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I've been asked
I've been asked to post a few facts about what a Hug is, and what is the
Hug List. First, the list. I have an email list of over 250 rctq'rs who want to be notified when someone wants to sponsor a Hug. When someone does want to sponsor a Hug, they email me with the reason and the colors, block size, deadline, etc. I send it out to the list. I never give out the member's email addresses. Then everyone on the list can decide if they want to, or are able to, make a block for a particular Hug. If you do, you make a block of the size requested, sign it with your screen name and location, or according to the request, and mail it to the Hug sponsor by the deadline given. That's it! We have a ball with it! Karen, Queen of Squishies The rest is from Miss Sairey - And so. 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 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, the quilters here on RCTQ just HUG, from time to time. |
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Howdy!
And a good job you're doing, too, Karen. If anyone wants to make a Hug quilt on their own, that's fine, too. More work to contact individuals, but do-able. "Let Karen do it!" works for me. ;-D Happy New Year! Ragmop/Sandy "Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @ earthlink.net wrote in message link.net... I've been asked to post a few facts about what a Hug is, and what is the Hug List. First, the list. I have an email list of over 250 rctq'rs who want to be notified when someone wants to sponsor a Hug. When someone does want to sponsor a Hug, they email me with the reason and the colors, block size, deadline, etc. I send it out to the list. I never give out the member's email addresses. Then everyone on the list can decide if they want to, or are able to, make a block for a particular Hug. If you do, you make a block of the size requested, sign it with your screen name and location, or according to the request, and mail it to the Hug sponsor by the deadline given. That's it! We have a ball with it! Karen, Queen of Squishies The rest is from Miss Sairey - And so. 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 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, the quilters here on RCTQ just HUG, from time to time. |
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Oh yeah, I forgot that part, and silly me!! cuz that's how mine was done!!!!
Karen, Queen of Squishies |
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Hehehehehhee, sure was, and tell me
Are YOU still Grinning Butterfly (I sure am--and DS did NOT sleep under it last night) "Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @ earthlink.net wrote in message hlink.net... Oh yeah, I forgot that part, and silly me!! cuz that's how mine was done!!!! Karen, Queen of Squishies |
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Ok, how does one volunteer for the Hug list?
Helen Howes Our Lady of The Biscuits **please note new title for the new year** |
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Hi Helen,
a private email to Karen "Queen of Squishys" then again, tis possible you just did it here already. welcome aboard!! GROUP HUG FOR 2004!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hope everyone on RCTQ has a better year than last year with heaps of quilty inspiration and they get lots of joy from being a part of the bestest group of quilters on the internet....US . jeanne -- http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar real reply is san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz "Helen Howes" wrote... | Ok, how does one volunteer for the Hug list? | | Helen Howes | | Our Lady of The Biscuits | | **please note new title for the new year** |
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OHHHH yeaaahhhhh! I'm still grinning! And dh did take a nap under it again
this morning. He's still grinning too. He's just bustin' proud that y'all would do somethin like that fer his little ole sweetie! : D Karen, Queen of Squishies |
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hey, your our 'little ole sweetie!' too ya know.
Happy Ewe Near, Karen. baaaaaabaaaaaaabaaaaaaaa, hugglez, jeanne -- http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar real reply is san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz "Queen of Squishies" wrote... | OHHHH yeaaahhhhh! I'm still grinning! And dh did take a nap under it again this morning. He's still grinning too. He's just bustin' proud that y'all would do somethin like that fer his little ole sweetie! : D | | Karen, Queen of Squishies |
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