Reetzbobeetz wrote:
Hi Rita

How did you enjoy the IQFOI? Was it what you expected? Was it anything like Birmingham - bigger, smaller? Photos, photos, photos, please.

about the recipes:

As fabric was chosen & reel blocks sewn, it was noticed that they looked so yummy, like berries or
chocolate or lemon. Then the blocks were named & some participants posted recipes or mentioned names of
recipes that matched the reel color. Lo & behold, the "Reels & Receipts" book idea was born. Along the way
Lotti gathered the recipes together & started a topic on the Forum just for them.

Here's the link to that:
[url]forum/friendship-triangle-exchange/5411-recipes-from-the-tqs-forum[/url]

If you want to contribute a recipe based on your reel color...great! Please do so by posting it to the
recipe topic or email to me. (remember, click on the little envelope under my picture on the right)
But, recipes are totally optional. This is just for fun, no "have to."

Rosemary & I are gathering reels photos (she has scanned them all!) & recipes into the book now, so will keep you posted on progress.

Hi Stitches, is that your real name? Anyway, the recipes thread on the forum starts here:

[url]forum/friendship-triangle-exchange/5411-recipes-from-the-tqs-forum[/url]

As for how to make up the reels - we are using Edita Sitar's book Friendship Strips and Scraps. Hope that helps.

I can never find something that I'm looking for on the Forums but wasn't there instructions for making the reels into spools? I hope someone can tell where to look..and I haven't been following this too closely but where do I find the recipe exchange?? Are there any rules for the recipes? I think a recipe book would be a great addition to go along with our reels. Guess I'm not having very good luck here this morning in finding things that I want to look at..thanks in advance for your help.

Thank you Rita

I have received my reels also, I am so pleased with them and it was so much fun to see where they all came from. Thank you to everyone who made mine. I was in group 33B. I would love to participate in another exchange of some type someday, it was a lot of fun. Thanks again, Stitches

It's lovely to see that everybody is getting their reels and how happy everybody is with them. I have just been catching up with the forum (there's a lot to read ) and I would like to say hi to the new faces appearing, it's great to see you! Danny I am sorry to hear about your cat - 19 years is a long life! I have come back from IQFOI with my head exploding with all the information and eye candy, it will probably take me a few days to calm down and reassess it all. In the meantime I am going to make a few more AAQI babies.

My package of beautiful reels arrived today, also. Thank you Rosemary and Lorna for the creative label and organizing the swap. Now off to play with my reels and decide on light fabric.

My reels arrived today - it's a beautiful thing! Took me a few minutes of fondling the fabrics and reading the names of the participants before I could put them down to go get the camera. The reels are terrific and I really appreciate all the efforts expended on this project by Lorna and Rosemary. And the label is such a nice bonus. I bought my background fabric awhile ago and have been collecting fabrics that may be suitable for the tops/bottoms of the reels, so I'm ready to go as soon as I wrap up a few other projects in the works. This was my first TQS exchange and I totally enjoyed it. Will be telling my quilting friends all about this experience at our upcoming guild banquet. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to participate! Barb A. in Central NY USA

WoooHooo!!! They are here. Today seems like its the lucky day for many.
Ditto to all the thanks and praises everybody has already said. I definitely agree that the colors in the pics were pretty, but the real thing is so much more beautiful.
Thanks to Rosemary for the label and to all who participated.
Lori

Got my reels in the mail today. Had to look at them all,beautiful colors. Thanks to Rosemary and Lorna for all their hard work and an extra special thanks for the label. Dixie

Yahoo!! Mailman just pulled away after handing me my package of reels!! Not to be redundant but the colors are truly magnificent!!! Beautiful day on the Cape of Cod...going to keep my gardening hat on today and turn into Little Miss Quilt later on. Thanks Lorna and Rosemary for all the effort you put into this exchange...it is much appreciated.

Noreen

It is so fun to see how excited everyone is to see their reels. The photos did not do justice to their true colors. This was tons of fun and I appreciate everyone's work on the reels.

Lorna

I too just got my reels...thank you to all for the love and care you put into makeing these and then parting with them (been known to make a quilt for someone specific and then keeping it, just couldn't give it up). Thank you Lorna and Rosemary for all the hard work that went into sorting, great job. The label is fab. This couldn't have come at a better time for me, the cat we've had for 19 years died this morning she lived a long good life, but I will miss her.