Today is the day to sign-up for the FanU “The Greene/Green” Swap!
For “The Greene/Green” Swap, Swappers have 2 options. The Greene Group will exchange early to mid nineteenth century appropriate cotton fabrics that reflect a component of Susan Greene’s work in Wearable Prints. The Green Group will exchange Green color fabrics from the 19th century.
We will mail our fabrics on January 30th.
Please read all the details below.
To Sign-up, simply comment below with your email and mailing address. (I’ll erase those before approving your comment, so the whole world doesn’t have that info.)
What is a Swap?
This is a chance for to exchange fabric with a small group of people. Each group will have 8 people exchanging pieces of fabric. All you need is a half yard of fabric and envelopes along with your copy of Fanciful Utility.
To Participate:
1: Sign Up Day!
On sign-up day, groups will be assigned on a first-in basis; the first eight will be the first swap group, second eight in the second group, etc. **Please be certain you will be able to fully participate by mailing your fabrics on the Mail-Out Date.**
The Greene Swap Sign-Up Day: January 20th
2: Mail-Out Day:
Place a 9×9″ piece of fabric suited to the mid-19th century in envelopes for each of the 7 other people in your swap group, stamp them (be sure to double check at the post office, but the small 9×9″ pieces should mail in a regular envelope with a normal stamp), and send them off no later than the Mail-Out Day.
The Greene Swap Mailing Day: January 30th
3: Get Fanciful!
Use your Fanciful Utility templates and techniques to make a project from the book, or copy your own from 19th century sources. We’ll all look forward to seeing your projects! You don’t have to sew right away, but don’t keep us waiting forever to see all the fun things!
(If you need a copy of Fanciful Utility, you can purchase them from the publisher at www.thesewingacademy.com
Fabric Guidelines:
- For the cotton and silk categories, your fabric should be early to mid-nineteenth century appropriate. (If there is a want for an earlier or later group, we can do that.) Prints and motifs should reflect those available in the 1840s, 50s and 60s. Cotton should be 100% cotton. Silk should be 100% silk.
- To keep the swap and sewing possibilities interesting, please avoid solids as best we can.
- Fabrics that do not work well for sewing cases should not be swapped. These include sheers, gauzes, heavy, thick, easy-to-fray, slippery and stretch fabrics.
- For the “crazy swap” category, think crazy quilt in a sewing case. This could include satins, velvets, textured fabrics. Quality synthetic fabrics are invited.
Swapper Guidelines:
- Please be certain you can fully participate in the swap before you sign-up.
- If something arises after you sign-up that will effect the date you are mailing your fabrics, please email your group so everyone is aware.
- If you fail to fully participate in a swap, you will not be able to sign-up for future swaps. (We do understand medical and family emergencies. I need to be able to ensure swappers will receive fabrics when they send fabrics out.)
Q&A
Yes, you can participate in 1, 2 or 3 of the swaps.
Yes, if we end up with multiple groups, you can participate in more than one group to swap more fabric. If you participate in 2 groups, you should swap 2 fabrics.
Yes, you can swap large and small scale prints.
Yes, you can swap now and sew later.
Yes, we would love to see what you’ve made with the swapped fabric.
Yes, you can use your own fabric in your swapped project.
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
So far, for the Greene group, we have Judith, Kay, Geri, Beth, Jean, Karen, and Eileen. (that actually fills a first group.) For the Green color group we have just myself and Judith. Let me know if I have you in the wrong group.
I will join the green (color) group…. it’s my favorite!
I did find the sign up email! Please sign me up for the green (color) group as well! I’ve got a great selection for this one!
It looks like we now have a full Greene Group and a half full Green Color Group (Judith, Sami, Trisha, Geri and myself make 5.) What fast groups this time round! love it!
Add me to the Green group too please! I found some green fabric in my stash.
Eileen,
Both groups then, right?
I would like to join the GREEN GROUP.
Please sign me up for the first three swaps! Add me to the Green group; I’ve already found my fabric. this is my first swap.
Thanks!
Kay
Wow!
This makes 2 full groups in just a few hours. Thank you everyone. I’ll get the lists out asap.
Can’t wait. Guess I’d better start digging through my stash to see what I have or order something cool. Thanks for organizing the swaps Anna.
Anna – yes, both groups!
Please sign me up for the green swap! Thanks.
It looks like we’ll either be adding Leanne to group 2 or opening a 3rd group if there is enough interest.
Tee-hee…. Here’s how much I like green: I just noticed that I have dress lengths of two of the fabrics in the photo. And two others are from the same collection my swap fabric is from!!!
I would love to participate in a swap. Add me to the list please.<br /