Stay at Home Round Robin: finished!

Here we are, at last, I'm a little bit late (for my usual standards, BTW), 'cause the dead line was, if I remember right, June, but, hey, it's summer! I definitely have the right to be a lot lazy, this time of the year!

So, here we are:

Honestly, I'm not very happy with my job, but I will display it in my sewing room anyway, because it will be a reminder about how much I have to work on my improvisational side. I'm a pattern follower kinf of quilter, probably because I'm lacking experience, but I feel that my quilter-soul needs more room, new ways to see everyday things... so I need to work-work-work... I'm ready, of course... Are we or not "daring quilters"?????? I definitely am!

SAHRR: Round 10 (I'm on time!!)

Ta-daaaa... I know this is unusual, but I have already finished the tenth round of the Stay at Home Round Robin!

This round we could decide if rest or quilt the top. I quilted my top by hand with a green thread and a off-white one; I just leave two blank space, waiting for the next instructions to decide what to do.

Stay at Home Round Robin: Round 6-7-8-9 (yes, I've been lost!)

I usually have some moments (very long ones, indeed!) when I just can't sew...

From December to this very day I have had one of those awful moments, so now I'm running for the Stay at Home Round Robin... and here there are the rounds number 6-7-8-9...

I'm especially proud of the embroidery: one of my first ones!!!

Thanks Kate!

Stay at Home Round Robin: Round 5

At the very last day of November here I am with the fifth round of the "Stay-at-Home-Round-Robin", hosting by Kate North...

For this step we had to add 2 pieces at the top (or bottom) of the previous blocks: one 4x6" and another 4x7" (finished size).

Kate told us there will be some rounds dedicated to embellish our RR, so for one of the pieces I decided to leave plenty of space.

For the other piece, I try a different set of colours and a tecnique I never tried, seminole. Mmmmh, I like the result, all-in-all, but admittedly, my seminole needs more and more practice!

Eccomi, proprio sul filo di lana, con il quinto round dello Stay at Home Round Robin ospitato da Kate North.

Per questo giro dovevamo aggiungere 2 pezzi, uno 4x6" e l'altro 4x7" (misura finita) sopra o sotto i nostri precedenti blocchi.

Kate ci ha detto che ci saranno dei "giri" dedicati alla decorazione, così per uno dei pezzi ho deciso di lasciare spazio per abbellimenti futuri, invece per l'altro pezzo ho usato colori diversi dai precedenti ed una tecnica che non avevo mai provato, il seminole.

Il risultato non mi dispiace, ma bisogna ammettere che il mio seminole ha bisogno di molta pratica!

Stay at Home Round Robin!

Usually I'm an early bird... the sort of person who don't mind about being up early in the morning for a walk in the mountains, a trip to an exciting new fabric shop ;-) or just to say "Hello" to my husband heading to airport at 4 a.m. and I'm almost ever on time with my appointments... almost...

Kate started in July (yes... I'm "just" 4 months late...) a Stay at Home Round Robin: every person works on a Round Robin, but the quilt don't trip around the group... it just stay at home. It seems a happy mix between a RoundRobin and a Mistery, and I has been fascinated by the moment I see it... but I saw it a week ago and there was already 4 round done! I thought I was too late, but then...

Yesterday in Italy was a very rainy day (well, in Northern Italy was... in South-Center was sunny, lucky they!), a perfect day for a patchwork session, so I decided to give a try and started to work on the Stay-at-Home-RR...

Kate has been so kind to accept my submission and now... here I am!

First Round: a 6" square (finished). I played with triangles and strips, the strips ending outside the border of the block:

Second Round: add a piece 4"x6" at the left- (or right- if you prefer) side of the first block. (Yes it has been simpler to know in advance how the development will be... forgive me...)

Third Round: add a piece 10"x3" (finished size) at the top. This time I played with circles.

Fourth Round (yeufh! I'm catching up at last!): add a piece 3x9 at the left or right of the prevoius blocks. I decided for Flying Geese: the last one I made was ages ago! As you can see, I'm having some problems with measurement, because I'm using my brand new ruler in inches... and just I can't figure out very well how to add the 1/4 for the seams... It seems so strange working with quarter and not with millimeters!

Well, that's all, for now... I'm already looking forward for the next instruction: it will be real fun!