Who wants to do a
Round Robin?
Shall we do five people per group?
We just need to share the list of people with each other, then each agree to mail to the next person on the list (it will be the same person each time). If you join, then accept the possibility that you may be mailing an international package, with the time and cost consideration involved with that.
I suggest that we start with a 12" block, and then add 6" borders. We will plan to end up with a quilt top 60" or larger. We will mail at the end of the month. The last border will take more sewing, so we will mail after two months on that one. So, with five people, it's a six month commitment. If we can get the first block out yet this month, it could mean we would have our quilt top near Christmas time!
I have asked PatriceJ about doing a Round Robin, and she gives the idea a thumbs-up. We need to remember to review the general rules regarding swaps and abide by them.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/member-...-a-t20154.html
Basically, we will simply add to the quilt top that we receive in the mail, letting the colors and design of it ‘speak’ to us in order to decide what to add. Each person can add a border as complicated as an intricate paper pieced pattern, or as repetitive as tons of 2” pinwheels, or as simple as a single 6” strip of fabric. We want to welcome all skill levels.
The owner of the center block can send fabric along with their block if they would like it added along the way (a yard, more or less, as desired), but must accept that it’s up to each of the other people in the group if they will use the fabric or not. Sending nothing along with the center block is fine.
Pattern: The owner of the center block can say if they prefer all piecing for their quilt top, or if they will also accept appliqué.
Fabric: Specific likes and dislikes of types of fabric prints should be suggested with caution. For example, don’t require the use of
only 30’s reproduction, or
only modern prints, or
only civil war. There is a place for swaps of a coordinated nature, but this Round Robin will tend toward a more ‘scrappy’ look. Remember, Quilting Board general rules exclude requiring a ‘high-end’ source. A specific type of fabric might not be in someone’s budget to buy, or might not be available when someone is trying to use only their stash. We want to welcome everyone.
Color: Specific color suggestions should not be something like ‘monochromatic’ in case someone will struggle to comply with that request. However (if you have enough quilts in your life that are done in pink and purple, or you hate black), you can, within reason, make color suggestions-- keeping in mind to let your suggestions to allow other people’s creativity rather than embrace your need for a certain look.
Conclusion: Limit the instructions you send with your center block, and give yourself the chance to be pleasantly surprised by what another chooses to put in your quilt top.
Pictures should be posted during the month to show your progress, and pictures posted at the end of the month to show your completed border attached! Pictures will enable us to contemplate ahead of time what our addition will be for each quilt top—no need to have the top in hand in order to begin to determine what pattern or fabric to add to it. And fun with pictures is required! Won’t it be nice to see each person’s quilt top growing?
Please private message me your real name and physical address in order to join the Round Robin. The order in which I receive your names will be the order of mailing. I will give your name and address to the next person in the list. (The first person signing up with an address outside the US will be who I will mail to, in case that will help others in the States who prefer not to mail internationally.) If more than five people want to join, then the size of the border will be decreased, if more than ten, then another group will be included in the fun. Between five and ten people will mean smaller borders, ten or more people will mean two groups, etc. After the deadline of the sign up period, we will know for sure about that. We will aim for sewing a quilt top between 60” to 80.” There is no limit for participants. In fact, the more the merrier!
Let’s plan to get the first block in the mail in July or, at the latest, the first week of August-- so decide quickly if you’re in or out!
And what are you waiting for? Don’t you already have an orphan block laying around, just waiting to be your Round Robin center?
Deadline to private message me = July 30.
Let’s go!!
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