Round Robin Border 1

By • • 24 Comments

It’s Monday, and it’s time to reveal the Round Robin Border 1. Guest host for today’s Round Robin border is Chris, so please make sure to go to her blog, read her post, leave a comment or two, and link up. 

Round Robin Border 1 - piecefulthoughts.com

Our border this week is piano keys, and you can see I decided to go with a neutral version. I wanted to create some space rather than make a busy border right around that flag, so I went with neutral background tones. 

You’ll see from the photo of my center block (above) that I already had a blue border around the block. That brought the dimensions of the block to a measurement that worked a bit better for my piano key border. Rather than wrapping the keys all around my block, I decided to add some corner squares. Actually those corner squares are little orphan blocks from another quilt – so that’s my tip for you today – if you have some orphan blocks or units that work with your center design, why not use them? 

Round Robin Border 1 - my first border is attached - piecefulthoughts.com

One of the reasons those little corner units were orphans was because I trimmed them incorrectly for the other project. I don’t mind the wonkiness in this project, however, so it made me happy to put them to use. Those little corner squares are also handy if your borders aren’t fitting your block very well. Sometimes adding a corner block also gives the eye a place to rest if the border is busy. 

Okay, now it’s your turn to get to work on your piano key borders. Don’t forget to link up your progress this week over at Chris’s blog. 

You’ll also want to stop over to the rest of the Round Robin Host blogs and see their piano key borders. You might find a few more tips and inspiration! Here they are: 

Join Us!

If you haven’t heard about the SAHRR – Stay At Home Round Robin and are interested in joining along, we’d be happy to have you! 

  • SAHRR details are in this post. 
  • See the center blocks by the blog hosts and last week’s linky party here. 
  • You can read about my center block in last week’s post here. 

Happy Stitching, all! 

Wendy

Thanks for visiting my blog! Feel free to leave a comment, and I'll respond via email.

24 thoughts on “Round Robin Border 1”

  2. Julie Holleran

    This is coming together so well–I especially like those little marine hourglasses in the corners…nice work–it is fascinating to see all the variations ..hugs, Julierose

    Reply
  3. texasquiltgal

    Gosh that makes such a difference, a pretty block made even more interesting. And the orphan blocks as cornerstones – such a good idea. I have orphan blocks put away so I don’t hear them whining for me to use them. 😀

    Reply
  5. rl2b2017

    Hi Wendy! I think the addition of the neutral fabrics piano key border is just the perfect choice. And those sweet little corner stones is just the best way to use those orphans up, too. ~smile~ Roseanne

    Reply
  6. thedarlingdogwood

    Love your neutral piano keys, and those cornerstones are great. Bonus that they are orphans or misfits from another project!!! The color contrast of the two are nice as well.

    Reply
  13. lapaylor

    I see your keys are evenly spaced, is that what defines piano keys? I would do uneven widths for mine… what do you know Wendy?

    Reply

Related Posts

Scroll to Top