{"id":18355,"date":"2013-05-18T06:42:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T13:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=18355"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T23:50:44","slug":"round-robin-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/round-robin-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Robin Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Color<\/a>
Color Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I mentioned in my last BAMQG post, my Color Group decided to throw our colors out the window and do a round robin. I am going to participate, but part of me is on the fence. My last experience with group projects left me with blocks filled with inept sewing, poor cutting, ugly fabrics and a bad taste in my mouth.<\/p>\n

I brought this point up a bit tentatively at the group and, not wanting to insinuate anything.  Kelly and Kathleen suggested that it would be different because we know each other. They may be right as the round robin I did, back in the Dark Ages (1999), with my quilt group worked out really well. The piece I got back, Carousel<\/a>, is really nice. I decided to do it, if for no other reason than to get to know my group better and, perhaps, create a small group that can meet for a long time into the future.<\/p>\n

First things first. Fabric.<\/p>\n

I have several groups of fabric put aside for a future project. I dug the most attractive and appealing out.<\/p>\n

Option 1: Dots. Dots. Dots.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dots<\/a>
Dots Option<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love these fabrics. As you might remember, they were in my birthday box from TFQ. They have been sitting on my cutting table waiting for inspiration to strike while I plow through Sawtooth Stars. The lightning has not yet struck.<\/p>\n

If I use these, I will need a background fabric. I think it would either have to be the Michael Miller TaDot in Stone to be in keeping with the all of those dots or a smaller dot. A stripe might work as well. These are strong fabrics and the background will have to be a real background.<\/p>\n

Option 2: Pretty in Pink<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Pretty<\/a>
Pretty in Pink Option<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am not over the pink thing yet, despite Sparkle Pink<\/a>. I also like the idea of calling a quilt ‘Pretty in Pink’. The group on the right is a group of fabrics I bought at FabricWorm\/Birch, probably on my first trip to Birch. The Victorian style large print on the left is recent and I added it in to give some interesting design options to those working in the group. Besides who doesn’t need a little turquoise and a few birds in a quilt?<\/p>\n

Option 3: Rainbow Modern<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Rainbow<\/a>
Rainbow Modern Option<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These have been languishing since my first trip to Birch<\/a>. I have been waiting, again, for inspiration to strike. The fabrics are all probably old news and nobody likes them anymore, but I still like the group of them. This is my favorite group, actually, although some of the colors are a bit greyed. I think I would need a larger piece for background and would have to try out different fabrics to see what would work best. I would love to include one of the many dots I have, but I wouldn’t want to overshadow the other great fabrics.<\/p>\n

Option 4: Pop Parade by Metro for P&B<\/span><\/p>\n

\"P&B<\/a>
P&B Pop Parade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I bought these fabrics via mail from Quilting Adventures after having great fun using the previous P&B line for Serendipity Puzzle<\/a>. That was 2.5 years ago. This group was actually the first group of fabrics that came to mind. There are dots. There area lot of interesting design elements in the fabrics. I would need a background and I am not sure what that would be.<\/p>\n

Of the 4 options, which is your favorite? I won’t promise to use your favorite, but I am interested in your opinions.<\/p>\n

Next up: instructions, guidelines and suggestions.<\/p>\n

\"Journals\"<\/a>
Journals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also need to include an instruction sheet or list of dos and don’ts. There is some information<\/a> on the Indianapolis Modern Quilt Guild site about round robins, which is helpful. I think I will use one of the journals Maureen gave me for this project. I could also use one of the journals I bought as party favors for my birthday. I don’t want to just include a piece of paper. It would be nice to have a little keepsake. Emphasis on ‘little’, as it has to go in the project folder. Also, I don’t think people will write a lot.<\/p>\n

Decisions. Decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fabric choices for a round robin quilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[137,72,360,208],"class_list":["post-18355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-bamqg","tag-group-project","tag-possibilities","tag-round-robin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56834,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18355\/revisions\/56834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}