Something crazy has happened. The Stitch Swap became much bigger than I was anticipating. At the time I'm writing this (Tuesday night), there are nearly 270 people signed up. Umm...what?!?
It makes me so happy that so many of you are wanting to stitch something up for someone you don't know. Of course, there is the excitement of receiving embroidered happy mail, so I can't blame you!
I'll leave the sign up page open until 6PM CST tonight, then it's closing. UPDATE: Sign ups are now closed. You'll find full details about the swap on the original post.
Needless to say, with so many people participating, it could take a while to get the emails out with your swap partner. So, if you are signed up, please be patient with me. I hope to have all emails sent by the end of the day on Saturday, which is a bit later than I originally planned.
In the mean time, I've set up a Flickr group for the Stitch Swap! Add your photos of work in progress, finished pieces ready to mail, or your package when it arrives! Just be sure to keep sensitive information out of the photos.
And, if you're participating, why not grab the badge below to show off that you're in the swap? It links to the page I've set up for all of the Stitch Swap essentials.
Okay, folks...let the stitching begin! Oh, and happy Leap Day!
Wow, 270! That's a lot of people. This is going to be so much fun. :)
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eeeep!! I am so excited for this!!! I can't wait to start stitching!! PS Happy Leap Day!!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you've had such a great turn out. I'm really excited to get started. :)
ReplyDeleteI've just signed myself, but please let me know if, being a total beginner, the swap is applicable for me as well (don't want the one receiving my stitchs to feel they received crap! lol!) :)
ReplyDeleteYou are most welcome to participate as a beginner! Do you best, and I'm sure it will be appreciated!
DeleteThanks! Looking forward to receive my "mate"!
DeleteWow, that is amazing! Can't wait! xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is such a creative idea! I just signed up :) excited to start thinking of designs... And know that I'll receive a little fun thing to decorate my cubicle with!
ReplyDeleteif i weren't mega tied up in school i'd be all over this! for sure i'll be signing up for the next one...oh which reminds me, please make a next one! :)
ReplyDeletehope everyone involved have fun!
I've just joned! Wow i'm so excited, I'm more a crocheter than an embroiderer but I'm going to put a lot of love and effort into this :) This is such a nice thing to do! :)
ReplyDeleteI hope there's going to be another one soon!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be so much fun. And know that I'll receive a little fun thing to decorate my cubicle with! looking forward to all the good things your blog shares.
ReplyDeleteWhat a success. Glad it went so well even thou I know its a lot of work for you. Thanks!
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So cool! I just grabbed the button and stuck it in on blog. So excited to do my first embroidery project!
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ReplyDeleteI have just found your lovely idea for a stitching swap - I realise I am late but is there any chance you could allow me to sign up? I would love to take part as I have recently started to embroider and would love an opportunity to hone my skills!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Bee
Oh, I am sorry. I can't take any people this time around, but enough people have expressed an interest that I'm sure we'll do this again soon.
DeleteThanks for letting me know - I will look out for the next one!
DeleteThanks for this post. Signed up and did not see an e-mail from you so I was worried. I'll patiently await my stitch swap partner.
ReplyDeleteThanks for updating us and for organizing Mollie!!!
hi! i'm in the stitch swap, and i tried to copy and paste the button to my blog, but blogger is telling me there are "illegal characters"...i don't know enough about html to correct it. no one really reads my blog, but i'd like to have the button as a link for instuctions. if you can help, thanx!
ReplyDeleteWhat you want to do is in the layout section of your blogger dashboard, add "html/javascript" to your sidebard. Paste the code in there, and save it. That should take care of the problem.
DeleteAlmost ready to mail my hoop out to it's recipient! So much fun to have been able to participate in the swap! Thank you :o)
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