Dear fellow quilters;
It is a beautiful day here too! I read my morning paper, The Island Packet outside today. Dogs all stretched out in the sun:) Clara you reminded me of a short joke I just heard. . .do you know how the Amish capture Mustangs? They build a barn around it! LOL (I probably messed up the joke) Anyway, good luck with your deck! I am sure you will enjoy it!
Spring is here and moving up to the North; so hang in there ladies that live further north. I think spring moves something like 225 miles a week in the US?
S/ Barbara
Bluffton, SC

QUILTINGANGIE wrote: Thanks. I'm having fun with this. We are 77 degrees and will be having a deck building party at our place this weekend. Ooof. Clara

I am enjoying Clara's sense of humor! Life is too short to take it so seriously, ain't it! Hope everone is having a little preview of spring, we are in the 70's with sunshine. I have on my short and flip flops. Angie

You gals make me laugh
Nan in Scotland

Margo wrote: I bet you wish you were coming to help now! Clara

ClaraLawrence wrote:
Hmmmmmmmm SoTTTs and Beefcake!!

bar7700 wrote: Got some great pictures in my head. Clara

DElizabeth wrote: The number is 615. Wow that's a whole lotta quilters in our exchange. Clara

Coleen..... You aren't the first nor will you be the last to mix things up. I put a rubber band around each of three sets of 28 and put them all in the same baggie. I am calling it my *senior* moment.

Clara.... Do you have pictures of those football players? LOL

I've forgotten how many people are doing the exchange including Etyde, Alex and Tim. Could someone please give me the number? Thanks.

piecelover wrote:
No, no, no, no, no. This is not going to work at all. I just got through purchasing 28 leaf blowers (special models that fit on the back) and the 28 portable project screens and the best part the 28 football players that (are extra beefy! ) are going to sport these blowers to help us with the sorting. Now I have to come up with another plan. Argh.

Not to worry, we will make it work. Clara

piecelover wrote:

You're fine, Coleen. So please don't worry about anything!

Debbie

I mailed my HSTs yesterday, Feb 17, 2010. After re-reading (today)
requirements for sending the HSTs, I'm sorry to report that my total count,
485, is not divisible by 28. I included 3 baggies, of which 2 are
divisible by 28, but the third one is not. I'm sorry about this and hope
it doesn't mess up the work you & others will be doing to send back the
same amount of HSTs. If possible (and you want) I can send HSTs to equal
the number divisible by 28 that my third baggie lacked. Also, the PO put a
metered stamp on my return envelope. Again, I hope this doesn't mess things
up. I thought I had read all the messages regarding the requirements for sending,
but I evidently still screwed up several items.

This is my first exchange/swap ever & I know I'll do it again. It was so
much fun & I got carried away finding fabric from my stash & sewing. I
never sewed HSTs before because I was too intimidated, but not any longer!

Again, I'm sorry if I messed things up.

Coleen Emerick
Piecelover
Canton, Ohio