CHAPTER 2 - SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING TRIANGLES (cont'd)

[Debbie W.]

Debbie.... No you don't have to clean smoke filled triangles, return them!

Barbara

Ditto! I almost died one summer of pneumonia, spending 10 days in the hospital, three of which were in ICU. I guard my lungs now, as they have been severely compromised. Cigarette smoke is now one thing I stay FAR from!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

I had no idea you had gone through that, Dawn and I can certainly understand why you're so conscientious about staying away from smoke. I haven't had any issues like you have, but the smell is nauseating to me and I avoid it at all costs, too. I guess we're fortunate that 99.9% of our HSTs have not had this problem. And I certainly don't want to have to deal with it again!

I'm still working hard to get the smell out of this batch, so I hope my efforts will pay off. They were sprayed with HEAVY DUTY Febreze and aired outside for the whole day yesterday, then aired out again for a few hours again this morning,, and now they're on 'air' in my dryer with fabric sheets. That worked pretty well with the 700 I received a few weeks ago, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will work this time too.

[Debbie W.]

Debbie.... No you don't have to clean smoke filled triangles, return them!

Barbara

Ditto! I almost died one summer of pneumonia, spending 10 days in the hospital, three of which were in ICU. I guard my lungs now, as they have been severely compromised. Cigarette smoke is now one thing I stay FAR from!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

I had no idea you had gone through that, Dawn and I can certainly understand why you're so conscientious about staying away from smoke. I haven't had any issues like you have, but the smell is nauseating to me and I avoid it at all costs, too. I guess we're fortunate that 99.9% of our HSTs have not had this problem. And I certainly don't want to have to deal with it again!

I'm still working hard to get the smell out of this batch, so I hope my efforts will pay off. They were sprayed with HEAVY DUTY Febreze and aired outside for the whole day yesterday, then aired out again for a few hours again this morning,, and now they're on 'air' in my dryer with fabric sheets. That worked pretty well with the 700 I received a few weeks ago, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will work this time too.

Your dedication is most impressive and appreciated greatly. Looking forward to meeting you very soon. Clara

[Debbie W.]

OMG :shock: :shock: ...I JUST RECEIVED THE MOST INCREDIBLY AWESOME GIFT PACKAGE FROM POSYP (aka ROSEMARY) from the U.K.
THERE IS ALSO A GIFT FOR YOU, CLARA, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SORT DAY TO GET IT BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU WITH ALL OF OUR SORT HELPERS AND TO ACTUALLY TAKE A PICTURE (and VIDEO??) WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT. YES, THERE IS INDEED A LITTLE BIT OF THE DEVIL :evil: IN ME...He, he, he!

Rosemary, you are extremely talented and must have a monumental sense of humor :lol: :lol: !!!

AND THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF OUR OTHER SOTTT's MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE ROSEMARY'S GIFT WHEN WE POST IT ON THE FORUM AFTER SORTING DAY. SO SORRY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL CLARA'S SURPRISE :twisted: .

AND HUGE THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE SOTTT'S MEMBERS WHO HAVE SO GENEROUSLY SENT EXTRA-SPECIAL GIFTS SUCH AS CHOCOLATES FROM SWITZERLAND & CHOCOLATIERS ON THE NORTHEAST COAST, EXTRA HSTs, BEAUTIFUL FAT QUARTERS AND HAND-DYES, AND THE CASH & CHECKS TO HELP US WITH EXPENSES. YOU ARE ALL VERY, VERY SPECIAL AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I'm really curious!!!!! Any hints. Please.... Clara :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Debbie W.]

OMG :shock: :shock: ...I JUST RECEIVED THE MOST INCREDIBLY AWESOME GIFT PACKAGE FROM POSYP (aka ROSEMARY) from the U.K.
THERE IS ALSO A GIFT FOR YOU, CLARA, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SORT DAY TO GET IT BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU WITH ALL OF OUR SORT HELPERS AND TO ACTUALLY TAKE A PICTURE (and VIDEO??) WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT. YES, THERE IS INDEED A LITTLE BIT OF THE DEVIL :evil: IN ME...He, he, he!

Rosemary, you are extremely talented and must have a monumental sense of humor :lol: :lol: !!!

AND THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF OUR OTHER SOTTT's MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE ROSEMARY'S GIFT WHEN WE POST IT ON THE FORUM AFTER SORTING DAY. SO SORRY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL CLARA'S SURPRISE :twisted: .

AND HUGE THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE SOTTT'S MEMBERS WHO HAVE SO GENEROUSLY SENT EXTRA-SPECIAL GIFTS SUCH AS CHOCOLATES FROM SWITZERLAND & CHOCOLATIERS ON THE NORTHEAST COAST, EXTRA HSTs, BEAUTIFUL FAT QUARTERS AND HAND-DYES, AND THE CASH & CHECKS TO HELP US WITH EXPENSES. YOU ARE ALL VERY, VERY SPECIAL AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I'm really curious!!!!! Any hints. Please.... Clara :lol: :lol: :lol:

My lips are zipped...and so are Rosemary's...so don't try to get anything out of us cause it's not gonna happen! :lol:

[Debbie W.]

Hey Clara that post is 4 pages old :!: and here was me thinking you were checking EVERY day :wink:

My tongue's not wagging on this one either :lol: :twisted: :lol:

And twisting our arms would be counter-productive.... we wouldn't be able to type :wink:

Rosemary

[Debbie W.]

My tongue's not wagging on this one either :lol: :twisted: :lol:

And twisting our arms would be counter-productive.... we wouldn't be able to type :wink:

Rosemary

But I could hold your HSTs for ransom. MWOOHAHA. Wait, no I can't because Debbie has them. Rats. Please, please, please a tiny hint. Clara :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Debbie W.]

Who Me?

[Debbie W.]

Who Me?

Rosemary...you are priceless! I think you need to figure out a way to get yourself to Houston on sort day so you can keep us entertained :lol: . You can even stay at my house and sleep peacefully :roll: among the bags and bags of HSTs in my guest room.

[Debbie W.]

I'm sending one huge bear hug to Debbie and Clara for stepping up to the plate and volunteering their time to take on this fantastic HST exchange! You two gals from Texas know how to handle "big" projects. Debbie, you went beyond the call of volunteer duty by trying to remove the smoke odor from "700" HST's the first time...and to hear you are willing to do it again is unbelievable! God bless you! It's too bad that the instructions from the beginning haven't been read and paid attention to as well as they should have been. Each one of us in this exchange is responsible for reading "all" of them carefully and following them. Debbie and Clara are not responsible for correcting our mistakes...we are, ladies! As much as I wouldn't want to see those smoke-laden HST's returned to their creator, I have to agree that they should be. :cry: There are too many people with allergies, asthma, and other breathing issues who could be affected by the smoke.

I once received a thoughtful Christmas present from an employee which was a beautiful batch of homemade cookies...that smelled so badly from the smoker who made them that I had to toss them! Smokers, you have a right to smoke if you choose, but please be aware that we non-smokers have a right to refuse anything that wreaks of smoke odor!

If we all try to be more considerate of each other everyone can enjoy and reap the rewards that this fabulous triangle exchange has to offer! I my hat is off and I am bowing to Debbie and Clara for all that they have done so far for all of us!

Shirley from Gresham, OR

[Debbie W.]

Who Me?

Rosemary...you are priceless! I think you need to figure out a way to get yourself to Houston on sort day so you can keep us entertained :lol: . You can even stay at my house and sleep peacefully :roll: among the bags and bags of HSTs in my guest room.

I bet you could make a bed with all those bags and bags of HSTs. Clara

[Debbie W.]

Who Me?

Rosemary...you are priceless! I think you need to figure out a way to get yourself to Houston on sort day so you can keep us entertained :lol: . You can even stay at my house and sleep peacefully :roll: among the bags and bags of HSTs in my guest room.

I bet you could make a bed with all those bags and bags of HSTs. Clara

Actually, they are filling up the bed and also making a second bed on the floor! I'll have to take a picture before I load them into the 'trash' :evil: bags! SoTTT's members...do I have your attention now....hmmmm...trash bags????

[Susan T.]

Smoking HST’s – I have a quilting friend who smokes – not inside her house but near an open patio door, in the garage, in the front yard and back yard. You can’t really smell the smoke in the house. And yet when she mails me quilt items the box releases strong cigarette odors when I open it. It takes a few days of airing before the odor is gone. I can only imagine what a couple of heavy smoking HSTs will do the other HST’s in the sort being put back into a ziplock bag for the fermenting trip to our mail boxes. Now my husband loves Febreze and I can’t stand it. It’s just more smell on top of bad smell. I wish we had thought of this issue at the beginning when the rules were being developed. I say thanks for playing and send them back with a mix of the extra HSTs that were sent.

[Susan T.]

Hmmm.. a mattress made of unmade quilts could be interesting. Bet one of the hst's would end up sticking in my ...ear. Seriously I would love to be there, it's going to be one of those occasions that those who are there will remember it for a loooong time and dine out on the tale too.

Rosemary

[Susan T.]

by nimbletheedle » Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:23 pm

Smoking HST’s

Are they old enough? :shock:

Personally when we've had a party that included smokers I look for 'Neutragel' as it actually absorbs the smoke smell rather than trying to cover it over another synthetic perfume. Which reminds me Sodium Bicarbonate (Bicarbonate of Soda) is used to absorb smells, I wonder if it would help here?

Rosemary

[Susan T.]

MUSIC TO SORT TO...

My vote would be for Abba, Sorting Queen (sorry Dancing Queen) especially for Clara.
We could always try rewriting the lyrics while we wait.

With a grand prize of...... 8)

Getting to host the next Hst exchange :lol: :P

Rosemary