In praise of Round Robins

Not a fat little songbird , though sometimes they participate.

Round Robin is a group quilting practice. Each person makes a small start to a quilt project, swaps it with someone else and adds to what they received. It goes on, exchanging and adding, until everyone has worked on every project. The finished works - usually quite large - is given back to the person who started it.

Some groups have a "recipe" for what technique or design to use at each swap. Many groups keep the growing project secret from the originator, so there are wonderful surprises at the final handover.

It's a great experience to get you out of your comfort zone and face a regular design challenge.

A bunch of my friends are using this process to make quilts for the Mangere Women's Refuge.

The picture above is Cherry's Mariner's compass centre, I've added the deep orange framing triangles. I can't wait to see how this turns out- and to swap for my next challenge.

Large and leftovers

Here's a ladybird block. I've made a lot more. So many that there were enough for a small tablecloth quilt. 

Waking up to making

Space and time are always the requirements for creation. The stuff of making. This week I have the blessing if both. I'm making - completing - a very simple project long in the making, but I'm also beginning to feel a renewed interest in something with much more potential. Starting somewhere, sometime, like this

Fabric yet again from Dye-it. I had a buying spree when they closed. I love their work.

Simple pleasures

Here's my two friends for the week : the Singer Featherweight - well, its carrying case - and the kitten. Also a featherweight. Hours of entertainment guaranteed.

I haven't let the kitten anywhere near the quilt I'm laying out, but sooner or later she's going to influence the design. Here's how it's starting to look without her help.