A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Hobbies, Crafts and Creativity Crafter Swap ~~2~~

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Just to clear this up for everyone. You are NOT required to make anything for your secret gifty person. That ? in the questionnaire which asks if you'd like something, does not gaurantee you'll get something made by your gifter, and does not require the gifter to make something.
Some people may even say no, not because they think your work isnt good but because they want things for thir own projects more. Like ~NL , some people just don't have time right now to make something. And some projects take longer to make than the swap time alloted. You can even join this if you dont know how to do any aort of craft. {See the question that asks if you'd like to start a craft.}

Sign ups will be taken until August 17 as per Momma mouses instruction. Plenty of time to join! Welcome aboard Tina!

Players
Wrennie
Jayhawk
LandOfOz
Triss
Faerywatcher
JunieGirl
~NL~
Shirley4
PennyInOntario
Plantqueen
Loz
jonni13

The questionnaire has been started in another post and sticky'd to the top. Please only answer the questions in that topic. Leave more ideas and comments down in here.


and the rules once again;
Gift Swap Rules

If you would like to participate, please read the rules, then send Jiffymouse a pm with Craft Swap for the subject line, and your address (if I don’t already have it) along with your email address. Phone numbers are nice, but not required. Also the words "i agree to follow the rules" in the body. here are the rules:

1 - all members must be signed up by August 17.
2 – post your answers to the questionnaire in //www.agardenersforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/101486/gonew/1#UNREAD
3 - names will go out by pm on or before [color:#ff0000]to be determined
4 - all gifts must be mailed out by September 1, failure to do so will make you ineligible to participate in future gift swaps and could result in other penalties
5 - in the event of disaster striking you before you can mail out your box, notifying Jiffy as soon as possible will preserve your ability to play in the future. don't laugh, it could happen. we had 2 in another swap. please include the reason, even if it is just "i got snowed under and couldn't do it"
6 - gifts should be mailed with a tracking number when possible (even the post office offers that for only about 50 cents more) BUT...
7 - if you order your gift to be "direct shipped" please pm me when the order is placed, with the company name so i can post "so-and-so's gift has been ordered direct ship".
8 - finally - just like last time, that there is no specific amount, but please be mindful of other's budgets, and please make sure that you would be happy if you got what you sent out. if in doubt, $20-$30 VALUE is always a safe bet. and value is much more important than cost.
9 - post that you received your gift as soon as you get it, but at least within 3 days. pictures are great if you can!
10 - the administration of this board reserves the right to amend the rules as necessary. [/color]

back to fat quaters
When you go in a fabric store and buy fabric right off the bolt {those big rolled up "spools" of fabric you can get yards and yard or just a small piece from} you can buy 1/4 yard. It will be 9" {1/4 of 36"} by the width of the fabric, commonly 45". A fat quater {1/4} is cut 18" x 22" so its more like a half yard cut in hald widthwise and twice the width therefore fat. And 1/2 of a 1/2 is a 1/4.

For a better visual:
Take a sheet of paper,
does everyone have a sheet of paper?
OK
fold it in 1/2 the long way then 1/2 again still the long way. Unfold it and you have 4 columns. One of those columns is a 1/4 {as in yard} take another sheet, fold the it in 1/2 the long way then 1/2 down when you open it you have 4 squares, 2 on top 2 on bottom, one of those squares is a fat quater.

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A couple of people have asked for cross stitch hoops, I have some wooden ones with the screw tightener, i have had a metal one with cork lining and have seen plastic ones. Any prefrences?

Good question Wrennie. I guess I have always used the wooden ones. I will go and add that to my questionnaire.

Wood with the screw for me....I think I lost my old ones when we moved because they aren't in my big crafting basket.

Thank you wrennie for asking that. I wondered too. And sizes? Shapes? There are lots to choose from.

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Knitters & crocheters, I think i saw needle or hook sizes but not material, aluminum, wood, bamboo, plastic, no prefrence?

I see scrapbookers are asking for paper sizes. Very helpful, thanks.

should the quilters say if they hand sew or mechine sew?

I got my questionnaire filled out too, not that my 'puter was co-operating---

For those who give a T-Shirt size: is the size given a ladies or mens?

There's a big difference.

I would think it only makes a difference in what supplies you want. Like needles or type of thread. But ou can anyway.




Not that i've done the questions yet
But, my tees I believe are unisex sized. That would be more like a mens right??

Please remember
Looking at the wish lists may be overwhelming. These lists of 10 things are only guidelines. You don't have to get everything on someones list. If you see one thing you want to get, good.
I used to go through catalogs at Christmas and circle all the things I really liked. A LOT of things. Mom would then go through and pick out the 1 or 2 things she liked (or could stand) and get me those. That way she knew it was something I would like and not something that would sit in my closet untouched. And I had so much picked whatever i got would still be a suprise. That's what the 10 item wish list is like. K?

perfect advice wrennie!

So, we will be getting our names sometime after the 17th?

Updated aug 3
Players
Wrennie
Jayhawk
LandOfOz
Triss
Faerywatcher
JunieGirl
~NL~
Shirley4
PennyInOntario
Plantqueen
Loz
jonni13
sibyl

i filled out my questionaire too, but, whoever gets me, i did not know how to put my answers in color, so mine is very hard to read! SORRY!

Maybe that person will just print it out and highlight your answers? I always wind up writing down what my person wants and carrying it with me. That way if I see something I think they may like, I can look over their list before I purchase the item.

Not to worry I too made a mistake. I did not answer one of the questions and then I thought oh well, I will "add" a comment when i think of it--well That is not gonna happen---so I guess it is what it is---we can always ask "around" later if we are curious---right???

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Why did I wake up thinking about embroidery hoops?
My ? is for people who want them, how big? I have them from 3" across up to probably 10 or 12" across????

I think I asked that same Q a few pages ago. And I have oval hoops and square hoops. I asked about shapes.

thanks for addin my name wrennie!

i sighned up on thhe postal site:}

now i cant wait to get my name!!!!

Me either
Has everyone answered the questions yet??

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see Penny's wishlist.

nope i just looked back penny hasnt done one yet,
i know she likes to paint fav color is i think hunter green :wink:
so we have a clue

ok, the names should go out the 18th or sooner. i'd like to give it two weeks for everyone that wants in to get in.

Do you need our addys again before we start?

no. i'll contact everyone who i don't have for theirs. thanks for asking.

where is Penny?

I think at a soccer tournament.

i think so too tamara, its august, i think they have a bunch this month with the send of the season n stuff:}


the 18 sounds good:}

Anyone else know anyone who might want to come and play with us?

None of my friends are particularly crafty.

Mom would've played probably but she's leaving for England soon for 6 weeks. It's a shame, she makes wreaths and crochets.

I already can't hardly wait until Jiffy is ready to give us
our names!!!!

I just posted Pennys quetionnaire. We did it by email so it would be in there.

YAY!!!!

So everyone is up there now, huh? That is fabulous! I'm with ya, Shirls, I can't wait either!!

a little over a week to go!

unless someone else joins!

I'm all for that!

you know the 18 were getting our names to send gifts to...thats also pennys birthday what a coincidence!

I hope Penny can get back on here by then.

Trust me, she will. I'm surprised she hasn't gone out and bought a new computer.

She's going to bring one from Brads shop home and try that. BUt Carol tried on 3 computers and it didnt help.

Penny, get to your local library and come chat.

good idea tamara! i miss penny, hope she gets it figured out soon,

were one week away from the big day! think anyone else will sighn up?

This is the only site that they can't get on. I believe it comes from here to there. I wonder if they re-register under another name if they could get in?

they tried that. it is an ip issue. bill/dan/penny/triss have figured that much out. they are still working on it.

Its Aug 13th already! Getting close now!

Wheeee! Can't wait! When is Jiffy going to start giving us our names..17th..18th..? Only 3 or 4 more days!!!!

Sign ups end on the 17th, friday. So we'll get them after Jiffy does all the assigning, gets all the names & addys, and everyone sends her an 'I'll play by the rules' pm.

Okay, this is all happening so fast! I've got first grade on the 16th, names the next day or two, and then a 6th birthday party to set up and arrange on the 20th. Wooooo! It's so fun to be busy!! I keep seeing stuff and thinking okay, now who was into this? Is it something they'd like? I'm driving myself crazy. Okay, I was already mostly there.

i went to 2 craft stores last week and everything i saw i thought of someone in this swap too!

i wasnt in a craft store, i was in a regular store n seed bunch of thred n needles, my hand reached out to grab em!...then i thought! what if i get someone who dosnt sew! oops better wait im itching to shop!

Yup. I think we've got Swap Fever!

and Penny is back on! Yay, just in time!

PENNY!!!! It's great to see you!!!

Sarah, how did your ebay thing work out?

pennys back!

its getting closer to the day! what ever that day may be i thought saterday? the 18th?

I think you thought right, sibyl! I'm going to go to Wichita (big city with stores) on Saturday, so you can bet that I'll be doing some shopping for my special someone (and maybe a little for me too!). We'll be birthday shopping for my daughter too, so it'll be perfect, I'll pretend that we're shopping for you guys and Daddy will go get the gifts with the youngest. How perfect is that?

its thursday! were getting closer n closer!

i gotta go shopin this weekend too, but its for school shoppin i'll be pickin a few other things up as well

I am so excited for all of you, I can't wait to see what y'all get.

awwwwww! tamara wish you coulda got in it

i got all these ideas running through my head! just need a name to pin em too

Wish I could of as well, but by the time I got the name, get the money, get to town then get it mailed....it really would be Christmas

you sound like me n the post office! i refuse to go to the one close to me anymore cause she always says i have the wrong box n opends everything up to put in her box of choice! i found out through the post master she should not be doing that gotta love small hick towns were every body gotta know what everybody elses is doing! i dont fit in here, i dont even know half my neighbors names letalone what all there doing in there lives! i just wave when i go by

its friday!!!

Post office is the same here, you cannot send a parcel cross the border unless she sees everything that is inside, more nosey than running through procedure in my eyes. And to make it worse it is only open Mon to Fri and closes at 3pm.

So it's closed when DH leaves for work and is closed when he comes home, sometimes it can take me weeks to mail out a parcel(which will happen to Shirls and Ritas this time I fear.)

It's Friday!!!! the 17th!!!!

Come on, come on, come on, the day needs to hurry up and pass so we can get names!

I know!!! I am so excited! I will shop this weekend if I get my name!

I am going to Michael's today. I wish I had my name already.

All I saw way "I know!!!" and my first thought was, how'd you get your name early!? And where's mine!?? I'm going shopping in the BIG CITY tomorrow. Oooooh, fancy, huh?

Pretty fancy Sarah! I wish I knew my name! I am going to shop tomorrow and not sure if I will get on here before I go or not. Guess I will have to make a point of it so that I can see if I got my name yet or not.

Participants
~NL~
Faerywatcher
Jayhawk
jonni13
JunieGirl
LandOfOz
Loz
PennyInOntario
Plantqueen
Shirley4
Sibyl/Christy
Triss
Wrennie



i'm going to make some phone calls tomorrow to let folks know who they have because i won't be home a whole lot. if i missed anyone, let me know. if i don't have your phone number and you don't want to wait for me to get to the computer, pm me or call me. most of you have my number, and if you don't, get someone who does to call me. i'll make the official post with the rules and players list when i get on tomorrow.

EEEEEeeeep! I'm going to go crazy. It is the last-minute waiting that is killer.

Whenever you can is fine Jiffy. Don't go nuts.

Do we have a 'has to be sent by; {date}' ? Just wondering with the handmade stuff. Too late in the day for me to think.

:wink: We get our names on SEPTEMBER 30th.....

not only do we get our names tomarrow we may also get a call from jiffy!

when she's ready,,,,,, patieb=nce grasshopper..........

WHAT??

patieb=nce
let me translate that to patience... K?

Is it tomorrow yet?

yep!! I called mine & they fixed the problem. But then my Norton decided to act up and the firewall blocked out my IE completely. but all is well now--thank goodness, dan, triss, my SIL and once agwain the internet provider tech support.

Main & bottom line__________ I have returned!!!!!!!!!!

IF i have your number! there are quite a few that i don't have numbers for!

patience----now it is NO fun having patience--'sides i got back on here just in time--yipee!!!!!!!!!!

I wouldn't complain if I got my name tonight since you love me so much and all!

tonight is good!!!!!

Do you mean phone numbers, Jiffy?

Oh NO!! No special treatment for hostesses!

Yes Tina, you can send Jiffy your phone number. Doesn't meam she needs to call you.

Jiffy, you dont need to call me. (ya can if ya want) but icant get to the big town till wednesday anyway

I sure wouldn't mind a call. It would mean I have to turn my blaring music off but I could sacrifice......

if ya want a call, let me know, i'm going to be out as much as in tomorrow, so computer time will be hit and miss.

ok, good night all. i'll pm and/or call the names tomorrow. sleep tight ;)

Its TOMORROW! Its ToMoRRoW!

exactly! Today is the tomorrow from yesterday! Oh boy we get our names sooooon!
I hope I get {Oh, lets not start this again! }

working on getting them out right now