Jvan: are you using only the fabrics you received for your block or are you adding others? did you figure out your block I am now intreged. I love your idea of using your fabrics to go with the theme but oh that could be hard. A snow man was the first thing that came to me, or a mountain with snow on it maybe a house/cabin on it but then I checked out what you received and now I got stumped :) I promise if I get your name I will keep in mind your block making when I pull fabrics!

GrandmaPeg, want to apologize for not posting pictures of the fabrics you sent. The batteries in the camera were out the day I got them, I sent you a PM and posted on the thread I had received, but never got back with the pictures - here they are now --

Hope I get my FQ's tomorrow. ;)

oh I hope you do too! Those fabrics just posted are great! and is that a goody bag that came with them???

Elisabrat. On the last one (Christmas) I had to add a fabric to frame it with. But I used all the fabrics I received as well. I'm still thinking on this one. But I have a pretty good imagination. I'll let you know what I come up with.

The fqs being posted look great. Jaba your ggd is darling, she'll be twirling before you know it. I like that idea of making a calendar quilt with the fqs from each month. Still waiting for mine to arrive. Haven't heard from my receipients yet but the del.conf. states delivered. Hope they got them ok.

any idea what fabrics we will trade next month? love to cut some. I am ready and willing! I picked up some very cool valentines fabrics :) and then of course could get weirdly creative if it is mardi gras the theme.. sorry not tons of feathers here but think I have one feather fabric I could work with..

Dec FQ's Received --Late Posting
Thank you so much for the "WINTER" FQ'S to ssware (first pic) andWMUteach (second Pic) . Loved them all, my stash is growing--need to get busy. Such fun to see the variety of fabrics that everyone is receiving. A Merry Christmas to All and Many Happy Quilting Days to Come.

thank patricia and paetzel for the wonderful fq

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got my FQ today from traci bug. There was also some hand loation in the package..Thank you so much Traci

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Nelco, those are adorable fabrics ... all those snowflakes and snowman. Happy Stitching!

I haven't gotten my 2nd fq package yet... and i havent heard from my Minn friend to see if she received the fq's I snt her, my delivery confirmation says it was delivered.......

Received my FQ's form Anastasia. Thanks. Great colors.

ok those blues are beautiful so many things you can use them in. Wouldnt it be grand to have some of each that have been shared this month? imagine the quilts that could be made :) I loved the swap will be back next roundto swap again. Wish I could say its adding to my stash but alas.. I use them almost right away. So for me this is a perfect swap to mix and match with what I have for all the other swaps I am in: table runners, wall quilts, doll quilts etc. then the mystery train quilts great to add to your possiblilties.

Merry Christmas everyone. Its a beautiful day here in the Mountains maybe snow later today and peaceful the kids came and left and now I can.. SEW YIPPEEEE this is my happy spot. sitting in my chair in front of the sewing machine lookingup and out the window to see the turkeys and deer and trees .. and its peaceful. I sure do love that I hopeyou find what you love today too.

December FQ swap
 

Sorry I haven't posted before, but tried many times to post pictures, but it just didn't happen. I'll try one more time and if it doesn't post, I want to thank mainewoods mammie for wonderful fabric.

I haven't seen anything for the JANUARY '13 swap. I want to sign up! Don't want to miss it!

Plz let me know.

Jane

Hey, Brenda, are you out there! When will January swap be announced? I anxiously await the theme ... and am ready to swap.

mmm, I havent gotten, my 2nd December fq package yet :(

Oh April, I hope you get them soon .... You've been so patient!

I know, I'm sure it is just the holiday mail thing...

april your too kind think its not the holiday thing its maybe someone forgot? did you ask Brenda to check with them? I was just reading your full board name GIRL could you have used any more letters if you wanted to? I sure hope you dont mind just april? or do you have another MO you go by?

I am half done taking down Christmas. My sweet hubby got me a Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving. It is as ungreen as a tree can be at this point. Time to take the kindling out of the house. i think wow was my house always this boring. its like without.. excitement lol. Time to put up some silver and blue ornaments in the vases and a few glass trees out.. tada! it will look wintery lol not exactly taking the place of an 8 foot tree. all I have to do is find those trees.. put them somewhere good last Feb. sigh.

I know Big Name right, but i am just learning lolo just call me April, its my name lol, I got my tree up late this year, and i so enjoy it, Its a fake one, I am allergic to pine and so is my middle daughter, it was horrible the year we stopped going to the tree farm and cutting down our own tree... but it was better then sneezing through the holidays, so I am going to enjoy this tree a little longer....I had 15 for dinner, for Christmas, i love it but am glad it's over. I love Christmas decorations, so beautiful.

April last time I made dinner for 15 I had this 100 yr old farm house.. now counter space 12" to be exact everything had to be prepared on our monster butcher block table. No dishwasher either. Everyone came, sat down to eat everything I had made then promptly plopped themselves onto the livingroom couches and said boy are we full. I cleaned and they all were excited to get desert. I thought how lovely to sit back and enjoy a good meal and not spend a hundred hours preparing then a couple hours CLEANING the dishes. lol.. that was the largest last time meal I made. I was too pooped out! It was a good memory however everyone together at the table. My sister came with her inlaws and well.. it was fun. I am glad Christmas is taking a few months off however. I like.. peace too. AND April you sure would not enjoy being here. I live in the national forest and am surrounded by pine trees. Allergy heaven for you. :(

The blue pinecone is one I have had for a while, so I can't really tell you where I got it, either!!! LOL..the puppy one either...but I think I have a fq left of the puppy one that I would be happy to send it to you....
Kif

I am "sew" glad you like them all, sewellie!!!
Kif

Hurry up, everybody, and collect your FQs from the mailbox. I went shopping today and bought some fabrics for the next swap ... sure hope my fabrics match the theme!

That would be my luck Mary Mo, I would buy something that didn't match the theme and then I'd have to go shopping again!! Darn the luck!

luck what luck? who has luck? me :) I figure any package with five fat quarters is a lucky package silly guys. Like you would turn it down and say oh crud its not the theme take it back? NOT ME. happy here to take all your fabric thats how good I am. Send asap need my address? I keep peaking for next months sign up but whooo whooo where is it? did i miss it?

how many have NOT gotten their packages yet? I know we have til the end of the month to mail things but its tough when you see 99 percent are sent to keep waiting patiently. There are speedy senders and there are people who go by deadlines (kinda like you have a bill dont need to pay it til..). If you can hold on and keep that in mind its a whole lot easier I think. I figure everyone knows what they commited to. And I hope everyone keeps that commitment. so we can keep playing again and again and it continues to be fun for all. So get mailing slow pokes! make someone smile!

[I know we have til the end of the month to mail things but its tough when you see 99 percent are sent to keep waiting patiently.]
Brenda's statement in the sign up [Sign up until noon on December 3rd, receive person's name and address by December 5th and mail out no later than December 15th.]

Elisabrat what do you mean you have till the end of the month to mail out?????? As Brenda states in the sign up message she has a deadline to send and it is shortly after the names go out because of reasons she states.
I signed up for a second one this month, previously I only would sign up for one. And this month I still have not gotten either package. They should have been sent by the 15th. I understand about there being a lot of packages being handled but when you sign up you should at be aware of the send deadline. Is this misconception why so many haven't received the packages yet?

My apologies for not posting sooner, I have received both my FQ's for this month but left home for the holidays and could not recall who I received them from.

Thank you sewellie for the email. LOVE your package. :-)

Dec fq swap - Nelda
 

You're welcome, Nelda... Happy holidays!!

Without meaning to insult or accuse anybody, how many swappers have not received their FQs? What are senders so slow? Hey procrastinators out there ... help us out here.

I apologize for the end ofmonth statement I knew when to send mine and did but there is that thought process that goes with the not due til and whats a few more days.. I listen to the people who give those excuses like oh my bad well its someone elses sad is what it is. not cool. Most state if you didnt send or complete your agreement last month you cant play next month but I havent checked if its that way here. I can send you fabric suprises! yes yes I can! would you like some? if you didnt get your fabric it doesnt mean others here wont gladly suprise you with something so your not left out. that isnt right and we can fix that. HOLLAR at Brenda or me and lets make this happy for you guys too. share the wealth and all that after Holiday spirit!

Mary, sometimes it's the weather and/or your own mailman...not always the sender at fault.

Am anxious for the January sign up myself.

Hi FQ swappers~I want to apologize for being MIA for the last few weeks...the flu went around the house hitting me Christmas eve and I'm still not totally over it...don't know that I've ever been that sick! Anyway...sorry about that...I'm going to post the January sign up now and please send me a message if you didn't receive DECEMBER. Wishing you all an awesome NEW YEAR!!:thumbup:

So glad your feeling better Brenda!!

Happy New Year everyone!

Just saw your mesg. Brenda, what a miserable way to spend Christmas and the last week of 2012. :( I was hoping you were away visiting or vacationing. Now that I've rung in the new year I'll be turning in, and will include some get well sooner prayers for you.
On a happier note I did receive one of my 2 sets of fqs today. Thank you Linda 58 for the lovely fqs they are very nice, and I'll try to post a pic tomorrow.
Elisabrat thanks for clarifying -I know the different swaps have different time lines, and if your in a few different ones I guess it can get confusing at times. I also realize there could be a few different reasons why packages are slow getting out, or delayed in delivery. Lately though is seems like there are a lot more than normal, and I'm keeping an open mind about it, that there may be several things affecting it, each one adding to the total.
Well getting off to bed now~the new year has arrived in our corner of the world, should be getting to you westerners soon.;-)

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Here are my fqs from Linda 58

I forgot to add that I love the one with snowflakes and seashells. Truly unique.

So I am still waiting to see if my second set shows up. Is anyone else still waiting for Dec. FQs?

I've lost my mind recently so I apologize if I didn't thank my person.. I'm pretty sure I got the fabric.. around here.. somewhere.. don't ask me what it looked like.. some bright blue with snowflakes.. some pretty green with snowflakes? uhmm.. I don't remember the rest.. they're save, with my other stash of FQ that I just like to pet and never use. I should take a pic. I really wanted to use them in my table runner of my own swap but they weren't quite right but that's ok, means there's something else waiting for them.

I also was sick. but for like.. 4 weeks now.. still have a lingering cough. antibiotics and all that whatnot and hoodidies.. so much fun. Now other people at work that are near me are getting sick and trying to blame me.. I'm like, nope, if it was 4 weeks later and AFTER I took antibiotics, you can't blame me. Nice try though! I warned them, frequently, but nooo they kept telling me "I have a strong immune system".. yea well.. this year, that flu is kicking the heck out of the country it seems. What I had I don't think was the flu.. it was mainly cough and lack of lung power with some mild stuffiness of one nostril. mostly a cough.. maybe whooping cough but if it was I'da thought they would have caught it sooner..

anyways, just been losing my mind as I mentioned, sooo busy and it just got busier with a new set of classes. So uhm.. thank you, person that sent me fabric who's name I cannot currently recall. I think I PM'ed you, but I don't remember, if I didn't, please kick me in the shin.