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

[Deborah W.]

I am enjoying Clara's sense of humor! Life is too short to take it so seriously, ain't it! Hope everone is having a little preview of spring, we are in the 70's with sunshine. I have on my short and flip flops. Angie

Thanks. I'm having fun with this. We are 77 degrees and will be having a deck building party at our place this weekend. Ooof. Clara

Okay I am feeling a wee bit jealous-- it was -24 C here today and is to be below -30C tonight. I think I should move south! It is a great day for quilting though!

[Debbie W.]

Update of Packages Received as of Friday, Feb. 18 - 159 packages containing 57,848 HSTs.

Slowly but surely, we're getting there!

Debbie

[Debbie W.]

Oh my!

[Debbie W.]

I cant belive how busy u girls are,,,,and I can not express how honored I am!!! For all of you making a HST on my behalf,,,sweet girls I do not know what to say or do to pay justice to all your efford! My dear hubby wondered why I was crying reading the forum....i told him you have all taken part of the HST on my behalf..and I could that I could not mange it all. I do not know..or what to say so you all can undestand how much I treasure what you are doing for me! Margo and Arlene.....I think I will have the one and only "friendship quilt",,,,and to all of you sewing your heart out for me....how can I ever say thank you????? Tell me how I can pay it back!!!!

[Debbie W.]

I cant belive how busy u girls are,,,,and I can not express how honored I am!!! For all of you making a HST on my behalf,,,sweet girls I do not know what to say or do to pay justice to all your efford! My dear hubby wondered why I was crying reading the forum....i told him you have all taken part of the HST on my behalf..and I could that I could not mange it all. I do not know..or what to say so you all can undestand how much I treasure what you are doing for me! Margo anf Arlene.....I think I will have the one and only f"riend ship quilt",,,,and to all of you sewing your heart out for me....how can I ever say thank you????? Tell me how I can pay it back!!!!

That's what friends are for! Just keep being that wonderful online friend!

[Maureen A.]

I cant belive how busy u girls are,,,,and I can not express how honored I am!!! For all of you making a HST on my behalf,,,sweet girls I do not know what to say or do to pay justice to all your efford! My dear hubby wondered why I was crying reading the forum....i told him you have all taken part of the HST on my behalf..and I could that I could not mange it all. I do not know..or what to say so you all can undestand how much I treasure what you are doing for me! Margo anf Arlene.....I think I will have the one and only f"riend ship quilt",,,,and to all of you sewing your heart out for me....how can I ever say thank you????? Tell me how I can pay it back!!!!

That’s what us quilters do without thought of any payback. We put our hearts and love into the stitching for our friends and I think we have proved that everyone in the Sisterhood and TQS are our friends, even though we are scattered all over the world.

[Pam D.]

Amen to that. Brink you have done your share of sewing your heart out for TQS friends in the past, that I know for sure!!! Hugs

[Sandra S.]

I also agree, when I teach I always tell new students the same thing. Quilting is about friendship and helping others. San

[Lotti D.]

QUILTERS = FRIENDS
F.R.I.E.N.D.S.:
(F)ight for you.
(R)espect you.
(I)nvolve you.
(E)ncourage you.
(N)eed you.
(D)eserve you.
(S)tand by you.

[Lotti D.]

by lotti » Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:10 am

QUILTERS = FRIENDS
F.R.I.E.N.D.S.:
(F)ight for you.
(R)espect you.
(I)nvolve you.
(E)ncourage you.
(N)eed you.
(D)eserve you.
(S)tand by you.

Lotti, that is just sooo good, I will have to share it around with my other friends, and my daughter and her friends too

[Debbie W.]

SoTTTs Member,

I'd like to suggest :wink: that rather than dropping your package into a mailbox, you take it to your local post office to post & mail. At that time you can talk with the postal clerk about what postage is needed for your return envelope.

Thanks,
Debbie

[Barbara C.]

I cant belive how busy u girls are,,,,and I can not express how honored I am!!! For all of you making a HST on my behalf,,,sweet girls I do not know what to say or do to pay justice to all your efford! My dear hubby wondered why I was crying reading the forum....i told him you have all taken part of the HST on my behalf..and I could that I could not mange it all. I do not know..or what to say so you all can undestand how much I treasure what you are doing for me! Margo anf Arlene.....I think I will have the one and only f"riend ship quilt",,,,and to all of you sewing your heart out for me....how can I ever say thank you????? Tell me how I can pay it back!!!!

Just knowing we are making you happy is all the thanks we need! Norway is so beautiful. I can't wait to get back there this summer. My profile pic is of me in Norway last summer.

Barbara

[Barbara C.]

I cant belive how busy u girls are,,,,and I can not express how honored I am!!! For all of you making a HST on my behalf,,,sweet girls I do not know what to say or do to pay justice to all your efford! My dear hubby wondered why I was crying reading the forum....i told him you have all taken part of the HST on my behalf..and I could that I could not mange it all. I do not know..or what to say so you all can undestand how much I treasure what you are doing for me! Margo anf Arlene.....I think I will have the one and only f"riend ship quilt",,,,and to all of you sewing your heart out for me....how can I ever say thank you????? Tell me how I can pay it back!!!!

Dear Brink of Norway;
Although I have never had the pleasure of meeting you as many Sister’s of the THST; I have never met a quilter I haven’t enjoyed. It is my pleasure to make some HST’s for you; I just hope you like them and can use them. The thanks will be to make yourself a quilt, use it and enjoy it. I hope you have a quilt book you put photos of all the quilts you have made along with a little story about them and can include the story about this one as well. "A little love and care to come with each square”, oops their HST’s oh well, you get the point! Can’t wait to see what it looks like!

S/ Barbara
Bluffton, SC

[Bev G.]

Well, got all the squares sewn, labeled and went to the basement to cut them Thursday evening only to find out my sump pump had decided to go on vacation while all the snow was melting! Have been nursing it along for several years with duct tape, chop sticks, rubberbands and constant adjustments, but this time it had somehow come disconnected from the output pipe!! So, my 11 yo and I had to get it reconnected and have spent the last 3 days trying to dry the basement floor-couldn't get to my cutting area and my sewing machine without getting wet feet! So, today I bought a new pump and we will install it tomorrow. Was going to wait for the tax return, but nature has made it jump line! But, now can get back to the cutting area and will get them done and ready to mail. May keep them until after my guild meeting so I can show them something else I do with all the scraps I pick up off the donation table! (Is very nice to have dry feet and did not loose anything as I had already elevated most things due to the pump's going out when I would be asleep.)
Am having so much fun reading the notes from everyone. I do feel for you gals with the negative temperatures, we were there a couple of weeks ago and I basically hibernated! Today was sunny and in the hi 40's, and just a afew piles of dirty snow left! (And we are in NE Indiana-almost into Ohio and Michigan.) So, it is moving north!
Bev

[Bev G.]

Well, got all the squares sewn, labeled and went to the basement to cut them Thursday evening only to find out my sump pump had decided to go on vacation while all the snow was melting! Have been nursing it along for several years with duct tape, chop sticks, rubberbands and constant adjustments, but this time it had somehow come disconnected from the output pipe!! So, my 11 yo and I had to get it reconnected and have spent the last 3 days trying to dry the basement floor-couldn't get to my cutting area and my sewing machine without getting wet feet! So, today I bought a new pump and we will install it tomorrow. Was going to wait for the tax return, but nature has made it jump line! But, now can get back to the cutting area and will get them done and ready to mail. May keep them until after my guild meeting so I can show them something else I do with all the scraps I pick up off the donation table! (Is very nice to have dry feet and did not loose anything as I had already elevated most things due to the pump's going out when I would be asleep.)
Am having so much fun reading the notes from everyone. I do feel for you gals with the negative temperatures, we were there a couple of weeks ago and I basically hibernated! Today was sunny and in the hi 40's, and just a afew piles of dirty snow left! (And we are in NE Indiana-almost into Ohio and Michigan.) So, it is moving north!
Bev

Glad you didn't lose anything! But I'm sure it was a pain all the same.
I mailed my HSTs off today. They sure are addictive.