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Hi Everyone,

Here is a quick update and some pics of the process..

As of this morning I have received 106 packages totaling 17,207 strips.



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See the next post for the last 2 pictures - (each post is limited to 3 attachments)

My strips are all cut and in the envelope. Email Barb and now I can set back and wait. I also appreciate all the work that must be involved with sorting all these strips. Thanks, Barb!!!

I would also like to add that as a result of my quilt experience over the weekend, I have been washing every batik I own. Some of the pieces I had already cut into 2" strips for a project. I used the gentle cycle in the wash and a regular dry cycle. I am now using the 2" strips in my project. They did not unravel sufficiently enough to prevent their use in my quilt. As a matter of fact, I was AMAZED at how little they did unravel! I am pairing them with my background fabric, a freshly cut strip of fabric, also cut at 2". There are a few of the washed pre-cuts that are not quite that 2" width, so I'm lining up the left side of the strip with the strip below it, which I know to be a true 2", and am stitching my seam on the right. That way, that little bit of discrepancy is being hidden in my first seam allowance, and will cause me no problems with the remainder of the piecing.

LindaBee wrote:
Starting on page 21 of the Batiks-R-Us exchange there is a discussion about washing batiks:

[url]forum/friendship-triangle-exchange/4313-batiks-r-us-fabric-exchange[/url]

I've finished cutting my strips but have a question for my fellow strippers. Are you concerned about prewashing batiks? I'm a pre-washer and find that batiks often do bleed.

That math is correct -

There are 48 1 1/2" x 20" strips in a yard - so you can divide the total number of strips by 48 and you've got the yardage -- scary isn't - if there are 15 yards to a bolt that equates to over 21 bolts of fabric cut up so far in these bags :shock: :shock: :shock:

15242 strips x 1.5 inches /2 strips per width /36 inches= 317.5 yards of fabric! WOW! That is a LOT! Did I do my math right?

My 150 strips are ready to drop off at the Post Office. Since I need to get out near there tomorrow, I will drop them off then. After I do, I will send an e-mail to Barb to let her know that they are on they way. I had a few fabrics that were difficult to determine if they should be sorted with the blues, purples or greens because they had so many beautiful colors in them.

wow, Barb I hope you are getting help, 15,242 strips, where are you putting them? LOL, Sandy

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick update on the strip exchange - I have received packages from 96 of you totaling 15,242 strips . As I am doing the initial sorting by color, I am not seeing duplicates - that is amazing! :shock: :shock:

I have 22 emails in my folder alerting me of "strips on the way".

Our deadline in the end of April which seems like a long way off - but it will be here before you can blink an eye - so get those beautiful batiks cut and in the mail.

Almost done with HST for SoTT so now to do the strips for SSE . Hope to get them mailed this week also. Then it will be the wait for the return envelopes. Going to Curves and then off to watch my son run in high school track meet at the local college (its inside). In 2 weeks he will be speaking at our local quilt show as part of the "Youth Quilters Trunk Show".

Happy Sewing!!

Farmcrafty
Northeast Corner of Iowa

Judy, I sure hope you didn't throw it away, I also got the beautiful calendar and her books, there's even a chicken coop that i hope my husband will build for me.I'm trying to decide which ones to make with my stripes and hst's, it's going to be so interesting to see what we receive.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Bev
Beautiful British Columbia

My 200 strips were mailed yesterday. I have two of Edyta's books. They are wonderful. I got her calendar too, but darn, I cannot find now. I sure hope I did not throw it away!

Judy
Lovelady, Tx