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03-04-2012, 05:17 PM
#122
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Forest Falls, CA, USA
Posts: 156
It's up to you as to whether you pay for delivery confirmation. It's not required. I take photos of the blocks I make and receive, and keep the uncut F8s in their original envelopes until I use them for a block.
03-04-2012, 05:33 PM
#123
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 1,599
I decided on my fabrics today to use for the boom 7 swap. I will have two sets. One group will be florals with
yellow and lavendar with pinks, greens, oranges. The other group is whites and blue. I have always thought blue/white quilts were so beautiful. Here are a couple of pictures of the fabrics I have chosen.
yellow and lavendar with pinks, greens, oranges. The other group is whites and blue. I have always thought blue/white quilts were so beautiful. Here are a couple of pictures of the fabrics I have chosen.
03-04-2012, 06:03 PM
#124
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Bennington Vt
Posts: 258
Last boom I used the 5 x 7 golden envelopes. Then when I checked the postage cost on USPS I discovered that the golden envelopes with clasps cost more to mail--so I tore all the clasps off before mailing them It cost 84 cents to mail each. Then I switched to regular white legal envelopes, cuz everyone else was using them, and they worked great. In the US the cost of postage for one squishy wrapped in saran wrap in white envelope was first class postage of 45 cents plus a 20 cent stamp (65 cents did it)!!
PS It cost more to mail my squishies to Canada, England and Australia--I took those to the Post Office counter (around $1.50-$2 each).
PS It cost more to mail my squishies to Canada, England and Australia--I took those to the Post Office counter (around $1.50-$2 each).
03-04-2012, 07:04 PM
#127
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Arma, Kansas
Posts: 3,079
When mailing fabric, don't do what I did on my first boom. I put each in a small ziploc back and put them in a golden 5x7 envelope and said hand cancel. Each on cost $1.22. The post office has to hand cancel anything with one of those brad type closures, because they mess up the machines.
03-04-2012, 07:13 PM
#128
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Just move back to Chattanooga, TN.
Posts: 2,022
I order my fabric today. I hope to have it by next weekend and get it ready for posting. I have plans to do a patriotic quilt so I can donate it to my local veteran's hospital, through my local quilt guild. Looking forward to the swap.
03-04-2012, 07:57 PM
#129
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Lebanon, Oregon
Posts: 1,712
My favorite charity, the VA hospital. I am a Vet and when I take the quilts to the hospital it makes me feel really good to give them something special I did just for them. I was told the best size to make is about a 45 to 50in sq, they use them in their wheel chairs. You might want to check with the local Va Hospital and find out if they have any preference. How wonderful for you to be doing such a great thing.
03-04-2012, 11:05 PM
#130
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: in my studio up to my chin in fabric
Posts: 864
Jupiter's Fabric Choice.....
Here is a photo of my swap fabric. I love it. The vines give it life, the stripes keep it formally organized, the colors make me happy. Perfect!
hugs, Jupiter
-----(boy, do I know how to load a huge photo....wow!)----
hugs, Jupiter
-----(boy, do I know how to load a huge photo....wow!)----
Last edited by Jupiter; 03-04-2012 at 11:10 PM. Reason: add photo
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