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I finally have an idea for paus.... now I just have to get my idea in motion...

Oh Joan, I can't wait to get it. I've got an idea for yours now & hope I can pull it off. It will be a new technique for me if I can do it.

shishie! u already finished and mailed? u are putting us to shame! if only everyone on CafeMom worked that fast. if they had, i wouldn't have defected.

Well, quiltinana2 has put mine in the mail & I can't wait to get it. I'm going to open it up as soon as it comes (unlike sewlove2quilt).

Sorry, Nik. I'm embarrassed to say that I forgot the local P.O. has cut their hours on Saturdays and the counter was closed by the time I got there. Can you believe they were closed by 11 am? We are a dinky little village, so I suppose I should be grateful that we at least have a post office! Lots of places are losing theirs. Monday for SURE!!

ETA: and please do open it as soon as you get it!

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sew2quilt, I am cery happy you received it. I hope you like it especially since I used a different technique. I find when I make these small quilts it is the perfect forum to try different things.You must have a very strong will, not to be able to open it. I would be peeking. LOL
Mandy on cafemom, I usually finished fairly early as well, depending on the swap. My favorite ones were the postcards. I do have to be veryenthused about something to get it done in a timely manner. I usually am an intense procrastinator.

Gee and I felt good because I got the binding on mine today. lolllll

Shishie did say she likes to sew late at night and can get lots done. But...... lollllll

AND, Quiltnana2, also. Holy Hannah!!!!

But I already have a pattern for next month's...no matter what the theme is. lollll

Quiltinana2, I have your little mug rug finished. It will go out in the mail on Monday & I hope you like it. The technique was a first for me & I think if I use that technique more often I will eventually get the hang of it. I'm pleased with it. This was a fun swap.

Nicki - thank you. I'm sure I'll love it! Yours was mailed today, Monday, I have the confirmation number if you would like it. I sent it first by "normal" mail, got in the car, had second thoughts and went back in and had him fish it out of the cart to add delivery confirmation to it. You hear so many horror stories about things disappearing in the postal system. I participated in the Rainbow mugrug swap and the first one Tisme sent me never did show up. She was such a sweetheart and sent me another one.
Expected delivery is Thursday!

WOW EvelynB!!
Your already done?
I'm still thinking....

Oh Quiltinana2, I sent your snail mail without confirmation. I sure hope it gets to you.

Nicki - I'm sure it will be fine! Will let you know when it gets here.
Joan

Oh my gosh, I won't get mine finished and in the mail to sl2q until next week. We have company coming in and all my sewing stuff is all over my dining room. My house is in a complete mess, so I will be cleaning like crazy today, they won't be leaving until Monday, so I'll be working hard to get the mug rug to you ASAP. So sorry for the delay, I hope you aren't too disappointed.

..... Got to the PO today .. envelopes are in the mail ... Sewnso ....
Applebetty ...
watch your mailboxes

Finally found what I will make for the mugrug... I am excited..... what a fun way to try new ideas for putting our sewing talent to work...

Can't wait to see some pictures of this series. I was so tempted to sign up but sitting this one out & waiting to see what comes next. Love seeing what you all create for each other.

next month is holiday or winter. you choose for your partner.

EvelynB: I got my rug.
It's lovely. Thank you.
If your able, can you post a pic so the othe ladies can see.
Thanks.

WOW some of ya'll are finished and mailed and recieved, I thought I was doing good, working on this one. I better get busy and get this one done.

Applik - your should be in the mail on Monday. Will finish up over the weekend

Califshrimp,
I'm so glad you got the rug mug already. I didn't take a photograph. Guess I was in a hurry to mail. I made an American flag and used a house block in the star area. I put a heart on the door of the house. With 3 in the military overseas my heart is with them.
Evelyn

Bunnybcb please see the PM for my change of address for this swap!

... Oh Sewnso - thank you so much - and talk about original... this is the cutest thing ...
your embroidery is really neat .. love the shadowed lettering, and that little heart ... And look at Dukes adorable house .. very cute. Thank you.

Oh my gosh...sewnse, that is sooooo cute. Now why didn't I think out the box like that?

OMG Nik - I just got home from downstate and your fabulous mugrug was waiting for me! It's lovely and I am so honored that you "experimented" on me. For not having made anything with paper-piecing before, you have done a wonderful job. Even the snow on the tree is perfection! Thank you, I will treasure it.
If you have a photo of it, could you post it for me, please? It deserves to be shown.

I take it that mine didn't get to you yet? I hope you like it but it's nowhere's as cute as yours!
Thanks again, Joan

Quiltinan2, I'm so glad you like the mug rug. I normally don't send my "experiments" out to others but I thought it turned out o.k. to give to you. Paper piecing is not easy for me but hopefully the more I practice the better I will get at it. On the "practice" one I did before the real one, I would put my pieces of fabric in the wrong place & would end up with no fabric to flip over......or cut too little fabric & then when I did flip it over it would be short. YIKES, I have a long way to go. I'm so glad you like it.

Yours did not come to me yesterday but I'm sure it will be waiting for me when I get home from work today.

Here's a picture of the rug I sent:

Thanks for posting the photo Nik. It is just so stinking cute! Thanks again.

Your confirmation number is
03111660000152216133

I just checked and it left Lansing on the 6th but hasn't been scanned anywhere else! Fingers crossed!

Joan

Nlk that is adorable // sure is a lot of talent going into these things. Did you have a pattern or make it up?
Your paper piecing looks great.

Thanks Sandie, for the compliment. I can't make up a pattern (or anything for that matter...). I found the pattern on line. Do you known how hard it is to find a 5 inch paper pieced pattern of a home? I think I can find it again if anyone would like to have it. The pattern came in 5" & 8".

Glad you like it Sandy, I was wondering about the house thing. I just don't do houses, then it hit me out of the blue. I can do a dog house. The rest just fell into place for me. It was fun to do and the lettering I must confess was a fluke. I didn't like the red color and decided to do it in over using yellow. The line up mistake the machine made looked planned although I must confess it wasn't. I'll be realighining my hoops and taking my machine to the doctor if that doesn't work. The rug was fun to do although I was apprehensive at first. Enjoy!!!

... well if all the mess ups in life worked out as nice as those - we'd all be in great shape ... I love it. Yours is probably at the mail box when you go there again ...

Joan, mine has not come yet but give it time. This happened to me one time when I sent something out & there was no activity on the confirmation for quite some time. Finally it reached it's destination. No worries.

Ok asimplelife I'm finished obsessing. I'll put it in the mail tomorrow. Hope you like it.

Major malfunction, possible time delay.

Machine must go to the shop.

About finished and pressure of foot went kerphlooey. Can barely sew two pieces of fabric together without jamming up. I know it won't sew over anything with a thickness to it. Tried it and it was a sad thing.

Will get back on this as soon as possible.

Got mine from City/Sandie on Friday. Good job. I am getting quite a collection of these. Hope to have yours done by the first of the week. Got a idea in my head now to get it on the mug/rug. I don't do paper peicing so my ideas are limited.

.... Betty - I sure hope you don't think that is as complicated as paper piecing .. it's 1 1/2" strips of scraps then subcut and strip sewn .... except for the tree and I LOVE Steam a Seam 2...
so KISSy

applebetty, I don't do paper piecing either but thought I'd give it a try for this swap. It took a bit of practice & several uses of my handy, dandy ripper but all in all it was not too bad. I would suggest starting with a very SIMPLE pattern.

.... Oh Dear .. I was just thinking yesterday ((as I was putting things away in the closet after the great stashbusting)) that I should get rid of the machine I dont' use anymore.. it works, I just don't use it. YOU just reminded me of why I cleaned it and put it back in the closet.

applebetty there is a great tutorial here.

http://www.quilterscache.com/S...rtquiltingthree.html

Nik - I just checked and your mugrug showed up in N. Texas at 3.00 am this morning. Hopefully, you'll get it tomorrow. Phew! Hope you'll like it.

I bet it gets to me tomorrow. There was not mail run out to my house today because of the holiday. The ponies will be busy tomorrow. I bet I LOVE it!

sewlove2quilt, can we see a picture of the one you received?

Sewlove2quilt, I am very happy that you like it. I drew the outline and then using Derwent's Inktense pencils and Aloe gel to make it permanent,(yes it is washable). I then colored it in. I usually use them for Art quilts to all shadows or dimension, but I made a quilt for my mother and just colored peices of fabric very brightly then paper peiced it into different patterns and it came out lovely.
My husband recently broke my camera while on vacation, so I was unable to take a picture.

Hi girls! Just checking in to let SueB know that I just need to finsih sewing down the binding it's off to the post office.

Sandy your mugrug....I mean MY mugrug arrived home this morning. How sweet it is!!! Just love the outline of the little houses around the perimiter. Thank you.

...glad you got it ok ... can you post a pic or do you want me to? I took yours //MINE// to charity quilting yesterday - I had to ask for it back across the table I was afraid it would get lost not really - but they were all loving it!