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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 27 Mar 2011 16:21 #61051

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	Dwynette, you certainly didn't mess up anything!! That's the fun part of an exchange with lots of people and lots of fabric choices! These fabrics are all wonderful and will absolutely work well together.
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 27 Mar 2011 16:09 #61046

ritzy OFFLINE Posts: 2963 Thank you received: 82	Margo--what a great idea! I will have to lay mine out like that and see what I really have. Thanks.
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 27 Mar 2011 15:49 #61043

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looks great! I must admit, though, that I followed this set of instructions:

Batiks with a light on one side and a darker on the other side. The darker fabric can be dark or medium value as long as there is good contrast between the two. I have said in the past that because of the difficulty in finding cream colored batiks that you can use a tone on tone cream, white or beige fabric. I am going to change that (hope nobody out there wants to kill me) lets use a light batik and a dark--keeping in mind--high contrast.

So my HSTs had high contrast but no cream side. So sorry if this messed up your scheme of things!

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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 27 Mar 2011 15:21 #61040

Scoopie OFFLINE Posts: 1149 Thank you received: 160	Margo, Your color groupings are great! Each 4 stack just looks like they were made for each other. And, I definitely found mine! It's even on the top of it's stack. I felt like I was playing "Where's Waldo?" Your pinwheel border will be awesome! Dawn, In beautiful (and snowing) Northwest Montana
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 27 Mar 2011 13:39 #61036

Psalm103 OFFLINE Posts: 17	Margo, Very nice!!! It's so great to see these altogether from around the world. I see some that look like mine, but I know others may have used some of the same fabrics I used. My set should come tomorrow. Can't wait!!! Susan in Texas
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 27 Mar 2011 12:56 #61028

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I thought you might like to see my beginning! I've decided that I will merge these HSTs with the ones from the SoTTTs and some from some smaller local exchanges. My quilt will have a pinwheel border, so I sorted out all of my Batiks-R-Us HSTs and matched them according to the color of the darker fabric to make color co-ordinated pinwheels. You can see that the guideline to use only "cream colored batiks" was interpreted differently by everyone, but I think these fabrics will play together nicely anyway!

WHOO-HOO!! We're havin' fun now!!

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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 27 Mar 2011 12:01 #61020

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	mine are still swimming, or flying I hope! Rosemary
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 27 Mar 2011 11:55 #61019

ladyz OFFLINE Posts: 42	Wow!! What a big day!! My hst's have arrived!! My husband brought the mail in and didn't even tell me. Obviously, he didn't know what he had in his hands! Love them! I am so excited to start my quilt, but must wait for our other hst's exchange. Ritzy, many many thanks to you and your team!!!
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 25 Mar 2011 00:52 #60882

quilting00 OFFLINE Posts: 596 Thank you received: 89	Wow! I'm away for a couple days and Ritzy not only makes the best executive decision ever; but she completes the swap too! I can't imagine all the effort she expended just for us and I thank her from the bottom of my heart.
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 24 Mar 2011 23:08 #60880

ClaraLawrence OFFLINE Posts: 818 Thank you received: 16	Nothing too dramatic. Only a tsunami of triangles taking me away. Clara
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 24 Mar 2011 22:19 #60875

ritzy OFFLINE Posts: 2963 Thank you received: 82	I just don't want the house to burn down before I get them out to you folks--I am very happy to say I have only had one dream about the HST exchange. I imagine that Debbie and Clara are having nightmares!
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 24 Mar 2011 20:32 #60871

nimbletheedle OFFLINE Posts: 17	Ritzy, Thanks for the update. Wow, you're fast. I'll get my envelope into the mail in the morning. I bet you will be happy to see all of the little gems out of the house so you can start working on your own HST project.
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 24 Mar 2011 19:25 #60860

dwynette OFFLINE Posts: 75 Thank you received: 7	I guess I've been on Facebook too much. I keep reading these posts and looking for the Like button. Yes, a big THANK YOU to the crew who have orchestrated this endeavor. Many, many thanks! It feels like Christmas is about here!!! I'm soooo looking forward to my package!
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Re: BATIKS-R-US fabric exchange 24 Mar 2011 18:13 #60856

magnus OFFLINE Posts: 269 Thank you received: 19	Ritzy!! I am already delighted at what you have done and am looking forward to being delighted again once the little fellas arrive!! merci beaucoup Jeanine
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