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.

This was another quilt pattern that could do some serious damage to your scrap pile!
I liked the use of the Stack-N-Whack quilt pattern combined with an Irish Chain design on this quilt.

One last quilt that captured the theme of the show, Quilting between Friends. This one made me smile with the use of the preserving jars.

This was my favorite quilt at the show. The use of green as a background was innovative. The piecing and machine quilting were first rate. The quilter indicated that this project took several years to complete–I can understand why!

I thought this quilt design was perfect for scrap busting. It was called Joesph’s Coat of Many Colours.

Another stash busting idea. The use of value in this quilt resulted in a secondary star design. Very nice!