SAHRR is hosted by guest bloggers each week who provide a "prompt" for the next round. The prompt from Emily at The Darling Dogwood for this week was Plus Blocks. You might have to squint to see mine, as I added a dark green plus to a deep red background.
If I keep adding borders at this rate, I will end up with a gigantic square quilt, so my intention was to add length to the square block by only adding a top and bottom border. I kept it simple with only two centered plus blocks.
My blocks finished at 6-1/2 inches, so I added about a foot to the length. That gives me a better proportion for the remainder of the quilt, which already measures 38 x 50 inches - I'll have to make the other borders tiny!
Be sure to check out other really cool plus block designs at The Darling Dogwood.
Did the same thing-added only to the horizontal sides to make it a rectangle. Trying not to add big rounds so as not to have a huge quilt at the end. So my pluses are 2" square unfinished. Mine measures 16 1/2 by 20 1/2 so far. Yours doesn't seem that big. How big is your plus block?
ReplyDeleteI like what you have so far. Neat!
Great idea... & it's looking good so far...xox
ReplyDeleteInteresting way you did the plus. This week is going to be flying geese. You will have a large quilt. I started off with the 20 x 20 inch centers and believe a lot of the others were using smaller centers. I am glad that I stopped with the first border. Hugs
ReplyDeleteThis is very clever, and a great way to add height. I'm enjoying seeing this quilt take shape!
ReplyDeleteLove the size you're keeping it to, Linda! So pretty, too!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing each participant's idea for their border! Yours looks great, Linda! Your colors are so pretty, and love that plaid you used for this border.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, your center block is stunning!!!! I like the deep red background for your plus signs. This is going to be fun to watch develop. Thanks for playing along!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda. Just checked out your round robin project, and it’s looking great. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the flying geese. Take care, Mary.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary!
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