SAHRR Round #5

Here’s my update on Round 5 of the Stay at Home Round Robin. The prompt was “two colors”. That’s an easy one……except I got confused. Not about the prompt, about my measurements. When I finished Round 3, I thought I was at 55” x65”. That’s what I wrote in the Round 3 blog post. The corners I did for Round 4 are 6”, so I needed to add coping strips to get numbers divisible by 6. I added 1/2” to the top and bottom, and 1” to each side. 

I pieced two-color checkerboards for the borders, and the side borders were 2” too big. My 65” measurement was actually 63”. I had to remove the coping strips from the top and bottom and add 1-1/2” strips. 

I really didn’t want too, but I didn’t have a choice. At least not a good choice. I maybe could have fudged it, but I decided to go ahead and make new strips. 

Anyway, the borders fit perfectly once I had the correct measurements.

I added the fan cornerstones. I was hoping to incorporate some white into this border, and I didn’t want a high contrast in colors, so I think the light yellow worked out with the white. 

I’m ready to see what the next round will bring. My top is now 69” x 78”, but I will definitely remeasure it before I start Round 6. I’m linking this to QuiltingGail.