Sorry I was confusing! I bought the Singer and he carried it to my car! Swept me off my feet, we were engaged 2 weeks later and married in 4 months. And I love him more today that then! My HST's will be mailed tomorrow!

Josew wrote:
So are you saying your Singer is the man of your dreams, or did you meet the man of your dreams when you bought your Singer?

My goal is to get mine in the mail tomorrow.

Thanks for sharing the history! Maybe Jane Stickle shared fabrci scraps for her famous "Dear Jane" quilt in the 1860's. : I got the man of my dreams when I bought my own first sewing machine, used Singer 431 open-arm, in 1969 and I have always said he was the best attachment that came with it. PiecefulWorld Quilts

PosyP wrote:
I guess you could say it is the postman because my husband does occassionally go to the box and pick up the mail!!!!

Sisterhood members...with more than half our packages remaining to be mailed, there's still time to provide a helpful photo tip on packaging your HST's.

In a post a couple of days ago, I mentioned that we would prefer that you DO NOT put your HSTs into individual baggies inside the larger bag since I have to take them out anyway before sorting day. As I was going through the packages I've already received taking the HST's out of the small bags, I came across this package and I thought I'd share the 'perfect' packing with you. There are 504 HST's and they were beautifully packed into a one-gallon Ziplock (with no smaller baggies) . Absolutely nothing needs to be done with this prior to sorting day .

If you're not sending in 504, you can still do something similar with a one-quart size. If you're sending in more than 503, there's probably still room for more in the gallon bag, but you could always use a second quart bag for the excess. Because they are so neatly packaged, the corners & tips are will also remain nice and flat and not bent & turned like some I've received that had not been carefully packed.

It's also NOT necessary to sort them by color or count since that won't have any signifigance on sort day. It is also NOT necessary to open & press one HST to show its 'true' colors. Those opened HSTs are going right in with the folded ones, and that will possibly cause them to be wrinkled and it will also complicate the distribution process. And please don't tape anything closed except for your mailing envelope. Taking that tape off takes time and if your internal bag is closed carefully and your envelope taped carefully, you shouldn't need tape anywhere else.


TA DA !!!! Here's the perfect package to strive for if you haven't mailed your package yet. All of us on sorting day will be eternally grateful if you can make your package look like this one. Thanks, Susmcc, for providing the perfect example for all the SoTTT's! It couldn't have done it better even if we had hired a professional organization guru!

djane wrote:
Is it the postman bring more fabric?

Rosemary

sugarmuffin57 wrote:
I have already met the man of my dreams but what a great piece of history. Thanks for sharing it.

Hello,
Here is an interesting little bit of history about exchanges found in one of my quilt books.
"In the 1860's, quilters began trading scraps of fabric with friends and relatives, using their collections to make "charm quilts"--scrap quilts in which no two pieces were cut from the same fabric. ........Legend held that when a maiden had collected exactly 999 scraps for her charm quilt, the young man of her dreams would appear wearing the fabric for her one thousandth piece."
So ladies, if you are looking for the man of your dreams, this may the the answer.

radquilter wrote:

Alice,

Please send an email through My Profile Page. That way I will be able to send you a reply email when your package arrive. The forum gets to busy for me to scroll through posts to be able to reply.

Thank you so much for doing this...

Debbie

To our International SoTTT's Members:

NO ENVELOPES, PLEASE...ONLY AN ADDRESS LABEL(S) .......

When sending International packages, please include an ADDRESS lLABEL ONLY and NO ENVELOPE.

We will only be using special International Flat Rate boxes for returns to you. If you sent more than 300 HST's, you will need pay for multiple flat rate boxes returned to you, so I will need an address label for each return box. If you send an addressed envelope, we will have to create the address label for you. The envelope is not of any use & will be thrown away plus it will cost you more to mail your package with that added weight.

The information on how many HST's fit into certain size International Flat Rate Boxes can be found in the 2nd Forum (I think ) on Page 1 of the Forum. You will need to refer to that to determine how much you need to charge on PayPal and how many labels you need to create.

And please be sure to include your PayPal receipt (s)!!!

We will greatly appreciate your efforts in this area.

DEBBIE

Dear Debbie,
Thank you for all your hard work for the HST's exchange. I have sent in 448 HST's today from my post office in New Jersey. Thank you Alice

NaneeWolf wrote:

NaneeWolf wrote:
Debbie, the quilt was a *lot* of work but so worth it. The fabrics were mostly batiks and some Kaffe Fassetts, from my stash except for a couple of fabrics. That pile of fabrics was out for a year during construction- just looking at the fabrics made me happy! If you're up for a challenge (Oh wait, I guess you have proven that ) it's a great quilt to make. Kathy