Halloween swap! Closed

[gershwin64]

Almost time

Marcia, hoping

Debbie, come out,come out wherever you are.

[nur5e]

216 am...blocks left elpaso tx

[gershwin64]

That's good news Marcia

still waiting to hear back from Debbie. I don't know if anyone keeps in contact with her but if anyone does could you please ask her to let me know if she's sending her blocks?

Tina

[TeresaK]

3 MORE DAY!!!!!! So eager to see them all together!!! Was thinking of making it for Spencer this year but if I am making a Elf on the Shelf Quilt for Christmas then I might put it off till next year. Don't want to overwhelm him with sooooooooooooooooooooo many quilts in one year. You should already see his bed - LOL - I do LOVE HIM SEW!!!!

[nur5e]

803am...out for delivery!

[gershwin64]

Just wanted to let you all know I was just told that Debbie will be express mailing her blocks tomorrow.
Tina

[gershwin64]

Marcia, your blocks made it! Love your cats they will be a great addition!

Tina

[morgans4]

I joined the new swap so I would have other blocks to add to my Halloween blocks... anyway, last night I had a terrible accident after the rotary cutter jumped over the ruler and sliced open my right index finger! You know my impulses took awhile to hit my brain to tell it I was cutting myself and when I realized it, I jumped and cut myself in about 3 different places. It starts in the middle of the side and slices up to my nail, then along the top of my finger it runs parallel to my fingernail, and turns and finally stops halfway down to my first knuckle on the 2nd side. I hit the bone in some places.
It bled so fast and heavy I was wondering if a person could actually bleed to death from a finger. Drip, drip, drip, and BIG drops. That was about 8 p.m. This a.m. it was still bleeding. The gauze had stuck to it and was soaked, so my DD made me go to get stitches, but as it had been about 15 hours, it was too late. So they used silver nitrate to stop the bleeding and it really burned! Then wrapped it up good and told me to keep it dry for a week or so. It just throbs and throbs.
I was careful to not get blood on the fabric but my ruler and cutting mat have several big splotches, and the carpet, my clothes, the towels I used... terrible.
Had it been a new blade, the cut probably wouldn't have been so raggedy but being that it had been used a lot, and had a nick in it... which is why I think it happened... I was having to go hard over each cut, and 2 or 3 times to get just 2 layers cut through. On the Fons and Porter quilting show, they wear a protective glove. I always scoffed. For years and years I've never had a problem. Now I completely understand the reasoning.

It's funny because when I was making the skeletons for this swap, I saved a bug from an awful death, but in doing so, I ran over my left index finger a couple of times with the sewing machine needle! I lost half the nail. I can still see where it came through on the bottom. It's barely healed. lol. Do you think someone or something is trying to tell me something?

So, PLEASE, ladies, get a chain mail glove to save yourself a lot of pain, keep your blades sharp so you don't have to push so hard and just be really careful with those wonderful rotary cutters.

[gershwin64]

Oh my goodness Joanne! That sounds so painful! I hope you're going to be alright. (((((hugs)))))

I'm almost done sorting so when Debbie's come I'll be ready
Tina

[nur5e]

this is funny. i sent the blocks to you and blocks to teresa same day same time same PO...2 day priority to your address and first class (3 day) to teresas. teresa is farther away from stl than you...both pkgs arrived w in minutes of each other today. lolol...PO drives me crazy! marcia