round robins

I'm doing a cross stitch round robin at the moment, and whilst stitching
yesterday, wondered what the equivalent would be in quilting, I instantly
thought of block swaps, but that isn't quite the same, I was going to post
and ask, but before I had the chance, I just saw one featured on Fons and
Porter Love of Quilting on qnntv.com. They said that what you do is make a
centre then pass it around and each person adds a border. It sounds rather
fun, when you just have a border to do on a given quilt and there are
multiple borders, it really makes you be more creative about what you do in
that border. I've already thought of what I'd do for my centre if I found
one to take part in, I'd do a mariners compass. Has anyone taken part in
one, either from an online group and mailed it around, or in a local group?

Anne

Anne - we have had round robins in the past - although I forget who hosted
them. You could start one, and put out a call for whoever wants to
participate. I'd join in, that would be fun, and I've never done a round
robin before.
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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I'm doing a cross stitch round robin at the moment, and whilst stitching
yesterday, wondered what the equivalent would be in quilting, I instantly
thought of block swaps, but that isn't quite the same, I was going to post
and ask, but before I had the chance, I just saw one featured on Fons and
Porter Love of Quilting on qnntv.com. They said that what you do is make a
centre then pass it around and each person adds a border. It sounds rather
fun, when you just have a border to do on a given quilt and there are
multiple borders, it really makes you be more creative about what you do
in that border. I've already thought of what I'd do for my centre if I
found one to take part in, I'd do a mariners compass. Has anyone taken
part in one, either from an online group and mailed it around, or in a
local group?

Anne

They are great, Anne, when they work!
There is, sadly, a lot of scope for problems.
Try 'Google - Groups - Archives - rec.crafts.textiles.quilting' and look
up threads about those we have had in the past. The great majority have
worked well; some have had small glitches; one or two have had unhappy
outcomes. With our group, you might have to consider long-distance
posting. I think some with a large response have been divided into
geographically close area sub-groups.

I do hate to cast a shadow on something which has the potential to be a
really interesting and inventive 'exercise'.
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I'm doing a cross stitch round robin at the moment, and whilst stitching
yesterday, wondered what the equivalent would be in quilting, I instantly
thought of block swaps, but that isn't quite the same, I was going to post
and ask, but before I had the chance, I just saw one featured on Fons and
Porter Love of Quilting on qnntv.com. They said that what you do is make a
centre then pass it around and each person adds a border. It sounds rather
fun, when you just have a border to do on a given quilt and there are
multiple borders, it really makes you be more creative about what you do in
that border. I've already thought of what I'd do for my centre if I found
one to take part in, I'd do a mariners compass. Has anyone taken part in
one, either from an online group and mailed it around, or in a local group?

Anne



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Best Regards
pat on the hill

I did one locally a few years ago. It was a learning experience
trying to make each border come out the right size. They all turned
our beautiful. Our only rule was for the third border to have
applique. They turned out a little larger than we expected, so
specifying a size rule might be helpful. I suppose I could scan and
post the pictures if someone really wanted me to - that was before I
had gone digital.

Anne - we have had round robins in the past - although I forget who hosted
them. You could start one, and put out a call for whoever wants to
participate. I'd join in, that would be fun, and I've never done a round
robin before.

I wasn't really thinking of organising one or anything, mainly for the
reasons Patti mentioned, I was just wondering what peoples experiences had
been.

But now you've said you'd join in, maybe we could get one going.

Anne

They are great, Anne, when they work!
There is, sadly, a lot of scope for problems.
Try 'Google - Groups - Archives - rec.crafts.textiles.quilting' and look
up threads about those we have had in the past. The great majority have
worked well; some have had small glitches; one or two have had unhappy
outcomes. With our group, you might have to consider long-distance
posting. I think some with a large response have been divided into
geographically close area sub-groups.

I do hate to cast a shadow on something which has the potential to be a
really interesting and inventive 'exercise'.

well I'm glad most have had good outcomes, I wasn't really thinking or
organising anything, just finding out what peoples experiences have been. I
can see it's got a lot more potential for problems than a block exchange,
though I know for me I'd prefer it to a block exchange as at the end, the
whole top is finished even if you've still got to quilt it!
Anne

I did one locally a few years ago. It was a learning experience
trying to make each border come out the right size. They all turned
our beautiful. Our only rule was for the third border to have
applique. They turned out a little larger than we expected, so
specifying a size rule might be helpful. I suppose I could scan and
post the pictures if someone really wanted me to - that was before I
had gone digital.

My thoughts would be that the whole idea would be that people did whatever
suited them, so no insisting on applique, I'm not keen on that and not too
good at it either! It seems reasonable to put some constraint on size, but
with all the middles starting diffently, perhaps each person would be best
creating their own guideline on what size they preferred. I don't plan on
organizing one right now, but it does appeal, so I guess I'll be keeping my
eyes open.

Anne