Bye Bye Traveling Stash

Last night I did the drawing for the traveling stash.  We were out of town the last 4 days and when we got home late last night my normal name puller Jared had fallen asleep.

So Julia filled in for Jared (with the help of mom) she was more interested in eating the binky then the name she picked.

Ella from http://throwawenchintheworks.blogspot.com/ is the next to receive the traveling stash.  It will be leaving Salt Lake City, Utah on its trip across the entire county to Atlanta, Georgia (I lived in Georgia once, a pretty state)  My wife says she will try to get every thing stuffed into the box and get it shipped off in the next couple days.

The pile on the left is what I am taking the pile on the right is what I am adding.  If you follow my blog for long you will know that my wife Tanya is conservative she picked the 3 light blue and pink prints on the top left corner of the pile.  I of course grabbed all of the bright flashy stuff (the 2 DNA color prints) and the blue wavy line thing and the pink dots below it.  My daughter Rebecca had to have the pink flower thing.  I also took the bright blue scrap (their was 3 in the box and I took the smallest scrap) and then the bottom right that little pile is a stack of like 6-7 2 1/2 half inch strips I took off some of the remenent pieces of material so that I can add them to my 2 1/2 inch color stashes to make more of the granny squares.

The pile On the right is my Re-Stash.  A yard of my wife's dragonfly's  some floral conservative materials to make up for my wife's take.  Then as some may know, I have a thing for the bright orange.  So i added yardages equal to about half yard each of 4 orange/red  materials from my orange stash.  Then a vanishing 16 block to inspire them to use them.  Also for good measure 2 of my left over granny squares.  Depending on how well we can pack I might have to take a little bit more as that box was quite tight on arrival and my re-stash is bigger then my take at the moment.  Will just have to play around with the packing.

Traveling Stash Must Travel

Or at least that's what my wife thinks.  She is not up for the drama of a Long Pause so to keep her from stressing out too much about this I will post about this.

This is the bulk of what I found in the box.  I was surprised how well it was packed in and how much material fit into the box. So if it must travel we need some rules.  Would you like the opportunity to sort the box, pick out some of the fabric and/or patterns?  Here are the rules.

1) You must have a active blog and will post receiving and when you are ready to pass it on.
2) You will swap out equal quality fabrics and products.
3) You must pass the Traveling Stash.

Does this sound like something you would like to do?  Then just leave me a comment telling me that you would like to have the Traveling Stash come to your home to visit.  Because of the weight of the box and the cost of shipping this giveaway is only open to those who live in the USA.

The giveaway will end a week from Sunday on the 22 of April.  I will notify the winner and then post as soon as it has been confirmed by them.

Remember you must leave a way to contact you if interested.  No-Reply blogger make sure you leave a way to contact you.  Thanks.

Look what I found when I got home

For those that do not know what this is this is one of the Traveling Stash  This one came to me by 

From Blank Pages   My kids are bugging me to open the box so will go do that but wanted you to know that it has arrived and in a few days will talk more about it.  If you do not know what the Traveling Stash is visit http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/ She is great at keeping track of the stash and talks about it often.