Group swaps, and such....

Hi friends,

I can see both sides of the issue. I am currently waiting to receive my mugrug, so I am guessing that I am receiving one from one of those who were late in being able to post. Realizing that there are a lot of medical and otherwise hardships going on right now for some of our sweet quilty sisters, I can be patient. I know holidays with no mail service can upset the timing of the mail by several days too. I just today finally received my 1930's DD charms and it's been a couple of weeks since I ordered them, I chalk that up to the holiday. So I am hoping that in the next day or so that my mugrug will be waiting for me. By the same token, I REALLY appreciate and respect the time and effort the swap moms put into making these opportunities available for us and making them work out so well. It is NOT fun to think that you were forgotten. I wonder if some of those who have not responded with a thank-you and a picture, just haven't received their package yet. I would hate to think someone thought me ungrateful for not having posted yet, just because I am still eagerly awaiting it's arrival.

Lisa-We all knew you were sick. We were all worried about you and miss you here. Take it easy and rest a lot so you can recover fully. Don't over do it , I know its hard at times but please rest.

As far as the rest I think we need a list for the people who host them. Being on the end of NO acknowledgement sucks. I am not really sure if my topper made it and was not liked and thrown in a corner, or made it and just never acknowledged or maybe it was lost in the mail. It was only going 4 states from me and has been 25 days with no word, or is my buddy sick? or on vacation. I put a lot of time and effort into what I make and try and personalize for my buddy if I can. Would hate to see others get hurt after the hard work we do to make things. Also want to say a hats off to our swap leaders, Dee and Teresa and who ever host these things. You do a great job Thank you, I love the swaps its a lot of fun and the ideas from others pictures is priceless.

For anyone who I am ever swap partnered with: I haven't been able to post photos here for quite a while due to my "vintage" computing equipment. I imagine that others may have the same problem. I do say thanks and have had others post photos for me on occasion.

I have been in some interesting swaps and have found some are just not for me.
The worst as far as "flakeage" was the one we did around the world. We made a starter block and mailed it to the next person who made a block to complement it and sent it on to the next. The idea was that at the end, each bee member would have a quilt uniquely her own. It took us over a year and we got to meet and get to know some great ladies.
The bad part was one gal flaked out about half way through, but kept collecting the incoming quilts. She was the stop before me. After repeated e-mails and some computer sleuthing, I had my mother-in-law ready to drive over to her place and pick them up. I was finally able to speak to her partner on the phone and she said she would make sure the gal got them in the mail. I told her I'd have MIL come pick them up if getting them in the mail just couldn't happen.
I ended up with 12 quilts in one wallop. I felt so bad about the delay and the gal flaking out, I ended up making two blocks for each. It seemed like it took forever to get through them, but everyone finally ended up with their quilts.

I have been really happy with the swaps I have done on here so far. I'm just careful to make sure I don't over commit myself since my sewing time can fluctuate greatly.
Swap on!

I agree. I have had both terrific and disappointing outcomes to swaps. Last Christmas Sewbizzy (Carol) absolutely MADE my Christmas with the wonderful assortment of beautiful gifts she sent. Sadly, it can easily be a disappointment also. In either case, there is no excuse for not communicating with the group leader.

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Originally Posted by Iris Girl

<clip>As far as the rest I think we need a list for the people who host them. Being on the end of NO acknowledgement sucks. I am not really sure if my topper made it and was not liked and thrown in a corner, or made it and just never acknowledged or maybe it was lost in the mail. It was only going 4 states from me and has been 25 days with no word, <clip>.

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I like the idea of a hostess only list. This way we could exchange ideas and information about how and when and who, so we can send intelligent PM's, ones that are not generic just asking why they haven't done something or why they are not responding, that sort of thing, I for one, did not know that Lisa was sick, I am very sad to hear that as she has participated in several of my swaps and I have missed seeing her name. Lisa, I hope you recover quickly, I hate to hear that anyone is sick to the point of just wanting to sleep all the time.

When I send anything these days, I ALWAYS get a tracking number. Yes, it has to go priority mail and it costs a few dollars more than 1st class, but I have the piece of mind knowing that I can see when it was delivered. Then I know that I can rest on that package. Guess it comes from selling over 100,000 items on e-bay and people telling me they didn't get their package and me having to say 'yes you did'!