Inchies: Striped Inchies~Due August 15th

[friedaquilter]

Striped Inchies Swap

Swap Due Date - August 15th
Signup/withdraw date - July 15th
Number of Inchies - 9 for 9
Number of participants - 30

All the striped inchies were mailed back out on the 21st August!

STRIPED INCHIES

We have covered almost all the colours I can think off so here is something different for you to play with. We will be making striped inchies. Any colours go but there has be a stripey effect on every inchie. This will be a 9 for 9 swap.

Sign up by the 15th July 2008, inchies to be with me (I'm in the U.K. !) by the 15th August 2008.

Inchies are simply pieces of art 1" square. Again all techniques are welcome. I just love all the variety this produces!

Check out my blogsite http://friedaquilter.blogspot.com/ under the inchies label to see some inchies I've made.You should be able to just about put your username on the back of the inchies (write small!).

UK participants, please enclose a SSAE with the same postage as is required to mail to me. I would really like to insist on the addressed envelope!!

US participants, please enclose a self addressed envelope and LOOSE US postage to the same amount as it takes to mail to me (which I can use to participate in US based swaps).

Other nationalities, pleased enclose a self addressed envelope and I will cover your postage.

May I just stress the importance of the Self Addressed Envelope wherever you are mailing from. These are very large swaps and having to decifer addresses and writing envelopes adds just too much time to the mailing out. Easier for me to just stick them in your envelope! Thanks so much!

Please PM me for my address once your STRIPED inchies are ready for the mail!I know life sometimes gets in the way and you simply have to withdraw. I don't mind at all, but please let me know as soon as possible should this happen.Any questions, let me know!

RED = inchies received

Participants:
1. friedaquilter - Scotland, UK
2. JAD - PA
3. DotMatrixHero - London, UK - withdrawn 22.6.08 -
4. KarenM - Kidron, OH
5. Bluebelle235 - Adelaide, AUS
6. grammysammy437 - Olympia, WA
7. Donna - Kempston, UK.
8. Robin - Alabama
9. Bright Spark - Edinburgh, UK
10. Joni Owens - Upstate SC .
11. xraypinky - Decatur, IN .
12. jonquil - Sydney, AUS
13. Mandy - Derby, UK
14. Codesmom - Warsaw, MO
15. toni - Austin, TX .
16. SEMOkraftee - SE Missouri.
17. busymom - FL
18. lola123 - Wisconsin
19. anne - Barnsley, UK
20. dmnh - Stockton, Kansas
21. neca84 - Tasmania, AUS
22. avidstampcarver - Athens, Greece
23. Esther - Coventry, UK
24. Tweety - Wisconsin .
25. pixeldog - North Vancouver, Canada .
26. KatieV - Bloomington, IN .
27. XxpinupmommyxX - Anchorage, Alaska - withdrawn 16.6.08 -
28. nomnom - Israel .
29. ApostolicPioneer - Danville, IL.
30. Rooskie - Nebraska
31. stellacometa - Milano, Italy .

[JAD]

ahhh...you did it again...
sign me up please :)

[DotMatrixHero]

Id love to sign up! Im becoming addicted to these tiny art forms :laugh:

[KarenM]

Sign me up!!! Sounds like fun.

[Bluebelle235]

Me, me, me, please Frieda !!! Sounds like fun ~ thanks!

[Donna]

Would like to join in this one please :jiggy:

[grammysammy437]

I would like to join, please. Would striped legging on a figure, be enough stripes, or should the stripes be like the background. grammysammy437 Sam Lee

[Robin]

Sign me up! Sounds interesting~!

[Bright-Spark]

How stripey?

Is subtle acceptable? Please see some of my watercolour inchies in my gallery. I was thinking something along these lines, but maybe more defined?

If yes, please sign me up.

[Joni Owens]

May I join too, please?

[xraypinky]

Hi! I would like to join please - my first inchies! USA!

[jonquil]

okay i think my muse is back - sign me up please Frieda

[Robin]

I finished mine and they will be going out in tommorows mail.

Extra 1 for our wonderfull hostess! :jiggy:

[Mandy]

ooohhhh me please frieda.... was just wondering if you were going to host any more inchie swaps :-)

[Codesmom]

I want to join too !

[toni]

May I join?

[friedaquilter]

I'm just stunned to see how many of you have joined me already and it's fun to see both hardened inchie addicts and new names on the list. Any sort of stripe is okay, whatever your interpretation of stripes leads you to make! And Robin, you're most definitely our early bird again!!

So welcome: JAD, DotMatricHero, KarenM, Bluebelle235, grammysammy437, Donna, Robin, Bright Spark, Joni Owens, xraypinky, jonquil, Mandy, Codesmom and toni!!

[friedaquilter]

If you are also interested in ATCs and Venice, you can now join the Venice ATC Swap which I am also hosting. Here is the link:

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3592

[SEMOkraftee]

Sign me up please! I've done inchies at another site. My mind is whirling with "stripe" ideas. :) Gaye/SE Missouri

[busymom]

add me please

[lola123]

may I please?:jiggy:

[friedaquilter]

Great to see you've joined us, SEMOkraftee, busymom and lola123! I'll add your names to our list!

[anne]

Can I join in please??

[friedaquilter]

Great to have you with us again, anne!

[dmnh]

I would like to join this swap, please.

[neca84]

I would love to join your swap please

[friedaquilter]

A very big welcome to you dmnh and neca84, so pleased you've come to join us!

[avidstampcarver]

Hi there,

may I please join as well?

Regards,

Wiebke

[friedaquilter]

Great to have you with us, avidstampcarver, I think you're my first swapper from Greece ever!

[avidstampcarver]

Cool, thanks for letting me join.

Yes, I'm from Greece, and would you believe it? I'm usually the only Greek in ANY swap!

Also, I've yet to meet another person here in Athens who knows about ATCs, inchies, mailart etc., I seem to be the only one... it's all uncharted territory here!!!

I've seen some people from Athens are on Etsy and so on, but those are few and far between...

So, all this leaves me very tempted to start my own Greek group for ATCs or something...

Anyway. Let's have lots of fun playing!!:laugh:

Regards,

Wiebke

[friedaquilter]

Robin, your striped beauties are already here, must be some kind of miracle!! They're lovely and a great start to our swap. Thanks too for the enclosed postage!

[Esther]

Can I join please. I'm getting addicted to inchies I think partly cos they are easy to do round a baby.

[friedaquilter]

Great to have you with us again, Esther, I'll add your name to our list!

[Tweety]

If there is room left, may I join?

[friedaquilter]

Hi Tweety, so happy you've come to join us. Still plenty of space!

[dmnh]

My inchies are ready to go traveling your way. Could you give me an address so they know where they should land?
This was a fun concept for inchies. Thanks for letting me play!
dmnh

[Pixeldog]

Hi Frieda, do you mind if I stripe along with you?

[KatieV]

I'd like to do stripes, too, please :cute:

[XxpinupmommyxX]

sign me up please!

[JAD]

Hi Frieda,
My inchies were posted today.
Just wanted to remind everyone that I will be out of town from June 7th until June 21st. See you all on my return.
Hugs!!
Jeannie

[friedaquilter]

I'll be looking out for your inchies, JAD, and have a lovely time.
Welcome to pixeldog, KatieV and XxpinupmommyxX, so happy you've decided to join us in this striped adventure!

[neca84]

Hi, My inchies are ready to fly, please send me your address to send them to. Thanks.

[KarenM]

My inchies are ready too@
BTW PLEASE share your inchies before you ship them off. It is nice to see what everyone is doing and we miss a lot because we won't possibly get everyones inchies in the swap :) Thanks, I am just a very visual person and I know others like to see them too .

[neca84]

Here mine are

[KarenM]

Carol, nice stripes!!!

[neca84]

Thanx Karen, I had fun and I love your little fairies too!!!

[friedaquilter]

Really stunning striped beauties, neca84 and KarenM!!

[nomnom]

i'd like to join too - i see there is still a little place for me too :D

[anne]

Here are my inchies and an inchie atc for Frieda. They will be in the post tomorrow!

[KarenM]

Wonderful job Anne!!!!

[friedaquilter]

There's always room for you, nomnom, the inchies swaps just would not be the same without you!

[nomnom]

thanks Frieda - i'm always happy to join your swaps :jiggy:

[friedaquilter]

Codesmom, your inchies are safely here and thanks a million for the enclosed ATC! It's so lovely!

[xraypinky]

Hi. I am done! Here's what I did for my first inchies!

[DotMatrixHero]

Everyones stripes are looking so good! The returns on this will be great :cute:

[ApostolicPioneer]

If there's room I'd love to play!

[friedaquilter]

anne, your wonderful striped inchies are here together with yet another one of your delightful ATCs. Thanks so much!!!

[KarenM]

XRAYPINKY, nice job!!

[xraypinky]

XRAYPINKY, nice job!!
Thanks so much KarenM - I am catching the inchie fever!

[friedaquilter]

I've added your name to our list, ApostolicPioneer, and welcome to our swap!

[friedaquilter]

dmnh and neca84, your gorgeous inchies are here. Thanks so much for the enclosed extras which I really, really appreciate!

[friedaquilter]

Hi JAD, your gorgeous little package with the delightful striped inchies has landed here in Scotland. Thanks so much for enclosing both postage as well as some extra goodies for me!!

[nomnom]

just wanted to show u what i came up with - this is so much fun - i think of making more just for the fun of it - these will go out in a few days - and as always 9 for swap and 3 for Frieda :)

[KatieV]

My stripies are going out in the mail tomorrow.

[friedaquilter]

KarenM, your lovely little package with inchies and other delectable goodies is safely here. Thanks so much!

[friedaquilter]

Oh, nomnom, I love the stripeys!! Thanks as ever for the extra ones and Katie, I'll be watching out for yours too!

[RoOskie]

This is my first attempt at inchies!!! I've seen them all over this site but have never tried them. I think I could handle striped inchies!!! maybe...lol - May I please join???
- RoOskie

[Donna]

Mine are done and ready for posting.

[KatieV]

Love those Alice inchies, Donna!

[Donna]

Love those Alice inchies, Donna!

Thanks :)

[friedaquilter]

Rooskie, welcome to your first inchie swap! So pleased you've joined. Be warned though, these are very addictive!!

[friedaquilter]

Oh Donna, I love your Alice inchies, so lovely. By chance I'm re-reading the Alice books and I'll be waiting with baited breath for these inchies to arrive!

[grammysammy437]

My stripped inchies are ready to fly away to you. Is it the same address as for the copper inchies? Sam Lee

[RoOskie]

Here are my first inchies!!! Yea - I was too excited and didn't sleep until they were done. Are they too cliche for a striped theme - lol!!! Hope you like them!

May i have you address to mail them to you??? - RoOskie

[RoOskie]

Oops - I forgot to upload them!! Here they are! - RoOskie

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[KarenM]

Donna and Rooskie, nice rolos..good job.

[grammysammy437]

I assumed you had not moved, I know one should not assume, but wanted to get these striped inchies on their way to you. So they are postal. grammysammy437 Sam Lee

[ApostolicPioneer]

I am currently working Disaster Duty in Waterloo/Cedar Falls IA, but I brought a few things to play with. My bees will just need a coat of beeswax and a good buffing when I get home. I'm slated go home on Monday so they will be in the mail by Wednesday.

[friedaquilter]

Yes, grammysammy, I'm at the same address as for the Copper Inchies. Hope to stay here for ever!! Rooskie, I'll PM you my address just as soon as I finish typing this message and ApostolicPioneer, it sounds like you are very busy and doing such a worthwhile job too. I'll send you my address too!

[friedaquilter]

xraypinky, your beautiful striped inchies are safely here. Thanks so much for the enclosed ATC and postage!!

[DotMatrixHero]

Hello! Im so sorry to say Im going to have to withdraw from this swap :( Someone quit at my work so my stress levels have gone through the roof now Im doing all their shifts too! Have fun in this swap everyone, all your inchies were looking amazing!

[friedaquilter]

Thanks for letting me know DotMatrixHero and I've made a note of it!

[friedaquilter]

Joni Owens, Donna and KatieV, your wonderful, gorgeous inchies are safely with me. Thank you all so much!

[Donna]

Glad they made it safely:)

[friedaquilter]

grammysammy and Rooskie, your wonderful striped beauties are safely here!! Thanks so much!

[ApostolicPioneer]

My bees began buzzing their way acrossed the big pond this morning. You should see them in about a week.

I love the Alice inchies!

[stellacometa]

May I join? I guess there's place for me after the withdrawals.

I'll also need your address, please :)

[SEMOkraftee]

Plan to get these in the mail on Monday. I think I'm happy with them. Have worked and reworked. LOL Gaye

[SEMOkraftee]

I'm calling them "Breezy Stripes with Doodles". I used the emboss resist technique.


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[nomnom]

my inchies left this morning - too hot here - hope they get a better cooler weather in green Scotland :D

[friedaquilter]

Today was sunny but definitely not hot so I think it's safe to say they will be shivering a bit when they get here, nomnom. Will let you know as soon as they land safely!

[friedaquilter]

Gorgeous inchies, SEMOkraftee!

[stellacometa]

I sent my inchies this morning :)

[toni]

I sent mine today also.

[friedaquilter]

Thanks for letting me know, stellacometa and toni, I'll be on the lookout!

[friedaquilter]

stellacometa, nomnom and SEMOkraftee, your beautiful striped inchies are here!! Thanks so much for all the enclosed goodies!

[friedaquilter]

ApostolicPioneer, your beautiful stripeys are safely here and I will remember to change your address for the return journey in due course. Thanks so much for the extra inchies and also the enclosed postage!

[friedaquilter]

toni, your lovely and sparkly striped beauties are safely here. Thanks so much for the enclosed postage, the extra inchie and the other yummy goodies!!

[Pixeldog]

I finished my inchies today. I'll be sending them out this week. I don't think I have your address Frieda so perhaps you can PM me with it. I'm sending along an extra inchie for you as a small hostess gift.

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=22998&w=o

[KatieV]

Gorgeous inchies, PD!

[Bluebelle235]

My inchies will be in the post today.

[KarenM]

Bluebelle and PD, lovely inchies. Enjoying all the looks of stripes!

[friedaquilter]

Pixeldog and Bluebelle, wonderful inchies!! They really are stunning and I can't wait to have a closer look!! I'll be laying in wait for my postie!

[Pixeldog]

My inchies went postal today...they are on the way.

[Tweety]

My inchies went out in the mail yesterday.

[friedaquilter]

I'll be waiting for them, Tweety, to welcome them with open arms!

[jonquil]

Here are my striped inchies. I tore thin strips of watercolour paper and then coloured each strip and then layered them to makes stripes. They will go off in the post tomorrow

[friedaquilter]

Beautiful, jonquil, more inchies to look forward to!

[friedaquilter]

Pixeldog, your stunning inchies have safely arrived. Thanks so much for the extra one. I love it!

[friedaquilter]

Tweety, your beautiful striped inchies are safely here. Thanks so much for the extra ones and the enclosed goodies!!

[friedaquilter]

jonquil and Bluebelle, it must have been my day for mail from down South as both your envelopes arrived! Thanks so much for the extras!!

[Esther]

Mine are done and ready to go thought they will probably not go into the post till next week as we are shortly out the door for a long weekend at the grandparents.

They are in the gallery here (http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/index.php?n=26354)

[xraypinky]

Esther
I like your inchies - very detailed. I like the hand-drawn whimsy!

[friedaquilter]

They are lovely, Esther, can't wait to have a closer look!

[Bright-Spark]

Mine will be making their way to Frieda today. Wish I could just drive down with them rather than going to work........:)

[toni]

Those are awesome, Margaux!

[KarenM]

Bright Spark, Love the "spark" of your inchies ;)

[friedaquilter]

Esther, your beautiful stripies are safely here. Thanks so much!

[friedaquilter]

Can't wait to see these sparkly beauties, Bright-Spark!!

[friedaquilter]

Bright-Spark, your gorgeous inchies have fluttered in! Thanks so much for the yummy enclosed goodies and in my opinion there simply is nothing like having too much fabric!! In fact, you can never have enough!! I very much appreciate them!

[avidstampcarver]

My inchies (http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/index.php?n=27907) can be viewed in the gallery.

[friedaquilter]

Busymom, your gorgeous stripies are here! Thanks so much for the enclosed postage and the lovely extra goodies!

[friedaquilter]

avidcraftstamper, your inchies have flown over to Scotland safely. They are lovely. Thanks so much! And I love the cat tape you've used on the envelope!!

[friedaquilter]

Mandy and lola123, the due date for the striped inchies swap is tomorrow and I haven't heard from either of you regarding mailing the inchies to me. Could you let me know asap if you're still participating in this swap? Thanks so much!

[friedaquilter]

Mandy, your adorable inchies are here as well, and I have received no answer as yet from lola123. As my mother is here at the moment I plan to swap the inchies out by the middle of next week and I can definitely promise you're all going to love your stripies when they arrive!

[friedaquilter]

Hi everyone, the striped inchies were send on their way back to you yesterday. As always you've managed to surprise me amazingly by the variety and beauty of your work and I think you'll be pleased with your returns. I'm taking a little break from the Inchies Swaps as I'm really busy with my quilting but once I have more time available again I'll be back with another one! Thanks so much for participating, it has been such fun!

[Bright-Spark]

My inchies arrived today!!

Many thanks to Frieda for hosting, and wish her luck with her quilts (but she doesn't need it really, so talented!) and to Bluebelle235, nomnom,RoOskie, semokraftie, friedaquilter, Tweety, stellacometa, Busymom, avidstampcarver, mandy, Apostolic Pioneer and pixeldog.... Phew, hope I got those right!

Off to leave itrader and rep points.

[KatieV]

I got my stripies!! That sure seems fast! Thanks to Frieda for hosting, and to Anne Wilson, grammysammy437, JAD, Joni Owens, KarenM, neca84, Robin, Rooksie, and SEMOkraftee for great inchies!!

[xraypinky]

I got my striped inchies today too!
I got returns from: (drumroll please)
Avidstampcarver
Tweety
Toni
SEMOKraftee
Busymom
nomnom
stellacometa
Esther
Apostolic Pioneer
Thanks to everyone, and you too Frieda - happy quiliting!
Off to leave Itrader and rep points!

[SEMOkraftee]

Oh man!! I've not gotten mine yet. 8(....maybe tomorrow 8)

[KatieV]

Hehhehee -- there must be a fast track from Frieda's to Indiana :D

[Esther]

Got mine Friday or Sataday but with school holidays this is the first chance I've had to post.
What a wonderful selection I have received such a wide range of ideas.
Thanks to
Toni
Bluebelle235
xraypinky
apostolic Pioneer
stellacometa
Mandy
semokraftee
avidstampcarver
Tweety
jonquil
busymom

[friedaquilter]

I can't believe how fast these inchies made it to Indiana!! I mailed something off the day after the inchies, using Global Priority Mail and that will apparently not be delivered till Thursday. I would have been better off with the normal post!! Glad to hear you all like your inchies as much as I did!

[friedaquilter]

And as a PS it can take up to 2 weeks and sometimes even longer to reach some areas of The States, so there might still be a bit of a wait for those of you not in Indiana!

[Joni Owens]

My striped inchies came today. Thank you FriedaQuilter for hosting. Everyone came up with some wonderful inchies! Thank you Jad, Anne, KatieV, Semokraftee, Toni, Donna, Grammysammy, Rooskie, and KarenM. I love these! Cant wait to get them in the book!

[SEMOkraftee]

Inchies arrived!! :) Great ones too!! I'm becoming addicted to these little things. Thanks goes to: Toni, Esther, stellacometa, grammysammy437(Sam or Sara), nomnom, BrightSpark(cool fabric inchie!), xraypinky, KarenM, and Tweety. Thanks you ladies!

[Donna]

Mine arrived yesterday......great collection....off to leave reps etc :)
Donna xx

[KarenM]

Inchies have arrived, THANKS Frieda...don't wait too long for the next one ;) Not that you have anything else to do..harr, harr.

Thanks to :
Anne Wilson,
Robin,
Codesmom
RoOskie,
KatieV,
neca84
grammysammy437,
Joni Owens,
dmnh, ,
JAD

Great set of Stripes!!!!!

[JAD]

I received wonderful inchies today from:

neca84
Donna
jonquil
joni
Semokraftee
RoOskie
KarenM
Codesmom
dmnh
They are all great...What amazing little creative minds to make these inchies :) Thanks a bunch!!!!
A special thanks to out wonderful hostess..:)

[dmnh]

My inchies arrived yesterday. Thanks to Frieda for hosting! Returns came from: Donna, Joni Owens, Anne Wilson, Busymom, KatieV, KarenM, Rooskie, JAD, and Neca84. Thanks for the gorgeous inchies!

[nomnom]

got my beautiful inchies today from: Tweety - semokraftee - grammysammy437 - pixeldog - xraypinky - roosky - stellacometa - brightspark - apostolicpioneer - and one from host Frieda - i'm very happy with all of them :) and a big big thank to host Frieda - great swap!!

[neca84]

Received great inchies today from::
Donna, X2
Jad
RoOskie
KarenM
KatieV
freidaquilter
Stellacometa
grammysammy
Robin

rep points left, except for Donna who I cant leave 2 for just yet!!!!

iTrader left for fab host as well. thanks everyone

[avidstampcarver]

Inchies!!! Fabulous inchies arrived...

- one from Busymom

- one from Bright-Spark

- one from Tweety

- one from pixeldog

- one from Esther

- one from Bluebelle235

- one from stellacometa

- one from xraypinky

- one from jonquil

- and one from Frieda herself!

Thank you all! Great work. And thank you for hosting, Frieda!:wubclub:

[friedaquilter]

These inchies seems to have had wings, I can't believe how fast they are getting to their various destinations. And thanks so much for the ITrader everyone!

[Pixeldog]

My inchie stripes have arrived on my doorstep today. I got inchies from jonquil, bluebelle235, stellacometa, bright spark, apostolic pioneer, avidstamper, nomnom, Mandy and Busymom.......woot...I'm off to leave some rep.

EDIT : Everyone should have their rep points from me.

[Tweety]

I received my returns from: Brightspark, Jonquil, Toni, esther, nomnom, xraypinky, Bluebelle235, SemoKraftee, Mandy and JAD. A special thank you to Friedaquilter for hosting this fun swap. Off to leave rep. points.

[friedaquilter]

If you fancy joining me in another ATC swap, I've now posted my new one with the theme of Three Fabrics. Here is the link:

Three Fabrics ATC Swap (http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5755)