ELISABRAT's WINTER FROLIC TABLERUNNER/TABLE MAT SWAP!! SIGN UPS CLOSE OCT 10th
 

Elisabrat's WINTER FROLIC Tablerunner/Mat Swap!

Elisabrat's Table Mat/Runner Swap

This Swap will close October 10th
Welcome to my swap! This is a Table Mat or Table Runner swap.

A Table Mat would be any shape that would be a centerpiece; this should be a minimum size of 16" across the longest point. For instance, a hexagon table mat that is 16" from one corner to another at its widest point and each of its six sides are 8".
A Table Runner should be a minimum size of 12"x28". Table runners are typically longer than they are wide. Please do not request an excessively long runner from your partner.

How it works:
This swap will be a partnered swap. You will work with your partner to determine colors and sizes that will work with them. THE THEME IS: WINTER FROLIC!

Design and method will be up to the creator but since this is something that will be on a table and likely spilled on, make sure whatever you make is washable on at least a gentle cycle. Good grade cottons only no homespuns or non cotton fabrics in this swap please. You should make something you would put on your own table at home. Take your time, there is no rush to get it out fast. Its better slow but steady and you will be pleased with what you send and your partner will be thrilled to receive it!

Please PM ELISABRAT with the following information by OCT 10th. She will then match up names and get them returned to you by October 11th. You will have until NOVEMBER 20th to mail the finished product. THIS IS A DEADLINE NOT A GUIDELINE Please do not participate if you believe you can not fulfill this time frame commitment. Please do not ask if you have not finished your commitments in prior tablerunner swaps run by Elisabrat.
Board Name:
Real Name:
Phone #: (this will NOT be given to your partner, this is for my use only in the event that a problem should arise)
Do you have any allergies:
Do you have any allergens (cats, dogs, smoker):
Can you ship international:
Do you have the ability to post pictures:

It is encouraged and acceptable to post pictures of fabric choices, progress. I would love some lively conversation so lets keep this a fun forum to chat, bounce ideas off each other, assist each other as needed. There will never be a dumb question so ask if you need help. And above all else.. HAVE FUN! Encourage each other! ONE REQUIREMENT: you must post at least once a week so your partner and I know your alive and still in the game. I will be watching for your posts. Just say hi if you don't want to chat with us but get on the board and post something here please.

Please notify Elisabrat as soon as possible if you feel you cannot complete your obligation. Please don’t sign up if you don’t think you can achieve a finished product in the time allotted.

People who fail to follow-through and do not notify Elisabrat will be banned from any of my future swaps (should there be any) and your name may be given to other swap hosts. Obviously, things happen in life and I will certainly consider that, but you must communicate. I reach out fairly regularly to check on progress so there is no excuse for not telling us if there might be a delay.

So jump on board everyone and join the fun!

Now for the legalese.

****Please make sure to read the general rules that apply to all swaps here at the Quilting Board: ****

I am required to insist that participants send Elisabrat a monthly PM to verify that they are still active in this swap and are working on their promised project.

I am required to insist that participants notify Elisabrat as soon as they have finished their quilt and are ready to mail it.

Once I have received notice that both partners are done and ready to mail, I will send both a PM to let them know it’s time to mail.

I am required to insist that all participants send Elisabrat verification of shipment, to include tracking information.

Participants are required to ensure packages will not arrive “postage due.”

Any and all other fees, such as import duties, taxes, etc imposed by the recipient’s government are the sole responsibility of the recipient.

Absent legitimate and reported mitigating circumstances, participants who have not fulfilled their obligation to ship by NOV. 20th shall be deemed “late” and risk receiving Negative [Swap] Feedback.

Please keep in touch with Elisabrat as required. Please let her know right away if something happens that will interfere with your ability to complete your project on time.

Swappers should treat each other as friends and focus on the fun. So … please be prepared to be flexible, patient and understanding if necessary and appropriate.

Please join me in this fun winter themed tablerunner/mat swap. You and your partner can chose the type of winter tablerunner/mat you would like be it Snow! or Christmas! or Hannukah! or Kwanzaa! as long as its winter oriented the interpretations will be up to you two. So have fun, get creative and think outside your normal box.. this can be a fun item that could be used on your tables as mats or runners or even on the wall as a little wall hanging .. one can never have enough beautiful color to celebrate the seasons. So join in with us and have a bunch of fun chatting with the goofy crew here. You can even gift your runner so see, multiple grandness! you get to play, create and end up with something you can use or gift for the holidays! Can't wait to have you in our swap!

I'm in. I'll pm soon! Shh, don't tell hubby.

I'm in too for a winter one. Have enough Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Looking forward to this swap again...it's the best!

Jan

I seriously debated about whether signing up again as I am so behind on my quilting - but this is so fun that I just can't resist from signing up again! I'm PMing Brat now.

Kathy

I am in, have my runner ready...I made 2 last year...for once I am not running to "catch up".
K

thank you for all those rapid sign ups! yahoo! yippee! thanks again.

I forgot to mention please let me know what you want to send/receive so I can TRY to pair you up with someone who wants to make that holiday/seasonal item for you. If you are like dustysmomma who wants a valentine let me know. I personally can make one of those but maybe someon else would love to make that. Let me reassure you there will be a valentine swap after this one but for now if you need it for a gift say so. we surely will find someone who is willing to do special requests :)

So, when your finished reading all the above surely you want to send a PM to sign up right? you know you want to.. so just do it! jump in! the chat is lively and fun and if you are curious about what people have made in the past please go to my fall swap and check out the huge variety of runners, the silly chatter (ok some is serious but not much lol).. and well you will be hooked trust me. its that good :)

Sent a PM...I'm in again! Had fun last time!

yahoo another jumps in the pool with us! think it will be a slow sign up lots of days left but sure hope we get at least 20 goal of mine so if you know anyone who might be interested and you can bump them into joining us well we would love to have them.

newbies: sign up its fun the chat is grand and the ideas are super! PM me with any questions if your on the fence I would be more than happy to answer them for you.

OLDIES lol sign up for goodness sakes! You know how good it could be so you truly don't want to miss out on this one! I see lots of reds! whites! greens! blues! trees! I know the ideas are just pumping what do you have already that you could whip up into... come on.. yup you have it. yup you can do this. yup the world would not end if you had to hit a fabric store, just use restraint and well I will miss you and the rest will too if you don't jump back in.. we want a pool filled with good company!

I would really like to join but have to finish the rest of my boom blocks first. I will have to get busy.

Oh brat you are to funny. I always use restraint when I go to the fabric store lol It is a good thing the closest one is 45 mins away.

I'm in, but only if I can have valentines colors so I can send it to my mommy for Christmas. :)

I'm in! Sending a PM now. (Blame it on my mom, she's the one who keeps telling me to do these swaps) ;-)

Dusty'sMomma you're safe, I'd send you Valentine's and you can send them to me too, or a New Year's tablerunner would be okay too.

so far mostly Christmas, a few winter and one valentine. The variety is growing!

Just sent a pm. I loved the fall runner swap. So a winter one would be great! I would be willing to make one for whatever holiday you want! And I would only need a runner 12x 24 as I have a smaller table.
Laurel/ oneteappot

Sure wish I thought I would have time to make something for this swap! But just don't think I'd be happy with myself taking on another obligation, no matter how much fun it would be.

oh no mom of six! we need you! your so fun and frolic-like and um terrific and celtic faire like and well shoot come on back!!! sheesh she runs awfully fast! tick tock only 8 days left to sign up. and all that time to sew a beautiful little runner or mat come on.. we eat chocolates and licorice and um, drink hot chocolate and big giant margaritas and nothing has a single calorie and you wont even feel full when your done!

Will have to see how I'm doing on the home decor swap as we approach the deadline for sign up. This is one of my really busy times of the year and I never know if I'll even get into my sewing room from one day to the next. Either way I will pop in for a visit now and again. This is such a fun group!

I am going to jump in the pool!! I love doing tablerunners & with the holidays coming upon us, I love it even more. Sending you a pm now.:thumbup:

doing the happy dance, neener neener neener , neener neener hope you liked the show oooo o. tada one more sign up! ok this is getting good. we may even end up with a full blown party! get out your bangles and spurs and get ready to do the dance with me! I am dreading going out right now think its about 34 warm and toasty with a high of 37 today. oh yeah that sounds like a bunch of fun! grand bet the wind joins in..

Ooh, new years. Hmm.....I don't know what I'd do for that. I'd have to think on it. That sounds like a embroidery job. :) I have lots of pretty things for Valentine's day in my embroidery library. I would LOVE to do a Valentines runner for you!!! :) (Now to bribe the host!)

Valentine's is good for me. Don't know if you'll get embroidery, I've got all the stuff and enough thread to choke a horse, but just can't get into it for some reason. I'd rather sew I guess and the fact that my machine is small with only a 4" hoop, so most motifs are small.

ok it was actually 38 when I left the weather man lied! now its 36 so guess he is getting closer to right. slush rain and wind fresh can you say FRESH? lol its lovely. even better from inside the house :)

I didn't mean for you to do embroidery. I meant ME! I have so many happy hearty designs! :)

Lunchtime's over. Back to the grindstone!

Just signed up and it can be Christmas, winter, whatever. I will wait and talk to my partner when I get her.

It's winter frolic here in Ralston, WY. Snowing, the ground and trees are white, and the wind is blowing. It's a chilly 32 right now. It's suppose to snow all day tomorrow too, hope not I have to drive 115 miles for my doctor appointments to find out when and if they are going to do surgery on all the discs and sciatic nerve. Hate slick roads.

I envy y'all with the snow.. I miss Fall and Winter! Hopefully this year in my lil neck of the woods we'll get them both back! Have been in such a drought the past 2-3 years. And unusually warm. I am up in the panhandle area of Texas, one reason I love it here is we get (or used to) all 4 seasons of weather. We had a cool front blowing thru earlier, highs supposed to be in low 70's today, hope weatherman's right. Though rainy and cooler, or snow and cold would be much better!
K

Snow is beautiful if your inside :) right now there is a good 8 to 12 inches in the front it piled up more on the porch and steps looks like we have no steps. Hubby is freaking out. We haven't bought our chains yet. dumb bunnies. he slide out on his way home from work last night right behind another car that slid out. he got back on the road and made it just 1/4 mile farther slid again pulled over said hell with it called a tow truck. cool. got home 1 1/2 hours after he got off, ten minutes from home. Cab company is booked (all one car they have I guess) asked last night. he is talking hitch hiking.. really> walk a mile to the highway and hitch hike? oh great. Praying one of my neighbors goes to work this morning and if they do they will give him a ride. or I have one GRUMPY man on my hands. yikes.

These pics just for you Kiffee. Part of the back yard, the shrubs around my koi pond and this is a big pine tree out my kitchen window. All those branches are so loaded they are laying on the ground. Over a foot of snow and it's a whole 15 degrees. Suppose to snow all day until midnight tonight. No Montana doctor trip for me today[ATTACH=CONFIG]439650[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]439651[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]439652[/ATTACH]

Wow! Beautiful snow pics!
lAnd we're supposed to be over 90 this afternoon. Then cool front over the weekend dropping overnight low into the 50s and daytime in the 70s. I'm sure we will be back in the 80s by midweek tho.

Oh Jaba!!! I don't know whether to send you a big cyber hug...or tell you now I really am longing for snow... So I will do both! Those pics are breathtaking! Probably takes your breath being out in the cold, too...
I am going to re-look at those pics again...and drink my iced cola with our almost 80 degree high sunny day shining outside my door.
Guess the old saying "Grass is greener" (or snow whiter) really is true ;)
Kif- singing a lil Jingle Bells

Brat,
Sending you some "dh making it to work safely vibes".
Kif

Hubby has just been shoveling all day, it has melted some though. Still very cold. I'm dreaming of your warm weather would be so so nice. I might have a cold cola but I certainly added something to it today.....think while I was sewing I was singing jingle bells rock or at least my version of it:thumbup: Gees, better check those seams tomorrow and see how I did:D

Do you mean jingle bells on the rocks? With a twist of lime?? ;)
K

While I do not miss the 80's I live right down the road from Jaba and my yard is a ditto on her yard. only diff is we do not have shrubs around the house we just have 3 feet of snow drifts there. warmer today so maybe it will magically be gone tomorrow so I can forestall on that Christmas music a bit longer. I love the holidays and well a good hot toddy sounds pretty good right now. its cold! when I head out tomorrow it should be a balmy low 20 I think at 6 in the morning. oh just yippy yeah! Thanks Skaduzy!

The jingle bells rocked and the splash of lime wasn't bad either! Nice and toasty with the fireplace going, sewed tablerunners all day. Got on a roll I guess, 2 Christmas, 1 fall and have one cut for Valentine's. Need to quilt them and bind but the binding is ready to sew on. I'll be ready for any partner's wants I think. Just have to hide them when the kids are here in a few days. Hope all our snow melts Brat.....not ready for this cold yet.

OK, I'm officially signing up. I sent a PM to Elizabrat. I just hope the only snow I see is either in photos on this thread or printed on fabric.

welcome likethedog! everyone she is new just this year to quilting and I think this is best group to get her used to swapping, quilting and well the board! I told her to ask away any questions she might have and we would gladly help her so go ahead give her a bandwagon welcome please! and oh break her in slowly to our lively chats. ok not that slow she seems like she can hang with us just fine :)