I think all the blocks have been mailed by now Sandra, but we all need to remember to post that we've received them when they arrive, hopefully with either pictures or a description. That way we all know that they aren't wandering around somewhere within the mail, which does happen from time to time. Cindy's mailed mine out with the others, I'm sure, but it hasn't arrived yet. As soon as it gets here, I'll post about it, letting her know it's here. When I send out blocks I start looking for postings that they've arrived. Until I see those posts, I'm left wondering, know what I mean? This is probably something we all start thinking about, making sure those arrival posts are done in a timely manner, y'know?

Dan, you are right, those mug rugs from Melissa are fantastic! I took the short class on Cotton Theory today. I am always happy to learn something new, but I doubt I will get hooked on this technique. It's one of the quilt-as-you-go things and as you join sections of it, you get these little seams that are loose and need to fold them towards the center by doubling them over and then use a wide stitch to catch both sides. With the fabric and batting in there, it gets really thick and to me, it's easier to just quilt the regular way than to go through all that to attach the sections. I might try it one day with larger seams and less batting and see what I think of it that way. LOL Here's a short explanation that I found about it online in case anyone is interested in reading about it. http://www.quiltyard.com/whatiscottontheory.phtml My initial thought was it was cotton theory because you use cotton fabric, but it turns out Cotton is the last name of the quilter who teaches this method. Time for a swap update: sandlapper_rose will send to quiltingfox (received) quilting fox will send to bev2009 (received) bev2009 will send to sandlapper_rose (received) hazelnutbunny will send to dan_the_mailman (received) dan_the_mailman will send to lindaruzicka (received) lindaruzicka will send to gmom2-6boys ** gmom2-6 boys will send to hazelnutbunny (received) ** I believe this has been mailed. Can you confirm that, Linda? I think gmom is traveling, so it may also have been delivered. If I hear back from Linda that it has been mailed, that completes our swap. Great job getting these completed and mailed. They all turned out so great, too! Give yourselves a round of applause. Jeanne

Beth There is still time to join but some people have already sent in their packages so there is a chance you may only get a few wishes fulfilled if that is ok with you I will still add you to the list. So far we have Paulan70 (List posted) Phantom_white (list Posted) Shanti having trouble posting to gardenweb. (List posted) riley17 (List posted) suecirish (list posted) countrycarolyn (List posted) Ishareflowers (list posted) tkhooper (List posted) leann2800 (list posted) gmom2-6boys poisondartfrog (List Posted) kamiljablo (List Posted) kmpsmom (List Posted) jodie74 (List Posted) debby_1 (List Posted) sassybutterfly_2008 (List Posted) spoonietreasure (List Posted) angelady (List Posted) canyonwind (List Posted) hibiscusfan (List Posted) molly_and_me (List Posted) snapdragon36 (List Posted) Lois (List Posted) Drippy (List Posted) bev2009 (list posted) clc70 (List Posted) pumpkingal (list posted) beth_b_kodiak (List Posted) Paula

Thank you, Sharon, for thinking about us. We're about 30 miles from Chicago, but did not receive the torrential downpour they did. It was very anti-climatic for us, thankfully. We've had the wind all day, but just a little rain. We did lose power for four hours and went out to eat. Did not see any evidence that anyone had received bad weather, no branches down, etc. My heart goes out to those areas that were so hard hit though.