Seeing a lot of old friends here, some are taking time off from the mystery quilt to make an ornament! But then, most of you are all caught up.

Better post this before I forget again. Other than roseirish48 and Anastasia, are there any other people here that are related or really close friends or something. The reason I am asking is for when I match up names. I am going with the old draw from a hat method and would like to know ahead of time if there is someone that you may not want to be partnered with due to making it harder to keep the secret from them since you are together alot. Just wondering. I will try to make sure you dont have that person if you would like. I know how it is when you are with those close people and trying to keep that secret, it doesnt always work. I got matched with someone in a past swap locally, my partner turned out to be the person I was suppose to be working on the project with for fun and it was so hard not to slip.

mdall I hope you get some rest, and get to feeling better.

Thanks for replying so fast!

I know I'm happy to receive whatever. And I always try to make something(s) that I would be happy to have myself.

I usually try to get started on my swap items as soon as I can, with my Mom's health (lung cancer survivor, lives with me), hubbys health, and my own health issues along with 2 grandbabies (wonderful busy time with them, tho), I never know when an emergency might pop up.. So try and get stuff made asap is my motto.

And I know we ALL have busy lives, too...

Feel better soon!
K

We have a couple extras to add. This is turning out great.

roseirish48 - 2
CarolinePaj - 2
Bullock2us - 2
Dedemac - 2
ljdugas31 - 2
mdall - 2
Cindy60545 - 2
patchesnposies - 2
PenniF - 2
Kiffie2413 - 2
Tilted Ears - 2
Anastasia - 2
lawsonmugs - 1
paintmejudy - 2
dfelker - 2
Learner747 - 2
nelco - 1
Oksewnsew - 2
ljptexas - 2
Nanakathy55 - 2
materialgrl - 2
Quilty-Loise - 2
Mrs. Shak - 2
Crafty Darlene - 2
Monroe - 1
Quilting Eileen - 1
Suzi Sew - 2
Anoka Quilter - 2
m-fay - 1
jamimclaugh - 2
JuneBillie - 1
RedGarnet22 - 1

Thats a total of 32.

Sign ups will be closing in 23 hours. Get the word out there please, dont want anyone to miss it. I have a 4H meeting with the kids tomorrow evening so will get started on matching and putting out names then. Hoping I am feeling up to the meeting. I hate missing them.

Kiffie...sorry if i confused by saying about waiting til i got my swap pal information.....I just thought there might be a "hint" in the info i got ....... like "i collect angels/santas/reindeer" or something, so i'd wait till i got my names in case the hint gave me any new ideas.

Thanks again for hosting mdall.... This is a lot of fun !!!

Your are completely welcome Penni. Not a problem, just wish I didnt end up sick and could get more done faster. I love this swap and was really bummed when I saw that it had not been posted. So whats the best way to solve the problem. Do it yourself. Just hope I can live up to the last host.

It seems alot of people are waiting to see if there are any specific likes and such for the partners. Most everyone listed something on their info but lets get more specific since I know some of us are just set on making the ornaments as personal as possible. Ill get it started.

I have a 7foot tree that is very thick so larger ornaments are welcome. Now lets see, I have been collecting Santas for almost 25 years now. Its a tradition that was started with my aunt one year. I must have a new santa every year, not necessarily an ornament but Santa. I also have alot of snowmen and handmade orns. I tend to lean towards more silver than gold also alot of burgandy and deep reds. I also have tons of dark blues considering I am not a blue person except for the holidays. I like to go outside of the box during this time since most people stick to the red, green, and white. I love ornaments that have a quilting theme. Also, anything with bling on it.

Here are a couple of links for ideas.

http://www.everythingetsy.com/2011/09/101-handmade-ornament-tutorials/

http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2012/1...-ornament.html

http://chickenscratchny.com/2013/07/...tutorials.html

Have fun and just a hint, I am making one of the ornaments in one of these links.