'Wot RoTT' exchange

[Lotti D.]

don't know about devilment, but to keep myself busy 'till the spools get here, and for this reason only:
i'm flying to chicago on wednesday morning, 21st march - 22nd & 23rd set up our exhibition booth, then the exhibition till mid afternoon of the 27th, followed by tear down & packing - no dinner till everything's finished and shipped :shock: i can be a hard taskmaster if i need to...
:lol: :lol: :lol: 28th march is reserved for a visit to the chicago field museum and the mosaic that is housed there till mid april - and of course to meet up with, chat, spend time with, enjoy any TQS members and their friends who have a chance to join me there :P :P :P
29th it's off to ottawa, canada for a few days visit with my old school mates :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: - te three musketeers will be reunited - for a couple of days anyway - on the 2nd they'll drive me down to my parents' in the eastern townships, in quebec, canada.
family and other friends for almost two weeks - yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 8) 8) 8)
:x :x :x 5am on 14th april i have to be back at p.e.t. airport in montreal - quick stop in toronto and 22 hours later (mid afternoon on 15th april local time - i arrive in hongkong - catch a taxi to neighboring shenzhen and crash... :? :? :?
16th 10am we take over our exhibition booth for our device set-up - then 4 days exhibition - catch our flight late pm on the 20th... and back in zurich by mid morning 21st april - exactly one month after my flight out :wink: :wink: :wink:
:lol: :lol: :lol: yup - i'm doing a trip around the world - just to keep myself busy while i wait for the spools to get here
do you think they'll be here to meet me when i get home? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[E.M. T.]

:idea: :idea: Lotti...do you know of "Constant Comment" tea? Orange and spice black tea...a little
OJ and Zest !! Heck of a good idea ! Will be tryin' that one! Thanks ! :mrgreen:

[Rita C.]

Not sure you have enough to do in all that time Lotti. I hope you are going to take some hand work with you so you won't have idle hands :lol: :lol:

[Lotti D.]

oh yes - pills packed (extremely claustrophobic - so i need these to keep me in line) - iphone filled up with lots of jazz, other goodies and bunches and bunches of books - two large ziplocks all set with black & white fabrics, backing squares, wadding squares, lots of needles, my little folding scissors, thread & my favourite roxanne thimble (plus a few spare leather ones just in case) are all set. more fabric strips and squares in the suitcase for later on...
so - i do hope to get on with my pineapple snail-trail quilt during this month - yeah
now to get the work stuff as organized... but a little sleep first
g'night to all :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Charae H.]

Have a wonderful, productive trip, Lotti! I lived in downtown Chicago for years and miss it a lot. The Field Museum, Art Institute, Adler Planetarium etc. were weekend hang outs! I've never been to Hong Kong (or Zurich either, for that matter) but it all sounds exciting!

[Robyn B.]

oh yes - pills packed (extremely claustrophobic - so i need these to keep me in line) - iphone filled up with lots of jazz, other goodies and bunches and bunches of books - two large ziplocks all set with black & white fabrics, backing squares, wadding squares, lots of needles, my little folding scissors, thread & my favourite roxanne thimble (plus a few spare leather ones just in case) are all set. more fabric strips and squares in the suitcase for later on...
so - i do hope to get on with my pineapple snail-trail quilt during this month - yeah
now to get the work stuff as organized... but a little sleep first
g'night to all :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm glad to see you got the important stuff done

[Jane R.]

Had company and the flu the past couple of weeks, and haven't received any updates on the forum during that time so figured it was time to catch up Good grief, ladies, pages and pages of great ideas and happenings. Congratulations on the birth of the new baby girl, and upcoming baby boy (booties are SO cute).

Rita and Rosemary--you two are doing in my 3 days of aerobics--just hope the exercise evens out what I'm about to bake and eat. I, too, cannot stand anything that is sour, including anything that has to do with rhubarb...don't know why, just doesn't sit well in my mouth so out it comes. Very glad for King Arthur Flour too. Am finally finding just the white and wheat flours in the grocery here in AZ so order from them online sometimes. Need to go to that room that came with the house and heat some soup--flu hasn't gone entirely and that's the only thing that even sounds reasonable.

Thank you, ladies, for this wonderful forum. Can't read anymore from Rita or Rosemary and they make me laugh which is bringing on coughing fits and tears running down my face :roll:

[Lorraine R.]

I made Rita's Irish Tea Brack Saturday morning (soaked the raisins Friday night). My DH who is trying to watch what he eats (kind of like see food - what ever he sees he eats :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ) told me that I have to give this brack away to our sons because it is soooooo good. My one son actually said if dad says it is good it is probably not good but he just wants us to eat it. I said NO that he wants you to eat it so HE doesn't. Truly it is really good. Thanks again for the recipe.
Not sure who it was a few posts back said they were not a part of the exchange, but wanted to respond------well the more the merrier. Glad you joined the chatter even if you aren't part of the exchange. Happy to hear from you
Lori

[E.M. T.]

Have great travels, Lotti ! And don't forget the sunscreen ! as it looks like Chicago and the North East
is havin' a heat wave ! Keep us posted when you can..

[Lorraine R.]

Aw Lotti, doesn't sound like you will have any time to slide down to Cincinnati Ohio. A friend and I are going to the quilt show there April 13 - 15. We are from Pennsylvania, but have been to Nashville, Paducah, Houston and several others on the east coast. We are also trying the one in Cincinnati this year. Anybody else going to Cincinnati???? Let me know and maybe we can meet up at some point. We are arriving Noon time on April 12 and leaving morning April 16.
Lori

[Brenda H.]

Man, a tornadoes last night only about 40 miles from the ranch but the wind was wild all day yesterday! Glad it is gone now. More baby calves... about half done now. YIPPI! Still working on my borders for the spool quilt in the book. Lotti, I hope you don’t hit a late Chicago last minute snow storm... Safe travels... Jane I feel for ya girl. I had the flue for 3 weeks and I am still tired :cry: . Get Well soon quilt sister! I finally used up some of my scraps/salvages, cute little bag for grand daughters birthday. :wink: Tomorrow I will attack my borders for the soon to be here spools!

[Brenda H.]

I have been working on how I want to make my spools, I have the fabric for the background,
still trying to figure what I am going to use for the spool top and bottom. :? :?

Will see what I come up with.

Margarita

[Jane R.]

Man, a tornadoes last night only about 40 miles from the ranch but the wind was wild all day yesterday! Glad it is gone now. More baby calves... about half done now. YIPPI! Still working on my borders for the spool quilt in the book. Lotti, I hope you don’t hit a late Chicago last minute snow storm... Safe travels... Jane I feel for ya girl. I had the flue for 3 weeks and I am still tired :cry: . Get Well soon quilt sister! I finally used up some of my scraps/salvages, cute little bag for grand daughters birthday. :wink: Tomorrow I will attack my borders for the soon to be here spools!

Thanks, Bren, for the get well wishes...hope to goodness this doesn't last that long!! What a cute little bag for your GD's b'day. Don't know how you do it, what with calving and cooking and all the chores on a cattle ranch. My grandparents had one in Stevensville, MT and I used to spend every summer from the time I was 10, helping with harvest, and a couple of school years with them and loved it. But, its darned hard labor too.

Still don't know what to do with my spools. Finally took the papers off my HSTs after writing names and locations on the front--kind of like a friendship signature quilt would have, and ironed them all. Think I want to combine them into one quilt but need to figure the layout. I sure do enjoy these exchanges

[Rita C.]

Jane I hope you are feeling better by now - flu is so terrible.

Lori, tell your DH that the brack has no fat in it so it's not that bad for you - eaten in moderation (that's the problem!)

[Rita C.]

Rosemary and Lorna, when are you two getting together? I know that it was mentioned somewhere on this exchange but as there are 89 pages....and my memory is not what it used to be :roll: