Squishie etiquette

Great idea Tina! Those small bits can be used for Kidlet quilts.
Even if the Recepient can't use the fabric, she/he will enjoy
sharing with other quilters who need 'just a smidge of that!'
PAT

Tina wrote:

I sure hope sending from ones stash is an "ok" thing to do! I'd be
hard pressed to do much squishin' if I had to go out and buy new ones
every time I wanted to squish.

As for size - if I have a large piece of something, I've tried to at
least cut a FQ or FE - but in some instances, I have sent less. I have
also sent out of my "scrap bag" if I know I am sending to someone who
does applique and might use a butterfly, cat, or flower for fussy
cutting or something. In those cases, I try to at least send a big
enough piece that the person gets at least one whole, if not two of the
designs on the fabric.

Tina

In article ssKif.14865$Mi5.6072@dukeread07,
Pat in Virginia wrote:

Carole:
I can only speak for myself. I would not be upset, or 'offended'
if I received fabric from someone's stash. Most of the squishies
I have sent have been from my own stash. I don't think squishy
fabric is required to be standard FQ. I have sent even odd shape
pieces if I think a certain person would want the specific color
or theme. Sometimes I send a stack of Charm Squares.
Just my never humble opinion.
PAT in VA/USA

Pat, I agree with you. I can't see where it would be offensive to send
fabric -- a gift is a gift, given from the heart. What difference does
it make if the giver liked it enough to want to use some of it, too?

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
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AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

I spent hours going through my stash, but didn't find any. Sorry.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:46:17 -0500, Pat in Virginia
wrote:

Right now I'm collecting small green pictures of Benjamin
Franklin, and of Ulysses Grant. Heck, I'd even collect Lincoln,
Washington, and Hamilton. I'm saving for a long arm ... so it is
a quilting topic!
PAT

WitchyStitcher wrote:

Although I don't know of a formal policy, I would say it's okay to use
your stash. Occasionally someone will mention that they are collecting
something or looking for something and I will find it in my stash and
mail it off to them.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

I've turned way too many pictures of presidents INTO stash.

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
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"WitchyStitcher" wrote in message
...
I spent hours going through my stash, but didn't find any. Sorry.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:46:17 -0500, Pat in Virginia
wrote:

Right now I'm collecting small green pictures of Benjamin
Franklin, and of Ulysses Grant. Heck, I'd even collect Lincoln,
Washington, and Hamilton. I'm saving for a long arm ... so it is
a quilting topic!
PAT

WitchyStitcher wrote:

Although I don't know of a formal policy, I would say it's okay to use
your stash. Occasionally someone will mention that they are collecting
something or looking for something and I will find it in my stash and
mail it off to them.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

Got a Squishie today--right after I got home from PT. It was greatly
appreciated. I 'knew' it was coming as she had what I needed to finish a
certain project. Now it could be on it's way before Christmas--even tho
there isn't a deadline for this.
So it made an ok sunny day into a Gorgeous Sunny Day : )

Butterfly

"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
news:lSKif.14867$Mi5.6151@dukeread07...
May I expand my previous answer to this thread? A few minutes after I
posted it, I went out to my mail box. Lo and behold, I found a squishy!!
It includes assorted cuts from the generous donor's own projects. I
*really* like that ... it means a stronger connection between quilters.
This is a really fantastic squishy ... I am so excited with each gorgeous
piece. Wheeeeee!
PAT, grinning in VA/USA

C & S wrote:

I was wondering if it is poor etiquette to send someone a squishie that
came
from your own stash. If I'm in a quilt store and a fabric reminds me of
someone, I will buy it and send it off unwashed. However, there are
times
when something from my stash would be perfect for that individual. The
quilts stores are seldom generous in their cutting of yardage and after
washing the fabric, my half yard barely has 18 inches. I can sometimes
trim
the edge of the fabric to remove the frizzles and produce a FQ, but that
is
not always the case. I'm thinking that if I leave the frizzle the person
will know that the fabric has been washed, but is that proper?

Thanks

Hi ya, Pat.
I HAVE fabric with those green backs printed on it but I can't share at this
time--project isn't finished. Remind me in a couple of years.....if I have
any left, its' yours. Think I only got a FQ of it as it was precut.

Butterfly

"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
news:bNLif.14876$Mi5.12338@dukeread07...
Right now I'm collecting small green pictures of Benjamin Franklin, and of
Ulysses Grant. Heck, I'd even collect Lincoln, Washington, and Hamilton.
I'm saving for a long arm ... so it is a quilting topic!
PAT

WitchyStitcher wrote:

Although I don't know of a formal policy, I would say it's okay to use
your stash. Occasionally someone will mention that they are collecting
something or looking for something and I will find it in my stash and
mail it off to them.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

: )
Well your 'advanced' age hasn't hurt your fine sense of humor Kathy.

Taria, ducking and running but I can tease cause I am
older than you and my bd is coming soon too.

Kathy Applebaum wrote:

I've turned way too many pictures of presidents INTO stash.

Honey I am overjoyed to receive any size fabric, washed, unwashed, crumpled,
whatever. I am still trying to figure out who sent me those three Beautiful
sprayed metallic fq's that I have fondled and coveted for over 2 months now.
Whomever you are, I am sending you yet another big hug and kiss. You made
my heart soar! Cyndi

Gosh, I'm certainly not picky. It doesn't have to be washed, or store
bought. I send stuff from my stash frequently.

Sherry Starr

"C & S" wrote in message
...
I was wondering if it is poor etiquette to send someone a squishie that
came
from your own stash. If I'm in a quilt store and a fabric reminds me of
someone, I will buy it and send it off unwashed. However, there are times
when something from my stash would be perfect for that individual. The
quilts stores are seldom generous in their cutting of yardage and after
washing the fabric, my half yard barely has 18 inches. I can sometimes
trim
the edge of the fabric to remove the frizzles and produce a FQ, but that
is
not always the case. I'm thinking that if I leave the frizzle the person
will know that the fabric has been washed, but is that proper?

Thanks
--
Carole
Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea

Fine style does not make something true, nor has a man a wise soul
because he has a handsome face and well-chosen eloquence.

Aurelius Augustinus (354-430)

Oh don't get me started thinking on that!

I used to save _everything_, and use it too.
DH had a Very Serious Talk with me about thrift versus storage space
and the value of time. ie. we are not so utterly destitute that you
need to spend time mending socks or stuff dollies with thread
snippets.

I'm only just getting to the point where I am not overcome with waves
of Guilt when I throw something away.

On the plus side he has recently threatened to try and make me make a
quilt with all brand new boughten fabric, nothing I have dyed myself
or saved over from another project, or ripped out of an old dress.
Can you really do that?

I have never made a quilt without a bit of something someone once wore
in it. Ever.

How much recycling does anybody else do when putting together a top?
Clothes, curtains, etc.

The Old Aunties would be having apoplexy at the notion of all new
fabric in a bedquilt.

NightMist
giddy at the thought

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:01:49 GMT, "frood"
wrote:

I'm sure you could do something very interesting with a bag of ravels, you
clever girl!

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"NightMist" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:08:50 -0500, "C & S"
Diana! Wendy!
I see those thoughts about sending me a bag of ravels passing through
your lil punkin heads!
I've got my eye on you you naughty things!

NightMist
--
"To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge
it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole



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