round robins

Anne - we have had round robins in the past - although I forget who hosted them. You could start one, and put out a call for whoever wants to participate. I'd join in, that would be fun, and I've never done a round robin before.

They are great, Anne, when they work! There is, sadly, a lot of scope for problems. Try 'Google - Groups - Archives - rec.crafts.textiles.quilting' and look up threads about those we have had in the past. The great majority have worked well; some have had small glitches; one or two have had unhappy outcomes. With our group, you might have to consider long-distance posting. I think some with a large response have been divided into geographically close area sub-groups.

I do hate to cast a shadow on something which has the potential to be a really interesting and inventive 'exercise'. .

In message , Anne Rogers writes

I did one locally a few years ago. It was a learning experience trying to make each border come out the right size. They all turned our beautiful. Our only rule was for the third border to have applique. They turned out a little larger than we expected, so specifying a size rule might be helpful. I suppose I could scan and post the pictures if someone really wanted me to - that was before I had gone digital.

I wasn't really thinking of organising one or anything, mainly for the reasons Patti mentioned, I was just wondering what peoples experiences had been.

But now you've said you'd join in, maybe we could get one going.

Anne

well I'm glad most have had good outcomes, I wasn't really thinking or organising anything, just finding out what peoples experiences have been. I can see it's got a lot more potential for problems than a block exchange, though I know for me I'd prefer it to a block exchange as at the end, the whole top is finished even if you've still got to quilt it! Anne

My thoughts would be that the whole idea would be that people did whatever suited them, so no insisting on applique, I'm not keen on that and not too good at it either! It seems reasonable to put some constraint on size, but with all the middles starting diffently, perhaps each person would be best creating their own guideline on what size they preferred. I don't plan on organizing one right now, but it does appeal, so I guess I'll be keeping my eyes open.

Anne