I recently received a very wonderful and surprising squishy in the mail recently and included was a piece of fabric with the sender's screen name. In my thank you email to the sender, I remarked how nice it would be to swap siggies. She said it had been done before but not for a while, so it might be a good idea to have another. This will be my first attempt at organizing one of these, bear with me and help me out if you think I am off the bubble.
I would like to swap a 6.5" signature blocks with screen name, location and year. I will recommend the block, but it will be a simple one so all levels of quilters could join. I am thinking of a simple 3.5" center block of muslin with a 2" strip of one color on the sides and a 2" strip of another color on the top and bottom to end up with a 6.5" block. I would like the signature portion to be in muslin and the surrounding strips to be in two of your favorite colors. Now, beware, if you join, you will be expected to make a block for each person who also joins. All blocks should be sent to me and I will then package them up and send a pack to each member. Each swap member would then use the blocks for a quilt top or other project with all the bragging rights associated with it! I would like to post completed projects on my website for all to see and admire.
So, if you're interested, send an email to me with "September Siggy Swap" in the subject line so I can filter them into a separate folder. The deadline for joining is September 5th. This is important so we understand how many blocks each member needs to make. I want to give everyone enough time to make their blocks so the deadline for getting blocks to me is November 30th. That's 12 weeks. Packages of a set of blocks will be assembled and mailed to each member by mid-December. Please let me know if you are in the directory so I can get your mailing addy from there. If you are not in the directory, please provide your complete mailing address, particularily if it's an international address.
Interested? Don't forget, the block should use a muslin center and two of your favorite colors. Center block should contain your screen name, location and date. Permenant ink only, please! Fabrics should be prewashed.
More details will be provided to the members.