moonrise

Fly-by post ... mailing all the August birthday candies this morning!

barbarakibler23

first a happy dance...Sewbizgirl won...then a very sad face....prize no good! hmmmm I thought they were suppose to be the same all across the board. Maybe that is here in Michigan. I believe our first person (to each store) to bring in a quilt with at least 8 rows wins a fat quarter bundle (20 fabrics I thought ) then if you also had their row in your quilt you get another prize. hmmmm .....I will never know for sure since I have only collected never made any row by row. hopefully that changes this year. I think I need some support on this end to make one.

barbarakibler23

Hello ladies....I don't know how to grab a link but DJmat is hosting a 2.5" swap....this is her first time to host a swap, so go check it out. It is fun to get some squares when it is not your birthday too!

Barb

zozee

Sewbiz--


May I ask the burning question? What was the shockingly disappointing prize?

I'm so sorry that happened, but I do want to congratulate you on your win!

sewbizgirl

Thanks... the fat quarters is non-negotiable. Each shop must give 25 fqs as a prize. In my case, they pulled out some dregs from old store stock. It was a bundle, so all the fabrics match each other. Old, not current fabric. The tag on the bundle was so shopworn the price sticker was all faded out.. looked like it had been on the shelf for at least 10 years. So, technically they provided the 25 fat quarters... but YUCK. It looks like florals from the 90's... old wallpaper in pastels. I think it must have come out before I started quilting as I didn't remember it.

Then, the wonderful 'store prize' was 3 little plastic notions. Silly things, like "peels" that wrap around a spool of thread. One was a marking pen. One was some little clips. Other shops give a $50 gift certificate or an additional 25 fqs. Why not give your best? Why palm off the dregs? I was telling another shop owner today, and she said that unfortunately this was not the first story she had heard like this. That's too bad. I think it's time to write to the RxR leadership.

There. I said it.

jaba

If it were me sewbizgirl, I most certainly would!!! Guess that's why I have never been interested in doing them plus the mileage in Wyoming. I still think the leadership needs to know and I'd send pics to them if they will allow. These shops get free advertising for doing this and get the traffic through their shops..wouldn't you think they'd want to represent themselves well?
apparently your shop is not thinking of this and just going the cheapest way possible. It truly is a shame!!! Be very proud for winning and all your hard work, I totally understand your disappointment

zozee

Ugh! That's inexcusable. Yes, she should have given her best, not the old stuff. You'd think she'd want positive word-of-mouth advertising. I agree you should write RxR and let them know.

Leesewzany

Congrats on your "win" sewbizgirl. But gosh, I would have been disappointed too! Especially since you posted what you bought at a LQS a few posts ago, when I saw that pic I was like, " I have that, I have that, I have that, oh! I want that, and that!" Lol, good taste!

Leesewzany

Oh! And speaking of row by rows, I have one that I do not plan on making. I KNOW it's against the rules, but does anyone want a Connecticut row? They're little houses.

sewbizgirl

Actually the rules just say not to copy the patterns. And the rules tell the shops they cannot mail the patterns or kits while the RxR thing is going on, only after. You aren't breaking any rules.

Good morning everyone! It's FRIDAY!