Round Robin and or exchanges

Hello there!

I am just wondering if anyone knows of any Cross Stitch or sewing Round Robins that are going on or even an exchange? I haven't joined one in soooo long!!

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Just posting here on the off chance that someone might know of any!

Thank you
Love & hugs
Heather
xxxxx

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R is for ...#atozchallenge

A to Z Challenge 2016

R is for ... Round Robin

Which is something I haven't done for a super long time

And something I really love participating in?

My Lizzie Kate Round Robin

Have you ever done a Round Robin?  Or are you sitting there scratching your head wondering what on earth I am whittering on about?  hehe!!

This was my fabric after I had completed my 'square' on my own Round Robin (The one I would get back to keep)

My RR after my square was
stitched on it

Let me explain ...  A Round Robin is something that goes around a group and each person adds their 'personal touch to it'

A Round Robin can be anything ... so long as it goes 'around' ... In this instance my sort of Round Robin would be a stitching Round Robin (or RR for short)

So, there is a group of stitchers ...

Heather

Katie

Cara

Abby

Each stitcher starts there own Round Robin on their own piece of fabric, each choosing a theme or maybe no theme and have what is known as a surprise ...

You can tack on your boxes where you want people to stitch or you can leave the fabric blank and let the stitchers decide where to stitch.  You can also include charts, so you then get the theme you want ... or you can leave it open to choice!

My Lizzie Kate on I stitched on boxes and included the charts ... after all people do not want to spend money buying charts!  Each stitcher will use their own threads as there is no point sending threads because most will have a vast amount of threads anyway, plus it just adds to the weight and cost of the parcel!

Extra postage weight is an unnecessary expense really ... if you wish metallic threads etc to be used then they should be enclosed or you stitch that on when it comes back!!  Things can get complicated ... which is why I prefer the quick, smaller RR's such a motifs.  That way people don't get bored with massive designs!  

Once all have stitched their piece they post (on an agreed date) to the person next on the list:-

Heather would post to Katie,

Katie would post to Cara,

Cara would post to Abby

Abby posts to Heather.

We all then stitch on the other persons fabric and post on again ... so on and so on until you end up with your own one back!  Simple and fun!!

There are other versions where each stitches something for a partner and you just swap stitching! This works well!  I joined in a Round Robin like this on another blog (Butterfly Wings) a while ago!  that was the last RR I did!!

If you click on my Round Robins link you will see examples of just some of the RR's I've taken part in and also sent to my partners!!

I just love Round Robins, yes things do go wrong, like stitching goes missing in the post or someone decides to keep everything they get!!  Both are just heartbreaking, but if you do Round Robbins with people that you 'know', people that are reliable then all goes brilliantly!

I hope you enjoyed this post and I have not given you a headache!!

Bye for now

Hugs

Heather

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Good Monday Morning! (A Big one!!)

Good Morning to you all!

Well today is the first day back at school for Ryan, Conor, Mark and Katie!!  Cara starts her first day tomorrow!  Cara is delighted as she has Laura, Abby and me all to her little self lol!!  It was so odd not waking James up for school!!  He finished his last year of school forever back in June.

Katie, Mark, Conor and Ryan

Mark, Conor and Katie
(The car was parked when photo taken lol)

James did very well in his A-Level exams and has gained a place on an Honors Degree Civil Engineering course at Queens University in Belfast.  He is having a year gap this year so the course starts this time next year!  I am glad becasue I am not too sure if I am ready to let my big (little) boy go yet lol

On the grandaughter front .... Abby is doing amazing :)  She is growing so fast!!!

Buzzy Bee Abby

Abby with Cara's school jumper on lol
Plus one proud mummy Laura :)

On the Stitching front I have sent and received 3 Round Robin Pieces from June's Blog Round Robin

(I need to go through my photos and find all the pictures!!)

So far ...

Sent to and received from Kim

I received this lovely piece from Kim

Send to and received from Catherine

This is the parcel I sent to Catherine

Sent to and received from Grace

Received from Grace

and last but not least from June herself!!

What I received from June

This is what I sent to June

So hopefully now life seems to have returned to normal that the stitching will start to flow again!

I spent the Saturday stitching on a SAL I am doing on Faebook ... a Joan Elliott Mystery Faces SAL so once i have a bit more done I will show you a progress photo!

Have a great day all and be safe!

With love and stitching hugs
Heather
xxxxxxx

Gorjuss Exchange and Round Robins

Hello one and all!!

I hope everyone is well!!  I'm sure you can imagine that things have been madness and a complete routine changer in my house but hey ... we're loving it!!  Baby and Laura have settled in and my children just love their little new niece :)

I took part in the Gorjuss Exchange for on Mii Stitches blog and my partner to send too was Justine and I received from Mii ... I am totally delighted because its like my birthday has come 8 days early :)

Fabric Tray with stitched girl, and, note book, shopping bag and coaster
I just love everything!!

New Heights
Fabric tray 

I must say Mii you have done an amazing exchange parcel for me!!  I totally love everything and I also am in admiration of all the hard work you put into my gift!  Wow that background stitching would have taken ages and ages to do!!  Thank you so very very much xxxxx  When is the next exchange? lol

I sent Justine ...

Stitched Hanger, trinket tin, Purse,
Notebook and card

I am in the Round Robin (RR) on June's Blog  and  for Kim I stitched

A lovely pink heart

From Kim I received :-

A gorgeous hat for my girls Katie and Cara

When I have all my stitched pieces from the RR I intend to stitch them together to hang in their bedroom! Katie and Cara are really delighted and super excited!!

Well I had better get another piece for the RR finished to send off!!

Happy Stitching all!!

Lots of love
Me xxxx

Oh Wow ... such delights!

Hello there everyone,

How are you all doing?  I hope everyone is well :)

Laura and I are such busy 'bunnies' so far this week and the week hasn't finished yet!!  lol

On Monday we went to the school for a fitting of the new PE kit and School jumpers as the school got a new supplier as the current one is a little on the mean side with the cotton to hold the garments together lol So at 2pm we took Cara and Katie for their fittings, then waited for the boys to come out of school at 3pm to do the same all over again for them haha!! Took us the best part of 2 hours but all PE kits and jumpers ordered and paid for so that's the big bulk of the uniform for September sorted already :) I've already got the new school coats for Cara and Katie ... yay to go me!!  Organised for once!!  Last year I saw lovely coats for them and by the time I went to get them they were all sold out ... lesson learnt!!  

Then Monday evening we went to a school meeting regarding Cara starting full time school in September and find out who her new teacher is!!  All great stuff :)

Tuesday we attended sports day for Mark which was great!  mark did super well!!
Providing the weather is good tomorrow we will be at sports day for Ryan and Conor :)  

Today we had a lazy day .... Laura is only 2 weeks away from her due date so I had to get her to slow down and take it easy!!  She has been charging about and helping with the kiddies and all the 'end of school' stuff that goes on in June!  Laura is an absolute star and its nice to have her company.  The school think the world of her too :)

I have been asked to stitch items for 3 of the classrooms :)  That's me sorted with summer stitching then lol

This Friday Cara goes to visit her new classroom and see her new teacher so that's another morning out of the house lol  By the time we have done all our morning activities its then time to pick Cara then Katie up and then the boys, so needless to say I haven't really had time to get my teeth stuck into my stitching but I have managed a few little things

A Few Flowers

A while ago I started off a Round Robin with a few close friends who I have known for years.  I got my RR back today and I am delighted :) Totally made up :) :) :)  I just need to take out the tacking and do a nice boarder around each design then I can skip to the framers :)

My Lizzie Kate Round Robin

Lovely lovely and lovely things going on this week .... 

Once things settle down and we get back to the normal day-to-day activities I can get back to stitching my head off lol  PLUS getting ready for my Grandbaby to pop out and say hello!!  I can't wait :) :) :)

So please excuse my quietness but i promise I will be back asap to make twice as much noise to make up for it lol

Happy stitching and crafting!!

Lots of love

Me!

xxxxx

Halloween Exchange and Technology .... update

Hello all!

Wow its been a while since I was here .... busy busy busy bee lol

I have finished another Round Robin - A Ghost in fancy dress lol

Isn't he scary!!  

I have received a fab parcel from the Halloween exchange over on the Margaret Sherry Lovers blog.  My exchange is from Rita :)

All goodies from Rita

A lovely notebook

I plan to use this note book fro my stitching Diary next year :)

This is the package I sent to my partner Valerie and she loves her goodies!!!

All the goodies I sent

I have also spent some time stitching on James' Dictionary of Technology and I have one more square left to do ...

For James

I cant wait to get this one finished and off to the framers :-)

Have a fun Sunday evening!

Love me
xxxxx

A Finish or two and a birthday girl

Hello all

Well over the last week or so I have been busy fighting off a cold and it is starting to go around a few of us now!!  Today Conor was off school today as he isn't too well.  He has had a high temp again today so he will be off school tomorrow too :(

Katie had her 6th Birthday last week and she had  blast!!  She loved all her presents and cards off her lovely family and friends :-)  What a great day she had!!

The grand old age of 6 years old

A few days ago Cara had to take an object into Pre-School for the colour table and this month the colour is Red.  So I gave Cara something red to take in and her Pre-School Teacher seemed quite disappointed that I hadn't stitched the word red in red thread like I did for a few other colours when Katie was there 2 years ago!  I was amazed she had remembered so that night I stitched for a very long time ... well an hour lol ... and produced 

Red for the Colour Table

I have finished my stitch on Jan's Round Robin 

Jan's RR

I am in the process of another RR which has a Halloween theme and I hope to have that finished by the weekend.

I have also complete and posted off my Halloween Exchange but I cannot show a photo just yet!!

The children are away at the weekend so I am getting my HAED out and stitching on that.  I started Fireside Fairy Tales many many years ago and the fabric is quite grubby now and some of the stitching is all lumpy bumpy so I am starting again but I am doing the mini version of the chart.  This way I might actually get somewhere with it lol :)

Tomorrow is Parent-Teacher meeting for Katie.  I know all will be well as Katie is getting on really well in year 2.

I hope to have another finish to show you by Friday and then HAED all weekend long :-)  I cannot wait!!!

Have a fun time

Love me

xxxxx

Joan Elliott Fairy Round Robin and IHSW weekend

Helo to you all,

I hope you had a great weekend!  I spent mine stitching :)

I finally managed to get a really good run at Steph's Fairy RR and completed my square.  The fairies are now flying to Cucki

Fairy stitched on Stephs RR

Last week saw a few of us with colds and coughs but with luck we shall recover and be full of mischief again lol

I have a few more RR's to stitch and finish off an exchange then I will be back to my own stuff and I think I have to finish James' Dictionary of Technology before anything else haha :)

Then it will be a toss up between Summer fairy and one of my HAEDS's .... decisions decisions decisions ....

On a less difficult matter than stitching my Open University Courses will start in a few days lol!!  Now they will be so much easier than trying to decide what to stitch lol!!!

Keep well and safe all

Love me
xxxxxxx

Joan Elliott Fairy Round Robin and a Birthday

Good Afternoon Bloggers

I have spent my spare time this week stitching Steph's Joan Elliott Round Robin.  I hope to have this done by the weekend.

JE RR as at 18 September 2013

This week we had a birthday in the family .... Conor turned 9!  Wow I cannot believe that my little ones are growing up so fast!  He had a brilliant birthday :)

Conor tucking in to his pile of presents

No other news at all from my end of the world.  Just normal school/homework/stitching lol

Until next time :)

Take care all

Love me
xxxxxx

Stitching and Life!

Good afternoon all,

It has been a short while since I updated.  I have been busy running from home and school and a Parents Council meeting that there has not been much time for stitching but as the time increases upto full time hours for Cara in Nursery I will have a good few hours of a morning for ME! lol

So far this week I spend about 2 evenings doing my part on Steph's Joan Elliott Fairy RR and a little bit on James' surprise Dictionary of Technology.  I really need to get a move on with both of them

Steph's RR ... fairy wings

'Broadband' On James' surprise piece

I really cannot wait to see both of these completed ;-)  With luck I will get lots done over the weekend.  I really want to get James' one finished and to the framers ASAP!

Speaking of the framers I got one of Conors Karate Dogs back this morning.  He will be delighted with it when he comes home from school. 

Orange Karate Belt 

He came with me when we took the stitched dog and certificate into the framers because he wanted to choose the frame and mount!  We will get the others framed with the same frame and colour mount to match the belt colour :-)  They are going to look fabulous on the wall!!

I got my books for my Open University course yesterday and I cant wait to get stuck in.  I start a Maths course at the local college on Tuesday and Im looking forward to that too!  

Laura was ready the local paper yesterday and she spotted an advertisement from the College saying they are starting a 'Coffee and Craft Club' which is a course that does printing, ceramics, textiles and glass workings!!  I have put my name down for it.  I cant wait for a start date :-)

OU books for course

Well I had better get on with finishing the tea off before school runs!  So must go and save it from the oven before we have burnt rocks to eat!!

Have a great weekend

Love me
xxxx

Round Robin and Birthday Girl

Hello Bloggers!

Today is Cara's 3rd Birthday :-)

Happy Birthday my little cutie pie xxxx

She is having a wonderful day so far and we will have a little party for her later on when the others come home from school.

This morning I collected the family group photo and I cant wait to get it up on the wall :-)

Whilst Cara was bouncing on her birthday trampoline I sorted out addresses for the RR that myself and Aneeba from cuckistitchingcove.  This is my Lizzie*Kate RR that will be flying off to Aneeba in the next day or so :-)

At the moment I am stitching Conor 3rd Karate Dog for his up and coming Orange Belt Grading on Saturday .... Fingers crossed for my little Karate Kid.  Then I must get a move on with the teacher gifts as there is less than 3 weeks left until the summer holidays.  Really looking forward to the holidays :-)

Have a great day all

Hugs

Me xxxxxx

Round Robin

Hello there!

Last night I finished the stitching for my Round robin (RR) and I am delighted with my choice :-)

Lizzie*Kate
Good Things chart

I have my other 6 designs chosen and all I need to do now is tack the boxes where I want my friends to stitch and Im good to post onto

One of my friends stitching Steph from Stephie's Stitching Blog is a member of the group and I must say .... WOW her RR is looking fantastic!!  She is excited that's for sure lol!!  Steph is a fantastic stitcher.

Today I aim to get started on the last teacher stitching and then make them all into something.  Time is running away with me as they finish school for the summer on 28th June for 9 weeks summer holiday!  Its going to be a blast :-)

We are in the process of getting the garden clean up and I have ordered some outdoor toys for them and a big double swing with see-saw thing on it :-)  They will love it!!

Well all have a lovely day

Love me xxxx

Lizzie*Kate Round Robin and Stash

Hello :-)

I got some exciting post this morning!!  myself and a few friends are doing a RR and my theme, after much deliberation, is Lizzie*Kate oooo yeah!!

So I have bought some lovely posh Polstitchers Aida ... with a grab bag of evenweaves for me .... and the charts needed for the RR :-)

I cant wait to start the RR as I haven't done one for a very long time.

Lizzie*Kate and Polstitchers fabric

The big piece of fabric in the middle is for the RR and the other 5 little packets are for me to stitch lovely things on for me!!

Right then, stitching time for me I think as all houseworks etc done :-)  Happy crafting to you!

Bye for now

Love me
xxxxx

Margaret Sherry Cat

Good afternoon all,

Wow we have had a busy week and not much stitching time for me but I don't mind :-)

Last Sunday I helped out at the school with Holy Communion.  It was crazy busy but great fun.  I am glad I joined the parents Council at the school.

I have worked on one of the stitched presents for a teacher at the Primary school.  It is one of the Culinary Cats designed by Margaret Sherry :-)

I have also organised a little exchange between a few 'Old Stitching Friends' so I must get my piece done over the next week.  I love exchanges :-)

I use to do a lot of Round Robins too and they were great!

I receive Ryan Dragon kit and I ordered posh fabric from Polstitchers for it to be stitched on.  it took me an hour to choose what fabric and in the end I ordered a fabric called 'Fields of Green'.  Cannot wait to make a start on that.

Have a great day all and with luck I shall have another finish to show off very soon!

Take care

Love me xxx

Two more finishes

I finally got around to doing the last RR in the Dictionary of Homes RR.  Here ends my RR commitments, which is a lovely feeling!

I also finished my bookmark and I love it!  I think I shall have to do one for myself.

Some of this weeks finishes

Lucie's Heart RR.  

This is the Heart I stitched on it and the words come from the Heart xxxx

Another Heart Hanger 

A yummy Cupcake Pincushion ... Shame I can't eat it!

Dictionary of Homes Round Robin

This another one in the Dictionary of Homes RR that I am in on the Openminders forum.
I have just 2 more to stitch on then I will be getting my own one back!

Dictionary of Homes RR

In just over 24 hours of receiving I have stitched and posted on ...

I love cuckoo clocks!

Round Robin and gift stitching for myself and family

This is my very first ever cross stitch.

I'd never heard of cross stitch until I saw this kit 

and I have not stopped stitching since!

My second project and I am so proud of this!

For James

For Tony

On my RR

A birdie RR being done on OM.
This RR is being given to hubby when completed.
Thank you ladies for stitching on the RR xxxx

Scotsman on my RR

For us

For Katie, as nuts on Pooh Bear as I am!

For Laura

on one of my RR's

For my Mums 60th Birthday

For my sister's 40th

For my mum

On my RR