Amber Weiskircher hopes to recover her round robin quilt. This quilt was last seen in March 2014. This was a “round robin” group project where each person sews a border onto a center square, and then mails it to the next person. The person receiving this quilt had moved but did not update their address. The quilt was sent from Montana to the old address on a military base in … Continue reading
Susan Nixon was participating in an improvisational round robin exchange during 2012-2013. Three quilt tops were at the house of one of the participants when that person became ill with cancer and eventually died at the end of October 2015. Someone going through her belongings found the quilt tops and wants to return them to their owners. One of the three quilt tops had a label with the names of … Continue reading
Julie Higginson would like to finally receive her round robin quilt. It was last seen around December 2007. Julie writes, “This was a Round Robin project. The last lady to work on it lives in Brooklyn, New York and she added the Delectable Mountains blocks. She then sent it to the next lady in the group who lives in East Bend, North Carolina. That lady let us all know that … Continue reading
Twelve quilters joined an international crazy quilt round robin. Six of them had sent mainly finished, embellished blocks from New Zealand and Australia to one of the participants in Kingsburg, California, but that person has not been heard from since. The quilters with missing blocks are Hope Francis, Lynette Brumby, Jo Newsham, Margaret Price, Evie Harris, and Maureen Curlewis. The blocks below are not labeled, but a log book accompanied … Continue reading
Daisy Fredericks is looking for her missing quilt top from a round robin project. She has been unable to make contact with the last known holder of the top. There were eight participants in the project. They are all members of an online guild called Lallyquilters. One quilt top has been completed and returned to the owner. Most of the rest of the group are still waiting to hear from … Continue reading
Ingeborg van Zuiden was participating in a purse round robin when her blocks came up missing. Now she needs your help recovering her Pansy Purse. Her round robin was last seen at the end of January 2005 in the US. It is suspected it was probably lost during shipping. The crazy quilt pansy block is about 20″ by 10″. She used pansy fabrics, appliqued lace, did crewel embroidery, added silver … Continue reading
Three round robin quilt tops have disappeared. They were all last seen in August 2002 when they were sent from Stevens Point, Wisconsin to a participant in Vancouver, Washington. They were supposed to be returned by October 2002. Repeated attempts to contact the quilter have gone unanswered. Nikki Ross made a Tree of Life center block for the beginnings of her quilt (left). It is surrounded by corner blocks featuring … Continue reading
In May 2000 Ruth Blanchet of Nelson, New Zealand participated in an American round robin, but she is still waiting for her finished quilt. It is a row-by-row quilt. Each participant was to to make a row of something that resembled animals on Noah’s ark. Most of the ladies completed their rows as agreed upon and received their finished quilt top but for some reason Ruth still has not received … Continue reading
In 2000 Kate Acosta participated in an online round robin sponsored by the Quilt Lover’s and Fabric Addict Yahoo! group which Kate founded. She made a Mariner’s Compass center block and other members were to add borders to her original square. Kate used hand dyed fabrics and commercially printed fabrics to foundation piece the center block. The light cream fabric around the mariner’s compass is a print with a very … Continue reading
Deann Worthington participated in a crazy quilt block piecing round robin which began in August 2000. Somehow her blocks never made it to all of the participants of the round robin. They were last sent to Kat Miller of Portland, Oregon at the end of 2000 or the beginning of 2001. This participant had been sick and emailed Deann that she would have to “go to the coast” to recover. … Continue reading
