Saturday, July 16, 2011

Rainbow Charm Swap Round 2

This swap is now closed. 

Who's ready for round 2? 

This time with a little switcheroo...

The PLAN:

There was so much interest in the first swap that this one will be open to 56 participants.


1. Each person will be assigned a color. Once all the swap slots are filled, I will email you your color assignment. (red, pink, purple, blue, aqua, green, yellow, orange) 

2. NEW! Purchase TWO yards of fabric in your assigned color.  

*No solids please. Take note of the scale of the print as large prints are not best for charm squares. Pick something you LOVE

This go-round, feel free to choose something that has some other colors in it, as long as the fabric reads your color.  (Meaning, if you stand back to look at the fabric, there is no question as to what color it is.) 

For instance, here are my choices for the swap: (images courtesy of Fabripalooza.)
Triflora/Lipstick - LouLouthi Collection by Anna Maria Horner - One Half Yard
Triflora in Lipstick AMH Loulouthi
Tara/Red by Dena Designs - Kumari Garden Holiday Collection by Dena Designs - One Half Yard
Kumari Garden Holiday Collection

3. Fabric must be designer label, 100% cotton, quality fabric.
No Hancocks, Joanns or Michael's fabrics.

4. Fabric must be new and unwashed and must come from a smoke free environment.
5. Before sending your fabric to me, cut your fabric into 5" x 5" charm squares.

Press your fabric before cutting.  You may want to purchase a slight overage in case you make mistakes cutting your charms.
1 yard = 56 charm squares (5" x 5".)

Here's a great tutorial on how to cut fabric into charms by Elizabeth Hartman.

6.  Put your fabric in a ziplock bag and include a 3x5 index card with your name, email address, mailing address, fabric info (designer, manufacturer, line, color.) I will compile a master list of fabrics and email it to you once the swap is complete. 


7. In your envelope, include, the charms in ziplock, the index card a PREPAID SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE for me to mail your charms back to you! This is new and very important! I will NOT be billing through Paypal this time.

8. All charms must be in my hands by Saturday, August 13! I will mail charms back to you the following week.

Please join the Flickr group and post pictures of your fabric so we won't have any repeats.

OK, so are you ready to swap a rainbow? 

Complete the form below to sign up! 
Grab the new blog button and leave a comment  so we'll know who's participating.

Rainbow Charm Swap

Feel free to share the love and post about the sign ups! :) I can't wait to see what you choose!

38 comments:

Candice said...

Jennifer,
I can't get the link to work and I GOTTA be in this round ;) I keep getting an "error" page! Let me know what I need to do to sign up!!! Thanks!!

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angela said...

I filled out your embedded form. Seemed to work out! So excited I saw this early.

♥Duff said...

I'm signed up! that was easy peasy!!

Sarah @ FairyFace Designs said...

Me again please!! Love it :-)

Kathleen said...

I'm in! My first ever fabric swap! :) I am so excited!

Rachael said...

Yay I signed up

Sharon Pernes said...

I'm in! Great idea!

Manda said...

Yay Yay Yay! I'm in! Now I'm not as sad I didn't get in on the spoonflower swap!

deborah said...

Done! Can't wait!!

Flying Blind... said...

I'm in, if you'll have me xx

smooze13 said...

I signed up. Looks like it worked. I am so excited!!!

~Dee said...

I signed up. Clicked through the form and submitted. Will we get verification somehow to let us know it worked?

Leila said...

I would love to be in another round!

Jessica Manuel said...

I signed up! I've never done a swap before, but this sounds like a lot of fun!

Amy said...

Looking forward to your colorful swap!!

Natalie said...

I'm excited to give this a try! Thanks so much for organizing the swap :)

Dana - Old Red Barn Co. said...

Whoot!

Christine said...

Just signed up. Can't wait to play!!

Lisa E said...

The form seemed to work. Many thanks for hosting this swap. I love rainbow colors!

Elena said...

Yay! Can't wait to do this again! Now I'll REALLY have a great variety for a rainbow quilt.

Beth said...

I'm in! Thanks for putting this together.

Beth said...

I'm in! Thanks for putting this together.

fordcowgirl_85 said...

If there you still have space I would love to join. I filled out the form - just let me know :)

Paige said...

Okay, I filled out the form! Sounds fun!

Lynne said...

Boo-hoo! I didn't even get to read about it before it was closed!

I do have a question re a potential Round 3: I live in Australia so I can't send a stamped, self-addressed envelope; does that mean the swap is open to US residents only?

two hippos said...

I didn't check email/blogs until now, and I missed it. Maybe next time :)

Cherise said...

Wow this filled up fast! I'm sorry I missed it. I would have loved to be included. Maybe next time... Have fun! :)

Patrice said...

shoot! I missed it too. Would definitely sign up for round 3. :-)

diane said...

You are such a dear to organize this swap again. This one will be even better than the first with 56 participants. Glad I got in early and was able to help out this morning.

Dana said...

Oh no! Iv missed out that filled up very quickly!

Melissa @ Love Affair With My Brother said...

I missed out :( Will you be doing a charm swap 3?

Tammy said...

I'm sorry I missed out on this. It looks like it would have been a lot of fun. I hope you do it again in the future.

Ly said...

This looks like SO much fun. I really hope that you do another one because I'd love to participate.

Ly

lyannab(at)gmail(dot)com

Emily R. said...

I can't believe I missed it AGAIN!!! I'm hoping for a third swap!!

Michelle said...

Oh man, Im so bummed I missed this. I hope you do it again!

nancgard said...

So excited to find our fabric in the mail. I imagine you had fun checking out what came in. When should we look for our package?
Nancy Gardner

nancgard said...

Have you received all the swappers fabrics - looking forward to receiving my swap back and was hoping it would be here before the end of the month.