Round Up

Well, all the quilts are safe home, except one, which I fear has either gone walkabout or has been lost entirely. I hope it's not the latter. We're doing some checking into it, but it's been in transit for nearly 6 weeks, which is way too long. I'm going to go ahead and do the round-up anyway, but Lynda, if you don't want to see what quilt you are going to (I hope!) get, look away now.

Ok, so. Here we go. In no particular order...

Quilt no 19 (below) was made by Doreen, and sent to Margaret.




Quilt no 5 was made by Margaret, and sent to Vero.



Vero's quilt, no 41, went to Judith



while Judith's quilt (no 18) went to Susan



and Susan's quilt(no 10) moseyed along to Cathy.



The quilt that Cathy made (24) went to live with Beth



while Beth's quilt (42) found a new home with Elizabeth.



Quilt no 40, Elizabeth's quilt, went to Balinda



while Balinda's quilt (27) was sent to Kendra.



The quilt that Kendra made (no 30) meandered its way to Paulette



and Paulette's quilt (16) crossed the ocean to Lisa R



and to wrap up that loop, Lisa R's quilt (33) ended up with Doreen.



Amazingly enough, there were only two loops in this round of the swap, so the second one is obviously a lot bigger! And here it goes:

My first quilt (I made two), no 9, went to live with Ramona



while Ramona's quilt (no 1), one hopes, will eventually come home to roost at Lynda's house:



Lynda's quilt, no 28, went to Hungary to Ildiko



Ildi's quilt (no 29), which happened to be the most popular choice, ended up with Sharne



whose quilt, no 36, now belongs to Sandra.



The quilt that Sandra made, no 14, went to Penny in Australia,




while Penny's quilt (no 11) ended up with Charlie.



Charlie, who made quilt no 20, sent his creation to Narelle



and Narelle sent her quilt, no 4, to Karrie.



Karrie made quilt no 39, another very popular choice, which ended up with Sarah.



Sarah's quilt (no 12) was also very highly admired, but in the end, it was Kjersti who gave it a new home.



Kjersti's creation (no 31) went to Joan



while Joan's lovely quilt came to live with me (hoorah!)




My other quilt (no 8) went to Valerie,



while the quilt she made (no 35) was destined to live with Karen.



Karen made quilt no 7, and sent it to Lisa S;




Lisa S's quilt (no 23) went to Anne Ida,



while her lovely creation, no 3, went to Carol.



Carol made no 25, and sent it to Vreni in Singapore.



Vreni's beauty (no 6) went to Lynne,


while Glenys was the recipient of Lynne's quilt (no 37)



In turn, Glenys sent her quilt(no 26) to Lana




and Lana sent hers (no 2) to Rebecca.




Rebecca's creation (no 38) went to Andrea



and Andrea sent hers (no 34) to Val.




Deep breath, getting near the end... Val sent no 17 to Margeeth




and Margeeth sent hers (21) to Mary.




No 22, Mary's quilt, went to Barbara




while Barbara's quilt (15) went to Jessica.



And last but not least, Jessica's quilt (no 13) came to live with me as well. Whew.



It's conceivable that at some point I will go back and link all the names, but in the meantime, the list on the right should have everyone who has a blog linked to the blog...

It was a lot of fun this time around, with some really lovely pieces of work - thanks so much to everyone who took part - and perhaps see you next time!

Almost there!

Well, we are nearly nearly there. Two quilts have still not reached their owners - one is slightly worrying, as it is in transit and has been for some time, but perhaps it's just taking the scenic route. The other is a victim of circumstance - basically it got lost underneath something else in her DH's car on the way to be mailed - but is now on the way for sure, and should be home in a few days. After I get home from holiday I will try to do a grand round-up thingy so you can all see who made what...

Just a few more...

Just few more quilts left to make their way to their new owners - I think they are all in transit, so hopefully, they will land soon. I am away from my computer for the next week or so, visiting some relatives with no internet access - I may be able to pop in from time to time by using Wifi at McDonald's or Starbucks, but don't be worried if you don't hear from me. I hope that all the rest of the quilts will be home soon, and I'll begin to be able to put together a grand "reveal" of who all the fabulous artists are who took part. Thanks again to all of you for playing, and for your patience in waiting for your quilts, if you are one who hasn't received yours yet!

Quilts travelling...

Hi everyone - thanks so much to those of you who are remembering to let me know when you send or receive a quilt. Quite a few of them are at their new homes, and maybe a few more on the way. The people who have NOT YET RECEIVED their new quilts (according to my records) are listed below - if you HAVE received your quilt but are still on this list, let me know, so I can cross you off. I know a few people were away on holiday and therefore didn't mail their quilts till the end of July or even a little later, which is ok, just don't want any to be lost in the mail, so I'm just trying to keep tabs...

• Lynda M

Hoping to cross lots of these off very soon! [updated 22 August]

Don't forget to mail!

Please can everyone try to get their quilts in the post to their recipients by the end of July - which is Saturday. If you are going to be delayed a lot beyond that (Monday would be ok) please let me know. Thanks to everyone who is keeping me posted about mailing and receiving. I'm mailing my own quilts out tomorrow (as they are both going to addresses in the US it made sense to wait until I got here to mail!)... I received one of mine already, and am so excited - looking forward to the other one as well!

First arrival!

Well ladies and gents, we have our first arrival - yes, that was quick, but it was from one part of Australia to another, and the sender sent it by a quick method.

It's a nice coincidence that this one arrived first, because Penny's quilt was the very last to arrive home last time - by about 2 months - we thought it had been lost in the post on its travels from the UK to Australia (which luckily it hadn't). I'm not going to show which quilt it was, just yet, because that might spoil part of the surprise for others who had this quilt on their list, but I will do a full reveal once everyone (or nearly everyone, if we have some stragglers) has had their quilts.

Can't wait to see more of them rolling in!

e-Mailed!

Ok, everyone, you should have email. I have emailed everyone with their partner details except two people (who I need to hear back from their partners first to confirm mailing addresses) - and even those two should have had a quick email from me explaining why they had no email. If you see what I mean!

The email is a little long, but should cover every eventuality - if there are any questions, though, just ask.

Can't wait to start seeing people get their quilts - I do hope everyone is pleased - how could you not be, really, with so many nice quilts? As I hear of them starting arriving, I will begin to do a big pairing up post so you can all see who got what - and more importantly, who made which quilt!

Done!

OK, I heard back from my missing person (hurrah! Luckily, she was just out of town, which is what I'd hoped.) and have gone over the lists again and have made sure every person has a quilt and every quilt has a person. So now, I will begin emailing people to tell them where to send their quilt. Even with a standard type email which I will cut and paste, this will take a while, but I hope to have it done today. Or maybe tomorrow. If you don't receive an email from me telling you where to send your quilt by midnight on Monday (my time - London Summer time) please get in touch and let me know.

There will be instructions in the email about not only WHERE to send your quilt but also HOW to send it, customs tag info (where applicable) and also WHAT info you need to give me about the quilt you send and the quilt you eventually receive. To make my life easier, please follow these instructions as closely as possible.

I will be away from 27 July to the end of August. Most of that time I will have good computer and internet access, but as I will be on holiday it's possible I won't be on the computer quite as much as normal (though I still anticipate being the only real night owl around so I'm sure I'll be on after everyone else goes to bed!), so if you don't hear back from me as quickly as normal if you email me, don't worry.

Almost there

Well, I've been playing with my spreadsheets and have assigned and re-assigned quilts three times now, with surprisingly similar results each time (a few changes here and there), which I think means I've pretty much got it right. I have unfortunately still not heard from the one remaining person from whom I've not had a list, so I am going to hold off sending out mailing information until tomorrow evening, just in case. If I still haven't heard from her, I'll just leave her quilt out of the swapping; if I do hear from her, I'll juggle my distribution a bit to make sure she and her quilt fit in.

I think everyone will be happy with the quilt they receive - most of the allotted choices are fairly high in the wishlists, and none of them are right down at the bottom. I was able to give some first choices, which is nice, and I'm looking forward to letting you all know to whom you'll be sending your quilts.

In this round, I had a good handful of people send me the numbers of the quilts they liked and say that they had no really strong preferences as to order - or they listed their top 3 and then ten more in no particular order. This was actually very useful in making my decisions, and I'm going to encourage it for the next round - if you have a strong preference, that's no problem, but if you really don't, except maybe one or two which are your all-time faves, it would be great to know it because I might be looking at my spreadsheet thinking you much prefer your no 6 over your no 13, when in fact, you like them both more or less equally. If that were the case, I could stress a little less about whether to assign someone their no 13 choice (I didn't assign any 13's in this round, in case you're wondering).

I won't publish any kind of Grand Reveal until all quilts have been received by their new owners, but if you want to know in advance what's coming your way, you can let me know when I send you the info about where to mail your quilt to and I'll look it up and tell you. Or you can choose to wait and be surprised.

Last reminder

Hi all - I am still waiting for 2 preference lists - one, I know is on the way, the other, I have not heard from the person in response to my previous email a few days ago - I've sent another one today and left a message on her blog, but also thought I'd leave a note here just in case. If you haven't sent your preference list in - please, you need to do it TODAY or I may not be able to include you in the swap. I plan to swap out all the quilts this weekend, and if you haven't been in touch, I can't be sure you are still able to send a quilt, so I don't feel right about assigning your quilt to someone, just in case you are unable to follow through. If you need another day to compile your list, no problem, just LET ME KNOW!!