Green Garden Round Robin

I was able to finally sit down and do a little sewing. Here's the jest of the project. I belong to a Yahoo group called CQ For Newbies which is a group for crazy quilters. It is a great place for beginners to learn, there are members with all levels of abilities and are really great about sharing what they knew, helping to teach each other, and really encourage each other. The group is doing a Green Garden Round Robin. Each member makes a plain block, called a nakkid block. We send it to the next person on the list, the block then makes it way through the group as each member adds some embellishment to it. My block will then arrive back home all dressed up and so pretty. Here is the one I made.

Oh yeah, did I mention we are only using green? All green fabrics, green threads, green beads, green trims, a "Green Garden" of fun. My group, by the way, is the green avocados. I am so excited to be involved in this RR and can't wait to get started on it. Now to get it in the mail.

I had purchased several fat quarters of green fabric just to use in this project. Decided later that together they didn't have enough dazzle, so went out and bought some small pieces of some specialty fabrics. I loved the green satin with the bamboo on it, had to use it as the center of the block, but some how it ended up a very small piece. Fact is, it has been so long since I did any crazy quilt blocks, had forgotten how to really start them. I didn't do it quite right, but it turned out in the end I think as I really like my block. At any rate, now I have quite a bit of greens left over, so am thinking I may need to make up some new hearts with a lot of green in them. One of the fabrics is a really nice green with glitter. I have a good portion of it left over and am thinking it would make a really nice couple of evening gowns for DD's 11 1/2 inch fashion doll (Can't say Barbie...oops) to wear to some party.

My post is short today, need to get some laundry going and get to work on a baby quilt. Will post photos of the Green Garden blocks, not sure when, as some of the ladies may not want to see their block until it arrives back home. Maybe I can crop out the portion I work on. I will also post any hearts or other Crazy Quilt projects I work on as well.