Received fabric from Roseysue & Marcialee today :)
Love the block Barb..did you send out various F8s?
LOL I love to be bright & bold and my daughter is walking in my footsteps lol I cannot wait to see what that fabric inspires.
Hugs
April

Oh Ms. April I declare that is one pulse raising daring fabric ya' all chose to share with all of your parlor pals. I must dare say that I believe that is scandelously bold print for one of such delicate years! My oh my. I sure hope she likes pschodelic turtles. that was the first thing that came to mind. turtles. because I believe I enjoyed those years just a tad too well I am afraid. Received fabric today. will dive right in when the time arrives.

I have received such lovely fabrics also from the following today: Gaijin, Phanni c, C.Cuthbert, S Green, old cat lady.

I sent out L Dugas today. well six in one out.. ok three out total so small tiny headway. better than none at all :)

LOL She is exposed to love of life...and she loves turtles :) :)
Hugs
April

what a lucky little girl April.

My nephew calls we have this lovely chat I ask if I can make his new baby girl anything and he says great! i ask what colors would you like.. he says we like earth colors. uh ok. so i ask if I can also make something for the 5 yr old he says great.. earth colors. uh like browns? yes. for a baby? yes. oh fun city. I was afraid to ask the house colors. there goes that fun fabric in my box. sigh. big mouth never should have asked. insert foot .. mmmmammamm oh it fits.

Lol that would kill me. I know earth tones are soothing but somewhere you need some color. I'd have to make the older one something with color lol.
Foot is a delicacy in some places. ;)
Hugs
April

Good Mornin Ladies
Here are the F8's that I have received so far
moonrise
abby's mom
jaba
joanelizbay
moonwork
phannie
okdarla
oldcatlady
twinriverfarm
roseirish lestrong urgodchild
elisabrat
travelinggramma
dahna
roseysue
lovinglzasbeth

The blocks on their way home are
moonrise
abb'smom
joanelizbay
phannie
okdarla

I have received a finished block from moonrise and love all the fabric (I must say some of it was different) and love the block I have received. I thank you all for sharing your talent with me!!
Hoping you all have a wonderful weekend and hope no one is stuck in the snow
Kathy

Linda and April....it must be a full moon when asking others what the want! I sent my brother a picture of the squares Im making for HIS daughter (at his request)...had all the 2 1/2" squares cut out ready to start sewing. HIS wife sends me a message that she thinks cream is better than white....ugh...I said sorry...too late! :) Whats the saying never look a gift horse in the mouth??

Question for everyone...what do you do with the little triangles that you cut off a flying geese or other patterns? I hate throwing them away but will probably never ever use them..suggestions?
Joan

before I trim the triangles I sew another line about 3/8 inch away from the original one and then cut between the lines and I have another half square triangle already made for another project. I do this for all my flying geese except for the very small ones. I'm planning on making wall hangings from each of my Booms from all the scraps so I will have a sample of everyone's fabric in it. I plan to use the 'bonus HS triangles' in the wallhanging:)

wow...thats a very unique idea!....I have so many odd pieces, triangles, squares etc that will probably keep growing and never get used but I like your idea of how to try to use them!!

April.....yes I sent out lots of different material..I am making three duvet covers for my grandkid in Australia so that is three different materials there. Then I had 4 materials from Australia that I wasn't sure how to work them so I sent them out for everyone on the board to decide for me. So yeah I will have quite a few to work on. LOL

Elizabrat.......YOu know just because your brother and his wife likes those colors does not mean that the children like those colors. I think that you should ask your nephew what his favorite colors are. Of course the baby doesn't have a choice. One of my grandson's favorite color is Orange. So I tend to give him his orange. Doesn't match a darn thing in the house but the family is all for inspiring his love of his color.
Ok that all said and done...Happy Sat to everyone. all of you on the eastern seaboard.....great day to quilt seeing that you probably don't feel like going outside and shoveling out your car. Now don't feel jealous but So. CA is sunny and beautiful today. I will go and take a walk soon and then come back and quilt.
Oldcatlady.....Thank you for the idea of what to do with those triangles. I have been throwing them away because I know that I won't sew them up. Now I can keep them.

Saturday update
 

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I got lots of Fat8s today. I have one from Dahna, Gaijin, Marcialee and my first Grown-up block and one my Birthday too from Lestrong.

I also got one in the mail for Moonwork's Dad.

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Been there, done that! When all else fails, just add a boarder around the sides to make up difference!

Got sunflower F8 from marcialee today. Also received this beautiful block from Jaba. Thanks!!

Elisabrat...I think certain shades of brown go really well with soft shades of pink. I think it would make a lovely quilt for a girl...you can always go heavy on the pink and just a touch of brown LOL :)

Dad is loving going to the mailbox lately. He takes his plastic sack with so he doesn't drop anything and clutches it to his chest as he walks around the driveway for his exercise.

Today we got several wonderful f8s:
dahna42
marcialee
quiltingmommy
roseysue

Plus he got a a couple major chuckles when we opened the other packages. Blocks aren't "wonky" the wavy design wall distorts the images.

2 of the blocks were the same design and he was thrilled "I knew we'd get at least one cat!!".

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Jaba

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moonrise

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joanelizbay

Here's all of them so far...don't they look great?
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Nice selection there for dad he will enjoy all those I have to say I thought it would be a lot harder keeping things semi straight looking because of the design. first I cut yours all happy go to put it together and realize I had reversed the two colors when cutting .. argh but in the end it came out like hoped semi :) and its probably going to look wonkie too when it hits the wall. Hope dad enjoys it should be there by Tues I think.

Gotta f8 from scrapper today! Boy I am loving the blocks being posted.!!!!

I received squishies from dahna42 and marcialee. I also got a grown up from Lestrong601 Thank you.
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Moonworks--another cat has been mailed--pic on my profile page if you would like to sneak a peek. otherwise should reach you shortly as mailed yesterday.
elizabrat--i got your black halloween fabric--i am slowly appliqueing a pumpkin as you requested. Her name is Fashionista Pumpkinhead. Her hubby is Mr Pumpkinhead who is employed by Headless Horseman to sit on his shoulders as he rides through the countryside. He likes this job much better than being turned into a carriage for Cinderella. Mr Pumpkinhead has a tragic family history. His mother was abducted by the Pieman and sold to Simple Simon never to seen again. His father ran into the nefarious cannibalistic Peter Peter and became the transformed home for Peter's Bride. His Uncle Jack was captured by a sadistic butcher and turned into a lantern after he was forced to watch his family chunked across the yard. Someday Mr Pumpkinhead hopes to be promoted to Great Pumpkin and meet Charlie Brown.

Gaijin,

OMG, I LOVE my block! It is just perfect :) Thank you so much, I can't wait until it gets here!

oh my loving all the blocks and getting some great ideas, been looking through magaizines quilters world and etc older ones, and free online patterns, and today i got these babies in the mail, to add to my nursery,, giajin, and on her envelope is 2 japan hello kitty stamsp and im keeping them, love them, got lovingisabella,ok darla, and sorry but I am comfortable and i got one that did not put a board name so i will do this M.S. in C. Conway, NH, sorry, i did not post all your name and im sure u know who u are, love the fabric i i have gotten and so looking foward to doing blocsk with them, and all of mine will go out on Friday, and i cannot beleive, i mailed my mother a letter and she lives 35 minutes away from me and it took 7 days to get there, and it only took 9 to get to me from Japan, now that is bad, when u can cross that far and i told my mother the pony express must have took her , her letter, hehe haha,
love looking at all thses wonderful blocks,
hope

Updating F8's received:

2/5 oldcatlady, returned 2/8
2/5 Lovingisabella, got some special plans for your F8!
2/5 ljdugas31, finished-will return Tuesday
2/5 moonwork42029-I have been racking my brain for a good two color block, think I have one!
2/6 dahna42- this one is a piece of cake!
2/7 jaba
2/7 Moonrise
2/7 TheMamaHauser
2/8 joanelizbay
2/9 NanaKathy55
2/9 Elisabrat

Tomorrow I will be mailing a grown up block to
lgdugas
NanaKathy
Moonrise
oldcatlady
i received F8 from
Scrappr
AZ Kat
i received grown up blocks from
ljdugas
Moonrise
AZ kat
Thank you one and all - will post the three blocks soon

My first blocks received! Thank you!!

I received more squishes from:
lovingizabella
gaijin
marcialee
dahna42
okdarla

JoanElizBay, I was able to put your block together today! Picture in the link below; I will try and mail it tomorrow if I can make it to a store/post office to get some stamps. Otherwise, it will go for sure on Tuesday.

VERY pretty!! Ive never been a "yellow" person but Im sure loving all the yellow/whites Im getting back!

Already received three great blocks from (In order):
 

ljdugas

Lestrong

& Country1

They are great! Thank You

Sunday update. No mail today but alot of sewing between yesterday and today. Going home tomorrow are the following blocks:
dahna42 - pacific
lestrong601 - pacific
nanakathy - pacific
frenchfryqueen - atlantic
nelco - atlantic
urgodschild2 - pacific, atlantic and indian
quiltingmommy - pacific
roseysue - pacific
travelinggramma - pacific
All pics are in my album if you want to see what I made for you. Nice fabric ladies, hope you like your blocks.

I was also able to get the block for moonrise complete. Link in the signature.

from the last boom
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the ladybugs are finished but not quilted

The lady bugs came out great! what a fun quilt that is. I have sent mine to be quilted by one of our very own resident experts. I have one of two done from the last boom. Soon when things slow down I will put it all together. I have enough blocks left over from the first one done I will make a pillow runner also or a wall hanging havent decided. Those are the applique ones. i dont like to put applique in a quilt for fear of fraying but love them in something less likely to get destroyed.

Thanks so much Rose Irish for the wonderful block with a tale! I can't wait to see it I have heard great things about this one. I love the whole thing already :)

The yellow and white look could grow on you couldnt it? so fresh looking. I am not a yellow person either but am working on a yellow project for a swap and honestly.. it is so nice and sunny and with the white it just softens it enough .. learn something everyday when it comes to quilting and colors.

I can't believe you even got my F8 already. I just sent it out Friday afternoon.

All my F8s are in the mail as of last Friday.

I sent out a few grown up blocks but forgot my worksheet at home this morning.

I'm curious to know if anyone else here sews on vintage machines. My blocks are being down by a 1951 Singer 201.

KAT

Mines not "vintage" but I got it in 1991 and its a wonderful Singer. Im not sure I want one of the fancy machines that you dont use half the stuff on it. My sister passed away a few years ago and my nephew said he wants to give me her 3 sewing machines that were in the house....not sure what kind she had but Ill definately take them! :)

I received 4 F8's today from...Scrapper, quilting mommy, ok darla, and alikat.

I have sent finished blocks today to....Elisabrat, nanakathy, oldcatlady,roseirish, travelinggramma, urgodcild
Tomorrow I will mail....themamahauser, and twinriverfarm

I have completed 14/37 so far. Having fun...hope you enjoy...

I have mailed out all my F8s.
I have rec'd F8s from: Marcialee, Moonrise, Monwork42029, NanaKathy55, OK Darla, oldcatlady, phanni1, quiltingmommy, RoseIrish48, Roseysue, Scrapper, TheMamaHauser, travelinggramma, TwinRiverFarm, urGodschild2, Abby'sMom, Alikat110, ArizonaKat, Dahna42, Elisabrat, Gaijin, Jaba, Joanelizbay, Lestrong601, ljdugas31, Lovingizabella.
Blocks I've mailed back: Abby'sMom, dahna42, Elisbrat, Gaijin, Jaba, Joanlizbay, lestrong601, Marcialee, Moonrise, moonwork42029, NanaKathy55, oldcatlady, Phannie1, quiltingmommy, RoseIrish4, TheMamaHauser, travelinggramma, Twinriversfarm, urGodschild2, ljdugas31.
I have completed and mailed 20 blocks so far. Glad life is not putting me behind this time.
Thanks to you all! Country1 aka Penny

Received F8's today from Arizona KAT, Alikat110, OK Darla, Scrapper. Also finished blocks from Dahna42, (beautiful basket!), ArizKat, (love civil war patterns), and Elsibrat. Its a beautiful block but there was no name of the block with it? Can you tell me what it is?

Received the F* from Japan (my mom was so excited!!) and from Alikat - love the pooh!!

I got Fat8s from Allkat110, Arizona Kat and Scapper. A beautiful Star block from NanaKathy55 that I will post later. thanks for all that is swapping. Phannie