Swap Partners Announced for #springsewingswap

The spreadsheet has been populated, blogs have been perused and partners have been allocated. This year we have 54 swappers taking part, from sewers who are making this their second or third swap (welcome back!) to sewers who have not taken part before (a warm welcome to you!).

I'll give the list of partners followed by a recap of the guidelines for the swap BUT I'd be grateful if you could please leave a comment (By Sunday 1st June) to confirm that you have read the blog and know who your partner is. This will save me sending out 54 emails to let everyone know their partners. THANK YOU! If I haven't heard from you by Sunday I will email you.

Here goes then....

Inge - Ingemaakt WITH Busy Lizzie in Brizzie

Lorna F - Little Sewing Corner WITH Rachel - A Study in Stitching

Meg Made This WITH Mela R - Pincushion Treats

Vicki Kate Makes WITH Jen - Tea for Two

Béatrice -Beas Sewing Adventures WITH PrttynPnk

Dottie Doodle WITH Almost a Hippy

Annika - Naeh Connection WITH Tabatha Tweedie - Thread Carefully

Clipped Curves WITH Jo - Sew Little Time

Claire - I Want to be a Turtle WITH Debbie - Sew Debbie

Charlotte - English Girl at Home WITH A Charm of Magpies

Draculash - Sewing Adventures in the Attick WITH Rachel Jacques - Jacques Rhymes with Cakes

Macskakat - Modern Vintage Cupcakes WITH Tanya Maile

Emily's Vintage Visions WITH Becky - Sew and So

Shanni Loves AND Kristin Jones - Sew Classic

Quirky Peach WITH Sue - Sewin' Steady

Lou - Sewcial Warrior WITH Andrea Winterflood - Sew Actually (Facebook Link)

Cheryl - Orange is a Neutral WITH Erin - F is for Flamingo

Sophie-Lee - Two Random Words WITH Stevie - Beebees Vintage Dress

Vera Luna AND Rogerüth's Garden

Leah Franqui - Struggle Sews a Straight Seam AND Sarah C - Musings of a Seamstress

Crow Bird - She's So Busy AND Sarah's Sewing - Sarah Rozelaar

Quirky Hannah AND Josie of Sew for Soul

Little Stone Cottage AND The Eclectic Seamstress

Toile and Trouble AND Susie Homemaker

Sew on Trend AND Sewing Sveta

Marie of A Stitching Odyssey AND Joelle St Laurent of The Handstitched Files

Nuzzle AND MrsC(Maryanne)

So remember - please comment below to say that you have read this post and know who your partner is.

I hope you're all happy with your partners and I met the specifications about partner location, and that you weren't partnered with them before. I also hope all the links work and I spelt all names and blog names correctly - I normally triple check these things but I wanted to get this post out there so apologies if there are any errors!

What Do I Send?

• You spend up to a maximum of £15 (or local equivalent - that's US$25 at current rates  according to xe.com) purchasing sewing-related items to send to your partner. These can be new/vintage/thrifted, whatever.
• The items may include fabric, patterns (paper or pdf), trims, buttons or similar but use your imagination to  choose what you think your partner might like. You should look at their blog to see what kind of things they like to make so you can choose something really appropriate. Although the swap is centred around sewing, you can include other crafty items if your partner is into different crafts too.
• As a guideline, you should send 3 to 5 items (you don't have to count buttons or other notions individually though, just use your initiative here!)
• Postage costs are not included in the £15 maximum spend. 
• You can shop your stash if you have items that you think your swap partner will like, this swap is all about sending thoughtful sewing-related items. Just keep in mind the guidelines on spend and number of items.

When the partners are announced what do I need to do?
Contact them to say hello and find out their address. If you want some help picking what to send, you can email to ask what kind of things they like, or sizes for patterns etc. I'll go over the guidelines again when swap partners are posted.

When Do I Send the Parcel?
Your partner should receive the parcel by Thursday 3rd July, so I'll leave it up to you to calculate postage times. Do keep in touch with your partner when you've posted their parcel or if there are any issues and of course you can be in touch if you want to check sizes, colours etc. Communication is encouraged!

Is there some kind of blog button I can use then?
Yes!

Medium Size  - 300 x 300 pixels.

Small Size - 150 x 150 pixels

Save and then link to this link which will link to all the Swap posts on this blog:

http://www.kestrelmakes.com/search/label/Spring%20Sewing%20Swap%202014



You can tweet on #springsewing swap too

Please get in touch ASAP if you have any problems. I'll do a reminder post in a couple of weeks.

Happy Swapping!

K x

p.s I'm a little sad that there was no partner for me this year, since we had an even number!