Here we are LADIES...... let the FUN BEGIN

Dawn what are we going to call ourselves..

hmmmmmmm I am waiting for the others to chime in.....

That's what I'm doing.
I know Baren... is/was out of town
I don't know about wendsy ... haven't seen or hear from her. I'm just anxious to get our group name on my label so I can mail out to Wendsy if she is ready.

I'm posting my center :D

YIPEE!!!! I can't wait to get started!!

What a pretty center

Thank you

Well I see barenaked on line but haven't heard from her.... anyone else?

nope I sent her a pm on the other site...

I take it that we are Northern Lights? I like it.
How many of us have our centers done?
I'm one :D

I bought a panel that I will be cutting down, I can't post pics right now but I will soon

My center is ready.

ooooo nice. My dgd loves sudoko and when I showed this to her she was awed by it. and excited that I get to work on it.

This is the first time I made it so small-21" or so. I made one as a lap quilt for Christmas this past holiday-it went into a grab bag/ dirty pool gift exchange, luckily the preson who ended up with it liked doing sudoku. To make sure it turned out right (1 of each color per row/column/grid and large diagonals) I used one of the answer keys in my suduko book.

Great Job Wendsy!!! I can see the possabilities!

Those who have International addresses, PM your reciever and ask if it's ok to mail ANY rounds that are done early. We know it can take a bit longer to get from overseas to US.

Those who are US, ONLY mail this round early. The rest of the rounds PLEASE mail on the mail dates. If you will be traveling during a mail date, PM your reciever and ask if it is ok to send early.

We don't want tops to be piled up on people with everyone mailing early.

Yea!!

Wendsy, I get to put the first border on your center :D and I know what I want to do.... I'll wait till you send it to me to get the colors....I can't really tell exactly what the colors are in this picture but I'm anxious to get started....If you want to send it early that is fine with me.

Hey, mind if I watch?

Leota- I thought I sent to Star and you send to me, or am I mixed up?

ok, you're right... here is the starting order for us :O

Gwyn sends to Leota

Leota sends to Wendsy

wendsy sends to STAR

I don't mind.

Thanks, didn't want to be a stalker without asking first. I like what I have seen so far.

Have any of ya'll got your labels completed? I'm needing some inspiration or ideas.

personally I was just going to send around a paper with mine.. so once I get it back I can have a label embroidered with the info.

Not having an embroidery machine, I figured it would be fun to make a label and have everyone sign. I have some idea but not sure how good the ideas are.

My thought was to send a paper also, my mother has an embroidery machine-nothing fancy, but I'm hoping it'll get the job done.

OO I don't have an embroidery machine...a friend does.. but then I was also thinking about just doing embroidery floss and making one out of that....copy the names they way they are written and then it will look like each person did it... hmmmm my mind is awake this morning! I have 2 other project I am working on.. But I want to push them aside and begin my rr block... maybe tomorrow I will work only on the rr and see how much I can get done.

what a great idea!! I was planning on a piece of paper as I couldn't decide how I wanted my label to look. I have a place 2 blocks away that does custom embroidery and tranfers , like for t-shirts, I may have them do it. but tracing the actual handwriting would be awesome!!

They could sign their names and then all we have to do is trace over with black embroidery. Oh I would set my embroidery floss with hot vinegar water before using it...
Just finished a red-work design for a swap... the blanked color bled and ruined two months work... when I washed the block to remove the template pencil ink (it was pink and some places showed)...now I have to start back at square one for this person's block!

Have you dried it in the dryer? If not you might want to try Oxiclean or Borax- light solutions to get out the bleeding.

have fun

No I didn't put it in the dryer but I used bleach and the red turned a red-orange color :(
I will try the borax... even if it just takes out the bleed it would be better that what it is now.

IT'S WORKING!!!!:)
There is still just a tiny bit on the worst places so I'm soaking some more...this will be wonderful if it fixes the bleed.

Update .... IT WORKED!!!! All the ugly bleed is gone. The color is even and still more red than orange.

Thank you Thank you Thank you for that wonderful tip on bleeding color removal.

Great work ladies!
Just peeking in on ya'll

I am so close to being done with my center..... Hope topost picts within 2 days. Tomorrow I MUST work on my other projects.. I am seriously trying to talk myself into it atleast!

OO BOY.. so I finished this center.... I LOVE IT but don't want it as big as the quilt would end up being.. SO I will keep it and figure out something else.... but here it is anyway so you guys can see it!

Beautiful! What if you narrowed the boarder?

oh I love it!!