Finished...and headed south

I have finished and the block will be headed south to Lavender Rose on Monday! I have had a rough couple of weeks...lots of migraines and a health scare of my dad's. Haven't been here much, but have enjoyed this.

Hope you like what I stitched, Deb and hope it goes with your fabric!

Karen

CAROL - yours is sent too

Carol, I have also sent out my Squares to you too on Friday by registered post. I think it will take about 10 days to reach you. I hope you will like what I stitched.

Vonna, please sign me up for th next round.

Mine is on it's way to Margaret Wong

Hi - My DH posted my squares off to Margaret Wong today - hope she likes them :-)

Vonna and An, please sign me up for Round 2! Thanks!!

Round 2

Vonna and Annemarie, please sign me up for round 2. This has been fun. Can't wait for the next one.

My Squares from Vicki

Yay! It's actually been here for a few days, but I had an awful time with my new scanner, and all the photos I took of it were awful.







Isn't it wonderful? I absolutely love Quakers, and I love the blue and purple floss! She did the name square in a lovely red varigated, too. My two favorite floss colors :) Thank you so much!

*edit* I have no idea why this back-dated itself :/ Fixed it!

Hannah has received my squares...

Hannah, I don't know that these pictures are any better than those you took.

I have so enjoyed visiting and getting to know Hannah. I enjoyed stitching these autumn blocks for her.

Annemarie and Vonna, please sign me up for round two.

Wonderful Square from Vonna

I received a wonderful square from a my friend Vonna!!! I am not in CT but I had my son open it, scan it, and email the scan to me.... I absolutely love the design that you stitched for me Vonna.
Thanks so much Vonna you really are a wonderful friend!

Look what I got today!

Margaret,

My squares are perfect!!!! I love the kitty on the fence post! Thank you so much for the wonderful design. It fits me to a tee. I can't wait till round 2.

What a great square to start my friendship quilt off with!

Donna

ps:who's the designer?

Tanya and round 2

Tanya I completed and mailed out your squares today. I really hope you enjoy them.

Vonna and annemarie sign me up for round 2 please!

Squares Received from Barbara

Look what I received from Barbara by special delivery! She not only noted my love of Prairie Schooler but also alphabets and managed to combine both for me ~ I love it!!! And what a pretty combination of floss colours! Barbara was also so sweet to send me the lovely kitchen magnet and some beautiful postcards of her gorgeous country, Malaysia.

Thank you, Barbara!!!

I finished off my squares last night and I hope to get them to the post office this afternoon.

Please add my name to the next round, ladies. This is too much fun to not take part in again. And thank you, Vonna and Annmarie for organizing this for us stitchers.

My Square from Marie P.

Here is my lovely, gorgeous, beautiful square from the talented Marie P. :)

She picked a portion of Victoria's Quaker from AMAP. I love this design and when I opened it and saw that Marie and stitched it for me! Well I was nearly brought to tears!!!! I'm going to make this beauty into a pinkeep! I'm hopeful to have a whole basket of friendship square pinkeeps in the upcoming weeks and months!
Big Hugs Marie! You did great girlfriend!

~Vonna

Cathy B, I've sent out your block today..

I sent it by registered and hope that it will reach you safely.. I think it will take about 10-14 days to reach you.

Louise

Louise, your squares are on their way! I put them in the post this morning! Hope you like them.

You can definitely sign me up for round 2 Vonna and annemarie!

Cheryl

Round Two

Yes oh yes I am in for round two also! I am loving all the stitched pieces I am seeing and I am ready to start stitching my next one. Maybe I can go and do the one with all my info on it so it will be done and then when I get my partner's name I will be all ready to go.

my blocks for Heidi are done!!!

I will mail my squares to Heidi tomorrow, Monday. Hope you like them. I enjoyed stitching for you :)
Tanya

I'm signing up for Round 2

Hi Vonna,
Please sign me up for the next round! I really enjoyed this round!
Donna

Yasmin - Your block is on it's way!

It will probably take awhile to reach you - it has a long way to travel! Please let me know when it arrives. Hope you like it!

Cathy B

Heidi ~ almost finished with yours!

It will be hard to part with your squares ~ I'm so attached to them already. LOL Hope you will like them as much as I've enjoyed stitching them for you. I aim to finish the second one this weekend and plan to mail Monday. I'll post here when I do. This is such a fun exchange!!

~Tanya

Lauren

You should be receiving your squares today or tomorrow. They were a lot of fun to stitch. I hope you like it!!

Fair and Square to Vonna

"Heads up" right back at you Vonna...I WILL go to the PO tomorrow and mail your block!

Received From Terry

I received my square from Terry today. I absolutely love it! She incorporated two of my most favorite things into it.....houses and trees! I am not sure who the designer is or if she combined a couple. I haven't decided what I will do with my pieces for sure, am going to wait until the end to see if they will fit together for a lap/wallhanging sized quilt or if I will be making smalls with them. Thanks again Terry I am very pleased with my first round of this group. I am excited now to see everyone else's pieces as they come in and to see who I get to stitch for on the next round. Didn't she do a great job?

Mailed to Marie

Hello Ladies :)
I'm mailing my square to Marie today :) So heads up Marie!

I'm thrilled with the squares that have already been sent and received...you girls are really outdoing yourselves! GREAT job girlfriends!
~Hugs~
Vonna

My Squares from Peg

I received my beautiful squares from Peg yesterday (sorry a day late getting pictures). It is a very pretty drawn thread design which I absolutely love. It will have the first place in my book I am making out of my squares. Thank you peg for the lovely work you did on this. I am only placing the design picture in this blog because I am unsure whether to place the entire name and location of the individual in the blog. Peg, if y0u want me to, I will edit and add that piece also. The signature piece is stitched in a very pretty backstitch alphabet.. Thank you very much again, Peg, both pieces are absolutely beautiful and wonderfully stitched!!!

Received from Donna & mailing today

Yesterday the mailman delivered my first "Fair and Square". Isn't it adorable? No Donna "Liberty for Ewe" is not cutsey - but very cute. I love it!!!! Thank you so very much for stitching this square for me.

After giving it a lot of thought I have decided to try for the Friendship Quilt and this very first square will always have a very special place on it.

My exchange partner Donna blogs as DaisyGirl at: http://daisygirlstitching.blogspot.com/

Last night I finished your square Donna and will be mailing it this afternoon. It was fun stitching for you and I can only hope that I interpreted your likes/dislikes correctly.

Peg

I'll be mailing your squares out tomorrow :)...I hope you like them.

Karen's Is Stitched!!

I put the final stitches into Karen's Fair & Square pieces tonight, and can't wait to get them mailed to her!

I have to admit I worried a little bit about our Schoolmarms, Mistresses Vonna and An, instructing us "do not be a stitch over 50 one way or another!!" I'm afraid I've broken that cardinal rule already!! GASP!! If they were near me, I have no doubts they would smack my stitching hand with a ruler!! Thanks be to God, I cower away now, safe in my little closet.

Oh, how I counted. Let me assure you I did. But I couldn't resist one tiny extra little stitch. So, if nobody counts, maybe they won't detect my l tiny, bitty stitch too many on the left side. :[ It was a do-or-die stitch!!!

This yellow rose above is my humble token as a way of asking forgiveness, and in hopes that I may continue to stitch with the Fair & Squares. 'though, I suppose it could be said of a wretch like me that I'm not completely fair or square...:((

Love and hugs,

Deb/Lavender Rose

PS: Squares happily coming to your house soon, Karen!!! :))

Margaret Watch Your Mail:)

Keep and eye out for the postman! I loved doing this round. Can't wait for the next one! I'll post a picture as soon as Margaret gets it! Or go check out my blog. I do have it posted there.
Donna

Mailing Tomorrow

Just wanted to send a quick post that my square for Terry is going in the mail tomorrow. I hope she likes what I chose to stitch for her. Once she has received it one of us will post a picture.

Can't wait to see who I get for the next round. :) This was a fun project for me.

Heidi ~ give me some ideas!!!

I see you like purples and greens and leave the block idea up to the stitcher BUT can you give me some more ideas ~ maybe tell me what kind of designers you like and I can go from there?! Thanks.

Tanya :)

Exchange Mailed to Wendy - 11/06/2007

Madam Moderators :) please be informed that I've mailed out my exchange to Wendy this morning. It's got a long way to travel. Wendy, I've registered the package and hopefully it'll get to you safely. I hope you like what I've stitched for you :)

Likes/Dislikes

Hello Everyone :)
This is just a general note...would you please check the side bar....if you don't see your name with your likes/dislikes, would you please e-mail me (pfeiffers6@sbcglobal.net) So that I can get them up. If you did this already somewhere on this blog and I missed it. I'm sorry, but there are so many posts now, it's hard for me to figure out who I have and who I don't so it would be quicker this way for me. Thanks in advance. I think I read on personal blogs this weekend that there are 2 or three of you ready to mail already! Whoo Hoo! Soon we'll have some lovely eye candy to snack on!
Hugs and have a great upcoming week!
Vonna

Faith, Hope and Charity

I have no affilitation with this except to pass the word around. This was announced on board to which I belong. Enjoy the sampler if nothing else!



"Martina Dey of Wiehenburg Samplers has graciously designed a quaker sampler for my EGA group, Bay Area (TX) Renaissance Stitchers, to be used as a community outreach project for our chapter. She was gracious to donate the chart as was Vikki who donated the silks for the model to be stitched as well as a silk pack to be given as a gift when the chart debuted at the South Central Region's EGA seminar last evening. This project has been weeks in the making and we are really proud of it. The model was stitched on 30ct. Legacy coconut macaroon with Vikki Clayton's premium silks. The stitch count is 250w x 250h. The price of the chart is $10 (pdf. file) or $12 if mailed. To purchase the chart, please contact BARSofTEXAS@AOL.com Please send your ordering information to the email addy provided before sending your money. We are receiving payments for charts and don't know where to send them.Thanks!!!! (The charity is the March of Dimes)

Here is a photo of the stitched model which was personalized by our model stitcher. "

Looking For

I am making a pincushion for another group I am with and I am looking for something. I am posting here to see if anyone here might know where I could find what I am looking for or if they even exists. I have seen straight pins with decorative heads on them but I don't know where I saw them. I would like to find some with bugs of some sort on them. I don't need alot just maybe a half dozen. Any ideas if there is such a thing?

Peg

Addresses Sent!!!!!!!!

Hello ladies :)
I've just e-mailed everyone, the addresses of their partners. If you did not receive them via e-mail please let me know as soon as possible!!!!

Just a re-cap as we have some confusion. IF you want to state likes/dislikes please leave a note here on the blog. I simply "cut and paste" what you write and put it in the side bar under your name.

If you have a blog, please give me that information and I will make it available in the sidebar.
Some of our participants do not have blogs. Please contact them via e-mail so that you can figure out likes/dislikes if you want to do that.

Remember that you are partners and in the idea of "Exchanging Friendship Squares" you are stitching for your partner or new friend. (i.e. Annemarie paired people in about 5 posts down... there is a list if it says: Lou and Belle then Lou stitches a square for Belle and sends it to her; while Belle stitches a square for Lou and sends it to her.)

Mailing Dates for this first round is: July 13, 2007; you may mail anytime between now and then however all squares MUST BE POSTED BY OR ON JULY 13, 2007!!!

Sign ups for ROUND #2 will be taken as listed in the side bar under Exchange Round Dates.

If there are any further questions please e-mail me at pfeiffers6@sbcglobal.net

REMEMBER: I just sent the addresses of partners to your e-mail address, if I gotten your address wrong, your name spelled wrong, the wrong partner from what is listed on Annemarie's post. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A.S.A.P.

Thanks for understanding that this is a learning curve. I think there has been relatively few problems, and that everyone should have their partners name, address, e-mail address by this time. If not CONTACT ME!
Thanks so much! I'm already stitching my square...what about you? I think Donna is nearly finished and close to mailing....anyone else?
Best wishes and hugs, from me to you :)
Vonna

Hi from Carol

Hi Everyone,
I feel a bit lost. I got the name of who I am to send to, and was under the impression it was a secret. Also, I cannot find a blog for her, nor did I receive the name of who sends to me... So, whoever you are... I love almost everything with the sole exception of very country and very cutesy/cartoony designs... I am so easy to please!!
I am looking forward to this exchange - if you, my sender, want to know more about me, please visit my blog:
Garden of Stitches

OK... hoping to learn more soon!

Hi Daisygirl & all F&S friends

After a long weekend at a convention it was such fun to come home last night and see who my exchange partner is. It's so nice to meet you Donna and I am looking forward to this fun stitching project.

You asked for some ideas and I am happy to give you some but PLEASE KNOW THAT I WILL LOVE ANYTHING YOU STITCH FOR ME. Just the thought of someone taking the time and effort is special enough.

So here are a few ideas - I love houses and house related things (think gardens, cats, etc), samplers, Quaker-designs. Designs by 'Just Nan', 'Blackbird Designs', 'Country Cottage Needleworks', 'The Prairie Schooler' and 'The Drawn Thread' are among my favorites. After seeing Annemarie's hint about a friendship quilt I think that is what I will be making. Imagine how wonderful this will look after I've exchanged with all of you. Like many other F&S exchangers I'm really not too keen on cartoons or cutsie things and very bright colors.

I hope this helps and can only add "If you enjoy making it I'm sure I'll love it!!"

Open 'letter' to Wendy :)

Hi Wendy...and all,

I am simple gal. Please stitch for me anything you fancy. And with designs you have on hand, don't go stashing on my account although that is always a good excuse! ;)

Anything stitched from one's heart and through one's hand is way too good for me!

I'll most likey finish it into a pinkeep, flatfold or a quilted ornament.

Greetings from MN - Cathy B

I'm so looking forward to participating in this exchange! I got my partner's name and will be plotting out my square soon.

Thought I'd take this opportunity to share some info about what I like/dislike. My favorite designers are Little House Needleworks, Blackbird Designs, Birds of a Feather, Homespun Elegance, etc; that should give you some idea of what I like. I also like earthy tones - greens, tans, burgundy, etc. vs bright or pastel colors (although I must admit that some of the Country Cottage Needlework designs using pastel threads do appeal to me!) I don't like cartoonish designs or dragons; I'm more of a sampler kind of girl!

The best way to get a taste for who I am is to visit my blog. Please do stop by!

Wendy's Likes

Hi All~
How exciting to be a part of this great group! I'm really looking forwards to our first exchange and now that our first partners have been assigned, I thought I better get some info out as to my likes/dislikes.

Hmmm, I'm probably very similar in taste to what everyone else has posted, I'm not overly fond of cartoon-y designs, or really bright colours, I prefer earth-tones, but I do love blue's also. I'm a big fan of Prairie Schooler, Carriage House Samplings, Blackbird Designs, Quaker-styles, alphabets, verses.

I am still undecided about what I will do with my squares, although I will probably end up making them into a quilted wallhanging or small quilt. I hope this helps!

My blog is: http://wendyhomeatwork.blogspot.com/

Hi Margaret!

If possible, Margaret could you give me alittle hint on some of your favorite designers? I do so want to stitch something I know you would like!
DaisyGirl :)