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Round Robin Quilts |
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Round robin quilts can be a fun experience for a group of quilters to do together. It will challenge each quilter in their design work, their color choices and creativity. Margreta, Leslie, Margaret, Robin and Cathy all agreed to give it a go. The success of a round robin quilt depends on a few factors:
Well defined rulesRules need to cover things such as acceptable size of the center block, time frames for exchanging blocks, type of work to be done at each stage, progression from person to person.
Lesson learned - we might have established an overall size that these quilts would not exceed. The quilts varied in size, especially when someone exercised the option to put the block on point. Willingness to Do One's BestEach person had two months in which to add a border. Sometimes that time would feel very pressured if our lives were busy. But, we all attempted to do our best. And, we all accepted that each person would do what they could. In other words, don't criticize the work. Accept the Final Quilt Owner's DecisionSometimes the final quilt owner will want to add more embellishments or add an additional border. If the piece doesn't lay flat, the final quilt owner may take it apart and add something to fix it. While my quilt didn't have this problem, we did have one quilt in the group that wasn't flat. The owner of the quilt took it apart, added a spacer, and reassembled it. With my quilt, Cathy did the final pinwheel cornerstone border. She offered to make a few three dimensional embellishments, which I did like and used in the final quilt. Since the quilt belongs to the owner, accept his or her decision about what to do with the quilt top. Below are all the round robin quilts:
My quilt was quilted by my cousin, Kim Tjoelker.
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Would you like more on this topic? Write me at mks@margreta.com. |