What's most important is what you send out - not what you get back!

What's most important is what you send out - not what you get back OR "Why I love round robins!" ...  Every time you work on someones block during a round robin, you are working outside your comfort zone and I guarantee you will be a better stitcher for it.  You will use themes, colors, and fabrics that would have never have been your choice and you benefit  every time you complete one..  Any time you can work outside of your comfort zone, go for it... It is so easy to fall into a rut with your "own thing." Many like the Mari Gras and the "purple and orange" blocks were really challenging for me.

Not only that, in the process you will get to handle and examine work by others in a way that will expose you to new ideas, new materials and different techniques..... and along the way make new friends..

You may or may not get back the blocks of your dreams but, heck, they're your blocks and you can change them as you like.....and I do...  but that's another whole subject I'll get into this fall.

Here are just some of the round robin blocks I have done for others over the past few years.  I always commit myself to do my best for others and do my share and plus some...

And it is so pleasing to know work I have done is now in homes around the world...  That is so much better than working in my own little rut!!!

So I urge anyone new to CQ or CQI to jump right into round robins... YOU have everything to gain.