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Pirates o' the South Pacific Swap
Notice this is not marked "OT" because it's not! Arr!
Ahoy, Mateys! Relief from the Winter doldrums is at hand! All of you in cold-weather climes are tired of the cold, and everyone else is tired of the complaints about cold. Tends to take the fun out o' slatherin' suntan lotion on the cat, ya know. So, avast ye seadogs and landlubbers alike, 'tis time for a swap! I will re-post this in a few days, so that all the burping ISPs get a chance to pick it up. And I'll try to keep the pirate-speak to a minimum, but no guarantees! Arrr! These are the Official Rules. If you don't play by the rules, you'll be keelhauled and sent down to Davy Jones' locker to feed the fishes. If you are thinking "oh, that doesn't mean *me*" you are addlepated and wrong! Others are counting on equal participation by all players. 1) We are swapping Fat Eighths or FEs (18"x 11"{1/4WOF - see Note 1 below}) of 100% cotton batik fabric. Not fabric *printed* to look like batiks, but really honest-to-goodness batik (see Note 2 below). Please measure and cut carefully. If your fabric is noticeably wonky or short of 18", it will be sent back to you, unswapped, accompanied by a pirate wielding a cat o'nine tails. 2) We are swapping sets of 8 FEs. You may send up to 3 sets, if you use DIFFERENT fabrics for each set. I cannot guarantee you will get back 3 completely different sets, but I'll try. So, you send me 8 FEs of the same fabric, and you get back 8 FEs of fabric, all different. 3) I prefer to swap washed, ironed (but NOT starched) fabric. If for some reason, you cannot wash your fabric before you send it, please mark *each* FE with a note that says "not washed"!!!!! I will be washing my fabric, and I live in a smoke-free home. Your fabric will be fondled, at least by me, and if you are very lucky and have good taste, me swabbies Giles and Spike will give it a fondle, too! However, all fabric will be kept in excellent condition. I do have a dog, but he is not allowed free access to fabric, and I will do my best to keep his fur away from all swaps. 4) Send your fabric in a plastic bag, or other wrapping (I see saran-type wrap alot), to keep it safe on it's journey, and enclose your name and address in the wrapping, in case of envelope rippage. Use a separate baggie for each set, please. Send a self-addressed envelope with return postage (not metered!!!) in with your swap. 5) Non-USA participants email me for mailing instructions. 6) Mail your package so it arrives in my hands by Feb. 10, and I will mail the swaps back out by Feb. 13th. (Arrr! It's not an unlucky day for pirates!) This gives even overseas procrastinators time to participate. 7) Email me privately to sign up and get my mailing address. 8) If you sign up, but find you cannot participate, please send me a note to let me know not to expect anything from you. Stuff happens, no big. But a note will give me a heads up, so I don't sit by the mailbox, harassing me landlubber mailman w' me cutlass everyday. Tends to make him edgy. NOTE 1: To cut the FEs, take 1 yard of fabric, fold in half along selvedge edge. Each selvedge will be folded in half, with the cut ends of the yard meeting. Cut along fold with scissors, or press crease in fold, open and cut along crease with rotary cutter. Use whichever method gets you the most straight, accurate results. You now have 2 pieces of fabric 18" wide by the width of fabric (WOF). Take each piece and fold in half, this time meeting selvedge edges. Cut along fold as before. You now have 4 pieces of fabric 18" wide by 1/2 WOF. Take each piece and fold in half, meeting selvedge edge to the edge you just cut. Cut along fold again. You should now have 8 pieces of fabric 18" by 1/4WOF. Four of these pieces will have selvedges, 4 will not. To ensure that you have 1 yard of washed fabric, since a small amount of shrinkage is possible, I advise buying a bit more than 1 yard. If you buy 1 1/2 yards, not only will you have the right amount to swap, you will get to keep a large piece for yourself. Batik does not shrink much, since it has been boiled, however some LQSs are not terribly accurate at cutting. I'd hate for a swap to be rejected because the store clerk's glasses were crooked. Arrr. Note 2: Cotton batik fabrics are made by applying a design with wax, using stamps or painting tools, then dyeing the fabric. The fabric is boiled to remove the wax, and the underlying color is revealed. The wax resists the dye. The fabric can be dyed, then have wax applied, then dyed again, allowing for multiple color designs. One of the characteristics of batiks is that both sides of the fabric are almost identical. There is no obvious "wrong" side of the fabric. Another characteristic is that there is very little give, or stretch, to the fabric. We are *NOT* swapping rayon batiks. Although those are gorgeous fabrics, that is not what this swap is about. Questions? Email me, Mad Jenny Bonney the Pirate Swapper (aka frood aka Wendy) : MamaBoo at GriffinsFlight dot com And no, that's not a Nancy-boy email address. Arrr! -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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Forgot to mention it.
-- Mad Jenny Bonney http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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Howdy!
What DID you have for breakfast?!? g Please, Please, PLEASE, Swappers, save a copy of these instructions, print it out, e-mail it to yourself, put it in your save file. PLEASE. And follow the rules; it ain't hard; if you sign up, then do it smartly; ye be a rum lot. Ragmop/Sandy--just throwing in my pleas so it will look more useful than just asking what the he11 she had for breakfast ;-D altho' I'm not joining this swap, there being no Jan. doldrums here and I always sympathize with those who b+tch about their weather VBG "frood" wrote in message ... Notice this is not marked "OT" because it's not! Arr! Ahoy, Mateys! Relief from the Winter doldrums is at hand! All of you in cold-weather climes are tired of the cold, and everyone else is tired of the complaints about cold. Tends to take the fun out o' slatherin' suntan lotion on the cat, ya know. So, avast ye seadogs and landlubbers alike, 'tis time for a swap! I will re-post this in a few days, so that all the burping ISPs get a chance to pick it up. And I'll try to keep the pirate-speak to a minimum, but no guarantees! Arrr! These are the Official Rules. If you don't play by the rules, you'll be keelhauled and sent down to Davy Jones' locker to feed the fishes. If you are thinking "oh, that doesn't mean *me*" you are addlepated and wrong! Others are counting on equal participation by all players. 1) We are swapping Fat Eighths or FEs (18"x 11"{1/4WOF - see Note 1 below}) of 100% cotton batik fabric. Not fabric *printed* to look like batiks, but really honest-to-goodness batik (see Note 2 below). Please measure and cut carefully. If your fabric is noticeably wonky or short of 18", it will be sent back to you, unswapped, accompanied by a pirate wielding a cat o'nine tails. 2) We are swapping sets of 8 FEs. You may send up to 3 sets, if you use DIFFERENT fabrics for each set. I cannot guarantee you will get back 3 completely different sets, but I'll try. So, you send me 8 FEs of the same fabric, and you get back 8 FEs of fabric, all different. 3) I prefer to swap washed, ironed (but NOT starched) fabric. If for some reason, you cannot wash your fabric before you send it, please mark *each* FE with a note that says "not washed"!!!!! I will be washing my fabric, and I live in a smoke-free home. Your fabric will be fondled, at least by me, and if you are very lucky and have good taste, me swabbies Giles and Spike will give it a fondle, too! However, all fabric will be kept in excellent condition. I do have a dog, but he is not allowed free access to fabric, and I will do my best to keep his fur away from all swaps. 4) Send your fabric in a plastic bag, or other wrapping (I see saran-type wrap alot), to keep it safe on it's journey, and enclose your name and address in the wrapping, in case of envelope rippage. Use a separate baggie for each set, please. Send a self-addressed envelope with return postage (not metered!!!) in with your swap. 5) Non-USA participants email me for mailing instructions. 6) Mail your package so it arrives in my hands by Feb. 10, and I will mail the swaps back out by Feb. 13th. (Arrr! It's not an unlucky day for pirates!) This gives even overseas procrastinators time to participate. 7) Email me privately to sign up and get my mailing address. 8) If you sign up, but find you cannot participate, please send me a note to let me know not to expect anything from you. Stuff happens, no big. But a note will give me a heads up, so I don't sit by the mailbox, harassing me landlubber mailman w' me cutlass everyday. Tends to make him edgy. NOTE 1: To cut the FEs, take 1 yard of fabric, fold in half along selvedge edge. Each selvedge will be folded in half, with the cut ends of the yard meeting. Cut along fold with scissors, or press crease in fold, open and cut along crease with rotary cutter. Use whichever method gets you the most straight, accurate results. You now have 2 pieces of fabric 18" wide by the width of fabric (WOF). Take each piece and fold in half, this time meeting selvedge edges. Cut along fold as before. You now have 4 pieces of fabric 18" wide by 1/2 WOF. Take each piece and fold in half, meeting selvedge edge to the edge you just cut. Cut along fold again. You should now have 8 pieces of fabric 18" by 1/4WOF. Four of these pieces will have selvedges, 4 will not. To ensure that you have 1 yard of washed fabric, since a small amount of shrinkage is possible, I advise buying a bit more than 1 yard. If you buy 1 1/2 yards, not only will you have the right amount to swap, you will get to keep a large piece for yourself. Batik does not shrink much, since it has been boiled, however some LQSs are not terribly accurate at cutting. I'd hate for a swap to be rejected because the store clerk's glasses were crooked. Arrr. Note 2: Cotton batik fabrics are made by applying a design with wax, using stamps or painting tools, then dyeing the fabric. The fabric is boiled to remove the wax, and the underlying color is revealed. The wax resists the dye. The fabric can be dyed, then have wax applied, then dyed again, allowing for multiple color designs. One of the characteristics of batiks is that both sides of the fabric are almost identical. There is no obvious "wrong" side of the fabric. Another characteristic is that there is very little give, or stretch, to the fabric. We are *NOT* swapping rayon batiks. Although those are gorgeous fabrics, that is not what this swap is about. Questions? Email me, Mad Jenny Bonney the Pirate Swapper (aka frood aka Wendy) : MamaBoo at GriffinsFlight dot com And no, that's not a Nancy-boy email address. Arrr! -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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Why, I had rum and hard tack, o'course!
-- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply " Ellison" wrote in message igy.com... Howdy! What DID you have for breakfast?!? g |
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Ahoy! Mad Jenny B! Means this ye're swappin pieces of eights??? (fat
ones?) ;-} Black Bartlette... (well hey, she asked for it!) "frood" wrote in message ... Notice this is not marked "OT" because it's not! Arr! Ahoy, Mateys! Relief from the Winter doldrums is at hand! All of you in cold-weather climes are tired of the cold, and everyone else is tired of the complaints about cold. Tends to take the fun out o' slatherin' suntan lotion on the cat, ya know. So, avast ye seadogs and landlubbers alike, 'tis time for a swap! I will re-post this in a few days, so that all the burping ISPs get a chance to pick it up. And I'll try to keep the pirate-speak to a minimum, but no guarantees! Arrr! These are the Official Rules. If you don't play by the rules, you'll be keelhauled and sent down to Davy Jones' locker to feed the fishes. If you are thinking "oh, that doesn't mean *me*" you are addlepated and wrong! Others are counting on equal participation by all players. 1) We are swapping Fat Eighths or FEs (18"x 11"{1/4WOF - see Note 1 below}) of 100% cotton batik fabric. Not fabric *printed* to look like batiks, but really honest-to-goodness batik (see Note 2 below). Please measure and cut carefully. If your fabric is noticeably wonky or short of 18", it will be sent back to you, unswapped, accompanied by a pirate wielding a cat o'nine tails. 2) We are swapping sets of 8 FEs. You may send up to 3 sets, if you use DIFFERENT fabrics for each set. I cannot guarantee you will get back 3 completely different sets, but I'll try. So, you send me 8 FEs of the same fabric, and you get back 8 FEs of fabric, all different. 3) I prefer to swap washed, ironed (but NOT starched) fabric. If for some reason, you cannot wash your fabric before you send it, please mark *each* FE with a note that says "not washed"!!!!! I will be washing my fabric, and I live in a smoke-free home. Your fabric will be fondled, at least by me, and if you are very lucky and have good taste, me swabbies Giles and Spike will give it a fondle, too! However, all fabric will be kept in excellent condition. I do have a dog, but he is not allowed free access to fabric, and I will do my best to keep his fur away from all swaps. 4) Send your fabric in a plastic bag, or other wrapping (I see saran-type wrap alot), to keep it safe on it's journey, and enclose your name and address in the wrapping, in case of envelope rippage. Use a separate baggie for each set, please. Send a self-addressed envelope with return postage (not metered!!!) in with your swap. 5) Non-USA participants email me for mailing instructions. 6) Mail your package so it arrives in my hands by Feb. 10, and I will mail the swaps back out by Feb. 13th. (Arrr! It's not an unlucky day for pirates!) This gives even overseas procrastinators time to participate. 7) Email me privately to sign up and get my mailing address. 8) If you sign up, but find you cannot participate, please send me a note to let me know not to expect anything from you. Stuff happens, no big. But a note will give me a heads up, so I don't sit by the mailbox, harassing me landlubber mailman w' me cutlass everyday. Tends to make him edgy. NOTE 1: To cut the FEs, take 1 yard of fabric, fold in half along selvedge edge. Each selvedge will be folded in half, with the cut ends of the yard meeting. Cut along fold with scissors, or press crease in fold, open and cut along crease with rotary cutter. Use whichever method gets you the most straight, accurate results. You now have 2 pieces of fabric 18" wide by the width of fabric (WOF). Take each piece and fold in half, this time meeting selvedge edges. Cut along fold as before. You now have 4 pieces of fabric 18" wide by 1/2 WOF. Take each piece and fold in half, meeting selvedge edge to the edge you just cut. Cut along fold again. You should now have 8 pieces of fabric 18" by 1/4WOF. Four of these pieces will have selvedges, 4 will not. To ensure that you have 1 yard of washed fabric, since a small amount of shrinkage is possible, I advise buying a bit more than 1 yard. If you buy 1 1/2 yards, not only will you have the right amount to swap, you will get to keep a large piece for yourself. Batik does not shrink much, since it has been boiled, however some LQSs are not terribly accurate at cutting. I'd hate for a swap to be rejected because the store clerk's glasses were crooked. Arrr. Note 2: Cotton batik fabrics are made by applying a design with wax, using stamps or painting tools, then dyeing the fabric. The fabric is boiled to remove the wax, and the underlying color is revealed. The wax resists the dye. The fabric can be dyed, then have wax applied, then dyed again, allowing for multiple color designs. One of the characteristics of batiks is that both sides of the fabric are almost identical. There is no obvious "wrong" side of the fabric. Another characteristic is that there is very little give, or stretch, to the fabric. We are *NOT* swapping rayon batiks. Although those are gorgeous fabrics, that is not what this swap is about. Questions? Email me, Mad Jenny Bonney the Pirate Swapper (aka frood aka Wendy) : MamaBoo at GriffinsFlight dot com And no, that's not a Nancy-boy email address. Arrr! -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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Harrrr, I'm thinkin' ye had soused fishyfins and a gullet full of mullet
chased by a keg o' beard lighter. (check in the glass and seez ifn yer beard's still hangin there) BBartlette "frood" wrote in message m... Why, I had rum and hard tack, o'course! -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply " Ellison" wrote in message igy.com... Howdy! What DID you have for breakfast?!? g |
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Well, duh! What else?
I mean, Arrr! Be there anythin' else? -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "Chipper" wrote in message m... Ahoy! Mad Jenny B! Means this ye're swappin pieces of eights??? (fat ones?) ;-} Black Bartlette... (well hey, she asked for it!) |
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Someone has suggested that me instructions fer cuttin' FEs might be a bit
long-winded. Since dead quilters tell no tales, I'll have to tell ye meself what she said. Cut 4 FQs. Cut each in half parallel to the selvedge, ending up with 8 pieces, each 18" by approx. 11". Arrr. -- Mad Jenny Bonney, the frood pirate quilter http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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Does this mean we arent swapping pirates but fabric? Cause, I have this
dandy little pirate from the south pacific just going to waste. Diana -- Queen of FAQs Royal Peace Maker http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "frood" wrote in message ... Notice this is not marked "OT" because it's not! Arr! Ahoy, Mateys! Relief from the Winter doldrums is at hand! All of you in cold-weather climes are tired of the cold, and everyone else is tired of the complaints about cold. Tends to take the fun out o' slatherin' suntan lotion on the cat, ya know. So, avast ye seadogs and landlubbers alike, 'tis time for a swap! I will re-post this in a few days, so that all the burping ISPs get a chance to pick it up. And I'll try to keep the pirate-speak to a minimum, but no guarantees! Arrr! These are the Official Rules. If you don't play by the rules, you'll be keelhauled and sent down to Davy Jones' locker to feed the fishes. If you are thinking "oh, that doesn't mean *me*" you are addlepated and wrong! Others are counting on equal participation by all players. 1) We are swapping Fat Eighths or FEs (18"x 11"{1/4WOF - see Note 1 below}) of 100% cotton batik fabric. Not fabric *printed* to look like batiks, but really honest-to-goodness batik (see Note 2 below). Please measure and cut carefully. If your fabric is noticeably wonky or short of 18", it will be sent back to you, unswapped, accompanied by a pirate wielding a cat o'nine tails. 2) We are swapping sets of 8 FEs. You may send up to 3 sets, if you use DIFFERENT fabrics for each set. I cannot guarantee you will get back 3 completely different sets, but I'll try. So, you send me 8 FEs of the same fabric, and you get back 8 FEs of fabric, all different. 3) I prefer to swap washed, ironed (but NOT starched) fabric. If for some reason, you cannot wash your fabric before you send it, please mark *each* FE with a note that says "not washed"!!!!! I will be washing my fabric, and I live in a smoke-free home. Your fabric will be fondled, at least by me, and if you are very lucky and have good taste, me swabbies Giles and Spike will give it a fondle, too! However, all fabric will be kept in excellent condition. I do have a dog, but he is not allowed free access to fabric, and I will do my best to keep his fur away from all swaps. 4) Send your fabric in a plastic bag, or other wrapping (I see saran-type wrap alot), to keep it safe on it's journey, and enclose your name and address in the wrapping, in case of envelope rippage. Use a separate baggie for each set, please. Send a self-addressed envelope with return postage (not metered!!!) in with your swap. 5) Non-USA participants email me for mailing instructions. 6) Mail your package so it arrives in my hands by Feb. 10, and I will mail the swaps back out by Feb. 13th. (Arrr! It's not an unlucky day for pirates!) This gives even overseas procrastinators time to participate. 7) Email me privately to sign up and get my mailing address. 8) If you sign up, but find you cannot participate, please send me a note to let me know not to expect anything from you. Stuff happens, no big. But a note will give me a heads up, so I don't sit by the mailbox, harassing me landlubber mailman w' me cutlass everyday. Tends to make him edgy. NOTE 1: To cut the FEs, take 1 yard of fabric, fold in half along selvedge edge. Each selvedge will be folded in half, with the cut ends of the yard meeting. Cut along fold with scissors, or press crease in fold, open and cut along crease with rotary cutter. Use whichever method gets you the most straight, accurate results. You now have 2 pieces of fabric 18" wide by the width of fabric (WOF). Take each piece and fold in half, this time meeting selvedge edges. Cut along fold as before. You now have 4 pieces of fabric 18" wide by 1/2 WOF. Take each piece and fold in half, meeting selvedge edge to the edge you just cut. Cut along fold again. You should now have 8 pieces of fabric 18" by 1/4WOF. Four of these pieces will have selvedges, 4 will not. To ensure that you have 1 yard of washed fabric, since a small amount of shrinkage is possible, I advise buying a bit more than 1 yard. If you buy 1 1/2 yards, not only will you have the right amount to swap, you will get to keep a large piece for yourself. Batik does not shrink much, since it has been boiled, however some LQSs are not terribly accurate at cutting. I'd hate for a swap to be rejected because the store clerk's glasses were crooked. Arrr. Note 2: Cotton batik fabrics are made by applying a design with wax, using stamps or painting tools, then dyeing the fabric. The fabric is boiled to remove the wax, and the underlying color is revealed. The wax resists the dye. The fabric can be dyed, then have wax applied, then dyed again, allowing for multiple color designs. One of the characteristics of batiks is that both sides of the fabric are almost identical. There is no obvious "wrong" side of the fabric. Another characteristic is that there is very little give, or stretch, to the fabric. We are *NOT* swapping rayon batiks. Although those are gorgeous fabrics, that is not what this swap is about. Questions? Email me, Mad Jenny Bonney the Pirate Swapper (aka frood aka Wendy) : MamaBoo at GriffinsFlight dot com And no, that's not a Nancy-boy email address. Arrr! -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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Aren't pool boys enough trouble? Why would we want your cast away (pun
intended) pirate? I'll take his parrot, though... -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) longarm machine quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Does this mean we arent swapping pirates but fabric? Cause, I have this dandy little pirate from the south pacific just going to waste. Diana -- Queen of FAQs Royal Peace Maker http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "frood" wrote in message ... Notice this is not marked "OT" because it's not! Arr! Ahoy, Mateys! Relief from the Winter doldrums is at hand! All of you in cold-weather climes are tired of the cold, and everyone else is tired of the complaints about cold. Tends to take the fun out o' slatherin' suntan lotion on the cat, ya know. So, avast ye seadogs and landlubbers alike, 'tis time for a swap! I will re-post this in a few days, so that all the burping ISPs get a chance to pick it up. And I'll try to keep the pirate-speak to a minimum, but no guarantees! Arrr! These are the Official Rules. If you don't play by the rules, you'll be keelhauled and sent down to Davy Jones' locker to feed the fishes. If you are thinking "oh, that doesn't mean *me*" you are addlepated and wrong! Others are counting on equal participation by all players. 1) We are swapping Fat Eighths or FEs (18"x 11"{1/4WOF - see Note 1 below}) of 100% cotton batik fabric. Not fabric *printed* to look like batiks, but really honest-to-goodness batik (see Note 2 below). Please measure and cut carefully. If your fabric is noticeably wonky or short of 18", it will be sent back to you, unswapped, accompanied by a pirate wielding a cat o'nine tails. 2) We are swapping sets of 8 FEs. You may send up to 3 sets, if you use DIFFERENT fabrics for each set. I cannot guarantee you will get back 3 completely different sets, but I'll try. So, you send me 8 FEs of the same fabric, and you get back 8 FEs of fabric, all different. 3) I prefer to swap washed, ironed (but NOT starched) fabric. If for some reason, you cannot wash your fabric before you send it, please mark *each* FE with a note that says "not washed"!!!!! I will be washing my fabric, and I live in a smoke-free home. Your fabric will be fondled, at least by me, and if you are very lucky and have good taste, me swabbies Giles and Spike will give it a fondle, too! However, all fabric will be kept in excellent condition. I do have a dog, but he is not allowed free access to fabric, and I will do my best to keep his fur away from all swaps. 4) Send your fabric in a plastic bag, or other wrapping (I see saran-type wrap alot), to keep it safe on it's journey, and enclose your name and address in the wrapping, in case of envelope rippage. Use a separate baggie for each set, please. Send a self-addressed envelope with return postage (not metered!!!) in with your swap. 5) Non-USA participants email me for mailing instructions. 6) Mail your package so it arrives in my hands by Feb. 10, and I will the swaps back out by Feb. 13th. (Arrr! It's not an unlucky day for pirates!) This gives even overseas procrastinators time to participate. 7) Email me privately to sign up and get my mailing address. 8) If you sign up, but find you cannot participate, please send me a note to let me know not to expect anything from you. Stuff happens, no big. But a note will give me a heads up, so I don't sit by the mailbox, harassing me landlubber mailman w' me cutlass everyday. Tends to make him edgy. NOTE 1: To cut the FEs, take 1 yard of fabric, fold in half along selvedge edge. Each selvedge will be folded in half, with the cut ends of the yard meeting. Cut along fold with scissors, or press crease in fold, open and cut along crease with rotary cutter. Use whichever method gets you the most straight, accurate results. You now have 2 pieces of fabric 18" wide by the width of fabric (WOF). Take each piece and fold in half, this time meeting selvedge edges. Cut along fold as before. You now have 4 pieces of fabric 18" wide by 1/2 WOF. Take each piece and fold in half, meeting selvedge edge to the edge you just cut. Cut along fold again. You should now have 8 pieces of fabric 18" by 1/4WOF. Four of these pieces will have selvedges, 4 will not. To ensure that you have 1 yard of washed fabric, since a small amount of shrinkage is possible, I advise buying a bit more than 1 yard. If you buy 1 1/2 yards, not only will you have the right amount to swap, you will get to keep a large piece for yourself. Batik does not shrink much, since it has been boiled, however some LQSs are not terribly accurate at cutting. I'd hate for a swap to be rejected because the store clerk's glasses were crooked. Arrr. Note 2: Cotton batik fabrics are made by applying a design with wax, using stamps or painting tools, then dyeing the fabric. The fabric is boiled to remove the wax, and the underlying color is revealed. The wax resists the dye. The fabric can be dyed, then have wax applied, then dyed again, allowing for multiple color designs. One of the characteristics of batiks is that both sides of the fabric are almost identical. There is no obvious "wrong" side of the fabric. Another characteristic is that there is very little give, or stretch, to the fabric. We are *NOT* swapping rayon batiks. Although those are gorgeous fabrics, that is not what this swap is about. Questions? Email me, Mad Jenny Bonney the Pirate Swapper (aka frood aka Wendy) : MamaBoo at GriffinsFlight dot com And no, that's not a Nancy-boy email address. Arrr! -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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