What have you gotten sewn so far?

[Margo C.]

Carol That sounds absolutely brilliant, a great reason to get on and get working on our quilts where possible and a real treasure to look forward to.

PS I'm pretty certain that there are one or two song re-writes out standing from Sottts members that we haven't seen yet :wink:

[Dawn S.]

OH CAROL!! Thank you so much for taking this project on! What a treasure you are going to create for all of us!!

I hope these deadlines will encourage participants to get their quilts finished so they can be included!!

Hugs,

OH MY! Another deadline! :shock: Can I make the January 1 deadline? Definitely NOT the first one! But, then there is the Fair, and after that the guild quilt show, then we are running into the holidays, and then Christmas! Oh my! Is it just me, or am I the only one that feels like I am spead to thin. For those of us who work in slo-mo, this could be a real challenge!!!

Carol, I think what you are doing is absolutely wonderful! This is no small task! I will try my best to get to these sweet little HSTs that greet me each morning, all standing at attention in a uniform line, by states, just waiting for me to call them into action! (I do have a good start on my batik HST quilt. Does this one count? It is my mini.)

Dawn,
In beautiful Northwest Montana

[Patti P.]

Well I love the idea but my quilt won't be quilted by Sept 1. Most likely top and back will be done just not quilted. But my thanks too for taking this on because I'd love to have the book and DVD.

Patti

[Carol M.]

Dawn, wonderful that you mentioned the Batiks. I forgot about that one too. I will need to make sure those are included too. Ritzy did a wonderful job in organizing that exchange too. Will need to change the name to SOS SoTTT/Batik Exchange Project. This is going to be so much fun. The best part is I will get so see all this beauties and the wonderful talent from these cute little HST. Exciting times ahead. Well, need to get back to work. Just needed a little excitement to add to my day.

[Margo C.]

For those who feel pressed for time, maybe it would help to think about it this way.

There are 24 weeks left in this year. That's 168 days. If you make an effort to spend just 15 minutes a day you will be able to work on your project for 2420 minutes or 42 hours. That's an entire week's worth of a "day job"!!!

If you need more than a week's worth of time for your planned project, just increase the daily commitment to cover your plans!

YOU CAN DO THIS!!

[Lotti D.]

YES I CAN - i'll certainly do my darndest (is that an actual word? - looks funny) to get done (by the end of the year that is...)
what a fabulous idea
thank you carol for thinking of it and for organizing it all - wow - we'll be in a book of our own
this is one i will definitely buy, plus dvd of course - yeahhhhhhhh
WAY COOOOOOOOOL 8)

[Kathryn S.]

Oh Carol, that is wonderful news! I really love it that we will document this wonderful worldwide sharing of our work that we have done.
I'm sending a big thank you to Edyta, Ricky, Alex, Debbie, Clara, Margo, you of course, and all the people who sent me HST's for my beautiful quilt. I'm just finishing up the binding and can't wait to post a photo. I'm enjoying seeing what others have done too.
Kathy

[Kathryn S.]

Thanks for the inspired motivation to get going on my quilt with the HSTs. If you need any help in editing the writing or any proof-reading, I may be able to help - I am an English teacher quilter! I have done this before - the editing - not the HST exchange, that is! This has been a first!

Just an aside - my DH is encouraging me to go to Houston - I know I've heard some ladies mentioning they are going, but is it too late to sign up? Maybe if some of you want to give me more info, if you have been there, or want/need a roommate, you could email me privately. I'm having a hard time thinking about all that expense on little old me, but he is getting pretty serious. Such a sweetie!

[Carol M.]

Oh Carol, that is wonderful news! I really love it that we will document this wonderful worldwide sharing of our work that we have done.
I'm sending a big thank you to Edyta, Ricky, Alex, Debbie, Clara, Margo, you of course, and all the people who sent me HST's for my beautiful quilt. I'm just finishing up the binding and can't wait to post a photo. I'm enjoying seeing what others have done too.
Kathy

Hi Kathy, Full details will be coming in the next week or two. I am working with TQS Lilo. Information will be posted in the Daily Blog and the TQS newsletter with all the details of how you can participate and share your quilts for the book/DVD. Debbie, Clara, and Ritzy went to a lot of hard work organizing the exchange and now it is time to share our Batik/SoTTT quilts with each other. So many wonderful friendships have developed from this exchange. Friendship that spread across the globe. It is truly amazing. I just think the story should be saved and shared with others. The announcement will be titled S.O.S SoTTT/Batik Exchange Project. Keep watch via the TQS Daily Blog and Newletter for information very soon!!!!

[Carol M.]

For those who feel pressed for time, maybe it would help to think about it this way.

There are 24 weeks left in this year. That's 168 days. If you make an effort to spend just 15 minutes a day you will be able to work on your project for 2420 minutes or 42 hours. That's an entire week's worth of a "day job"!!!

If you need more than a week's worth of time for your planned project, just increase the daily commitment to cover your plans!

YOU CAN DO THIS!!

Mostly sorted out how I want my outer border to go, matched up pairs of hst's and have started by setting aside the first half hour after seeing Isabeau across the road to school to work on the chain piecing. Little and often should see this one finished, but I could probably do with a larger chunk of time to sort out my further paper printings.

[Shirley R.]

I finally got my triangles ironed and the paper off. It looks like I need to step up the pace. I have an art quilt to do for our guild show in September, and I fell last week and pretty well damaged the left side of my body. The ribs aren't broken but treated as broken, x-rays on my teeth today because my mouth was too swollen before that. Broke my glasses and my knee looks and feels terrible. I'm feeling much better and think I will try to sew tonight.

I'm very excited about our book and DVD. I first planned to do my quilt for our guild show in September, boy and I glad I didn't sign up for that.

Shirley35

[Patti P.]

Wow Shirley you took quite a fall. I hope you heal up quickly. Take care.

Patti

[Patti P.]

Shirley - So sorry to hear about your fall.Take care, and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Lotti D.]

shirley - wishing you all the very best for a very speedy recovery - get well quickly - very glad to hear you are feeling well enough to feel like sewing

[Kathryn S.]

Shirley, I hope you feel better very soon. I fell three years ago, sounds very similar to yours, some broken bones, I couldn't use my right hand for about 3 months! Take care of yourself, get lots of rest.
Kathy