I'M STILL HERE

Bet you all thought I had forgotten about these blocks. No way! I have been a bit busy on other things. I am now in catch up mode again. I pulled a load of fabric from the cupboard at cut it into strips which I thought were the most popular sizes used for these blocks and have been gaily chopping away. Here are the results so far....

Here are my strips...

and off I go...

Queen Charlotte's Crown - Week 31

Hearth and Home - Week 30

Mrs Morgan's Choice - Week 29

1930's Square - Week 24

1941 Nine Patch - Week 23

Z Cross - Week 26

Leap Frog - Week 12

Rally Round - Week 34

Envelope Motif - Week 28

Windmill 2 - Week 27

Rotunda - Week 3

Triangle Chain - Week 25

You may notice slight differences in my blocks and the printed ones on Quilter's Cache, I just decided I would do them a quicker way from some of the instructions given!!! Oops! Sometimes I went wrong too! Oh well, can't be helped, I am getting there though...off I go to make more of the backlog blocks.

Two More From the WayBack Machine!

I really am getting more of these "old" blocks finished... now if I could just do something about the focus on my pictures! The blocks are not as wonky as the photos are making them look, really.

The first one is actually the second one - makes no sense? HHmmm... Well, it is the block from week two, "Footstool". But I didn't like the way the hourglass blocks sat, so I rotated them 1/2 turn... and now this probably isn't Footstool any more at all, since there is a star in the middle that wasn't there in Marcia's block. Oh, Well.



This second exhibit is "Dewey Dream"... week three. And no, we don't dream of Dewey - sorry, Melvil. I no longer dream of Dewey Numbers, LC Numbers, OCLC, MARC Records, ISBN, Authority Control, Due Dates, Spine Labels, the Patriot Act, Fourth Amendment Rights or any other Library business. AAAAHHHGGHH!
Couldn't resist making this block "Black and White and Re(a)d All Over" though, tee hee.

Some you like, some you don't

Finished both weeks 3 and 4 blocks and staying with the black, white and green theme. I don't think Rotunda will be reappearing any time  soon - too many small pieces. I do like the fact that this block party is really making me work hard to improve the accuracy of my piecing - not something much needed in art quilts. May not be obvious to others but I can see an improvement already. Thanks Donna, great idea.

Rebecca's Rotunda

I just didn't like the color placement of the original block so I played with it and changed the color placement.  I think this would make a great whole quilt.  I just LOVE the Electric Quilt computer program.  I find it very easy to use and can spend hours designing layouts and quilts.  Here are some examples of different colorings of the blocks but all the same layout.

See all the quilts I made today!  What a productive day!  And here is a wallhanging!

I love this program!

Rotunda or Charlie Brown's Pumpkin Patch?

Because I really like what others did to this block, ie used the center to feature a particular print, I dug into the Halloween bin and came up with these pumpkins.
Overall I like this block but matching the seams on those corner squares proved problematic in places. Also, because I super sized my block to 10 inches (used EQ6) I had to use templates to cut each piece. Needless to say, this didn't get me excited.
In summary, it looks like most of us agree you can do so much with this block, and it would make an interesting one block quilt.

My final photo shows all 3 blocks joined together, separated by purple fabric with lime green eyes.
A while ago, Quilt Pixie asked if this fabric glows in the dark. I checked it out, and unfortunately none of it does.

It's Hetty's Fault

I loved her idea of making bright blocks from kid type fabric. So I'm thinking of doing the same thing. I have a new grandson due in May and a 2 yo grandaughter. I gave her a quilt when she was born and I'm already quilting on one I've made for my grandboy. But grandaughter could probably use a new one by next year, I have several large scraps of the kitty fabric and co-ordinating doggies as well. I have about 2 yards of the green bubble fabric. So I think I have enough to use in future 9" blocks and make a child"s quilt. Please ignore the threads all over my design wall fleece. My floor is even worse!

Em's Block #3

I went with Donna's idea of going from light to dark with different colors. I placed warm colors across from each other and cool colors across for each other, rather than do the color wheel thing. With only four colors to work with I felt skipping colors made it lose it's flow.

Felines in the Rotunda

I finally got my block finished having started yesterday evening. It took some time to pick all my fabrics since I only had some of them in my scrap box and the rest I had to look through the stash. I ended up with directional print challenge in the leopard spot fabric, but I wasn't about to rip out the squares and redo it. My block finished at 9 1/2" so the piecing is going well. I like the overall effect but still the thought of doing a whole quilt of these little squares is mind numbing.

Week 3 - Rotunda

I really liked this pattern. It was easy and it used up lots of strips that were only 1 1/2in. wide.

I dug into my kid's scrap bag and pulled out a few coordinating fabrics. Because the block is only 9in. finished (9 1/2in. unfinished), I didn't need much fabric. I think I will use fun fabrics on all the 9-inch blocks (I am assuming that there will be more) and maybe use them to make a baby quilt. I didn't follow the instructions on the quilter's cache site, but rather did mine in strips and then assembled the strips like a log cabin block.

Heather's Rotunda

I liked this block. I can see myself making it again but it will definitely be strip pieced!

The Rotunda in Black and Pink

I had a fun time with this block and thought it turned out rather nicely...I am loving the continuation of the black and pinks.

I might do this one again without using fabric that has vertical and horizontal patterns as that is a little difficult for me to keep straight, but over all I really love how this block looks...kinda fun and funky.

I am so excited about the direction this quilt is going in...it will not only be special to my daughter, but a reminder of the special time I spent here every week.

Marlene

and now for something completely different!

I decided that all my 10" blocks will be batik scraps, and the 9" blocks are going to be cherries! I have a tiny stash (about 10 FQs) of cherry fabric that has been waiting for the right project for at least a couple of years. This one came out of a scrap bag someone gave me.

Giraffe in the Rotunda!

Here's my block. I'd rather make QSTs any day than work with those tiny little squares. Uffda. But I like how it turned out OK. I just won't be making another of these blocks if I can help it, even though in multiples one could make them from strips. I'd still rather make QSTs. Looking forward to seeing all of your Rotundas.....

ahhh no triangles

this week's block was a nice change from the triangles of the last two weeks -- lots of little pieces, but no pointy points to match up and not cut off :-)

I'm thinking this block might be really interesting if each of the corner areas were done in a different colour (going from light to dark still, just not each corner the same colour) --sort of like a colour wheel :-) I don't know that I'll do one, but interesting idea.

Week 3 -- Rotunda

well, is everyone ready for week 3? Ready or not here it comes :-)

This week's block is rotunda, a 9" block that looks, on brief glance, to be made by adding multiple borders to a centre snowball like block... It'll be a real test of my consistency at sewing 1/4 seams to get the final size that's for sure. There's a total of 40 pieces in this small block, but no point triangles to match up :-)

A brief look also hints at how stunning various colour placements might be -- I'm sure there'll be a bunch of interesting ideas here in the days to come.

We're continuing to add a few new players this week. Everyone, except "sew what" have personal blogs listed on the sidebar. I'd encourage you to take a few minutes and check out what else everyone 's up to -- there's some great ideas and projects out there! :-)