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I'd like to hear from the other participants in Louisiana. I did a search but then realized that those who might have used the LA abbreviation (like I did) won't show up in a search. I can't search for LA becaue the search protocol requires more than two letters to qualify as a word.
I know we have folks from Haughton, St. Francisville, New Orleans, and Monroe (me). I just wondered how many other members of the Who Dat/Pelican State might be participating and where you live. Hope you are snuggling under lots of quilts during this unusually cold weather we're experiencing.  (me with chattering teeth. Brrr...)Holly |
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I got a sorting hat! We are set!
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And finger cots!! They will help with handling the little buggers!
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Sorting. Ok, I will say this. The goal is to create a system so that we can act like an assembly line. Keep it simple. I would like to pass out each HST one by one to everyone. This means. ONE BY ONE x 615 quilters. Ooof. There is no way we can tell you know how many HST are coming yet. About 50% posted their numbers, but some might change their mind because of the excitement we are all feeling. Let's just say a boat load! We will be marking them down as they come in so we give the right number back. That's important. So in the end, we'll add them up and release the big number. For now, my head is swimming with the thought "we need a bigger boat" or I mean sorting room. What's on the check list? Good pizza place, big boom box (gotta keep us moving in a rythum), lots of caffeine, bigger boat and sharpies. Always need sharpies. Have fun in the process.
Clara, Head Honcho of the Sorting. Maybe I do need a sorting hat?  |
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From the edge of Sherwood Forest, home of Robin Hood
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We now know how many quilters have signed up. Has anyone counted how many HSTs will be sent? Of course, some did not state how many they will be sending, but could we assume that they will send at least one sheet (28 HSTs). I could do this next week but if someone else want to do it before then.....go for it!
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Margo wrote:
romira wrote:
I don't live anywhere near Houston, so, regretfully, can't help with The Sort, but have been pondering nevertheless. Years ago I worked in a fabric store & whenever the owner had a dilemma, she would gather us together & say, "talk this thru with me" & we would listen to her & after some discussion a solution was found. So, ladies, talk this thru with me: I don't think you need to wait until you are innundated with all 5 hundred million thousand (as my 4 yr. old grandson might say) HST's. It seems to me that you can start sorting after receiving baggies from 28 different participants (aka P). Mark each participant with a number. Lay out the HST's from each group, that is the HST's from P#1 thru P#28 for a total of 28 stacks of 28. Start compiling one from each stack for a collection of 28, put this in a baggy & mark with a post it note 1 - 28. When you receive baggies from P#29, she/he gets a bag of the 1 - 28 collection. When P#30 joins the party, they will get a collection. Until you run out of the first collection, which will be the one given to P#56. Then you can start another layout of HST's from the baggies of P#29 thru P#56. The collection from P#29 thru P#56 will go to each member of group P#1 thru P#28. Will this work to just keep swapping from groups of 28, one to another? Upon reading this it sounds ridiculously confusing. Well, discussion? We might want to be careful about those adult beverages until the sorting is done. Otherwise things could get really interesting. Fun, but interesting. ClaraThat might be the easiest way to sort through 5 hundred million thousand HSTs, but there are quite a few of us who are planning to send at least 615 HSTs in hopes of getting back one from each contributor. Thinking about how to do all of that makes my head hurt! I think that Debbie and Clara and whoever they can talk into The Sorting Event deserve lots of chocolate, and an adult beverage with fruit and umbrellas! But only AFTER the sorting is done!  |
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PosyP wrote:
Could the first person to find out how many HST's will pack into the small flat rate box, please sing out and let us know, as this would help us international members to try and sort out the cheapest way of arranging to pay for the postage, as the latest I have heard is that it could cost us about £28 - about $45 which is seriously ouch for a $13.95 stamp  I am wondering if it might be possible to combine parcels here in the UK to reduce the cost to/from USA? Rosemary I'm going to work on that this evening and I'll post it. I actually have a day job, too, and had to go to a meeting today (bummer!!) so I didn't get around to it yet. |
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