I am doing a roundabout on my Roundabouts !
What's that ? you ask. Hmmm... I am not sure . I just mean I circled back to Frosty Chill Roundabout and pulled out Jack the Ripper. 😲
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| Frosty McChill mini quilt fixing to be taken apart with Jack the Ripper |
In January I had pieced Frosty Chill Roundabout into a little quilt with all of the intentions of making monthly "roundabouts " into small quilts to hang on my antique Hoosier top.
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| A little quilt I made in January. |
When SCREEEECH!!!! All of that came to a halt after stitching the Bunny Roundabout .
That is when a little idea began to brew in the back of my head, and I did a roundabout and circled around ripped out Frosty Chill Roundabout and came up with a new plan. Hee! Hee!
Oh, what trouble I get myself into sometimes. Or should I say quilting mischief.
Anywhooo... I decided to make a larger quilt with all of the doodles.
So off to the quilt room I skipped. I pulled out my special totes of pretty vintagey looking fabrics and went to town cutting 2 1/2" squares.
So now I am framing each block with 20 2 1/2" squares( unfinished). The embroidered block measures 8 1/2( unfinished) .
After framing the embroidered block, each monthly roundabout will measure 12 1/2" squared unfinished.
Where the blocks go from here? Well, I am not sure. I may make them larger or I may just add sashing. I am flying by the seat of my pants again. 😀 Wheeeww!
There will be 12 Roundabouts which I will be sharing each month ( usually close to the 1st of the month).
If you missed any of the little Roundabout doodles , just click on the colored links and you will be magically transported back to the post.
Alright Sweethearts, I best get to work stitching the flowers on May's Roundabout. I am woefully behind.
Have a spectacular Saturday!
May Flowers Roundabout ( photo coming soon)
Sweet Melody Roundabout ( photo coming soon)
As Always...
Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all
Melisa
"Life is a Merry go round. Just hang on tight and enjoy the ride. "- Unknown
Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤
Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy
I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo.
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Oh my they are all adorable. My printer and laptop are not on speaking terms so I can't print to trace and stitch. Big sigh - oh well. Enjoy your Saturday. Big Hugs, DarleneJ
ReplyDeleteYou know - I was thinking they would make the cutest quilt and here you go doing exactly that! Great minds I guess - or at least quilty minds. Great idea! Love the colors you chose for the 2 1/2" squares! Blessings!
ReplyDeleteMelisa those frames are just beautiful! Love your idea, although I am still wondering what is a roundabout? Is doing cross stitch in a circle?
ReplyDeleteYour frames are sew cute, Melisa. This will make one awesome quilt! Happy Saturday! Hugs, B
ReplyDeleteVery fun new direction with your round abouts!
ReplyDeleteThese are darling, Melisa!
ReplyDeletegood morning sweet Melisa - this is my second post. i don't see the first one that i entered into the blog. must be looking down on us from the cloud.
ReplyDeletei have the doodles. i even have two additional ones - May Flowers and Sweet Melody.
i guess it pays to read the entire blog to the end.
hugs beautiful lady.
Debra Broyles