Row by row
 

Just found about the Row by Row experience yesterday at bom. It sound like it may be fun to do. It's the first time I've heard of this. Will wait until LQS gets their pattern out in July and decide if I will take up the challenge. Went online and saw it was started a few years ago. Has anyone done it?

I also just read about it the other day. I will see if I can find the link.

I also just read about it the other day. I will see if I can find the link. Just found the link. http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com

Sorry, never heard of it either.

I just looked at the link. Looks like it could be fun!

Be sure to check out the facebook pages also, there are some pretty great rows. Just search row by row and several States come up.

This looks interesting and is reminiscent of an Eleanor Burns quilt I saw years ago. Maybe it's still on her website. her techniques are usually pretty simple and you might get a bit better idea of what goes into this kind of quilt, whether it's horizontal or vertical rows.

I've seen several of the patterns for this year and think they are the best ones yet! This year's theme is Through the Seasons (or something close to that...). With a daughter getting married this summer, both time and money are in short supply, so I am going to have to plan carefully which shops I can get to!
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Sounds fun, but there are no participating shops in my state.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I will be traveling and several of my favorite quilt shops along the way are participating.

Does anyone know about the rows? Does the quilt shop choose a row and different quilt shops have different rows or does the same quilt shop have multiple rows you can choose from or do they feature different rows during different time periods. In other words how do you collect all the rows?

Citrus: Yes, each shop designs it's own row pattern. They usually have a kit or pattern available. You need to visit several shops to get different rows. It's like a shop hop, instead of a block pattern, you get a row pattern. The store should also have license plate (printed on fabric) with a different saying. I also heard via my LQS, the 1st person who brings in their completed row quilt will get a prize from the store, but only the 1st person. It looks like a fun thing to do. I plan on at lease visiting stores near my area. I figure 6-8 stores in the next few months. When I will complete the project is another story, but it seems like a fun thing to do and visit different shops.

New York state was the first to do this a couple of years ago. Each shop had a different pattern and they all had something to do with NY state. Since I live in the Finger Lakes region, the local shops had an apple, grapes or wine bottles, maple leaves, race cars (Watkins GLen), etc. I don't know what they have this year but can't wait to find out.

The quilt has to have 8 rows and be completely done with batting, backing and binding. You can take it to any store, so if the first store you try has a winner you can go to a store that hasn't had one yet.. Some places have quite a few stores participating. The Knoxville area has at least 8 stores. that are participating.

Sounds fun! Definitely on to list.

I think this will be a fun thing to do with a car load of ladies.

This looks like fun. I have promised myself not to start any new quilt tops until I get four or five of my UFOs finished. But, that does not mean I can't pick up the patterns. Right? :o My to do list growth.

Im not rich enough to do this but would if I had the money. Maybe just shops in the state I live in.

I'm looking forward to the start, though sad that it didn't start this month as I've made three out of town trips already this month to places I'm not planning to visit in July and August.

On the Facebook sites by state there are pictures of many of the rows designed by participating shops. Some are quite intricate applique and others are simple blocks - which combined will provide great variety to a quilt. I've seen one that will likely have to be done by purchasing the kit or random yardage of a particular fabric line because it is very specific to that fabric line.

The license plates are optional for purchase and stores had to order them.

Cheers, K

Same here!

I tried the link but found no section that described how one would quilt a row as you went along. It did give the quilt stores that participate on each state but not the method. Am I overlooking something?

I don't think the intent is to quilt the row as you go. Rather to use the rows in a quilt (for the contest - 8 rows from 8 different stores - quilted, bound and labeled). One description I've seen somewhere is that you can set the rows in whatever way you want.

Cheers, K

there is no charge for the pattern. just go into the shop and ask for the pattern. here is the link for the info that I posted earlier


http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com

I think I will try a few of these shops ...how much fun would that be! :-)