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Teresa was kind enough to send me a picture of how my Row by Row Robin quilt top is coming along. Isn't it looking great? So far there are the rows done my Cathy, Teresa and myself. All the maple leaves are done in batiks and I know I will love it even more when it is done its travels and gets back home here. My tentative plan is to do this quilt up for my husband's parents - they live in Quebec with all the beautiful fall colours so it seems very appropriate. I wish I could see it in person right now but I will have to be patient awhile longer.

In my continuing desire to learn "sane" quilting, I have joined a Row by Row Round Robin on the Mailblocks Yahoo group. Everyone in the round robin does up a row of 5 - 12" quilt blocks in the colours and patterns of their choice and as they make the rounds each person adds another row. At the end of the round robin everyone will get back a fully pieced quilt top and only need to finish it off. Sounded like a plan to me! So this is my row which I have sent off to make the rounds. I included a cream batik in the package because I wanted all the background to be the same. I chose a 12" Maple Leaf pattern from the QuiltersCache site and requested the maple leafs to be done in batiks of colours which would occur in nature. Given the huge array of fall colours, as well as the greens, it shouldn't be too difficult to have each maple leaf different, or at least to have any duplicates well spread out over the quilt. I think it will be very pretty when it is do...