Round Robin

Our quilt guild is doing a Round Robin. Members who are interested in participating provide the center block, a collection of fabrics they would like to be used, and place it in a brown paper bag. The bags are exchanged with participating members every other month, and they must comply with the assignment. That gives you two months to figure out what you want to do to add on to the Round Robin.


The first months assignment was to add some kind of border using triangles. The second month, which you see here, was to add applique.

The third month involved rectangles or squares, and the final month is a border of our choosing.

I can't wait until September when our Round Robin projects are returned and we get to see what others have done to them! The center block that I turned in was a cross-stitched block of Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois. I found it at the garage sale room at our quilt guild's show a few years ago, and didn't quite know what to do with it --- until the Round Robin opportunity came up.

You are invited to Horse Power Farm for a Halloween Drill Team Event on Saturday, October 20th. Please gather for appetizers and Halloween Cheer at 4 PM before the 5 PM musical presentation.

Drillmaster: Jane McGirk Choreographer: Jo Shoenfeld

Janet Carlson on Snazzy (Quarter Horse)
Wende Corbett on Cody (Ray Scarpelli’s Quarter Horse)
Sue Hulls on Charlie (Kathy Angres’ Paint)
Barb Jansz on Paako (Chris MacDonald’s Quarter Horse)
Barb Johnson on Chawn (Arabian)
Ellen Leake on Magic (Tennessee Walker)
Carol Scarpelli on Mastermind (Arabian)
Jo Shoenfeld on Shaytan (Saddlebred)

Jane West – Keeper of the Gate and Spokesman

Injured Reserve List: Anna Appleby – best wishes for a speedy recovery, Anna

Thank you Carol and Ray Scarpelli of Horse Power Farm
and Mary Werner, Manager of Horse Power Farm

The Irish Drillmaster

The Irish Drillmaster

Tuesday mornings we gather together
At Horse Power Farm, no matter the weather.
The indoor arena allows us to learn
From an expert horseman, although quite stern.
Drillmaster McGirk barks out her orders -
"That's a C, an A, that's a D, are you snoring?
Look at his ears, you gave him no warning!

Some riders are deaf, and some just don't get it,
The horses forgiving and looking quite fit.
"What 's wrong with my circle, too big or too small?
Just make up your mind or else I may fall!"

At last she approved, "You're horses look happy."
And Jo chose great music to make us look snappy.
She designed a Halloween dance for all to study
So we could perform it with our best buddy.

Little black capes we pinned to our backs,
as we danced and flanked around the tracks.
The people they cheered and dropped their plates
into the arena where they looked like snakes.

The horses, like people, so different, but yet
All came together for the final set.
The music played on and we pulled it together
on a glorious day of the best fall weather.

Barb Jansz