Sorting Day was amazing. I'm so glad I got to be there in person yesterday and meet everyone. Thank you and big hugs to Clara and Debbie for taking on this huge task. Thank you to everyone that helped, even the non-quilters that were there. Big thanks to Debbie's Bee for all of their help and for arranging the location. Thank you to everyone that donated chocolates and funds to cover food and expenses. Rosemary, your Sorting Hats are remarkable. Thank you for giving Clara and Debbie such a nice gift for them to remember this monumental event. Thanks go to Debbie's and Clara's husbands and families for their help and support. Thank you to Edyta for getting us all hooked on HSTs so we could do this crazy exchange! Last but not least, HUGE thanks to Alex and Ricky and TQS. What a tremendous community we have because of you. I am so thankful to be a quilter. I have met such wonderful people over the years and made many friends because of quilting. I don't know of any other hobby that generates such fellowship and generosity. I hope I get to meet many of you from TQS in Houston this November.

Rosemary,
WOW WOW WOW, the hats are very cute.

Dittos with scottishquilter, Never enough words to say THANK YOU

Terry
Dillon, Montana USA

Rosemary,
They are awsome!!! You are so creative. We have so many creative people on the forum. I want to see the banter go on and on...I look at my email about 2 or 3 time a day to see what is going on...I love it all. This is my first time to do something like this. You are all so great..Hope to see some of you at the Houston show..

Rosemary,

They are amazing!!!

Ditto what Patti said!! the amount of talent around here is amazing!

PosyP wrote:

AMAZING! SIMPLY AMAZING!!

Holy Hogwarts Rosemary! Those hats are amazing!

-Patti

Thanks also go to....
Maureen Anderson, Nan Tuckerman, Amanda Ashton & Dorothy Midson.

especially as I asked them to mix up different types of fabric, and to include silks, satins, velvets or whatever they had to hand; personally I added some wool suitings, furnishing fabrics, and sparkly silver that frayed as soon as you looked at it, .... that really made it into an interesting project!

It has been a fun 3 months (except for the last week or two worrying about if my hsts would arrive, and I hope the chat doesn't dry up now this exchange is starting to wind up

Yours in the Cause

Rosemary

PS I suppose I ought to go away and see if I can organise myself a fancy signature now, whilst waiting for the post.

Debbie, Clara and all the rest of the helpers, a very, very mòr (Gaelic for (big/great/large), huge, vast, enormous, gargantuan, humongous, tremendous, massive, gigantic, immense, colossal, monumental, mammoth, Brobdingnagian, thundering, thank you for all you have done to get the HST sorted on the day and the weeks running up to sorting day.

I am sure we will all patiently wait for our packages to arrive in the post and not bother you in any way. They will come when they come.

"Mòran taing." (many thanks)

PosyP wrote:

The hats were a huge hit yesterday. As great as they look in a picture, you have to see them in person to really appreciate the detail. Rosemary even had each member who contributed HSTs to sign their name on the label inside the hat! She thought of everything.

I do have to say, Rosemary, that it looks much cuter on your daughter than it did on me! She is adorable!

And I'm planning on wearing my hat to Quilt Festival this year...so if anyone sees me with it on, please stop and introduce yourself!!

and also presenting!

Via North Cave...
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Now you know why I was so sure that Clara had her facts (or is it 'hats') wrong

Rosemary

Oh my Gosh! The sorting hats are just Awesome! What better way to sort HST's that with HST hats! I can't wait to see pictures of the sorting - I'm sure the pictures can not convey how overwhelming the task you have taken on. It took 3 months for all of the HST's to arrive at your destination so it will take time for them to come back to us! It is definitely worth the wait. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all who are helping with the sort. We are truly a blessed group of SOTTT's

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charlottegaile wrote:
Thanks, Charlotte. We sincerely appreciate your support and kind words!