Um, should we all have received ours by now? I got an email when my package arrived there. Just wondering .... not hurrying anyone, btw.
Mary

I received duplicates from England, Germany, Australia, and Canada. If anyone has an HST from countries other than those or New Zealand, Switzerland, the Netherlands, or Scotland, I am willing to swap 2 for one. Also if anybody still needs a signed Alex Anderson HST, I have an extra, so please email me and we'll arrange for you to get one, too!

Hi Barbara. I also thought I didn't get an hst from Alex. One of the blank ones in my Golden Ticket pack was signed by Alex on the right side of the fabric and not on the paper. RT also signed the fabric. I love it!!! It will show on the front of the quilt now. Take a look and see if you got one like mine.

Roine
RiverOwl wrote:

I have 4 HSTs from Scotland, and was wondring if anyone needed one. I would love to exchange one for S. Korea, Netherlands, and/or Finland. I am one of those who came up about 30 short, (I still have about 580 HSTs, sent 616) but since It will be ages before I ever get to sew them into anything, I'm content with just playing with what I have received. I'm just sad that I actually have 53 unsigned!

Update - Thanks to Fiberwoman, I am no longer short! This is such a caring, giving group! Thank, thank you, thank you!!!

Dawn,
In beautiful Northwest Montana

Thanks Dawn - I'll try that!

dwynette wrote:
You have just listed the states that had no one in our exchange. You may be able to search the site for members in those states, and get a HST from them. Good luck!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

I am so excited!!! I have finally been able to sort through all my HSTs from the 2 exchanges, and guess what!!! Of the ones which were signed with a name and location, I have 329 different individuals, 45 states and 8 countries represented!!!! WOW!!! Now, here's a challenge....I'd like to get representation from those 5 'missing' states: Arkansas, Hawaii, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Oklahoma. Were there any participants from those states? If so, may I send you a SASE and a HST so that I can receive a HST from you representing your state?
Thanks!

I received my much anticipated package today, and it was very much worth waiting for! Thank you, THANK YOU to Debbie, Clara and all who assisted along the way.
I have 28 more than I sent in, so will be happy to send some duplicates to anyone who came up short.
Jan in Spokane where s-n-o-w is in the forecast for tonight. Arrrgh, can you believe it?!

Scoopie wrote:
I have an extra from Louisiana.
If you still need it, e-mail your address to me & it will be on it's way

Dear SoTTT’s

Easiest way to document is to
Separate by State, & Country. Then go into excel and type in States on one sheet (I did Canada separately & Countries on a different sheet). When you are done typing in just the States hit the icon on the top that will sort all your States alphabetically. Then you can go back & enter the rest of the information easier, like the city in the next column , following column # of HST’s and next you can check Print next column check Batik, etc whichever order you want the info. Then at the bottom you can hit the icon for sum and it will auto add up the total for you of whatever column you highlight from the top. So you can add up any column that you put a numerical number in.

If you want to double check when you separate your HST’s by color you can recheck them by re-counting them by stacks of 10’s (is the easiest) and write the total on the outside of a plastic bag on a small label w/ pen. Writing color, prints # and Batik’s #. When you are done sorting you can add those numbers up that are on the outside of your plastic bags again and see if it matches up with your excel sheet but there is no reason it shouldn’t.

I am going to keep all of the papers and put them in a little book with our stories to go with the quilt for historical documentation myself and keep a few extra HST’s for any future repairs that may be necessary like I do with all my quilts. Everyone’s name and City and/or State will go on the back & after watching Ricky & Alex’s trip to Marsha’s (Alex’s first quilting instructor) and her sister’s house in CA I am going to think very differently about what kind of label to put on the back. That was a really neat show!! I loved it!! I sent away for two of her books after watching the show; on Machine quilting, one for me & one for my daughter.

ritzy wrote:
Great! I will e-mail you my home address. I just love her and wanted her HST in the quilt I am going to make from Edyta’s book, the Medallion Friendship quilt. I will put it right in the middle.

Thanks again,

Margo wrote:
I did, no fabric signed by Alex, I checked. I did get one from you in my Golden ticket and one from RT!!

Counted my HST's today. 420 is the total for all and that is the amount I sent in. 8 countries represented including the US.
In that count is the Golden Tickets from; Ricky (is that hand dyed fabric?-beautiful), Alex, Edyta, Margo and also the
one from Debbie. Didn't see one from Clara. Seems as each time I look through them I find some I didn't see before.
It's so exciting to think about and plan for this SPECIAL QUILT.

I received 5 from Germany, if there is a need for one please e-mail me.

Thanks
Terry
Dillon, MT

I just finished counting and am short by 27, but really am very happy with what I have. It is amazing to see how may do come from which states and countries. I too received the most from Texas (56) and then Canada with (20). Only got one of my own back, but got about 15 from one of my best local quilting friends...We are actually going to do another exchange among a few friends to get just a little more variety. LOL This has been so much fun. Sure hope that Clara & Debbie have been able to get more into the "fun" side of things now that all the packages are in the mail. Thanks again to all my new quilting sisters
Marlene in Michigan