Important!

Please everyone, please email me and let me know which blocks you have at your home right now or if you have sent them in the last day or so and may not have been received yet. I am trying to figure out where all the blocks are and it is important that I hear from each of you! I will also send you each a message via email and flickr mail.

Sad

One of our members has not sent out her original blocks and has not sent on any blocks she has received so I have had to make the difficult decision to take her out of the loop. I am trying to contact her through every means possible. I am not going to put the name here on the blog but I think you know who you are and if you are reading this, please email me so we can get those blocks that have been sent to you on to the next person on the list.

Mid-February Progress

I posted a thread over at the Flickr group asking everyone for an update on the blocks. I set February 15 as the deadline to get your starter block(s) in the mail. I know that some people have already sent off their second set of blocks but I would kind of like to track all of the blocks so I would love it if you would add a comment over here to help me out.

I will be heading out on Wednesday for my quilt retreat and won't have internet access until Sunday so don't be surprised if you don't hear from me at all. I will be very busy sewing!

Clearing things up.

I think there is still some confusion out there as to how this all works.

So here is an example:

Lynn fills out her paper and decides what kind of blocks she wants to get. She makes one block and packages it up with her papers and sends it to Pat.

Pat receives the package and reads over the papers learning interesting new things about Lynn and also starts thinking about the block she will make for Lynn using Lynn's preferences and desires as a guideline. She makes the block and packages it up with the papers and Lynn's original block and sends it off to Margaret.

Margaret receives the package and reads over the papers learning interesting new things about Lynn and also starts thinking about the block she will make for Lynn using Lynn's preferences and desires as a guideline. Margaret makes a block and packages it up with the papers, Lynn's original block and Pat's block and sends it off to Carol.

Carol receives the package and reads over the papers learning interesting new things about Lynn and also starts thinking about the block she will make for Lynn using Lynn's preferences and desires as a guideline. Carol makes a block and packages it up with the papers, Lynn's original block, Pat's block and Margaret's block and sends it off to Wendy.

Wendy receives the package, makes a block, adds it to the package and sends to Pam.

The process repeats through Jenn, Michele, Rene, Mary and Crystal and when it comes to me there will be blocks made by everyone but me. I add my block, still using Lynn's preferences as a guide. I package up all the blocks and the papers and mail it to Lynn and she will have at least one block made by each person in the round robin.

It is usually better to wait until you receive a package to start making your block to better match the colors/style that the person is asking for.

Hope this helps clear things up. Please ask questions if you aren't sure about something.

Alicia

So let the games begin!

I sent out an email to everyone (sorry Wendy) this evening with the official information packet for the start of the round robin. Please let me know if any of you have not received it. Also, if you have any questions about how this will work it is better to ask them sooner rather than later. My goal is that everything goes smoothly but I know that this is a new thing for several of you sp there are likely to be some small bumps in the road.

Please check your inbox for my email and let me know if you get it.

Hi There!

Welcome to our blog! Huge thanks to Rene for getting this set up. I am still waiting for contact information from three of our members. I am giving them until Monday and if I don't hear from them I will open the group up for additional quilters. I have at least one person interested.