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Ladies, in going through some papers I had printed off from here, I found some that may "ring a bell for you".

Do you remember the Siggy Swap in 2003 when we had 120 swappers? Well, I found several threads I had printed off---info, guidelines, thank-yous-----you know, those things that are very important and mean so much to you at the time.

Those of you who know me know that one thing triggers something else for me. I saw and read something posted by "sewnso" just a few min. ago and I certainly remember her from both this MB and when CFQG was formed. Well, the saga continues.

I have saved the master membership list from 12-15-04, and I just pulled it up and read over it. Ooooooohhhhhhh, those precious memories of you ladies nearly 10 yrs. ago who are still making memories today. THANK YOU.

Quiltbea, I think of you so very often and wonder about your quilting and your gardening. We have had some enjoyable times via cyberspace, have we not?

AND--those of you who know me can certainly tell that I can still ramble on incessantly. But, I just had to post something about seeing so many familiar names from this board and joined with the group to form CFQG in 2004.

Now---next question. How many of you have your siggy quilt assembled? Finished---quilted and bound? My top is assembled and I'm going to treat myself to having it quilted--if it will fit on a machine. It is a huge quilt because of the precious center block that one of the ladies embroidered and sent to me. I have a KS spread sized quilt.

And, for now, I shall close. I'm still quilting--make 6 quilts every Christmas for my family. Ready to start on those for 2013 as soon as I get through Epiphany and get everything Christmas packed away.

If you read all through this, thank you for letting me ramble on.

JudyTX

Hey Judy, loved reading your post. I remember that siggy swap, have my top put together, just found a backing for it. Hopefully I'll finish it soon.
Don't be a stranger!

How nice to be remembered, to have such a good way of remembering.

Rainbow, are you sure you didn't participate in that swap? I have a block of yours in my quilt. If I can reduce any of the pics of mine, I'll post it and point it out. I've got a half-dozen pics of my quilt "parts". lol

As I sit here remembering just how that swap got started, I remember WisSis posting that I could have my dream if I wanted to--just host a swap. Bless her heart, she has passed on, but I remember her encouragement very well.

Wiley (Pat), it is so good to hear from you. I think back to our phone conversations about another particular project. Remember?????

I remember, how could I ever forget??
Do you still belong to the CFQG group?

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My eyes opened wide then I saw your name! It has been a long time since you were here. I remember although I did not participate. I did participate a lot in CFQG, and I too wonder if they are still in existence. It is good to hear from you!

Judy I am trying to PM you but my computer is throwing a temper tantrum I guess and not cooperating can you PM me to get started I would like to ask a few questions about the quilt photos you have on your album

Thanks, Michelle

Hi Judy, it was good seeing your name again on a post. I hope to see more of you here. Ramble away.

Your siggie swap was before I found the board. If I had been here, I would have 3 siggie UFOs instead of 2. My first siggie swap was Brandyquilter's in 2007. I have the blocks together but haven't put a border on yet.

Judy! Such a treat to see your post this morning! Your siggy swap was "right" before I joined! Wish so much that I had been a part of that! I hosted a siggy swap in 2005 but did not have 120 join... There were several but not quite the number you had.

Why don't you come back and join us again... We would dearly love to see regular posts from you.

Mine are partially put together. 120 was a little too much to put in a quilt so I was going to make a "border" to put around my sewing room. But now that I've moved I'm going to have to find them again. I still have tons of boxes not unpacked.

Hi Judy! So nice to see you here. My siggies are not put together, thx for the nudge. May combine them with another siggy swap. Such fun quilty fellowship.

This is SOOOOOOOO ironic. Last week I was thinking of that swap and wondering about JudyTx. What ever happened to her??????

Every year our guild has a retreat and last year I decided I was going to put my siggy swap together. I have it started, but not finished. Our guild also has a quilt till you wilt one weekend a month. I had decided only last Thursday that I would be working on my siggy quilt until it was finished.

I still use the scissor holder that you graciously made for each one of the 120 participants. I also borrowed your pattern and made some for the girls at the guild retreat. We have an average of 14 people attend so it was not nearly the challenge you took on.

Well Judy...I hope this means you are coming back to participate. Good to see you again, and visit old memories.

What fun! It has been a long time since some of you have posted, and I am not a frequent poster these days. I can't remember if I participated it that swap, I am pretty sure I did. But none of my sigggies are in a quilt - yet.

It would sure be nice to see some pictures. Maybe that would motivate me, lol!

Judy, I'm glad you mentioned WisSis. We met when we were in the Cyber Friends Quilt Guild. The last Christmas before she passed, she was my secret sister and sent a table runner. It's on my coffee table every Christmas.

I was not part of your siggy swap but I did participate in Q's. No they are not finished they are in my WIP drawer.

I do have my siggy swap from the Branson COF retreat. I put them together in four sections.
I have three large windows in the front of my sewing room and I have one small one on the side. I am quilting these without batting and using black out for the backs. I will then use them by taking mini blinds and covering them. When I am done they will be be Roman Shades for my sewing room. The blackout will keep the sun from fading my squares.

I will show a pic when I am done.

Thanks for this post. I love to read stories like yours. It is important to hang on to our memories. Where we have been and where we come from is just as important as where we are headed.

Brandyquilter... You didn't participate in Judy's siggy swap as it was in 2003 but you did in mine in 2005.

You hosted one in I think 2007 and I have my squares from that one put together, quilted, bound and use it every night in my living room.

Michelle1538,
I'm trying to PM you as well, and my computer is not cooperating. I can't even get it to open a PM to begin.

I did get a PM notification from another person this a.m., and I was able to reply to that one. I don't know what else to do. But, if we can get something going, ask your questions till your heart is content. lol

To do PMs, you need to click on the person's name and go to their public profile. At the bottom you can invite that individual to a PM. The other method quit working a long time ago.

CFQG? Yes, I was a member there — part of the Stompin' Stitchers. We still "get together" as a separate group via Yahoo. Some good memories there.

Judy - it is so good hear from you!! I remember that online guild well...it was what got me interested in checking out what else was offered online. Don't be a stranger.

Hey Judy,

I did a double take when I saw your name. It's been a while. It was good to hear from you. I remember that swap too. I wanted to join in but felt I was not on the par with the others that were participating. I could kick myself now but I have one set of siggies and have the blocks done just not together. But I know I missed out on "the siggy swap to end all siggy swaps". Maybe 2013 is the year????

Take care and don't be a stranger here. Alice

I did get your pm and my questions are about some of the quilts you have already made. I will pm you baCK.

THANKS.

That siggy quilt is very much in use on my bed, you betcha! After all these years, it still makes me smile!

Dyed Grey!!!!!!!!!! Where have you been my friend???

DG!!!! So nice to see you post!

My siggy quilt is finished and on the bed in the guest room. I love and and look at the names often. I put blocks from my local quilt guild in the middle. I will post a picture later. Nice to see you on the board again Judy TX

Does anyone hear from Old Lou?

Good to see some friends checking in.

KG, I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but Old Lou died a few months ago. She is sorely missed here and elsewhere.

Ha, ha. i just pulled out some six inch blocks and list from a years ago swap. mainly with Australian quilters. I'm trying so very hard to clean up my sewing room. memories!!

Thanks...I was afraid of that.

I have been here a long time but don't remember if I was in that swap. I think it took a while before I would swap as I do not sew well.

Judy so good to see your post. Think of you often. Yep miss our old swaps and also the chat group we had then, and also our little quilting qroup started up by Sandy. Love my swap blocks of 2003. Hugs, Maggie

And do you remember the ornament swaps back then? So will we get to see more of you?

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Cocoa Cathy....If you don't have 120 signature blocks lying around somewhere I'd say you weren't in the swap. lol

Hi Judy,
I was thinking of you a week before Christmas, thinking of the carity quilts we made, me with that TX group of yours. Wondered how you were doing. Good to see you posting here.
Sorry, but I wasn't in the siggy swap but in many others we had.
Hope to see you posting here more often.
hugs,
quiltbea

So great to see some old faces on this thread! Been much too long everyone.

I never joined these swaps as I wasn't confident enough with my quilting skills to do an exchange like this. I look back and think how dumb I was?

Now that we have lost a lot of people from this board, both to no longer interested and posting and to the great beyond, I wish I had participated... Chris

Hi Judy! Remember me? I was a participant in the 2003 siggy swap as Quiltinana. I still haven't put the blocks together. I was just looking at them the other day as I plowed through my UFO bin. The names bring back lots of memories but, sadly, I hardly see the names on this board any longer. Does anyone have photos of finished quilts made from these blocks? I think I remember someone making one from a panel of the U.S. map, surrounded by the siggies. It was huge! I have written down instructions of making a top on point with set in triangles and included it in the ziploc bag. So someone must have made one like that as well. I also remember someone making one with graduated colors, going from light to dark. It was lovely.

My favorite swaps back then were the ugly swaps! It's amazing how unnoticeable and non-ugly fabrics become when mixed into a scrap top.

I also have a set of "hand" blocks made by Sunshine members on this board to celebrate the FIRST anniversary of Sunshine Quilters. When I look at my workmanship (or lack of it) on this block, I am embarrassed and know I can do much better now. But the ladies in the swap were so very encouraging.

Happy New Year!
Joan

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Well look who popped in to say Hello!
HELLO to you Judy, and to some of our old friends. It has been awhile since we've heard from many of you. I, too have been very sluggish about posting for sometime. Lost the air out of my balloon is now my favorite way to explain how I feel. Don't have the Flu as so many do, but have lost my energy.
So glad to hear that I am not the only one who never Made a Quilt out of all those wonderful Swaps. I like to think of them as my "Scrapbook"
of my treasured memories. I will never get rid of any of them! I only hope someone in my family will make a quilt out of them, one day.
I wasn't in many swaps, but one comes to mind, Remember those "Redworkers" flower blocks we made? Also those "Sunbonnet" blocks we made?
They are some of my most favorites. I love going through them reading the names. Such a good pastime!! And the talent so many of them displayed!!!
So, Judy, besides quilting, what have you been doing all this time? I've missed "talking" to you. You knew I moved to Illinois about 3 1/2
years ago, I don't miss Fl. at all. Please stay in touch, it's really been a treat to see you again on this board.
nuquiltr
aka: misspolly31

I'm pretty sure I was in that swap and I do have the top put together but I now have blocks from 2 other siggy swaps that I want to add to the top.
So good to hear from you Judy and hope we hear more.