Join the HUG list

Since the topic of HUG quilts is in a couple of threads -- I thought I would
let folks know that everyone here is welcome to become a member of the HUG
list.

To become a member -- just email me with your name and email address.
That's all you have to do.

Then -- when a HUG quilt (or other HUG project) is requested -- you will
receive an email message giving you the specifics. You are NEVER obligated
to participate. If you want to -- you do. If you don't want to -- or can't
at that time... you don't.

HUG blocks are usually 6 1/2 or 12 1/2" unfinished. They can be as simple
as a square of fabric or a 9 patch to a very elaborate paper-pieced star or
appliquéd block. Nobody compares. Nobody critiques. You do what you wish
to do to the best of your ability.

Most times the blocks are for RCTQ members but not always. Sometimes an
RCTQ member needs to HUG a family member or friend but can't get a quilt
done on her own in a timely manner and asks for help. Again -- you don't
have to if you prefer not to. Just hit DELETE on that message.

The only request is that you do everything you can to make sure your block
is AT LEAST the size requested. This will help keep our HUGGER sane as the
quilt top is assembled.

Many HUGGERS (aka block makers) choose to tuck a dollar or two in with their
block (again -- strictly optional). But when someone volunteers to assemble
or quilt the hug -- they also become "responsible" for the extra fabric
needed for the top, the backing, the binding and the batting. As we all
know - that can take a bite out of almost anyone's budget so any help is
always greatly appreciated.

So if you want to be notified of HUGS when they are requested.... just hit
REPLY to this message -- remove the NO SPAM from my address and let me know.
I will happily add you to the list.

--
Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves


PS -- if you're on the list but just don't have the time or life has taken
you in a different direction, just let me know and I will remove you from
the list so you won't receive future message.

I saved this but not the name of who originally wrote it -- although I seem
to remember it was Miss Sairey -- so please correct me if I'm wrong.

WHAT IS A HUG.......

A HUG is bits of fabric put together with love and understanding -- and
sometimes, a serious case of stitching-out-the-pain, for some of us who
cannot be there to administer the real, personal HUGs. A HUG is one way
(sometimes the only way we have, in this chunk of cyber-space, this big
quilting bee many of us have depended on in ways we can never fully explain)
to put our arms around someone (and each other); to reach out and say "I
wish I could be there with/for you, in person, but I can't, and this will
just have to do, at least for now."

A HUG wraps the absolute caring that goes on in this newsgroup (RCTQ) into a
tangible package for someone to touch, and feel, and cuddle down into when
times are tough. Sometimes, a HUG is all we have, when words aren't enough.
Now, don't think for an instant that HUGs are ALL sadness and tragedy. Not
by a long shot, they aren't. There's almost always a lot of laughter
stitched into each HUG, and a lot of shared good-times. Lots of puns get
worked into many of the HUG-blocks, and lots of the things we've just
LEARNED about each other, from time to time. Lots of rainbows and butterfly
wings and sunshine and flowers and just downright-silly-giggles, too.

There is an astonishing amount of power in a HUG, folks. Lightning and
thunder and some really sharp edges and planes. Anger, sometimes, in a HUG.
A good, clean kind of anger.

A HUG is for Friendship and Family. A HUG helps with fear and pain. A HUG is
for Laughter and good times and spinning around the room in a happy-dance. A
HUG is all the things quilters do, for all the reasons they do the things
they do. But because mostly, quilters do what they do because they CARE so
very deeply, and simply understand the perfect beauty of a HUG quilt.

May this HUG wrap you in the arms of all those who love you, many around the
country, and around the world, who you may never meet but hold you and those
you love deep in their hearts and daily in their prayers.


--
Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves

I'm not sure who wrote it, but it's come in handy for me. When I made a
Hug for an acquaintance (wife of a co-worker) who was suffering from
cancer, I used bits and pieces of this to help explain what I hoped the
Hug would do for her. She was quite emotional about it, and I don't
think I could have come up with words that would have been as meaningful.

Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

On 1/12/2011 11:26 AM, Kate in MI wrote:
I saved this but not the name of who originally wrote it -- although I
seem to remember it was Miss Sairey -- so please correct me if I'm wrong.

WHAT IS A HUG.......

A HUG is bits of fabric put together with love and understanding -- and
sometimes, a serious case of stitching-out-the-pain, for some of us who
cannot be there to administer the real, personal HUGs. A HUG is one way
(sometimes the only way we have, in this chunk of cyber-space, this big
quilting bee many of us have depended on in ways we can never fully
explain)
to put our arms around someone (and each other); to reach out and say "I
wish I could be there with/for you, in person, but I can't, and this
will just have to do, at least for now."

A HUG wraps the absolute caring that goes on in this newsgroup (RCTQ)
into a tangible package for someone to touch, and feel, and cuddle down
into when times are tough. Sometimes, a HUG is all we have, when words
aren't enough. Now, don't think for an instant that HUGs are ALL sadness
and tragedy. Not by a long shot, they aren't. There's almost always a
lot of laughter stitched into each HUG, and a lot of shared good-times.
Lots of puns get worked into many of the HUG-blocks, and lots of the
things we've just LEARNED about each other, from time to time. Lots of
rainbows and butterfly wings and sunshine and flowers and just
downright-silly-giggles, too.

There is an astonishing amount of power in a HUG, folks. Lightning and
thunder and some really sharp edges and planes. Anger, sometimes, in a
HUG. A good, clean kind of anger.

A HUG is for Friendship and Family. A HUG helps with fear and pain. A
HUG is for Laughter and good times and spinning around the room in a
happy-dance. A HUG is all the things quilters do, for all the reasons
they do the things they do. But because mostly, quilters do what they do
because they CARE so very deeply, and simply understand the perfect
beauty of a HUG quilt.

May this HUG wrap you in the arms of all those who love you, many around
the country, and around the world, who you may never meet but hold you
and those you love deep in their hearts and daily in their prayers.