Im mailing out 16 packages tomorrow,They are going to be for a 1930's quilt,So now I have to decide what I want to do with the rest.Maybe a new lap quilt for my living room.

Since I was out of town on Saturday, and heard of so many squishes arriving, I expected a bunch. Nope. I got one squishy from ReneeBobby. I don't think it is telling me what it wants to be. I have never waited for fabric to speak, so I'm not sure what to listen for. I really, really, really hope it speaks up tomorrow so I can make it before I have to head out again. [Our apartment needs tile, and the tennates aren't too happy without their shower :shock: ] They probably wouldn't understand me staying home to quilt!

I am happy to hear my squishes are arriving 8-)

Hehehe I heard my squishy could be a little shy but when she comes out of her shyness look out she's a jabber jaw. hahaha Okay fryguymoore your boomerang is on it's way home. Hope you like it I sure do that is why it's out of here.

Cool! I should get it tomorrow since you are so close :D

Your squishes is a demanding little thing!!!! I will have to try what she wants on different fabric to make sure I can do it. Is the daughter this is for, by chance, a teenager or a three year old? [having a teenager myself I know they really are not much different than toddlers :? ]

Oh no she's going to be 27 and planning on getting married which she is showing extremely early signs of being a bridezilla. hahaha

Just got my mail andonly 1 squishie today from Leakus. I love that purple!! Its so purty!

Tracy

hee hee. Don't tell her I thought she was a teenager! The block I am designing will be perfect for her :)

Oh that is okay I think it's great since I just turned 44 you just made me younger. hehehe

kwiltkrazy-what a great idea!

HI KATHY,

That sounds like a fun surprise for you when hubby gets home. Can't wait to see what he picked.

I like your heart idea for signatures on the back of your quilt... with sa chunk of each persons own fabric. I think you should ask for city/state/provence too.

Ooh! Five more packages today. I need to get to the post office and mail mine. It is interesting to see the various ways these are packaged. The postage on the packages today ranged from $.44 to $1.39. The ones I received on Saturday were all $.44. So far I have receive from: fryguymoore, barbsbus, moonrise, renneebobby, MegsAnn2, montanablu, wendsy, Missgigglewings and leakus.

Squishies Galore! My mailbox just gushed! I received 7 from MegsAnn, ReneeBobby, Missgigglewings, Kwiltkrazy, Barbsbus,Fryguymoore, and Leakus. What great treats! Too bad I have other obligations this week-I'll be in and out all week, helping my aunt with camping for a local tractor and steam engine show, so no sewing until next week.

I did try to do a 3D pinwheel that I got the instruction from the site, but it left a very thick middle-by the time I sewed the parts together each seam was 6-10 seams together-the seams were so thick the 1/4" seam allowances stood upright making a bump-I guess it could be seen at 3D. Otherwise the top of the design turned out neat. But was realy glad to have tried it on scrap material!

OMG 7 SQUISHIES!!!!!!!Barbsbus, MegsAnn, Fryguymoore,Missgiggles,Moonrise. leakus, and Reneebobby. Wow, such neat fabrics. Wish I could just sit and play.

Oh go ahead and play we know you want to. I promise we won't tell will we girls?

Got home and found in my mail box squishes from

barbsbus
kwiltkrazy
magsann
missgigglewings
moonrise
wendsy

All extremely pretty fabric

One thing you can try is to open out the center seam allowance and press them so that it looks like a "wheel" going around the center point. This should help to reduce the bulk. You may have to remove a stitch or two from the edge of the fabric to that 1/4" mark, but this will alleviate some of the bulk.

Thanks!

5 squishes in the mail today. MegsAnn, ReneeBobby, Wendsy,Fryguymoore and leakus. Mailed all mine today so be on the look out also mailed back to Kwiltkrazy, barbsbus and moonrise. missgigglewings your still isn't talking to me :-( hopefully it will soon. Beautiful fab. girls.

barbsbus, kwitkrazy, letsquilt, megsann, leakus. I recieved their fat 8s today. it is really funny I am recieveing (sp) fabric that I have in my stash.

Leakus, put your fabric up on the wall and it screamed take me down and send me home, so it will be on the way tomorrow. Boy wish they all did that.

Ok finally got mail today.... (it had been held while we were on vacation). So as of today I have received 8 YAY!

from:

Barbsbus
missgigglewings
Dawn M.
leakus
moonrise
Renee K.
kwiltkrazy
wendsy

I received the BONANZA today:

Barbsbus, leakus, renee K, fryguymoore, and missgigglewings.

Missgigglewings, your envelope was opened and part of your fabric damaged, there is enough for me to work with but thought you ought to know.

Everything is very pretty, I'm ready to start.
Lookout world, here I come:

The mail lady put 8 fat 8ths in my mailbox today. So much fun seeing and feeling all the pretty materials from:
fryguymoore
kwiltkrazy
leakus
MegsAnn
missgigglewings
moonrise
ReneeBobby
Wendsy
Now to let them all tell me what they want to turn into.

Today I received 6 squishies, from:

leakus - I have some of this exact fabric already, but in green! :mrgreen:

barbsbus - Pretty! I already think I know what I'll do with it. :thumbup:

fryguymoore - Gorgeous batik! I'll have to think on this one a bit. ;)

kwiltkrazy - Yours is already talking to me! :mrgreen:

megsann - Another gorgeous batik! Yum! :D

missgigglewings - The post office must've played football with your envelopes, because the envelope was mangled on the corner. It arrived in a "body bag". :( However, the fabric appears to be okay. Whew! It must be frightened from the trip, because so far it hasn't said a word. I'll take care of it and reassure it that everything's okay, and I bet it'll start talking soon. ;)

DH played a prank on me earlier when he came back from the mailbox. He knows I'm anxiously awaiting all these fun squishies! As he was bringing the mail in, he told me all we got was three magazines. NOOOOO!!!! Then he handed me all the squishies. What a meanie! It's not nice to play tricks on someone when squishies are concerned! :twisted: ;)

I cannot wait to receive it shaysmema!! Thanks!

I've got mail!! 8 squishys!!! Received the following:
kwiltcrazy
MegsAnn
missgiglewings
Barbsbus
Reneebobby
Ok Darla
fryguymoore and
Wendsy- thanks for your lovely letter letting us know more about you.

I am in trouble now!!! Let me go quilt!!!
How many blocks do we need to do per week?
I am so exited!!! Some fabrics are totally out of my comfort zone but I am liking it. I think is great to push our creativity, I bet after this we will not be afraid of any fabric.

oh more squishies,I got 6 today
Megann18--love that batik
fryguymoore--beautiful orange batik
ReneeBobby--Love that fabric
missgigglewings--pretty fabric,wow the post office destroyed your envelope,taped up so much i almost didnt get to fabric,but fab is ok
barbsbus--like your fabric
leakus--beautiful fab,never have seen any like this purple

I wont get to start sewing for 2 weeks,because I have to finish all my august things to send out and next week VACATION!!!, Im going to sew on vacation.

Rec'd four more today from kwiltkrazy, megsann, montanablu & wendsy.
Off to find more fabric so I can get started soon.

Me too... my mailbox had 7 wonderful envelopes:

Wendsy
Kwiltkrazy
missgigglewings
ReneeBobby
moonrise
fryguymoore
leakus

I plan to open them up after dinner and let then get acquainted with my design wall.

The mailbox was full today! I received lovely bits from:

barbsbus
fryguymoore
kwiltkrazy
leakus
MegsAnn (You have the neatest printing I have ever seen!)
missgigglewings
moonrise
ReneeBobby
Wendsy

Sadly, I will be off to a slow start this round. One of the kids started school today, I start classes tomorrow, and we are getting new floors downstairs this weekend so all of the furniture has to be moved! Phew! I am tired just thinking about it. But, I can't wait to get everything put back together so I can start on your blocks. :)

Squishie report:

Today I got F8s from barbsbus, leakus, missgigglesings, and MegsAnn. They're pretty. Sitting in the basked with the others, just chatting away quietly. Eventually they'll come to a consensus on what they want to be when they grow up.

Can't wait to get mine cut and out. Hopefully in the next few days.

Odessa

I will be mailing Friday, waiting for payday to buy postage:-(
It's okay, somebody has to be last to mail them out! :lol: :lol:

It is going to be next week before I can send mine out guys! Hubby is going to be home Friday and we have so much work to do! He leaves back out Tuesday so I should be able to have fabric bought and cut and mailed. I started to use stuff I had in my stash but its really small and all I could find was some mismatched stuff, nothing that really went together.
Question, are you guys all sending the same fabric to everyone or are any of you mixing up the fabrics? This is my first boomerang so I am not sure, thought i would ask!
Tracy

I've finally decided to send out 4 or 6 different children's fabrics for baby quilts. If I sent 4, I have a 9 patch to work from, if I send 6,
I have 24x36 to start the quilt. Add 2 borders and that might work...and then an outside border of the original fabric-those would be cute quilts! This is a definite maybe!!

Question, are you guys all sending the same fabric to everyone or are any of you mixing up the fabrics? This is my first boomerang so I am not sure, thought i would ask!
Tracy[/quote]

Hi Tracy, last swap everyone got a different "brights" fabric from me and I received great blocks back to make donation quilts.

Ok, so all squishies have been mailed except for: (I need more postage) montanablu, moonrise, new2quilting, and Ok Darla.

I also received lotsa squishies in my tiny PO Box from:
barbsbus, fryguymoore, kwiltkrazy, leakus, MegsAnn, missgigglewings, moonrise, ReneeBobby, and Wendsy

Hi Tracy, last swap everyone got a different "brights" fabric from me and I received great blocks back to make donation quilts.[/quote]

I sent out 2 different fabrics.

Tracy, I am sending out 3 different fabrics, I just cut a small swatch of the other two and included them in the with the F8 just so everyone would know the direction I was hoping to go in.

Hey all, I got 2 more squishies today in the mail, fryguymoore and leakus, I think that they know what they want me to do with them already, I'm still chatting with the others that I received on sat. got my squishes all ready for the post office, so they will be flying out of here tomorrow morning, can't wait to see what ya'all do with them.