Chinese Whispers

[Maureen A.]

Maureen and I were emailing about the shipping overseas. She reminded me that both hers and Rosemary's Hsts took 4 weeks or more to get from here to the USA. I believe we had better luck with mailing the reels from the USA to me using my APO address. (Well one did take 4 weeks as it came by way of SriLanka.) The key mailings that are time sensitive are when Maureen mails to the USA and then the following Christmas when the finished quilt gets mailed back to the UK. We'll try this with Maureen's initially as she will mail it to me and I will mail it to USA. It is best to use priority mail for quickest service.

Other than those two time sensitive mailings, others may chose to mail to me or directly to Maureen. If it comes through me, you must double wrap the quilt. So I won't see it when I take it out of what you mail it in and put it into the mail to Maureen.

Lorna

As Lorna says we are trying to find the fastest and most cost effective way to get quilts back to me. I don’t know about Rosemary’s HST but mine left the UK inside 2 days but sat somewhere in the US for the remainder of the long long time. I actually made another batch of them (640) to send in place of the lost ones when they arrived at Debbie’s. Maybe that is why I never finished my quilt, I was so sick of half square triangles. :roll: :roll:

As Lorna says, the quilts will have to be put in a sealed dark bag before it is put into the box to post to her so that she doesn’t see it as it would spoil it for her because she is the last one. You would have to send it to Lorna and then pay her for the container and postage from her to me, so in the end, it might work out cheaper to send directly to me. As long as the weight of the quilt is less than 2 Kg (approx 4.4 lbs) then postage here is not unreasonable. Over 2 Kg it gets quite expensive. We will try and work this out and let you know as soon as we can.

This was posted on 14th September and probably explains it better than I did last night :roll: :roll:

[Lois B.]

Marilyn, We definitely need to plan to meet sometime, but I don't think winter is the time to do it. There used to be the most wonderful quilt shop in Elko but Joann's came to town and the long time owner decided to close shop. I think she was ready to retire and did not even want to think about the competition. I am sure your dust bunnies (even if they look more like jack rabbits) would not scare me. I have some of the jack rabbit variety of my own. I love the wide open spaces you have out there, but I also love my old worn down mountains back here. I get a little testy when my western friends think our mountains are nothing but a joke. My geologist daughter tells me that in times gone by they were higher than the Himalayas. So they were higher and are much older than anything you have out west. People just ought to have a little respect for their elders. That goes for mountains and people. I am sure our mountains have amazing stories to tell hidden under their wooded slopes. I for one never tire of sitting and listening to what they have to say. I digress. Sorry.

[Rita C.]

But an interesting digression Lois, thank you. We don't have high mountains in Ireland either but they can be very spectacular. And if you ever go to the Highlands in Scotland - stunning!

Maureen, I am sure Rosemary will send hers direct to me, I will send it direct to you when I finish mine, and I will send my quilt direct to Wendy. It's usually about 5 days from the UK to here. But I don't know how long it takes to get from here to the UK or Scotland.

[Maureen A.]

But an interesting digression Lois, thank you. We don't have high mountains in Ireland either but they can be very spectacular. And if you ever go to the Highlands in Scotland - stunning!

Maureen, I am sure Rosemary will send hers direct to me, I will send it direct to you when I finish mine, and I will send my quilt direct to Wendy. It's usually about 5 days from the UK to here. But I don't know how long it takes to get from here to the UK or Scotland.

Rita, it was the members in the USA that I was talking about. They are all right sending between themselves but coming back to here might be different. It took so long for my HST to arrive in Texas :cry: :cry: that the thought of the quilt taking that long scared me so that is why it is going to America via Lorna.

The UK and you in Ireland are no problem. I suppose it would take the same length of time from you to the UK as it is from the UK to you. The post here is pretty good.

[Nancy R.]

Maureen - How exciting that you are finishing it up and getting it posted!! It will feel so good to have that weight off your shoulders, and I'm sure you look forward to the fun of seeing each new quilt trickle in through the challenge.

And thank you, Lorna, for volunteering to be our shipping point. I'm happy to ship things however you guys find is best. I never ship anything overseas, so I'll use whatever method you guys think is safest.

This is all so exciting!

Nancy

[Nancy R.]

Maureen and I were emailing about the shipping overseas. She reminded me that both hers and Rosemary's Hsts took 4 weeks or more to get from here to the USA. I believe we had better luck with mailing the reels from the USA to me using my APO address. (Well one did take 4 weeks as it came by way of SriLanka.) The key mailings that are time sensitive are when Maureen mails to the USA and then the following Christmas when the finished quilt gets mailed back to the UK. We'll try this with Maureen's initially as she will mail it to me and I will mail it to USA. It is best to use priority mail for quickest service.

Other than those two time sensitive mailings, others may chose to mail to me or directly to Maureen. If it comes through me, you must double wrap the quilt. So I won't see it when I take it out of what you mail it in and put it into the mail to Maureen.

Lorna

As Lorna says we are trying to find the fastest and most cost effective way to get quilts back to me. I don’t know about Rosemary’s HST but mine left the UK inside 2 days but sat somewhere in the US for the remainder of the long long time. I actually made another batch of them (640) to send in place of the lost ones when they arrived at Debbie’s. Maybe that is why I never finished my quilt, I was so sick of half square triangles. :roll: :roll:

As Lorna says, the quilts will have to be put in a sealed dark bag before it is put into the box to post to her so that she doesn’t see it as it would spoil it for her because she is the last one. You would have to send it to Lorna and then pay her for the container and postage from her to me, so in the end, it might work out cheaper to send directly to me. As long as the weight of the quilt is less than 2 Kg (approx 4.4 lbs) then postage here is not unreasonable. Over 2 Kg it gets quite expensive. We will try and work this out and let you know as soon as we can.

This was posted on 14th September and probably explains it better than I did last night :roll: :roll:

I had a similar problem with my hst's, they went in the first week of March, the hats followed 7 days later. The hats arrived just over a week after posting, the hst's arrived the saturday before the sort - 5 weeks after posting! Considering the hats parcel was larger than the hst's - what the heck was going on! That is why I wanted to carefully keep track of all mailings for the Wot Rott swap, and was prepared to wait for reels - although it got completely ridiclous for Tannes, who eventually sent 2 sets, and both ended up back home without getting to me!

[Maureen A.]

Sounds complicated but I'm sure you will have it sussed.

How big did you make it Maureen? Are we allowed to ask that

I don’t think that telling you the size will make any difference to anything. The finished measurements of the quilt is approx. 30 ¼ ins x 26 ½ ins.

[Rita C.]

That's a nice manageable size Maureen. Gosh, it's so tantalizing. This should be very good for those of us who are desperately impatient. (I mean me of course. :roll: )

[wendy w.]

You could show us at the end of the chain your quilt. After all it is not going to show any resemblance by the time it gets here

[Maureen A.]

You could show us at the end of the chain your quilt. After all it is not going to show any resemblance by the time it gets here

Good try Wendy :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Maureen A.]

You could show us at the end of the chain your quilt. After all it is not going to show any resemblance by the time it gets here

Naughty, naughty. (wags finger)

So what was the main colours you used, Maureen? (standing on one leg, whistling tune-lessly :wink: )

[Maureen A.]

You could show us at the end of the chain your quilt. After all it is not going to show any resemblance by the time it gets here

Naughty, naughty. (wags finger)

So what was the main colours you used, Maureen? (standing on one leg, whistling tune-lessly :wink: )

The main colours I used was emm, emm, gosh this is what happens when you are nearing a big 0 birthday, you get senior moments and can't remember things :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Maureen A.]

Just back from the post office (in the pouring gale) to post THE quilt to Lorna who will then send it to Marilyn. What a relief, now I can finish off these ufo's that were put on hold.

[Lois B.]

Just for future reference. The trip from Elko, NV to Council, ID is 360 miles and would take 6 1/2 hrs. The route does go right through Boise so I was wrong about no big towns along the way. That trip is out this time. We have made day trips to Twin Falls, ID to go shopping. I think that took 3 hrs oneway.

[Rita C.]

So close and yet so far Lois. :lol:

Maureen, when is the big O birthday? Glad you had a senior moment about the quilt - I want the element of surprise when the quilt arrives to me.