Judy, received my email list for which I must say thank you, and how very professionally you organised this.

Everything is washed and ready to go, but must finish a couple of things, but that should only take me 1 days sewing, so my brain has been elsewhere planning the start of my square.

Good luck everybod.

Elle

Hi Judy

Thank you for organizing this. I am thinking what colours/patterns to choose. So much choice.

Margaret

OK, we are going to try one more group. This will definately be the last one....lol

Post if you are interested..

Judy

Are we going to have a discussion thread to toss around ideas?

I think thats a great idea. Ill start one with pics of my center.

Judy

Judy and all participants...
I will be watching this thread...
Looking for the centers and the borders that go onto them..
I, perhaps, will join in the next one....
Thanks for organizing this...as I learn alot from the trials and successes and of course the beautiful pics of all the work.
Kirsten

I got my list and I have been busily shopping for fabric. Have spent WAY too much, but some is to just add to a stash that I am building. :)
Hoping to get home next week, as all flights are pretty much cancelled for Guam. :(

Terri!!
I've been looking for you! Are you going to try to swim back??? :shock:

I have new and exciting fabrics enroute and don't have a clue what to do for my center! Yikes! :roll:

Well, I'm the opposite of you, Terri and MJ. I have the center ideas, but haven't started to pull fabric yet. My question is this....how do I make a center pattern bigger?? I'm thinking I will play with some paper to see what size I need to be cutting. I'm certainly not smart enough to just figure it out and go because...of course the center looks better on point :oops: I'll think some more, then maybe let ya'll know what it says to cut...maybe you non math challenged folks can help :wink:

Oh, thank you, thank you - for the upcoming discussion. For us "new guys on the block", it would be so helpful to get suggestions about how to decide on a center, what to consider, what to avoid. I know it's my quilt and I can do whatever I want, but would sure welcome any input from others as I consider where to start. Looking forward to the discussion.
Joanne

this will be my first round robin. Do I make my 24x24 center anything I want and have it done by the first mailing deadline?

This too is my first. I am soooooo excited & scared.

Well that didn't work.

For the new folks who haven't done a round robin before, I have some ideas. I'm currently doing a round robin now.

The idea is that you make your center 24 x 24 and the five other people in the group will place a border around it. And the center builds from 24 x 24. When I receive a center block that's 24 x 24, I'll put a 5" border around it and it will grow to 34 x 34. If I put a 4" border on it, it will grow to 32 x 32.

I didn't see any guidelines about how large the borders should be. A good rule of thumb is usually 4 to 5 inches per border. You can make a fancy 3" border and then place two 1" sashing strips on it that makes it 5". There's all kinds of things you can do. That will grow a 24 x 24 center into a very nice lap sized quilt.

I do have a couple ideas for folks that aren't sure how to make their center large enough.

First, you can make your center block and build your own border around it to max it out to the 24 x 24. (I might do that myself.)

Or, you don't have to make your center block 24 x 24. That's a guideline limit, more or less. You can make your center 20 inches or 15 inches.

If I recieve a very small center block, I'd be inclined to enlarge the first border to max it out somewhat. We are using creative judgment along with following the guidelines.

Now, another thing folks can do is make four 12" blocks and sew them together to make up one 24" block.

An example of that would be what I did in the other thread.

Take some paper pieced block, make four of them, rotate and sew them together to make some kind of pattern: (Just an example.)

The border instructions are in the rules on page 1.
Each round has a specific border size.

Cordelia,
I love what you did with the 4 block thing. Maybe this won't be as scary as I fear...

MJ

OK, I see how this might have been confusing.
It was my intent that the sizes of the center and each border are to be as laid out in the directions.

So everyone will end up with the same size quilt - 90 inches.

The reason I did it this way is that there are some beginners in the group and the rounds are even multiples.

In other words, round 2 can have (10) 3 inch blocks
round 3, (7) 6 inch blocks
round 4, (8) 7 inch blocks
round 5, (9) 8 inch blocks
round 6 (10) 9 inch blocks

You dont have to make blocks for your borders, but if you do, they will fit evenly.

Sorry for any confusion.

OK,I dont know how that little thing got in there...its not a test
It should be 8 - 7 inch blocks

You make your center 24 x 24 and it can be anything you want in any technique.
You can mail it any time before the first deadline.

Be sure you email me each time you send and receive a quilt top.

Here are the sizes and mailing dates.



First round:
Mail date: November 1, 2008
Size: 24 x 24 , finished
24 1/2 x 24 1/2 unfinished

Second round: I allowed extra time, due to the holidays
Mail date: January 15, 2009
Border Size: 3 inches, finished, 3 1/2 inches, Unfinished
Finished Size: 30 inches, 30 1/2 inches Unfinished

Third round:
Mail date: March 15, 2009
Border Size: 6 inches, finished, 6 1/2 inches Unfinished
Finished Size: 42 inches, 42 1/2 inches Unfinished

Fourth round:
Mail date: May 15, 2009
Border Size: 7 inches, finished, 7 1/2 inches Unfinished
Finished Size: 56 inches, 56 1/2 inches Unfinished

Fifth round:
Mail date: July 15, 2009
Border Size: 8 inches, finished, 8 1/2 inches Unfinished
Finished Size: 72 inches, 72 1/2 inches Unfinished

Sixth round:
Mail date: September 15, 2009
Border Size: 9 inches, finished, 9 1/2 inches Unfinished
Finished Size: 90 inches, 90 1/2 inches Unfinished

Mary quite contrary, what were you trying to get working. Were you posting pics. It takes quite a long time to download them. Afraid you have to patient, something I havent got a lot off.´ Try again Please.


Elle

Mary...I saw the pictures this morning...what happened to them? I thought they were great for centers...I just don't know about the material content. I was waiting to see what others said because..I'm a newbie too and don't know what would be best. I loved the fabric though. See if you can post it again.

Patti

I'll try again when I have more patience/time. Thanks though.

Hi Judy

I did not realize that the end quilt will be 90" square. I wanted mine for a single bed. I still want to join in so is ok if when I send my centre block I send amended sizes for my borders so it is about 60" - 72" square when finished. I do not mind working on others it just I would not be able to use it on my bed.

Margaret Rixson
Group 3

Hi
I'm very excited about this - only problem is concentrating at work - keep thinking about colours and patterns and trying to decide on my centre!

One thing in the rules I'm unsure about - how do most people do their labels? The ones I've done so far have been on the computer printing onto that special fabric stuff. Do people normally embroider, or use their machine, or is there some sort of special pen?

Thanks
Sarah - Group 4

My suggestion is that every use a Pigma Pen to sign the labels. It is a permanent ink that will not wash out or run.

You can, however, decorate it any way you wish.

I'm here, just not on as much since I am sharing lappie with Courtney.
I was shopping yesterday and thought of you, Purplemem. :)
Just watch your mail within the next few weeks, you might get a surprise. :) :) :)

If your center looks better on point, then make it that way, then just put a border around it to make it square. Know what I mean?

Terri!!!
You are SO good to me! I love you forever!
I'll be anxiously haunting the mailbox.
My girlfriends are coming over today to help lay vinyl tiles in my LR, DR, and hall. These are the girls that you made the totes for. They love them so much! Always carrying them everywhere. I'm going to show them your picture today, with your purty new hair! :lol:

lol
Don't start haunting the mailbox for at least 2 weeks. It's going to take me about a week to get home, then I'll have to mail it out to you. Can't mail it from here because I have to add something to it and that something is at my house, not here at daughters.
Have fun with that tile floor.

So many things to do once I get back home. Will have to sew diligently to get everything done, especially the square for this round robin.
I think I know what I'm going to do, but will most likely change my mind about 10 times before I actually do it.

That sounds exactly like me :lol:

Isn't that what makes it fun :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I think I figured out my center. I have an Eleanor Burns Log Cabin Christmas Wreath wall handing that will work perfectly for at 24" block. I have always wanted to make a Christmasey quilt for our bed for the holidays and what better way than this round robin. I am going to shop for the fabric when we go to doctor appointments in Redding, next week. I have never made any log cabin blocks before other than to make the likttle log cabin pin cushion but Eleanor's instructions look like it will be a breeze to make. This is going to be a lot of fun.

Terri,
No tile floor yet :(
But, all the nasty, nasty carpet and padding is gone.
I would rather have these black tarred concrete floors than that carpeting back. This took all day.

So I get 2 surprises????? :shock:

How lucky can I be??

Spent most of the day looking for idea for my center block.
Have picked the colors for sure but still up in the air on the pattern.
Looking forward to this, I've seen some of the round robins on the
message board and they are awesome.
Texasquilts

I got out the colored pencils today.

I bought a little more fabric today to start a center. I'm sooo excited!

Hi I am still here, been concentrating on cutting out mine and started stitching, but blow me if my cotton reel didn´t fall on the floor and my not so darling little dog Rosa quick as a flash got it a ran off with it and before I could get it from her she had chewed the end off :( . Was there some blue air around you ladies???? :evil: So that stopped till the shops open on Monday. I am finger twitching to get going, so exciting isn´t it... :D :D


Elle

Hi Judy,
I finally got to the message board and found the rules for the rr. I see you only have 4 groups there. You e-mailed me that you were going to do another
is that still on?
Let me know and I will send you all the info you need.
thanks
Muriel
aka: AkAngel

Soo sorry that you had a bad day Elle. I do believe that I saw a few puffs of blue air circulating overhead :lol: :lol: Just hug the baby to make up and go buy some more :wink: I haven't gotten farther than buying some more fabric for this. I won a HUGE lot of FQ's on ebay last week :lol: :lol: and I'm waiting for those to come this week to see if there will be stuff I want to use in my top before I really dive in. I can't wait to get it!!!

Patti,
Is this your ebay id also?
Mine is the same as here...
I'm just wondering if you and I are bidding against each other :shock: