the other pieces in the round robin, just click here to go to the Flickr group.

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Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

Until Next Time...

Rockin' Round The Improvi-Robin

Round and Round

Hello Everyone,

This is the second round in the Improvi- Robin or second month.  I received this gorgeous piece to put my signature on, just a little peek here.

You can see I added some geese.  But I will take you through the steps of how this piece has progressed.

This is how it was first sent out by Abby.

Stephanie was the first recipient and this is how she changed it and then sent it onto me to add my round.

I began by making lots of flying geese!  You know how I love them. Plus there are always geese  seagulls flying around the ocean. I used my method of making the geese seagulls, you can find it here on my tutorial.

This is some of the original fabric that was sent along, so I used this as well.

And Voila!! You have geese seagulls circling the ocean!  

I used green and blue scraps for the geese and this fabulous batik to surround the geese.  I really do like how it turned out.  I hope you do too, Abby!  It is now on its way to Miki!

To see more of the Improvi- Robin Group's progress you can check out our Flickr group by clicking here.

Until Next Time...

Round and Round

Improvi-Robin

Hello Everyone,

Today I am sharing with you my addition to the Stephanie's middle block for our Improvi -Robin.  She sent me the block that is surrounded by the black that I added.

Because the block that Stephanie sent was truly wonky, I decided to stay within the wonky realm.

I added black and white fabric around the edges and then improvised with black, white, and pink toned "piano keys".  Liked it... But I thought that it need just a little more.  So I added some Kona Cerise around the edges to leave a place for the eyes to rest.  Love it and I hope that you like it too, Stephanie!  

Now it is off to have another round added! Check out the other blocks in our round robin by clicking on this link for our Flickr group.

Don't forget to come back here on Saturday for the next installment of the Blogger's BOM!!

Amy Smart from Diary of A Quilter is the featured designer!

Until Next Time...

Improvi-Robin