Mine came in the mail. I am thrilled. I was very happy with the variety of colors. Barb, that was a great idea you had to have everyone pre-sort their strips into baggies per color grouping. It worked very well. I am thrilled. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this.

Judy

I am glad everyone is liking their strips

I will be filling the rest of the bags today and tomorrow.

Mine are here and wonderful as well - Thanks for handling the swap Barb!

WOW WOW WOW My strips arrived Friday and they are ALL so beautiful and what a great variety of colors. We had our granddaughters this weekend, so now I get to enjoy each and every strip to the max. It really is like eye candy. Thanks again Barb, for doing such a wonderful job on this exchange and if anyone hears of any other exchanges, please let me know.

Kathy M. in Michigan

I received my strips Friday. I was working and my husband told me a package came in the mail. I had to check my strips even though it was after midnight when I came home. I can't believe the variety of strips I received. I even have grays.....don't see this color often. I love them. Having another rainy day here in Michigan. Not working so I can really sort and look at each strip. Thanks again, Barb, for this exchange. I loved it.

Barbgalien
Michigan

I have been gone for a few days. I can't wait to get home and be greeted by this great gift of strips. I am so sorry to hear about Judy's loss and all the devistation which is occuring in the south. My heart really goes out to you. If I lived closer I would love to come and help. If you need anything please let us know how we can help. When things like this happen this is the time that friendship really kicks in. Please let know how we can help!!!!

Yahooooo! My strips came and my daughter and granddaughter were here and couldn't understand my excitement! What beautiful colors! Thanks to Barb for your work and all of you ladies in the exchange for increasing my batik collection with more colors than I've ever had!! Beth in Iowa

Yeah!! Mine came today. I had to touch every single one of them. They are beautiful! Thanks Barb to doing all of this! GREAT JOB And what a variety, lots of darks which I don't have many of, but a nice balance of color and value!! While enjoying this "candy" I wondered why we didn't identify where they came from and lo and behold the very last strip was labeled. Thanks Terry Knott. It was fun to look you up and see all your beautiful work. Hope to look you up someday. I've probably been to your LQS. My daughter used to live in Happy Valley and I went on one of your shop hops awhile back.

Thanks again Barb
Barb in Los Alamos

I received my strips....love them all. I don't have ANY of these....can't believe it. Maybe I'm not shopping enough! Thanks to all who sorted. Your hard work is greatly appreciated.

Oh my goodness. I've been watching and am in awe at what devastation nature has bestowed in Tennessee and the world this year. May somewhere there be good from all this.

Received my strips today. Thanks to all who sorted. My kids are visiting starting tomorrow for a week so I won't be able to get started on anything quilt related for a while. I do have all of Edyta's books, though. Judy in AZ

Thanks Margo...."a picture speaks a thousand words"!!! One thing is clear with all the natural disasters here and around the world - Mother Nature is NOT happy with us!!!

This is what was left of the quilt shop that Judy's strips came from:

Whoo-hoo!!! My strips arrived yesterday - that was quick!!! Thank you Barb for a great job!!

I am especially grateful to have these beauties, because the 200 strips I exchanged came from our wonderful LQS that was destroyed in an EF4 tornado on April 27th!! A whole wall of gorgeous batiks completely blown away!!! The whole town of Ringgold, Ga., population 3000, was extremely damaged and 8 lives were lost...just gone in a matter of minutes!!! Very, very sad!!! Thankfully, our friends at the quilt shop had gone home because of the impending storms and their lives and homes were spared.