Monday, January 18, 2021

Stay at Home Round Robin - 1

Are you ready to sew Round 1 of the Stay at Home Round Robin? This first round features the easy and always popular piano keys.

house with a quilt on the laudry line


If you're just joining in on the fun, Welcome! Quilting Gail is hosting another Stay at Home Round Robin, a quilt you work on completely by yourself instead of passing it to others for each round. Since we're at round 1, there's plenty of time to join in. For more details, the Stay at Home Round Robin 2021 post should answer any questions you may have.

For my piano key round, I hit the scrap bag for the blues and reds, and found a multi-colored dot print to tie everything together. Little did I know I would become attached to those dots, wishing I had more of it!

As for the design, I used the size of the blue scraps, roughly figuring out an even spacing. This was not designed in EQ - it's completely free form sewing using pieces that I had.

piano key quilt border


For extra punch, and a fine way to deal with the corners, I added in red squares. Now didn't that liven it up!

red and blue piano key border around a quilt block


I had said before that the center block leans patriotic, but I don't want the final quilt to be completely red, white, and blue. So expect a different color for the next round.

This week, Chris from Chrisknitssews, who chose piano keys, is hosting the Round 1 linky party. When you've completed yours, link up for everyone to see! 

And be sure to see what my fellow quilters have dreamed up for their round 1 piano keys. We'll be back next week for round 2.


Happy Quilting!






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19 comments:

  1. that looks good - just a little different take on the piano key makes a world of difference to a quilt.

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  2. Hi Susan! I love your take on piano keys. The diversity of our group really shows between the center blocks and our first round. It will be so fun to see where each of these rounds go for all of us. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  3. love your round, Susan and the background fabric is happy and bright.

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  4. I love the way you used fat keys and the red in the corner. Its an unusual choice for the first round. Gonna see what I come up with for my playing along.

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  5. I love that dot fabric! Using it as a separator is a great idea and it looks like so much fun. This doesn't read as only patriotic to me, just fun and colorful, but I look forward to seeing what other colors you pull out!

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  6. That dot fabric is so fun, I can see why you are attached to it! Nice border, Susan!

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  7. Who doesn’t love polka dots? Susan they work so well in your free form version of your piano key border. Love it! It’s just so fun to see this progress.

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  8. I love the way you used the polka dot fabric to tie all the colors together and keep the blue from being overwhelming. This is going to be a beautiful quilt.

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  9. It's so neat to see how changing the background changes the look of the piano keys! I love how everyone is interpreting them a bit different!

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  10. A very clever variation of the piano keys. Love it!

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  11. I love how you floated the keys on this, Susan! It looks fantastic!

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  12. Hi Susan! What a fun piano key border! It looks absolutely perfect! I can't wait to see what you do for the rest of the borders! :-)

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  13. Is there a place to get the center block of the house

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  14. I like how you did your piano keys. Well done.

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  15. Hi,
    Beautiful block, love the polka
    dots. Have a great day!

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  16. I love house quilts and your choice of center block. The dot fabric that spaces your piano keys in the first border is a wonderful setting. Looking forward to seeing more of where this going ... :) Pat

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  17. Looking cute, and I love the happy little dots in the background. Hmmm, what will the next color be??

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  18. Your floating keys are a fabulous twist. I love following your decision making process and watching how all the quilts diverge despite the common themes. Thanks for linking to the Clever Chameleon.

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