I would like to be included. sent a PM Sounds like a lot of fun. Is there a theam or color preference?

I would like to join the Birthday Swap. I love candy. Sounds like fun that lasts all year. Sending a PM.

Welcome......
Benndm
Trish b
cindynvb

we are at 26 birthday party go-ers! 9 more then we will close this swap up! If you have any quilting friends on this board pass on the word.

Welcome to the newbies,! This is a fun swap. And oh, the candies! And the friendships! What fun!
Laurel/oneteappot

:) :) :) :) :) it would not let me post just one smiley face!

Swap is almost full.... We have 27 so far and can take up to 35.

So far we have every month is represented with at least one birthday.

Sign up will close on February 19th and I will get addresses out for March on the February 20th. Which will give you plenty of time to get your birthday goodies postal !!!!!!!
:)Barb

Thought I'd join the birthday fun! Just sent a PM.

Welcome Janice.....

I'm cutting scraps like crazy here, it takes longer thank using yardage, but my goal for this year is to tame the scraps and this swap is helping me by giving me the motivation to keep pressing and cutting. I have 12 packets ready and a few charms in each of the rest.
I want to get them all done while the weather is bad, as soon as the spring comes I will be out in my yard playing in the dirt!!
Have a great day everyone,
cindy

Thank you for the invitation, I'm in!

I hear you cindy....I am cutting now and I will have my packages all ready so that if and when the snow stops I can go out and play!

Well we are up to 29 add Karen to our group....welcome fellow Michigander..KarenG

This sounds like fun. I just sent the PM.

One more day to sign up ladies!! I have been cutting like crazy. I discovered that it is much faster for me to layer a bunch of FQ's and rotary cut them than to use my GO and cut up scraps. I'm burnt out with the scrap cutting.... going to finish my charm paks by cutting up fat quarters!!
cindy

I started cutting up my scraps last night and have 34 piles going. Now I still have a ways to go before I get 50 in each pile, but at least I have a start. Going to cut more squares now.

I just got 26 sets cut and in bags,Omg what a chore! I'm trying to get them done so I can have them ready each month. Will we get a list of all the people for each month at one time or will we get a list each month?

Today is the last day for sign up. I am will send a list (PM) with addresses each month on the 20th. At that point please get packages ready for mailing. It is up to you if you want to mail them all together at the beginning of the month or wait until it is closer to their actual birthday. Please try and get everything to the birthday person by their birthday.

We have 30 people signed up, that is what we had last year and it was a great amount.

I will be posting here everyone that is included in the swap and their board name and birthday . Please let me know if I missed anyone or have a mistake.

Barb

Our calendar year starts with March!

March 19~Jarenie
March 20~mrshalibut
March 29~bjsmilth57

April 2~ ahwu

May 14~Karen G
May 19~bullock
May 21~maT

June 6 ~oneteappot
June 10~dottie dodge
June 12~pjjandme
June 28~cindyvnb

July 9~nls
July 11~anoka Quilter

August 3~Kathy M
August 20~Quilter day_by_day

September 4~Trishb
September 18~WMUTeach
September 21~Jannie
September 24~Gannyrose

October 9~ benndm
October 23~barbarakibler

November 5~ daisy dew
November 24~lstew2212
November 28~ happylab

December 1~nurse bonnie
December 8~letsquilt
December 23~djmat

January 16 ~ mamaskeeto

February 3~ sherriR
February JaniceMcC

So those are the people playing this year in the birthday swap. Like I said earlier ...still have today. I will keep you posted and tomorrow I will send out the birthday address for March by PM.

Barb

One more......????
 

Is there room for one more?????????? Plzzzzzzz.......:o

Havplenty...send me your information...will add you in!

I need email addresses from the following ladies please PM me.

Jarenie
ahwu
Anoka Quilter
djmat
mamaskeeto

thanks
Barb

Excited to start!!!!!

sorry I did not put Janice's date on the list...it is Feb 22...Sorry Janice!

Our last person to add to our swap is : Havplenty
Her birthday is Nov 9
Please add her to your list.

Welcome Havplenty

What kind of envelope do you recommend?
Cindy

Cindy, go to the last Birthday swap (2-5-candy-birthday-swap-closed-full) and find post #206 - Barb shows how she mail her fabric.....

Thanks
Cindy

I tried to find this but couldn't. Where is it located at?

on Home page go to SWAPS AND ROUND ROBINS and then look for the swap titled "candy birthday-swap-closed-full". This is the old Birthday swap then find post #206....

Thanks. I am looking forward to having some birthday giving fun.:rolleyes:

I found the post. I already put all my charms in snack size biggies. Going to see what I can do with that. I'm thinking I will bring 2 envelopes to the post office and ask how much to send each.
If I do I will let you all know the results.

It's getting close to the start of the Birthday Candies Swap. What fun we will have.
Laurel

If you haven't reached your 35 yet, may I join? This sounds like a wonderful thing to do and Lord knows I have plenty of 2.5" squares!

Thanks MaryBrace......showing the newbies the way.

Hello Ladies

sorry I haven't been around this week. I thought I might miss out on the fun stomach flu that is going around...but no it found me right after I was getting over a cold! Sicker then a dog for 3 days. Still can't eat....that might be a good thing could lose a few (many) pounds. But no food just means no energy! So today I am "catching up" on life! Slowly!

First of all I would like to welcome everyone to "round 2" of the birthday swap. Last years swap was fun, we met new people, learned different things that happened in their lives, saw pictures of projects they made while building friendships. Some of us lost loved ones, and pets, while other welcomed grandchildren and in-laws. What a year!!! I hope that this year we will continue the tradition of family. We are all one big family sharing and learning with one thing in common... the love of quilting.

Last year I would do questionnaires ....you would all fill them out...then I would do a contest....Plan on that again this year! Hope you like the contests!!!

This year I am going to have a contest on the DAY AFTER A BIRTHDAY.<:) I will ask the birthday person to send me a PM on that day to let me know who they have received packages from. YOU CAN ONLY PLAY if she has received her package by her birthday. I am trying to change the idea that as long as it is her month "it's okay" It is her birthday...she should be celebrated on HER day. After all ...wouldn't you!:thumbup: So with that said mail her package a week before and you will be good!

One more thing ......you must send 50 DIFFERENT 2.5" squares. They must be cotton. Must be cut with rotary cutter. Also only send fabrics that you would put in your quilt. I say if it is ugly toss it! I chuckle because one of my quilting buddies that I quilt with on Wednesday nights invited me to a swap of "UGLY" fabric. I didn't do the swap but asked her to bring in what she received back. YEP they were UGLY! NOPE not in the eye of the beholder.....NOPE just UGLY! She said she is going to make an ugly quilt! Life is too short for that! I'm just wondering???? does ugly fabric make a beautiful quilt. I guess when she finishes her "ugly" quilt I will let you know. :)
All kidding aside...send what you would want to receive! :thumbup:

I have been contacted by a few others that would like to join us. I have agreed to open it to them if they give me all their information by today. FEB 28th. That way we start our new swap on March 1 with all quilter on board. I will not add anyone after today.

Sorry it is so long...see what a few days out of commission can do to a girl.

Stay healthy!
Barb

Thanks for letting me join in, Barb... hope you feel stronger and better every day.

thanks sewbizgirl.....hope you have fun with our swap.

Got mine cut, bagged and ready to go! Excited to get this swap started. :)

March and April are ready to go. Is is okay to send and extra gift with the squares, since it is their Birthday and it's a special day?

I've got my first four ready to mail when the time comes, to the first four 'birthday girls'. I'm so excited about this! I found that if I got some big birthday cards I could lay out the squares into two rows of 25 in the card, and it stayed pretty flat-- under 1/4" I think. So hoping I can mail it as a letter.

Has anyone made a Disappearing 16 patch quilt with these little squares? I found lots of good ideas for the D16P blocks on this blog:
http://www.sewwequilt.com/2011/05/di...ks-in.html?m=1