A few early photos...

Are in my inbox! I have three quilts with me (so to speak) so far, and they are all lovely (and very different from one another). I won't post them just yet, but when I get one or two more, I'll begin to blog them to the site. Those of you who haven't mailed photos yet (which is most of us), remember that photos need to be with me by the 3rd of October. Which is just a little over a month. Yikes!

Reminder...

Hello all - just a quick reminder that we have only a bit over a month to make our quilts and send photos in - the photo deadline is 3rd October, and it's nearly September now (yikes!). I actually do have one set of photos in already - but just the one so far. I look forward to seeing many more in the upcoming weeks!

Just a note to touch base

Everyone working on their quilts? (No, me neither!) Just been updating the list of potential players, and we are becoming truly international, with quilts possibly being made all over Europe (UK, France, Germany, Norway), as well as North (US & Canada) and South America (Chile) and Australasia (Singapore, Australia).

Please do spread the word in your quilting communities and on your blogs (if you have them) - the more the merrier and this swap does really work well for those who are "international" - some of the US based swaps are a bit harder for those elsewhere (to be fair, I've been in some great US based swaps, so it's not always a problem - but the centrally run ones or ones where mailing time is an issue are much harder for those who are far flung...)

Lots of new players...

Just a note to say if you have emailed me about joining and I haven't added your name yet, don't worry - I have at least a dozen in my inbox I haven't had a chance to get to yet. I am hoping tonight once I get home from a talk at my daughter's new school, I may have a chance to catch up with stuff - but don't panic, I'm sure your email went through fine. I sure can't wait until school finishes (next week) and I have some time to myself - a little, anyway!

IMPORTANT ABOUT ROUND 6

Thanks for all the interest so far. Please, however, if you are interested in Round 6, can you be sure to email me at my email address (katelnorth at yahoo dot com) rather than just leaving a comment (you are welcome to leave a comment, but do email me as well!) - so many comments are set to no-reply, and I really need your email address to be able to communicate with you. (To be fair, most of the interested people so far have done so...)

OK, Round 6, stop nagging me!

Well, you guys can stop asking - here it is. Be sure to read the rules in the Rules tab above. They are extensive and (I hope) thorough, but if anything is unclear, just ask.

Round 6?

I've had a couple of queries about doing a round 6, and have been going back and forth on it - I do want to do one, but I'm so busy that I haven't really had time to think about it. But we are almost at the point where I could open one up with a due date in the autumn (because summer due dates are too awkward, with holidays and all) so I think if you watch this space, you'll see an announcement in about a month or so. I haven't decided exactly what parametres I will set yet (i.e. size, style) so don't start working on anything just yet!

Grand reveal!

 

So, here we go - this quilt, made by Wil in the Netherlands, went to live with Julie in California.



Julie's quilt went to live with Judith



While Judith's piece went off to Mary.



Mary's Tic Tac Toe with Kaffe travelled to England to be with Anne,



while Anne's appliqued flowers are now happy at home with Dee in Canada.



Dee's Jiggedy Jig went off to Julie in the UK



While Julie's quilt Hope is now at home with Melody.



Melody's quilt went to Susan



While Susan's piece travelled to Arkansas to be with Ramona.



Ramona's piece, Winter, went off to the Netherlands to live with Wil.

Wil had made two pieces for this swap, and her second one, Dark Night



went off to Lenna in Florida.



Lenna's lovely mixed media piece came over to the UK to live with Plum,


and Plum's Snowy Day quilt travelled to the Netherlands to Maya.



Maya's Memories quilt took a short hop to Margeeth, also in the Netherlands.



Margeeth made two quilts for this swap, and the first of them, this painted wholecloth, went to Hazel.



Hazel's quilt, Doodle, which was one of the most popular choices, went to Norway to Kjersti,



And Kjersti's quilt went off to Margeeth. Kjersti's quilt was also among the most frequently chosen quilts!



Margeeth's second quilt went to Lisa in Australia.



Lisa's quilt nipped across Australia to Penny



whose piece Desert Country went on to Tina in the UK. Penny also made another quilt for this swap - more of that one later.



Tina's Little Elephant went to Julie M, also in the UK. This again was one of the most popular choices of quilts.



Julie's shibori & beaded piece, which was the most popularly listed quilt among everyone's preferences, ended up in the Netherlands with Wil.


So.




This burnt edge quilt made by Peggy (which I have to say looks fabulous in person) came to live at my house, while one of my quilts



went to Robyn.



Robyn's Twirling Tree quilt, one of two she made, went to Penny in Australia,



while Penny's Gold Fish quilt went to Sabine in Germany.



Sabine's owl quiltlet also went to Robyn, while Robyn's second piece,




Sashiko Still Life, went to Margaret.



Margaret's quilt went to Shelina (who was another person who made two quilts for this swap)



and Shelina's quilt, Mind, went to Peggy.


Glenys in New Zealand made this lovely piece



which went to live with Lynda in England



Lynda's men in corsets went to Sharne



And Sharne's Winter Sunset went to Glenys.


OK, last section!




Sandra made this piece, which went to Natalie



while Natalie's quilt went to Sarah



and Sarah's quilt went to Lisa W.



Lisa's quilt went off to Shelina



and Shelina's stitchery went to Barbara in Northern Ireland



Barbara's quilt travelled a long way (and took its sweet time!) to get to Vero in Chile,



and Vero's piece went to Pamela.



Pamela's piece went to Jessica in Australia




Jessica's quilt, Pure, went to Vreni in Singapore



Vreni's lovely tree with blossoms came to live with me



while my little wholecloth piece, Underwater, went to Sandra.

And that, ladies, is that. Another successful (I hope) round.

All quilts home!

Apparently, all it takes to make sure the last quilt arrives at its destination is for me to post a blog entry saying that it might be lost! Anyway, all quilts are now home safe and sound. Hoorah! Off to work on a post showing who got what...

Nearly complete

Unless I've made a mistake in my reckoning, all quilts but one have now been received safely by their new owners. The one is still (I hope!) in transit between....somewhere and Chile, so I'm hoping it's just the distant and the postal services which are holding things up. Once that issue has been resolved, I'll do my usual sort of visual roundup of who got what - I think that's always fun to see...

And yes, there will be another round, but probably not starting until May - and finishing perhaps near the end of summer. Not sure just what it will be quite yet; we'll see!