All My Hobbies: February 2020

So I was volunteered to be in charge of another round robin for the guild. I didn't take a picture of the 12 1/2" block I started. But the first block I worked on was Mary Abbott's. I'm going to post each month about the blocks I work on.

I did the row on the left and on the bottom.

Here is round 2

This was started by Dee West, then Denise Holloway and I added 3 rows - the left, the bottom and the right. We have had a small delay due to the Covid-19 virus.

This is Denise Holloway's. I added the row at the top with the wavy edge and the circles.

The last one I worked on was Sally Sante's -

I added the bottom row.

Here are all the finished tops:

Sally Sante

Here are the finished quilt tops:

Dee West

Denise Holloway

Kathy Slifka

Leslie Hinson

Mary Abbott

Mine

Gloria Felter

Marian Sykes

Hopefully everyone liked theirs. I hope they finish them off and bring them in the future to share with the guild at show and tell. If we ever have a meeting again. So far, we have cancelled April - August due to the Covid-19 virus.

After finishing the Round Robin, it was so much fun, I decided to host a Row Robin. In the row robin, you start each quilt with a row of 6 - 6-inch blocks. I made mine with black and white. Of course, I forgot to take a picture of it, but I will get it when the challenge is over. The first row I got to work on was completed by Andrew Lee. His row featured Abe Lincoln and civil war fabric and blocks. I'm not a fan of civil war fabric, but I liked the history of the row. It was really hard not to tell him that the Underground Railroad Quilts are not true. Not my place though. I wanted to make blocks that dealt with slavery, however. Marian had a book called "Facts & Fabrications, Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery" by Barbara Brackman. The blocks were perfect except they were the wrong size. So I decided to try drafting my own. It turned out pretty good. Here are the blocks I used in the order I put them on the quilt row (from left to right)

Chained Star - A block to recall capture in Africa

Last Ship - A block to recall the ocean voyage

Cotton Boll - A block to recall the slave economy

Slave Chain - A block to recall the slaves' clothing

Catch Me If you Can - A block to recall escape

Lincoln's Platform - A block to recall the emancipation

For round two I had Denise Holloway's. Jennifer Wilkerson had it first. I added the row on the right.

This is my new row. I did the one on the top. It belongs to Jennifer Wilkerson. It is actually laying sideways. She oriented the quilt vertically. Not sure how this one is going to turn out.