Alright everyone. The sorting queen is here. (self appointed of course) It is my job to organize and direct the sorting. We have rented the Astro Dome. We will line 615 chairs with flannel with the names of quilters on them. Then we will bring in a jet plane and point the engines toward these chairs. Slowly we will release a giant bag full of the HST and the jets will project them toward the chairs. Naturally the sorting will take a little time preparing. I've never backed up a jet plane. Could get interesting. We will need many people to cover the chairs with the flannel slip covers, but all in all we should be done in time for lunch at Papasittos for some much needed fajitas and margaritas!!!
Clara

Sisters and Brothers, We all make mistakes sometimes. I will be happy with a couple of ironed open HST's. I'm sure we can make it work. I also made a mistake. Sameone twice!! My Bernina goes back to a default stitch length every time I turn it off, and a couple of times I forgot to shorten my stitch length. I was afraid of ripping the paper if I tried to remove stitches and restitch. They are not cut apart yet. What do you think, should I remove my longer stitches or leave them?? Not a whole paper was involved either time. I have 14 papers done and 11 to go. I am heading to Omaha tomorrow. I have a stiff neck from sewing. I need a break. Everyone stay happy and healthy.
Cathy

i'm super-happy to be a part of this - and look oh-so-forward to whatever i get back - be they fabulously colourful, calming and pull-it-all-togethering, ironed open, or a good number of my own creation (they'll have had a journey (no two)) and have visited nice people and are bringing me back their good wishes - and i just love the idea that we can do something something like this with likeminded people from all over our lovely planet

thanks so much to all who are making this possible
lotti

PatTheQuilter wrote:
Pat,
FYI - The getting one HST from each person, if you sent 615, does not work! And, I will admit that I was originally thinking the same thing. The only way you can receive one back from everyone, is if everyone sent 615 HST! And, my guess is that maybe around 50 to 75 have sent in 616 (increments of 28) or more. It took me a while to wrap my head around that one, but I get it now. NOW, in the Batiks exchange we agreed on one for everyone, so we all made 137; the amount of participants. The numbers are smaller so one for everyone works, and the co-ordinater, Ritzy, has a doable job, with a little help from another TQS member.

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

Today as I was sewing my triangles and thinking about some of the recent posts, I was getting a little stressed. It felt a little like there was some not so good energy building when there had been so much enthusiasm and good will previously. This is my first exchange ever and I was wondering what in the heck I was doing. I thought 'oh my gosh, what if someone gets one of my triangles and it isn't absolutely perfect' etc. Then I get a phone call saying my 24 yrs old neice just died from a stroke. OK,these are only pieces of fabric and God knows we all have plenty more. Thanks, Clara, for your post. You said it well and I can feel the good energy flowing again. And since my triangles will have my name on them, if someone gets one that isn't 100% perfect. Well, tough. lol Seriously, just let me know and I'll make you a new one. Quilters are wonderful people. Blessings to each of you and happy stitching. Oh yes, be sure to hug those close to you and let them know they are loved.

Connieo

Alright everyone. The sorting queen is here. (self appointed of course) It is my job to organize and direct the sorting. We have rented the Astro Dome. We will line 615 chairs with flannel with the names of quilters on them. Then we will bring in a jet plane and point the engines toward these chairs. Slowly we will release a giant bag full of the HST and the jets will project them toward the chairs. Naturally the sorting will take a little time preparing. I've never backed up a jet plane. Could get interesting. We will need many people to cover the chairs with the flannel slip covers, but all in all we should be done in time for lunch at Papasittos for some much needed fajitas and margaritas!!!

No more fretting over the sorting, that's my job. And I plan not to fret an ounce until that day. (frankly because there is no real point) I do plan on doing a few common sense things to organize ahead of time and enjoy the moment. I have never been involved in an exchange before of any type. That's because I mainly do art quilts. So, I am enjoying everyones energy from all over the world. It's wayyy cool!

Ok, little secret here. I will probably be one of those quilters that will also send in 700 too. So, I can't get mad at that either. Hee Hee.
Here's to making the best of this and wondering what will become of all those HST that I touch. Humm. That is what I want to see. Imagination and love and detail at it's best. The end result. No more fretting. The sorting thing is mine.

Let's have fun with this. Clara

I'm sure the intent of the "615+ers" was to make sure each person (yes, including the sender) gets at least one of his/her HSTs. It would also seem that these "+ers " should be able to receive back one from everyone else. Most "+ers" probably wouldn't care about the "+" amount they sent--perhaps they could be given one from everyone else, make a note on their bag how many other ones they still are entitled to, take care of the non"+ers", and the remainder of the HSTs would go to the "+ers" according to how many were needed to complete their total sent. As for me, I would hope that I would receive one from each person since I would have made the effort to ensure that there would be one HST for everyone, and after that I wouldn't mind receiving multiples from the same quilter/quilters. I know I would love each and every HST.

Pat--"Keep Calm and Carry On"