Fall Quilt Block Swap due October 15th

[katsdar]

Sorry to hear you have to drop out, Thank you for letting us know. See you in a future swap

 

[katsdar]

Question for you Ladies: The amount of blocks received is usually different than number of blockers who signed up, so there is usually extra blocks that get sent back to you. My question is what about out of the extra blocks I make up extra sets then put all received blockers names in a basket and then pick names and that person will receive an extra set. So if I have 4 extra sets then 4 blockers will receive and extra set. Or do you want me to just continue sending your extra blocks back to you? I figured I have my fabric and I can make my own extra blocks and really don't need my extra blocks back. Does this make sense to you? Course I would post who is the lucky recipients of the extra blocks. Tell me what you think and if this sounds like something you would like to do.

 

[Kassaundra]

Question for you Ladies: The amount of blocks received is usually different than number of blockers who signed up, so there is usually extra blocks that get sent back to you. My question is what about out of the extra blocks I make up extra sets then put all received blockers names in a basket and then pick names and that person will receive an extra set. So if I have 4 extra sets then 4 blockers will receive and extra set. Or do you want me to just continue sending your extra blocks back to you? I figured I have my fabric and I can make my own extra blocks and really don't need my extra blocks back. Does this make sense to you? Course I would post who is the lucky recipients of the extra blocks. Tell me what you think and if this sounds like something you would like to do.

I don't actually understand the question.

Are you asking if we have 14 quilters and each send in 16 blocks that means we would get back 3 of our blocks or the option of 3 of someone else's blocks? Which would we want our own blocks or someone else's?

 

[elsiebb]

Question for you Ladies: The amount of blocks received is usually different than number of blockers who signed up, so there is usually extra blocks that get sent back to you. My question is what about out of the extra blocks I make up extra sets then put all received blockers names in a basket and then pick names and that person will receive an extra set. So if I have 4 extra sets then 4 blockers will receive and extra set. Or do you want me to just continue sending your extra blocks back to you? I figured I have my fabric and I can make my own extra blocks and really don't need my extra blocks back. Does this make sense to you? Course I would post who is the lucky recipients of the extra blocks. Tell me what you think and if this sounds like something you would like to do.

This is my first swap, but I would agree that I don't need my blocks back. I like the idea of keeping the extras together as a set. And lucky receivers of an extra set could make an extra large quilt.

 

[elsiebb]

I bought my fabric today! Very excited to be quilting again. Couldn't decide which two I liked best, so I got all 4. I'm going to make up one block of each pair and then decide whether I make all 16 the same or do some of both.

 

[katsdar]

I don't actually understand the question.

Are you asking if we have 14 quilters and each send in 16 blocks that means we would get back 3 of our blocks or the option of 3 of someone else's blocks? Which would we want our own blocks or someone else's?

That is correct you would get 3 of your own back, but what I'm saying is that out of receiving 14 sets you know your getting one set because you sent in a set and there would be 2 extra blocks, I send your extra blocks back to you usually but what I'm proposing is I make two extra complete sets of 16 blocks and randomly pick 2 names out of all the people who sent in blocks. Those lucky persons would actually receive two complete block sets. Tho we have 16 people sign up I have yet to see all 16 people actually send in their blocks.
I hope this makes better sense. So I'm asking do we want me to do this or just keep doing like we always do and just send your extra blocks back to you?

 

[katsdar]

I bought my fabric today! Very excited to be quilting again. Couldn't decide which two I liked best, so I got all 4. I'm going to make up one block of each pair and then decide whether I make all 16 the same or do some of both.

I looked at the fabric the other day and I couldn't decide either, but decided I'm going to go to a bigger fabric store before I choose. I saw some really pretty paisley print maybe we should do a solid color with a paisley print block, so many choice so little time

. Looking forward to seeing your blocks.

 

[Cknldy]

I was quite disappointed when our Walmart made the fabric dept smaller and added a button instead of a worker that knows what they're doing. I waited 15 minutes for the scanner sticker for 1 yard of fabric, the young lady was trying to figure out why the printer wasn't working. Someone else finally came over and plugged it up but by then I took the 'lazy way' and chose a jelly roll. After comparing prices waiting for the employee is the trade off for better prices per yard! I compared the prices of pre-cuts with catalogs when I got home and Connecting Threads has good deals. May be ordering rather than frustration in Walmart...

 

[Kassaundra]

I was quite disappointed when our Walmart made the fabric dept smaller and added a button instead of a worker that knows what they're doing. I waited 15 minutes for the scanner sticker for 1 yard of fabric, the young lady was trying to figure out why the printer wasn't working. Someone else finally came over and plugged it up but by then I took the 'lazy way' and chose a jelly roll. After comparing prices waiting for the employee is the trade off for better prices per yard! I compared the prices of pre-cuts with catalogs when I got home and Connecting Threads has good deals. May be ordering rather than frustration in Walmart...

Shopping at Wally world in general is a nightmare to me, and the fabric dept is becoming a joke. There are a few in my 50 mile radius that still have fabric but not many, so for me I have to drive about 50 miles one way to a real fabric store, either Hobby Lobby, which means I will have a massive asthma attack even if I premedicate, or Hancock. I have thought about online, but I am so tactile I really like to feel the fabric (even the cotton) and I wasn't sure about how true color is on the monitor. A couple of small fabric stores have attempted to make it in my small town (one at a time) over the past 10 or so years, but none have been able to make it.

 

[Kassaundra]

That is correct you would get 3 of your own back, but what I'm saying is that out of receiving 14 sets you know your getting one set because you sent in a set and there would be 2 extra blocks, I send your extra blocks back to you usually but what I'm proposing is I make two extra complete sets of 16 blocks and randomly pick 2 names out of all the people who sent in blocks. Those lucky persons would actually receive two complete block sets. Tho we have 16 people sign up I have yet to see all 16 people actually send in their blocks.
I hope this makes better sense. So I'm asking do we want me to do this or just keep doing like we always do and just send your extra blocks back to you?

Oh my, that is extremely generous of you to make extra sets!!!! As far as I am concerned if someone is generous and ambitious enough to make extra sets they should choose how they want to share them.