3rd Round - Julie

2nd Round - Julie

Next Round - I've Been Framed!

That's right - we're going to frame our next round.

Can't wait to see what you all do!

My second round

The butterfly fabric is what jumped off the shelf and said "take me home with you!"

Center and First Round

This is Joyce in North Carolina's beautiful beginning.

Wonderful start Joyce! Can't wait to see what you do next!

Friendly Repro Center

I've bounced so many ideas around for my center block. I knew I wanted to use 1930s repros.  The quilts I love most and that inspire me were made by my grandmothers and great-grandmother using feedsacks and fabric from clothing. Most of those would have been from the 30s and 40s. So I wanted to honor them and acknowledge their inspiration.  I considered several possible appliques and a number of traditional blocks and then I saw a Friendship Star Wreath. It was done in all neutrals.. white back ground with tan stars. Honestly that didn't do much for me, but I loved the layout and I could see it made with repros against a lovely white background. I wasn't sure what size HSTs and squares were used so I had to play around with that a bit. Finally settled on 2 1/2" unfinished. That was as small as I was willing to go!  There are imperfections and one star that just never would play nice.. but I decided that is ok. For one this.. this is a for fun project.. and also we are all wonderful but not perfect and over the years we have had a few members who didn't play nice (none still here!).  So I think that off kilter block fits! Here you go..... my friendly repro center...

My center block

Ok ladies - let's see yours!!

Thank you , Jody.

We all know you went way out of your way to post the next row.. Thanks from bottom of my heart.. I have the second round almost done. All the other ladies in my group will be so excited. Now to learn how to post pictures.
Thank you again.

Step Two - Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner

This is probably the most famous line from one of my most favorite movies of all time. And I bet a lot of you will know where it came from.

So for step two - let's celebrate the corner. Put a border around your center block and put something fun and interesting in the corners of the round.

Oh - and let's see some finished center blocks!

Hello! :)

Oh, so nice to see you all posting! :)

Have you all decided on your fabric colours?  Have you all decided what your middle will be? Have you actually sewn it? :) :)

I went to visit a friend and we were talking about this quilt and others.  She was jolly helpful, I must say.  I had written down my ideas, who I would make the quilt for and possible colours.  But I didnt actually like the sound of any of it and it was all getting very complicated (2 quilts, 2 different sets of colours? Maybe 3 quilts - eek!)

So - and you may hold me to this! - my quilt will be made for Luke, the colours will be white, navy blue and scarlet (not too much!) and there will be circles in the middle - and it wont be complicated lol.  Don't let me change my mind......

And guess what, we were given a weekend away for our Christmas present from all our boys, and we are going first thing tomorrow morning (well that's the theory but I have just got in from babysitting, am wide awake at ten minutes to midnight and have not found any clothes to take yet, so it may be a bit later) 

And the first port of call will be a quilt shop!  Very excited.  Wheeee.....

testing to see if I can do on own ,, I did it I did it.
joycenc

I did it Jody. I did it, I did it..
ok, now to learn how to post pictures to here from phone..
TO MUCH computer stuff for little brain.
joycenc

My Center Block

It's me, it's me, it's Ernest T.!!   (little reference to Mayberry there)  I made it in.  😆

I finally got my center block done!  Better late than never, right?  Question:  Do any of you recognize this block from another group project we did a few years ago?  💝

Let's get this party started

First step is, of course, our center block.

This is the focal point of our quilts. 

And that's all I'm giving you. Make it the size you want, the technique you want, the colors you want.

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Step two will be posted in six weeks.

A little background

We are a group of ladies from across the United States and England who joined a Yahoo Group started by the wonderful Quilt Mama roughly around 2001. We are all Christian ladies who quilt and/or homeschool and the group was started to support and help each other with our quilting and homeschooling goals.

Over the years, ladies have come and gone but there are a group of us who are steadfast in growing our relationships and supporting each other.

We have watched our children grow up, get married, have babies, We have supported each other through births, deaths, break up of marriage, health issues, job issues, loss of one of our own dear members, But our willingness and desire to serve God, our love for Him and our love for each other has kept us moving forward.

We have done many swaps - fabric swaps, block swaps, pincushion swaps, holiday swaps, etc.

And, admittedly my favorite, Round Robins.

As a commemorative we are going to be doing a Roosting Robin in 2016.

So starting in January each of us will make the center block that will become the starting point for our Roosting Robin. Roughly every 6-8 weeks I will post guidelines for the next round,

So ladies I invite you to post pictures of your fabrics when you have them picked out. And the starting in January, you can post your progress as you choose. If you would like to wait and show us your creation when it is finished, we will wait anxiously.