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Stash Builder Batik - February

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Swap Coordinator:siouxx05 (contact)
Swap categories: Fabric  Sewing  Quilting 
Number of people in swap:6
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.95
Last day to signup/drop:February 15, 2013
Date items must be sent by:March 1, 2013
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

This will be a series of swaps (one colour per month) to build a well rounded stash of batik fabrics that can be used in any project.

For February the colour will be aqua/turquoise. Buy 2 yards of different fabrics and cut them into fat quarters. Keep one FQ of each fabric for yourself, then mail one FQ of fabric A, and one FQ of fabric B to each of 3 partners. You’ll end up with 8 FQ’s per month. Easy right?

The specifics:

Buy 100% cotton QUILT SHOP QUALITY fabrics. Don’t buy a 99 cent FQs from JoAnn and call it a day. Please aim to buy premium quilting weight fabrics. I won’t restrict it to designer fabrics since they can be pricey, but if you’re going to get it from a chain store, make sure it is high quality and that you would want to use it on your own projects. I’d say around $10 per yard retail is a reasonable price (of course you can buy it on sale to save some money).

No solids The fabrics should “read” one colour, but have some sort of print. If you need ideas, check out the stash builders section at Pink Castle Fabrics, or search blenders by colour on other sites.

Here’s the schedule in case anyone wants to buy ahead:

February -- Aqua/Turquoise

March -- Green

April -- Yellow

May -- Red

June -- Grey

July -- Pink

August -- Navy

September -- Indigo

October -- Lime/Citron

November -- Orange

December -- Brown/Beige

International swap. If you don't want to send international, don't join.. yes, postage is going up all over the world all the time, but that shouldn't stop us having beautiful fabric from somewhere else..

4.95 rating, no recent 1s or 3s, and please have at least 10 type 2+3 swaps under your belt. The send date is the end of February, so shop for deals now :) Hopefully nobody flakes, but if anyone would be willing to buy a couple extra half yards to angel please let me know.

If you received 2 FQ of high quality quilting fabric in the specified colour from each partner, rate a 5. You can not rate down based on taste.

Any questions? Feel free to email me, or comment below :) If I don't get at least 4 swappers, I will delete the swap.

If you want to join a USA only one WITHOUT batik, go here and thank you to @beadqueene for letting me use her swap as a base for this one.. :)

(I reserve the right to drop people from the swap without comment, for safety of my swappers. The reasons may be right or they may be wrong, but I would rather be safe than sorry.)

Discussion

MamaMay 01/17/2013 #

I am soooo excited! Bought my fabric today!

MamaMay 01/18/2013 #

I just put a photo of my fabric on my Flickr! If anyone wants to, go look!

okellyhh 02/ 4/2013 #

hi all.. i just randomly found this swap.. i'm from indonesia where batik came from.. what you guys are doing this is really great! i'm impressed.. if it's the real batik clothing i mean.. me myself have a lot of batik that i'm actually not wearing anymore (got 1 size bigger after the labor).. i'm going back to my country soon, let me know if someone is interested on something that i can bring probably we can do a 1 on 1 swap.. there's a lot of things that here in spain we don't have.. wink2

okellyhh 02/ 4/2013 #

please note that i might making a fool to myself writing on here.. but i just got excited when people are putting interest to my culture :) and i will be more than happy if i'm able to help anyone..

MamaMay 03/ 4/2013 #

I have received all my ratings... Now I am inpatient to get my fabric!

(I comment here that I got my ratings so I don't have to search my rating later...)

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