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Last week you told us about the most memorable gift you’ve ever given. But let’s face it—getting gifts can be a lot of fun too! When someone has contemplated, deliberated, and reflected on a gift just for you, it shows. And it’s such a delightful surprise! That leads us to this week’s question:
What’s the most memorable gift you’ve ever received?
Post your answer in the comments before noon (PST) on Monday, December 31 (two weeks this time!), for your chance to win. The winning comment will be posted on Wednesday, January 2, along with the next question.
Last week’s question was, “What is the most memorable gift you’ve ever given?” Here’s the winning response:
“One year we decided that we would all buy each other ‘second hand’ gifts. The rule was that it be used in some way. We all hunted at the Goodwill, Salvation Army, or garage sales for the perfect gifts. They were the only gifts we could open on Christmas Eve. I found my daughter a mug from the 1939 World’s Fair with her name on it. I found a shirt for my son with a Tallahassee team logo (Tallahassee is far from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania!). My daughter bought my husband an oversized Mickey Mouse watch complete with band that hung on the wall. There were ooohs and ahhhs all evening. Many times we heard ‘where in the world did you find that???’ It was probably the best Christmas ever, certainly the most fun!”
Last week’s winning comment was written by Elaine. Congratulations, Elaine—look for an email about how to get your free eBook.
I once received a gift called "Fashion Plates," which was a drawing or perhaps coloring gift. You placed the flat plastic plates, which had raised embossing in the shape of a girl, with different clothing, in a tray, put paper over snd made a rubbing with coloree pencilss. Then you could go back in with the backs of the plates, that had textures, and fill in prints or textures for their clothes. So much fun! I wish I still had it, some 35 years later!
—Lizzie on December 19, 2012The blue bicycle was was the gift I remember most. I had never ridden one before and I don’t even remember asking or hoping for one, but there it was. I was 11 years old and I still believed in Santa. How else could anyone have picked out just the right gift for me when even I did not know what I wanted!I look back on that now and think of it as the last naivety of my childhood.
—Michelle Harrison on December 19, 2012Left a comment this morning but it didn’t show up? I’ll try again…
The gift I remember most was called "Fashion Plates," and was a create/coloring toy. There were different plates that you placed in a tray, with girls dressed in various clothing. You could mix and match the outfits by swapping plates, and making a rubbing with colored pencils, and then, add texture and more colors by flipping over the plates and using them for rubbings too. It was so fun, I wish I Still had it!
Hi Lizzie,
—Lizzie | Swedish Scrapper on December 19, 2012One of us (usually me!) has to go through all of the comments and approve them before they show up. When it’s morning for you, we are all sleeping here in the US! If there are a lot of comments, it does take a bit of time to go through them all. Thanks for your comment (we did receive it!).
~Cornelia
I was 10 years old and my mother had died in April and we each got one gift and mine was a Jon Neggi How to Draw set. It helped me get through
—Evelene Sterling on December 19, 2012that Christmas with out her.
My oldest sister is 13 1/2 years older than me. When she got out of high school she went to work for a telephone company. She has always been and still is a lover of giving. So the first Christmas after she got her job she put under the Christmas tree a bike with training wheels for me. There are 8 children in our family (I’m number
and that year she gave each of us a gift. Times were hard for my parents so we really didn’t have a lot of gifts but we had a lot of love between all of us.
—Jenelle Boxberger on December 19, 2012I think the best gift I have gotten for Christmas was a quilt my Mother made my husband and I. It was Giant Dialhia in blues and pinks. This was a time when my Mother was loosing her eye sight. Her 4 sisters and 1 sister-in-law had to help her with it. That sure means a lot to us now that my Mother is no longer with us.
—Barbara Adams on December 19, 2012Flashback to Christmas day twelve years ago. Family was over to my house for traditional dinner, and I thought I’d play a joke on them. I bought a fake solitaire engagement ring on an earlier cruise and decided to wear it on my ring finger to see if anyone would notice.
In the middle of the meal, my stepmom chimed in and asked about that ring. It was that night I realized I found the love of my life and "told" him I was marrying him. (you have to know me to understand that). Sooo….The best gift I ever got was the realization that I found the love of my life and 11+ years later We are still together and going strong!
—Jean on December 19, 2012…. 46 years ago the 21st, my gift was my beautiful daughter, DAwn – and then 16 years ago on the 21st (her 306th birthday) came her darling daughter Alexandria – I have 2 most memorable gifts.
—Sandra McFerran on December 19, 2012The most memorable Christmas gift that I ever received – EVER – was my first daughter. She wasn’t due till Valentine’s Day so she was a real surprise. The hospital displayed her in her incubator in a red stocking with a tiny little hat on her head to keep her warm. That’s the stocking she’s used every year since. She was the biggest surprise and the best Christmas gift I could ever have received.
—marycarolyn on December 19, 2012I got my engagement ring for Christmas, almost 42 yrs ago. We had picked it out together, but I didn’t figure he had been able to afford it yet. He still thrills my heart.
—Judy on December 19, 2012The best Christmas gift I ever received was not a thing. My father stopped smoking my junior year of high school, about this time of year. It has been nearly 18 years since then. Indeed, the best gift I have ever received.
—Andrew Kosmowski on December 19, 2012One year just before Thanksgiving, I had an emergency appendectomy. That Christmas we were low on cash for presents, since I had been off work for 4 weeks. I made most of the gifts I gave friends or ‘re-gifted’ presents of the past. I spent my cash on the kids and my husband. My husband gave me two boxes of cards of the collectible card games, Mythos,which is one of my favorite games. I was so shocked! He had been saving the boxes for a long time and decided it was the perfect present! He was right!
—Jean Blythe on December 19, 2012The best Christmas gift I ever received came in the form of a baby born in Bethlehem, Jesus Christ. Although there is a lot of hustle and bustle during the Christmas season, HE is the reason we celebrate.
—Jeannette Bessler on December 19, 2012When my daughter-in-law was dating my son she made me a cross stitch called "Bear Lovers Make better Moms" because I stitch and make mohair bears. She had never cross stitched before and it was full of flaws! It was a printed pattern and she didn’t wash it and crossed every stitch as she went.
I keep it a grouping in my breakfast room up high so only the design showed. I love it and wouldn’t part with it for the world. Oh yes, I taught her the right techniques and now she does beautiful work.
-Roselyn Tuerffs December19, 2012
—Roselyn Tuerffs on December 19, 2012I will never forget when I received a beautiful bride doll for Christmas. I had wanted one for so long, like my many friends already had. Our family went to 5 a.m. Christmas mass, came home and Santa had left packages, my bride doll, dressed with veil and even pearls. Fast forward to now, it is in our curio cabinet, top shelf, displayed, brings so many memories. The problem now, I have 4 granddaughters that really want this doll. I can’t part with it yet may just have to let them decide when I am not here.
—Rita on December 19, 2012Thanks for the memories – - -
Rita in Missouri
Okay, this one is almost too easy. Except I’ve been blessed with a LOT of truly meaningful gifts in my life – mostly from my children. So rather than single out ONE of those (and who could do that?!?) I’ll go with something else. 2006-2007 was an especially difficult time in my life — illness, difficulties at work, the sudden loss of my husband … it all added up to an imperfect storm of emotions I struggled to keep under control. I belong to a small group of quilters to whom I’d become close over the years, and toward the end of 2007 they presented me with the world’s most beautiful quilt – all batik hearts on batik backgrounds, beautifully quilted and labeled … I can never express how special this quilt is to me. Does the fact that I Zazzled it into a phone cover tell you anything? Now I carry my ‘woobie’ everywhere with me. <3
—Peg H on December 19, 2012The most memorable Christmas I ever received was a chemistry set when I was 8-10 years old (mid-1950′s). My Dad filmed me opening it, and I still remember how dumb-founded I looked (and felt) when I knew it was exactly what I wanted. I played with that set for several years.
—Anne Servello on December 19, 2012My husband had an aunt who was "the quilter" in the family. We live in Texas and she was with the North Carolina contingent of my father-in-law’s family. We had received one of her quilts as a Christmas gift early in our marriage from my in-laws. In March of 1999, my widowed father-in-law remarried and we went to North Carolina for the wedding. Fast forward to Christmas 1999 and I open a large cushy package. It was in a department store bag inside the wrapping paper, and when I saw it was a quilt I just assumed it was something my husband had bought from Dillards. And as I pulled it out of the shopping bag, I saw a small handwritten note: "Don’t put in the washing machine — it will last longer if you have it dry cleaned. Edna" My husband had the video camera on me, and when I saw that note I burst into tears, realizing that months ago he had sought out his elderly aunt around the wedding festivities and told her the colors and the size and had her make a quilt for me. It was, and still is, the best Christmas gift I ever received, and was the gift that got me interested in learning to quilt.
—Dana C on December 19, 2012Certainly the most memorable Christmas for me was when my daughter allowed me to watch the birth of her daughter, my granddaughter, on Christmas Eve four years ago. I have been truly blessed.
—Judy Crowder on December 19, 2012As a child I always envied the child-size china tea set my cousin had. But when I would ask for one, I was always told my little brother then subsequently my little sister would get hold of it and break it. How wonderful it was when it was decided that I could finally have a set. I really was too old by that time but I will never forget the love that was behind that gift and the look on my father’s face when I opened that box. It was a Blue Willow pattern and that is still one of my favorite china patterns.
—Ginnie Marshall on December 19, 2012The best gift I received as a child was when as a four year old I asked Santa for a doggy. When I got up Christmas morning there was a big beautiful doll under the tree. I started to cry. Santa had misunderstood me. I wanted a doggy not a dolly. Then I heard a bark. Waiting for me in the breezeway was "Packy" my best friend for the next 14 years.
—Diane on December 19, 2012As an adult my first grandchild was born 4 days before my birthday. She is now 14 and we always celebrate our birthdays together in some way. I often tell her she is the best birthday present I have ever received!
Happy Holidays to everyone.
My husband is a total fisherman, I am a quilter. I never really thought he paid much mind to my craft, (even though I do fish with him often)but for Christmas much to my surprise he gave me two (2) powder coated metal quilt blocks in a beautiful red to decorate my drab wooden fence. I get so many compliments on them I wish I had more.
—Micki Bruce on December 19, 2012The most memorable Christmas gift I have received is a Janome embroidery & sewing machine that my husband got to replace my not so versatile machine I had used for many years. That was 11 years ago and I use this machine almost daily for charitable sewing, gifts for family and fun projects for myself.
—Sharon Richcreek on December 19, 2012Sharon
About 50 years ago my mother and father bought me a portable stereo. It would be like receiving an ipod or iphone under the Christmas tree now. That gift went with me to lots of grade school dances and parties. Never has anything been loved more. I would feel the same about a longarm now, so you can see how much I enjoyed my gift. My parents were great.
—Diane Wright on December 19, 2012I raised my daughter as a single parent during the late 70′s. It was not an easy time to be raising children, especially alone. My Mother said that if you (a parent) could raise a child until age 18 and they didn’t get into any kind of trouble, you (the parent) deserved a gold star.
—Cheryl Zehms on December 19, 2012On my daughters’ 18th birthday, I received my gold star. It proudly hangs in my home and reminds me of all of the hard work and a job well done.
Three Christmases ago my sister gave me a "Count Your Blessings" quilt. It is a pieced quilt that has Family, Friends, Love, Sharing, Quilting appliqued on. The thing that makes it most memorable is that she embroidered the names of my family including my grandchildren and her and her husband. Interspersed among the names are things that are blessings to me such as God, Jesus, church, berry picking, picnicking, cross-stitch, etc. Alongside the word Family, she embroidered a family of five to represent us, complete with correct hair color and clothes from scraps of things my kids actually wore. Although our son is no longer with us, seeing him on the quilt brought a smile to my heart. A lot of work went into this quilt, but, more importantly, a lot of love was in each stitch. It is a treasure.
—Virginia/AK on December 19, 2012This wreath is lovely so of course I am wondering how big it finishes as I have a Christmas sampler I want to do right after I make a couple of belated for Christmas tree skirts for family members.
BUT your question was: the most memorable gift I have received. It would be hands down a present I still use and enjoy to this day. I learned how to knit in my mid teens (we are talking 40 plus years ago!) and my parents gave me a set of Denise interchangeable knitting needles. That gift has provided me with endless hours of pleasure. I have augmented it with more cables and needle sets over the years to the point where I ordered another case for the backup bits for THIS year from my husband.
Even though quilting has taken over a huge part of my life, I still remember what a really thoughtful gift that it was. I’ve been giving it a workout lately helping a pal make hats for school kids in here area!
Hi Linda,
—Linda J on December 19, 2012The quilt itself is 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 and the wreath block is about 12″ (finished).
~Cornelia
The best Christmas present I ever received was a wedding proposal! We had talked about getting married for a while, but never decided upon a date or any of the details. My husband took care of all the details. He got the license, the rings and even arranged the ceremony. Christmas was on a Friday that year & we were married on Monday. What a whirlwind that was, but I loved every moment of it.
—Mary on December 19, 2012Our first married Christmas (39 years ago) I opened a plastic sewing box from my husband. The box itself wasn’t special, but the 100 $1.00 bills he’d put inside for me to spend on fabric certainly was. Back in the day when fabric around $3 per yard, that was a lot of fabric he was letting me have the joy of picking out. I think I spent the whole thing at the tiny loft shop called In The Beginning, in it’s first year of operation. He’s supported me in my fabric addiction ever since.
—Kathy on December 19, 2012My most memorable gift was given to me by a new friend 4 years ago- it was a quilt made from Christmas fabrics. I was so tickled- and found my new best friend and quilting buddy that year- neither one of us knew that the other quilted! She was so excited to give it to me – and I was even more tickled to receive it! She told me- You’d better use it too- my response- You better believe I will – and I do- constantly! I have always been the "giver"- never the "Receiver". We have made many, many "Comfort" quilts together since then-ones we give to others when they are going thru difficult times- our first one went to a little 7 year old girl that was going to have a very serious operation. We have even started teaching some of the ladies from her church on Saturdays- That gift was the beginning of a wonderful friendship.
—Claudia on December 19, 2012Last Christmas was a change for us. We spent it at our daughter’s new home instead of ours. Just before dinner she gathered us all together and we each received an envelope. It was a certificate good for one new grandchild to be delivered in August. It had been 10 years since her daughter was born so we were due for another grandchild. Her husband had the biggest smile of all, I think. That made for a very memorable Christmas.
—SusieKH on December 19, 2012My best Xmas present was in 1999. It was a beautiful diamond ring at the bottom of a box filled with momentoes of your dates. There was popover mix for the time I made popovers with honey butter for dinner, there were ticket stubs from when we went to my first Renissance Fair, just to name a few. The diamond ring came with a marriage proposal that I hadn’t expected and my answer was an immediate YES. My second best present came a year or so later when we went to Las Vegas for a week at Christmas time. When we got there my fiance gave me another jewelry store box, this time with the wedding ring to match the engagement ring. The question then was "Will you marry me this week in Las Vegas?" and the answer again was YES. It was a wonderful wedding and honeymoon and just a sample of what a wonderful life we have together.
—Annette Vise on December 19, 2012The best gift I have ever received has been from giving and doing for others. I received in return:Joy, Fullfillment, Peace, Love and Friendship. What more could I ever want?
—Patsy on December 19, 2012An Electric blanket! When I was a young teenager my Mom got me one for Christmas. That was my favorite present of all time! I hated to be cold and my brothers and I would fight for a spot by the wall heater.
—Denise Cabral on December 19, 2012My most memorable Christmas present hopefully will be my first grandchild which is now overdue by 8 days and looks very likely to arrive at Christmas, if not before.
Sandra on December 19th 2012
—Sandra on December 19, 2012My most memorable Christmas gift was last year, a new Bernina 430! I had asked for it for Christmas but DH said it was just not in the budget but on January 5th, I got my new one because the old Bernina had a serious "glitsch" in the decorative stitches & I just knew I could not go without my sewing machine while this was being fixed & DH said "if you want it, get it".. I still pinch myself!! ..just a few days ago, I told him "thank you" again!
—Gwen Herbert on December 19, 2012The first Christmas my husband and I celebrated together, we were stationed in Germany. My husband had ordered a set of china for my gift. Because the mail was slow, this was 35 years ago, it arrived the day after Christmas. Knowing that I would be disappointed, not having a present under the tree, my husband rolled the invoice up and tied it with a ribbon and put it in the tree. When I became increasingly annoyed with no presents he kept telling me it’s there. I kept telling him it wasn’t under the tree, about 9 o’clock Christmas Eve, he walked over to the tree and pulled the invoice out. I had to wait two days, for my present. When ever I look at my china, I think of that wonderful Christmas Eve. None of the past 34 years have been quite so memorable.
—Darla on December 19, 2012The most memorable gift was my engagement ring. I opened a huge package from my then boyfriend and inside was another package and inside that was another one and so on until finally there was a small box with a note to look on the tree. I searched all over the tree and found an ornament in the shape of a ball that came apart and inside that was the tiny little black velvet box with an engagement ring. I can’t look a my Christmas tree without remembering that very special Christmas and that ornament has hung on 52 Christmas trees.
—Berenice on December 19, 2012I have 2 memorable gifts associated with Christmas. After being married and trying a dozen years my son and his wife gave me my first grandchild–Isabella was born 3 days before Christmas almost 5 years ago. Last Christmas was only the 2nd time they were "home" for Christmas in 16 years of marriage. My 42 year old daughter- in- law announced on Christmas Eve that they were expecting a baby in July. My "gift" was born on July 2nd and his name is Anthony. But the gift that we have almost every day is caring for my "local" grandson, Alejandro who is now 15 mos. old. After I put a little train under the tree, he looked at me with a huge smile and grabbed the remote control and said, "GO". Somehow he knew what the remote was for. Children and grandchildren are one of the best gifts one can have on earth.
—Elaine West on December 19, 2012To Lizzie,
—Annette Vise on December 19, 2012I remember getting the Fashion plates also and having hours and hours of fun with them. I made up paper dolls pasted on cardboard and created each of them a fabulous wardrobe. Like you I really wish that gift had survived thru the years, I would love to still have it!
Annette
The first Christmas after I was married, my husband bought me the Betty Crocker cookbook. And inside he wrote a little poem:
—Lynne on December 19, 2012As a modest return
For the gift of this book,
I expect you to learn
Some new things to cook.
And if the result
Isn’t done to a turn,
If by some mischance
You should cause it to burn,
You need never fear:
I will take you to eat
At the fanciest restaurant
In town – dutch treat!
It was a tradition that would always fly home for Christmas and after Christmas my mom and I would always go shopping on the 26th. The one gift mom always gave me every year was new underwear. She knew the exact style and size. Mom had a heart attack in September 1989 and passed away. When Christmas came in 1989 I got a box from her. It had underwear and a 1988 Hallmark Country Train motion ornament in it. She went shopping the day after Christmas and bought that ornament for me. She was thinking of me even though I couldn’t be there. I still have the ornament.
—Susan Holzer on December 19, 2012My most memorable present was the Christmas my sweet hubby surprised me with a Featherweight sewing machine. Many years before I was married I sold my Mom’s Featherweight, because I thought I wanted a newer style machine. After using this newer machine for a few years it started giving me constant troubles. Oh how I lamented that I had sold that little Featherweight!
—Jocelyn on December 19, 2012Not only was I surprised to find this little Featherweight jewel under the tree, my hubby and son went beyond my wildest dreams when I opened the second box to find a BERNINA as well!! Yes, it was definitely THE most memorable gift ever!!
Siento decir que no recuerdo un regalo memorable en estas fechas. Siempre he recibido regalos, a veces más acertado y otras menos pero sí recuerdo enespecial mi hijo con 13 años fue a comprarme unas telas y unos botones. Fue su primer regalo individual y por sorpresa y me emocionó. Mirando hacia atrás es difícil elegir un solo momento hay tantas alegrías que destacar una sola es complicado. Felices fiestas a todos los que pasáis por aquí.
Feliz navidad y próspero Año 2013.
Translation:
—Jacquelin B. on December 19, 2012Sorry to say that I do not remember a memorable gift at this time. I have always received gifts, sometimes more successful and others less but I do remember enespecial my son 13 years was to buy me some fabrics and a few buttons. It was his first gift individually and by surprise and I was thrilled. Looking back is difficult to choose a single moment there is so much joy that highlight one is complicated.
Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2013
My mother’s family was always known for their creativity and thoughtfulness. I don’t remember who exactly started this tradition, but sometime after my grandmother passed away we began giving gifts to each other that were a way to remember those at Christmas who were no longer with us and to celebrate our family as a whole. One year my aunt gave a family history book to each of us that contained family anecdotes, along with copies of photos and memorabilia. Another year I gave a custom calendar to everyone that contained favorite family photos, some spanning from the early 1900s. My cousin put together DVDs one year that contained a montage of family videos and photos set to music beginning with early photos of our grandparents and including each branch of the family to the present. My brother and sister-in-law put together cookbooks for everyone that contained favorite family recipes. Other gifts consisted of personal items that were incorporated into creative gifts and shared. It’s fun to see what creative ideas everyone comes up with and it’s a wonderful way to draw closer together as a family.
—Gaye on December 19, 2012My most memorable Christmas gift was a wool skirt given to me in 1953 by my parents, just one month before my Mother Pasted away. We (I had 4 sisters) never received but one gift each year and those were always very small. That was the prettiest skirt and I wore it for many years, even though I was only 14 when I received it, precious memories are very special and live with us forever.
—Charlie on December 19, 2012My darling baby daughter was born a year ago on Christmas day. She came in the evening and we came back home just after midnight the same night. This is obviously the best present ever for me and for all the family. She will be 1 so soon now.
—Celine on December 19, 2012On Christmas Eve, I sang at the Midnight Mass, and of course my husband and children usually attended. One year, just as our choir was getting ready to sing, a priest came up to the choir loft, looking for me. He knew my family was probably in church, somewhere, and asked if I could find them in a hurry. When I said yes, he asked if my little daughter would be able to carry the baby Jesus in the processional into church. What a present that was! She was 7 years old, and would carry the (antique) baby down the long center aisle, in front of everyone, present him to the congregation, and place him in the manger. I’ll never forget that night; she wore a long blue dress and white pinafore that I had sewn for her; she had her long hair in curls, pinned back, and with the little statue on its pillow, she looked like an angel. It truly was the most unforgettable (surprise) present that I have ever received!
—Barbara on December 19, 2012The most memorable gift I’ve received is the Mariner’s Compass quilt that my mother made for me. It’s gorgeous.
—MarciaW on December 19, 2012One year my daughter did not have a lot of money for Christmas gifts. So she went to a Thrift Store and bought a cashmere sweater for $2.00. Then she cut it apart and made me a pair of mittens for me.I still have them as they have meant more to me than any other gift I have ever received.
—Diane Gunter on December 19, 2012The most memorable gift ever, that would be the Babe in the manger.
—Mary Ann on December 19, 2012Jesus Christ, the spotless lamb, whose innocent blood was shed for all to have their sins forgiven and receive eternal life. He’s changed my
life and I now have a heavenly inheritance. Praise God, from Whom all
blessings flow.
One December, my mother in law and my husband’s aunt insisted on coming with me to my friend’s quilt store. They hung out chatting in the lovely seating area and flipped thru a few patterns and magazines while I dashed around picking out the yardage I needed for that year’s last minute gifts – quilted purses/lunch bags for my husband’s office ladies.
—Deb Russell on December 19, 2012What I didn’t realize was that they were conspiring with my girl friend who owned the shop to buy the 221 Singer that I had been eyeing up all year! I had no clue until I opened it on Christmas day! It was my all-tile best gift because my aunt had taught me to sew originally for 4H on another 221- so every time I use the little beauty, it reminds me of sitting in Auntie’s sewing room and learning the tricks of proper hemming and dress making! It was the best gift and one I will always treasure; both past and present!
I was a senior in high school and My Grandmother was with us for Christmas. She brought a really large box, all gift wrapped and placed it under the tree. After we had opened all our gifts she told me to be Santa and open the box. It had a label on it and it was to my Mother ,Father and I. Inside the box were many, many small packages with our names on them. We had more fun opening each of them and they were all useful little items. It took us a very long time but I think all of us enjoyed the fun of opening each one and some of them were very unique. We talked about that Christmas over the years as our most memorable!
—Arloene Morgan on December 19, 2012I have received a few memorable gifts from my family, but this year was the best one so far. A picture frame and photo of my my Mom and Dad, myself, my husband and my son and 2 daughters and their spouses, and my 2 grandsons.
—GwenH on December 19, 2012The frame has 4 different verses about family on it and the picture was taken at my Mom & Dad’s 70 wedding anniversary in January 2011, it was also the first time they met my 2 grandson’s, so it was a very special day in many ways. My Dad passed away eleven months later, so this was a very special gift that I will treasure for the rest of my life.
The Ribbon Wreath wall quilt is beautiful and would love to win the eBook.
When I was 9, I wanted a unicycle soooo badly, but they were fairly expensive, so I was not likely to get one. My parents had to really stretch Dad’s paycheck to manage Christmas for us 4 kids. After my siblings and I had finished opening our gifts, I was somewhat disappointed that Santa had not brought me a unicycle, but tried hard not to show it. Moments later, my Dad said, "oh, yea, I think there is one more we must have missed." He pushed the unicycle into the living room, and I was sooo thrilled. I spent every waking moment of the next 3 days teaching myself to ride it – and I succeeded. I rode that unicycle all over for several years. And – to this day (I am now 52), I still have that unicycle. I am a bit rusty, but after a couple of tries, I can still get on it and ride!
—sherrie on December 19, 2012It was about 30 years ago when I received my most memorable gift. My mother always bought our Christmas gifts and she do so this year also. But, after all the gifts were unwrapped on Christmas day my oldest brother found 4 more hid way back under the tree. As he pulled them out there was 1 for all four of us. Myself, sister and two brothers. We each tore the paper off so fast just to see what it was, as it was not a very big present and not wrapped like mom would have done. Imagine my surprise when mine turned out to be a seahorse baby rattle. My brothers each got a matchbox car and my sister also got a rattle. This year our father had gone out and got each of us just a little something and wrapped it himself. I still have my rattle and put it on my tree every year. It means more to me then anything as our dad has been gone 10 years now. Thank you so much for allowing me to share my memory of the best Christmas.
—Ellouise Atchison on December 19, 2012My colleague went to the Oncologist with her husband who has a disease that usually kills. The doctors decided to take a radical approach and took bone marrow from him, grew stem cells, then gave him enough Chemotherapy to kill him. Then they introduced the stem cells back into his system. Yesterday, 117 days after the procedure, the doctor pronounced him to be in remission.
—Kayt on December 19, 2012Knowing that this Christmas will be a joyful one for our friend’s family is the best Christmas present for everyone who works with her.
WHEN I WAS 6 YEARS OLD THE ONLY THING I WANTED WAS A IRONING BOARD WITH A IRON. DID NOT WANT ANYTHING ELSE. CHRIRTMAS MORNING ABOUT 6 am MY 6 BROTHERS GOT UP AND OF COURSE IT WOKE ME UP , THEY TOLD ME I DIDN’T WHAT I WANTED, THAT I GOT BABY DOLLS. I JUST CRIED BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT A BABY DOLL. SO AFTER EVERYONE GOT THIER GIFTS, MAMA SAID WHY ARE YOU CRYING, I TOLD HER I DIDN’T GET ANYTHING, SHE SAYS NO LOOOK IN THE BACK OF THE TREE, IT WAS IRONING BOARD AND MY IRON, SEE I ALWAYS GOT TO IRON MY DADS HANKIES AND PILLOW CASES. TO THIS DAY I STILL IRON MY PILLOW CASES, NO MATTER . THAT WAS MY VERY VERY BEST GIFT.
—Peggy Mundy on December 19, 2012I’ve had so man wonderful Christmases and Christmas presents that it is hard to know which to choose. I guess one of the best was given to me by my husband the first year we were married, 35 years ago. I did a lot of sewing, and the pair of scissors that I had were awful – wouldn’t hardly cut butter, much less fabric! My husband surprised me with a pair of Gingher scissors! I was so surprised – they cost like $35 back then, and we weren’t exactly rolling in the dough. And they were so shiny! And sharp! I had never had a pair of scissors that sharp! I’m sure you want to know how I found out how sharp they were…I took them out of the package, ooh-ed and aah-ed and — ran my finger along the edge of that pretty shiny blade. Boy are they sharp!
—Brenda Sanders on December 19, 2012A chunk of pink tourmaline necklace. This was for doing the unusual thing you have to do for a husband after 15 hr back surgery. He even had a hard time getting to the jewelry store with out my knowledge with his walker. 41yrs of marriage is wonderful
—Kathy on December 19, 2012When I was five years old, I was finally big enough to go to the Christmas Eve candlelight service at church. Being able to stay up that late showed how very mature I had become, wink wink. Santa must have thought I was at home in bed because he came to our house while we were at church and left me a stuffed Cecile, the Seasick Sea Serpent, of Beanie and Cecile fame. My dad and uncle sure spent a long time going in the bathroom during the church service. They must have drank too much coffee in order to stay up so late. Best Christmas gift ever and proof of Santa Claus.
—Cathy Kind on December 19, 2012The most memorable gift I’ve received is the Singer sewing machine my dear hubby gave me in 1995. By today’s standards of machines, it hasn’t a lot of bells & whistles, but it still works beautifully. Although I have much newer & bigger machines for other things, it still holds the most respected spot in my studio.
—Cindy Stowe on December 19, 2012One of the most memorable gifts I received was after my dearest friend died, and her daughter gave me a picture of the two of us in a heart-shaped frame. it really touched me that even in the midst of such a great loss, she would take time to recognize the depth of my relationship with her mother, who was a dear to me as a sister.
—Beth T. on December 19, 2012my chrildren are my most wonderful gift
—barbara woods on December 19, 2012My most memorable gift was a toy sewing machine from my aunty when I was 9 or 10 years old. This was the gift that started me on the love of my life, sewing of any kind. I started by making clothes for my dolls and then started making covers for their beds. I had never even heard of patchwork or quilting, but if my material (which was cut from old dresses) was too small, I joined pieces together. I still love sewing of all kinds.
—Yvonne Greig on December 19, 2012The most memorable gift I’ve ever received for Christmas is one I can’t forget and am still trying to replace. The Mary Hoyer dolls were manufactured in New England. My mom designed and created a beautiful bridal gown and veil for each one. When my cousins were young and didn’t have dolls, I loaned mine to them. My grandmother found all my precious dolls suffering from mildew in the outdoor playhouse in her back yard and put them in the trash. That was a lesson in generosity I never recovered from all too late. I would give almost anything to go back and change that decision. I not only lost all my Mary Hoyer dolls; I also lost my Bonnie Braids, Toni and my Terri Lee dolls! I’m now 69 years old and still have these regrets. I was able to find reproductions of Terri Lee and Toni, but I can never replace my beautiful Mary Hoyer dolls! I’d love to have all my dolls back so I could pass them on to my granddaughters. It’s so obvious they are girly-girls like me.
—VickiGene on December 19, 2012Knowing I was pregnant with my son. Next was my first sewing machine, a basic Sears Kenmore with straight, zig-zag and blind hem built in.
—Loisjean on December 19, 2012In 1989 my middle son was due on Dec 21st but showed up early on Dec. 4th. There were complications about an hour after he was born and after another hour they had to medivac him to another hospital 150 miles away. They lost him once in the air and once after arrival at the NICU at Wake Medical Center. We arrived the next morning and were told that they did not think he would make it unless they did another transfer for a procedure that was a last resort. Thankfully he ended up getting just enough better that we stayed there instead and he continued to get better and after them saying we would be there at least a month or two something happened. I called it a Christmas Miracle because he ended up well enough to be discharged on Dec. 23rd and we were home with family for Christmas. Fourteen years later I married my husband who took in my children as his own on Dec 23rd, 2004 and even though it was -35F outside and half the guests left when the cattle got out at the family farm it was a beautiful night. December 23rd will always have special meaning for me for these two reasons because I look at them as gifts for Christmas that almost did not happen. My son grew into a wonderful young man and my husband has been beside me through my trials of ending up in a wheelchair only 2 years after our marriage and always makes me laugh! Family is the best gift ever!
—Jody on December 19, 2012I was talking to my girlfriend in FL. I lived in MD at the time and we seldom saw each other but wrote long letters frequently to stay in touch. My husband was home and heard the conversation. Her mother was dying of lung cancer and it was getting very bad for her at that time. A few days later, my husband said that he had found enough money for a plane ticket if I wanted to go to Florida. I did and was fortunate enough to help my friend for a few days. By far, that was the best present ever.
—Patricia Hersl on December 19, 2012When I was four, I asked Santa for a kitty. On Christmas day, I ran down the stairs to the tree; but there was no cat. I was so disappointed! We opened presents and had breakfast and there was no cat. I couldn’t believe that Santa had forgotten because that was the only gift that I had asked to receive.
We went to my aunt’s for Christmas dinner and when we got home, there was one package left under the tree with a note. It said, "Dear Terry, Forgot to leave this last night. You really were a good girl all year. Merry Christmas, Santa! Inside was the cat, a yellow striped kitten that I named Tiger and who had the best purrrr I had ever heard!!
—Terry K on December 19, 2012I cannot remember much of my childhood, because I had a very traumatic one, I was raised with physical, mental and sexual abuse. But I think that the most memorable gift that I ever got was not at Christmas, it was at my 16th birthday. My dad allowed me to have a sweet 16 birthday party, for once. I was horribly sick with tonsilitis on my birthday, so the party had to be delayed for about a week. But when we had the party, the parents dropped the kids off, and we got to playing spin the bottle, and yes my dad was playing too. I think though, only so he could kiss all the young girls. Any way, when the parents came to pick up their kids, they all got in on the game too. We had a huge living room, and it was wall to wall people playing spin the bottle. That party was the best and most memorable gift that I ever got.
—Rose Cannon on December 19, 2012My most memorable gift that I received was my mom inviting me on a 69 day cruise to Asia and Australia and getting to spend time with her. We hadn’t spent that much time together since I was a teenager. It was fun to travel and see all the countries with her.
—Caryn Saakguchi on December 19, 2012The most memorial gift I ever received came on Christmas Day 1970. My daughter was born at 6:30am and I was in labor for only 30 minutes. She was blonde, brown eyed cutie and while a child made Christmas very important and interesting. We always celebrated her birthday in the afternoon after we had tidied up from Christmas and her gift was always wrapped in birthday paper. Today I have 2 wonderful grandsons from her and they enjoy the fun she has with Christmas. It has been a gift that keeps on giving.
—Barb E on December 19, 2012My husband and I were visiting home one Christmas, while we were stationed in Washington, DC. We were at my grandmother’s house, when she suddenly told me to pick 7 or 8 ornaments from her Christmas Tree. One of the ornaments I chose was a small white silk ball that was embellished with gold and pink velvet ribbon. Although the ribbons were faded, I just thought it was charming. My grandmother then told me that my sweet little ornament was part of a set that she and my grandfather had purchased for their first Christmas, and it was the only one left. I was so touched to be able to bring home some ornaments that had been a part of my childhood memories. Each time I put my grandmother’s ornaments on my own tree, I am reminded of her and how special it was that she chose to share a part of her past, and of mine, too.
—Marie P on December 19, 2012The most memorable sewing gift I’ve ever received was my sewing machine for college graduation. It was given to me by my Aunt (and Uncle) who taught me how to sew. All these maaaaaaany years later it’s still going strong.
—Ginger on December 19, 2012The most memorable gift I received was a little sewing basket filled with scraps of material when I was 6 yrs old from my Great grandmother I never forgot that gift and I credit her with my love of sewing, knitting, crocheting and other crafting
—Violet Wright on December 19, 2012Our microwave had gone on the fritz and I missed my microwave popcorn. For Christmas my husband and daughter gave me a case of Act II microwave popcorn, and we still had no microwave. Behind my back, they snuck in a new microwave and placed it on the table where the previous one had been. I ate two bags of popcorn before my husband asked "Are you going to share?" I finally relented and gave them each a bag to make for themselves.
As my husband and I grew older, our daughter told her teenage boys, we didn’t need cutesy stuff, but rather practical things, and last year we received new shoes. Something that is worn everyday throughout the year and greatly appreciated.
Keep smiling,
—Lynnita Shipman on December 19, 2012When I was about 8 years old, my sister and I woke up to a lot of nice doll clothes for several of our dolls. Mom said they were made by Mrs. Santa. Know she spent hours making them. One was a bride dress for my Toni doll. The sleeves were put in by had, as they were so small her machine wouldn’t get in there. I still have them, and most of the dolls. They have always been very special for us to remember how much love Mom put into our Christmas.
—Barb Shoffner on December 19, 2012I have two memorable gifts: when I was a little girl, I woke up Christmas morning to find Raggedy Ann peeking out of my stocking. (My mother made her, and she was wonderful!) The other gift was memorable for quite a different reason. One year, my husband gave me a new teakettle to replace the one he’d boiled dry on the stove! (He did survive, and so did our marriage!)
—Dot on December 19, 2012You know its great being a quilter… and then you know how much your quilting is loved when your husband buys you fabric for xmas….that just what my husband did this year…2 1/2 meters of xmas fabric and 5 metres of a beautiful sky blue for my roses and lillies quilt…I love quilting…and because of him I get to complete my roses quilt…What a beautiful gift….Merry Xmas.
—Darlene Krystal on December 19, 2012In the 4th grade, I got a C in arithmetic and my parents were quite upset with me. My Mother told me that if I received a B or higher, she would sew me a Barbie doll wedding gown. I worked very hard and got a B+ and waited for the wedding gown. It never came. Until one Christmas, 3 years later, I couldn’t find my doll. I was very upset, looking everywhere for her, blaming my sisters that they took it. But then, there she was, under the tree, wrapped in a shoe box, dressed in the most beautiful gown, with tiny pearls stitched onto the lace, elbow length lace gloves and a beautiful veil. I was speechless and crying all at the same time. I still have it.
—Debbie on December 19, 2012I received a second hand doll when I was a child. It was about 2 feet tall, porcelin with long auburn hair. It was not a cuddly doll, however; it was the most beautiful toy in the world. My brothers and I had heard some odd noises which awoke us. The noise was my father sobbing as he a declared himself a failure. It was Christmas Eve, there were 5 children in my family and my father was struggling to establish himself in his career. My father could afford no gifts. As we stood in the dark watching daddy through the crack in the door we cried for him and my mommy held him tight. We tried to figure out a way to help him. You know, we didn’t want any silly old toys, we didn’t believe in it, etc..
—teresa on December 20, 2012There were suddenly noises coming from outside. My dad’s boss, a man we called "the watermelon man" came through the door with his wife. They entered with second hand toys for all along with walnuts, tangerines, apples and more. They filled our house with these beautiful gifts and most importantly, love. For years as I looked at my doll I could see this man with his arms around my dad, explaining love and his importance. It was indeed my best Christmas, my most memorable gift and one of the most important lessons I would ever learn.
My son’s birthday is on the 24th of December. Every year, he receives some money, and a few gifts. Two years ago, when he was 8, he took his money and went shopping. He bought me a beautiful crystal decorative plate. I told him he was to buy what he wanted with his money. He said he did, he wanted to buy me something special for loving him. I cherish this ‘plate’ and only take it out on the 24th of December to enjoy with my son and hubby. Happy Holidays
—Jaan L of Tx on December 20, 2012This question is easy to answer. The most memorable gift I have ever received could easily be my Aunt Bee’s, that’s right, I really had an Aunt Bee, Featherweight sewing machine. It sits in a dormer window in my attic sewing room and makes this sweet whirling sound when I sew with it. She made clothes for me when I was a young child but mostly she gifted me with love. The sewing machine was gifted to me some time after her death. I was a young woman and just at the cusp of understanding the importance of such a treasure. My mother, a master quilter, had kept it in safe keeping for me until I was ready. It was the last gift opened that Christmas morning and tears flowed as I knew I had reached some important time and place in my life and in my family. Since then, my love for all things domestic, except cleaning toilets of course, has grown. I love making my home for my family and have recently passed along my love of sewing to my own daughter. Tucked away for her, in a closet up in the sewing room, is her own Featherweight. This one being passed on down to her from my father’s mother, her great grandmother. She will be ready someday but not quite yet. There is still much cheerleading to do, lazing on the couch, picking colleges and those stinkin’ boys, but some day she will be ready. In the meantime, she is learning to sew with me and her grandmother on her own modern sewing machine. Thank you, Kelly
—Kelly on December 20, 2012The most memorable gift I received was my first sewing machine, given to me by my grandparents. I learned to sew on my grandma’s sewing machine and I was so surprised when I received my own!
—Sallie on December 20, 2012My mom was always sewing, so she would sew Christmas presents in front of us and we never knew. One year she made stuffed Frogs and Teddy Bears for us. As she was sewing I picked up one of the frogs and played with it while watching TV. I started to chew on it’s eyes and scraped all the paint off the eyes. Come Christmas morning my frog was the one with the scraped eyes. I Still have my Teddy Bear. I am 42 and the other day I pulled it out and let my children play with it.
—Maurine on December 20, 2012When I was 5 and my sister was 4, Dad and Mom had a local carpenter make for us a wooden table and 2 chairs. 65 years later, I still have the table, and my sister has the chairs. Still with the remnants of the original paint Mr. Ervin put on it–green, of course.
—Kay Losh on December 20, 2012Kay Green Losh
It has to be the sewing machine my then fiance’ gave me the year before we were married. He knew my love of sewing and wanted me to be able to continue to do so. I gave him a sweater I had knit (with last minute help from my Mom) that he never wore because he didn’t like sweaters! That made my gift even more special and memorable!
—Donna Whittle on December 20, 2012Well, I think it is a block of wood. In 1993, my younger brother gave me a wrapped box type item. The note card on it read;
—Pam on December 20, 2012"This is a very special gift you can never see,
the reason it is so special is it’s for you from me.
You can never unwrap it. Please leave the ribbon tied.
Hold the box close to your heart, it’s filled with love inside."
I have never unwrapped it and the tape is yellowed, but I am certain that it is still filled with love. And the little bow is still fluffy and bright green.
I used to love the boxes my grandma would send me from Michigan when I was a girl. I loved to sew and she would just go through her sewing room and send me whatever she could find, filling up a box. Fabrics, patterns, trims, buttons, a small stitchery kit, etc–all would go into the box. I used to just relish opening those; it was a veritable treasure trove!! I never knew what I would get!! My mom always said I liked those boxes better than any "new" item anyone else got me. Even as a young mother, I still received and got those boxes. I made many items for my young (at the time) children, out of those boxes!!
—Nancy on December 20, 2012The most memorable gift I’ve ever received was from my cousin last year. Our Grandmother was an avid quilter and made my cousins and I quilts as children. Mine got lost somewhere in life, and my cousin knew that I mourned that loss. She gave me one of my Grandmother’s quilts that she inherited from her Mother. It was so touching, that I cried!
—barbara on December 20, 2012I was just a little girl (back in the 50′s) but I was fascinated by this ceramic teddy bear bank. I lived next door to a corner grocery store and I would go visit "my bear" high on a shelf (I was not very tall then and still aren’t) regularly. One day I went to the store and the bear was gone, I was crushed. I quit making excuses to go next door, because the bear was gone. That Christmas; imagine my surprise when I opened a package from my sister and discovered SHE HAD PURCHASED THE BEAR FOR ME!. The bear was mine, all shiny glazed black, with a red bow and gold accents on his ears and paws. It made my Christmas!!!! and I kept that bear for years and had to repair it several times until it finally had been glued over and over so much I had to discard it… but the memory lingers to this day….I do not have any photos but I can still see my bear in my minds eye.
—Norma on December 20, 2012i have so many-things i’ve kept over my whole life that evoke wonderful memories
—linda on December 20, 2012Several year ago when my husband was out of work and I was working as a temp (i.e. working for next to nothing)we had no money for Christmas. We had filed bankruptcy and our house was being foreclosed. We had a chicken for Christmas dinner and pretended it was a turkey. Unbeknownst to me my husband went to the thrift store and bought a wooden box in the shape of a treasure chest and painted to look antique. I believe he paid a quarter for it. I had the guts of a music box my mother used to have, the kind that come with the twirling ballerina. My husband attached it to the box and made me the most beautiful music box I ever had. It’s worth more than all the gold in the world and reminds me how rich we were.
—Marlene on December 20, 2012I too was given the "Fashion Plates" and loved it. I was about 6 at the time – I guess it was the start of my career in the Fashion Industry!
—Jenny C on December 20, 2012I think my Mum still has it – I hope I can pass it onto my little gal one day.
In 1995, we had some friends from our adoption group that came by with a gift bag containing some booties, and a letter informing us we would be parents to a darling baby girl in early February! We were so excited, and had the opportunity to meet with her birth mother a few weeks later, then, on January 27, 1996, our daughter, Natalie, was born, and we got her the very next day, on January 28! Best gift ever, I’d say! We named her Natalie because we liked the name, but later found out it is based on the word "Natale", or Nativity for Christmas!
—Cheryl Brown on December 20, 2012One year my husband lost his job right before Christmas. Luckily I had planned early for our 3 little children and so Santa could come. At the last minute, my husband and I each took $5.00 and bought each other a gift. Something for $5.00 was almost impossible to find. I bought him a pair of pants that weren’t the best and he bought me a pair of slippers that were to large. It was one of the best Christmas’ we ever had and we still remember it fondly.
—Marsha Nelson on December 20, 2012My most memorable gift was the year I asked for cowboy boots. I was in the 3rd grade and thought they were great! I couldn’t wait to wear them to school. Of course, growing up in a small town in Iowa, none of the kids wore cowboy boots and certainly not any of the girls, but I still loved them anyway. I wore them until they were too small and they were almost worn out.
—Deb G. in VA on December 20, 2012My most memorable gift was Christmas Eve 41 years ago when my husband suggested we start a family. We celebrated my eldest sons 40th birthday in September.
—ELIZABETH CROSS on December 21, 2012They say the best things come in small packages and I have to agree. The year my oldest daughter graduated from high school, I decided to go to college. As a single parent, full time school and parttime work with three teens was a trying time and money was tight. That year, my youngest daughter gave me the best Christmas present ever. When I unwrapped a beautiful little box, it was empty. I smiled and looked at her wondering what to say. She announced the box was full of love and as long as I owned it I would have lots of love as the love in the box could never be used up. I still have the box and wouldn’t trade it for anything.
—Vickie Moore on December 21, 2012One year, the best gift was HEAT. I lived in a upstairs apt in St. Louis, and the heat stopped working over the Christmas holiday weekend. I figured no one would be working and so it wouldn’t get fixed until afterwards, but the landlord sent someone (on Christmas Eve afternoon; a Saturday or Sunday?) to fix it. I was SO GRATEFUL and happy for heat that year!
—Lauren aka Giddy99 on December 21, 2012My grandson Gavin was born on Dec 23, and he will be sixteen this year on the 23rd. that was a blessing, as he was my daughters first child. He now has a brother and sister, 12 years and 13 years old. They were all a blessing to me.
—irene little on December 21, 2012Santa delivered a 12 week old female longhaired ginger tabby kitten on Dec 13th.
—TXravenNM on December 21, 2012Akela keeps my family and 3 dog pack on its toes.
My husband believes that gifts need to be a complete surprise. My biggest Christmas surprise was a Tennessee Walker Horse and the horse trailer he came in. Had Caper for many many years and still have the husband. Wonder what he’ll come up with this year?
—maggie on December 21, 2012maggie
My best Christmas gift was a fully equipped darkroom from my husband. This was back in the late 70s. I’d gone back to school and was working on my BA in photography. He took a storage room in our basement, put paneling on the walls, plumbed it for water, lots of electrical outlets and filled it with enlarger, photo trays, pretty much everything I’d need to get started. I wouldn’t have to use the darkrooms at school any more. Yay! The next week, he took me to a huge camera store downtown to pick out whatever else I wanted (not just needed) to have a fantastic darkroom.
What is even more amazing is that our kids, my parents, all our friends knew about it and no one said a word! Several even helped him work on it.
—Joanne S. on December 21, 2012My most memorable gift was someone swapping duty with me when I was in the military so that I could spend the day with my family.
—MaryRose on December 23, 2012The year my mother and sister came to our home for Christmas for the first time, I was caught up in making sure everything was perfect. After cooking Christmas Eve dinner, I spent hours wrapping gifts and putting them under the tree.
Christmas morning, my husband told me to stand and look at the tree. It took a few moments before I saw what I had missed the night before as I placed gifts under the tree. I had started quilting that year, and he bought dozens of spools of thread in different colors and strung them on a gold ribbon as a garland around our tree.
Through the years he has continued to support my love of quilting in interesting ways. The year he gave me a presser foot, he crafted a small crutch out of balsa wood to go with it. This year, I opened a box with chocolate bars, graham crackers and marshmallows, and underneath that was the kit for the "S’mores" quilt I’ve been wanting to make.
The greatest gift is a husband who supports my interests and who has a sense of humor too!
—Amy Beth on December 25, 2012Anything my husband gives me is great. However, this year is pretty good. Our new home is almost done. It’s been a long 7 years waiting for it. It includes some really great kitchen appliances and a big sewing room. And a wonderful walk-in shower – 84 inches long. luxurious.
—Paule-Marie on December 27, 2012Santa brought me a new fitting book for sewing garments, a DVD from Threads, and money to buy a dress form. I had been doing a lot of quilting and wanted to work a little on my sewing skills. I’m thrilled
—Marguerite Namdar on December 29, 2012My best came from my 5 year old grandson who got to decde my gift aall by himself. He wanted to get me something pretty for my sewing room. So he picked out a small metal tin and filled it with several spools of brghtly colored thread. The real gift was the look of absolute joy on his face when I opened his gift. He truly felt a part of grandma’s quliting passion.
—Becky Senner on December 31, 2012