sewbizgirl

NoraB, THANK YOU! I couldn't function all year without your spreadsheet for the birthdays! It really is an amazing help! I also jot down the post number where the person mentions receiving the swaps I sent. It's great to have a record just in case you need to find those posts.

Zozee, the quiltalongs will be a certain pattern and directed step by step, just like a mystery quilt only not a mystery. The first one will be the Arkansas Crossroads pattern, baby quilt or throw size. They are optional... just there to encourage us to use our candies as they accumulate. Used candies are always yummier than stashed candies!

Stay tuned Friday March 4 as we begin our Arkansas Crossroads.

If you have a certain pattern you'd like to do as a quiltalong, please do speak to Barb about it. I'm sure she's going to want suggestions.

WMUTeach

Yippee! I have my list made. I am a word document person so I made my own list. Noted the new names and and now will make my packets this weekend. I have some sets left from last swap because I made too many...... so some new folks will reap from my abundance! Just an FYI, my board name is WMUTeach (the "T" is capitalized too). Not a big deal and I will answer to both names.

Looking forward to new folks, new treats and the quilt-a-long. See y'all next Friday. (I am from southern Michigan so I can drawl just a little.)

JENNR8R

My capital letters were left off too. I'm trying not to let it bother me, but my OCD is giving me fits.

JENNR8R

p.s. All of my envelopes have been completed for three days. I feel like I'm all dressed up for a party with no where to go until March! 😀

sewbizgirl

Only 4 days to go until it's March!

Can't wait to start the quiltalong with y'all... Hope my pinky is better healed by then. The other night, cutting I Spy squares, I sliced off the tip of my left pinky with a new Olfa rotary cutter! Those unguarded blades are DANGEROUS! I cant do a thing right now... and can barely type! I'm going back to my Fiskars cutter-- much safer.

jaba

Got the list all printed out, thank you so much. It is so handy. Still working on the "Storm at Sea" candy quilt, better get busy if I'm going to do the quilt a long.

Anoka Quilter

Ouch sewbizgirl. Thankfully I can say I have never done that. (as I knock on my wooden desk) Hope your pinky heals quickly.

sunrise450

Thank you for posting your birthday list. I have downloaded it and printed it. I appreciate you doing this.

NoraB

Hi everyone....I see I have a few corrections to make on the list. If you can take a gander and post on this board any other corrections......I'll generate a new one on Saturday (Feb 27)........Barb, if there are any additions, just let me know! I'll be doing the quiltathon on March 4th in the afternoon........this will be fun! NoraB

trish b

How to sort CANDIES was the question. I sort into colors like this: blue, green, yellow, pink, orange, red, purple, black, brown, tan and white. The multicolors I sort by background or a miscelanious pile. Then I go back to the piles and sort by light, Med, dark. I also sort out teal, and olive into seperate stacks. This works well for me and I keep them in 13" square boxes (from Costco). For anyone who is frugal, plastic fruit boxes work well too.

This is how I cut scraps: 3.5, 2.5, 2, 1.5 strips . These sizes can then be cut into squares or other shapes for scrap quilts. I save anything 1" or larger. I also save baticks but use them for whatever color is needed.

This idea comes from Quilt Teacher Bonnie Hunter. See her web site for many more ideas.

I'm looking forward to the Quilt-A-Long with many of you.

Anoka Quilter

Thanks trish b. For the Growing Up Odd quilt I just opened a couple packets and was just taking random colors. However, as I look at the Arkansas Crossroads that sewbizgirl has done I may want to have my colors sorted.