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
Hi Pat! Those cookies look amazing! Theyâd be great with my morning tea. My favorite holiday treat at this time of year isâŠ.ta daâŠpumpkin pie with a little whipped cream. At Christmas itâs cheesecake. I hope you are having a wonderful week and enjoy your holiday with your family.
My favorite holiday tradition is celebrating Christmas morning with a Happy Birthday Jesus cake and singing Happy Birthday with my family.
My favorite treat is sour cream cookies that are layered and you shape into whatever shape you like. Fun and messy.
Our favorite holiday tradition was to open one gift on Christmas Eve. This was a tradition I remember as a teenager and I continued it with our children. They, in turn, continued it with their families. My husband and I are in our 80âs now, but we still each open one gift on Christmas Eve. We will celebrate our 62nd anniversary In December.
My favorite holiday treat is pumpkin pie.
Winner winner cookie book dinner!!!
Holidays are a time with family & we celebrate with food! Food food everywhere food! My mom appointed me the cookie position for our favorite peanutbutter ones.
My favorite Christmas tradition is decorating the Christmas tree with our two grown sons. Every year while they were growing up we gave them special ornaments representing their current interests. It is so fun to unwrap those ornaments and other collected ornaments, sharing memories and laughs. Of course, favorite cookies are shared to finish off the evening.
Every December my boys and I spend the day baking with a friend and her daughter. We bake all day, have lunch together and exchange Christmas gifts. We look forward to it all year long!
The treats make baskets for the other people we work with and the leftovers are divided up between our homes.
My favorite holiday traditions is one that we started about 10 years ago in our family is to get scrash lottery tickets and after dinner we all start scrashing them to see how many of us will be lucky and find some good prizes đ€
My mother, sister and I always did a big cookie bake. While that is no longer possible, I have continued with my daughters-in-law and soon my grandaughter will help more.
My favorite holiday tradition is hanging the stockings I have made through the years and adding new ones as we add family members.
My favorite sweet is peanut butter fudge — yum!
My favorite family tradition is having my kids and grandkids over to decorate Christmas cookies and make homemade candy. The sprinkles we use to decorate the cookies get everywhere! So much fun and great memories!
My favorite holiday tradition involves my favorite holiday treat!! Baking cookies for my friends and neighbors. Sugar cookies are my favorite because my daughter and her bestie decorate for me…double bonus!
My favorite holiday tradition is baking cookies with my great grandchildren. To see the joy in their faces as they are helping makes my heart happy.
My favorite hoilday sweet is my homemade peanut brittle. I usually make about 6 batches to give to friends, family, neighbors and anyone who just stops by.
Favorite tradition is going to the Christmas tree farm to pick out our tree for the holidays. My hubby insists on a real tree each year, which I really do love.
My favorite holiday treat is Date & Nut bread and peanut butter chip chocolate cookies.
My favorite holiday tradition is when all of my children and grandchildren are all together!
My favorite holiday tradition is making an ornament for each of my 2 children — either cross-stitch or quilted. Now that they are both adults, they have quite a collection for their own Christmas trees.
My favorite holiday tradition is driving up to the mountains and picking out a tree to cut down. Afterwards we have a cookout and the kids play in the snow.
My favorite holiday sweet, oh I have several! I would say hot wassil tea and my mother’s baked apples. So delicious and so many memories surrounding each one.
Our favorite Holiday sweet is Cheesecake! I make it homemade from a recipe that has been in our family for years. When I come on the holidays they ask if I brought the cheesecake!
My favorite holiday tradition is celebrating Christmas Eve Italian style with the feast of the Seven Fishes. Iâve enjoyed sharing this tradition I learned from my parents who were Italian immigrants, with my children and grandchildren. This Christmas my daughter is taking over the tradition and I am just helping out. It will be a bittersweet one since it will be the first Christmas since my husband passed. Although he was not Italian, he loved this meal!
OMG, Pat I loved your photos today, so much Fun. my favorite Christmas tradition is to make Lefse, if you know you KNOW. My favorite treat is anything gingerbread. PS hello from Canada and Happy Birthday.
My favorite holiday tradition is getting all the decorating done and then my husband & I bake cookies together. My favorite sweet treat is lemon krinkles. We make extra batches of those to share with friends and family.
My favorite holiday tradition is being with all of my extended family at our parent’s house..the house we grew up in. So many memories made there.
What a wonderful book! So many ideas!!
Oh my! My favorite holiday sweet treat are snowball cookies/ Russian tea cakes. Oh goodness they are yummy!
Hi Pat, love your videos. My favorite holiday tradition has to be snuggling under some quilts with a cup of hot coco watching a holiday movie and making chocolate chip cookies on Christmas eve.
My favorite holiday tradition is having our whole extended family together on Christmas Day. Over the years, itâs been so interesting to see how the family dynamics have changed.
My favorite holiday treats are the cookies my daughter and I bake for everyone. It would be nice to have some special ones made by someone else, also.
My favorite sweet is peppermint bark at the holidays. Love the candy AND the Starbucks peppermint mocha. Yum. I gave all my Starbucks cards to my granddaughter. What was I thinking. Havenât got my recipe out yet for the candy. I also like to make m&m cookies as well as peanut butter blossoms with the Hershey kiss on top.
My favorite sweet is Great Grandma’s Molases cookies. The are soft and chewy and must have Pink and white frosting. The younger generation does not care for them, as they are not really sweet as they like. When she was alive I loved being in the kitchen with her and then trying to sneek some out of the tin and hoping she did not notice.
My favorite holiday sweet is peanut butter balls from a coworkerâs recipe.
My favorite Christmas traditions are making and crafting tree ornaments with all my kids and also riding around to see local Christmas light displays .
My favorite holiday tradition is making my Aunt Helenâs buttermilk cookies. She would be smiling reading this because of all my memories making these delicious cookies and frosting them was such a happy time. As a small child eating these big cookies and making them with family was forever a wonderful time. Thank you Aunt Helen and thank you Pat Sloan for making me smile today â€ïž
My favorite holiday tradition is cutting down a Christmas tree the day after thanksgiving.
My favorite holiday tradition is meeting at midnight Mass. All my adult children attend with us.
The only holiday is ordering my dinner from bob evens. Being alone in donât celebrate any holidays. Sometimes itâs hard. You make the best of what you have. P
My favorite holiday tradition is having Eberhard’s eggnog in my morning coffee…this is the best eggnog ever. In fact, it is so good that we freeze enough so we can enjoy eggnog the rest of the year. Happy Holidays to everyone.
My quilt guild has an ongoing commitment to non-profits in our community which serve those in need. The guild and my beelet support veterans through QOV and local individuals. Most of my smaller quilts go to a church which serves as an immigrant welcome center. Last year I realized that my own family has none of my quilts, although extended family have received small quilted projects through the years. This year one daughter and her husband will get the last twin quilts pieced by my grandmother and aunt, the the other couple will have one I made which is now at the quilter! Now back to donation quilts… a lot like sending your children out into the world…
Making homemade gifts and bake goods are my favorite. My husband and I do this together and it is so fun to see the look on friends faces when we give them the baskets full of goodies.
My favorite holiday tradition is spending Thanksgiving cooking, watching the Macys parade on tv, football games and pie. Lots of pies. I enjoy the fact that Thanksgiving has almost no commercislism to the day⊠just family and good food.
My favorite tradition, which I have grown up with, was lighting a Bayberry candle on Christmas and New Years eve. The tradition is : a candle burned to the socket, brings luck and love.” We get ours from I A Root Co. and they are made of beeswax.
My favorite holiday tradition was when my mom would set up the Adent wreath in the center of the dinner table and it was lit every night at dinner!
My favorite holiday sweet was always my grandmother’s homemade fudge and divinty!
My favorite holiday tradition is picking out the family tree at the tree farm. We all try to find the fattest and fullest tree they have. We pick out our favorite and they cut it down and once we get it home the smell of that frasier is just Christmas in our home. It is a fun time with the kids and I look forward to it every year. Everyone hanging ornaments on the tree and remembering each ornament is very special.
When I was a teen my family and my best friend’s family would go to the ski hill on the 25th. Back then it was rare for people to do that so we never had to wait for the lift rides and sometimes were even served hot chocolate to drink on the way up. It was a fun relaxing day
My favorite holiday tradition is turning out the lights, with just the tree lights on and enjoying the tree.
My husband is the pastor of a small, rural church in Kansas. On Christmas Eve, at midnight, as Christmas day begins, we ring the church bell. Have been doing this for 35 yrs now. It’s lovely how the bell sounds over the quiet town.
My favorite holiday sweet is homemade Sour Cream Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Fosting. Tradition is spending the day with my family going to our townâs Christmas parade, seeing Santa Claus and then creating gingerbread houses out of graham crackers and candy. A long but fun day!
I love decorating the entire house and yard for all the family to come visit. Lights, lights!
My holiday sweet is Bumbleberry Pie. Yummy.
My favorite holiday tradition was going to midnight mass, then having aunts, uncles, and cousins come to the house to celebrate.