Crazy Quilt Pastel Fabrics Swap
Coordinator: Sally
Colors and Due Dates of Swap:
Colors US Mail Dates Canada Mail Date
Pastels February 28 February 14
Step ONE:
E-Mail Me: E-mail me at schrisma@ix.netcom.com that you
are joining the swap. Tell me your country so I can figure out
how many of each country I'll have to mail out. I will update
you about two weeks before the due date on the number of
people who have "signed up" and you can adjust the number of
swaps you send, or just send the minimum (see below).
After I receive your e-mail I will send you a message with my snail address so that you may send the swap package to me.
Step Two: Fabrics
About Fabrics: You may exchange any "Fancy" fabric in this
exchange. You are not limited to only one fabric or type of
fabric because many of us are working from extensive scrap
bags.
The preference is for natural fibers. However all-natural fabrics are sometimes difficult to find--for instance I haven't found a taffeta that is not 100% Acetate. And some wonderful fabrics have metallic threads and other "unnatural" parts.
In my mind a "fancy" fabric might include velvet, velveteen, silk of all weaves, satin, lace, brocade, very fine cotton lawn (a la Liberty), linen, fine wools, some 100% cotton upholstery / drapery, taffeta, lame, etc.
If you have information about the content of the fabric, please include it! If it is recycled from clothing please mark appropriately.
Preparing your fabrics for the swap: You may cut yardage or cut recycled fabrics in 9x12 rectangles. This size is large enough to use at least twice in a project, but not so large that you couldn't cut it from a piece of clothing if you were recycling. If you are buying yardage you should get 15 pieces of this size from 3/4 yard of 60" wide fabric.
I will leave it to you to determine if the fabric you are exchanging can be washed. Some of the 100% wools might not take kindly to washing for instance. However, if the fabric is dirty or used YOU MUST WASH.
Tag or otherwise mark the fabric or its baggie with:
1). content (if known),
2). whether recycled,
3). washed or not washed.
Put the piece you have cut in a plastic baggie or wrap in plastic wrap. My name and full address must be in the inside of the baggie but showing to the outside just in case the post office rips open the envelope and the baggies get separated. This way they can still find me! You may want to use one of those indelible markers to put this address on.
Mark your name and e-mail address on the inside of the baggie too, but tucked inside the fabric if possible.
Step Three:
Minimum Number of Baggies: You must swap at least 15
pieces of fabric. It can be all the same or can vary depending
upon your stash, as long as it meets the color requirement. If
you are sending more than 15 to swap please do not send more
than that number in any particular fabric.
About February 4 or 5 I will email or post to everyone letting them know how many people are signed up so you can have an maximum number as well.
Step Four:
Mailing the fabric: Put your fabric baggies in a large mailing
envelope.
If you are mailing from the US, the Post Office has very strong Priority Mail envelopes you may use. Up to 2 pounds of fabric may be mailed for $3.00 using Priority Mail. Please weigh the package as some of the fabric may be heavier than others. Include in your envelope a return envelope that is self- addressed and marked with the same amount of postage as your mailing envelope. Mail your package by the mailing date detailed above.
If you are mailing from Canada, please include a unstamped return envelope and a postal money order for $4.25 US. (I understand that this is what it costs to send back 15 fat quarters of cotton calico materials. Since some fabrics will be heavier than the cottons, the smaller size should mean the weight will "even out". This is a first time try, so we may need to adjust this as we go on!) Be sure your envelope is marked for customs as "used fabric" with a value less than $15.00.
I have also been advised that it has taken up to two weeks to receive the fabric envelopes from Canada in other swaps, so note that there is a different mailing date for Canada.
Step Five:
Email Me AGAIN! At schrisma@ix.netcom.com to let me
know the day that you send a package. Tell me how many
baggies you have included in your package.
Step Six:
Return to You: I will email you to let you know your package
arrived. When all the fabrics arrive I will swap them. Within
ten days to two weeks of the US mailing date I will be mailing
the package back to you with the fabrics swapped around. I will
e-mail you when the package is mailed.
Good luck and LADIES START YOUR ENGINES!!!!!
Sally
Cincinnati, Ohio
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