Incoherent Scribblings

Exchange and Round Robin–Aholic

The title of this post is contributed to Outi who has come up with a name for a disease that many of my fellow stitching bloggers seem to be suffering from… exchange-aholism. I admit that I have become something of an exchange-aholic, but my addiction isn’t just to exchanges it also includes round robins!

I am not yet in over my head, but I think I am getting precariously close so I am going to have to put my rotation aside for at least the next week in order to make sure I meet some round robin and exchange deadlines that are rapidly approaching.

Here is what I currently have on my plate in the round robin and exchange department:

Round Robins:

• Robin’s Nest Group 1 (Post dates July 1, September 1, November 1, and January 1)
• Robin’s Nest Group 4 (Post dates June 15, August 15, October 15, and December 15)

I originally was only supposed to stitch with group one, but someone had to drop out of group four. As the organizer I knew there was always a possibility that this could happen, so I made sure that I was technically only signed up for one group. However, since group four is now short a person I am jumping in and stitching with them. Because the post date for group four is tomorrow I will only be stitching on the other ladies’ robins and not making one of my own.

Exchanges:

• SBEBB Friendship Exchange (Post date June 15 – I am finished with this and will be going to the post office shortly.)
• Robin’s Nest Recipe Exchange (Post date July 15)
• Robin’s Nest Summer Exchange (Post date July 17)
• Robin’s Nest Needle Roll Exchange (Post date September 5)
• Robin’s Nest Crazy Cat Lady Exchange (Post date September 25)

Not too long ago I told myself that I was done with exchanges. I hadn’t had any bad experiences, but I felt that I was ready to concentrate solely on robins and stitching things for myself.

However, there was interest in setting up exchanges via The Robin’s Nest and, good board owner that I am, I complied. Our board is small and as a result I felt obligated to participate in all exchanges so that we would be sure to have enough exchange participants. But I didn’t just sign up for all our exchanges because I felt like I had to. As board owner the exchange ideas were more or less mine and the reason I set them up is because I wanted to do each and every one!

Because we have exchanges now over at The Robin’s Nest, I had considered dropping off the SBEBB, but then decided against it because I have made so many friends via the board and I would hate to lose that contact. So in addition to my Robin’s Nest exchanges, I also hope to join in the SBEBB Halloween Exchange when it is open for sign-ups because I had so much fun with that exchange last year.

Yes, my name is Renée and I am an exchange-aholic.