2023 - Birthday Candy Swap (2.5" squares)
08-14-2023, 03:38 PM
#961
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The Great State of Texas
Posts: 164
Last update!
Thank you so much, everyone, for the daily pick-me-ups during this sultry month!
- RebaQuilts
- Patrick’s Mom
- Janice McC
- JENNR8R
- Bjsmith57
- Grannyrosie
- Gaijin
- Sewbizgirl
- TravelingGramma
- Logcabin82
- AHWU
- WMUTeacher
- Crispy frog
- BarbaraKibler23 — opened
- IBEX94
- Happylab
- Petthefabric
- Kele
- LAF2019
Thank you so much, everyone, for the daily pick-me-ups during this sultry month!
08-14-2023, 04:23 PM
#963
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Traveling the USA
Posts: 2,311
Originally Posted by WMUTeach
I saw this a few minutes ago on the Scrap Quilt Enthusiasts site, made by Beverly Spence. No pattern but it is just so us! The maker said she used 2.5 and 2" squares. Bet we could do this. The on point setting make it unique.
saving!!
08-14-2023, 05:15 PM
#964
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,571
lovely options for our candies!
Quossum, you have more patience than I have to open only one pack a day :-) So why is school so stressful this time around for you. How can we help? Are you a K-12 teacher? Hang in there! Whatever your age students are, they need you!
Laf -- your first packet I sent you made it back to me today. Snail mail....
I am repacking all my candies for the rest of the year to match the layout of your second pack. I think they changed the thickness rule between the beginning of the year and now because they were fine at the beginning of the year. Live and learn, right?
Quossum, you have more patience than I have to open only one pack a day :-) So why is school so stressful this time around for you. How can we help? Are you a K-12 teacher? Hang in there! Whatever your age students are, they need you!
Laf -- your first packet I sent you made it back to me today. Snail mail....
I am repacking all my candies for the rest of the year to match the layout of your second pack. I think they changed the thickness rule between the beginning of the year and now because they were fine at the beginning of the year. Live and learn, right?
Last edited by ibex94; 08-14-2023 at 05:20 PM.
08-15-2023, 12:44 PM
#966
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 1,687
Originally Posted by ibex94
lovely options for our candies!
Quossum, you have more patience than I have to open only one pack a day :-) So why is school so stressful this time around for you. How can we help? Are you a K-12 teacher? Hang in there! Whatever your age students are, they need you!
Laf -- your first packet I sent you made it back to me today. Snail mail....
I am repacking all my candies for the rest of the year to match the layout of your second pack. I think they changed the thickness rule between the beginning of the year and now because they were fine at the beginning of the year. Live and learn, right?
Quossum, you have more patience than I have to open only one pack a day :-) So why is school so stressful this time around for you. How can we help? Are you a K-12 teacher? Hang in there! Whatever your age students are, they need you!
Laf -- your first packet I sent you made it back to me today. Snail mail....
I am repacking all my candies for the rest of the year to match the layout of your second pack. I think they changed the thickness rule between the beginning of the year and now because they were fine at the beginning of the year. Live and learn, right?
08-15-2023, 12:47 PM
#967
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 1,687
Originally Posted by WMUTeach
I saw this a few minutes ago on the Scrap Quilt Enthusiasts site, made by Beverly Spence. No pattern but it is just so us! The maker said she used 2.5 and 2" squares. Bet we could do this. The on point setting make it unique.
08-15-2023, 02:10 PM
#968
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The Great State of Texas
Posts: 164
Originally Posted by ibex94
Quossum, you have more patience than I have to open only one pack a day :-) So why is school so stressful this time around for you. How can we help? Are you a K-12 teacher? Hang in there! Whatever your age students are, they need you!…
So, I have larger classes than I’ve ever had before, a jarring and exceedingly unfavorable change to my master schedule, and an additional prep…no biggie! Roll with the punches! Do your best! You got this!
Oh, and believe me there’s much much more…new programs that we have to do, new requirements, more expectations, all completely mandatory and non-negotiable, of course. But to go into all that would put all this much further into the “rant” category than it has already strayed, so I’ll stop!
I want to give up. Really I do.
But, oh well.
Thanks for the encouraging words, though!
08-15-2023, 04:24 PM
#969
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan
Posts: 7,392
You are experiencing just what is driving good teachers away from a glorious profession. I have two classes at the university this fall after two years of nothing. I accepted them but now am feeling constrained. I love teaching. This challenge is that I was handed a class that once had been mine but that has been rearranged by someone else to meet a new set of state standards with anew text, new assignments and lacking in creativity for the faculty. Hugs to you Quossum. Hang in there.
Wow, so happy that y'all are loving the photo I posted. I wanted to get started on it right away, but I may have to wait until after the Holidays. Too many "starts" that need to be finished. Maybe my birthday packages will bring some new choices so I can at least start the larger squares. Wink, Wink!
Wow, so happy that y'all are loving the photo I posted. I wanted to get started on it right away, but I may have to wait until after the Holidays. Too many "starts" that need to be finished. Maybe my birthday packages will bring some new choices so I can at least start the larger squares. Wink, Wink!
