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Mine are on their way via Priority KC1930! I sent the max allowed of all 4.

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The mailperson brought me several packages today from DJBrown, Aliquilt, Longjohn and posted Miss Maggie (Royalboomer GD)

Mine is also on the way via Priority Mail.

Take care and keep resting that finger!

Just checked the DC and it shows out for delivery .

Happy swapping!

Lisa and Deb, your packages arrived today. I will work out the swap between working. Thank you ALL for getting your shipments to me in before the dealine--your the BEST!

I'm off to the post office and will let you know your delivery confirmations/postage credit balance once I return!

I'm ready! Brights first or scrappy? Thanks again, KC!

ETA photo.

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BRIGHT!

Woo Hoo... fun mail alert!!

Sure beats a mailbox full of bills, lol!

Just sent you the PM with the delivery confirmations and postage credits.

That was the fastest turnaround Ever!!!!!!!

I live to serve!

They're here!!!!!! And not a single duplicate! What a wonderful surprise. This has truly been the Best swap I've ever been in- great fabrics and on time. Thank you Kathleen, and thank you everyone. Now to get organized enough to sew this weekend. Forcing myself to do some cleaning so I can enjoy the snowy cold weekend. Janet

Guess what I have!! Thank you KC!!!!

I was going to sew a top tonight, but its so cold, I am quilting in my easy chair next to the fire. I think I will be here till I crawl under the covers tonight. Keep warm everyone!

Deb

Your all very welcome!

My package arrived - yesterday - computer died at the office and we spent all night dealing with that last night. They are all so fun!! Miss Maggie will be thrilled. Thank you so much for the special BD item for her I've put it in a safe place!

KC I have started It's about half done.

Wow, that looks fantastic! I think I like the solid B & W four-patch better than the B & W prints.

I really like these four patches, I think the blocks are busy enough. The white is a small print white on white. That's all I had except muslin.

Love it DJBrown! The solid 4 patch blocks look great.

I joined this swap, but not to swap just to sew along. I missed the Jan 18 deadline but this past weekend I finished my quilt top of Bonnie Hunter's Bricks and Stepping Stones.

I am going to go ahead and show you a picture of my quilt.

I made this quilt this weekend while on a three day sewing Bee to make quilts for Quilts of Valor. I used scraps I found from going around to all the ladies and picking up pieces they had left over after cutting out their quilt tops.

Some of my blues show up as too dark so I lose some of my stepping stones. I am using this quilt as a lesson learned in values that Bonnie talks about.

Warm Buns, see below. Just send me the pictures required and you will be entered into the contest.

"What is it, oh KC1930, mistress of luring us in with your good looks and charm? Well, if you make and complete either the Bricks and Stepping Stone or Strip Twist quilt and submit three photos-one full size of the quilt, one showing the quilting and one showing the binding by July 4, 2013 your name will go into the drawing for a $50 JA gift card! Here is a great chance to get an early holiday gift or charity quilt done and win a prize!"

Quilt-cam tonight and guess what I will be working on.

Our KQ shares her finished top...looking good, Karen!

Don't forget ladies, I will need three photos in order for those of you who have signed up to be entered into the pot for the prize!

1) Full length finished quilt
2) Close up picture of the quilting
3) Close up picture of the binding

Thanks for putting up the picture. This will be an engagement present for my goddaughter and her fiancé, so my goal is to have it complete by the time I see them at Easter.

KQ, they will be THRILLED with their gift! Plenty of time for you to complete and send me photos!

How is everyone else doing? Post your progress photos...

I don't have any progress photos but just wanted to let DJBrown know how grateful I am that she posted her photo using the solid black & whites!

I sewed all my B&W prints together after the swap came back, trimmed a few and sewed them to a bright brick and quickly decided they were just too busy after seeing DJ Browns. I'll use the B&W 4 patches for something else and will be strip piecing my solids.

I'm glad you liked the B&W 4patches. Here is the top done. It has just moved up in the hand quilt list. Deb

Great job! And SO bright!

...and players, don't forget:

If you make and complete either the Bricks and Stepping Stone or Strip Twist quilt and submit three photos-one full size of the quilt, one showing the quilting and one showing the binding by July 4, 2013 your name will go into the drawing for a $50 JA gift card! Here is a great chance to get an early holiday gift or charity quilt done and win a prize!

How is YOUR project doing???

Warm Buns, don't forget to send me your three pictures so that you will be entered into the contest!

Let me get the binding sewn down.

Are we going to do another one of these?

I may try the strip twist in red whites and blues to see what it looks like and use as another QOV.

I decided to make mine smaller (no room in our house and hand quilting takes a while), so I am no longer part of the contest. Have had a lazy birthday weekend, so finished the top minus borders today. I can't decide if I want to do a simple straight border like quiltville or a fancier border, but that will not happen today- lesson planning, dinner, bowling.

Ah, sorry you can't join the contest, but your project is really beautiful!

Happy Birthday!

The brights/b-w are beautiful! Great job, ladies. I have my Strip Twist quilted but am still searching for the fabric for the binding that I put away in a "safe place" so I could find it easily -- ha!

Hey players! How are you doing? Any sneak peeks?

ttt!

Thanks for bumping this up! Mine is done, pieced, quilted and bound but know I'm wondering if there is a size limit. Mine is... An over sized lap quilt, almost a twin size. :?

I will measure to night. Here is a quick picture.

Bump!

Any progress reports? I know KQ was almost at the binding stage...

I have done a little sewing. Some four patches and only one brick attached to a four patch at this point. Need to decide whether to focus on the bright one of the one with 30's prints and get to it!

Bump--any pictures to share???

Perhaps our next brick swap should include some red, white and blue prints? Great to have on hand for those QOV projects!

I have been doing Strip Twist blocks as leaders/enders in other projects--have 9 blocks constructed so have more to go. When I bury the strips (easily done!!) I've been also doing the blk/wht squares now with solid white contrast as leaders/enders for Bricks and Stones. I have a border to quilt then bind that quilt and I'm free to work on COF strip swap for June and these quilts!!

Busy lady...any sneak peeks you want to share with us?

I'll take pictures, whether I can post or not is another story .. don't know if it's me or the camera, I'm not usually successful!

How is everyone doing?