Welcome Quilters, Fiction-Lovers, and Santa’s Elves! Today is Friday–Open Line Friday…which means I need YOU to provide the answers…
Anyone who leaves a comment today will receive a chance to win Secret Santa or Between Heaven and Texas by NY Times Best selling author, Marie Bostwick. (Thank you, to Ms. Bostwick for your generous donation to our Giveaway!)
Yesterday, I offered my annual “Stocking Stuffers for Quilters” recommendations for 2013.
Today, I’d love to hear your picks this year…
What quilting/cooking/ household/beauty notion/or book will you put in stockings this year?
If you are not a quilter, that’s okay–quilters love non-quilting items, too–so please join the fun–and earn YOUR chance to win one of these fabulous books in our Giveaway!
Nineteen days until Christmas–and I’m still looking for ideas…
Shopping, Decorating, and Quilting in (-4 F Minnesota!),
Lori
PS–I will include the recommendations received yesterday as well! Winners will be chosen on Monday, December 9.
166 comments
Fran Wiest
Hi Lori, Merry Christmas and thanks for such wonderful quilting tutorials! I would love to receive some Mary Ellen’s starch because I haven’t tried it yet, but I have heard wonderful things about it. But my favorite would be thread! Since thread is so expensive I would be thrilled to wake up to a package of beautiful Aurifil threads!
Gerry
I would love some aurifil thread, a gift certificate to my local quilt shop, and quilt related earrings! 🙂
Cottie Dobson
Will give and no doubt receive gift certificate for the LQS (even if I have to buy myself a gift certificate. I so enjoy your FMQ ideas and demos. Thank you.
Robyn
Rotary cutter blades!!! I’m forever nicking them. My mom always waits until they’re dead flat before changing them. I think every quilter needs a package of blades for Christmas.
Pat
….Oh and Dunkin Donuts pumpkin coffee— quilting and coffee– what could be better?
Pat
Patricia Faye
I also ask for gift certificates to one of my favorite fabric stores. I love to read and would enjoy Marie’s books. Thank you for the chance to win in your give-away & great blog! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.
Barb E
I am getting time from my husband for Christmas. We get very busy doing things and he has given me Tuesdays just for sewing. No cooking, cleaning or grocery shopping on that day. Can’t wait until it starts in January. Last year we gave each other a special meal. He cooked my favourite and I cooked his favourite with theme and table setting all inclusive.
CJ Reed
I am including note pads, nail files, and udder cream lotion. As well as various spools of aurifil threads. I would love to win the book. I have been wanting to read some of the quilting books ! Merry Christmas
Glenda Smith
Haven’t read this one –would really like to
farmquilter
I would like a subscription to Modern Quilters and Machine Quilting Unlimited 🙂 I’m currently reading Santa Baby and loving it!!!
farmquilter
Oh my gosh, how the music you are listening to impacts what you type!! Secret Santa is what I am reading and loving right now!!
Debbie Arrington
What great ideas!! There are just so many clever people out there! Thread is always a welcome gift and gadgets are,always fun. Thanks for the ideas.
Lesa S
I always ask for gift certificates to our local quilt shop, but I adore any kind of quilting jewelry for the stocking!
Pat
I love to combine my hobbies (quilting, reading, music) – since I can get books on tape at the library – would love music. I’m planning to buy the St. Olaf Christmas special for my Christmas crafting time.
Kathy
Sorry, just realized my email info had a typo…wondered why I wasn’t getting the updates… 🙁
Carole
I’m thinking of giving homemade pumpkin bread and speciality coffee to have when taking a brake from quilting.
Laura
I had some of my quilts professionally photographed and printed onto note cards, with special packaging. I will be giving these to friends and family this year. For my stocking I would love to see a new Roxanne Thimble!
Kathy
Oh, yes! And I love to read, so a book in my stocking or special interest magazines for my kids and husband are always a hit!
Janet P.
I plan on leaving scented soaps in stockings again this year for the women/girls and jerky for the men!
Kathy
I love my little Famore curved scissor snips (model 738P, purchased online at Ken’s Sewing) because I can clip the threads right close to the fabric surface without cutting the fabric, so I asked for a second pair in my stocking for my quilting machine. I also love my Clover Soft Touch Thread pic for grabbing that bobbin thread!
Cecelia
I’m going to give my friend and local quilt shop owner a “free day”. I will shop-sit while she sips coffee, reads a book, or does just what she wants to do.
I do recommend the Frixion pens as stocking stuffers as I would like to have one in every color!
Jan
Lori, you are such an inspiration to me. You make me believe I can do this. I am hoping for a super slicker pad for Christmas this year and am giving my daughter-in-law a box of miscellaneous sewing gadgets to captivate her newfound interest in quilting. Noting like a box of new toys to get your creative instincts going! (and my husband has contacted Evelyn to see if we can find a family tie.)
Rose Landon
I am planning on giving splurge gifts this year. Something the person would not spend on themselves. Quilters a tool or special thread, My young Moms skin care and bubble baths and the rest just what I think they would like but not indulge on themselves with.
Mona Levingston
What a good idea for our Bees Christmas exchange. Thanks for all your clever designs.
Kristina Callison
I’m hoping Santa will leave several of the long skinny magnetic tool holders in my stocking this year. I saw a video showing how they could be used to secure the quilt top to the frame for quilting. They were relatively inexpensive. I’d love to try it…. even if it didn’t work out for quilting they could still be used in hubsters workshop.
Ness
The Fons and Porter binding took is pretty useful once you trust it…for lack of better words…had to do some pinning and flipping before I could cut. Thinking of you in the-4 weather Lori! We escaped 14 below WY for a week in sunny FL…I have an older Bernina out here too or I’d panic about getting Christmas done! Merry Christmas! !
Ness
That was binding tool…
Ness
I forgot to add a tidbit…was running out of Best Press (the purple one) and just to make it stretch I added a little water and to my surprise it worked every bit as well as the straight stuff.. It was almost one to one ratio…just a smidge more of Best Press so now I dilute. I really couldn’t tell the difference and I iron every day. 🙂
Sue
All my quilting friends are getting some nice chocolate, a homemade pin cushion, book marker, and a Christmas decoration.
Diane
A gift cert. to the local quilt store is the perfect gift.
Trae Flesher
The seam rippers with the nubby end for removing threads make great sewing sister gifts!
Marlene
I’d add glycerin to that list – it’s great to use instead of gloves for free motion quilting. Leaves your fingers free to tie off & clip threads and is good for your skin too!! Of course I’d never pass up a gift card to my LQS!! Happy Holidays to all
Sharon Scott
I am giving potholders and wine bottle carriers made with mens jeans. 🙂
Siobhan
Pinmoors and machingers make lovely stocking stuffers. Also moisturizers and lip balm.
Lori M.
Hi, I am new to your blog, but love it!! Have wanted to learn to free motion quilt at home, but have been a little hesitant, as I did not know where to begin. Then I found your blog, and after reading and viewing the tutorials I am excitied to succeed…… My most favorite and useful item is that little old hem ruler made of metal. Makes sure I am in the right needle position, at corners for binding and marking triangles…Love it, it was also my mothers so very special to me,,,,,,
Jan
I saw a quarter inch ruler used in one of the blogs and I am going to make sure one ends up in my stocking.
Colette
I am going to make my mother, and sister who are quilters small needle books. My favorite quilty notion though is painter’s tape.
Lou
I would love either jelly rolls or Gift Certificates to my favrorite online stores as our local shop will be closed permanently on the 18th:(
Thread is always a winner too!
Nancy Brieschke
I’m in the process of making gifts for my 5 quilting bee buddies. Can’t say what because two read these posts
stitchinggrandma
I shared your post from yesterday on my Facebook wall! I think that small scissors; Aurifil thread, Quilting gloves would all work for me. I won a copy of Marie Bostwicks “Between Heaven and Texas” earlier in the year. Fun to have a signed copy. I’ve been on the lookout for her other books, so I would love to win “A Single Thread”.
I wanted to say thank-you again for sharing your post about your injury. It made me VERY aware of the danger. I have a new Janome and it has a LOCK button, and I always engage it now when I am around the needle, threading; changing feet; putting in a bobbin. I keep the tweezers close at hand for guiding pieces of fabric into position etc. I was not doing any of those things before I read your post; and dug out the instruction booklet looking for the safety features.
Elizabeth S
Five spools of embellishment threads for my talented quilter sister would make her day!
Barbara Townsend
My favorite is the Seam-fix seam ripper with the rubberized head to remove loose thread. Shhhh, don’t tell my friend – that is what they are getting from me!
Pat Hall
A gift card to Connecting Threads and chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate.
Susan Loland
Would love the book. I had the privilidge of moving from Canada to Texas for 2 years. Had both my knees replaced there. My new quilt group took great care of me, while I recouperated from surgery. So I love anything Texas.
Ellen Vandruff
I’m helping my very quilty mother celebrate her December birthday with a five pack of rotary blades. She has shoulder replacement surgery, so she goes through them quicker than usual. But she is also getting some sewing inspired Christmas ornaments to go on her Christmas tree.
Carol
The Quilt Halo by Sharon Schamber. It makes FMG easier on the hands as they can be in a more natural position the just flat on fabric.
joybsimsSims
I found some fun quilter’s socks for my Mom’s stocking – with spools of threads and a pin cushion!
Merry Christmas to all!
Marcia Butler Reel
I bought some lovely little Liberty pincushions when I was in England in October. Also the Soak nail polishes featuring fabric designer color schemes would be awesome!
Patty Happel
A gift card to either a quilt store or a book store. Happiness Times 3. Once when opened, when spent and when read or used.
Georgene
I have just recently started following your posts. The free motion designs you create are so inspirational. I print them and keep them in my studio for when I’m looking for ideas for a quilt design. I have a longarm quilting machine, and my mind goes blank sometimes.
PR
New seam ripper….. a second or third is still a welcome item.
Diane Pickthall
I would give any Bostwick book, love them. I make 6″ blocks in the persons favorite color, add a couple Fat 8th’s, the pattern and start the person on a little quilt in the new year.
I also love and give Machinger gloves.
shirley
I’d love to find in my stocking a gift certificate to my local quilt shop. Also a spool of thread would fit nicely. Shirley in Oklahoma
Sharon Watson
What a great idea! I’ve been sewing, quilting, crafting so much I haven’t taken time to keep up with my reading. Great choice! Thanks.
Diana
I think African Porcupine quills make a great gift for a quilter. They are wonderful as a stiletto and seam ripper. You can get them on Ebay.
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