Queenbarbiej

Are batiks okay for the candy swaps or should they all be 100% cotton.

sunrise450

Batiks are great, I try to include the batiks with my candy's that I send. I'm doing my candies different this year. In the past, I filled how many birthday cards the same and kept one for myself. This year I am filling 10 or 12 at a time. That should allow me to send different fabrics.
I'm sorry to hear about such cold temps. When we got up this morning it was 6 degrees, but thankfully the house was warm.

Janice McC

Queen, I believe all candy squares should be 100 percent cotton, including the batiks.

PamelaOry

I’m cutting batiks right now, thinking of doing half batiks, half regular quilting cottons.

WMUTeach

PamelaOry, I am sure that if you have batiks to share with us, that we will love those additions to our scrappy quilts.

PamelaOry

Do people ever put extra goodies in the packages?

Queenbarbiej

So far tonight I have cut enough for 6 sets of birthday candies. I have a good start so far.

Crispy_Frog

PamelaOry- little surprises have been known to show up; sometimes in the form of a special fussy-cut charm, lovely greetings or whatnot. Since the group uses lots of fabric and postage, it is at a minimum.

PamelaOry

What is the average postage? I’m used to the 7, now 8 dollar flat rate envelopes but assumed these would be much smaller to send and would cost less as a result.

Crispy_Frog

Pamela- You bet postage is less than $7 or $8! In this swap on the 20th of each month, for 12 months, you will get a message from BarbK with the birth dates and names and addresses for the upcoming month. Then, as shown on the picture above, you will prepare a birthday greeting with candies for each birthday celebrant individually. The postage on these will vary from $0.70 cents to $2.55, depending on the weight and size of the envelope. Thicker envelopes are treated as a first class package. Since there are 30+ birthdays, many in the group have perfected the technique to get the thinnest, lightest envelope for mailing.