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Posted by Patti on September 25, 2009, 2:47 am
I must agree with Polly. This will not come as a surprise to you, Kate!
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- or to anyone really >g< - that I worry a *lot* when we don't hear,
after some time, that a Hug has reached its much needed destination.
Of *course* unexpected things happen to Hug hosts; but there are scores
of folk willing to help. I have 'taken over' one myself when completion
became impossible for the original good-hearted host. (It really is
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possible to send 'stuff' all the way across the Atlantic >gg<).
I, too, do not feel my 'responsibility' has ended once the blocks have
been sent. My responsibility is to the Huggee and the state of her/his
heart. The closer we can get the Hug to the catastrophe or joyous
occasion the better. I can't 'let it go' until we get the good news
that the Hug helping has begun.
All that said, it is a wonderful thing that this group does, and it is
reassuring to have Kate to do the message posting so efficiently.
What's more, the idea has been passed on by many of us to others!
.
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>Thank you, Kate, for doing the hug invitation; I'm sure there are new
>folks here who wondered about it and may want to join us.
> I don't quite agree with something you said; no surprise to anyone
>I'm sure.
> You said:
> < once you send your block -- the rest is out of your (and
>my!) hands. I don't think anyone here intends to let HUGs linger or
>not finish and deliver them. But things happen. Once you mail your
>block, you need to be prepared to let go... in case the HUG vanishes
>into cyberspace. This happens rarely -- but I think I need to remind
>you this is strictly a
>voluntary Endeavour and we are limited by the good faith of our
> If a person has taken on the honor and responsibility of receiving
>blocks and seeing it through to the next step,(or the next step), it
>means a lot that the Hug be completed timely. If the assembler or
>quilter or binder (sometimes me) gets infected with head lice or a
>surprise long term visit by brother-in-law Bubba, 12 cases of beer and
>all 9 younguns, please ask for help.
> Hugs aren't going to be 'out of my hands' until they are gently
>wrapped around the person we are hugging. I will be watching and I
>will be delighted to find help if you need it.
> I do so hope that I've been able to say this agreeably. If not, do
>remember that I have gators. Polly
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by Lizzy Taylor on September 25, 2009, 5:56 am
Patti wrote:
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> I must agree with Polly. This will not come as a surprise to you, Kate!
> - or to anyone really >g< - that I worry a *lot* when we don't hear,
> after some time, that a Hug has reached its much needed destination.
>
> Of *course* unexpected things happen to Hug hosts; but there are scores
> of folk willing to help. I have 'taken over' one myself when completion
> became impossible for the original good-hearted host. (It really is
> possible to send 'stuff' all the way across the Atlantic >gg<).
>
> I, too, do not feel my 'responsibility' has ended once the blocks have
> been sent. My responsibility is to the Huggee and the state of her/his
> heart. The closer we can get the Hug to the catastrophe or joyous
> occasion the better. I can't 'let it go' until we get the good news
> that the Hug helping has begun.
>
> All that said, it is a wonderful thing that this group does, and it is
> reassuring to have Kate to do the message posting so efficiently. What's
> more, the idea has been passed on by many of us to others!
I have been both a Hug "mom" and had the honour to deliver a finished
Hug to its recipient. Both were completely unexpected and involved
international transport once completed (one to the USA and one from DK
to UK). Receiving all the blocks and laying them out was fun and a
challenge (Please make sure your block is NOT undersized!) but getting
first sight of a Hug is also something special, as is the Hug-ee's face
when they realise what has just been put into their hands :-)
I try to take part in Hugs as they are called for, and even keep a few
simple 6 1/2" blocks in my desk at work (those extra rail fence blocks,
a scrappy nine-patch etc.) ready to pop into an envelope at the first
opportunity, especially if the colour scheme is generous. I don't get
to do them all, if I have a US dollar bill I'll tuck it in, if not the
block still goes winging its way, usually over the Atlantic, to where it
needs to be.
The pleasure of knowing that the sum of the whole is so much greater
than its parts makes contributing to a Hug something special, even if so
often there is sadness that it is needed.
So thank you Kate for maintaining the Hug list, thank you to those who
take on being a Hug "mom", thank you to those who sandwich, quilt, bind
ship & deliver (Hug Aunties?), and thank you to every single person who
has made a Hug block and sent it in, 'cos without enough of those our
wonderful Hugs would not and could not wrap our far flung friends in our
love.
Lizzy
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Posted by Shirley Shone on September 25, 2009, 10:12 am
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>Patti wrote:
>> I must agree with Polly. This will not come as a surprise to you,
>>Kate! - or to anyone really >g< - that I worry a *lot* when we don't
>>hear, after some time, that a Hug has reached its much needed
>>destination.
>> Of *course* unexpected things happen to Hug hosts; but there are
>>scores of folk willing to help. I have 'taken over' one myself when
>>completion became impossible for the original good-hearted host. (It
>>really is possible to send 'stuff' all the way across the Atlantic >gg<).
>> I, too, do not feel my 'responsibility' has ended once the blocks
>>have been sent. My responsibility is to the Huggee and the state of
>>her/his heart. The closer we can get the Hug to the catastrophe or
>>joyous occasion the better. I can't 'let it go' until we get the
>>good news that the Hug helping has begun.
>> All that said, it is a wonderful thing that this group does, and it
>>is reassuring to have Kate to do the message posting so efficiently.
>>What's more, the idea has been passed on by many of us to others!
>I have been both a Hug "mom" and had the honour to deliver a finished
>Hug to its recipient. Both were completely unexpected and involved
>international transport once completed (one to the USA and one from DK
>to UK). Receiving all the blocks and laying them out was fun and a
>challenge (Please make sure your block is NOT undersized!) but getting
>first sight of a Hug is also something special, as is the Hug-ee's face
>when they realise what has just been put into their hands :-)
>I try to take part in Hugs as they are called for, and even keep a few
>simple 6 1/2" blocks in my desk at work (those extra rail fence blocks,
>a scrappy nine-patch etc.) ready to pop into an envelope at the first
>opportunity, especially if the colour scheme is generous. I don't get
>to do them all, if I have a US dollar bill I'll tuck it in, if not the
>block still goes winging its way, usually over the Atlantic, to where
>it needs to be.
>The pleasure of knowing that the sum of the whole is so much greater
>than its parts makes contributing to a Hug something special, even if
>so often there is sadness that it is needed.
>So thank you Kate for maintaining the Hug list, thank you to those who
>take on being a Hug "mom", thank you to those who sandwich, quilt, bind
>ship & deliver (Hug Aunties?), and thank you to every single person who
>has made a Hug block and sent it in, 'cos without enough of those our
>wonderful Hugs would not and could not wrap our far flung friends in
>our love.
>Lizzy
I also have been there on the delivery of a "Hug". In my case it was the
Enschede Hug that Connie Davis instigated. Alas Connie could not be
there because her mother was very ill.
Only yesterday I found the flight tickets that I used on my flight to
Holland. Earlier in the year I had the video from the presentation put
on CD. It was the item on Dutch News program that covered the event and
had been sent me on video.
Shirley on Dutch TV
The items are going to put in our family tree box that I am building for
future generations. GD is insistent that we write stories down about our
happenings for our future families can read them.
I did a few stitches in the binding of JJ's hug quilt at Malvern. It was
a desperate last minute thing that Connie, another lady whose name
escapes me and myself. We sat on a bed in Connie's room doing it before
JJ arrived. Up here in my work room I have a picture on the wall of JJ
just walking through a door with the quilt wrapped round her. JJ was a
gorgeous lady and I was privileged to meet her.
Hugs
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk
http://www.allcrafts.org.uk
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Posted by Michelle C. on September 27, 2009, 8:40 pm
While it's been alluded to already, hug blocks do not have to be made at
the time they are called for, if you've got others that fit the bill.
For example, I've had extra blocks from projects when I apparently
couldn't count and made too many that I've used as a hug block. I've
received blocks in swaps that I've used as hug blocks because I changed
my mind about the project the blocks were meant for. And I recently
received some beautiful blocks in a box of scraps that I will use for
hugs if they are appropriate. (I don't know if the person who shipped
me the scraps knew they were in there, but shhhhh, I'm not telling. ;-)
) All of these blocks were made with love and attention, so I feel
perfectly fine using them as hug blocks when they fit the color scheme,
theme, etc. When you sign your name to them, you're letting the huggee
know you are thinking of them.
My 2 cents...
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
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Posted by Sally Swindells on September 25, 2009, 10:47 am
So must I.
And thank you Pat for your reply - they are my feelings exactly. It is
such a privilege to be able to contribute even 6 square inches to a Hug,
and to know that it is doing it's work is very special.
And thank you Kate for undertaking the task of 'Hug Queen'.
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyattheseaside/
Patti wrote:
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> I must agree with Polly. This will not come as a surprise to you, Kate!
> - or to anyone really >g< - that I worry a *lot* when we don't hear,
> after some time, that a Hug has reached its much needed destination.
>
> Of *course* unexpected things happen to Hug hosts; but there are scores
> of folk willing to help. I have 'taken over' one myself when completion
> became impossible for the original good-hearted host. (It really is
> possible to send 'stuff' all the way across the Atlantic >gg<).
>
> I, too, do not feel my 'responsibility' has ended once the blocks have
> been sent. My responsibility is to the Huggee and the state of her/his
> heart. The closer we can get the Hug to the catastrophe or joyous
> occasion the better. I can't 'let it go' until we get the good news
> that the Hug helping has begun.
>
> All that said, it is a wonderful thing that this group does, and it is
> reassuring to have Kate to do the message posting so efficiently. What's
> more, the idea has been passed on by many of us to others!
> .
>
>> Thank you, Kate, for doing the hug invitation; I'm sure there are new
>> folks here who wondered about it and may want to join us.
>> I don't quite agree with something you said; no surprise to anyone
>> I'm sure.
>> You said:
>> < once you send your block -- the rest is out of your (and
>> my!) hands. I don't think anyone here intends to let HUGs linger or
>> not finish and deliver them. But things happen. Once you mail your
>> block, you need to be prepared to let go... in case the HUG vanishes
>> into cyberspace. This happens rarely -- but I think I need to remind
>> you this is strictly a
>> voluntary Endeavour and we are limited by the good faith of our
>> If a person has taken on the honor and responsibility of receiving
>> blocks and seeing it through to the next step,(or the next step), it
>> means a lot that the Hug be completed timely. If the assembler or
>> quilter or binder (sometimes me) gets infected with head lice or a
>> surprise long term visit by brother-in-law Bubba, 12 cases of beer and
>> all 9 younguns, please ask for help.
>> Hugs aren't going to be 'out of my hands' until they are gently
>> wrapped around the person we are hugging. I will be watching and I
>> will be delighted to find help if you need it.
>> I do so hope that I've been able to say this agreeably. If not, do
>> remember that I have gators. Polly
>
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