BellaOnline Forums Hobbies and Crafts Quilting May Fat Quarter Swap

It's time to post the May swap. We will continue swapping groups of three fat quarters, with this month being white on white, black on black, or white and black prints. There are a lot of amazing black and white prints out there, so lets have some fun! I'm going to establish a web site with the general guidelines. I'll post the URL when I'm done.

Will anyone be sending for this month's swap? I am hoping that the beginning of June remains uneventful. It seems that everything major so far this year has occured at the beginning of the month.

I was planning on sending some fabric for May.

I'm so glad! I am looking forward to shopping for some good fabric for this swap. I may end up with a little of everything-black and white fabrics are so neat!

OK I may be interested in swapping, how many people actually swap? Jean

Hi! I tried to send you a reply to your email but it bounced back to me. There are only a few of us swapping right now. But we'd love to have you join! I've been hosting this swap for a few months, but I've been a swap hostess for a couple of years. It's a lot of fun.

Everytime I read about the swaps, I am so tempted to do them. But, I have read so much about new people messing up that it makes me so nervous. I might do one in a couple of months and let you return my fabric if it isn't nice enough quality.

Michelle

Oh, Michelle, I designed this swap for beginners. It is truly idiot-proof. Your fat quarters don't even have to be exactly 18"x22". Go out right now and buy 1.25 yards of something black and white-anything, as long as it's 100% cotton. Wash it and iron it and cut it into four equal pieces. Send three of them to me and wait for the goodie bag to come back. I'm dead serious-you can't mess this one up! Just make sure to send an SASE so I can send your fabric back to you.

I have a new email address, just emailed u with it sorry.

so let me get this straight. I only need to get one color selection then cut that into 4 equal pieces? So I would buy 1 piece of 1 1/4 yds of white/blk, wash, iron, cut, bag then send and that is basically all? Sounds easy enough. Think I will try it, Yep tomorrow I am going out and getting some fabric and washing it ( wow I never wash fabric, does this mean I have to put sizing stuff on it before I cut and sew it now?)
:rolleyes:

After all I am sure I only have 5 or 6 projects going on right now. JEan