Friday, December 9, 2011

Quilter’s Blog Hop Party with Give-Aways!!!

Hello & Welcome!  :)

Today's the day! Please help me celebrate Quilting Gallery's 4th Birthday Celebration!


The official blog hop starts Saturday morning, shortly after midnight, eastern time. There are more than 200 bloggers registered from 20 countries . . . with each having their own give-away! Awesome! It's going to be so much FUN!!!  :)  Go to the official Blog Hop Party page to check out the list of all the bloggers participating after midnight tonight!

I am so happy to be participating in this Blog Hop Party Give-Away and the Giveaway Day 2011!


What's the Giveaway Day 2011? It's a day where many bloggers will be posting pictures of the items they're giving away with a link to the giveaway post! How awesome is that?!!! The link to this Giveaway Day 2011 will not be active until Monday, December 12. Be sure to go there then to check out all the giveaways! I'm very thankful to be participating in both of these giveaway hops! I want to take a minute to thank both the hosts! I couldn't help but participate in both of them! I also want to Thank You so much for visiting me!  :)

I couldn't decide what I wanted to give away. Should I offer some fabric or a completed piece? Hmmmmm . . .  I'm sure a lot of people will be offering fabric so I decided to offer one of my favorite pieces I completed this year . . .


Would you like to win this Snowman Mini Quilt? It's warm and comforting to help you get through all those cold winter nights.  :)  Since it's a snowman you can keep it up through January, here in the states anyway. Here's a view of the backing fabric . . .


And a close-up of the stitchery . . .


This mini quilt is approximately 17" x 17". The center redwork is loving hand-stitched. It's machine quilted and the binding's sewn on by hand. I hope you would like to add this to your holiday collection.  :)

There are two chances to win!

First chance . . . Leave me a comment telling me if you're a follower, old or new!  :)
Second chance . . . Leave me a separate comment telling me your favorite way to celebrate the Christmas holiday.  :)

The give-away is open internationally. It will remain open until midnight, eastern time, Saturday, December 17th. I will choose a winner on Sunday, December 18th with help of the random number generator, and will email the winner and post it on my blog. If you are a no-reply blogger please post your email in your comment or you will be disqualified.

Good luck!  :)  Best wishes to you and yours this holiday season! Keep warm and keep safe! Thank you so much for visiting me and sharing in all my adventures!

Happy Holidays!  :)


Until next time . . .


291 comments:

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Chiska said...

I love sing songs around the Christmas tree with only the tree lights on. That and reading Christmas books every night leading up to Christmas.

Marjorie's Busy Corner said...

Merry Christmas to you..I am a follower

Marjorie's Busy Corner said...

My Christmas is spending it with my family...husband, sons,and grandchildren...it makes Christmas.

kinter said...

I love to celebrate with family! What else! I love the giant breakfast we make after we open presents!

Nana B said...

I love the redwork! I have finished a snowman redwork piece myself but, alas, it is not yet either a pillow or quilt. My favorite part of Christmas is in the morn, everyone in their pjs, cup of cocoa or coffee in hand and stockings in lap.

Nana B said...

ps I am a follower

Jan Maree said...

I am a follower - thanks for the chance to win -super cute little quilt!

Jan Maree said...

We don't have family nearby so every Christmas Day is just the four of us and quiet but every year we have a party on Boxing Day for my three best friends and their families and we have a ball. now the kids are teenagers and starting to include partners - cute!!

Gill said...

Christmas day is just our little family but Boxing day is open house!!

Fiona said...

Cherise - this is a lovely mini quilt.... what a great Christmas gift....
I follow your blog...
Hugz

Fiona said...

... and for my other chance my favourite thing about Christmas is the ham... we always cook a nice big ham.... and then we have lots of nice leftover ham....
Hugz

Wendy said...

Hi Cherise, I am definitely a follower, the wall hanging is gorgeous!

Wendy said...

My favourite thing about Christmas is the atmosphere of excitement and anticipation!!

Karen said...

I am a happy follower. Thank you for the lovely give away.

Karen said...

I love sharing the day with family, sometimes in person and other times on the phone or using skype.

Shebandowan said...

I am a follower via email.

Janet

Shebandowan said...

My favourite things about Christmas are all of the decorations and gathering with friends and family.

Janet

Michell said...

Wow what a great giveaway. I am a follower now

Michell said...

Love just lazing around as i will be able to do this year as not working for 3 weeks...yay

JudyCinNC said...

A new follower who just adores snowmen stitchery. Judy C

JudyCinNC said...

We do not have a Christmas dinner - rule at our house is that I get to enjoy Christmas along with everyone else. So we do our cooking the week before and everyone can just take care of themself and "graze" all day. Love it and would love to have this little quilt. Judy C

Denise said...

I am a follower!

Denise said...

I love to stick to traditions for Christmas and get out the photo albums and remember all the family members who are no longer with this. Remembering the good times and funny stories of each person gives me the warm fuzzies...:)

Karen said...

You are one busy lady. I don't know how you manage to get all this crafty goodness done!!! Love the snowman and you are so generous to offer to give him away!
I am one of your happy followers! Always so much fun to see what you do next!

Becky said...

What a lovely snowman wallhanging! I love celebrating the holidays with get-togethers with family and friends. Had a lovely luncheon today with 10 ladies I taught with years ago. We belong to a book club. It's a delight spending time with them. Merry Christmas!

Martina said...

Love your snowman! Great in those colours! Thanks so much!

Martina said...

Forgot to mention that I am a new follower now. I love to bake cookies with the kids during this tim. We decorate every year gingerbreadcookies to give as gifts. Thanks so much!

JoyceLM said...

I'm a new follower. Can't believe you're giving away such a beautiful quilt. Thanks for the chance to win it.

JoyceLM said...

My favorite way to celebrate Christmas is to get together with my family. We're scattered around the country so it's wonderful just to be together during the holidays. Thanks for the chance to win.

Marilyn said...

Such a cute snowman.
I like to spend as much time as I can with my grandchildren.

Calicojoan said...

I'm a follower now! Look forward to reading your great blog!

Calicojoan said...

My favorite part of the holidays is spending Christmas Eve with friends. For 25 years we have had prime rib and shrimp and great company!

RobbieJoy said...

I'm a follower!

RobbieJoy said...

My favorite part of the holidays is watching my nieces and nephews open their gifts. I love to watch the enjoyment on small children's faces.

Janet said...

Bird count about a week before Christmas, then Seniors and Volunteers Christmas dinner. Skiing in the moonlight, getting together with friends, and then the big frenetic couple of days with family. Thanks for a chance to win your gorgeous little quilt.

Lee D said...

I am new follower and glad I found your blog.

Lee D said...

your snowman stitchery is beautiful and would be a wonderful addition to my snowmen collection!

Marcia W. said...

My favorite part of Christmas is when all the family gathers together for a mid-day dinner and exchange presents. Family is my 80yo mother down to her 5 great grand daughters and all in-between. This year I will get to watch the faces of 3 grandnieces having their first Christmas.

Kathy said...

My favorite way to celebrate Christmas is waking up early and getting the video camera ready to catch the expression on my 4-year old son's face. Thanks for the chance to win your hand-made piece!

Unknown said...

I am follower nr. 100. wow!!!!

Unknown said...

I love cooking cakes and cookies at Holidays time. thank you for this chance. hugs

Amy, a redeemed sheep said...

I would love to own your mini quilt!

I am a follower. =)

Amy, a redeemed sheep said...

Favorite Christmas memories...Driving around town on Christmas Eve looking at all the houses lit up with lights. =)

LethargicLass said...

I like to celebrate by going to my Mom's for a Christmas Eve sleepover with movies :)

hueisei said...

New follower!
Thx for the chance to win ^^v

hueisei said...

I will attend a party to exchange Christmas presents with my colleagues.

Rochelle said...

I love mini quilts and yours is adorable. Anytime I can spend extra time at the holidays with my family is great.

Jennifer said...

my favorite way to celebrate is by baking - beautiful work! i'd love to win!

Pippa Parsons said...

im a new follower

Pippa Parsons said...

my favourite way to spend xmas is at home with my dh and kids, drinking, eating, having fun, thanks for the giveaway, darling quilt

das said...

I now follow you via email. Adorable quilt.

das said...

I love to celebrate singing Christmas carols.

Rachel Bates said...

I love family tree trimming.

Rachel Bates said...

new follower. thank you.

bohemiannie! art said...

I'm not a follower but I LOVE your little quilt!

JustPam said...

What a delightful little quilt. I am a new follower

JustPam said...

I love spending time with family over the holidays.

ritainalaska said...

love redwork! your stitchery in the closeup is so fine!

Sharon I said...

I'm a new follower, I love redwork and love making cookies and having family and friends over for christmas

Sonja Threadgill Nelson said...

new follower. What a lovely quilt!!!

Sonja Threadgill Nelson said...

I am missing my girls being little and helping me bake cookies this time of year...

Mary said...

Love the little quilt. Love to back during the holidays. My son, my favorite helper is living away.Hope to see him soon.

Carly said...

Adorable! We love to bake cookies at Christmastime!

Anonymous said...

I Love Christmas lights

Needled Mom said...

What a sweet stitchery! I love listening to the Christmas music.

Needled Mom said...

I am your newest follower.

Janelle said...

I am a new follower! LOVE that quilt!

Janelle said...

I love getting together with family on Christmas eve for a soup supper and playing games until midnight.

Catherine said...

i love reading Christmas stories with my kids.

Andria said...

New follower. I just love your mini quilt, it is fabulous!

sunny said...

Very cute little quilt! I did a mini snowman qilt, too. I just love listening to Christmas music while baking cookies. THanks for a chance to win.

Maria Kievit said...

Just started following you via email. Thanks for the giveaway.

Kathy H said...

I am a new follower and your wall hanging is so cute. I always put my snowmen decorations up in January. It seems so bare after all the CHristmas decorations.

Kathy H said...

We always read the night before Christmas on Christmas eve.

Cherie said...

I'm a follower!

Cherie said...

My favorite tradition is Christmas eve. My boys each open two gifts: a new pair of Christmas pj's and a new ornament for the tree. Then we read the story of the first Christmas together.

m hoch drei said...

My favourite way to spend time in Christmas holidays .? Just me, my two little girls and my husband with some lazy hours. Drinking hot chocolate, cooking, crafting.

m hoch drei said...

And I am a new one.

Karen P. said...

I love baking christmas goodies!!

K@ren said...

Ohhh I'm addicted to snowmen!!!!
I'm a new follower <3

Beautiful quilt! My favorite tradition is to watch the grinch with my daughter on Christmas eve! <3

Thank you for the opportunity to win your giveaway! Happy Holidays to you and your family <3 xo

krencamp (at) gmail (dot) com

K@ren said...

Also, my favorite way to celebrate the holidays is to go to the local church Christmas concerts! We must go to 10 of them every year and they are all sooooo wonderful and they collect for charities in the community I never knew existed. We get entertained, we give back, we feel warm and fuzzy!

Anonymous said...

Spending time with the family reading Christmas stories.
Amy
abcsemartin(at)yahoo(dot)com

Chris said...

I'm a new follower....would love to win your quilt.

Chris said...

My favorite way to spend the holiday? Easy......with hubby, daughter and the grandchildren.

michelle said...

We love to watch Christmas movies and listen to holiday music. Thanks for the chance!

michelle said...

New follower!!

Janine @ Rainbow Hare said...

I like to stay home in front of the fire with all my family :)

Anonymous said...

Oh heck yes, I'm a new follower! You bet!

Anonymous said...

My favorite way to spend Christmas is simply time spent with family....though at some point I would love to get away and cruise somewhere warm!

Katie said...

I love seeing my family

Leo said...

my favourite way - I would love to try having all the relatives coming to me (but that's never going to happen) - is to spend it with the family even though it means driving the car do grandma on one day and to grandparents the other day ...

Anonymous said...

I am a new follower.
Lisa Otis
lisa.otis6 at gmail dot com

Anonymous said...

my favorite way to celebrate Christmas:
singing songs and baking with my kids.
lisa.otis6 at gmail dot com

Carol said...

I’m now a follower!

Carol (NJ)

Bradbury Family said...

I love celebrating Christmas in the calm moments with family all together.

Carol said...

What a beautiful quilt! I love embroidery accents on quilted pieces.

My favorite way to celebrate Christmas is Christmas Eve at church. We sing in the choir and it just warms my heart right up. J

Carol (NJ)

Unknown said...

I'm a new follower!

christyd8@bellsouth.net

Unknown said...

After 29 years of holidays at my home, I'm enjoying going to my daughter's home now and seeing how she has incorporated all of our traditions with her husband's and some of her own. I'm especially enjoying watching Christmas through a child's eyes again! The best part? No cleaning up! Woohoo!!!
christyd8@bellsouth.net

Knittingdancer on Ravelry said...

I am a new follower.

Knittingdancer on Ravelry said...

I love listening to Christmas music and watching Christmas programs at different churches.

HoneySage said...

I follow you! Thank you for a sweet giveaway!

HoneySage said...

I just like to spend the holidays with my family stress-free, peaceful and joyfully.

Anonymous said...

I'm a new follower! Love the Redwork!

Anonymous said...

my favorite way to spend the holiday is with family

Heather said...

My favorite part of the holidays is opening the stockings on Christmas morning with family and a glass of Mimosa

Anonymous said...

I follow you!
ashandgeoff (at) yahoo(dot)com

Anonymous said...

Christmas morning we have a candlelight breakfast.
ashandgeoff(at)yahoo(dot)com

jessie4ann said...

I am a new follower of your blog!

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

I love sharing Christmas with family.

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

I'm a new follower.

Rachel said...

I am a new follower. Merry Christmas!

usagypsy said...

I'm a new follower!

Rachel said...

My favourite part of the holidays is... two weeks off work (I'm a teacher and I need the break!)

usagypsy said...

I love to bake special cookies and breads. We have done this as long as I can remember. I don't do as much as I used to, but it wouldn't be Christmas without those special homemade treats.

Diane said...

I just enjoy spending time with my family and friends.

margaret said...

I listen to Christmas carols when I'm out running errands

Angie said...

I am a new follower.

sherry L. said...

I am anew follower! Lilsis_75@Hotmail.com

Lisa Cox said...

I bake for the holidays, and give the goodies to fundraisers for the less fortunate

Lisa Cox said...

I'm a new follower

Sophia said...

My favorite way to celebrate Christmas is with my family. I also love writing and receiving Christmas cards!

bassenav said...

We go out for breakfast on Christmas morning and leave a HUGE tip!

Renea said...

New follower. Thanks for the cute giveaway.

Renea said...

I love decorate my house with all Christmas.

Beth said...

I am a follower, and that is a wonderful giveaway!
beth(dot)sebastian(at)gmail(dot)com

Beth said...

My favorite way to celebrate is to get together with lots of extended family and eat too much!
beth(dot)sebastian(at)gmail(dot)com

C + C said...

I am a NEW follower! :)

C + C said...

My favorite ways to celebrate Christmas is to watch Christmas movies, wrap Christmas gifts, drink a hot chocolate, gather around the ones I love, go to Christmas parties, go to the Christmas Eve lighting service at church, and bake & eat, bake & eat! So much fun this time of the year! Hate to see it go by so quickly... cthompson4 (at)liberty (dot) edu

craftytammie said...

i love watching the kids excitement christmas morning! tammieschafferATyahooDOTcom

Jennifer Wingard said...

I'm a (very) new follower. So happy to have found your blog through the SMS Giveaway day.

Jennifer Wingard said...

My favorite way to spend Christmas is snuggled in with my little family and whatever other sailors we can scrounge up on base who don't have a place to go for Christmas or can't make it home for Christmas.

Sallie said...

Favorite way is to spend time with family - playing boardgames, eating, and talking. Thanks for the giveaway! Merry Christmas!

Carolyn said...

Well this is just the cutest wall hanging ever! I LOVE your redwork(I'm a redwork fan!) and your quilting is just so pretty. I would LOVE to win this awesome prize!

Thank you for the chance! :0)

I'm a new follower.

Carolyn said...

I love being able to get together with family members that we aren't able to see at other times of the year. There is nothing like family, even though ours is small. :0)

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

I love getting together with family, great giveaway, thanks!

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

I am an old follower.....literally! Thanks a great giveaway!

Michell said...

follower

Silvinha said...

Good morning I found your beautiful blog today. I'm starting to do patchwork and would like to join your blog.
I'm from Brazil, see my handiwork.
http://tearpiaocupacional.blogspot.com/

Amy said...

I'm a follower!! ADORABLE finish - thanks for the chance!! Merry Christmas!

Amy said...

We have a small family, but we still enjoy getting together to celebrate Christmas. One thing I do every year is after all the "work" is done, I sit down in front of the TV, watch "It's A Wonderful Life" and start a new stitching project, most often a Christmas ornament for the next year. :-)

Peggy said...

My favorite way to celebrate the holidays is by eating my Aunt Patty's mashed potatoes! They're awesome!

Kim said...

I am a new follower. :)

Kim said...

My favorite way to celebrate Christmas is just to surround myself with family. Family is extremely important to me and I like to share in the celebration of Jesus' birth with my parents, in-laws, children and grandchildren.

Lindsay said...

I am a new follower!

Lindsay said...

I love to gather together with family and celebrate Jesus' birth!

Mishka said...

What a gorgeous mini quilt you are giving away. Very generous. I head to my folks' to celebrate Christmas with my family, including two young nieces. They are *very* excited.

Marie said...

I follow you on Pinnterest and I am very new.

Marie said...

Baking is my favorite X-mass fun. BTW, the quilt is very cheerful, I love it:-)

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Trish said...

That is beautiful embroidery. I love being with family and friends at Christmas.

Anonymous said...

What a great snowman quilt! You did an awesome job on it. I like to celebrate Christmas by getting together with family and friends I haven't seen in a long time!!

Thanks for the great giveaway!

Katina
kjkoukla(athotmail...

lorraine said...

new follower :) raineoc@yahoo.com

lorraine said...

i like to celebrate the holidays sitting next to my tree drinking choco and watching funny movies :) raineoc@yahoo.com

pbs.seams said...

Spending Christmas Eve at my sisters with all the family and Christmas Day just lazing around and eating.

CMEH said...

I am a follower, thanks for a great giveaway.

CMEH said...

My favorite way to celebrate the holidays is low key with some good food and wine. I prefer a day without the chaos

Cheryl said...

My fave is to spend Christmas with my big extended family playing games. I just love your quilt.

Carla G said...

I like to bake up treats that we only have at Christmas. It makes it feel special when you have something different! Thanks for a chance to win this beautiful snowman mini quilt! :)

thehappycrochetchic said...

Im a new follower!!

thehappycrochetchic said...

I love holiday baking, it makes it so cheery and festive!

Nancy Sue said...

I love the church service on the first sunday of advent. It's a hanging of the greens service at night, when different families come forward and decorate the church. One of the first times of the season that the ol' carols are sung :) We really looked forward to it as kids!

Nancy Sue said...

I'm a follower, and i think I detect some "jazz hands" on that snowman :)!!!

Nanbon44 said...

I love spending Christmas with my family, if the kids and grandkids are happy then so am I

Gidget said...

I love spending the day with our kids in our new jammies and no rush to get 'ready' or get dressed!

This little quilt is so beautiful wonder colors and cute little snow man!

Gidget said...

I am a new follower and look forward to checking this blog out!

Jane S. said...

My favorite way to celebrate the holidays is to get together with people who were my neighbors when I was little! Every year on the 23rd we have lunch together, we've been doing this since we were children and now we've got college aged kids so it's been a good long while! Thank you for the chance to win the pretty little quilt!

Screaming Sardine said...

What a gorgeous mini quilt! Please enter me in your drawing. I'm a new follower. :)

Cheers,
Tracy Screaming Sardine

Unknown said...

Love the mini quilt snowman! I'm a new follower!

Christina Marie said...

I am a new follower... and I love your quilt! I know how much time goes into one, no matter what size, and yours is adorable!
soulrunner(at)hotmail(dot)ca

Christina Marie said...

I love to celebrate Christmas at home with family.. no running around, just relaxing. :o)
soulrunner(at)hotmail(dot)ca

Autumn said...

We enjoy celebrating Christmas with my in-laws on Christmas morning. The whole family goes there for brunch.

Anne said...

I am a new follower!

Anne said...

The best way to celebrate is not to expect things to go a certain way, and it's best not to expect family members to behave as you hope they would. Just enjoy the moments as they unfold and be thankful.

Cal said...

I follow! Love the embroidery!

Anonymous said...

I love to celebrate Christmas at my house with my grandchildren. When I put up the tree, I let them decorate it and we have a good time together. I love the little quilt. It's beautiful! Thank you for the giveaway. Joyce-ccarter13@windstream.net

Gwen said...

LOVE the snowman mini-quilt!!! It's so pretty-- you're stitching is perfect! :-) I hope that I get lucky and win, because I love snowmen so much! I'm a new follower! Thanks!

Gwen said...

My favorite thing about Christmas is the gatherings of family and friends-- we get to see people that we haven't seen all year, and everyone is so happy and full of good cheer! Christmas just seems to bring out the best in everyone! :-)

DonnaRae said...

Just getting together with family is my favorite way to spend the holidays.
Thanks for the chance to win.

@pril said...

My favorite way of celebrating the holiday is by making snowcream whenever it snows.

donna said...

I am a new follower!

donna said...

My favorite way to celebrate Christmas is having all the family meet for breakfast. Lots of good food and talking. Then we go to other family celebrations.

Libby said...

I love to spend it in very low key days with my family. Playing games, taking turns playing music on the piano, hopping in the hot tub, making big batches of not-fancy food... it's all perfection

Robin said...

I'm a brand new follower! Your redwork looks fantastic.

Robin said...

My favorite way to celebrate Christmas is to just be with family at home. I don't really like all the running around and bustle of the season.

maeve said...

First of all, gotta say it, your blog is so colorful and interesting! So happy to discover it! This year Christmas will be especially wonderful because I did the decorating and the shopping and so forth LAST month, and I am focusing on the spiritual "reason for the season". So much more peaceful and enjoyable! I plan to keep up this new tradition, to include having a very easy pick-up food kind of a day eating on Christmas, no muss, no fuss. This grandma has finally got it figured out! YAY!

maeve said...

I am now a follower too!

Teresa F. said...

I'm you newest follower.

Teresa F. said...

My favorite way to enjoy Christmas is to get the family together. Christmas is all about sharing love.
I also love to decorate my house and make lots of delicious recipes.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the chance to win such a wonderful prize.
Kind regards from Germany.
Claudia
frauknopf@gmx.de

Tammy said...

My favourite part of Christmas is visiting Father Christmas at Harrods with the children. (I get more excited than they do!) Merry christmas!!!

Tammy said...

and I am now a follower too X

tammi said...

I'm following you.

Njeri said...

I spend christmas with my family.

Bonnie O. said...

What a fabulous mini quilt! I'm following via Google Reader!

principeta said...

Love snowman,lovely colors,thanks for chance to win it.Now I follow =o)WE love to decorate tree,watch holidays movies on tv and enjoy fireworks on New Year's eve.

Happy holidays!!

Quilting "b" said...

I would love to win this mini quilt. thank you for a great giveaway

Julia Badgley said...

I'm a new follower.

Julia Badgley said...

My favourite way to celebrate the holiday is with lots of family around.
I love to open presents together, one at a time, to make the morning last as long as possible.

Thanks for offering this giveaway. Your work is beautiful.

jamie w said...

i follow your blog

jamie w said...

i love spending christmas at home with my husband and daughter.

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