crocus999 wrote:
Charter members joined TQS in the very beginning of the venture! If you check our full profiles (click on "view my TQS profile" under my photo to the right of this box) you will see the gold star with the red "C" in the middle at the left of the line of stars!

Crocus 999,
I believe a Charter Member is someone who started in the beginning of the show. They were there at the birth of TQS so to speak. Guess that means we will never achieve that status.

Thanks, Margo for showing your HSTs all laid out - I am inspired. I'd love to see your 'other' pattern with your added fabric. I'm still wondering what to make with mine. Still waiting for them. It's so exciting to read and feel the happiness of those who are receiving their HST babies. I' don't have a design wall , but maybe while waiting, i can conjure up something, so I don't have to do the knee thing - and I have a little Cairn Terrier ( think Toto from the Wizard of OZ) who would love to attack them and carry them off.

PS - You answered a previous post singing the praises of the 'charter members' contributing so much to this forum. Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a charter member : ? I am a star member.

I was totally surprised that I received my package on Sat. What a thrill! I haven't had time to post until now, but have been reading others and had to share in the excitement. I feel honored and touched to be part of this exchange. Thank you so much to Clara and Debbie for taking on this HUGE task. You have done a fabulous job! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped you, too. Margo's input is always so valuable, as well. I have been busy painting severals rooms of our house (my daughter just got engaged and we're having a party). It has been so hard to put off playing with my HST. Last night I finally got to sort some of them and touch these beautiful representations of quilters all over the world. I am going to take my time to somehow document all that I have received. There is something spiritual about connecting with each other through this exchange and I can feel the energy and creativity from the fabric everyone has lovingly stitched. Thanks to Edyta for inspiring us to become friends through this exchange. Now to get back to the painting and thinking about a design for this special quilt.

OK, Today's going to be the day. I can feel it......

Jean in NW Ohio

tkwritr wrote: Show us what you designed. I would love to see. Clara

I'm still waiting for my HSTs and am on "pins and needles" every day when the mailman comes by. Until then, I thought I'd let everyone know that I had already finished my HSTs and had them bagged and ready to mail when the posts started mentioning adding our screen name to each one. I didn't and wish I had now. Instead, I only had "Birmingham, AL USA" on each one. So if you receive one labeled that way, it's mine. Just thought you might want to know.

Looking forward to discovering what comes in my package. I've had my quilt designed since before I mailed the HSTs and am anxious to start piecing it together.

My HST's arrived in good form yesterday. I have looked at quite a few and recognize lots of names. I'm looking forward to really digging into them after Easter. Thanks to all who helped with this project. Debbie and Clara are angels--little quilt angels. Thanks for organizing and seeing this project through. My husband had to poke around in them a little too-glad he supports my "habit". Teresa in ND where it is still snowing!

Margo wrote:

WOW!! Thanks for the visual Margo. Can't wait to get my 600. I'm like a little kid waiting for Santa. Fortunately I've been pre-occupied with the Strip exchange for the past few days so I haven't given the HSTs much thought until tonight when I had a chance to catch up with the forum comments. It is so much fun hearing about all the arrivals.

RiverOwl wrote:

Barbara - You're right this is my Shih Tzu puppy, Sydney Vicious. She's cute but soo honery. She tried to take off with one of my HSTs :shock: ! I received several of your HSTs. Your work is beautiful! Thank you... I hope you get your special mail soon! Receiving your HSTs is well worth every moment of waiting. Some of the names I recognized immediately...Riverowl, Clara, Posy...

Debbie - Did you happen to sign yours with only Katy, Texas?

Lori

Margo wrote:
You must have great knees Margo. I could never get down and lay out all those HSTs.

Margo wrote: I'm sorry Margo. The first thing that came to mind was "I could never lay mine out on the floor like that with my puppy". Talk about doing a Risky Business slide all over them! It is nice to see the variety and how they look so good together like that. Humm, what am I going to do. Clara

All I can say is "Wow!" ,Margo...the lay out is super! Rec'd mine yesterday and I petted and sorted,
counted and read the labels, and peeked and marveled at the wealth ! And yes..they arrived smooshed
in a tyvek bag..a bit mussed up.. but HERE! And yes...there are duplicates thanks to the cling-y nature of
cotton ..funny thing, tho... the most,(12), came from Squirllie55 who lives an hour north of me and was
the only other Idaho quilter I found in 615...(Got one of my own !) What are the odds of that ?
Many Thanks! to all who sewed! Double Thanks! to Debbie and Clara and all their helpers for making this
wonderment happen. And Thanks! as well to all who wrote and teased and informed and entertained while we
waited for the return of the HSTs. Now..I must get my UFO off the design wall! Marilyn

I got my package Saturday, but this is my first chance to post. My DH told me I got my quilt stuff and it was on the table. I saw the package of HST papers I had ordered and took them to the sewing room. There was another package, but I thought he had gotten something from e-bay (I wasn't expecting the HST so quickly!). It was about 8pm before I realized the package had MY name on it and a bright green sticker. I dumped them into a pile on the table and started sorting (sorry for the images that might conjure up for Clara & Debbie ). I was thrilled, my HST came from 42 states and 4 foreign countries. Florida was the best represented, followed by Calfornia, then Texas. There were about 10% that weren't labeled . I am now in the process of pressing them open and dreaming of what I will do with them. It is an incredible feeling to have been a small part of something so grand. As for the papers, I tried tossing them, but had to go back and pull them out of the waste basket! I know I won't being doing anything as grand as some of your ideas, but I did decide to make a pocket and put the papers in a baggie (again with the flash-backs) into the pocket. Maybe sew it shut so they won't get separated from each other.