The Summer Quilt Project with Robin Long -- Show Your Progress Here

[Carol R.]

I made my sample block out of Halloween fabrics and the center on my embroidery machine. Liked it so much, I decided to make a Halloween project quilt, before I make the winter wreath.

[Robin]

Looking good! Thanks for joining in and hope you'll post more of your progress. Thank you!

[Robin]

Yay! This looks so good! Thanks for joining in and glad you are enjoying this sew along! Hope you'll post the finished quilt.

[Robin]

This looks go good! Yay! Thanks for joining in and I look forward to seeing you in Houston. It will be here before we know it!

[Robin]

Looking good!

[Liz L.]

Just need to add my petals.

[Marge P.]

I have enjoyed making this quilt!!! Thank you Robin. I am ready to applique it to the background.

[MaryJo M]

Dresden ring done, petals are sewn on. I was thinking of getting a background fabric, since I added my cardinal in the center, but my husband voted to leave it as a circle. So I will proceed with the felt backing. I am thrilled with how it all came together!
Robin, I will see you in Houston at the quilt festival. I always enjoy your booth!

[Monique L.]

Woohoo, I’m almost done. I’ve been hand sewing the circles but had to see how the petals will look like. All basted ready to be hand sewn. It will need a good press at the end. Thanks Robin.

[Robin]

Okay, I will go first! I finished my second medallion that I used for my FB Lives and thought I would share some pics of it. I think I know what background I will use to turn it into a quilt. Stay tuned and I will post a pic when it is all finished!
Hope to see what your progress soon! Can't wait to see what you are creating!

[Robin]

Looks great! Glad you are enjoying the process!

[Monique L.]

I redid my 12” centre, I really did not like my previous colour choices. Happy with the results so far. all hand appliqué .Robin, I’m ready for Tuesday.

[Robin]

Yay! You're making good progress and I love your color choices! It looks like you might be overpressing a bit and stretching out your Background Triangles. It actually doesn't look too bad at this point, and I do think this may work itself out when you appliqué this onto the Dresden band in the next step. Since you have already prepared it for appliqué, I would just leave it as is for now.
Next time if you have fullness after putting the two blocks together and haven't pressed the edge under for appliqué, I have had some success getting rid of some of this fullness by spraying some water around the perimeter of the block and patting it down with your hands to help the fibers shrink back up a bit. Let it sit a minute, and then use a dry iron to press straight down. This usually gets the fabric to lay flatter.
Again, don't worry about it for now - I think it looks really good!

[Irene A.]

Sunflower ring completed. Was quite a challenge. Hope it will flatten out a bit more with the next round. Any suggestions?

[Robin]

Yes! The next videos for the Dresden band, Petals, and finishing will be dropped early next month. I will also be doing a FB Live on September 5th ash 10am PST to highlight some of these details. Glad you are enjoying the project so far!