Originally Posted by IrelandDragonQuilting
Is it hard and expensive to ship overseas?
I love international swaps as I love meeting new quilting friends around the world and always receive unique fabrics and goodies we don't have here in the states! I inquired of one of our UK members for advice a few months ago and was advised to send a squishy vs a box as the shipping is weight based. You will need to fill out a customs form and want to check gift and value at $10. You do not need to send priority or get delivery confirmation for international swaps. It does take approx 5 to 10 business days to ship so the earlier the better! I have sent two internationally to date, one for another swap on the board and it ran just over $11 and the second was a SP swap and it was $23.40 (weighed just under 4 lbs). The postman here indicated that had it weighed 4 lbs the shipping price would have jumped to $41... Phew on that one!!! Fortunately, fabric, magazines, patterns and quilting notions do not weigh alot. So bottom line, if you send a squishy weighing under 4 lbs, you can ship it pretty reasonably and if it is under 3 lbs, it is probably even less. Hope this helps! I hope others on the board will share their input, too! Off to sign up for the August SP Swap! Stay Cool Everyone!!!