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Fabulous February Fabric Bookmark

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Group:Bookmarks
Swap Coordinator:Kathyy (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Handmade  Bookmarks 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:International
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:January 31, 2009
Date items must be sent by:February 28, 2009
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Overview:
Bookmarks are works of art that come in many colors, textures, and shapes. For this swap we will be challenging ourselves to make or purchase fabulous fabric bookmarks.


Participant Guidelines:
*Must be a member of the Bookmarks group
*Must have a rating or 4.9 or higher OR be a new swap-bot member (less than 10 swaps completed) with a filled out profile
*Must have no "1" ratings since October 2008


Bookmark Guidelines:
*Must be made primarily of fabric/cloth, although it can have other materials included in it
*Must be in the mail on or before 12:00 midnight on Saturday, February 28, 2009
*Can be any shape and use any technique as long as it is 4 inches (10.16 centimeters) by 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) or larger
*The body of the bookmark must not contain anything that might harm the book. In other words the bookmarks should be functional/usable not just beautiful to look at.
*While this bookmark is the sender's choice is it highly recommended that you read your partner's profile and avoid his or her dislikes.


Dates and Other Details
*The last day to sign up is Saturday, January 31, 2009.
*Partners will be assigned on Sunday, February 1, 2009 baring any unforeseen disasters.
*Bookmarks must be mailed to partners on or before 12:00 midnight on Saturday, February 28, 2009.
*The coordinator is open to making changes before the sign-up deadline. If you have any concerns please send the coordinator a private message to discuss it.


Some helpful tutorial.
You do not have to use these tutorials. However based on the conversation below it seems that they may be useful for some of us.
*Wikihow - How to Make a Fabric Bookmark
*Fabricmom - Fabric Book Mark Instructions
*Associated Content - How to Make Fabric Bookmarks for Non-Profit Profit
*eHow - How to Make a Fabric Bookmark

Discussion

TexyDeb 01/19/2009 #

I signed up to challenge myself and because I love bookmarks. I don't sew at all! lol

Kathyy 01/19/2009 #

I find it's always nice to challenge oneself, keeps the mind growing. Besides with some imagination, this could be done without any sewing.

TexyDeb 01/19/2009 #

thank you for giving me encouragement Kathy :))

playswithneedles 01/22/2009 #

Unfortunately, due to other responsibilities that have come up, I'm going to have to limit my swaps for the next few months. So I'm going to have to drop this. I hope that you do another one in the future!

NeedleNinja 01/23/2009 #

Do the bookmarks need to be valentine themed or whatever?

Kathyy 01/24/2009 #

@playswithneedles No problem at all. Thank you for the notice.

@NeedleNinja Whatever you like, preferable taking into consideration your partner's dislikes.

AndreaJ 01/25/2009 #

TexyDeb, I don't sew either. But I was thinking that I could use felt, or some fabric that doesn't unravel and embellish it in some way.

AndreaJ 01/25/2009 #

Or you could use wide ribbon.

playswithneedles 01/25/2009 #

changed my mind, I couldn't resist!

Kathyy 01/26/2009 #

LOL, everyone still has a week to decide :) Saturday is the sign-up deadline.

julianapena 01/30/2009 #

Great idea!

Kathyy 01/31/2009 #

Thanks julianapena.

Kathyy 01/31/2009 #

Hi everyone. I added some tutorial in the description to help some of us in making our bookmarks.

Kathyy 02/ 1/2009 #

Partners have been assigned.

Kathyy 02/21/2009 #

4 out of 8 of us have sent their bookmarks. The rest of us have one more week to get our bookmarks in the mail.

Kathyy 02/26/2009 #

2 people need to get their items in the mail within the next 3 days.

Kathyy 03/ 1/2009 #

All item are marked as sent by the due date. Hopefully they arrive at their destinations soon. Please remember that items coming from other countries may take as much as 5 weeks to arrive.

Kathyy 03/14/2009 #

All items have been received and rated. Thank you all for a wonderful swap.

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