So I decided that even though I cannot attend the classes, my sister can send me the information each month and I can do this along with them. She already had the information for the first round, so I was able to start with a center square and first border.
Here's my center square. The name of this block is Chicopee Square and I found it in an issue of Quilt Magazine.
November - Round 1: The first color and design element that had been drawn were black and a rectangle.....so here's my square and first "round."
December - Round 2: They had another meeting this week and the color drawn is green and the design element is flying geese. Since I had some flying geese elements in my center square, I decided to just carry them over into this second "round." (Probably should have used the flying geese all the way around, but it's MY quilt, so I did it like I wanted to.......anyone surprised?!)
Will continue to add to this post each month as I add another "round." Not sure how many more "rounds" there will be.
January - Round 3: Color and design element drawn for Round 3 are brown and squares. I chose to do a Seminole border, using red with the brown I chose. Then I went ahead and added a black spacer border to make the quilt now measure 30-1/2 square (30" finished), so that will give me several size options for the next border.
No meeting in February, so I will have to wait until end of March for next color and element.
March - Round 4: Color is purple and design element is square-in-a-square. Since my Seminole border squares are on point, I decided to add two sets of triangles to my square-in-a-square block so that the square would sit square in this border. The squares are 3" finished and the rectangle spacers are 1-1/2" x 3" finished. The quilt now measures 36-1/2" square (36" finished).
April - Round 5: Color is orange and design element is a quilt block. I decided to use a 6-inch Sawtooth Star block. The orange is a batik fabric with yellows, greens, purples, and turquoises in the pattern. I added another narrow black border to make my block finish at 54" so that gives me several different sizes I can use for my next and final Round Robin border.
May - Final Border: The final design element was applique and the colors that were left were red, blue and yellow. The instructions were that we could add a border with any or all of the colors with applique on the border or we could put applique anywhere else on the quilt we wanted. Since I don't like to do applique, I chose the simplest design and method, fusible web, and added a flower to the center of my beginning block. I added a yellow batik border. Most all of the fabric in the quilt are batiks. Here is the final quilt. It will measure 62" square when finished. I will bind with black when I finish quilting it.
