Happy Dance!!!! My reels made it to Colorado. I also touched and looked them over, kinda funny one of the reels is from Ft. Collins which is only 40 miles and they went around the world. I also will have to put them aside for the time being, but have big plans for them.

Also, a big thank you to Rosemary and Lorna for your work, and the darling label.

Sharon

Yessss! Chris the mailman delivered my package today, which I ripped open immediately. Rosemary, thanks for the fab label! I looked the reels over and touched them, read out who made them and where she was from..... As Margo has said before, this is Too Stinkin Cool!

Even more beautiful in the cloth than in the pics posted here. I hope everyone else gets their reels soon.

I'm putting them aside for a bit since there are other projects in the works, but I pretty much know what I will do with them.
Thank you Rosemary and Lorna, for doing the hard work putting this exchange together and sending them back on a plane to the US.
thanks everyone who made blocks, they are super. I love having labels on them- Dawn, I saw yours with the info written into the seam allowance on your block!

Kathy

maillady010 wrote: That credo of your brother's is very good - it is definitely worth remembering!

Boo Hiss....I have nothing on my tracking number for my reels except the date of mailing. Ugh!! A Postmaster's nightmare!! How many times in my career did I assure my customers to be patient?!? Strange that the shoe is now on the other foot....hoping that my goodies will miraculously appear in my mailbox soon. Thanks for all the support I've received over the last few weeks. I'm trying to live each day by the credo my brother used throughout his struggle with cancer: Allow..Accept..Appreciate. I will Allow myself to be patient. I will Accept the fact that my reels are not here yet. I will Appreciate this opportunity to participate in an exchange.

From bright and sunny Cape Cod
Noreen

I got my reels yesterday - got to touch them all last night - they are all beautiful..

Thanks to all who made this possible - I know firsthand that it is a lot of work.

They're here ! And so pretty ! Thank you everybody ! Will post a pic. later...we're doing a garage sale
... in the unpredictable Idaho spring weather ! And it rained !...We're mostly under cover, tho.

Lori,
I never got a notification from the Post Office that mine were on their way. I pulled the envelope from my box and thought, "I don't remember ordering anything. I was so tired last night that I haven't even looked through them. This quilt goes on the back burner, we are still moving and have boxes and boxes to unpack, and my daughter and son-in-law will be celebrating their first anniversary next week and the wedding quilt isn't done. Then my daughter and I have to put a nursery together, and there will be a baby quilt and baby blankets to make. Along with that, I need to make my blocks for Dalton's quilt.

the USPS link says that mine left San Francisco yesterday, I'm crossing my fingers that tomorrow will be the day they arrive.
Kathy

went to the PO & Yay! an envelope from Lorna...Reel Arrival!
Thank you, thank you one & all! Love all these pretties!

My reels arrived today, all I got to say WOW WOW what a collection of great fabrics. Thank you everyone. I have to put this project. On the back burner. Too much else to get done first. I will be looking what every one is going to do with this wonderful reels.

Margarita

Happy birthday Mary! And, many happy more!

My reels arrived a couple of days ago, and they are beautiful! (Even a label! How cool is that!) There was a lot of thought to color combos here! Thank you ladies, and thank you Rosemary and Lorna for your time in putting this together, and following through!

I had a couple of free days, and was going to catch up on the Forum, but found out I am 35 pages behind on just this one!!!! :shock: What in the world have you ladies been chatting about? I'll save this one for another day!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

My reels arrived yesterday and they are soooo beautiful!! Thank you to all the sisters who shared with me!! And special thanks to Rosemary for the great label too! Sadly, I will not be able to start a quilt with them for a while - I am so busy with customer quilts, summer vacation, my daughter's Sweet 16, then her wisdom teeth surgery, then it will be back to school time! Maybe in the fall, I can start my reel quilt!

Happy birthday and happy new grandbabies to all who are celebrating!!