Smiling.......and taking deep breaths...and would love to see everyones themes too when they can. Someone sent in recently a photo of all their house blocks together and then all the snowball blocks. It was so nice to see all her blocks!

I agree with you cjr....I put more time into making a block for you people than for myself. I look for just the right fabric and if it is not in my stash I go and shop for it. I guess I figure if it might be late I will at least make sure it was worth waiting for...lol. Catch ya'll later, have to run to Walmart before the son in law brings the grands back home.

HUGS
Corry

Preach it sister......could'nt have said it better.
All the best
R

Corry,
Please Corry, stay with us. If you ever need help with your blocks pm me and I am happy to help you and do some for you. It's all about fmaily and friends. some of us don't have family left and you have become my family. Ready to help any time.
All the best
R

Thanks for your input, cjr, and everyone else's.
There may be several things that can be done to address some of these issues/concerns/suggestions.
1. I can work on creating a list of participants and their block theme (and if they would like to do extra swaps).
2. If you go to the GROUP section and click on the blue # of participants, it will lead you to a list of all of the participants. Click on a participant it brings up their profile; and it gives you the option of sending a PM.
3. The GROUP section is new to this swap since the conversion to this new board. I think it has more advantages than we are currently utilizing. It is a great place to post pictures which can be viewed without having to wade through lots of conversations on the forum section of the swap. They stay there indefinitely in one tidy spot with room to post the description. If you click on a picture in the GROUP section, you can also leave a comment.
4. We all know the "rules", but we all know that unexpected circumstances can keep us from sending out blocks on time. The key is communication, common courtesy. Please let me know by PM if this does not happen.
5. I can set up a "discussion" in the GROUP section labeled by month where participants can post comments about that month's swap. This may allow comments concerning only the monthly swap to be segregated to one spot but still allow the "forum" (current discussion area) to continue as a chat area about extra swaps, any block questions/problems or advice, and general participant conversation where we can get to know each other better; check in and say "hi, how are you doing", share the joy of being members of this great group and support each other in whatever way we can.

COMMENTS, PLEASE.

Thanks.
shirley

Shirley,
I had a thought... and it would take some support from Patrice... since there is no activity pages anymore where you can get in and edit, but instead we have the group pages where you have to make a new post for any changes... maybe on the monthly here's your partner post you could add a * next to those who are open to additional swaps or something. then, maybe we could have a spot on our profile where we can list current themes... that way we can change them as we please, and it takes a bit of the pressure off of you.... but then again, that doesn't give a list of themes either...

Thanks for the ideas, shnn. I don't mind setting up a participant/theme list as a "discussion" in the Group section. I have editing priviledges there so I could make any theme changes that I am informed of. I really like your "*" suggestion.
Thank you!
shirley

Thanks for posting my block. I still hve to learn how to do that and the forum has nothing to do with it. I couldn't do it with the last set up. Will work at it.

How do I join in the fun?

Send our hostess Madeinmaine a PM. you are just in time for tyhe Feb swap. She is working on assigning partners now.

Can you correct my ignorance on this? How are sunflowers associated with ALS? My grandfather had that. Thanks.