Row by Row question: pattern only?
#12
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Indiana
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I am planning on collecting some license plates and making a quilt with them. We are taking a car trip, but not until Aug. I'll collect the row patterns, but don't have any plans on getting them finished soon enough to win anything.
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: howell, Mi
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I planned to start collecting patterns yesterday, but ran out of time to hit any shops. I may go out today and start collecting. I don't like the pressure to get the quilt done, so winning anything is out of my plan. Maybe I can finish last years quilt. lol Last year I found a couple of patterns on a fabric manufacturer's site, they were free. Hope that happens again. Sometimes the finished quilt isn't a size I like, so the free internet patterns help. Last year, a lady finished her quilt and claimed her prize in less than a week. Impressive.
Sue
Sue
#14
I had no plans of trying to win last year. However when I had it to the floppy stage, I was told them at my local quilt shop, and they encouraged me to get it done and bring it in, as they had not heard from anyone else locally that was doing it (small rural town). So I did.
I think the deadline for turning in a quilt is October 31st. They are suppose to post winning quilts on the facebook page, but I know from experience it does not always happen. Last year there were 15 shops participating in SD, and there are way less than 15 winners posted on the Facebook page. I think in more populated areas, they may get quilts turned in quickly. I know that the four stores closest to IA/MN border had winners long before I got mine done.
I think the deadline for turning in a quilt is October 31st. They are suppose to post winning quilts on the facebook page, but I know from experience it does not always happen. Last year there were 15 shops participating in SD, and there are way less than 15 winners posted on the Facebook page. I think in more populated areas, they may get quilts turned in quickly. I know that the four stores closest to IA/MN border had winners long before I got mine done.
#15
Hi, all,
I picked up my first 2016 Row by Row pattern today. Last year I bought several kits but only made a few so I've resolved that I'll only get patterns this year.
My question is: for the contest, how closely does your row have to match the shop's demo? Is it enough to just follow their pattern or must you use their special fabrics, special embellishments, embroidery machine designs (yes, the one I picked up today had that as an option to buy)?
If anyone has an answer I'd love to know! Thanks in advance.
Hallie
I picked up my first 2016 Row by Row pattern today. Last year I bought several kits but only made a few so I've resolved that I'll only get patterns this year.
My question is: for the contest, how closely does your row have to match the shop's demo? Is it enough to just follow their pattern or must you use their special fabrics, special embellishments, embroidery machine designs (yes, the one I picked up today had that as an option to buy)?
If anyone has an answer I'd love to know! Thanks in advance.
Hallie
I bought kits last year and they were fun. This year I don't think I will unless there is something special about the kit. I went to Shipshewana yesterday and Yoder's kit is pretty (a black silhouette of barns on solids in several shades). Since the barn silhouettes were already cut it fit my this year criteria for kit buying - if there is fussy/precision cutting already done and pretty fabrics in the kit, I'm getting it.
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#20
Between certain dates (June 21-Labor Day) the participating shops offer the pattern free to anyone who comes into the shop. They can also develop a kit for the row which they can sell only to those who come into the shop. Starting somewhere around the end of October they are permitted to sell patterns and kits by mail or multiple kits to one person coming in the shop. The premise behind Row by Row is to increase people visiting quilt shops.
A completed quilt must have 8 rows but can have more. If you are the first one to complete a quilt and take it back to one of the shops where you have a row then there is a prize.
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