Specific fabric exchanges

[Connie W.]

I like Batiks R Us

[Robin G.]

I guess I made the deadline with a couple of days to spare. Count me in, Ritzy and thanks for agreeing to organize this. You may be sorry.
I love batiks and this is a good chance for me to at least acquire some small pieces of ones that are not in my stash.

I have a question for you:
In your instructions (and these are the same as in the more general triangle exchange) you say "After sewing, cut the squares apart on the solid lines, leave it folded with the paper on and press carefully while it is still folded. No need to worry about pressing seams open because it remains folded." Do I press the seams open to reveal the square or do I just send triangles with the paper on which have not yet been pressed open? I'm not quite sure I understand the use of the term 'folded'.

Thanks.

[Dawn S.]

Robin, the pressing is to set the stitches. It is easiest to do right after you have sewn a whole sheet. Iron the whole sheet, paper side down, and the whole sheet lays nice and flat for cutting. Then do the cutting. Your are now done. (Folded just means the square has not been pressed open.)

Dawn
In beasutiful Northwest Montana

[Robin G.]

Thanks, Dawn. That's what I thought but the wording confused me.

Here's another question - if we make more than the minimum # of blocks, do they all have to be from the same two fabrics?

[Robin G.]

No, you can mix and match if you want.

[Robin G.]

Thanks, Ritzy. I'm off to plunder my stash.

[Jocelyn W.]

Ritzy - Here's one more for the batik scramble and THANKS so much for taking this on. Lots of fun for all of us and lots of work for just one.
Hope to hear that you've got some willing hands to help close by. I'll email immediately.

[Kim M.]

I would love to be part of the cream and batik exchange. I am also part of the larger exchange and I already have my paper. This should be fun. Thank you for organizing this.

[Kim M.]

Count me in for the exchance. I ordered more papers today. What a great way to increase my stash

Thank You!

[Margo C.]

If you haven't voted yet for the name of the Batiks exchange, please check it out here: http://forum/friendship-triangle-exc...atiks-exchange

It's easy to do!

[Margo C.]

Welcome Sensational Strippers!!! That is the name for our strip exchange

The rules for this exchange are simple as no sewing is involved.

1. The strips must be batik.
2. All strips must be 1 1/4" wide and approximately 22" long. This will allow you to use fat quarters or cut a full width of fabric strip in half. This size will work well with the quilts in Edyta's Friendship Strips and Scraps book.
3. You must sign up by February 21st (I'm am giving plenty of time for all who want to participate to get registered).
4. The strips are due to me by April 30th. I will keep track of everyone who has signed up and let you know when I sort sorting and when the packages are back in the mail.
5. Please put your strips in a zip loc bag with your name and the # of strips you have included. You will get the same amount back
6 Include a self addressed envelope with the same postage on it that you used to send the strips to me.
7. Send me an email and I will send you my address.

Happy Stripping,
Barb in Houston

Sensational Strippers Exchange - Great :idea: - Love it!!! Count me in please and thanks for organizing this.

[Beverly C.]

I'm in for the batik strip exchange. I'm now at the stage that I can't wait to open the forum to see what's happened since I was online - which is now more than once a day!

[Sandra S.]

think I will by pass the stripping this time, 1 1/4 is a little to small for me. If they had been larger I would have jumped right in. Sorry I have to miss that one.
Sandy in NY

[Sandra S.]

OK--since we are now having people interested in a strip exchange--I am making an executive decision.] There are almost 80 ladies interested in the batik exchange only 35 have voted; so, I am giving the rest of you until the end of tomorrow and then we are going with the name voted on. Right now Batiks-R-Us is winning. After we have a name, we are going to start a new thread for just the batiks exchange. That will help me get everyone who is interested in being in the batiks exchange--I won't miss anyone.

If you have not emailed me your email address--please do so so I can send you my mailing address and contact you when your package arrives here. Thanks ladies.

[Sandra S.]

Include me in on the batik strip exchange!