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| We're getting so close to the end of this wonderful Round Robin! I didn't want you to run out of space at the last minute so I've started a new post for you.
Congrats to all of you for an excellent Robin! Kate (If you want to see the 140+ posts made from the beginning of this Robin, click here: #1 Round Robin - CrossCountry )
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Follow-Up Postings:
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| Kate, Thanks so much for starting a new thread for us and for posting the great starting picture. Lola |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 8, 11 at 20:16
| Just wanted to let you guys know that I will be out of pocket for the rest of this week. I am going to my mom's to replace her kitchen cabinets. They have to pipe the sunshine in where she lives, so no internet. I have planned and cut out the pieces for my round on Quilt Partner's block. I hope to finish it when I get back. My husband and I just finished my new quilting room, so I have not had time to sew it together. Jackie |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Wed, Mar 9, 11 at 8:19
| OH! Jackie - you sound so HANDY!! Can you come to my house when you're done at your mom's??! (And love the 'pipe in the sunshine'!! What a great word picture! :)Too funny! |
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| I received my block and will be mailing Lola's block tomorrow. Colleen |
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| It's so exciting to see this robin getting close to the end! I can hardly wait to see your quilts. There are certain to be some interesting surprises! Kate |
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| Sue, Jackie's quilt is on its way to you. Thanks for being patient with me. Kate, I agree with you. I think there are going to be some big surprises. LOL Lola |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Fri, Mar 11, 11 at 20:21
| Lola, I sure hope you mean big surprises in a GOOD way!! I'm already torn as to whether I should buy stock in 'Raid' or 'D-Con'. With all the critters being added to my center - & wiggly things - I'm worried I'll be over run!! ~Cindy |
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| Ha! Yes, I do mean in a good way, but now I'll have a vision of you getting ready to open your package with a can of Raid in one hand, while wearing safety glasses and rubber gloves! |
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| Cindy, Have you ever tried reprograming your mind? Repeat after me: I love bugs...I love bugs...I love bugs... Keep this up for five minutes at a time and do it at least 3 times a day. By the time you get your quilt you will be thrilled with the critters that come out of the box! |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Tue, Mar 15, 11 at 22:37
| Lola, If my DH ever overheard me chanting 'I love bugs', he'd have me committed!! Seriously, after all these years I still call him to squash a spider! Maybe I should have him nearby when I open the box??!? |
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| I received my package from Colleen yesterday. It is sitting unopened in my quilting room, just looking at me every time I go there to work on Sue's quilt. I can't believe we are so close to the end. |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 20, 11 at 13:02
| Cindy, Your center is on its way! It was great working on all these. Jackie |
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| I was able to spend a lot of time quilting this weekend. I finished all of the hardest parts of the round I'm currently working on for Sue (with only minimal ripping!). I still have a lot of sewing left to do to sew it all together and attach it all to the quilt, but I wanted you ladies to know that I'm making progress. |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Mon, Mar 21, 11 at 13:30
| I have Jackie's center here and have been designing, sewing, tossing things away that didn't come out how I envisioned them! Like Lola, I am making progress. It may take me the rest of the week (if I am lucky) to finish. I am anxious to see what mine looks like but want to do a good job on Jackie's! Sue |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 11 at 22:42
| Jackie, I rec'd my center today --- but did NOT open it. We are waiting until we all have them, right?? Then opening at the same time (while on the GF)? It's not hard to wait on this for some reason (I'm not usually this patient:) - but I have a little more work to do on Gena's, & am looking foward to us all opening our centers together~such fun this has been!! I almost hate to see it end! :) Altho I DO want to see my 'baby' & see how she has grown! ~Cindy |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 0:49
| Jackie, I am mailing your center back to you tomorrow. No peaking until we all have them ... It was really fun and challenging to participate in this round robin ... thank you everyone for doing such a great job on the centers I got to work on! Sue |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 5:43
| Sue, I will be watching for it. This has been great. Jackie |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 11:35
| Gena, yours went out in the mail Tues. Be watching, & as Sue stated, NO PEEKING!! I'm as excited for you all to open yours as I am to open my own:) Oh, the fun & joys of RRs!! ~Cindy |
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| Sounds like all blocks have been mailed except Sue's which I'm finishing up. I'll post as soon as it is in the mail. How very exciting! |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 2, 11 at 13:32
| Well, I received my package today. I am putting it in a drawer so that I am not tempted to open it. Jackie |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Sat, Apr 2, 11 at 19:58
| I can see I'll need to be diligent about checking the forum! Sure don't want to miss the 'ready,set,...GO!! post:) ~Cindy |
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| No promises, but I think that you will see some good news if you check this thread tomorrow... |
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| Well guess what...Sue's top is on its way! The post office estimates that it will be there Monday. Does anyone want to start planning a party??? |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Fri, Apr 8, 11 at 22:17
| OHHH .... I am excited! I will let you know as soon as it arrives! Sue |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Sat, Apr 9, 11 at 10:46
| Can we also send one another an email? - just in case I miss a post on the forum?? Heaven forbid I miss the party info!! So NOT cool! ~Cindy |
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| I'm so excited for all of you! Kate |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 20:33
| My package arrived this afternoon!!! Are we ready to start the party??? Sue |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 20:40
| I am ready! Jackie |
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| Are you all opening?!? |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 21:08
| I am waiting on the word. Jackie |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 21:11
| Me too ... I haven't heard back from anyone else ... Sue |
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| I could do it now, but since we didn't all coordinate, how about tomorrow, April 12, after 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern? I'll send an email to everyone in the group in addition to posting here. Let me know if this time will work for you or not. |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 23:59
| Sounds great to me ... I am anxious! Sue |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 11:44
| 4 today works fine - I'll try to keep watch that it is a go excited!!! |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 11:59
| Sounds good to me. Jackie |
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| Has anyone heard from Gena? Cindy, you are in the Eastern Time zone, right? If so, then it would be 7 PM tonight. Does that still work for you? |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 16:07
| Yes, 7 is fine- forgot about the time difference! 7 for me is actually better than 4 for me:) |
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| 35 more minutes! I'm heading home now... See you in a bit. Anyone getting excited??? |
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| Ready to open? Is anyone else out there? Lola |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 19:01
| I am here. Jackie |
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| Anyone else out there? Jackie, are you opening? I keep getting a "reject message" because I am typing too many messages in a row. |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 19:13
| I'm here & ready! |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 19:17
| I am opening as we speak. Will have a photo soon. Jackie |
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| WOW! My quilt is BEAUTIFUL. You all did an amazing job. I'm off to take a picture. I'll be back in a flash. Thank you so much. |
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| Sitting on the edge of my office chair waiting for pictures!!! |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 19:21
| I absolutely love it! You guys are a really creative bunch. Any suggestions on how to finish it? I know you guys can come up with something more creative than me! Excuse the yellowish tint of the photo. It is really cloudy here so I had to take this picture inside. The photo does not do the quilt justice.
Jackie |
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Sorry that took so long! Here it is...  I just can't get enough of looking at it! Sue, I love your flying geese and square within a square. I can't tell where my center ends and your round begins. And you are right, your yellow is exactly the same color as mine. Jackie, your four patch is perfect. I love all the different blues and the yellow and red thrown in. Cindy, the Detectable Mountain border (?) is amazing. I have not seen it before and it really sets off the work that Sue and Jackie did. Gena, your round is great. I like the large blue "bricks" and the yellow corners. It gives me the feeling of stability. Colleen, thank you so much for finishing the quilt! Your round ties it all together, echoing the inner red borders and the original blue and white block. Thank you all SO much! What a fun project this has been. |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 19:56
| I keep getting rejected ... Everyone did such a great job - I really love mine. I know I presented you with a big challenge and you all did a fabulous job! Thank you thank you!
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 19:57
| Mine is AMAZING!!! LOVE IT!! I've tried for 45 minutes to post this & I'll keep trying:) I think I've gotten every error message known to man! MY QUILT IS BEAUTIFUL!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!! :):):):) |
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| WOW and WOW! Two beautiful quilts; thoughtful and creative! |
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| One thing that helped when I was getting the error message was to change the subject of the posting. If anyone is still having problems, try doing that. |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 20:16
| Hoping this works... OK, how do I get it to show in the body of a post? |
Here is a link that might be useful: CrossCountryRRquiltpartner
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| Cindy, To embed a picture with the text you need to copy the html code from Photobucket, then post that with the text. Kate |
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| Like this: Another great quilt!!!! |
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| I said earlier "two beautiful quilts" but more had been posted and didn't show up on my computer when I posted that. They are ALL gorgeous! I'm so happy for you all! What a fun and exciting Robin. Kate |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 20:44
| I agree, they are all fantastic. Great job ladies. Jackie |
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- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 21:44
| Wow! They are beautiful! Everyone should be thrilled! This is such a talented group! Great job everyone!I love them all. |
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- Posted by sunnycentralfl (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 22:19
| How beautiful! You all or so talented and inovative! What an inspiration! Gwen |
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| I will post mine tomorrow. I am away right now. Colleen |
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- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 23:55
| Oh my! You girls are so creative!!!! Awesome job!!! SharonG/FL |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Wed, Apr 13, 11 at 0:26
| This was my first ever Round Robin - & what an incredible experience!! I'm SO glad I signed up for this! If anyone has been sitting on the fence, not sure if they want to participate in a round robin ---- these quilts should 'push' you over to the YES!! side! :) ~Cindy ps Kate, Thanks! for posting the pic, not just a link. I couldn't get the html code to copy/post or something. But then I've had boo-coo problems with GW today. I also broke a contact lens (right in half!) & am really have a problem seeing much of anything! :( |
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Thanks to everyone for the beautiful quilt top. I love it. ColleenNY  |
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| Wow Colleen, your top looks great! It is really fun to see how it turned out. Everyone did such a nice job on all the quilts. Has anyone heard from Gena? I took a picture of her top after I added my round, and I could post that picture, but it would only be half way done. Cindy, did you happen to take a picture of it before you sent it on to Gena? |
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| Everyone did a remarkable job. RR take a lot of immagination and courage from my view point. It is a real challange to accept such a creative responsability. Congratualtion everyone. Jayne |
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- Posted by toolgranny (My Page) on Wed, Apr 13, 11 at 13:33
| Great job, ladies. It's fascinating to see the starting blocks on the top of the post and compare them to the finished ones on the bottom. You can't even tell it's done in stages as each blends with the previous so well. No, Cindy, I don't think I can manage the next one but I certainly admire those of you who do this. Someday! |
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- Posted by jackier123 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 13, 11 at 15:14
| I would be up for another one with this group in a heartbeat. They all did a fantastic job. Jackie |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Wed, Apr 13, 11 at 18:18
| Jackie, I agree! It really was a fun group. I think everyone really thought a lot about the quilt when they arrived at our houses and wanted to make sure that what we sent along was something we would have been proud to recieve. I, too, encouage others to participate if given the chance! Sue |
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| Yes, I agree - it was a fun group and the results speak for themselves. I would encourage others to participate in future round robins. It is a really fun challenge. I do NEED a tutorial on squaring up tops. Maybe I'll start another post on that topic to get some help before I join another RR. |
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| Beautiful quilts Ladies!! Love the pink/black one :D Marie |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Fri, Apr 15, 11 at 17:28
| Yes, I did take a pic of Gena's quilt - has she posted anything? I sure hope she likes it!? http://s1127.photobucket.com/albums/l634/quiltpartner/?action=edit&cur rent=RR2011bothgroups001.jpg |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Fri, Apr 15, 11 at 17:30
| Kate, what did I do wrong this time??? Gr-rrrrrrrrr! - I'm still not getting the pic to post. |
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Fri, Apr 15, 11 at 19:36
| Cindy, Here is Gena's quilt
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| Wow, I love what you guys did with Gena's top! It is so fun to see what happened to the quilt tops after I sent them on. We have such a creative group of quilters. Cindy, did you actually make 20 36-patch centers for your stars!?!? That would have taken me a year to do. It looks fantastic! Lola |
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- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 8:35
| I keep coming back and admiring these gorgeous quilts! You girls did an awesome job making sure each round complements the beginning center. SharonG/FL |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 11:22
| Lola, Yes, I really did make 20 blocks, w/36sq centers. While I worried later that it was too much, I really wanted to bring Gena's center star back into the quilt. And I loved what she had done! Her center star is awesome! I was fortunate to find really close lavendar & yellow batiks & that helped make up my mind. It really was a labor of love, - I like it so much it was a little hard to send back! LOL I just pray Gena likes it!! I haven't heard anything ? |
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- Posted by bozogardener (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 11:45
| These quilt tops are truly awesome. I can't believe the beautiful work that each of you did to enhance the centers! I am truly blown away by these. |
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| Bozogardener, thanks for your nice comments. And thanks to the others who commented above. It's really fun to share this with everyone. Cindy, all I can say is WOW! I think it looks great and I'm really impressed with the amount of work that went into doing all of those little squares. The more I look at each quilt top the more I notice the little details. I've been looking at Gena's lately, and I just noticed that Jackie continued the dark purple on the diagonal with her HST. Its little details like that that just make each quilt look wonderful. Nice job everyone! |
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- Posted by quiltpartner (My Page) on Fri, Apr 22, 11 at 9:40
| Cross Country RR - I heard from Gena & wanted to let you all know that she is OK! I was getting pretty worried since she hadn't posted for so long, so I emailed her. Here is the gist of her response - & hopefully we'll hear from her 'in person' soon! [Cindy, Thanks for asking about me. But no worries. I have dial up internet and our phone lines have been out for several days, due to bad storms and then someone stole the phone lines for the copper to sell. Today is my first day back on here since they went out. I'm so sorry I missed the reveal for the quilts. But I loved my quilt and I wanted to say that you done an excellent job on the final round. That must have really took some time. I appreciate all your hard work on my quilt. I loved my quilt but unfortunately I can't post a picture (dial-up sooooooo slow). I'm gonna try to get on the GW and look at all the quilts this weekend (hopefully I'll have some free time) I still can't post on there so if you don't mind pass it on that I loved my quilt and each round was really great and I plan on emailing each person and thanking them myself. -Gena ] Sev'l months ago tinyteena emailed me when I'd been MIA for awhile. It's comforting to know how much the GW members care for one another - & look out for each other! What a wonderful group of people you are!! Hugs to each & every one!! |
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| Oh good, I'm so glad to know that Gena is ok (and that she likes her quilt!). Thanks for letting us know. |
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