urgodschild2

You gals made me laugh. I love being in any group.......fast or slow.

joanelizbay

MaryTodd. I went to find the butterfly fabric in black to take a picture for you and darn if I cant find it! Do you ever have TOO much stash where you cant find something?? Maybe another scrappy quilt better be in my near future! Ill keep looking for it...wow...where did all this "green" fabric come from? Im NOT a green person but have a lot of it!...
gremlins in my house bringing in fabric while I sleep??

mscupid804

I would love to do this swap but I have too much on my plate right now. I would opt for a small, SLOW paced group since I've never done this swap before. I have a grandson coming in August and I am trying to get a Bargello quilt done before Christmas. Maybe the next one, would love to join because it sounds like so much fun!

Jupiter

Joanelizbay, I solved a lot of my fabric stash problems by putting up a couple of shelves in the closet, then I got empty fabric bolts for free from the local fabric store (Joanns). I cut the card board into 10" lengths (about 3 per bolt). I dragged fabric out of drawers and buckets and started putting it onto the mini bolts. Any fabric with nearly a yard got onto the bolts and onto the shelves.

I had fabric turn up that I didn't even know I had. Then I labeled my old fabric drawers by color, and folded the small fabrics and put them in the appropriate drawer.

Now it is soo cool. I open the closet and see my own mini Quilt Shoppe!

hugs, Jup

joanelizbay

Wow..thats a lot of organizing Jup! I have the "larger" pieces in one tub, civil war fabric in another, the little bitty pieces of fabric in a 2 drawer container and another container for the "not quite a yard" fabric in yet another one.
My house is so small that I dont have closet space or even a sewing room so have to keep it all in tubs just to be halfway organized! I like the idea of putting different colors in different drawers...hmmmmm....

alikat110

I have the same problem. Fat quarters are not true to usual measures any longer. I decided to send equal cuts, even though they wont be true F8's. However, I am considering sending a coordinating 6-8" square that will further tie my blocks together. I like this idea because it will open more block options if swappers choose to use it.

cuppy

small group for me.

LovingIzabella

So happy to see the enthusiasm and as always you are welcome I love doing this swap for all to enjoy!!
I think I may have some of that butterfly fabric...I will check tomorrow for you and let you know.
On a side note I have 154 10" tumblers cut out of 154 different Alexander Henry fabrics. And so my quilt begins. I'm just worried its going to be too wide to send to a Longarmer for quilting
Hugs
April

queenof2802

I am all cut, wrapped, and stuffed. Envelopes that is I agree, it is hard to cut correctly. I have 6 that are pieces that equal 11x18. Those pieces are 11x11 and 11x7. I think there are two that are in pieces of 11x9, 11x6 and 11x4. The two that I kept for myself to do are in 11x4 strips. I purchased 4 yards thinking that it would be easy to cut. Next time I won't pre-cut in to 1/2 yards. Oh, well, it should all work out.

kidlit

I am new to this site. If there is a small group doing a quilt swap and it is not too late, please include me and
let me know exactly what to do next. Thanks,

Kitdlit