All That Glitters - Traditional Round Robin

Another 2009 round robin that finished up in the summer was All That Glitters.  Unlike the previously-posted "DYB", this was a traditional round robin.  The participants in this RR included Ati, Gerry K., Lisa B., Meg and Wendy.  As you will see, they turned out some stunning work.

Ati's Block

Ati's Block after Gerry K 's work ... look at that beautiful beaded bluebird!

Lisa B added delicate silk ribbon embroidered blossoms, an incredible embroidered rose, and other feminine touches

This is how the block looked after Gerry and Lisa's contributions

Meg was next.  Look at her lovely flower in the lower left.

Wendy was the final stitcher on Ati's block, and added this luscious branch and bees motif in the upper right.

 

And here is the final block sent home to Ati.

Gerry K's Block

This is Gerry's naked block in rich, blowsy colors.

Lisa wasted no time in adding a WOW factor: another one of her exquisite embroidered roses.   And look at the beautifully-dyed laces and intricate seamwork.

Here's a closeup of that rose.

Not to be outdone, Meg added a  colorful paisley, trim and the gold spangles that cemented the tone and theme of "Gypsy Jewels" for this block!

And Wendy added another rich-looking, gorgeous paisley and some seamwork.

This is the block after the first three stitchers.

And here is the final block after the addition of Ati's work.  Notice that she completed floral motifs at the upper right and left and added a gypsy silk print.

Lisa's Block

This is Lisa's Naked block.  Notice that she included some lovely crocheted flowers (left) to be incorporated into the work.

Meg's was the first stitcher on Lisa's block.

Wendy added some lovely seamwork and the flowers Lisa included.

This is the block after Meg and Wendy.

Ati added more of her lovely silk ribbon embroidered flowers and lots of seamwork.

Thanks to Ati's seamwork, Gerry was free to add bunnies and more bunnies.... each drawn and stitched to tuck neatly into every little nook!   The finished block definitely says "Spring".

Meg's Purse

Meg chose to have the ladies embellish an evening clutch for her.  This is the naked piece.

 

Wendy was the first to add her stitching.

Ati was next.  These were her two additions:

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Lisa was next, adding more lovely seamwork.

Gerry added her stunning finishing touches and snapped these pictures of the finished purse.  Here is the front.

And here is the final whole piece.  Isn't it stunning?

Wendy's Block

The final participant was Wendy.  This is her charming naked block.

Ati stitched the central fan motif, adding lots of silk ribbon flowers.

Gerry applied some of her painting skills to this brass fan, then beaded and further enhanced it with beading and stitching. 

Gerry added more fans and stitching as well.  This is the block after Ati and Gerry.

 
Lisa added more fans.  Click on the picture to enlarge it and appreciate her detail work.

 
Meg added her magic to the bottom left area to complete this gorgeous block.

Asian Nights Round Robin - Spring 2009

The Asian Nights Round Robin finished up in the Spring of 2009.  The participants were:  Cobi W., Meg, Lyn G., Sossity, Susan.  Jo was the RR Angel, filling in when the last two women needed to withdraw.  Here are the pictures that were filed of these lovely blocks.

Cobi's Naked Block

Cobi's Block after Lyn's work

Cobi's Block after work by Lyn and Meg

Lyn's Naked Block (with some silk-printed Geisha)

Lyn's block with Meg's work

Lyn's block with Cobi's wisteria

Lyn's Block with Cobi's beaded fan

Lyn's Block finished

Meg's Naked Block

Meg's Block after Lyn's work

Meg's Block after Cobi's work

Meg's Finished Block, including the work of Jo Newsham, who acted as the Angel in this RR

Susan's Naked Block

Susan's Block after Meg

Sue's Block, Lyn's work

Susan's Block after Meg and Lyn

Dreams of Spring RR

Dreams of Spring was a round robin that was completed in mid-2009. It was a traditional round robin, and the participants included Cobi W. from The Netherlands, Simona from Italy, Wendy F, Lyn, Melissa and Clairee from the U.S.

Here is some of their lovely work.

Cobi's Naked Block

Cobi's block with everyone's work except Wendy

Pond by Wendy

Clairee's Naked Block

Clairee's Finished Block

Simona's Naked Block

Simona's Finished Block

Lyn's Naked Block

Lyn's Finished Block

Melissa's Naked Block

Melissa's Finished Block

Melissa's Finished Block made into a purse

Christmas 2008 DYB

Although this DYB round robin was titled "Christmas 2008", it really didn't finish up until well into 2009.  And since the pictures had never been published here, we decided it was time!  When you see some of the incredible work of these women, you'll understand why.

The participants (including RR "angels") were:  Cheryl, Maire, Sherry, Leslie, Debbie S., Gerry K, and Sossity.   

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MAIRE'S BLOCKS

Maire's Naked Blocks

Cheryl's Block for Maire

Debbie's Block for Maire

Gerry's Block for Maire

Leslie's Block for Maire

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DEBBIE'S BLOCKS

Debbie's Naked Blocks

Cheryl's Block for Debbie

Gerry K's Block #1 for Debbie S.  Isn't he cute??

Gerry K's Block #2 for Debbie S.

Maire's Block for Debbie

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CHERYL'S BLOCKS

Cheryl's Naked Blocks

  

Maire's Block for Cheryl

Debbie S's Block for Cheryl

Gerry K's Block for Cheryl

Leslie's #1 Block for Cheryl

Leslie's #2 Block for Cheryl

Sossity's Block for Debbie

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GERRY K's  BLOCKS

Gerry's Naked Blocks

Cheryl's Block for Gerry

Sherry's Block for Gerry

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SOSSITY'S BLOCKS

 Sossity's Naked Blocks

Cheryl's Block for Sossity

Debbie's Block for Sossity

 

Gerry K's Block for Sossity

 

 Leslie's Block for Sossity

 

Sherry's Block for Sossity

 

Maire's Block for Sossity

 

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SHERRY'S BLOCKS

  

Sherry's Naked Blocks

 

Cheryl's Block for Sherry

 Debbie's Block for Sherry

 Gerry K's Block for Sherry

Maire's Block for Sherry

 

 Sossity's Block for Sherry

 

All That Glitters

This All That Glitters round robin is actually a "DYB" or "Do Your Block" round robin.  Each of the six (more or less) women piece six 6" blocks.  Then when each person receives a set of blocks in the mailing rotation, they pick a single block and embellish the entire thing.  When the blocks make the rounds and return home, the owners have several finished blocks!  Our members LOVE this type of round robin. 

So, here we go with the ATG DYB.  It ran  earlier this year, finishing up in late summer.  Enjoy!!

BONNIE'S BLOCKS

Work by Lisa

Work by Meg

Work by Rita

Work by Simona

LAURA'S BLOCKS

Work by Lisa

Work by Meg

Work by Rita

Work by Simona

MEG'S BLOCKS

  Work by Laura

  

Work by Lisa

Work by Rita

Work by SImona

Rita's Blocks

  Work by Lisa

Work by Meg

Work by Simona

Work by (unknown)

Simona's Blocks

Work by Meg

Work by Laura

 

Work by Lisa

 

Work by Rita

 

Lisa's Blocks

  Work by Laura

 

Work by Rita

 

Edited to add:  Note that many of these blocks are missing.  We are still waiting for Bonnie Witt to return them to their owners.  The moderators of this group are working diligently behind the scenes toward that end.  We will keep the membership informed of the situation.

Fabulous First-Timers RR, 2009

The Fabulous First-Timers #4 Round Robin participants were Hideko, Tami, Thelma, Rebecca and Suzanne.

Hideko's Naked Block

Hideko's Block after Tami & Suzanne

Hideko's Block after Thelma

 

Hideko's Block Finished, with Rebecca's work

Rebecca's Block, work by Hideko

Rebecca's Block Finished

Suzanne's Block after Tami

 

Hideko's work on Suzanne's Block

Suzanne's Finished Block

Tami's Naked Block

Thelma's Paisley on Tami's Block

Tami's Finished Block

Thelma's Naked Block

Thelma's Finished Block

Under The Sea DYB RR- Lisa's blocks

Lisa's Under the Sea blocks naked:

Lyn's work:


Peggy's work:


Karrin's Work:


Lauri's Work:


Pam's work:


All the blocks completed together complete!
And one left for Lisa!


I hope enjoy all the gorgeous eye candy Ladies!

Under The Sea DYB RR- Pam's blocks

Pam's blocks for the Under The Sea DYB are finished!

Here is Pam's naked blocks:


Karrin's Work:


Lauri's Work:



Peggy's Work:


Lisa's work:



Lyn's work:


Nice job ladies!!

Under The Sea DYB RR- Lauris blocks

Lauri's UTS blocks on the way home to her. The Ladies did a fantastic job on them. Here they are:

Karrin's work:


Lyn's work:



Lisa's work:



Pam's work:



Peggy's work:

Birds and Bee's RR Karrins block

The birds and Bee's Round robin on CQI is finishing up. Karrin H. has her block home.

Here is the naked block and what it looks like after all the ladies finished it! Just Gorgeous!

Annual Purse Contest

The CQI Annual Purse Contest has now concluded and the winners have been announced so it is time to reveal who made each purse.

First prize in the Crazy Quilting category went to Kim Stenehjem for her entry (above).

Second prize in the Crazy Quilting category was won by Cathy Kizerian for her mauve masterpiece.

Dakotah Davis won third place in the Crazy Quilting category with her entry, "Egyptian Nights".

Following are the other entries in the Crazy Quilting category. All of these entries are outstanding works of art.

Mary Lear

Debbie Quirion

Connie Kalina

Leslie Ehrlich

Simona Tedeschi

Deborah Higgins

For the first time this year, the CQI Annual Purse Contest was separated into two categories. The following two purses are the entries in the "Other Techniques" category.

Lynn Schoeffler took first prize in this category with her felted creation entitled "Terra's Tears".

Karrin Hurd and her extraordinary silk ribbon embroidery won the Second Prize in this category with this wonderful entry.

Every year the entries in the CQI Annual Purse Contest are even more creative than the year before. Already stitchers are planning for their entries in next year's contest.

Suptuous Start RR- Ann's Block

Ann's naked block:


After Connie's work:


After Skye's work:



After Kathy's work:


Arlene's work:


Finished block:

Suptuous Start RR- Arlene's Block

Arlene's naked block:


After Ann's Work:


After Connie's Work:


After Skye's work:


After Kathy's work and Completed block:

Suptuous Start RR- Kathy's Block

Kathy's Naked block:


After Arlene's work:


After Ann's work:


Connie's work:


Skye's work:


completed block:

Suptuous Start RR- Skye's Block

Skye's naked block:


Block after Kathy's work:



Block after Arlene's work:


Block after Ann's work:


Block after Connie's work and completed block: