Are you ready to sew Round 1 of the Stay at Home Round Robin? This first round features the easy and always popular piano keys.
If you're just joining in on the fun, Welcome! Quilting Gail is hosting another Stay at Home Round Robin, a quilt you work on completely by yourself instead of passing it to others for each round. Since we're at round 1, there's plenty of time to join in. For more details, the Stay at Home Round Robin 2021 post should answer any questions you may have.
For my piano key round, I hit the scrap bag for the blues and reds, and found a multi-colored dot print to tie everything together. Little did I know I would become attached to those dots, wishing I had more of it!
As for the design, I used the size of the blue scraps, roughly figuring out an even spacing. This was not designed in EQ - it's completely free form sewing using pieces that I had.
For extra punch, and a fine way to deal with the corners, I added in red squares. Now didn't that liven it up!
I had said before that the center block leans patriotic, but I don't want the final quilt to be completely red, white, and blue. So expect a different color for the next round.
This week, Chris from Chrisknitssews, who chose piano keys, is hosting the Round 1 linky party. When you've completed yours, link up for everyone to see!
And be sure to see what my fellow quilters have dreamed up for their round 1 piano keys. We'll be back next week for round 2.
- January 11: centre blocks: Gail @ Quilting Gail
- January 18: 1st Round: Chris @ Chrisknitssews
- January 25: 2nd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
- February 1: 3rd Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
- February 8: 4th Round: Roseanne & Sue @ Home Sewn by Us
- February 15: 5th Round: Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
- February 22: 6th Round: Susan @ Quilt Fabrication
- February 28: 7th Round ME!!! @ Quilting Gail
that looks good - just a little different take on the piano key makes a world of difference to a quilt.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan! I love your take on piano keys. The diversity of our group really shows between the center blocks and our first round. It will be so fun to see where each of these rounds go for all of us. ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeletelove your round, Susan and the background fabric is happy and bright.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you used fat keys and the red in the corner. Its an unusual choice for the first round. Gonna see what I come up with for my playing along.
ReplyDeleteI love that dot fabric! Using it as a separator is a great idea and it looks like so much fun. This doesn't read as only patriotic to me, just fun and colorful, but I look forward to seeing what other colors you pull out!
ReplyDeleteThat dot fabric is so fun, I can see why you are attached to it! Nice border, Susan!
ReplyDeleteWho doesn’t love polka dots? Susan they work so well in your free form version of your piano key border. Love it! It’s just so fun to see this progress.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you used the polka dot fabric to tie all the colors together and keep the blue from being overwhelming. This is going to be a beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt's so neat to see how changing the background changes the look of the piano keys! I love how everyone is interpreting them a bit different!
ReplyDeleteA very clever variation of the piano keys. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love how you floated the keys on this, Susan! It looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteHi Susan! What a fun piano key border! It looks absolutely perfect! I can't wait to see what you do for the rest of the borders! :-)
ReplyDeleteIs there a place to get the center block of the house
ReplyDeleteI like how you did your piano keys. Well done.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful block, love the polka
dots. Have a great day!
That's a very neat way to do the keys
ReplyDeleteI love house quilts and your choice of center block. The dot fabric that spaces your piano keys in the first border is a wonderful setting. Looking forward to seeing more of where this going ... :) Pat
ReplyDeleteLooking cute, and I love the happy little dots in the background. Hmmm, what will the next color be??
ReplyDeleteYour floating keys are a fabulous twist. I love following your decision making process and watching how all the quilts diverge despite the common themes. Thanks for linking to the Clever Chameleon.
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