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We have finished up our Round Robin Quilts! 6 of us began this quilt project back in the fall. The center wreath in the photo below is what I made. I said I liked scrappy quilts and supplied as much Christmas fabric as I had tucked away. None of us have seen our original block quilts since the first month. Each person in the group had a month to add a border to each quilt. We had our unveiling this past Thursday at the Mai Tai. Check them out! This first one is the one I will end up with because I created the center block. Janai had not quite gotten her last border on, but you get the idea.

This next one is Cindy’s. She supplied all the batik fabrics and wanted a rainbow effect.

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This next one is Danae’s. She gave us orange and purple fabrics to use and wanted to “step out of her confort zone”.

Round Robin Quilt 4 is Jody’s. Jody has a wonderful eye for fabric choices. She supplied all the fabric for us and said, “I love scrappy quilts. Suprise me!”. I think this is one of my favorites!

Chanin’s is truly art in my mind. She began the quilt with a beautiful paper-pieced center. I set it on point and added four more small paper-pieced flowers. Flying geese designs followed and it began taking on a Japanese flavor. Beautiful!

Janai also wanted a Christmas quilt. But she specified no larger than wall hanging size.

This last photo is the whole group each showing off the quilt they will end up with. This project really stretched me. I learned lots of new techniques and sometimes had to scurry to keep up with the time allotment.