I just read Debbie's post from Tuesday morning, describing everyone's hard work. I'm overwhelmed and speechless! Time is so precious, and to give it as you have for this project is a very special gift to all of us. I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible in Houston this year so that I can say "thank you" in person. In the meantime, thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who pulled this together. Ron

PosyP wrote:
Ah....the good old days!! Remember when elders were actually respected???

ClaraLawrence wrote: Mind you I bet they would have had great fun mixing up the sorting tubs

The only problem with child labour these days is getting a full days work out of them (or even half an hour sometimes) before they are bored , and we aren't allowed to use the whip any more

Rosemary

There were ssooooo many tubs of HSTs being stirred up.... It was almost like a Texas tornado !!!
I thought receiving my HSTs back would be great !!! BUT sorting was better!!! I counted 28 HSTS in my sleep that night.
Kudos to those that organized and to the crew that counted out all the little stacks !!!
It was unbeliavble.
It was surely a " Guinness World Record " moment.

Thank you so much to everyone who was involved - you are true legends!

WYGranny wrote: Amen to that, Sister!!!

Thank-you to all the people that helped with this wonderful project. What a great way to bring quilters together!
You rock!!

NaneeWolf wrote: My hubby did help out. If he didn't watch our two boys so that I had the freedom to do the sorting they would have been running around having triangle wars. Thanks Mike. Clara

P.S. Debbie, I hope your DH thumb feels better fast.

OOPS!! I meant our Dear Distributing Debbie.

Terry
Dillon, Montana USA

PosyP wrote: They should write a song---Good, Good Vibrations!! I'm getting excited!!

2dogs wrote:

Terry...that was my DH, not Clara's. But Clara's Mom was definitely in the mix helping to seal packages.

The excitement mounts as we await our HSTs. Thank you all for your hard work and good humor through it all.

Terry
Carbondale, Colorado

Dear Counting Clara,

Thank U, Thank U, for taking your "under the pressure time" to post the little story of your helpful DH.

With that I will hold it in my bright spot of the day. This exchange, forum, posts is all a first for me.

It is so interesting reading about the TALENT, creativity and time that US quilters share.

Never enough words to say THANKS to the organizers and sorters.

Terry
Dillon, Montana

I have one more tidbit to add about sorting day. My DH, named Pat, spent the whole day helping us, as did Clara's Mother.

We had one member who sent in 504 HST's that had not been cut completely and were still in sets of fours :shock: . I didn't have time to rotary cut them before sorting day, so we were going to have to send them out in strips of fours to recipients. My DH decided he would cut them apart himself and he spent quite a while using a pair on 'non-fabric kitchen type' scissors...not sharp at all. Fortunately someone in my Bee saw what he was doing and 'just happened' to have a good pair of fabric scissors with her and gave them to him. He now totally understands why keeping fabric scissors only in the sewing studio is so critical. Once he started using those, he finished them up in no time and he couldn't believe the difference they made. Unfortuantely this morning, the arthritis in his thumb was letting him know it had been severly abused though.

He has been such an incredible support throughout this process and has been completely understanding of the disaster our house has become. And after yesterday, he is even more understanding of what our remarkable 'sisterhood' of quilters is all about and how supportive & protective we are of each other. He is a blessing to me!