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
Sometimes an idea comes to mind and it causes us to change direction. The squares framing the roundabouts are fun and colorful. The quilt will be beautiful when you have completed it. Enjoy the process. Have a great Saturday. Alicia
ReplyDeleteSweet! Sweet! Sweet! I too was thinking they'd make a cute quilt if put all together. You are sewing up another winner! Thank you for sharing your "doodles"!
ReplyDeleteI like this new direction you've decided on for the roundabout designs, Melisa! Sweet embroidery and framing colors, too. Have fun with this project!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea Melisa. Your cute stitched roundabouts look so pretty surrounded by those lovely fabric squares.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great plan! Good for you to change directions!
ReplyDeleteThe new direction for the Round abouts is going to be wonderful! plus, you hadn't gotten very far so less to have to undo and change out.
ReplyDeleteYour roundabouts are adorable. Whew... for a second I thought Frosty was going to face off with jack the ripper. Adorable quilt idea with the 2.5" squares.
ReplyDeleteCreativity is capricious and strikes when we least expect it.
ReplyDeleteThese blocks will make a beautiful quilt. Hugs from Spain
I just love the roundabouts and can't wait to see them all togther!!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of all the roundabouts in one quilt. I like the pieced sashing/border you're adding.
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