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buddy'smom 08-02-2011 04:30 PM


Originally Posted by ging10ging
Thanks for your reply too bad things are not manufactured here anymore. It would bring back a lot of jobs. I'm orginally from RI and we used to make fabric & yarn there but some of those old factories have burnt down. Coat's & Clarke used to make their thread there my husbands aunt worked for them for about 30 yrs. I guess those days are gone. we need to make our country weathy again. Don't know if people would pay the price. What places on the West coast do you look for fabric? I've already been picking up some FQ for the Swap from my area. I've never seen Southwestern down here. Sometimes we can find seashells. Sue

WOW I used to spend just about every weekend in RI. My sister's hubby was from there and we had such wonderful times, oh the memories.

ging10ging 08-02-2011 04:42 PM

I loved RI except in the snow the hills are not fun to drive in so here we are in Fl. Sue

thrums 08-02-2011 07:36 PM


Originally Posted by oldcatlady
I think certain prints or styles are more popular in certain areas and the manufacturer's take that into account so even if it's the same company the fabrics would/might be different. That's what I was thinking when I first saw the swap. When I went to a quilt shop in the west there were TONS of southwest fabric that I don't see in my area. I bet the same is true for the new england area when it comes to the ocean/beach prints. I could not find any here. So I think just sending in material you find locally is great and if it has to do with whatever is popular in your neck of the woods that's even better.:) Just have FUN!

Franklin, TN was the site of a major battle near the end of the Civil War. I may use Civil War fabrics as my representation of my area.

buddy'smom 08-02-2011 10:07 PM


Originally Posted by thrums

Originally Posted by oldcatlady
I think certain prints or styles are more popular in certain areas and the manufacturer's take that into account so even if it's the same company the fabrics would/might be different. That's what I was thinking when I first saw the swap. When I went to a quilt shop in the west there were TONS of southwest fabric that I don't see in my area. I bet the same is true for the new england area when it comes to the ocean/beach prints. I could not find any here. So I think just sending in material you find locally is great and if it has to do with whatever is popular in your neck of the woods that's even better.:) Just have FUN!

Franklin, TN was the site of a major battle near the end of the Civil War. I may use Civil War fabrics as my representation of my area.

Oh one of my favorite fabrics.

jaciqltznok 08-02-2011 10:40 PM

should the fabric represent our STATE perhaps...state flower, or something like that???

KGoodhand 08-03-2011 11:59 AM

This may be a silly question but if I send in 5 fat quarters, are they supposed to be all the same?!?

redredreeves 08-03-2011 12:41 PM

Someone mentioned JoAnn's and WalMart FQ. Are you specifying quilt shop quality, or we can send any fabric in??

jaciqltznok 08-03-2011 12:45 PM


Originally Posted by KGoodhand
This may be a silly question but if I send in 5 fat quarters, are they supposed to be all the same?!?

I had a few questions as well.
Like, if say 50 of us over here in the US sent you say just 2 FQ each, that would be 100 FQ...but what if you only got 12 overseas players and they each only sent in 1 FQ...
How are you going to make it even from BOTH sides?

buddy'smom 08-03-2011 03:49 PM

Ok, I just have to ask, I thought this is a F4 swap, any kind, color, so on?? If we send in 20 F4's than we get that many back in different F4's??

thelondonzoo 08-04-2011 07:10 PM

I just sent you a PM. I'm looking forward to this. :)


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