On-going EQ Round Robins (Page 8)

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Carmen's Center

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Cassie's Center

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Crystal's Center

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Anita's Center

I decided to keep it simple yet ellegant. I was hoping to keep the flow of the quilt flowing through this border. I hope you like.

Center: Carmen
1st border: Anita
2nd border: Crystal
3rd border: Cassie

Center: Cassie
1st border: Carmen
2nd border: Anita
3rd border: Crystal

I started by picking a Horizontal-Center Medallion #16 from the Layout Libraries. Then I added a Double Star, Morning Star and a Snowflake block. I chose the Snow Pallette from what I downloaded from the Palette of the month from the EQ website. I colored my block, then added a Points out 9" edging to complete my Diamond and Square effect. Have fun with this Ladies. I can't wait to see what you come up with...Enjoy!!

Center: Crystal
1st border: Cassie
2nd border: Carmen
3rd border: Anita

Center: Anita
1st border: Crystal
2nd border: Cassie
3rd border: Carmen

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Barbara's Center

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Joany's Center

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Andrea's Center

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Kate's Center

Winter Skates

As I like embroidery and motifs in a quilt
this is how I came up with Winter Skates,
It looks like winter snow, snowflakes and
skating. The double wedding ring looks like the circles of skaters.

Center: Barbara
1st border: Andrea
2nd border: Kate
3rd border: Joany

Independence Bursting Forth

Well since I had the summer theme I had to go with something to do with July the 4th and other things you would see in the summer such as fireworks, red, white and blue and banners.

Center: Joany
1st border: Barbara
2nd border: Andrea
3rd border: Kate

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Liz's Center

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Joann's Center

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Hélène's Center

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Yvonne's Center

Spring in the South

I was in a celtic frame of mind when I started this. Our theme was spring and the colors I used reflect this as well. The other members of the rr also kept the celtic theme when they designed their borders.

Center - Liz Nix
Border 1 - Joann Mendozza
Border 2 - Yvonne Morgan
Border 3 - Hélène Laparra

Springtime

Center: Joann
1st border: Yvonne
2nd border: Hélène
3rd border: Liz

Cherry tree's blossoms

To illustrate the theme of Spring I chose (1) cherry blossoms (my own design from a picture from a trip to Japan); (2) a bargello that actually I did for Ruth Blanchet's class at Quilt University .
I added a slight border between the center and the first border (I found that the flowers were too large).
Hélène, France

Center by Hélène
Border 1 by Liz
Border 2 by Joann
Border 3 by Yvonne

Here's my final quilt. I'm thrilled with what everyone added to it, it looks far better than I could have imagined.
- Yvonne in Plymouth

Center by Yvonne
Border 1 by Hélène
Border 2 by Liz
Border 3 by Joann

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Jaymie's Center

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Mimi's Center

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Renee's Center

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Natalie's Center

THE JEWELS OF LIFE

I liked Renee's idea of the dark purple border, so I added some seperator borders in between everyone's border and did them in the dark purple color, which just made everyones borders stand out even more.

I then added a final bigger border and a smaller binding border in black to pull out the black that was used throughout the quilt.

Once that was all done, I decided to add some more flower motifs to it here and there, where I thought they would have the most impact.

I thought that the black corners that Renee used were perfect but they just need a little something extra, so I stuck a flower in each corner to really make her border eye catching.

I thought that the yellow that Natalie used in her border needed to be toned down just a bit, so I made the border just a bit smaller and added some flower motifs over the yellow and it just seems to make her border stand out so much more now.

I thought that Mimi's border was just beautiful, but just a bit small, so I made it just a tad bigger, so that it would have a better impact.

I think that with the few alterations that I made and the extra borders that I added, the quilt has turned out quite impressive.

I am so impressed with everyones borders.

Center: Jaymie
1st border: Natalie
2nd border: Mimi
3rd border: Renee

Oh My Stars!

I absolutely love the borders that everyone added. I didn't think that any needed changing or added too. What I did do was insert a border between the center and 1st border, between the 1st border & 2nd and also between the 3rd & 4th. I did this because I liked the effect that the inserted black borders gives the stars. The stars look like they are "floating" in the center and also on the 2nd border. The black around Natalie's border is intended to be the binding. I think I will probably make this quilt! Thanks everyone for all the great work!
I had fun with this and also with working with all of yours!

Center: Mimi
1st border: Renee
2nd border: Jaymie
3rd border: Natalie

Folksy Wreaths

I didn't think I needed to add any borders between the ones everyone added. I like the variety of borders that everyone added. Each draws out an element from the quilt. I just wrapped it up with a plain border and binding. It's interesting to see the simple and what appeared large border get smaller throughout the process!

Center: Renee
1st border: Jaymie
2nd border: Natalie
3rd border: Mimi

Time Travel

I LOVE what you all have done, the corners add pizzaz, the multi color pattern creates a new balance, the black allows the colors to POP. I kept the border simple to provide a "framed" look. I also added more black to my center to allow more focus into the core of the "time traveler"!
Thank you to all. This has been a very good experience for me!

Center: Natalie
1st border: Mimi
2nd border: Renee
3rd border: Jaymie

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Karen's Center

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Lorraine's Center

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Jeannie's Center

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Roxanne's Center

Ocean Jewel

Center: Karen Senn
1st border: Roxanne Mierow
2nd border: Jeannie Horton
3rd border: Lorraine Williams

The center was created by Lorraine Williams. This center block is based on the 20s/30s add-on for EQ5.

The first border was created by Karen Senn. The key was to frame the center, withough detracting from it.

Second Border by Roxanne Mierow. Created new blocks using a leaf from one of the Baltimore Album blocks and a flower from the center.

Center: Lorraine Williams
1st border: Karen Senn
2nd border: Roxanne Mierow
3rd border: Jeannie Horton

This block is a variation from the Angleplay CD.

First Border: Lorraine
I had a blast with this one. I hope Jeannie likes it. At first, I was thinking about a spiraling block, but I really liked the floating effect of using a simple double diamond with a reduced block in the corners. The fracturing effect reminds me of comets or asteroids.

Second Border: Karen Senn
I tried many different types of borders before settling on this one, which give a unique shape to the center, while continuing to use similar shapes as used previously. I think it's very cool!

Third Border: Roxanne Mierow
My goal was to stay true to the center and the first two borders. I continued with the color theme. My biggest problem was the corner block. I hope that Jeannie likes them. Making this quilt would be a real challenge to me -- lots of triangles, lots of bias edges!

Center: Jeannie Horton
1st border: Lorraine Williams
2nd border: Karen Senn
3rd border: Roxanne Mierow

Funky Chicken

I auditioned many different looks for this one. Of course, I tried flying geese and chicken themed blocks, but nothing seemed to jump off the page. This border ended up being inspired by the fabric choices. I added a golden yellow to the palette and let the layout guide the rest of the choices. Once I decided on the basics, the rest kind of did itself.
Hope you like it Roxanne! - Lorraine

Center: Roxanne Mierow
1st border: Jeannie Horton
2nd border: Lorraine Williams
3rd border: Karen Senn

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Tara's Center

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Becky's Center

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Carol's Center

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Maria's Center

I decided to go with fall/autumn colors and blocks. Anything that has to do with autumn .. sun, leaves, heat, animals, plants, ... I'm looking for something that I could possible make for a fall wallhanging

Center: Tara
1st border: Becky
2nd border: Carol
3rd border: Maria

I enjoy this quilt, it's so wild and fun ! :)
- Tara Kos

Center: Becky
1st border: Carol
2nd border: Maria
3rd border: Tara

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Cherie's Center

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Crystal's Center

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Jan's Center

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Vicky's Center

Rejoice Even In Shadows

12x 12 inch block center
applique and pieced block with contrast thread quilting
focus fabric is located in stems of flowers where it adds a nice watercolor effect

Center: Cherie
1st border: Vicky
2nd border: Crystal
3rd border: Jan

Butterflies a Flutter

I just had a lil' bit of fun with this one.....Not really something that I would make but I found it interesting to me!

I think that this quilt turned out awesome and the Ladies did a great job adding to it!

Center: Crystal
1st border: Jan
2nd border: Cherie
3rd border: Vicky

This is my center block based on fabrics chosen by all four of us. The block is an original design. The center square in the block is the Focus fabric used in the fabric selection.

Center: Jan
1st border: Cherie
2nd border: Vicky
3rd border: Crystal

Kalidoscope Dreams

Lover's Knot block set on point.

Center: Vicky
1st border: Crystal
2nd border: Jan
3rd border: Cherie

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Vicky's Center

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Joann's Center

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Gayle's Center

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Name Center

Spring has Sprung by Vicky Smith

Tulips and birds are always one of the first signs of spring. I wanted to get away from a traditional block for the center of this quilt.

Border 1 by Joann Mendoza
I used a ribbon border to wrap around the garden scene. I used the yellows and greens from the palette along with the black to set it off.

Border 2 by Leanne Davis
I've continued with the black edging on the border, and used the flower & bird motifs from the centre of the quilt in this border.
This is the third border on Vicky's center block. I used some of her motifs to add a little more interest. On the center, she used these leaves but it is hard to see the individual motif....so I thought that I would accentuate her design by separating the leaves.

Center: Vicky
Border 1: Joann
Border 2: Leanne
Border 3: Gayle

Fall is in the Air

I used the butterfly star block from the inlayed block section, but substituted leaves for the butterflies.

Center-- Joann Mendoza
Border 1-- Leanne Davis
Border 2-- Gayle Eastwood
Border 3-- Vicky Smith
Border 4-- Joann Mendoza

Summer Quilt

Center: Gayle
Border 1: Vicky
Border 2: Joann
Border 3: Leanne

The blocks in the centre (and border 3) are based on some tile designs I saw in the Royal Ontario Museum (in Toronto) when I was holidaying in Canada during the Canadian winter. The palette used is the 'snow' palette in EQ5

Joann used the Lemoyne Star Twist block for the final border. She thought it looked a bit like a snowflake.

Center by Leanne Davis
Border 1 by Gayle Eastwood
Border 2 by Vicky Smith
Border 3 by Joann Mendozza