I have been living vicariously through TQS for the past few months, and rarely post, but truly hope to change that and get more involved. I am so greatful to say that I received my HST's on Saturday. They are beautiful. I was going to make mountaintops, but thinking now of maybe doing something a little smaller and more comforting for ME! Since I have no natural sisters, it would be great to be able to wrap up in a quilt made of HST's from all my "sisters around the world"! I can not thank Debbie, Clara (got one of your HST's), and all of the sorters, and also Margo (GREAT Tips) enough. Each of you deserves a standing ovation for this monumental task that has brought so much happiness around the world. Thank you all SO MUCH!!
Love, your quilting sister in Michigan, Marlene

P.S. Even though I wasn't a lucky one that got a HST that was signed by Edyta, I hope to see her this summer, and will have her sign it then...Just one of the reasons I'm glad to live in Michigan!

Boy have you gals been chattering today! When I checked last at 1a.m.before going to bed we were at page 35 of this chapter. When I finally got back to my computer at 3:30 this afternoon, I had 3 FULL pages of posts to catch up on.
Now to my report update on my HSTs: 280 from 39 states and 5 foreign countries!; nly 16 uhst (Thanks Lois for the new acronym) so first one of those goes to Jill in NSW, Australia; my GT packet included both a signed Edyta and a "correct" Margo ; I have pressed about half open so far but not yet trimmed or decided what to do with the papers; will sort by color when all are open and papers off. I did put up the first 16 or 18 I pressed on my design wall and played with them for a while. Can't wait to get the rest ready for design time.

Jackie in Texas, where we got a very little rain on Saturday and a mist this a.m. but not enough to make a difference

After reading all the previous posts, all I can say is, "A DAY NOT READING SOTTT'S CHAPTER 3 POSTS, IS A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE AND EDUCATION!" I'm totally addicted to this Forum! Love it! Love it! Love it!

We had a bunch from the Batik HST exchange that I sent. Don't know how many were in either package that I sent.

FluffBallQuilts wrote:

Sorry you didn't find the note, Nancy. Below is a copy of what was in the note:

Your package from “the SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING TRIANGLES” EXCHANGE. VIA THEQUILTSHOW.COM. HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!!

Please welcome THESE newly adopted charges in your home AND TREAT THEM lovingly AS YOU STITCH THEM TOGETHER into a remarkable friendship quilt.

OUR hst’s have TRAVELED AND WILL travel from and to many countries including
Australia, new Zealand, Canada, Germany, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, s. Korea, Scotland, Switzerland, the united kingdom and 45 DIFFERENT states in the U.S.A.

Be sure to Look inside for a small baggie containing the ‘golden tickets’ from Alex, Ricky, edyta & Margo. Ricky & alex’s have all been signed, but edyta wasn’t able to sign all that she sent, so it’s only the luck of the draw as to who gets one that EDYTA DID sign.

Thank you for participating in this exchange. we LOOK FORWARD TO hearing from you for a long, long time on our new tqs forum topic:
sottt’s chapter 3 – the sorting & beyond!

Huge hugs to all of you from Texas…
Clara LAWRENCE & Debbie WOLF

NaneeWolf wrote:
Debbie,
Thanks for the info, I was guessing from you, but see I would have been wrong. Didn't see the bright colored paper and I just finished sorting out the unsigned ones. My design calls from some just dark triangles, some just light triangles and some cut in half triangles (half light & half dark), these will be made from the unsigned. So far I have one whole block and 2 half blocks made. When I finish one more whole block and 2 half blocks I will take a picture and post it. This is so much fun! I let a quilting friend look in my envelope and she right away wanted me to share.... It was really hard to say no, but my design calles for 622 HSTs. If I have some left, I guess I could give them to her (another use for those unsigned HSTs). Have a fun day, and Thanks for all the work you and all your helper did on my (and everyone else's) behalf.
Nancy in SC (aka FluffBallQuilts)

It's a rainy, dull day in Missouri but when my DH said there was a Priority Mail package for me it felt like Christmas! Thankso so much to Clara, Debbie and all the sorters and to each one of you who participated! It so much fun to look at all the different labels and I haven't even got to the HSTs yet. I will try to keep the labels, or at least the locations, as part of a scrap book page.

I haven't even thought about a design yet but look forward to starting this new part of the project. Just what I need...another project!

Thanks again. This was just plain fun!

Kim

FluffBallQuilts wrote:
There should have been a small printed note on a bright color paper inside your package which explains what is in the Golden Ticket baggie. There is one from Alex, Ricky, Margo, and the one that is pressed open and either signed or unsigned is from Edyta. Edyta wasn't able to sign each of her HST's so it was strictly the luck of the draw as to who received a signed one from her.

Hello Goddess of All Information (aka Margo),
I found a plastic bag in my envelope... it had 4 HSTs inside, one signed Alex (from Ms. Anderson), one signed RT (from Mr. Tims), one signed by you and the 4th a brown/tan also pressed open unsigned.... Am I to guess who made that one or will you tell me?
Nancy in SC (aka FluffBallQuilts)
PS: My desing is on point, I have one full block and 2 half blocks made. This is so much fun!

What a great feature! Guru Bob is the best (as are Margo, Debbie, Clara, and so many others!). Hope this new info is posted on the Daily Blog so everyone will know about it (not everyone keeps up with the Forum...). Thanks, Margo, for letting us know! Nancy

I sure hope that I receive mine soon...I keep going to the mail ever since I heard that some were receiving
theirs....I know that mine was one of those that had the return post already with a date pre-marked on it
but was told by the postal worker that it would not make a difference when I asked them about it...that if
there was a question the post office it was coming from would just put a date of 0/0/0000 on it and since the
postage was paid it would go through...but again I have not seen a package.
Pati Beck

BTW...our wonderful Guru Bob has done it again!! If you will click on MY ACCOUNT (far right on the purple bar) and choose MY SHOWS from the drop-down menu, a list of all the episodes that you are able to view will appear, and hovering over each one will tell you what topics the video covers! Is that cool, or what!!
BOB ROCKS!!! [/quote]


This is a great help!! Thanks Buru Bob and thank you Margo for pointing this out.

Happy Easter everyone!! STILL waiting but God knows that I couldn't do Easter and HSTs at the same time. Spending my quilting time catching up with the all the Forum comments (2 hours worth) and I hope the "mailbunny" delivers my package today!

Clara check out #304 with Sue Garman Ricky and Ales showed how you can turn a block and get a new design. Sue was showing Lily Rosenberry that could be turned. That might be the show you are remembering. Joan

Margo, I got one of your wrong side up HSTs and I think it's great. Remember, often the back side is as good as the front and sometimes it's better. I don't consider it a mistake, just an interesting experiment.

Anne