Barter Ideas for FourTwinSisters http://barterideas.posterous.com Like our free patterns? Send something in barter! Address: FourTwinSisters.com, PO Box 111104, Campbell CA 95011-1104 USA. Thank you! posterous.com Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:24:05 -0700 Marilyn's firefighter quilt http://barterideas.posterous.com/marilyns-firefighter-quilt http://barterideas.posterous.com/marilyns-firefighter-quilt Twin #3 (Marilyn) is visiting twin #1 (Annette) for a few days in California. While here, she started another firefighter quilt! She held the fusible web up to the monitor to trace the patterns. I'm almost out of black thread now - a very useful color for fire fighter quilts.

I took this photo using Instagram on my phone, which lets you make your photos look retro. I love it!

-Annette

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/325965/twinsisters_600.gif http://posterous.com/users/3sIU9tMMdDBT Four Twin Sisters Four Twin Sisters Barter Ideas Four Twin Sisters Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:45:44 -0800 The Farm Kids study quilts http://barterideas.posterous.com/the-farm-kids-study-quilts http://barterideas.posterous.com/the-farm-kids-study-quilts You may not know this, but twin #1 of the four twin sisters (Annette - that's me!) lives on a farm in Santa Cruz, California (LoveAppleFarms.com). There are 4 kids involved with the farm - 2 live here and 2 come on weekends. We call them the farm kids. Last weekend I took three of the farm kids to the Santa Clara quilt show to look at the beautiful quilts and they were inspired! Here you see them studying a farm quilt and some 3-d appliqué. They loved the little bird by the bird house.

As a result, they have all started quilting! Thankfully, we have enough supplies from all the donations of fabric over the years for each of them to make a quilt. Thank you very much to all of the barter donations that you wonderful quilting ladies (and a few gentlemen) have sent in. Every single scrap is appreciated!

The next generation of quilters has begun!

-Annette

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/325965/twinsisters_600.gif http://posterous.com/users/3sIU9tMMdDBT Four Twin Sisters Four Twin Sisters Barter Ideas Four Twin Sisters Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:33:46 -0800 Barter idea: old cameras http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-old-cameras http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-old-cameras
Do you have any of these dinosaurs in your attic? You know - an old dusty camera that (gasp) uses film? One of the twins' husbands is a used camera collector as a hobby and he would love to find a loving home for your neglected cameras.

As with any barter sent our way, We'll unlock one of our locked patterns in your honor! Free-quilt-patterns.net/locked.html shows the patterns waiting for a donation or a barter item to be unlocked and made free for all.

You can send barter to: Four Twin Sisters, PO box 111104, Campbell CA, 95011-1104 USA. Thank You!


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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/325965/twinsisters_600.gif http://posterous.com/users/3sIU9tMMdDBT Four Twin Sisters Four Twin Sisters Barter Ideas Four Twin Sisters Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:23:06 -0800 Barter idea: knitting needles! http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-knitting-needles http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-knitting-needles I have just learned to knit this year and it's almost as fun as quilting! If you have any lost, single knitting needles (or a pair you don't want, or a circular set of knitting needles) you can send them to us as barter! Any size will do. I'll pair them up with a couple of loners I already have, or use it as a bind-off needle. I'd also like to share knitting with others so your barter needles might find a new loving home.

As with any barter sent our way, We'll unlock one of our locked patterns in your honor! Free-quilt-patterns.net/locked.html shows the patterns waiting for a donation or a barter item to be unlocked and made free for all.

You can send barter to: Four Twin Sisters, PO box 111104, Campbell CA, 95011-1104 USA. Thank You!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/325965/twinsisters_600.gif http://posterous.com/users/3sIU9tMMdDBT Four Twin Sisters Four Twin Sisters Barter Ideas Four Twin Sisters Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:00:39 -0800 Barter idea: embroidery floss http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-embroidery-floss-0 http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-embroidery-floss-0 We use embroidery floss in details of some of our quilt blocks, as well as our related hobbies of embroidery, needlepoint, stuffed toy making, and even earning socks. I once used embroidery floss to tie a quilt; never again! The knots are "slippery" and slip out after a few years. Use yarn or crochet cotton instead.

If you send some embroidery floss barter to FourTwinSisters, Po Box 111104, Campbell CA, 95011 USA, we will unlock one of the locked patterns at http://free-quilt-patterns.net. If you don't specify which one, we'll pick one for you.

Thank you for sending barter!

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If you haven't done your holiday mailing yet, you can get some real USPS postage featuring Four Twin Sisters at Zazzle.


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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/325965/twinsisters_600.gif http://posterous.com/users/3sIU9tMMdDBT Four Twin Sisters Four Twin Sisters Barter Ideas Four Twin Sisters Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:25:23 -0800 Barter idea: Embroidery Floss http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-embroidery-floss http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-embroidery-floss We use embroidery floss for embellishing quilts, as well as for cross stitch projects and other needlework projects such as the friendship sampler Annette made this summer (m2kc.com ...search for "sampler"). If you have some you don't need, send it in as barter!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/325965/twinsisters_600.gif http://posterous.com/users/3sIU9tMMdDBT Four Twin Sisters Four Twin Sisters Barter Ideas Four Twin Sisters Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:46:21 -0800 Barter idea: yarn http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-yarn http://barterideas.posterous.com/barter-idea-yarn In addition to quilting, some of us sisters like to knit. If you have any left over yarn (especially chunky), we'd love it.

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