I especially love coming up with the perfect gift, something just right for someone special and tucking it under the tree. I love a good surprise.
That's why I asked 11 talented bloggers to join me in bringing you the 12 Gifts of Christmas. 12 tutorials, tips and giveaways just in time for the holidays.
No last minute scrambling for the perfect idea, you're going to find everything you need, right here! Plus you'll have plenty of time to make it yourself, make it personal, make it perfect. So let's get started!
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Placemats make a great modern gift. They're easy to whip up and the fabric combinations are endless so you can make something personal that coordinates with any decor. Plus, they're fun!
This tutorial shows you how to make double-sided placemats that show off your favorite fabrics and prints.
Finished Size: 16" x 12.5"
Materials Needed to make each place mat:
2 Fat Quarters
4 coordinating prints
Materials Needed to make 4 placemats with 2 different designs:
4 Half Yards in large scale prints
8 Fat Quarters in coordinating prints
4 pieces of batting 18" x 14"
1/2 yard binding
4 pieces 12" x 13" from a large scale print (print A)
4 pieces 2.5" x 13" (print B)
4 pieces 2.5" x 13" (print C)
2. Sew the B and C pieces right sides together.
3. Sew the BC piece to the A piece.
4. For the back, cut the following pieces of fabric:
4 pieces 12" x 13" (print D)
8 pieces 3.5" x 2" (print D)
8 pieces 3.5" x 1.5" (print D)
4 pieces 2.5" x 13" (print D)
8 pieces 3.5" x 3.5" (print E)
4 pieces 3.5" x 2.5" (print E)
5. Sew the small pieces together in the following order:
3.5" x 2" D
3.5" x 3.5" E
3.5" x 1.5" D
3.5" x 2.5" E
3.5" x 1.5" D
3.5" x 3.5" E
3.5" x 2" D
The larger ones go on the ends, the smallest ones, in between the blocks.
7. Now, sew the long 2.5" x 13" piece to the strip you just made, right sides together.
8. Sew the pieces to the large D 12" x 13" piece.
Your pieces should now look like these:
9. If you have an edge that looks like this, trim it.
10. Place the front piece on the batting and place pins around the corners and edges so you'll know where to line up the back piece. Place pins at the seams too so you can match one of them on the back. The back will be wider than the front but no worries, we'll trim that down after quilting.
Use a Hera marker to mark vertical quilting lines about 1" apart, all the way across your place mat.
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| The Hera marker makes creases in the fabric. It's awesome! |
Now, quilt your placemats then trim them to 16" x 12.5."
Create binding using the half yard you set aside. You will need two 2.5" strips for each placemat. I use this tutorial by Crazy Mom Quilts to create binding.
Attach your binding (I like to hand finish mine) and wha-la, your placemats are complete!
You now have a beautiful handcrafted gift for someone special in your life.
Who would you make these for? Your mom, your sister, your best friend or coworker? Yourself?
Hopefully you've been inspired and you've checked off one person on your gift list!
Now for the fun part- the giveaway!
Fabricworm has graciously sponsored our GRAND PRIZE giveaway -
a $250 gift certificate!
That's, right- $250! Do you know how much fabric you could buy with that? WOW!
Plus Fabricworm is offering you a 15% discount on all shopping between now and October 25! Woo Hoo! Just enter the code fw12days during checkout.
Now, to enter to win this fabulous prize, simply leave me a comment telling me the best gift you've ever GIVEN someone.
For one extra chance, become a follower of Ellison Lane Quilts (either by email or google reader or friend connect) and leave a comment telling me so. Be sure to include your email if you are a no-reply blogger!
The winner will be announced on October 26th.
If you've missed any of the awesome tutorials in our 12 Gifts of Christmas Blog Hop, never fear; you can find all the links, updated daily, right here.
Every blogger in our hop has a wonderful giveaway too- 12 giveaways in all!
GOOD LUCK and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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PS: I'm linking up to Celebrate Color- go check it out!
And please know, I am reading all of your wonderful gift comments but I just can't reply to them- I am overwhelmed at the response! :)
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1 – 200 of 1439 Newer› Newest»The best gift I've ever given someone is a flight in a glider!
I'm a follower! :)
My sister and I just gave our mom a Kobo e-reader for her 65th birthday. She was totally not expecting it which made it all the better!!
Thanks for the giveaway.
I follow your blog via google reader.
The best gift I ever gave someone was me! We were married 3 days after christmas!
Hubby surprised me for my birthday two years ago with a trip to NYC to see Mamma Mia. It was so wonderful! We have since been to Chicago to see Wicked (an anniversary trip he planned as well)!
I am a follower.
The best gift I ever gave someone was when we gave my parents a cruise.
I am a loyal follower
I'm a happy follower by GFC! I'm a fairly new quilter and you cannot believe how much you have taught me!
best gift i ever gave was a volleyball net to my volleyball-loving husband!
i follow you!
Great tute! And thanks for the giveaway...
The best gift I ever gave: We used to get my dad limited edition prints by an artist who painted pictures involving a little hockey player wearing our local team's sweater. She did a new one every year until the team's owner asked her to stop re: copyright. Without a print that year, ten-year-old me took it upon myself to draw one. Mum had it framed and it made its way under the tree. His face the next morning told me it was the perfect gift that year.
The best thing I've ever given anyone (besides having my kids) are some simple flannel coverlets that I made for my daughters. I crept into their rooms on Christmas Eve, tucked them around my sleeping children, and the next morning pretended like I didn't know anything about it! We decided that Mrs. Claus must have made them.
I'm a follower through Google Reader. :)
The best i have ever given is a keyboard to my son 3 years ago. He is very into music and still plays it almost very day!
The best gift was a commissioned water color of the lighthouse where we got married! It was the wedding gift I gave to my sweetie!
I admit, I am vastly unoriginal, but the best present I ever gave someone was a quilt for their wedding. They were so delighted with it - apparently every year when Autumn comes around, the hubby asks if it's time for "Sel's Quilt" to come out yet. ;)
Im apreach a follower!
The best gift I ever gave someone was a trip to Hawaii. :D To be fair, I went too, so it was kind of a gift for myself, too!
Also, I am already a follower! Thank you for the great tutorial ideas!
The best gift my brother and sister and I gave to my parents for their 40th wedding anniversary was a cruise to Bermuda.
I am already an Ellison Lane follower. Kathie L in Allentown
best gift ever? um... can i cop out and say that every time i give a handmade quilt, i think it's the best ever? i'm working on one for each of my parents for this christmas, and i think this might just be the best ever - i can't wait to see their reactions.
i added you to my google reader a couple of days ago!
I hunted down old photos of my bosses dad when he started their company and had them matted and framed for his office. He actually had to walk away for a few minutes before he could come back and look at it. But he was pleased with the gift and the sad thing about it, their office burnt down a couple of years ago and the piece was lost. So far we haven't located the pictures to redo it.
I follow you on GFC
My sister and I teamed up to make a calendar for our parents' 40th anniversary, with pictures of their life together and important dates marked for them. We planned 4 dates for them, and included the plans/tickets etc... for fun things that they might not have tried without a nudge. A cooking class, a sleigh-ride w/ hot chocolate, etc... tandjrichards(at)yahoo(dot)com
I became your follower...thank you so much for the tutorial and the give-a-way.
I'm following your blog...
I am a follower!
The best gift I ever gave was a personalized cookbook to my young adult children with all of our family's favorite recipes - they were thrilled!
The quilt I made for my daughter - a log cabin design - it took me ages but it came out beautifully.
I think I will say my best gifts have been scrapbooks I've made.
Hi, The best handmade gift I think I ever gave someone was the first bag I made, when I look back now and think of how basic and small that simple little bag was, I thought it was amazing (that I'd actually managed to make it) and the person who received it, still has it and thought I was clever too....lol Hugs Naomi
I'm a faithful follower here.
I'm following your blog by GFC...and forgot to mention, this years best gift will be a set of placemats that I'll make for someone whose surname is Ellison....coincedence perhaps? lol Hugs Naomi
P.S. Thanks to yourself, Fabricworm, and all the other blog hop participants for the tutorials, prizes and generosity.
I'm a follower here.
The best chrismas gift I've ever given was a photo scrap album for my parents
My brother was diagnosed with cancer when he, my sis and I were all in college. The three of us had a several group portraits taken the day before he started chemo and we gave framed prints to my mom for Christmas that year. (They turned out to be the best photos any of us has ever taken, really.) She absolutely cherishes the pictures. He is in remission now, but his hair has never been the same. I'm so grateful we had the foresight, as young kids, to give such a beautiful gift.
I love your blog, and I follow every word!
The best gift I ever gave was to my husband our first Christmas as a married couple. We decided not spend any money as we were moving to the UK shortly thereafter so I gave him a calendar I made of our year together that showed where we went, when he proposed, when we conceived our first child, our wedding, etc. It is a terrific record of a fantastically happy year.
I am a follower.
The best I've ever given is a crocheted shawl to my grandmother. Took me forever to make but it was so worth it!
I'm a follower :-)
I am and have been a follower. I've made a lot of hand-made items for gifts but the item I remember the most is the fishing boat (just a simple flat-bottomed boat) that my siblings and I gave my dad. My folks sacrificed lots for 'the kids' and had little money so this was a real luxury. AND, it was a complete surprise. :)
I would have to say that the best gift I have to say was when I made my very first quilt for my mother's birthday gift just this year. She loved it of course! :)
Best gift was a silver pocket watch I gave to my husband for his 40th birthday - I got lots of brownie points for that one!
Follower? Yep, that'll be me x
Great series, thank you so much x
I have and am a follower! :) Thanks for this great opportunity to enter into a great contest. :)
I have been a follower of yours for a while. What a wonderful opportunity!
The best gift I've ever given would be the wall hanging that my sister-in-law commissioned me for my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary. I designed a family tree and quilted it for them with photos of the grandkids transferred onto fabric. It was such a wonderful feeling watching their faces when they received it.
The best gift I've given? I'd have to say it would be the two coordinating quilts that I made for my nieces, one of whom has been fighting cancer for four years. The blocks were made by flickr friends worldwide, something like 50 people from 20 different countries? It was an amazing show of love and support for the sweetest girls! :)
I'm following you now too!
Probably the best gift I have given was to my husband for his 50th ... a drive in a Lotus 7 at a race track in the UK he thoroughly enjoyed it and has the "T" shirt to prove it!!! Wow this is some giveaway. Thank you. Linda
I already follow you. Linda
The best gift I've ever given was a dragonfly "stained glass" window I made for one of my moms out of a picture frame w/glass & Gallery Glass paints. It was so pretty I had a hard time letting it go, but it was worth it to see how much she loved it.
I follow you through Google Reader.
The best gift I have ever given to someone was a bike.
My mother got it as a present to her 50th birthday from my sister and me.
She is still riding it - 11 years after ;-)
And it is purple.
Greetings,Tina
I am a follower ;-))))
My cheeky reply to that question would be, my hand in marriage to my husband on our wedding day, hard to top that except giving birth to your child, if you are a mum, but sadly I am not, so I guess I will stick with the first one!!
I have been a follower of you.
I got an extra sewing machine. I love him. Jamone Memory Craft 6600. Great!
Many years we all gave Mum and Dad a trip around the Bay of Biscay in Concorde!
I'm a follower!
The small heart shaped pendant I gave my sister, it was so cute & she loved it :D
I follow!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway :D
The best present I ever gave was a doll for my sweet grandmother. Dolls were her favorite gift for her granddaughters, she loved to pick out a beautiful doll for all 26 of us. I still have mine. She enjoyed embroidering and sewing very much. For her own doll she made lots of gorgeous clothes and we could play with the doll when we were there.
Marieke
The best gifts I've given recently have been handmade, they mean so much more and I feel proud of them. Otherwise, I'm a rather boring gift-giver, I think. Thanks!
I'm a follower in my google reader. Thanks again!
I also subscribed to your newsletter :)
I started making my family hand made gifts when i was at uni - it was cheaper for me to do so than buy presents, and it let me play with lots of different crafts too. 14 years later, they demand handmade gifts every time, and every occasion they act like it's the best thing yet, so I don't really know what was 'THE' best. It'll be something in the following list: teddy bears, jewellery, scrapbooks, bags, photos, stained glass, cushions, and a dress...
I already stalk/follow you ;o)
Thanks for the chance to win :o)
The best gift ... my 4 children for my hubby ...
I'm a follower
The best gifts I have ever given are ones that I make. They really love them. Last year I gave my the kids fleece footballs with there names on them and the girls got little fleece shoulder purses. What a fun time we had, playing football in the house. lol Thanks for the giveaway
A few years ago while out antiquing, I found a child's flow blue tea set. I could barely contain my excitement until I gifted it to my sister for Christmas. Her absolute delight with it makes it the best gift I have ever given!
I am a follower. Cool placemats. Thanks for the giveaway.
Best gift I've given is a quilt. I love watching the recipient face when they unfold the corner to reveal the quilt that has been especially made for them.
Have you in my Google reader :o) Thanks for the chance to win :o)
Hi Jennifer, I`m a follower. And thank you for this great tutorial. I`m going to sew it right now.
Silke from Germany
I signed up to follow through my Google reader a couple of weeks ago.
years ago my mother got a package of selfmade paper for letters and cards. They really were so pretty and looked noble. It was only a small present, but one of the best I ever gave someone.
I follow your blog.
Best gift i ever gave someone was when my kids were little and my daughter go her first bike. She was so surprised and I loved the look on her face.
The best gift I ever gave someone were two quilted pillows for my mother using a "Storm at Sea" design.
And I follow you on Google Reader! Thanks for the opportunity!
I'm a follower
I'm hoping the quilt I'm making for my daughter right now will be the best present I've ever given.
My best gift was the birth of my son just five days from my birthday!
I'm a follower!
The best gift I've ever given has to be a set of golf clubs for my now-hubbie when we were dating -totally unexpected (for him) and he just loved them!
And I am a follower of course my friend!! Lovely tute and FAB giveaway!!
Some yers ago I gave my mom a ticket to a seminar with Dalai Lama. That is absolutely my best gift ever!
We all chipped in for a helicopter flight for my sister as a gift. She loved it so much that it spurred her to chase her dream to become a helicopter pilot. She started her training this year. So proud of her.
Thank you for the fun blog hop and giveaway :)
The best gift I ever gave was a couple of years ago. My best friend is an avid racer and I had a book made with all the pictures of his racing through the years. He cried, never in all my years did I ever expect that reaction.
The best present I gave someone, was the first time I made a quilt for my nieces. :-)
I am a follower with Google Reader!
I am a Google Reader follower.
I'm a follower of you!
I made my dad a quilt last year with special words quilted into it and he loved it! Especially with the boys handprints in there too!
I gave my friend my first quilt for her son. But what made it especially cool was that she thought I had another friend who was preggers (her son had just been born) so she was excited to help me pick the fabrics and be a part of the process. She was so surprised to open it and find that it was for her son. It was great to see her reaction.
I follow on google reader
My sisters & I made a memory quilt for my Dad. Each of us made 1/4 of the front (we selected 2 fabrics that had to appear in our quarter). He loves it & has it hanging up in his house. Thanks for the tutorial & giveaway.
I'm a follower. Thanks for the tutorial & the giveaway.
Thanks for the tutorial, I love making place mats.
Hmm, the best gift I've ever given someone? Probably the very expensive watch I bought my husband for his wedding present, he'd wanted one since he was a teenager.
Great tutorial! Best gift I've given someone is my first quilt block that I framed for my grandma.
And I follow you on Google Reader :)
I think the most fun thing I gave, was when I made boxer shorts from outrageous fabrics for all 12 of the guys in the family. The looks on my very reserve brother in laws faces, said it all. It was a hoot!
I am a follower on google!
I gave my sister in law a purple/brown/green quilt one year. It was so pretty and she was so surprised. Best of all, that quilt gets used!
I follow you! Can't wait for more Christmas gift ideas.
I'm a follower with google. :)
The best gift I ever gave, was birthing my husband's son on December 20th. Best gift either one of us ever received!
Love this tutorial and am anxiously awaiting another!!
Thanks for the great blog hop idea. I think the best hand made gift ever was the flannel bow ties I just gave my dad last year. You can't beat classic plaid flannel for man!
I'm a follower!
I made my mom a two sided tea cozy with applique and embroidery. One side showed the house she raised us in with some of the key elements of the town in the landscape. The other side showed the house she was living at at that time with bits of that city. She still treasures it.
We gave all of our family members Vietnamese Zodiac ornaments that we purchased when we traveled there to adopt our son in 2007.
A knitted scarft for my mum :)
I already follow you, thanks to the Want to be campaign. I already have plans to make placemats for each of my siblings, hopefully for next year, so this tut is perfect timing. Thanks.
I am a follower via GFC...
I love the double sided place mats! And this is the best giveaway ever!!!
I love giving gifts but the one my husband always reminds me of was when I bought him a kayaking lesson in mid-Wales. He had such a great time! I was pregnant and poorly so I didn't join him but it was fun watching. He says it's the best gift he's ever had :)
I am a google friend connect follower :)
Place mats really are a good gift! I have made several sets over the last few years as gifts and am already planning more (with the tutorial in mind now)! This year I am giving a quilt to my mom (shhhh!) and I think it's going to be a favorite. She's been begging for one for a while, and I picked fabrics I know she will love. It's all finished and just waiting for December 25!
Thank you for putting all this together and the fabulous prize!
I am a new follower via Google Reader :)
I'm a follower!
The best Christmas present I ever received was a trip for 2 with my sweet husband to celebrate our 10th anniversary (right after Christmas) Love your place mats!!
I follow your blog :)
The best gift I've ever given was a quilt for my brother and his wife for their wedding. I asked my whole family to help make the quilt - my uncle designed the layout, and my aunt, grandma, and mom helped make the blocks -- we had several sewing parties over several months. We had so much fun with the process, and were so proud to deliver our gift!
I think my favorite gift was a crocheted blanket I made for my husband's (then boyfriend's) mom. She LOVED it and couldn't believe I made it myself. I'm working on a quilt for her for this year which may take over as favorite though
I follow you on google reader/Google friend connect
I think the best gifts I give are the quilts I make for weddings and baby showers. Hopefully the recipients think so too! :D Thanks for a chance to win.
I am a follower!
When I first started quilting my son gave me a book with very complicated applique quilts in them. I said it would be many years before I could do that. One year later I gave them a king size "Northwoods" quilt from the book. They were amazed (and so was I) Best gift ever!
I am a new follower. Thanks so much for hosting the 12 Days of Christmas - I look forward to all the new ideas. And thanks to you & Fabricworm for the awesome giveaway!
The best gift I ever gave someone was a puppy. Thanks for the tutorials...just in time...and thanks for the giveaway.
I'm a follower through google
I just became a follower through google. Looking forward to the upcoming tutorials.
A few years ago I made my my parents a queen sized quilt for their bed...it was a surprise because they didn't even know I could sew! =)
Also thanks for the great tutorial!
Based on what people tell me, quilts are the best gifts I've given :)
And I'm a follower.
Also I get your blog emailed to me. So yay! And I'm excited for the upcoming tutorials, can't wait to see what everyone makes. Oh and thanks for the chance to win some fabulous prizes!!
My favorite recent gift was a locket from The Black Apple for my best friend, something I knew she would never splurge on for herself. She LOVED it and the look on her face was like a gift for me :-) Thanks for the great gift ideas and giveaways!
This is the best idea! A procrastinator at heart, this will certainly give me motivation to get started. The best gift I ever gave was personalized cookbook, filled with family recipes, to my brother and his wife for their wedding.
And I'm a follower :-)
I am a follower!
Best gift I have given has to be when my sisters and I gave my mother a Kindle for her birthday last year. She never thought she would get one and was almost in disbelief when she opened it. It was great!
Also, I am a follower through Google Reader!
The best gift I ever gave was letting my mom go into the delivery room with me when my daughter was born. DH was overseas in the military, so MIA. I had it in my head that I would do this all alone, but then thought that mom had 7 children of her own.. I needed my mommy. She delivered 7 but to see her granddaughter born to her was a wholly new experience for her and to this day the only child she has SEEN born. 23 years later still a cherished experience.
I am a follower.
Thanks for the great placemat tutorial! The best gift I ever gave was a queen sized quilt to my mother with photos of her family that also included a her wedding picture from 60 years ago.
Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway!!
I am a regular follower of your blog :)
The best gift I've given someone was when I surprised my husband for our 10th anniversary. We went on a 5 day trip without the kids.
I think one of the best gifts I've given is a scrapbooked family calendar to my parents filled with pictures of us kids and their grandkids! They can enjoy it all year long!
I am a follower!
Best gift I've ever given was the very first quilt I completed for my husband as a birthday gift.
The best gift I ever gave was a quilt for my sister-in-law. She loved it so much !
250$ at the fat quarter shop would be the best gift I could possibly receive ! That is a lot of fabric !
Thanks for the amazing chance !
I'm now following you !
Last year my daughter wanted a Barbie airplane, it was all she talked about. She asked Santa for it and told us that he had said that yes he would get it for her! When she opended it Christmas morning she was beyond thrilled.
Great placemats and great tutorial. I would definitely make some of those.
My best gift ever given was an autograph quilt that I made for my son and DIL. They got married a year ago and I had fabric at the reception to sign by the guests. I made the quilt and gave it to them on their first anniversary.
I am a follower of your blog.
Hi, I'm a new follower, thanks.
You bet your bippy I'd make those placemats for myself!!!!! (what is a bippy, anyway?)
The best gift I gave was a timely hug. I had a friend going through a very difficult time. Her soulmate was hours away from dying. The time and place where we exchanged hugs and just "hung out" in peace and quiet meant more to her than anything. For that she calls me her angel.
Lately I found my angel when I was struggling. I wrote a post about it on my blog. Sometimes gifts aren't things. They're quiet, simple, gestures.
My BIL went through treatments for colon cancer. For his birthay I made a charity quilt to be donated to a child going through chemo in his honour. When he opened it he was so touched - it was the best gift I ever gave. Thanks for such a lovely giveaway.
Great tutorial!
I think the best present I ever gave someone was one for my dad. He loves cycling and obviously follows the "Tour de France". He also loves fine cheeses, so one year for Christmas, I gave him the "Tour de France" in cheeses... several different cheeses from all over France. I think he liked it and thought it was very original!
I also follow your blog! Thanks for the chance to win this GREAT prize!
Love the tutorial! Making homemade items and giving to the kids in need last year. I made 40 crayon rolls and the smile on their faces were priceless!
I just couldn't think of any 'best' gift, but the latest one I gave was pretty awesome. My daughter just turned two, and I really wanted to give her a little doll bed, but I wanted a cute old-fashioned one. A few days before her birthday, I popped into the thrift store, and there in the back corner was the sweetest little wooden doll cradle. Yes, it was covered in Dora stickers, but it was so sturdy with great lines. I painted it white and made a little mattress, quilt, and pillow for it. And it made me VERY happy to give it to her.
I am a follower!
A handmade monogrammed robe for my mom.
The best gift I have given would probably be when I surprised my grandmother with a Thomas Kinkade painting, then took her to an event where she got to meet him and he signed the back of the painting.
I follow you with google reader.
I am a follower of Ellison Lane Quilts.
I follow Ellison Lane.
Beautiful placemats. Wish I knew someone who uses them.
The best gift I ever gave someone was a quilted frog quilt for my mother in law. She collected frog figurines and the quilt was unexpected and really a cute froggy face.
I've given a few quilts as gifts. I'd like to think they are the "best" gift ever given. I have one this Christmas for my mom and step dad for their college football team
I'm a new follower via Facebook!
Years ago I gave my grandma a Victoria Secret terry cloth robe - very heavy, warm, and machine washable. She still uses it!
I am a happy follower.
Absolutely! I'm a happy follower!
The best gift I gave was a quilt to my aunt who got me interested is quilting!I could never thank her enough for that!
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial and giveaway. I look forward to all of the tutes!
The best gift I've ever given has to be my daughter's quilt. I spent months cutting, sewing and finally arranging the blocks. I had a friend do the long arm work and she hid "I love you (my daughter's name)" in the quilting. :) Thanks for the lovely tutorial - my mom would looove a set of these place mats (saving for later).
I'm a follower. :)
The best gift I've ever given was a quilt and a box of goodies (all chemo friendly) to a friend in treatment for breast cancer. She and I have never met in person, but she is a HUGE support for me online and helped me (indirectly) meet my significant other. She didn't know how much I appreciated her, and the unexpected gift really boosted her spirits.
I'm a follower!
I commissioned an artist to do a painting for my husband a few years back. The artist, Greg Stones, does funny small-scale painted scenes with penguins so I asked him to do a penguin and Mike Tyson's Punch-out (video game from the 80s) painting. It is AWESOME and hangs in our living room.
I am a follower
I finally parted with the first quilt I ever made. Gave it to my folks.
I am now an email follower!
I'm already a follower.
The best gift I ever gave was to my grandmother and grandfather. My grandfather was quite ill so my grandmother didn't have the time or interest in Christmas decorating. When my husband and I were newly weds we went to their house a couple days before Christmas with a tree and decorations. We decorated the house so they could feel a little festive. They really appreciated it.
I am a follower.. have been for a few months! Love your blog!
The best gift i ever gave to someone for christmas had to be a puppy. I got one for my mom the year i was graduating HS so she would not be lonely while i was in college.. Now it think the pup has become the favorite child haha!
The best gift I ever gave was a scrapbook I made for my father of every article written about him back when he was a high school athlete. I became best friends with those old-fashioned micro fiche machines and paid for it with neck aches for the next week!
The best gift I've ever given someone.... My best friend is crazy about cool looking t-shirts, and a couple days before Xmas a year ago, he mentioned to me about a shirt that he really liked but wasn't too sure if he should get it. So I secretly bought it for him and sent it off to him for Christmas. He was pleasantly surprised!
I already am a loyal follower of yours <3
I had my second daughter 2 days before Christmas, (17 years ago). I think that's the best gift I ever gave my husband. Although my first daughter still disagrees with that.
That's a tough question - the best gift I gave someone is probably going to be this year. I'm giving my Fransson Tokyo quilt away to charity. Y
Thanks for the giveaway and I'll hop over to the next blog soon.
xoxo
I'm a follower too!
Also I'm a follower for sure!
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