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The Lone Robin
Hello, Lone Robins!
December is our catch-up month. Details of the required elements can be found below. The big reveal of all the
completed Lone Robin quilt tops will happen in a slide show at the Zoom Meet Up on January 14 at 7:00 PM. Your quilt does not need to be quilted. You just need to finish piecing the top.
The names of all participants who finish a top and submit their photo by January 1, will be put in a hat, and Claire will draw the 4 winners of gift certificates to our affiliate members during that January Meet Up. If you are unable to send a digital photo of your finished Lone Robin quilt top by January 1, you may hold your top up during the zoom meeting, but it will not be included in the drawing for the gift certificates.
Please send a photo of your completed top to Fredda Cassidy (email in Directory) or to ebhqMeetUp@gmail.com by January 1, 2021 with Lone Robin photo in the subject line. Please spell your name in the body of the email exactly as it should appear on the slide. If possible, please rename the photo with your full name. For instance: “JaneSmith.jpeg“ instead of “image1098.jpeg”.
You may share your Lone Robin adventures on the EBHQ website on the EBHQ Member Forum, the Lone Robin Gallery page, or on Instagram #ebhqlonerobinquilt. Or, if you’d like your quilt top to be a surprise, you might want to hold off sharing until the big reveal in January. It’s up to you, but I like surprises!
Please plan to attend the Meet Up to view the amazing quilts inspired by this process!
Keep sewing, Lone Robins!
Claire
Contact Claire with your questions or comments: EBHQ Workshops@gmail.com
- EBHQ members can check out the forum discussion and can add photos of your work to the Lone Robin Gallery.
- Watch Claire's demonstration at the August Meet-Up.
- Watch Claire's demonstration at the September Meet-Up.
Monthly ElementsElement Release dates: June 23, July 13, Aug 10, Sept 7, Oct 5, and Nov 2 Nov 2nd Element: Your final round is...wait for it!... YOUR CHOICE! (with one condition). Add anything you like – plain, fancy, wide or skinny, patterned or solid. You get it – anything you like to wrap up your quilt design to your satisfaction. Maybe there's enough compositional drama already and all you need is a plain border to complete your quilt. Or perhaps it's time to create a dazzling final element. I leave it to you. The one condition is that in this final border, you must use one of the colors that appears in your first curved/circles block. Oct 5th Element: Your fifth element must include crosses or Xs. They can be Sept 7th Element: Your fourth element must include squares. They can be neatly square, or loose quadrilaterals, big blocks or tiny checkerboards. The squares can be pieced, printed, appliquéd, embroidered – you decide! They can be evenly arranged or just feature in a few small areas. You could combine them with another motif of your choosing. Use your imagination! Aug 10th Element: Your third element must include strips or stripes. You could piece your stripes or use a stripey fabric. They can be straight or wavy, chunky or pencil-thin. The stripes can be evenly distributed or just appear in a few small areas. The possibilities are endless! July 2nd Element: Your second element must include flying geese that connect to the 1st element in some way -- you decide how. You can paper piece them, foundation piece them, stretch them out so they're skinny and long or wide and flat. They can follow the shape of a circle or wind randomly. You can make a string of ten on each side, or just include two or three randomly. The variations are endless! June 1st Element: Your first element must be something that involves curves or a circle. Go for a paper-pieced block, cut your curves free-hand, appliqué something circular, or even feature a face! Your first block can be any size or shape. It’s up to you. Have fun, Lone Robins! | Examplesby Claire Sherman |
regular or wonky! This could be the moment where you cut your entire piece into quarters and put a cross through the middle of it. Or maybe you’ll make some miniature “x” blocks and scatter them in the corners of your quilt. You could combine crosses with another motif of your choosing. It’s your choice, Lone Robins!