Well this is a FUN day! Not one but TWO giveaways and the last block of Home Town Charms!
For our final HomeTown Charms block we come together to do good work. We end the blocks with Charity. It is the cornerstone of our communities. Neighbors helping neighbors in so many ways. It might be an ongoing project, or fundraising for a very specific need. Working together to do good is an incredible thing we as humans can be part of.
When you share your block, tell me about the charities and fundraisers that are important to you.
…Let's get to it!
- Hometown Charms Block # 12 – PATTERN AFTER THE HOMETOWN notes
- Fast & Fun lap quilts Tour, My day! With a book Giveaway!
- Leckerlee Cookie Giveaway!
- Holiday Drop, the Sloan Zone way
- Daily Video
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- Share your photos of your Sew along blocks at the end!
- If you missed some of my videos go to www.youtube.com/user/PatSloan and catch up!
** Hometown Charms! Block #12**
Our Ambassadors have been so amazing to share what is important to them for the quilt along, thank you everyone!
Kendall continues to do great sewing tutorials on his channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsCnd82vQeb2X8hIz4zynxg/videos
*** Sloan Zone Ambassador team *** their charity and fundraiser đ
- Kendall – I helped fundraise to get a church bell tower completed after being missing for 100 years, we also got bells for the tower from a church in England that was lost to fire, for example)
- Laura – My hometown now, Bellefontaine (French for beautiful spring) is being revitalized. By a group of entrepreneurs called, Small Nation. Our town has become a standard for other towns who are now restoring their towns. Small Nation has basically gone through gutted each building/business and restored it back to its original beauty. Old dilapidated buildings have been saved. And Our town has the smallest street (McKinley St) in America and the first concrete street in America (court st) It was a test street.
- Suzanne – Like many quilters, I pitch in with my guilds â community quiltsâ. Over the years Iâve made tops and now quilt for the group. They supply quilts to our local childrens homes , womens shelter, local sheriff and fire departments emergency response teams. I also quilt for a group in neighboring Connecticut called Quilts that Care. They supply quilts to cancer patients in treatment and in hospice. For over 30 years I have been a âfriendâ to my local library.
- Barbara – My favorite charity currently is The Normady Project. Itâs a organization created to help women who have escaped human trafficking, where they can learn to live independently through mentoring, support and encouragement. In addition, on-site classes are offered in areas of trauma recovery, healthy boundaries, life skills, employment skills, parenting skills, culinary skills, exercise and more.
- Carrie G – Both my daughter and I are Girl Scouts. We support our local council and service units efforts which not only empower young woman, but teaches them the importance of community service. Even my son benefited from his sister being a Scout for 13 years as he modeled what she learned through the organization.
- Kathy – Many of the groups I belong to do a Charity project each year. Over the years I have made quilts for preemie beds, lap quilts for Hospice, quilts for the woman's shelter, hats, scarves, and washcloths for the homeless. I also volunteer my time with several local organizations.
- Brenda -Growing up my mom taught me that no matter how bad you think you have it thereâs always someone else that is having an even harder time. Giving and helping others itâs a good thing.
Alzheimerâs research I made 36 Art quilts which were auctioned and proceeds went to research. Pretty Chemo caps with machine embroidery made and donated to local Cancer treatment center. I even donated my hair minimum 10â more than once. For cancer wigs that are provided free to patients. Crochet the tiniest hats & booties for our NICU. And also for theMarch of dimes preemie project. Making tiny quilts & blankets. Just the size of a legal envelope! Helps those fragile babies look more like real babies and gives comfort to the families. Just some of my ways to give to others
- Dorris – The quilt group I am in donates quilts to Quilts of valor, Child Advocacy, and Family Promise (a group for homeless or near homeless families with children in our county). There are only 8 of us on a regular basis and we have made and donated over 50 quilts so far this year. I do the quilting on a large percentage of the quilts in addition to doing my own.
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*** Book Tour, My Day!***
::Fast & Fun Lap quilts book tour – All quilts made from 10â squares, like layercakes or your stash. I did the Puzzle Box with Adel in Winter Fabric line
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BOOK TO Pam who said :
Love that book! I saw a few quilts that would be doable for me. I dont need another book but when you see at least 3 quilts i like i would buy it. Thanks for sharing
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To win a copy of the book, leave a comment by Nov 29 at 6pm telling me
"Tell me about your favorite Holiday Tradition"
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Visit Melissa's website for lots of great inspiration about her book! http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/
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*** Leckerlee Cookie Giveaway! ***
My friend Sandy Lee, owner and creator of small batch cookie company Leckerlee, has 3 tins of cookies for me to giveaway!
She is so amazing to have recreate the awesome Lebkuchen cookies.. yum!!
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Cookies to
- SUSAN who said…
My favorite holiday memory was going to Grandma's for Christmas Eve dinner. She would make ornaments throughout the year and her tree would be filled with her handcrafts. At the end of the evening we could select a new ornament to take home and put in our own Christmas stash. I still have her felted, feathered birds and sequined Styrofoam balls and even little plastic canvas mailboxes that you can hide a Hershey's kiss in. - Suzanne who said…
Hi Pat⊠my favorite holiday tradition is baking cookies. I have already made gingerbread men and pecan Tassies, yum! My favorite holiday sweet is peppermint hot chocolate. We make it at home but I also enjoy Starbucks too. Happy Thanksgiving đŠđđ„°â€ïž! - Sherri who said…
Favorite holiday treat is rocky road fudge, used to love poppycock but can't make it anymore its to addictive
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3 people will receive a tin of cookies, and you get to pick the tin!
leave a comment by Nov 29 at 6pm telling me
"Tell me about your favorite Holiday Sweet"
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1,159 Responses
My favorite tradition growing up was going to my grandparents’ house. There were always lots of aunts and uncles and even MORE cousins to play with!!! My grandmother was a phenomenal cook! The things I loved most were her regular homemade biscuits AND her “angel biscuits” made with yeast. The males could always count on getting flannel shirts and we females could always count on getting granny panties!! LOL! ;-D I really miss those days. So my husband and I try to make a new tradition with our grandkiddos so that THEY will always remember how wonderful it was to come to OUR house for Christmas! <3
MY favorite holiday sweet treats are Buckeyes!! Those yummmmmmmmmy chocolate covered peanut butter balls! OoooOooOOOooo la la! LOL! Ialso JUST found a recipe for Buckeye Brownies! Bake brownies in a 9×13″ pan. While they’re baking mix up the peanut butter and powdered sugar like you would for regular Buckeyes. Spread the mixture on top of the brownies while they are still warm. Next you mix up the chocolate ganache then pour it over it all.
It is something ELSE!! If anyone wants the recipe message me on Facebook!
My favorite holiday sweet is homemade candy, but I love cookies any time of the year. I do have a couple of holiday cookies that only make during this holiday season
My favorite holiday tradition is making candies for my small family.
My favorite holiday tradition is Christmas brunch. My mother always made eggs benedict. I looked forward to this delicious meal. I now make a Christmas brunch at my house with a different menu of several quiches. My favorite holiday treat is butterball cookies. So good!
My favorite Holiday tradition is gathering with family and friends and enjoying a meal together. Family and friends are so precious!
My favorite Holiday sweet treat is my Mom’s pumpkin pie. Yum!
Merry Christmas! Jesus is the Reason for the Season!
I always loved making Christmas cookies. We always had somewhere to go that a plate of cookies was gifted. Now days several in my family have allergies, so it is harder to make the old favorites.
My favorite holiday treat is the gooey chocolate covered cherries. Starting when I was young, I always gave my father a box. I still love them, but they are now too sweet in my late adult life.
My favorite holiday tradition is game time with the family. (not ball games on tv) With all being adult children, we don’t play the same games we did when they were younger but the kids look forward to reuniting on the holiday to spend time together over games.
My favorite holiday treat is is my sonâs birthday cake. He was born on Christmas and I always have a cake for him. He hates the attention and sometimes just takes it home đ
A Holiday tradition is going to a Holiday event with the family and grand kids. Might be a holiday concert, a light show at the arboretum, or such. Togetherness during the season is special.
Our family traditions have changed over the years depending on where we were living and changed as the kids got older. The one thing that has remained solid has been to get together for a big family meal and then the gift exchange. It might not always happen on Christmas Day because of schedules and what day of the week Christmas Day falls on. So our Christmas tradition includes all of those special holiday treatsâŠ.the dinner with all of the traditional dishes and desserts and a big group around the table enjoying all of it.
My favorite holiday treat is gingerbread cookies.
My favorite Christmas tradition is out Christmas Eve candlelight service.
Love the book, the puzzle box pattern looks very interesting and I would love to make the Jacks pattern too. Christmas traditions for me are Christmas Eve and Morning with my Niece and Nephew and Christmas dinner at my Dads on Boxing Day. It wouldnât be Christmas with out these two traditions. đđđ
My favorite holiday sweet(s) are cookies. Thumbprint, Snickerdoodle, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chip. Not too choosey. đ
My favorite holiday tradition is getting together with family and friends for a fondue party. We have a leisurely meal while we fondue meat and enjoy visiting with everyone.
My favorite holiday tradition is to look at the holiday displays in surrounding neighborhoods. My next favorite tradition is watching holiday movies with my family.
My favorite holiday sweet is a tea ring coffee cake that I make for Christmas breakfast. I also really like chocolate covered pretzels.
My favorite holiday tradition is to set up the nativity set without the baby Jesus. After everyone goes to bed on Christmas Eve, I put the baby in the manger so he is there on Christmas morning.
My favorite holiday tradition as a kid was making and decorating sugar cookies on Christmas eve so we could leave them for Santa and the reindeer. So many good memories of the shapes, icing and taking turns rolling out the dough. My mother has so much patience with 5 pairs of little hands helping!
My favorite holiday tradition is making cookies and treats with the grandchildren. My favorite holiday treat is sugar cut out cookies.
Family getting together! It doesn’t always happen with us being states apart, but when it does it is great! We laugh and play games and eat đ
My favorite holiday tradition was when my kids were little. On Christmas Eve, they would get a scoop of ice cream with a candle init and we would sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.
My favorite holiday treat is the Rolls melted onto a pretzel with a pecan on top.
My favorite holiday tradition is making cookies for my family. My favorite sweet treat is the almond crescent.
Holiday tradition: my mom would make us home knit sweaters. She would run out of time to knit so we would get boxes of yarn and a promise. It was the best gift.
My favorite holiday tradition was always getting a new pair of flannel pajamas that my grandmother would make every year and wearing them to bed on Christmas Eve. My favorite treat was always making Spritz cookies each year. They were so good.
My favorite holiday trdition is making cookies with my kids. Every year(even now that they are grown) is making sugar cookies & painting them. We then have a family dinner & enjoy the unrushed time before Christmas.
My favourite holiday tradition is to gt together with family.
We all share in camaraderie for the day. A glorious meal is served and we all leave full of the Christmas spirit.
Being with family and having a good meal.
My favorite Christmas tradition is telling the story of the birth of Jesus to my grandchildren with candles for stars and the nativity scene for illustration. It is so sweet and the kids are entranced!
My favorite holiday tradition is one we started when my son was young. My son always wanted to throw me a birthday party, my birthday is the 6th of December. So we would order pizza and make hot chocolate and decorate the tree. He still comes over every year and we decorate the tree for Christmas.
My favorite treat would be homemade Carmel corn made by my mom, itâs the best.
I like Melt-Away cookies. The nut balls rolled in confectioners sugar. You just want to keep popping them in your mouth.
I enjoy Christmas Eve dinner. Church service is around 4pm so a simple dinner with family is nice.
Favorite tradition: Enjoying the Christmas tree lights
Sweets: our Christmas Stollen on Christmas morning. Any other day–Chocolate!
My favorite tradition is not fixing the same type of meat each year. This year it will be venison. Last year it was beef. The other thing that I do is sneak in a small, wrapped gift from Santa and place it into each stocking.
My favorite Holiday treat is homemade chocolate fudge and soft peppermints!
One of my favorite traditions is baking and decorating Gingerbread Man cookies–have done this since my own kids were small and now I have a range of Grandkids to bake for!!
My favorite tradition is using the family decorations and ornaments that my husband and I each grew up with. We have added new ones as our children have grown and hope they will enjoy them as we hand them over to them. Our grandchildren always remember the stories behind the ornaments and that warms our heart.
My favorite tradition is putting up the ceramic nativity set I made about 20 years ago.
Merry Christmas!!
Happy Birthday!
My favorite holiday tradition is sitting in the quiet with just the tree lights on. Maybe some Christmas music playing, maybe nothing but silence as the snow falls outside.
My favorite Christmas treat is chocolate shortbread sandwich cookies with cream cheese frosting! I make them every year to share with my sisters.
Our favorite holiday tradition when our kids were growing up, was we made sugar cookies together. The kids loved icing them. It was such a fun thing to do.
My favorite holiday tradition comes from when my children were young. Every Christmas morning they would walk down the hall into the living room in their pajamas and half asleep. but their eyes were wide open when they saw all the toys that Santa had left.
we have many of these moments on video which we love to watch since they are all now grown with kids of their own.
We have a fun tradition at our Christmas family party playing Bingo. I have a big Christmas Sock that my parents used when my children were young! When you win a game you can pick from the sock or âstealâ from someone.
My favorite Holiday Sweet is what my family calls Crescent cookies (because of the shape). Pillsbury calls them butterballs. Between the butter, the crushed almonds and the confectioners sugar they melt in your mouth.
My favorite holiday tradition is Dopp i Gryta (Dip in the Pot), a Swedish meal my family has celebrated at Christmas for over 100 years. I am so thankful our family has carried on this tradition all these years!
My favorite tradition was seeing my grandmother’s beautiful flocked tree with lovely ornaments and singing Christmas Carols with my mother as she played piano next to it.
Favorite tradition? Baking, of course! Ginger cookies from my Gram and Snowballs from my husband’s grandmother. Snowballs are a pound cake base with currants, citron and raisins baked in deep cupcake tins, then frosted upside down with lemon Royal icing. Perfect size with tea!
My favorite holiday sweet is my homemade peanut butter fudge.
My favorite memory is decorating the tree. Even today it is a collection of memories of ornaments made with, by and for children and grandchildren as well as souvenirs from trips.