Except one.
This is the only round robin quilt that has found its way back home:
This quilt dates back to 2001 or so. I pieced the center star and the other members of my group added a sawtooth border, an applique border, a star border, and a trapezoid border. I added the final blue/purple border and quilted it. I had no plans for this quilt so it sat folded in a pile for a year or so.
Behind this quilt was a hole where the hard-wired smoke alarm (that doesn't have a battery so it won't die) used to be and we took it out because... wait for it... it died. After buying this house we had approximately $0.87 in the bank and couldn't afford to both buy a new smoked detector and fix the wall. We installed a new smoke detector and hung the quilt so the quilt covered the ugly hole in the wall. Problem SOLVED!
We have since fixed the wall and painted that hallway purple to match this quilt. I see this every time I walk upstairs to the bedrooms and it just belongs there.
7 comments:
I would be honored to be in a round robin group with you.
I've only participated in one round robin and let me say, round robins are just stressful, fun, but stressful. The idea of creating on the fly and praying that the original owner will like your vision, is crazy. I'm floored that you've had so much bad luck with the round robins. YIKES! But rest assure, I too would do a round robin with you any day of the week :)
Love the quilt! I've never participated in a round robin.
I've participated in two round robins and in both cases did not get my quilt back. Third time won't be the charm. Good luck!
Your round robin experience is so sad! I'm glad you got this one back. It's lovely.
I can't imagine myself participating in a round robin, and your story doesn't make me likely to change my mind any time soon!
I took part in a Round Robbin over 20 years ago, worked hard on the quilt tops of others and received in return......a mess! I don't want to do it again either!
This quilt is beautiful!All these comments are somewhat off putting of ever trying a round robin, I thought it was bad enough when I took part in a pin cushion swop and never received one, but a quilt...!!!
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