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Posted by Sandy E on September 28, 2009, 1:55 pm
Howdy!
I still laugh when I think of "recovering" the Columbine HS Memorial
quilt.
A quilter in Texas had offered to quilt it; she did the center panel,
and then she "disappeared". We all talked about it, esp. the gals who
had worked so-o-o-o-o hard to put that thing together.
We'd seen all the photos of the blocks, the piecing process, faces of the
team of quilters who worked together on this project, but we couldn't get
the quilter to respond to any of our queries.
Then someone heard that she'd moved to a city just north of Dallas;
I called info & got her ph#; talked to her, said, "I know exactly where
you live; I used to live close by there;" I offered to "come pick up the
quilt...." She immediately counter-offered to mail it to me over here on
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this side of the Metroplex. <g> Within a few days, I had the Hug here at
my house. LOL See, all it took was the offer/threat of having me show
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up on her doorstep, and that quilt was in my hands a.s.a.p. <VBG>
She had done a beautiful job of hand-stippling the center panel,
must have taken weeks to get that done. I put it in my 12" wooden hoop,
resting the weight of the quilt on the old dining table (the quilt is
11 FEET by 11 FEET), and just quilted away. Here it is, in Denver:
http://columbinequilt.tripod.com/FinishdQlt.JPG
After a couple of months, one of the Colorado RCTQers was here, we spent
the day together, she took the quilt back w/ her & got it delivered to folks
at the museum in Denver. It all worked out. ;-)
Cheers!
Ragmop/Sandy- really, I didn't use any bad words, I just said, "I'll come
pick up the quilt..." and she gave in right away ;-D
Some of you know I'm really not scary...well, not *that* scary...
On 9/27/09 7:47 PM, in article h9p12k$q61$4@news.albasani.net, "Michelle C."
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> Kate in MI wrote:
>> I am 100% in agreement with everything that has been said. What
>> initiated that statement was that I was (a while back) on the receiving
>> end of several scathing emails and 3 phone calls from someone who
>> contributed to a HUG and the HUG (and the HUG requester) pretty much
>> vanished. It was a MOST horrid experience. This person contacting me
>> thought I should have done more and physically confronted the Hug
>> requester (who lived across the country from me!)
>>
>> Multiple contacts were made offering any and all kinds of help (trying
>> to find out what happened???) to the Hug organizer -- but I never got a
>> single response and soon thereafter the individual vanished from the
>> group, too.
>>
>> My only point was -- we do our best, we don't give up easily but there
>> does come a point that we may have to let go. And heaven forbid -- if
>> that happens, I don't want to be on the receiving end of such wickedly
>> angry tirades -- so as we add new members to the list, I wanted them to
>> understand that sometimes, things are beyond our control.
>>
>> I hope that makes sense.
>>
>
> Sheesh Kate, behavior like that boggles the mind! I'm glad you shared
> so that everyone will understand. I've been lucky in that all hugs in
> which I've contributed came off very well.
>
> Best regards,
> Michelle in Nevada
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Posted by Michelle C. on September 28, 2009, 3:02 pm
Wow! All I can say is WOW! What an awesome quilt. :-) And some
pretty darn good detective work on your part Sandy.
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
Sandy E wrote:
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> Howdy!
>
> I still laugh when I think of "recovering" the Columbine HS Memorial
> quilt.
> A quilter in Texas had offered to quilt it; she did the center panel,
> and then she "disappeared". We all talked about it, esp. the gals who
> had worked so-o-o-o-o hard to put that thing together.
> We'd seen all the photos of the blocks, the piecing process, faces of the
> team of quilters who worked together on this project, but we couldn't get
> the quilter to respond to any of our queries.
> Then someone heard that she'd moved to a city just north of Dallas;
> I called info & got her ph#; talked to her, said, "I know exactly where
> you live; I used to live close by there;" I offered to "come pick up the
> quilt...." She immediately counter-offered to mail it to me over here on
> this side of the Metroplex. <g> Within a few days, I had the Hug here at
> my house. LOL See, all it took was the offer/threat of having me show
> She had done a beautiful job of hand-stippling the center panel,
> must have taken weeks to get that done. I put it in my 12" wooden hoop,
> resting the weight of the quilt on the old dining table (the quilt is
> 11 FEET by 11 FEET), and just quilted away. Here it is, in Denver:
>
> http://columbinequilt.tripod.com/FinishdQlt.JPG
>
> After a couple of months, one of the Colorado RCTQers was here, we spent
> the day together, she took the quilt back w/ her & got it delivered to folks
> at the museum in Denver. It all worked out. ;-)
>
> Cheers!
> Ragmop/Sandy- really, I didn't use any bad words, I just said, "I'll come
> pick up the quilt..." and she gave in right away ;-D
> Some of you know I'm really not scary...well, not *that* scary...
>
>
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Posted by Nann on September 29, 2009, 10:11 am
A while ago I asked (but didn't get an answer) -- why is it written
"HUG" and not "hug"?
Is "HUG" an initialism?
Nann
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> What is a HUG? =A0-- Mz Sairey said it best -- and you can read her
> explanation that I posted to Estelle UK's post from 9/20. =A0(or you can =
read
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> it here: =A0http://tinyurl.com/yb7nf9u)
> What does it mean to join the HUG list? =A0It means you give me (as curre=
nt
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> keeper of the list) your name and email addy. =A0I add it to the list and=
when
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> someone feels the need to offer a HUG to someone they care about (could b=
e
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> from here on the RCTQ list, someone in their private live, someone at
> work... doesn't matter), I put out a call.
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Posted by Patti on September 29, 2009, 10:51 am
When I write it, Nann, I usually write it as Hug - with just the initial
letter capitalised. It seems to elevate the Hugs we make from the hugs
we give on greeting or parting. I don't know where the totally
capitalised form comes from!
.
In message
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>A while ago I asked (but didn't get an answer) -- why is it written
>"HUG" and not "hug"?
>Is "HUG" an initialism?
>Nann
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by Louise in Iowa on September 29, 2009, 11:26 am
And sometimes I hit Caps Lock instead of Shift, and the whole word gets
capitalized. I'm not consistent in the way I write it other than to make
sure at least the first letter is capped. It just seems to call attention to
the Hug as something special.
--
Louise in Iowa
nieland1390@mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
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> When I write it, Nann, I usually write it as Hug - with just the initial
> letter capitalised. It seems to elevate the Hugs we make from the hugs we
> give on greeting or parting. I don't know where the totally capitalised
> form comes from!
> .
> In message
>>A while ago I asked (but didn't get an answer) -- why is it written
>>"HUG" and not "hug"?
>>Is "HUG" an initialism?
>>Nann
> --
> Best Regards
> pat on the hill
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