Today, the weather was sunny and clear. A perfect day for a drive to a nearby community to enjoy their quilt show. My quilt traveling friend, Dot and I headed to Coquitlam to the Quilt Rhapsody on Blue Mountain Quilt Show.

The Blue Mountain Quilters Guild puts a small but very nice show every other year. Dot and I had a hard time deciding which of the many lovely quilts to vote on for Viewer’s Choice. The following pictures are of my pick. The fabrics in this quilt were oriental designs and the whole thing was hand quilted. The piecing was very precise. Very beautiful!

I have posted more pictures from this show on Webshots. If you would like to attend a virtual quilt show, take a look: http://community.webshots.com/album/550344238weRXTl

These pictures are of a customer quilt that I just finished quilting using the Circle Lord Baptist Fan template. I love the look of a curved quilting design on a Yellow Brick Road quilt. The contrasting shapes compliment one another beautifully.

These are pictures of tulip fields near where I live. There is nothing better for quilting inspiration than a scene like this!

The fifth participant in my Round Robin group was Kathy.

I just finished quilting Kathy’s Round Robin project on my long arm last night. I love the colours in Kathy’s quilt and seeing it come alive with the quilting has inspired me to pull my own top off the flimsy pile and see if I can’t get it quilted soon.

The quilting design is Clam Shell. It is fabulous for adding texture to a quilt without detracting from the piecing. Very appropriate for this quilt.

Last year, the Quilt Guild that I belong to–PieceMakers–organized a Round Robin.

Our Round Robin was organized into groups of 5 quilters. To start, everyone was to supply a block that would become the center of their quilt. It was suggested that we use an orphan block – something we already had on hand, something that we started previously and never made it into a quilt, a block that was now sitting on our UFO pile. This was an opportunity to start a new project while finishing off one of those pesky UFOs!

At the guild meeting in January, we passed our center block to someone else in our group. That person made the first border which was a narrow, dark coloured border. At the next meeting in February, the projects were passed to the next person in the group who added a pieced border. At the March meeting, the pieces were passed to the next person who added a pieced border. At the April meeting, we passed to the next person in our group who added the applique border. At the May meeting, we passed to the last person in our group who added a wide border to finish off the top.

Finally, we all returned with our completed flimsies to the June meeting where we returned the quilt tops to their owners – back to the person who supplied the original center block. This was the first time these people had seen these tops since they had turned in their original block. This meeting was filled with excitement and anticipation as each quilt top was revealed to its owner.

These are the quilt tops from my Round Robin group.

First, my own Round Robin – not yet quilted. I had intended to make an entire Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt but only ever finished one block. This was the perfect project to ensure that one lonely block had a home since it is clear that the Grandmother’s Flower Garden project is a way off in the future somewhere.

This Dresden plate top accented with butterflies is Tina’s.

This “chicken” top belongs to Lesley.

This Fall inspired top belongs to Patricia.