Louise, your quilt is "Drop-dead Gorgeous"! I love it!

Shirley Forster
Gresham, Oregon, USA

Imagine an overly-excited Daffy Duck doing a Happy Dance and that's me this afternoon when I got my HST package They're already sorted into 44 USA states and 8 other countries...and the variety is unbelieveable I also love my Golden Tickets from Alex, Ricky, Edyta, Margo, and Clara...but didn't find one from our special Debbie Wolf. There were 37 unsigned HST's so I will have to imagine which one would be from our special lady! I'm going thru the previous posts and noting the names of some SoTTT sisters who didn't label their HST's and will imagine which ones they sent too!

I can't say THANK YOU enough to Debbie, Clara, and everyone else who helped to make this SoTTT exchange a HUGE success I liked Margo's vision in an earlier post about all of us standing up and making a giant wave of applause!
And...thank you to all our SoTTT sisters (sadly I didn't find any labeled from our brothers, except for Ricky's) for making your beautiful HST's. Every one of them will be scanned and recorded in my computer before I play with them for a quilt

Thank you, Debbie, for posting the page that had the countries listed. I'm going to print it and put it with my scanned HST's.

Hugs to all of you,
Shirley Forster
Gresham, Oregon, USA

They came on Friday!!! I looked at (and drooled over) every one of them, but then forced myself to put them in a basket until I finish binding the quilt I am making for my great-niece. Thanks so much to all of you for your efforts ~ you made something really spectacular happen!

louisevickers wrote:

Hi all, Phew, it is now 11.30am and I have been reading all 39 pages of the forum since 8am when I came into the office and sat down with my breakfast in hand to catch up as I have been away for a week. When I left I hadn't opened up the Chapter 3 - what a mistake, so much to catch up on and what a blast reading it all, I have laughed out loud (DH came over to see what I was laughing at, shook his head and went away to do the breakfast dishes). I have had a few tears as well, said a few prayers and thank yous to other Aussie sisters for answering the OZ questions.
Anzac Day is a very special day for all Aussies and New Zealanders. November 11th is also called Remembrance Day here and everything stops at the 11th minute of the 11th hour - tellers stop, checkouts stop and people are reminded to stop doing whatever for a full minute of silence to remember the fallen in all wars.
I have finished the top of a hst quilt - first one made for the Bris flood/North Queensland cyclone victims, I started making this early in the year with all the offcuts from a purples quilt I did a few years ago. I will upload a photo later when I learn how to do it.
All my friends have nearly finished their hst's and I have sorted them into piles ready for our sewing days. Jenny has taken all the ones with red in them and has started working on one. I am waiting for the hst's from US to come before I book the hall for the sewing days.
I have already got the names of some of the recipients of the quilts but as I don't know how many we will be making I have not gone any further with that.
Thank you to all involved in the Sottt exhcnage, I am thoroughly enjoying the forum and look forward to reading it when I can, really looking forward to receiving my packages though no doubt will have to wait a bit yet.
I have a friend who is visiting the US at the moment to go to Paducah so I am looking forward to seeing all her photos and stuff she brings home.
Cheers to all,
Louise in sunny Cairns
Australia

I am so excited that everyone is receiving the HST's. I'm still waiting with anticipation. Hope to receive them tomorrow (Tuesday). Hope to see many of the quilts made from this exchange.

Mildred from Manalapan, NJ

Josew wrote:
Maryjo,
That would be so much fun! We may go again in the fall.

I have recieved my HST's and am very happy with them. A Big Thank you to the sorters! I am sure it was a little crazy but fun too. I do wish that I had put my name on each one I sent - live and learn. Laura

DElizabeth wrote:
Doreen,
Let me know when you will be in sunny FL again! We can explore quilt shops in Central FL or meet for lunch. I am going to be retired in just a few weeks and am really looking forward to more quilting time! Shirley & I plan to meet when she is in FL in May.
Maryjo

bean53 wrote:
Bean53, when you want to quote a post, all you have to do is click on the QUOTE box in the upper right corner of the one you want to quote! (It says "reply with quote" when you hover over it.)
That text will appear in a new post reply box and you just add your text! If there is just one part that you want to quote, you can delete the extra text....just be sure that the beginning and ending

I notice that some of the posts repeat the post of the person you want to respond to and then show your response - how do you do that?

sugarmuffin57 wrote:
Thanks! Now I can add another country to my speadsheet!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

I got my package today! Yeah! I've been reading all the posts, but I didn't realize how emotional I would feel when I actually looked at all the places these HST's came from! Some from very near my hometown, some from places I have visited - and I got quite a few international ones. I only got two of my own back - and I got all five from Ricky, Alex, Edyta, Margo and Clara - sorry to say I didn't get one from Debbie. But thank you all for all your hard work in making this happen.
And Margo, thanks for the great videos - love them!

Hi Debbie,
I didn't get a letter in my package either but am very happy you have posted it for us. I will print it out and put it with all my labels as a memento.
Karen