Originally Posted by
redstilettos
Morning folks,
Months ago I created the color theme swap and have seen much success and great fabrics sent from one end of the country to another. It’s been fun for me, and hope it has for you, too! Since the inception, I’ve had a lot of requests to do “this” color next, or don’t ever do “that” color or I won’t join, etc. I’ve tried to keep the swap the way I had intended, by drawing colors at random so it is fair and not geared more towards any one particular person’s request. Sometimes we get the same people, sometimes different ones, and sometimes they drop out for other reasons…but we’ve always had more than the minimum amount of swappers, so we don’t get duplicates back. Nice!
What are your thoughts on the process? Would you rather I take a vote during each swap for the next color? We’ve already done Blue, Purple, Pink, Orange, Red. We have all KINDS of things remaining: Yellow, Aqua, Brown/Tan, White/Cream/Neutral, Black & White, Floral, Polka Dots, Brights, Civil War, floral, Black Background, White Background, Batiks, Pastels, Sewing Motifs, Animals, Children’s theme, Primary Colors, Holidays….the list is long ladies. If we do change it over to a vote, I would do so in the room and not via PM, with each participant getting one vote each. No commentaries along with it, just….one single vote. I suggest this so it is transparent to everyone. “Whatever the rest decides” is not a vote. Hehehe.
Your call. Vote? Or Keep drawing out of the hat?
Thoughts? Comments?
(Quote from the "Red" swap thread, post #62, 11/15/17)
Is this the list that we're still going by? I've been pre-pulling my fabrics for them, because I probably won't have full access to my fabric stash once we put our house on the market. Actually, quite a few things have already been put in storage. (Nothing like suddenly needing a kitchen item that you haven't used in 6 months! LOL!
) If I remember correctly, I think "Children's" fabric was decided against, since it would be so similar to the I-Spy swaps.
Looks like solids, anything goes, stripes, and rainbow have been added, as per the post in this thread. What about 1930's repro fabrics?
I'll get my Polka Dots in the mail in the morning. Meant to today, but we had some storms and nasty wind come through early this morning, and it knocked our power out and nearly ripped our storm door off the hinges. It mangled the automatic-door-closer-thingy at the top of the door. Could've been a lot worse, though. We live on the edge of some woods ... mostly tall pines ... and it's a miracle none of the trees were blown over. There were several down nearby, though, causing some road closures while the mess was cleaned up.
