Fabrics

Finally a simple fabric swap!!!!! I love it! :)

is it to be cottons only, or could it be heavier fabrics?

any kind of fabrics you wish to send...you choose

This sounds fun and simple. Hope more swapers join. I just want to be sure: is 20 cm a 5 1/2 inch square? I have not joined the metric world but I looked on my ruler.

neither did I...but I ask my father and he told me that for each inch, we have more or less 2,54cm...I hope it helps

How much is 20 cm and is this international swap

1'' is about 2.54cm so 20cm is almost 8'', or exactly 7.874''.

Easy except for the size. Ill try to get it right.

gonna be 20cmx20cm?

20 cm x 20 cm would be about an 8" square. Is it okay to just say 8" for us in the USA? I don't think my ruler for rotary cutting has cm on it. We are so retro, huh? I remember 30 years ago my math teacher said by the time us kids were adults there would be no more empirical measurements, it would all be metric. I remember thinking I would never know how fast I was going or how to measure the length of stuff. Hee-hee! Well, we are still in the dark ages. :-) This looks like a GRAND swap. Thanks for thinking of it. Chy

8" sounds good. I'm in Canada, which is SUPPOSED to use the metric system but we're all mixed up and use both systems: kilometres when driving and kilograms when grocery shopping, but feet and inches when talking about height and pounds when talking about a person's weight... oy! :)

Anyway I have lots of GOOD scraps that I'd love to trim to 8" /20cm squares and send to good homes. :) I'm actually looking forward to being surprised with colours and textures and materials because they will probably spark some creativity. When we buy our own fabrics, we probably do much of what we've already done before. So this should be fun. :)

Are newbies (or those who haven't yet received ratings) welcome?

Yes, newbies are welcome, as long as you keep up with your part of the swap. In not, you'll be banned from future ones.

Looking forward to this one, just had a look at my fabric stash and realised that there's a story about each of them, ahh, don't worry I'm not going to bore you with storys of unfinished curtains :-) Thou I might when I swap and I would like to hear if your fabric has a story.

oh my, just where in my stash do I begin!

Excellent! Can't beleive I've only just noticed this one..

Can I just ask that whoever gets assigned me as a partner waits till after the 24th of March to send as I'm moving house - I don't want to jinx it by putting the new address up before we move in! ;)

While I do welcome most fabrics just to stick into my stash, I'm currently working on some crafts that look better with medium weight cotton or similar, so I'd appreciate it if you managed to send swaps with fabric like that! Don't go out of your way to get them, but if you happen to have a wide range of fabric lying around and don't know where to start... =p

I love to keep up with the new people to the swap by reading profiles. I notice there are a lot of international swappers in this one, so that's fun. But what I wonder about is why a few people do not fill out a single word on the profile, but request people to send them a message to get any information at all. Not go look at their blog or flicker, mind you, but request info in a message! That seems kind of anti social to me and not in the spirit of the swapping culture. Do they just not want to take the time? Swapping does require a good investment of time. Anyway I may be the only one in the world who thinks this way, but I do believe it is very unappealing to run across a blank profile like that.

Hello! :) I'm from Singapore and I love fabrics! I especially love those with cutesy designs, or paisley prints (:

I particularly like castles, clouds, hearts and colorful stuffs!

Can't wait to get my swap stuffs, this is oh-so-exciting!

I love this idea! I think I will make a simple quilted pillow out of all my new fabrics that comes in! If you get my name, green, gold, brown and rust/reds would be great, any patterns or solids, but if you don't have any of those, just anything you have will work! I can always find something to do with fabrics! I'm looking forward to this one... Thanks! Susan

P.S. I thought about this right after I pushed that button! If anyone who gets my name has a dog themed fabric, please, please send it to me! Thanks!

Susan again!

Hey. I didnt get any mail about my swap partners :(

Swap-bot is changing things, and I didn't know that now we, coordinators, have to assign the partners...but it's done already, you can all go and check your partners and start sending snail mail.

Memmu, Martha, Mayki76, Devanear I sent out your packages today.

Deanna, Marlene and Kirstin --- I sent your packages today - please be patient, it takes quite a while from the Czech Republic to the US (2 weeks min.) ;)

Alice --- your package will be sent on the 26th to your new address :)

NieceDenise, Saor, raydance & Missy... I sent your packages today from Canada -- I hope they don't take forever to arrive!

I sent mine to Sandra, Katherine, Jo and Sasha today.

For the two in the UK, it usually takes 7 to 10 days airmail over the pond. I put a little extra something in the pack for you too.

Kind regards,

UK Girl

http://paulascinto.blogspot.com/

I sent my packages out to boopgirly, Summer, fiona2277, and pinkieme today.

The post office claims the ones to the US should be there in a few days, the ones going to the UK and Singapore should take about a week to get there.

Enjoy!

Kate

Sent mine out to Aly, VelveteenRabbit and Ove&Lucia today. I also sent to my fourth before I read that she deleted her account, so I guess she'll get something anyway.

I sent mine to: 1CrazyQuilter, Mayki76, anya, and MamaSaidSew

Mine were sent out to Sandra, Kat, Jox and UK Girl today! Sandra- they're in the same envelope as the beads swap! =D Hope you all enjoy your packages!

I sent today to Leyre in Spain, Kate and Marlene in the States, and Deanna in Canada. Hope they all arrive ok.

Christy I got your package today thanks so much. I love the M&M stickers!

Karen in Utah....I got your 5 squares today. Thanks!

I notice they are all the same fabric. I want to send 5 different fabrics...hope my partners like that.

If the swap requires all the same, let me know as I plan to mail them out soon.

Marlene

Daisygirl - thank you for the lovely fabrics - the blues are my favourite. It was parcelled so beautifully too. Thank you for the patch.

Whoever lives in Netherlands and sent to me --- thank you - I got the package today :) My favourite is the brown one with small flowers :)

Velveteen Rabbit, I got your package yesterday. So generous with the extra pieces! I loved them all. I see a cool juxtaposition between the delicate white on white floral and the masculine big scaled plaid. I have a big square vintage mother of pearl button that looks wonderful with the two. Thanks! I'm finishing my packages today and mailing them Wednesday.

Marlene, I never noticed that it wasn't specified but I think the general assumption was that we'd send 5 different pieces (otherwise we could have just sent one big piece). :)

Anya, I'm glad you liked the fabric! I realized that there was a bit of an odd mix there but hoped it would spark some creativity. Sounds like you're on top of it! :)

Today I received the fabrics from Christy, (mama said sew) thank you I like all the different fabrics and also the papers you have sent as well! I appreciate that! Greetings from Martha

I received the fabrics from Jox in London and Sandra from Portugal. I love them all and they indeed enlightened my days :=) Thank you! I post the pictures on my flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/willove/

But is there a place here on swap bot that we can see picture of everyone's send/receive?

daisygirl, got your fabrics yesterday. They coordinate together beautifully. And thanks for the drink mix and lace. We dont have this flvor here! its nice to have something diff to drink. Thankyou again

Kate Was gone on a long weekend, came back to find your trade. like the directions also thanks

D.R Streett, I got your package today. I love all the fabrics, my favorite is the one with the daisies, tulips, pansies and daffodils, thanks so much!

alice-palace --- I sent your package today :) I think it should be there in a week, so I hope I didn't mess up the new address ;)

DR Streett from Pennsylvania, I received your package. Thanks! Also, I am mailing to 1 Crazy Quilter, Devanear, Mayki 76, and Mama Said Sew today. From the states, just so Devanear and Mayki know it'll take a little time to get there.

Daisygirl, thank you for your beautiful selection of cottons, they're perfect for my crafts! =D

Alison, I got your package today! I really like the fabric you sent me. :) It's neat because I might not have picked them out for myself (as I tend to go for the same-old) but I know I will enjoy using these! Thank you. :)

Red Letter Day (actually I don't know where that saying comes from but it means a really special day!)

I received three more packages of fabric:

Carrie...thanks for the "warm" selection Alice, love your "brights" livens up this gray day and Vlcatko...(yes it made it!) for the very different fabric, love them all and great that some are international! Your're a peach!

Thanks to all of you and so happy that the International ones made it across the ocean! I hope mine do, too!

Great swap! Marlene

Marlene

I received the package from Kathrine yesterday. Great fabrics! the one with small heart is my favorite now :=) Thank you, Katherine.

Thanks to Kirsten and Carrie for your lovely fabrics. Carrie - Royal Mail managed to completely destroy the envelope and half of your note (including half your e-mail address) - it arrived in a plastic bag with 'Our Sincere Apologies' on - no idea what they could have done to it to wreck it so totally! But the fabric has survived unscathed :)

Cristy ans Loreto, your fabrics were recieved earliert his week. than you for sending via express mail, and thank you for the lovely swaps.

I just got my packages from Lucia in Norway (WOW - 10 pieces! Thanks!) and Katherine in Oklahoma. Yay! Lots of fun prints and colours to create stuff with. Thanks, ladies! :)

Oh yeah, and there was a lovely crochet flower on Lucia's card. I will definitely use that for something special. :)

Loreto, i got my package today thanks so much.... love the fabrics.

Loreto, I love your package. So prettily packaged. I love that extra step. And the fabrics are great. I especially like the one with the big colorful words and the soft pink and green flannel. I like them all. (And the wooden charms too!) Thanks so much!

I've gotten one package. I hope the others come soon. Antsy,antsy.

Denise - I just sent to you - you should have it in a week or so:)

I also sent to Missy ans UK Girl and Raydance.

Great. Thankyou.

Pam, i have recieved your swap today. thank you for the lovely swap. love the buble gum.

Vlcatco - you fabrics arrived on Friday (but i have no internet access at home at the moment :( so couldn't let you know sooner). I love them, especially the green one and the orange monk's robe! Fantastic. Thanks so much

Denise and Saor, I received your packages today!

Denise - the fabrics came before the beads! @__ But! thank you for the lovely fabrics, and the extra teabag! I love cinnamon and apple flavours. =D I shall enjoy drinking my tea while crafting using your cottons! =D My favourite is the one with chrysanthemums!

Saor- Your fabrics were so delightful! Thank you so much for fitting them to my profile of bright colours and retro prints, I really really appreciate that! My favourite (like yours) is also the brown one with flowers. Thanks again for a lovely package!

Missy andCANDYRAGZ,i GOT YOUR PACKAGES TODAY. missy, you and I are on the same wavelength. i,m going to make a throw with all of mine. Candyragz, I love the fabrics. But how did you know i needed the rikrac for a little girls dress. Thank to both of you.

Hello Today I received such nice fabrics and also lace from Turkey! And then also a little bag with lavender in it, wow I love that! Thank you for al those nice things you have sent !

Greetings from Martha

Marlene --- thanks for the echo :) I am glad you like them :)))

alice-palace --- yay! :D I am happy to know you got them...

Princesshammerhead --- I got your thank-you-letter today - what a surprise! :) Thank you so much :)

carriebee --- I got your package today! Thank you very much. I really like the stripped one and brown one with small circles :)

anya - i just jot the swap today. the fabrics you sent me are beautiful. you really got my taste right. thank you as well for the juicygums and the nice notes.

I got some great fabric from BoopGirly today - my favourite is the shimmery one.

Glad you like the fabric Raydance - I think we have similar taste ;)

Forgot to mention - I received my package from Missy a few days back, thanks so much for a lovely assortment!

To Aly...Thank you,thank you, thank you for the lovely fabrics...Totally different and will be used in an art quilt...Sending you light and healing for your operation...

To Velveteen Rabbit...How diverse and cute...We must like the same things, 'cause I've bought some of the same ones in the past...Thank you!

To Lucia...Wow, love the satiny one and the crochet flower will be used for sure...and my boyfriend is a stamp collector, so he grabbed your envelope!

Thanks to all of you for a fun swap!...Deb (groundhoggirl)

hello! it was my first swap on swap bot and i think it was the last :( i receive only 3 packages and one of them with 5 pieces of the same fabric, and what an ugly fabric....

Leyre, you should be a bit more patient - I haven't received all of mine yet either but it's too soon to give up hope. Also, the person who sent you the fabric that was all the same, she doesn't know you so she doesn't know your taste. You just have to put up with it. I received one lot of fabric that was all the same, and i like it quite a lot - the description doesn't actually say they all have to be different.

I've been out of town. My email says there was a new message on swap bot on April 3. I've heard from 1Crazy Quilter and Maya...if anyone here wrote that message, could you send it again! Thanks

memmu, Guapa_Morena, Martha and carribee : I have sent your packages on 29/3/07. I wish you have received and enjoyed them.

I have got my packages from mamasaidsew and 1CrazyQuilter. I'm waiting for the other two packages.

Derya

Gwenandcats... thanks for the package, I received it a couple of days ago :)!

Who else had Nobody Nowhere as a partner? Leyre and Alice-Palace? The person dropped out and claims they tried to drop from the swap. Sandromatos - any suggestions for how wecan remedy this? I would be happy to send to the three other people who missed out.

I did not have Nobody Nowhere as a partner either to send to or to receive from.. I have received 3/4 of my fabric packages so far. I hope all my partners have theirs by now! :)

Saor, I really like your given name better. But i bet you have an awful time with the pronunciation. i would pronounce it shivonn. Am I anywhere close? Thank you for the fabrics. i cant wait to use them Thankyou, Denise

Denise - Shivonn is actually pretty close - I say Shiv-ON and it's pretty regular in Ireland but not so common elsewhere:) Glad you liked the fabric.

I had great fun with this swap picking the fabrics and deciding what to send to who. I have received 2/4 so far and two of my partners have received.

I have received a package from Anya today. Thankies anya

My last package should be from Susan. I notice, however, she has not sent and since there is no message, I assume it won't be sent. This was her first swap. Does anyone know what's up with her? It's disappointing when this happens.

I received a very generous package and a lovely card from candyragz today.

Nobody Nowhere was supposed to send to me, too. Oh well...

I see that the last person who was sending to me deleted her account but I can't complain because I got such fun and generous parcels from my other partners.

The swapers who were to recive from Nobody Nowhere were Aly, VelveteenRabbit, Susan, Ove and Lucia.

And this deleted account swaper was to receive from me, UK Girl, Jox and Kat.

Did any of the sending partners really send the items to this partner as I did? And did any of the receiving partner received anything?

I'm sorry for only noticing it now...I haven't been having much time to check all the swaps...but let's try to fix this one first, OK? Please let me know who sent and received, from the above swapers.

My last partner is Summer but she has deleted her account(she is marked sent though on the list of participients).

Did anyone else receive from her?

Hi Sandra, Thanks for your concern about this, but I'm okay. I appreciate the fabrics I got but I wouldn't someone else to send an extra package just to make up for Nobody Nowhere. It's one of the risks we take on swap-bot. :)

Memmu and Guapa_Morena --- thank you both for your beautiful fabrics :) Arrived yesterday and today.

OK everyone! I want to mend the "losses" in this swap, after all it's my responsability! And I don't want nobody unhappy in any of my swaps. I'll keep you posted on this, OK?

Actually, Sandra... I don't think it is your responsibility. As the host, you're certainly responsible for communicating with people, but it's not your fault if a swapper doesn't fulfill the requirements. The good thing about this swap is that we all have 4 partners, so I'm sure we all got at least a couple of packages. For me, 3 out of 4 is pretty good! It's better than getting nothing.

I suppose if there are people willing to send out an extra package, they can volunteer, but I would never hold you responsible for the "flakiness" of others... and I hope no one else would either. :)