slow and steady wins the race -- not OT

[this was cross posted on the Facebook page]
Way back at the dawn of time (2004, actually) a large group of RCTQrs
had a mini round robin swap. There were 5 quilters in each group and
there were 4 USA only groups, one USA/Canada group and one
International only group -- for easy of mailing, not
discrimination :-)

Yesterday I finished mine and hung it on the wall! We each started
with a 6" block to pass around and each person added borders until it
came home. I have posted a photo of mine in my Flickr quilts album.
What came home to me included the rust border. I set it on point and
added the applique leaves and green border because I wanted a bigger
finished WUH.

The other women in my group (USA 2) were "Elena in TX", Shanna, "Ethne
in PA" and "LC in Sunny So Cal". Thank you, ladies, for my lovely
quilt!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rose-mo...57601651779104

Beautiful! Mine is on my "to-do" list, and I hope to get it finished
this year. That was a fun swap!

Louise in Iowa
nieland1390@mchsidotcom

On 1/22/2012 11:47 AM, Rose in CA wrote:
[this was cross posted on the Facebook page]
Way back at the dawn of time (2004, actually) a large group of RCTQrs
had a mini round robin swap. There were 5 quilters in each group and
there were 4 USA only groups, one USA/Canada group and one
International only group -- for easy of mailing, not
discrimination :-)

Yesterday I finished mine and hung it on the wall! We each started
with a 6" block to pass around and each person added borders until it
came home. I have posted a photo of mine in my Flickr quilts album.
What came home to me included the rust border. I set it on point and
added the applique leaves and green border because I wanted a bigger
finished WUH.

The other women in my group (USA 2) were "Elena in TX", Shanna, "Ethne
in PA" and "LC in Sunny So Cal". Thank you, ladies, for my lovely
quilt!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rose-mo...57601651779104

On Jan 22, 10:46*am, Louise in Iowa nieland1390@mchsidotcom wrote:
Beautiful! Mine is on my "to-do" list, and I hope to get it finished
this year. That was a fun swap!

Louise in Iowa
nieland1390@mchsidotcom


Oh please do Louise. I have a photo in my collection of yours with all
the lovely purple applique flowers around it. Can't wait to see how
you finish it off.

In my defense, one reason it took 8 years to finish is that I hand
quilted it. I started out using a floor hoop and couldn't travel with
it. Once I figured out I could quilt without the hoop, I started
taking it on our trips to Palm Springs and worked on it evenings and
finished it in no time at all, at all :-D

It feels good to move something out of the UFO pile though, doesn't
it?

Rose in CA

Looks great! The extra corners provide a better color balance, and I
like the way the finials on your rod echo the swirly vines.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:47:49 -0800 (PST), Rose in CA
wrote:

[this was cross posted on the Facebook page]
Way back at the dawn of time (2004, actually) a large group of RCTQrs
had a mini round robin swap. There were 5 quilters in each group and
there were 4 USA only groups, one USA/Canada group and one
International only group -- for easy of mailing, not
discrimination :-)

Yesterday I finished mine and hung it on the wall! We each started
with a 6" block to pass around and each person added borders until it
came home. I have posted a photo of mine in my Flickr quilts album.
What came home to me included the rust border. I set it on point and
added the applique leaves and green border because I wanted a bigger
finished WUH.

The other women in my group (USA 2) were "Elena in TX", Shanna, "Ethne
in PA" and "LC in Sunny So Cal". Thank you, ladies, for my lovely
quilt!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rose-mo...57601651779104

Your wall hanging is just gorgeous! Everyone did such a lovely job and
your appliqued points are the perfect finishing touch!

Michelle in Wichita, KS (formerly of NV)

On 1/22/2012 11:47 AM, Rose in CA wrote:
[this was cross posted on the Facebook page]
Way back at the dawn of time (2004, actually) a large group of RCTQrs
had a mini round robin swap. There were 5 quilters in each group and
there were 4 USA only groups, one USA/Canada group and one
International only group -- for easy of mailing, not
discrimination :-)

Yesterday I finished mine and hung it on the wall! We each started
with a 6" block to pass around and each person added borders until it
came home. I have posted a photo of mine in my Flickr quilts album.
What came home to me included the rust border. I set it on point and
added the applique leaves and green border because I wanted a bigger
finished WUH.

The other women in my group (USA 2) were "Elena in TX", Shanna, "Ethne
in PA" and "LC in Sunny So Cal". Thank you, ladies, for my lovely
quilt!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rose-mo...57601651779104