auctioned off

Remember this quilt?  It's the one I made for the annual family reunion auction.  I heard from my mom that it sold for $84.   On one hand, that doesn't sound like much for all that work.  But on the other hand, it fetched the second-highest price of all the items (and none of my relatives are very well-off anyway!) so I think it's great.   I'm hoping we'll get to go next year, and I'm already thinking about what to make...  :-)

And speaking of old sheets...  I don't know why I haven't mentioned this before, but I've been hosting a series of vintage sheet swaps over at Swap-bot.  If you haven't heard of Swap-bot, here's the pitch from the home page:  Swap-bot is a online service that organizes group swaps and a community of creative individuals. Swap-bot takes the hassle out of participating in group swaps by organizing all of the participant information and doing all of the partner assignments. On Swap-bot, you can host swaps, join swaps, and chat with other swappers from all over the world. 

I've been a member for about a year now, with mostly good experiences, and have made a few wonderful friends in the process (hi, June!).  I'm not a super-active swapper, but I do enjoy hosting these sheet swaps and spreading the vintage sheet love.  We're about to start round #6, and the deadline for signing up is this Friday, the 23rd.  If you're game, sign up and send me an email or a Swap-bot message to let me know you read about it here.  And if you have any general questions about Swap-bot, ask away!