Just wondering - should we be including avatar pictures next to the reels in the book, or perhaps next to the recipes that we have?

Rita, Your reels are very much fun. Love hearing about the holidays of all your homelands. Enjoy the celebrations today, Lotti & Rita.

Thanks for your kind comments. I still have everybody's nametags pinned to the back of the strips but now that I have worked with some of them I am beginning to recognize them. It's a very nice feeling working with a spool that somebody else made from so far away - I find I am smiling all the time while I am working. Some I recognize from your faces on the forum and others have me wondering what you are like, either way this is a very enjoyable project to work on and thank you all for such lovely spools/reels.

Lotti, have a great day tomorrow. It sounds like fun. It's my oldest daughter Carla's birthday and it is also Lughnasadh (Loo-ne-se) which used to be an ancient harvest festival here in Ireland. But as they don't climb the mountains to collect and eat bilberries or dance at the crossroads anymore we will have to make do with a birthday cake and a cup of tea!

Rita,

I love it!! And I see one of my reels!!

I am working on finishing up 2 projects and then going to start on my reels. I have the background but not the material for the spool ends.

lotti wrote:

if you're anything like me rosemary, then tidying up the sewing room is futile - you'd be messing it up again anyway when you're digging out fabrics...

i'm going fabric shopping after work this afternoon - on the cheap - just bought a package of fabulous "sprungli" truffles (truffles of the day - i.e. absolutely no preservatives - just fabulous chocolate, fresh cream and in one case a little raspberry & of course the flavoured water of the bacteria free variety mmmmmh )
i think Andrea enjoy these - and i'll enjoy digging through her fabric extras - you're wondering where? my colleague robi's partner has her own business - she sells designer fabrics to interior designers - decorators - whatnot - and has been sorting through the collections - getting rid of the "old" stuff. you might remember me getting all these fabulous lucious bits and pieces about a year ago.... well there shouldn't be as much this year - but...

tomorrow's our national holiday - 1st august - the 4th of july of switzerland - so we're going to enjoy some fireworks tonight - heading for the hills tomorrow morning and a little walkabout tomorrow afternoon - hopefully with a bbq'd this or that on the way - won't have time to wash the fabrics - but hope to get a few nice pictures out of it all - will let you know )

That has put us on our mettle, looking fun!
Think I might try digging out the fabric I think I will be using for b/ground & seeing how it looks today (instead of tidying up the sewing room that I am supposed to be doing )

Rita,
Your quilt will be extraordinary when finished...thanks for sharing.

Great looking spools, Rita.
Looks like I see my "yellow" reel on the top right.

Looks like a great job on your spools.

Margarita

Looks awesome Rita!! I never considered different colors for the spool ends! I was stuck on either a brown or another dark... but you have inspired me to step out of the box!!

Oh, and I think I see one of my turquoise reels on the lower right side!! How fun!!

I think that's very pretty!

Luv it, Rita!!

Colorful it is! What a great idea to start this now... my default plan was Edyta Sytar's quilt... hmmm... so I could start and worry about whether I will do her border or something else later. Thanks for the brilliant idea and for sharing, Rita!

Codladh sámh!

Rita,
Looks super!
Sweet dreams.