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Stash Builder FQ swap -- March -- Green

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Stash Builder FQ swap -- March -- Green
Swap Coordinator:beadqueene (contact)
Swap categories: Fabric  Sewing  Quilting 
Number of people in swap:17
Location:Regional - USA only
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.97
Last day to signup/drop:March 11, 2013
Date items must be sent by:March 25, 2013
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

Inspired by the stash stack club at Pink Castle Fabrics -- This will be a series of swaps (one color per month) to build a well rounded stash of blender fabrics that can be used in any project.

For March the color will be Green. Please look for true greens as we have a Lime/Citron month later in the year. Buy 2 different yards of fabric and cut them into fat quarters. Keep one FQ of each fabric for yourself, then mail one FQ of fabric A, and one FQ of fabric B to each of 3 partners. You’ll end up with 8 FQ’s per month. Easy right?

The specifics:

Buy 100% cotton QUILT SHOP QUALITY fabrics. Don’t buy a 99 cent FQs from JoAnn and call it a day. Please aim to buy premium quilting weight fabrics. I won’t restrict it to designer fabrics since they can be pricey, but if you’re going to get it from a chain store, make sure it is high quality and that you would want to use it on your own projects. I’d say around $10 per yard retail is a reasonable price (of course you can buy it on sale to save some money).

HERE is an article on how to judge fabric quality.

No solids The fabrics should “read” one color, but have some sort of print. If you need ideas, check out the stash builders section at Pink Castle Fabrics, or search blenders by color on other sites. please no Batiks

HERE is a lovely stash building tutorial.

Choose fabrics that can be used in virtually any project (i.e. NO holiday, cartoon, novelty prints, etc.)

Here’s the schedule in case anyone wants to buy ahead:

  • January -- Purple

  • February -- Aqua/Turquoise

  • March -- Green

  • April -- Yellow

  • May -- Red

  • June -- Grey

  • July -- Navy

  • August -- Pink

  • September -- Blue

  • October -- Lime/Citron

  • November -- Orange

  • December -- Brown/Beige

USA only due to the 2013 shipping rate increase. 4.97 rating, no recent 1s or 3s, and please have at least 10 type 2 or 3 swaps under your belt. The send by deadline is March 25, so shop for deals now :) Hopefully nobody flakes, but if anyone would be willing to buy a couple extra half yards to angel please let me know.

If you received 2 FQ of high quality quilting fabric in the specified color from each partner, rate a 5. You can not rate down based on taste.

Any questions? Feel free to email me, or comment below :)

International batik swap over yonder

Discussion

SnazzyNana 03/ 1/2013 #

I really want to get up to 10 types of 2 & 3 to get in on this! Hopefully, you can lower the requirements at some point in time. There are many of us "newbies" who ARE really reliable. I will start getting fabric for future months.

MamaMay 03/ 2/2013 #

@ SnazzyNana And then there are people that see your post and think, "I wonder if they would like to do a private swap of some sort...."

Tonieshell 03/ 4/2013 #

I would be intrested in joining this swap. I havent been on here in a few years and I have a few ones and I would like to try to prove myself. If you would rather not risk me joining I understand but thanks anyways :)

beadqueene 03/ 5/2013 #

@SnazzyNana and @Tonishell Since it's a pretty expensive swap and I can't afford to angel, especially for a year-long series, I'm going to have to stick to my requirements. I appreciate your interest though :)

@SnazzyNana I did a lot of tea/ATC/PC/notecard swaps when I first joined to get my ratings up. They're quick, easy and fun!

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