{"id":21492,"date":"2014-01-06T06:07:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=21492"},"modified":"2016-11-29T17:44:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:44:29","slug":"round-robin-round-four-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/round-robin-round-four-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Robin Round Four Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kelly's<\/a>
Kelly’s Round Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I spent some time with Kelly’s Round Robin over the past week. I finished my portion on January 1 and was pleased to be able to move on to the Attack of the Hexies.<\/p>\n

I saw Camille Roskelley’s Round and Round quilt<\/a> and liked the basic block so much that I wanted to make it. The version from Around the Blocks blog<\/a> really inspired me. I love the way the triangles seem to flutter or twirl on the background. The basic component is a Friendship Star, a block that I always thought had potential, but never quite liked. Now I know that making it smaller and combining it with others like it was the ticket. Camille Roskelley is a genius.<\/p>\n

I didn’t think the block was the right size for the piece, but I decided the piece could use something bold. I resized the block and worked on the whole piece in EQ7. I could only get an idea of the outcome. The piece has special fabric and I didn’t feel like scanning and uploading it. From what I could see, I thought it would work.<\/p>\n

\"Round<\/a>
Round and Round – one block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The block has 85 pieces. I reworked the piecing as well as resizing it, because some of the pieces didn’t need to be small squares. Also, I didn’t want, for example, to piece 4 squares together to make a larger square.<\/p>\n

\"Chunking<\/a>
Chunking Round & Round<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This made the final piecing of the block a little different than just piecing the block together in rows. I was able to chunk it. Once I was able to see how to chunk the piece, the piecing was no problem. I used the Triangle Technique<\/a> to make all of the triangle squares (half square triangles).<\/p>\n

\"Fussy<\/a>
Fussy cutting in Round & Round<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SIL suggested that I fussy cut the special fabric and use that for the center rectangle in order to echo the original focal point of the piece. I thought that was a good idea and fussy cut different portions of the special fabric for the centers.<\/p>\n

\"Kelly's<\/a>
Kelly’s Round Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think it came out well and I hope that Kelly is happy with my work. I was really pleased with the block. I can’t make it to the meeting in January, so I sent it off to Kelly.<\/p>\n

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