Amy's beginning blocks

These are my blocks--I have 8 of each and I'm gonna do something really interesting with them...to be continued!

Step One: I've Made a Start

I've made a simple block for the center of my liberated round robin quilt by taking an old 9-patch and adding the blue scraps to the corners. But some of the blues weren't large enough, so I added the burgundy. Then came the slash and two black fabrics from my scrap bin.

the block is 6.5" x 6.5" so my quilt won't be too large.

(As I'm typing this, all the words are underlined--I don't know why; I wonder if the lines will show up when I hit 'publish'? :).

Janet's Round One

I'm so excited to start round one of the Liberated Round Robin.  I have these 5 stack and slash liberated stars that were an experiment of the technique.  They have been sitting around for quite some time with no idea what to do with them.  The violet some of you might recognize from Block Lotto.  This is one that I rejected because it didn't line up right.  So these are the orphans I am starting with.  I only used one of the stars for this start.  Maybe some of the others will find a use later.  We'll see.

I think I like it.

Cyndi's Step 1

 I started with two orphan blocks. The first was a Chinese Coins block that I made incorrectly - but couldn't just throw away. The other was a leftover pansy from Block Lotto. 

A couple of slashes, insertion of some flowery strips, dividing the Chinese Coins, and adding a little striped fabric, and here we go!

Yippee!

I have some orphan blocks in mind that I think will work wonderfully for this step besides getting them off my back. It's great to join in on this fun. Thanks June, Claire, Mary and others for organizing this. I am looking forward to stretching out my creativity and perhaps get a rigorous training for my liberation.

Jane

Round 1 Completed

This is a 24 inch block that was created by the add a border group on Flickr. My round was the last border which I created from leftover pieces from a previous project. Since the middle and my border are already liberated I want to use this and make it bigger. I hope that will be ok. I consider this to be one of my orphan blocks. I am looking forward to learning new techniques.

Thanks Carol (Ladybug)

Round 1 Completed

It has been very quiet around the homestead today.  Hubby is trying to get over the Spring Bug that has everyone coughing, sneezing, and just plain feeling bad.  So, before Missouri started to get into the second half of their NCAA Tournament basketball game, I thought I would take a few minutes to hunt up an orphan block for LibRR2.  Well I just couldn't stop myself and I finished Round 1.  Clare this was fun, thanks for getting us started.
My orphaned block was a hand pieced Log Cabin.  Probably made around the 1950's as it is made from feed sack.

The block was a 6" square.  I decided to add some punch with a new piece of black and white dot cotton.  I put away the rotary cutter and just made some slight curved slices.  Restitched (using the machine).  Then since I like small quilts I dug out the ruler and rotary cutter and trimmed the block to a 5 1/4" square. 

So here is my beginning, it will be fun to see where we go from here.

Flower Ladies

Just completed!

I started this while at the February Retreat with Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston (put on by the Santa Barbara Quilt Retreats).

LibRR2 - First Round - Going For It!

Welcome to the first round of the Liberated Round Robin 2012.

This is Clare speaking.

If you are new to this, and liberated quilting, then you can read about what I do on my blog, Dordogne Quilter. I suggest you read that first before going any further so you know what you're letting yourself in for LOL! I'm warning you - this is not for the faint hearted.

Are you ready?

When I did the last challenge I got completely stuck. I started with this

which soon became this

and I'd like you to do something similar.

Have you got a BoM that isn't really "you" and you don't know what to do with it? Or a traditional block (or blocks) in your Parts Dept that you've been meaning to use for something and not quite sure what? Well, now's your chance to break out of the box and liberate it.

Look at your block and think what you could do with it. Perhaps you could slash it using some funky fabric?

There are some links from the And Now We Set It on Fire blog which may give you some inspiration.

This is the first one, this is what she decided to do with them, and this is what it looked like when she'd finished.

I'm not asking you to do something as big as this, but it may give you some ideas.

Tonya Riccuci has a brilliant free piecing tutorial which you can find here and then click on the UnRuly Piecing Basics to download the PDF tutorial. Tonya sets out the basics for liberated free piecing and after you've cut your block you can add parts and do whatever you'd like to it.

If you have any queries, please leave a comment on this post and I'll see if I can help you.

Just remember the liberated piecing basics.

If it's too short, add to it;

if it's too long cut it; and, above all

HAVE FUN!

Clare

URLs of Links in this post:
http://dordognequilter.blogspot.com
http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-book-is-here.html
http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-first-kick-at-can.html
http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/2012/01/finished.html
http://www.unrulyquilter.com/tutorials/

Once you have the pieces for your first round completed, please take a photo and post it to the blog.  Please do this before 6 April when the second step will be posted!

New

I am new to the Liberated Round Robin. I sure do look forward to this fun time.

Dorothy Matheson

Invitation to Join in on LibRR2

You are invited to join in on the second Liberated Round Robin (LibRR2).

About LibRR2

The second Liberated Round Robin will commence in March 2012!

The quilters who finished the first LibRR were invited to collaborate in the planning of the second Liberated Round Robin. Clare, Mary, Pattilou and Jan decided they would each write up a section of the challenge for LibRR2.

Please sign up on this form to express your interest in joining in! You will receive access to post photos of your progress and to link to your blog or photo stream, you will receive a reminder email when each new step is posted to the site, and once you start posting photos of your LibRR2 you will be listed on the “Who We Are” page. (Even if you participated in the first Liberated Round Robin, please fill out the form.)

You are invited to join in on this online project. The emphasis this time will be for you to really stretch and to create a liberated piece! There are many different thoughts about what a liberated project is. Each author will be writing their guidelines so you get to know a little more how they interpret this kind of design.

You may use what ever fabric you desire for this project, and the end size is up to you. There is no need to match up colors to a focus piece of fabric - just pick something you like!

This time, in addition to following the guidelines for each round/row/part, we really want you to be open in how you order and size your pieces - so please do not sew them together until you receive directions for that step. There is no right or wrong way to do this - we want you to try to be open and liberated!

If you are interested in joining us for LibRR2, please use this form! (Even if you participated in the first Liberated Round Robin, please fill out the form.)

Pick and choose the suggestions you want to incorporate in your project and sew. Use these ideas for one to four+ rounds or rows that will eventually surround your initial block. This time, please hold off sewing your parts together until April/May. That way it will be easier for you to be creative during this process.

It’s okay to combine ideas, add alternative blocks, insert separating borders, or cut and rearrange what you sewed between rounds. Please report back to the others on the blog to provide motivation and ideas!

If you get behind, that is not a problem. You will receive an email to remind you when a new step is about to be added.

Information about LibRR2 will start to be posted on March 2012.

Join in at anytime.  To follow along as we first work on LibRR2, here is the Tentative Timeline (all Fridays)

• Mar 2- Invitation to LibRR2 (June)
• Mar 16- Initial Block/Part/Round/Row (Clare) (Time to sew Mar 16 to Mar Apr 5)
• Apr 6- Second Round/Row/Part (Mary) (Time to sew Apr 6 to Apr 26)
• Apr 27 - Third Round/Row/Part (Pattilou)
• May 18 - Final Round/Row/Part (Jan)
• June 8- Please try to post your flimsie by this date
• July 6 - Final Reveal Day - Please try to post photo of your finished project by this date!

If you finish your parts/row/round before the posted deadline, please post a photo and share your thoughts on the blog. Then move on to another project until the next step is revealed!

The idea is not particularly to create the perfect project, but to participate in an online event while creating a quilt! Remember we all learn from each other and incorporate ideas into our own interpretations.... The more we experiment and sew, the better our pieces will become.

To read how this differs from a traditional round robin - click here!

Please share this invitation with your quilter friends!


If you are still working on LibRR1 please continue to post your progress to the blog!

Squares and scraps

As we've been going forward I've been consulting with the Liberated Quiltmaking book. I love the notion of sewing scraps together & you can see that I kind of went nuts doing it. I started off with the square within a square using the hand cut square for a less severe look. Then, I needed spacers which is when I really got into the scrap business.

I had thought that just adding onto one side would look ok, but I was mistaken and so put more scraps on the other side for balance. I think the next round should help unify this, or I hope so!

I am utterly inspired by this blog!

Am I the Slowest one?

Round 2 Triangles Finished and I displayed the piece at a local art show. So squares next? perhaps I'll be faster with this round, thank-you for the inspiration.

Almost Finished

I thought I'd have my RR #1 quilt all hand quilted by the end of the winter, but it's not going to happen. Since the RR #2 is about to begin, it's time that I posted a photo of the almost finished 60" x 70" liberated quilt.

Do you see the hand in the left corner? I quilt around the shape of my hand on all but my small wall quilts.

I'm quilting with embroidery thread, making up easy quilting designs as I go along.

Thanks for a fun experience with the Round Robin!

Kathleen C in CT

Much better...

 

I took the left and upper border apart and added some dots and another border and now I like it a lot better.

I was sure the top was finished, but as I look at the photo there seems to be something missing in those green corner spaces ..

Heidi