Round Robin kick off!

This year’s round robin had 13 people in it and to make it even I split us up with 7 in each group and I’m in 2!

I was really toying with the block for the center, it can be any size, just HAS to use accuquilt!

So I was looking in EQ and playing around with block ideas and I opened up “women of the bible” –I’ve made 3 different quilts with these blocks! I found this one- it’s proverbs 31- not hinting at anything

anyways, as I looked at it I imagined the middle being 6”, because then I could use the 6” QUBE set for the little square and triangles, and all the rest would use the 12” qube set,

Recently I got this pretty orange/green and yellow FQ bundle and I figured I’d start cutting into it!

Also I looked at my new anniversary dies from Accuquilt, and the elephant die has just been sitting on my shelf and wasn’t used yet, so I just felt like I HAD to use it NOW!

So I decided what colors went were on the block and prepared the elephant pieces

and I machine embroidered it on.

and quickly I made the block like this, it measures 18 1/2”

For block #2 I came up with another idea, at first I thought I’d do more applique, but once I started this idea of just using blue and white, I felt it was enough

The block looks tricky, but it’s NOT! see what it looks like now with the lines in the block!

I decided to use my 8” QUBE and companion sets for this block, so the finished block is 16 1/2”

In white I cut out (4) of shape #3

(24) of shape #5

(4) of shape #10

Light blue I cut out (4R and 4W) of shape #9 –doesn’t matter if it’s right or wrong side up on this solid! but just in case you use a print

in medium blue (4) of #5

and (4R and 4W) of shape #7

then dark blue (8 ) of #5 and

(4) of #16

You know I like to sew as much together as I can before I go iron (ironing the seams OPEN)

here’s more progress!

Oh, and all these fabrics were FQs, it was a squeaker with the white, but I made it!

then sections are sewn together

and a 1/4 block

And VOILA! the block is done!

I love blue and white together!

So these two blocks are on the way to the round robin participants.

I also wanted to show this picture I took really quick.

Our church was collecting stuff to a pregnancy support center, and I figured I’d donate some quilts that have been on my shelf for a long time! plus a diaper bag I made but never used

Some are not “totally” baby quilts, but hopefully they can still use them.