Rainbow Charm Swap

I'm a bit of an organiser so when the opportunity come around for a fabric swap I jumped at the chance of taking part and took charge.

This fabric swap is going to be based on collecting the rainbow. Everyone will be allocated a colour, then you'll need to source a tone on tone fabric that matches that colour, prepare it for the swap and then send it to me, I'll split up all the colours of the rainbow and send you back your own pot of gold (2 charms from each swap, 56 charms in total).


Our colours are red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, we require 28 people or swaps *you're more than welcome to join more than once by selecting another colour* we need 4 of each colour for this rainbow to be complete.


Please read below and then comment if you'd like to take part, you can either select a colour or one will be allocated to you.



Fabric requirements:

1.  For swapping 5" charm squares, each person will purchase 1 yard of fabric and cut it  into 5" charm squares. 1 yard = 56 charms.  (I recommend buying 1.25 yards- never hurts to have a little extra in case you make a cutting mistake.) 1 yard equals 92cms
2. Choose a fabric that has a small print suitable for an 5" charms. Scale of the print is very important as smaller works better in this case. 
3. Fabric should be 100% cotton, quilt shop quality fabric. 
4. Fabric must be new and unwashed and must come from a smoke free environment.
5. Before mailing, cut your fabric into 5" x 5" charm squares.  Press your fabric before cutting. 1 yard = 56 charm squares (5" x 5".)  Here's a great tutorial on how to cut fabric into charms by Elizabeth Hartman.
6.  Put your fabric in a ziplock bag and include an index card with your name and email address. 
7. Upload pictures of your fabric to the swap Flickr group and include the name of the fabric, designer, etc if possible. This ensures that there are no duplicate fabrics chosen and allows everyone to find out more about the fabrics in case they would like to order more once they have received their charms. 

Timeline: Please have your fabric in the post to me no later than the 30th April 2012. 

Shipping:
Participants must include a prepaid self-addressed, stamped envelope along with their charms when mailing them to me. A very easy way to handle this is to include a pre paid Australian Post satchel with your charms. Smaller package envelopes are fine too but participants should keep in mind: bubble or plastic envelopes work best - no risk of tearing in the mail.