Here are the final gifts I’m giving away in the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway. It’s been delightful to have everyone leave comments about their favorite Christmas traditions. I look forward to seeing your lovely comments on the Quilts & Creativity blog in future posts – who knows what I’ll be giving away?
Today’s gifts go [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Patterns & Chalk Marking System: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
Two Patterns, Two Winners: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
The Willow Ridge Press studio has been as bustling as Santa’s workshop, with quilt designs and color palettes flying out the door to be under the tree of major fabric manufacturers. I do wish I could share them with you all, but like the best gifts, they are a secret until they’re unwrapped! I [...]
Alex Anderson Hopscotch Pattern: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
My mouth is watering from all the delicious goodies ya’ll shared with us in your comments. Beef Wellington, creamed onions, cornbread dressing, sands cookies, peanut brittle, raisin scones, homemade chocolate pudding, Brazilian Rabanada, and gingerbread people! My goodness we are gourmet cooks, and I know I enjoy eating every bite my friends and family lovingly [...]
Quilting on the White House Christmas Tree
Susie Brady of North Carolina was selected by her congressman to decorate an ornament for the White House Christmas tree, and look at what she did: a quilt! She said it represented life in her area of North Carolina. To see all the ornaments, visit the official site here. Wouldn’t it be fantastic to be [...]
Signature Thread: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
I’m so impressed with all the lovely gifts ya’ll have received, and even better, given. Thanks for your lovely comments and for sharing with the readers of my blog. If you haven’t read the comments, you can click on the title of the blog post, and you get both the blog post and the comments [...]
Ginormous Olfa Rotary Cutter: Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway
If you’ve ever coveted one of those large rotary cutters by Olfa, today’s your lucky day. I’m giving away the 60mm quick-change rotary cutter, so you can slice and dice through your fabrics just as if you had a Ginsu knife! Then you can change that blade with the press of a button, instead of [...]
Apron Pattern: 12 Days of Christmas
How about making yourself a gift of a new apron for Christmas? Now you can with Barbara Brandenberg’s new Apron Jazz pattern. It’s so much fun to sneak some time in for making yourself a sweet gift. Enter your comment by 9 p.m. Friday evening and you’ll be entered in the drawing to win this [...]
Michael Miller Charm Pack of 50 Fabrics: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
I’m so excited about today’s giveaway: a Michael Miller pack of 50 charm fabrics from their latest “Frosted” line, perfect for winter quilting! Michael Miller designs some of my favorite fabrics, and there’s no limit to the creative inspiration you’ll get from these fabrics. I’m posting this reaaaaally late on Wednesday – almost 9p.m., as [...]
Teapots 2 Applique – Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway
Today’s gift is the beautiful book Teapots 2 Applique by Kay Mackenzie of Quilt Puppy Publications. Kay has written an entire line of applique books, each centered around a different theme. Teapots 2 to Appliqué includes 16 creative teapots to appliqué using your favorite method. Includes a sampler quilt pattern if you’d like to show [...]
Creative Grids Ruler: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
We’re starting off the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway with a bang: a 16.5″ Creative Grids Ruler! I love these rulers, as they have 1″ measurements on two sides, and 1.5″ measurements on the other two. They don’t slip around on your fabric, and they are one of my top tools. The Creative Grids rulers [...]
Welcome to the World Baby Lauren, Love Aunt Maria
A new life entered our world yesterday at 8:54 a.m. Lauren Hoath, my brother Michael’s and wife Rachel’s little baby girl, was born in Atlanta. We are thrilled that their son Aiden has a wonderful new baby sister, and my boys have another girl cousin! On my husband’s side of the family, out of 10 [...]
Christmas Comes Early
It’s been a whirlwind of activity here at the Willow Ridge Press family studios. Thanksgiving was a gourmet feast, as my husband and I both love to cook. He made Emeril Lagasse’s turkey recipe from his new show Emeril Green, and I made the traditional cornbread dressing, made with whole grain cornbread.
Then it snowed on [...]
