I'm behind on my recaps of our Round Trip Quilts round robin.  We are finishing and mailing round 4 now...  Here is a round up of the additions made during round 3 of our round robin quilt bee.

Liz at Green Cheese Quilting

Jennifer at Never Just Jennifer

Leanne at Devoted Quilter

Mary at See Mary Quilt

Chelsea Huckins at Patch the Giraffe

Christina at WIPs and Tuts

Kim at Ties That Bind Quilting

Kim had Mary's rainbow quilt top for round three.  She gave the quilt some breathing room, adding thin stipes of color in between low volume squares.

Images from Ties that Bind Quilting

Heather at QA Creations

Thanks for visiting.  You can find a complete summary of all of our posts on my Round Trip Quilts page in the toolbar at the top of the page!


The full list of members is below:

Heather at QA Creations

Leanne at Devoted Quilter

Kim at Ties That Bind Quilting

Liz at Green Cheese Quilting

Mary at See Mary Quilt

Christina at WIPs and Tuts

Jennifer at Never Just Jennifer

Chelsea Huckins at Patch the Giraffe

I'm behind on my recaps of our Round Trip Quilts round robin.  We are finishing and mailing round 4 now...  Here is a round up of the additions made during round 2, back in November.

Liz at Green Cheese Quilting

Jennifer at Never Just Jennifer

Leanne at Devoted Quilter

Mary at See Mary Quilt

Chelsea Huckins at Patch the Giraffe

Christina at WIPs and Tuts

Kim at Ties That Bind Quilting

Kim was working on Chelsea's pastel and low volume quilt top.  She added some more soft and dreamy stars.

Image from Ties That Bind Quilting

Heather at QA Creations

Round two was equally as challenging and fun.  Thanks for visiting.  You can find a complete summary of all of our posts on my Round Trip Quilts page in the toolbar at the top of the page!


The full list of members is below:

Heather at QA Creations

Leanne at Devoted Quilter

Kim at Ties That Bind Quilting

Liz at Green Cheese Quilting

Mary at See Mary Quilt

Christina at WIPs and Tuts

Jennifer at Never Just Jennifer

Chelsea Huckins at Patch the Giraffe

Have you met Kim from Ties that Bind Quilting?  She is one of the participants in our Round Trip Quilts adventure.  Read more about that here and here.  Most of the time you can find Kim on Instagram and Flickr.

Straight out of the package.

Final fabric pull.

Layout Option 1

I had a lot of ideas when I first received Heather's beautiful Round Trip Quilts top.  Liz at Green Cheese Quilting had done an amazing job and I was very excited to dive into my addition to the top.  I had to laugh because Liz had some difficulty at the post office so the package looked all beat up but everything was there, right where it should be!



Heather sent me some extra words to work with half-way through but I already knew exactly what I wanted to make.  Eventually this pile of fabrics turned into a pile of blocks.  Then I had to get busy top stitching.





I used white thread to top-stitch my sample block but kept going back and forth about using some brighter colors.  It was a solid toss up between a beautiful purple variegated thread and some fantastic hot pink that was the perfect clashy-bright color.




The purple variegated won out.  It went with Heather's color theme better.  The color is good.  It blends nicely on some of the pieces and really pops on others, without being overwhelming.




I managed to finish up my addition on Friday after Thanksgiving, only three days late.  I was travelling for the weekend visiting family so I quickly snapped some shots in the snow on Saturday morning before I left the house and popped it in the mail as soon as we drove by an open post office.  Leanne, you should be seeing it soon!


The piece I added is nearly the same size as what Liz and Heather created but I think it will coordinate nicely with the rest of the quilt.  I like how my brighter pinks accent the pinks that Liz used to make her "waves".

When I was done piecing I had  20 extra window blocks and debated between keeping them to make another mini quilt or sending them along with the top for someone to add later.  I thought that since I already had a mini I should let Heather and her daughter enjoy them instead.  If you want to make some of your own, I wrote up a tutorial on how I made these.




Happy Quilting!

Round one of Round Trip Quilts is officially complete.  I thought it would be fun to do a summary post of all of the additions made this round to show you how things are progressing.

Liz at Green Cheese Quilting

Jennifer at Never Just Jennifer

Leanne at Devoted Quilter

Mary at See Mary Quilt

Chelsea Huckins at Patch the Giraffe

Christina at WIPs and Tuts

Kim at Ties That Bind Quilting

Kim started with Christina's fall themed block first.  She added these adorable little apple blocks and apple cores to the start that Christina started with.  Her blog post and more pictures can be found here.

Heather at QA Creations

Round one of this round robin style bee has been so much fun and so much more challenging than I could have even imagined.  Working on someone else's quilt is the hardest thing I've ever done and has really pushed me to stretch my imagination and skills to add something really special.  Our next mailing deadline is November 24th.  Be on the lookout for posts about round two then!  Thanks for visiting.  You can find a complete summary of all of our posts on my Round Trip Quilts page in the toolbar at the top of the page!


The full list of members is below:

Heather at QA Creations

Leanne at Devoted Quilter

Kim at Ties That Bind Quilting

Liz at Green Cheese Quilting

Mary at See Mary Quilt

Christina at WIPs and Tuts

Jennifer at Never Just Jennifer

Chelsea Huckins at Patch the Giraffe

Has it been six weeks already?  On Saturday I mailed off my finished package to Leanne at Devoted Quilter for round #2 of Round Trip Quilts.  But first, let me tell you about this beautiful block I received from Liz at Green Cheese Quilting.

I was so excited to open the package after seeing Liz's kick-off post and when I did I was just floored.  Her feathered star block is stunning.  Just look at those teeny-tiny points!  I may be inspired to try one for myself at some point in the future.


Liz said she likes geometric patterns and bold designs so I started out making some Plus Blocks in her basic color palette.  I was inspired by the Arizona fabric that Liz used in her border and wanted to really play off of that pattern but to be totally honest... I hated them.  Regardless, I stuck with it and made 9 in total - I think.  When I had them done I started playing with layouts.... and still hated it.


The whole things sat on my design wall for about two weeks while I tried to fall in love with the blocks I had made but I never did.  Finally I gave in and did what I think I had wanted to do from the beginning.  I ended up with this happy little pile of trimmings.

Am I only person that loves trimmings?  They are so pretty in their happy little haphazard piles!

Those trimmings belonged to a boatload of peach and low volume 2.5" half square triangles.  And when I got them all put together I couldn't be happier.

Finished top as of Round #1

I turned the block on point and added a thin teal border before adding my triangles.  I used a mixture of blenders and novelty prints.  Liz said she likes novelty but not fussy cut to death.  I think this has the right balance; a little peak of a bicycle here, and a friendly lion there.  I also had some of the Arizona and the Carolyn Friedlander fabric that Liz uses in her center and I think that helps contribute to a feeling of continuity.

detail of round #1 addition

I hope that Liz loves what I did.  After writing in her adorable coffee cup note book I sent the package on it's way to  Leanne.  I did include the plus blocks I made at the beginning.  Maybe someone can work them in later....?



Happy Quilting!

I'm linking up with this weeks WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.