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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Doing the Roundabout

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. 😲


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. 

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. πŸ˜€ 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!!!!πŸ€—πŸ§΅❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy  
 I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo. 

🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷


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3 comments:

  1. 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

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  2. You 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!

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  3. Melisa those frames are just beautiful! Love your idea, although I am still wondering what is a roundabout? Is doing cross stitch in a circle?

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