Hi there! Have you seen or heard of our very cute and fun new book, Moda All Stars All in a Row Again? If you are familiar with book one, you know the book is full of really cute, creative and fun to make rows, rows that can stand alone as table runners or wall quilts, or combine your favorites into a wonderful quilt of a creative collection of designs by 23 Moda designers.
Please peruse this post and at the end you will find instructions for a chance to win an ebook from Martingale. And, a book from me!
You will want to follow Martingale closely as they have a number of chances at giveaways. The blog schedule can be found at the bottom of this post.
Here is our cover, a professional photo!
My row, another pro shot from the book.
3 of my favorite rows. What a hard decision, all are great rows!
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Here is what you need to do....
Leave me a comment with a fun plan for the holidays or, a fun tradition, and include your email address. Without your email address, Martingale will have no way of sending the winner an ebook. And, I cannot select you for my prize without an email address.
So let's review, a happy, festive comment on your holiday plans or a fun holiday tradition and your email address. Easy! 2 winners...one ebook and one book-book.
I look forward to hearing from you. NOTE: You have until midnight Friday, Texas time, November 24 when comments close. I'll pick 2 winners, one from Martingale and one from me.
Royalties from the sale of this book will go to this organization.
Enjoy the blog hop, awesome designers, and super cute, fun and creative rows!
And just because I can't get ready for a set shot without her help...
....Molly on my row.
You don't need me in a photo when we have Molly!
Gotta love her!
Don't forget my fellow designers, their blogs and their rows!!!
Until next time ~
Betsy
November 17Lynne Hagmeier: http://kansastroublesquilters-lynne.blogspot.com/ Betsy Chutchian: http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/ November 18Deb Strain: https://www.instagram.com/debstrain/ Kathy Schmitz: http://kathyschmitzstudio.blogspot.com/ November 19Sandy Klop: https://www.instagram.com/sandyklop/ Sandy Gervais: http://piecesfrommyheart-sgervais.blogspot.com/ November 20Brenda Riddle: http://brendariddle.blogspot.com/ Karla Eisenach: https://www.thesweetwaterco.com/the-sweetwater-blog/ Camille Roskelley: http://www.camilleroskelley.typepad.com/ November 22Sherri McConnell: http://www.aquiltinglife.com/Kate Spain: https://www.instagram.com/katespain/ November 24Lissa Alexander: http://modalissa.com/Lisa Bongean: https://lisabongean.com/
I am enjoying this blog hop and looking foward to the book.
ReplyDeleteHoliday traditions? Ideally, start my shopping early, decorate, make a special ornament for each special family member or friend.
In actuality, I rush around at the last minute...
I am going to the Macy Thanksgiving parade! So much fun to see those huge immense balloons traveling down the streets! Can you tell that I'm excited?
ReplyDeleteThis will be the first time we will be spending the holidays away from home. We will be visiting my husbands family and all six siblings will be together for the first time in more than 40 years. Anxious and nervous at the same time!
ReplyDeleteOoo, I love your filler row! It would make a great column quilt too. When our children were growing, we opened one gift from a family member on Christmas Eve, and then the others on Christmas Day. It helped to ease the frenzy of anticipation.
ReplyDeleteOur family tradition, as we are a blended family, and have to share time, is to meet on Christmas Eve for a light meal and gifts at Nana’s House. On Christmas morning we meet at the home of our children who have a child, for breakfast and seeing her enjoy Christmas at home. Later that day, they go to Papa’s house for Christmas dinner. This way we each have family time alone with our children, and we join for the granddaughter. It has worked for us for all the years we have had a grandchild to share
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed making a row quilt from the first book, and it looks like I will enjoy the same with this book. My fun for the holiday is to spend time with friends and then do some shopping. It is all fun because it is not work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this chance, Betsy. I've loved getting to know you and see your blocks during the BH sew along! I am Canadian, so we have already had our Thanksgiving up here, but I am really looking forward to making a few purchases on Black Friday which I have never done before. Have a great weekend!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to have this book - thank you so much for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLove this book and especially your row by row... I love star quilts! thanks for a chance on giveaway.
ReplyDeleteFor the holidays, Thanksgiving will be with family... no final Xmas plans yet... Happy Holidays to all
Molly makes a perfect model for your row! This Thanksgiving since we are going to our in-laws home for dinner, I'm going to spend the weekend making a variety of cookies to take. I'm not known for my cooking skills so I thought cookies would be a nice addition!
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This looks like a fun book! I have always had a big Thanksgiving at my house, but last year the baton was passed to my youngest daughter. This gives me more time to sew. LOL
ReplyDeleteWe will have our daughters and sons-in-law here for Thanksgiving for the first time (due to distance). We are so excited to be able to spend this precious time together.
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Love your row and your helper! My favorite holiday tradition is to make yummy cookies!
ReplyDeleteI’m so excited to get my hands on a copy of this book. Our holiday tradition is to put our tree up while the bird is in the oven!
ReplyDeleteMy cats love to have their pictures taken on my quilts too. Couldn't do it without them.
ReplyDeleteThe best blogs have furry helpers!! I’ll need this book to go with the first one, which I love. As for Christmas traditions, we have Christmas Day myself, my husband and son with my parents and 1 cousin. It’s small but we’re a small family, I have the only grandchild on both sides and both our sisters have stopped speaking to almost all of their families. We always have an open door policy and more than enough food for friends and family to join us. It’s nice and easy for my parents who are in their early 80’s and live around the corner, they can enjoy and not have to clean up after.
ReplyDeleteThis year for thanksgiving all of my cousins on my mother's side of the family are getting together. We have rented a place, have a menu and a plan. Big screen TV to watch the game. Games for the kids to play. A projector to show old pictures thru out the dinner. Bonnietr@aol.com
ReplyDeleteOur Tradition is Gingerbread House with the Grandchildren!
ReplyDeleteYour row is wonderful, very traditional just like the holidays. One of the funniest Christmas traditions was driving to my grandparents house for Christmas vacation to be with family. I even got to sleep under the tree one year. My tradition now is to make almond bark candy for my family and friends. It was my grandma’s favorite.
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My square dance groups wants me to fix my percolator cider every December. It is apple juice, Sprite, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and red cinnamon imperial candies which makes it a pretty red color.
ReplyDeleteLove all of the rows and the whole concept of the book. This year, we are starting a new holiday tradition as my Mom can no longer manage her baking. We'll have a family baking day, with lots of holiday sweets to distribute among the family!
ReplyDeleteLove the rows!! My family always plays board games after Thanksgiving Dinner. It's so much fun. Everyone plays regardless of age. Making memories!!
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We will be with family for the first time in many years due to distance. It will be a great time.
ReplyDeleteIt seems traditional for many people, but decorating holiday cookies with my grandkids is my favorite tradition!! I love to see their creative juices flowing. carol_feye@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteEvery year I have a big friendsgiving with 20-30 friends and neighbors. Everyone brings a dish and we have lots of food and lots of fun! suzwalk3r@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteDecorating the Christmas tree. Its just always so much fun. we put on music and make an evening of it
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Great minds think alike. We have picked out the same rows as favorites. But when I actually get the book, oh my who knows. Your row will be a great blender row. I'm so glad for these, you actually see more of the quit that way.
ReplyDeleteNow for Molly, she is gorgeous. Is she a rag doll cat? we had one that was the spitten image of her.
friendliest cat we have ever had, and she is sorely missed. Give your baby/boss a good petting for me.
This year, as usual, everyone come to me on Boxing Day. It's lovely to get everyone together
ReplyDeleteAfter years of no energy, I am finally feel well enough to go all out for Christmas. I am sewing up a storm, getting my house as festive as possible. I am so excited to be able to entertain again! Having family over for Thanksgiving!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe fun this Christmas will be grand baby here for a visit. She brings her mommy and daddy and they are fun as well. The eating is fun. Enough fun.
ReplyDeleteI love to sew and craft Christmas - doesn't do much for the Christmas party, oops.
ReplyDeleteWe plan to spend Thanksgiving with my huband's family, then our Christmas, and see both families for more Christmas fun. cork@pa.rr.com
ReplyDeleteMy partner is going to his family's big gathering this year, while I'm staying home to tend to our frail old dog. Then we'll have our own holiday when he comes home. Which gives me something extra to celebrate: quiet quilting time on my own! Shhhh--don't tell him!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win--I'd love to add the new All in a Row to my bookshelf, snug next to my copy of the first one.
Every year we have Thanksgiving with the children and grandchildren at home. We have everything cooked and ready. Then we all eat WAY to much. Thought about changing the menu but everyone over rides my thoughts on that. Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteThis year I am going to start a new tradition, sewing with my 9 year old niece!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday tradition is having my quilting friends over for a Christmas gathering.
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I am the sock tradition lady, but I forgot to add my email..
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I always make Christmas cookies, every year, first with my boys, and now with my grandson!
ReplyDeleteI really like the combination in your row. I don't have any holiday traditions. I even make cookies all year 'round.:) Actually, I guess I DO have a holiday tradition - I make sure I take the last week of December off work. lol
ReplyDeleteHi Betsy, you row is perfect for a kitty photo shot! This holiday my husband is inviting his father and our sons for a men's hunting retreat! I've ordered hats, hoodies and shirts to commemorate the "Jackson Farms Hunting Club" - not really an official club but it is fun to make believe~
ReplyDeleteOur tradition starts with Thanksgiving and a white elephant bingo. I usually put 2 or 3 quilts in the mix and it is fun to watch the grandkids jostle for them
ReplyDeleteI will be visiting quilt shops as I make my way to my brothers house for Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a young Mom, my parents came to my house for Thanksgiving. Now I'm the Gramma and I travel to Michigan (from NY) to be with my grands
ReplyDeleteMy tradition is playing games with the grandkiddies
ReplyDeleteMy tradition is playing games with the grandkiddies.
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At my grandparents' home, my family, aunts, uncles, and cousins always sang Christmas carols before opening gifts. My mother carried on the tradition at my parents' home. Over sixty years later, the gifts still come after the Christmas carols.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy decorating the house for Christmas in anticipation of family arrival on Christmas Eve or Day as we share holidays with in-laws..What a nice gesture this giveaway is.
ReplyDeleteYOUR ROW IS SO NEAT!OUR TRADITION IS SINGING CAROLS FOR OTHERS! THANKS FOR SHARING!
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Your row is beautiful, and so is Molly. My new favorite tradition is to have our grandchildren (ages 6 and 4) help us decorate. They get so excited no matter the holiday.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy decorating the house for Christmas in anticipation of the family arriving Christmas Eve or Day as we share the holiday with in-laws. What a nice gesture this giveaway is!
ReplyDeleteFor Thanksgiving I am supposed to go out to a buffet for the first time on this holiday. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome book.
ReplyDeleteLove your row! This is the year my daughter, SIL and grandkids are with the inlaws so it will a quiet Christmas for me. Wondering if I need to bother with a tree just for me.
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We will attend the Christmas Eve Bonfires on the Levee near New Orleans. It's a fun and unique tradition in that part of the country.
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Molly looks so cute on your row! I think the most festive thing that will go on in our house is "The Decorating of the Spritz Cookies". Yes, it's an event--lol! Lots of colored sugars and sparkly stuff everywhere!
ReplyDeleteEvery Christmas Eve I make a formal dinner for our children and grandchildren who all live nearby. This year there will be 10 adults (our 4 children and their spouses) and our 12 grandchildren, ages 0-10. It's zooey, but loads of fun.
ReplyDeleteI love your row!! It's such a great block and the flying geese in between is genius. My favorite Christmas tradition is making and eating from-scratch cinnamon buns with my kids on Christmas Day.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to taking our almost 2-year-old grandson to the Santa Claus parade and seeing Christmas through his eyes! Lovely book - thanks for the chance!
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In May we will have a family vacation, all our 5 kids are coming and 6 grandchildren, looking forward to it! Thanksgiving is not a holiday in the Netherlands. Thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteWhat a great addition your row is to this great collection and Molly is such a good model. Three of our 4 kids and their families will all be together and on Saturday we plan on boarding the Santa train traveling about an hour to a nearby town and participate in fun there. Hot chocolate and Mrs. Claus' cookies enticing all while on the train. The grandkids are pretty excited!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely row! We start the holiday season with cutting paper stars and decorate all our windows. Just love to do this as family!
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What a fun book, thank you for offering give-aways. I always address all my Christmas Cards on Thanksgiving weekend as a way to relax after all the excitement, than I can take some time with special messages as I mail them.
ReplyDeleteI have always worked throughout the holidays thanks to my retail job...but now with a change in jobs I have these days off work so I will be spending them quilting! So excited to do something for me!!!!
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Probably our longest running tradition is to be a Secret Santa for someone in our church family that is either elderly or in the midst of a health or family crisis. We bring a gift in secret for the 12 days leading up to Christmas and then reveal who we are on December 24th. We bring a gift, leave it at the door, ring the bell and run fast! I started participating about 20 years ago when my first child was itty-bitty and I think we've only missed two Christmases in that time. It is a great way for your children to see and feel how much joy they can bring others and that giving truly does make you feel better than receiving! They are teenagers and older now and still look forward to being a Secret Santa.
ReplyDeleteLove your row! I would say the most fun tradition I have is filling Christmas stockings. It doesn't matter than my kids are all grown & have kids of their own. They all get excited opening those stockings every year.
ReplyDeleteWe will have 3 grandchildren here for the first time! So excited to have our babies here for Christmas!!
ReplyDeleteAwww, Molly!!
ReplyDeleteI always liked helping Mom make cornbread dressing. Delicious!
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My family gathers at my sisters in Idaho for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and weekend filled with visiting. I live in Alaska, my Mom and a brother live in Calif, and my other brother lives in AR. We also have our kids and grandkids coming. We will be a gathering of around 48 to 53 family members. Our once a year to see everyone and share our love.
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I will spend Thanksgiving with my son and his family. This year his wife's father will be joining us. I love the owl row in your book. alanclendenning@centurylink.net
ReplyDeleteSomehow, the tradition has become putting the CAN of cranberry sauce on the table...! Thanks for the generous giveaway
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the tradition of family gathering. Everyone's so busy that we don't get together much anymore except the holidays. angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom
ReplyDeleteMy holiday plans are to spend Thanksgiving with my son and his family. I plan on spending Christmas week sewing last minute items. I loved the first All in a Row and I'm sure this one will be a hit also. peggycooperquilts.com/blog
ReplyDeleteAs a child, we went to church on Christmas Eve. I always sang in the choir. After church we would come home a have homemade Oyster Stew and Orange-Kiss-Me cake for desert. My email is
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We will be at my parents for Thanksgiving this year with a crowd of 30 or more relatives! It's always so much fun to all get together!
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I love your Stars and Geese! Our Thanksgiving tradition is to make all of my mom's special recipes, and use her special dishes while we think about her. For Christmas, my immediate family will each get a surprise quilt or pillow from me...I hope!
ReplyDeleteWe will be making Thanksgiving dinner at my house as we do every years. I love to have people over who have no where else to go. Everyone is welcome! jmcclain@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteWe will be hosting Thanksgiving at our house. Our tradition is to include friends and friends of friends who have no where else to go! Everyone i welcome.
ReplyDeleteI love the tradition of our church family Harvest Dinner! Thank you, Betsy!
ReplyDeleteHi, cute Molly! Having whatever family can come for Thanksgiving
ReplyDeletehere in the beautiful rolling hills of Galena, IL. Quiltwhinny@gmail.com
Well, we do all the truly traditional things, but then last year we added this fun gift game. You wrap a multitude of tiny fun gifts in a saran wrap ball. You just start in the middle with one gift and keep adding more and more rounds of wrap and more and more gifts. Then you sit in a circle and pass the saran wrap ball around like a hot potato. Set a repeating timer so you know when to pass the ball. You get to keep all the prizes you unwrap, or you may trade with a willing partner. The littles had the greatest time and have requested this again. The adults rather loved it too. soardkgatfusedotnet
ReplyDeleteWhen my children were small, I put their Christmas quilts on their beds' on St. Nicholas day. I need to make quilts for my grandsons so they can have this special memory.
ReplyDeleteI really like your row, Betsy. Flying Geese have always been a favorite of mine, even before I started quilting.
ReplyDeleteOne tradition we have is decorating cut-out Christmas cookies. When my son was still at home, he would help. But my husband has always been there to contribute. He puts a funny spin on his decorations, and I love seeing what he can come up with.
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Your row by row is beautiful ! A tradition we started a while ago is giving the granddaughters a Christmas tree ornament each Christmas. This year is a patchwork 3 inch ornament - my quilt guild handed out the pattern because the Guild decorates a tree at the local museum.
ReplyDeleteWe are breaking tradition and having a turkey dinner this week and seafood gumbo on Thanksgiving. Hubby is doing the gumbo, so I have a free day to sew!! Bet you can guess what I am thankful for!
ReplyDeleteYour Row is beautiful! We have pretty low key holidays. Stay at home, try to get outdoors for a good walk to offset the big Thanksgiving meal!
ReplyDeleteIt will be a smaller gathering for my family this year. Dinner with my girls and their kids. My 3 boys will be visiting with their in laws. After clean-up it's jigsaw puzzle time for the ladies!
ReplyDeleteMy grandsons like to stencil my windows with a wax solution, which i did as a kid. Also they like to open their Christmas stockings at the end of Christmas day, which they look forward to as much as opening their gifts. I treasure these times.
ReplyDeleteLove your row block! Thanks for a chance to win this fun book!!
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ReplyDeleteWe already had our turkey dinner last week, so my husband wants to make his seafood gumbo for Thanksgiving day. Sounds good to me. He cooks, I sew. Win, Win. ndfromsd(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteAwesome row! Thank you for the giveaway. Right before Christmas, we like to go to the park every year and see the wonderful lights.
ReplyDeleteNew tradition: hubby and daughter go to football game.
ReplyDeletePutting Christmas quilts on my children's beds on St. Nicholas day.
ReplyDeleteWe always have a family Christmas program... that's progressed from little kids as shepherds and angels to adult kids singing and presenting a delightful program. debgirotti at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteThanks for the give away! Thanksgiving memories are special this year. My family always spent the holiday in east Texas at my parents place, together with my sisters & brother & their families. Roasting hot dogs & marshmellows outside in the "piney woods" so the kitchen was free for serious cooking happening. Squeezing everyone in together in mom & dads double wide, with kids floor to floor! First Thanksgiving this year without my mother, who passed this spring, will be hard for us all. We are thankful for sweet memories & all our blessings wydesign@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Both of our children live in California with their spouses and they are all coming here for a week! I'm so excited. We only get to see them a couple of times a year so it's always special when we are together. <3 becbanet at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteThanks for the give away! Thanksgiving memories are special this year. My family always spent the holiday in east Texas at my parents place, together with my sisters & brother & their families. Roasting hot dogs & marshmellows outside in the "piney woods" so the kitchen was free for serious cooking happening. Squeezing everyone in together in mom & dads double wide, with kids floor to floor! First Thanksgiving this year without my mother, who passed this spring, will be hard for us all. We are thankful for sweet memories & all our blessings
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I are flying to Arizona on Christmas Day to visit my brother! Our children are grown and we will have an early celebration with them. So we are really changing it up this year!
ReplyDeleteEvery year we host a friendsgiving feast with our neighbors and friends. We have 20-30 people and lots of food and lots of fun. It's my favorite tradition, Feel free to drop by! suzwalk3r atgmail dotcom
ReplyDeleteChristmas traditions for me include making fruitcake from the Antoinette Pope recipe--with lots of brandy. It was my dad's favorite cake and I used to make it for him as his birthday was Christmas Eve. Fortunately not everyone in my family likes fruitcake, so I got to eat a lot of it myself (Yum).
ReplyDeleteEvery year on Christmas Eve, the beautifully restored Stanford Theater in Palo Alto, California, has a single showing of "It's a Wonderful Life" on the big screen. My sister, her husband, my two daughters, and I have been going to this showing for close to 20 years! Every year, when I ask my daughters if we should go this year, the answer is always "of course!" quilterkat (at) sonic (dot) net
ReplyDeleteI have a tradition of making homemade candy for Christmas gifts for family--Started when I was still at home when my Mom made all kinds of candy including chocolate covered cherries and dipped fondants.One of my daughters now likes the cherry "bing" bars--I still like chocolate fudge!
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No plans except we make lots, dozens of sugar cookies and decorate to our hearts desire. Jmikebalou (at) aol (dot) com
ReplyDeleteMy favourite part of Christmas is driving around looking at lights :) My parents and I did this, and I now continue the tradition with my 2 kids. And as we do this, we drink made from scratch hot chocolate that was my Nana's recipe <3 Thank you and Merry Christmas! staceygoett@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteAfter all the cooking and cleaning has been done, I take time for me. The rest of the weekend is spent in my sewing room. Molly is so cute! She's welcome in my home anytime! Carlynord75atgmaildotcom
ReplyDeleteWe have started the tradition of traveling on Christmas Day! It’s a great day to fly somewhere— the airports are empty, plenty of plane seats. We always sing in the choir on Christmas Eve and then leave the next day! PertainL@sbcglobal.net
ReplyDeleteI will have a very quiet Christmas this year. My husband will be in Phoenix for a mission trip, so it will just be my adult grandson and I.
ReplyDeleteEvery year we host a friendsgiving feast with our neighbors and friends. We have 20-30 people and lots of food and lots of fun. It's my favorite tradition, Feel free to drop by! suzwalk3r atgmail dotcom
ReplyDeleteOne of the holiday traditions I enjoy is making a pillowcase/Santa sack for each of my eight grandchildren. It saves time wrapping gifts and I choose fabric each year to reflect their age and interests at the time. As their collection grows, I encourage their parents to feel free to donate any the children have outgrown. The grandkids love to come in and guess which one is theirs on Christmas Day.
ReplyDeleteMy fun tradition is our family gathering which includes eight kids from baby to age ten that keeps us all entertained.
ReplyDeleteI’m spending Thanksgiving with my son and his family. We both do some cooking and after we eat well take a walk in the woods. Hugs,
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I like the row quilts and I would use them separately to make a runner since I am not ready to tackle a large quilt. Call me scardy cat. My favorite tradition is to get my family together and to go and visit friends and family. We visit a friend for a breakfast on Christmas morning and I like to visit at least a couple of friends for Christmas afternoon. It makes for a busy, but fun filled day.
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate Christmas eve and have a real tree with real candles. Every night we put the candles on and sit together reading a storytil 6th Jan
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I love our time together on Christmas Eve, we all wear a silly hat, scarf, or even antlers and gather for a family picture. I love the rows in book one and book two is a must have.
ReplyDeleteChristmas quilts on my kids beds.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy visiting family for the holidays. Bringing out special decorations and making new ones is something else that I love to do.
ReplyDeleteIt has become a tradition to attend the Rosebud Theatre each year to watch their Christmas play and stay at the local bed and breakfast. I’m really looking forward to this years Christmas play tge Carriboo Maji. I haven’t missed a Christmas play in 10 years.
ReplyDeleteI love going to our local historical village and enjoying the holiday festivities.
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This year we are spending Thanksgiving with my Daughter in Texas. Spending quality time with 2 year old grandson. Scott_3508@netins.net
ReplyDeleteMy parents take all there grandchildren (17 now) to a play and dinner every year. They are mostly in their 20s now but they look forward to it every year! What a gift of Christmas memories.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I are spending Thanksgiving with our friends this year since our children are not able to come visit us. Your row is cute! cecilialyoung(at) gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteWhat darling and fun rows! So many I want to make. This year will be a quiet year. I’ll be taking care of a family member that is having surgery. Hoping to be celebrating that all went well.
ReplyDeleteSuper giveaway! Thanks for a chance to play.
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Our fun christmas morning tradition is cinnamon buns hot out of the oven.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother started a tradition with my mom, which continues with daughter now 27! We have a little doll which we tie tot he trunk to our Christmas tree trunk before any other ornaments are hung. My mom would have been ninety so her bisque doll has been on 90 trees. Mine is a Ginny doll and this will be it’s 60th tree, and my daughter's is a little girl wearing a winter white coat carrying a wreath which now goes on her tree 🌲 at her home.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is when all of my family members gather together for Thanksgiving, and I get to see people I haven't seen in a long time.
ReplyDeleteI have been making a pillowcase to use as a Santa sack for each of my eight grandchildren. Each one is made with their age and interests in mind and they are excited to arrive on Christmas Day and find their pillowcase full of gifts.
ReplyDeletePlans are for a quiet family Thanksgiving. Christmas is fun with my grandsons. We like to have a brunch and open presents. Love your row!
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We play dice bingo...much laughter and it gets pretty hysterical. This year we also are doing ugly Xmas sweaters...this will be a first.
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We are looking forward to entertaining family for Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI always like sharing a small bit of the crispy turkey skin with my brother (we are both more health conscious in our old age). swalker287 (at) aol (dot) com
ReplyDeleteThis year my Dad will join us in Minnesota from Florida, so we are going to spend a couple of nights at a hotel. I am excited! kocanquilt@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWe always try to get to my Moms for Christmas if we don't have a storm, it is a 3 hour drive over the mountains so sometimes it just isn't possible . Lovely book, I'd be delighted to win , thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteWe'll be enjoying a Christmas family gathering with our kids and 7 grandchildren. The 7th grandchild will be 6 weeks old so that will make this year very special! Thank your for the chance to win. Happy Holidays!
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My favourite tradition is making gingerbread houses with my granddaughters. Love your row! Thank you for the great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWe are having a quiet day at home. The family is scattered now, and that makes it hard to get together.
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I will spend time with my family and my friends, to go to the markets of Christmas, to make patchwork, anything fabulous but to benefit from the magic from Christmas, perhaps with your book perhaps with your book which I will adore to win ;-) Thanks for the game ( anne.troalen at wanadoo.fr )
ReplyDeleteI have two favorite traditions:
ReplyDeleteThe first one is that I have purchased my girls Christmas ornaments every year since they were born. Now that they’re older, they get to choose. When they get married, or move out, their box of ornaments will go with them so they will have a tree full of memories. The second one is we put up the manger, hide the Wise Men and baby Jesus. Starting on December 1st, Mary and Joseph make the long trek through our living room to the manger. On Christmas Eve we read Luke 2, then put Jesus in the manger on Christmas Day. Then the Wise Men come for their visit. ��
I forgot my email address. Terri Sawyer youthmom2@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and we will share this special day with some of my husband's family. I make the pies but don't have to clean my house!
ReplyDeleteI am loving all these rows! What are the holidays without mincemeat pies- my tradition! Thank you, Susan
ReplyDeleteHow exciting for this book‼️ Love all the rows very much‼️✂️✂️✂️➰➰➰🏡🏚🌸🌹🎄💟
ReplyDeleteOur family heads to the mountains on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to select our Christmas trees. A fun tradition for more than 60 years. (We have missed a few years :(
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One of our most fun holiday tradition is to visit Meadowlark Gardens for the Winter Walk of Lights. It's so magical to be there on a crisp winter evening and stroll among the amazing lights.
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I love your row, one person in a book called it Crows Feet, and I want to make it for us, old geezers! Would be delighted to win!
ReplyDeleteJust spending time with family, great-grandma,grandparents, kids and grandchildren....we have it covered. Love the Holidays!@
ReplyDeleteSpending time with family, great -grandma, grandparents, parents, kids and grandchildren we have it covered.
ReplyDeleteYears and years ago, when my daughter was sick at Christmas and we were unable to travel to be with family, I started a family Treasure hunt. Clues are hidden around the house leading to special Christmas gift.
ReplyDeleteWe’ll have Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday this year when the family can all get together. On Thursday, hubby an I will decorate for Christmas instead!
ReplyDeleteI lovery your row. This Christmas I am looking forward to going away to the beach with my family. It is summer here in NZ. Bbq Christmas is tradition in my family.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Betsy, for all you do! Have enjoyed getting to know you this year through the Blockheads. Love it! Am making the usual Thanksgiving Feast this year for my family; it always reminds me of my Mother! Our boys will be home and I can't wait!
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DeleteApparently I will be spending Thanksgiving trying to post to this blog. This is my third attempt. suzwalk3r at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteOur Thanksgiving tradition is to measure each of the grandchildren and make a mark with the name and date on the kitchen wall. This year we celebrated the weekend before Thanksgiving and it was such a pleasure to see the cousins enjoying one another and jostling to see how much they had grown in the past year.
ReplyDeleteOur plans are rather non-traditional this year. We are visiting our 25-year old son who couldn't get time off work except most of the day on Thanksgiving. We thought we'd go out, but he's a traditionalist, so HE is cooking the turkey for the first time. I sent directions of when to start thawing, and yesterday he asked what size to buy! I was frantically texting to get a fresh one at this point. It is good that we can be together, no matter what happens with the meal! ;) amdezo5 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteFor the very first time we are traveling to our sons house. It is going to be different, not having our house full of family. Our tradition is to decorate the tree day after Thanksgiving.
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This year I'm only making 2 pies (cream cheese with strawberries and an apple) to take for Thanksgiving dinner with family. I'm also bringing ideas for using panels in quilts - attic window. I'm encouraging family members who don't currently sew to give quilting a try. Together we've made jewelry, painted mandala stones, and made a series of Putz houses. We just enjoy time together creating. Quilting would be another interest to share. Visiting loved ones is always the best part of any holiday.
ReplyDeleteOne off our favorite traditions was to take the kids in their jammies (and a warm quilt) in the car to enjoy the holiday lights. We'd get back just in time to tuck them in bed! They still talk about those times and now we look forward to doing it with our grandkids someday. duchick at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI shared a lovely meal with my husband; gave thanks for so many blessings, and watched a good movie.
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