Elizabeth Hartman’s Practical Guide to Patchwork Tour Kickoff!
I first “met” Elizabeth Hartman a few years ago after I had posted a “help wanted” on Craigslist. Elizabeth saw it and said, “I already have a job, but if you ever need a hand, let me know.” Well, who can resist a offer like that?! We were already fans of Elizabeth’s Oh, Fransson! blog, so it wasn’t long before I said, “you know, we need someone to write a monthly fabric focus tutorial.” A deal was struck and Elizabeth ended up writing a dozen fabulous tutorials for us. (Click here for the last one, which has links to all the others.)
Earlier this year Elizabeth joined our local Sewing Circle, so I’ve had the opportunity to get to know her in real life too. She is kind, generous, a bit of a goof (in the nicest sense, E). And AMAZINGLY TALENTED! As I’ve told her, I am very Mama-Hen proud of her and all she has accomplished, including the release of her new book, The Practical Guide to Patchwork (Stash Books.) I see a lot of sewing books come across my dining room table desk and I will tell you very honestly, this one is a must-have. It is organized, well-written, easy to follow and inspiring.
Just a few of the things that I love about it:
- It contains great information about choosing fabrics, including definitions of value, intensity, monochromatic schemes, analogous schemes and more. Real, practical advice you can use to achieve a look you love.
- Easy-to-understand instructions and images for everything from cutting to piecing to quilting to binding. Even if you’ve never made a quilt in your life, you can get from point A to point Q(uilt!) with this book.
- Beautiful, unique quilt designs that aren’t intimidating.
- Every quilt pattern has an idea for the back!
- Each pattern has images of a finished quilt, plus 2 alternate ideas with different fabric choices that almost make it look like completely different designs.
- The graphics are plentiful, in color and clear.
It really is a wonderful book and I’m thrilled to have it on my shelf. Now is the perfect time to start writing your holiday wishlist, if you know what I’m sayin’. (And if you’re going to be at Quilt Market, Elizabeth will be signing books at 1pm in the Stash booth.)
3 things
To kick off the tour, we thought it would be fun to ask Elizabeth to tell us some things that you probably don’t know about her. We call it the “3 things” interview.
3 jobs you’ve held
- Commercial Mortgage Closer
- Marketing & PR Coordinator
- Seamstress
3 things you loved as a child
- The movie and soundtrack of Annie
- Swimming
- Making, building, drawing, and/or designing anything
3 most recent books
- The Tenant of Wildfeld Hall by Anne Bronte
- The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
- Design-it-Yourself Clothes by Cal Patch
3 favorite cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossoms
- Chocolate Crackles
- Chewy Coconut-Chocolate Pinwheels
3 favorite fabric collections
- Etsuko Furuya’s Echino collections for Kokka
- Robert Kaufman’s Kona Solids
- This isn’t really a collection, but a lot of the abstract, geometric, and large floral prints from Alexander Henry are among my all-time favorites.
3 favorite things you’ve sewn
- Years ago, some friends and I dressed up as the people from Clue for Halloween and I used thrift store prom dresses, random craft supplies and tacky fabric to make Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock and Miss Scarlet costumes. I wish I still had a photo of them, because it was amazing. We even carried around our weapons all night. (I was shocked by how easy it was to find a giant brass candlestick at Goodwill. They had, like, 20 of them!)
- Also years ago, I made a quilt for my father that was a reproduction of the Periodic Table. It employed some really questionable supplies and construction techniques, but I love the concept and would love to remake it “the right way.”
- Is it cheating if I say, collectively, all the quilts for my book?
3 places you want to visit
- The Knittn Kitten (vintage fabric store) on Glisan
- Tokyo (I went when I was 16, but I want to go as an adult.)
- Anywhere in Europe, because I’ve never been
3 tips for quilters and wanna-be quilters
- Making a quilt takes longer than many other sewing projects. Embrace this and take your time, completing each step at your own pace.
- If you make a mistake, you can choose to take your work apart and start over, or you can choose to keep working and just try not to make the same mistake next time. What’s important is that you’re happy with your work, not that you’re meeting someone else’s arbitrary standards of quality. (Remember that you’re basically making a blanket. There are few things you can do to make a non-functional blanket!)
- If you find yourself hating the project you’re working on, walk away for a couple of hours or a couple of days. A little distance can make a lot of problems disappear.
Thank you, Elizabeth!
Be sure to catch the rest of Elizabeth’s Blog Tour. There will be tons of great information and inspiration from Elizabeth, plus ten more chances to win the book!
October 28th – Ashley Newcomb – Film in the Fridge
October 29th – Rashida Coleman-Hale – I heart Linen
October 30th – Jacquie Gering – Tall Grass Prairie Studio
October 31st – Alissa Haight-Carlton – Handmade by Alissa
November 1st – Melissa Burt – Connecting Threads Blog
November 2nd – Rossie Hutchinson – R0ssie’s Blog
November 3rd – Amber Carrillo – One Shabby Chick
November 4th – Kim Kight – True Up
November 5th – Kathy Mack – Pink Chalk Studio
November 6th – Kathreen Ricketson – Whip Up
Now, for a chance to win your own copy of The Practical Guide to Patchwork, answer ONE of the “3 things” questions in the comments.
- 3 jobs you’ve held
- 3 things you loved as a child
- 3 most recent books
- 3 favorite cookies
- 3 favorite fabric collections
- 3 favorite things you’ve sewn
- 3 places you want to visit
- 3 tips for quilters and wanna-be quilters
Finally, Elizabeth has compiled a fat quarter pack inspired by the Kitchen Window Quilt in her book. Hop on over to that post for more details and a chance to win the 12 gorgeous fat quarters!
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3 things I loved as a child:
PacMan
The Ice Cream truck
Summer vacation!!
i love the “3 things” theme!
3 jobs i’ve held:
1. walmart customer service manager
2. pet store employee
3. software engineer!
Three jobs I’ve had:
- attendant at a takeaway shop (called the “Chick Inn”, yes, they sold BBQ’s chicken!)
- a checkout chick at a major supermarket
- a civil / traffic engineer (both in Australia and in England)
Thanks for the opportunity to win such a fabulous looking book!
3 places I worked:
As a janitor at my boarding school chapel and admin buildings.
At a porn theater across from the Fullerton Airport as the Soda Girl. Lasted 2 days till my mom found out. Pay was awesome!
At the Anaheim Hills Library as a page when I was in college.
Elizabeth is my all time favorite quilter… Her work is really inspiring and as you have rightly said non intimidating… All the best to her for the book!!! I already have bought one for myself, but I’d like to win another copy that I can give to a dear friend of mine who is a new quilter…
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. I worked as an assistant in a courier company… Back when I was 16! I made 10$ in a month and was proud of it!
2. I worked as an assistant to an Architect for 5 years
3. I worked as an assistant lecturer at the local Architecture college…
I gave all that up and am a full time SAHM now!!!
-Bookshop employee.
-Sewing machine/vacuum/fabric shop salesperson.
-Barista.
I absolutely love the work of Elizabeth so have to enter in this contest:) Three things I loved as a kid it will be. I loved all crafty stuff, especially making cloth for my stuffies and Barbies. I also loved reading for hours, often a book a day. And because I was only allowed to a really small tv-time I loved (and still love
) watching tv.
Very fun interview!
3 jobs I’ve had:
grocery bagger/courtesy clerk
cashier at retail store
camp counselor
thanks for the giveaway!
This looks like a really neat book!
3 things I’ve sewn are:
-Lazy Girl Miranda Bag
-Queen size quilt without a pattern!
-Little House on the Prairie outfit for my daughter.
Three jobs I’ve held… (certainly more than this but let’s go for diversity?!) My “real” job before I had kids was a branch manager/principal of a financial planning company, also I was the liquor controller for a PGA golf event at a resort I worked at and when I growing up on the farm I drove a big tractor/gave cows shots & fixed fence.
Wow what a great interview….thank you for sharing. I would like to share 3 tips for new quilters:
1. Choose fabric in a colour you love…..as you will
like working with it and hopefully like the finished quilt.
2. Take your time and make sure your seams are a quarter of an
inch on your piecing…….or the same throughout.
3. 5 inch squares joined together make a easy project.
Mostly just enjoy
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Double Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookies
I would love to win that quilting book!
3 favorite things I have sewn:
But I look at it now and just remember all the happy hours spent sewing on it and wondering what it would look like completed.
Some years ago, we helped make a woman her dream wedding dress. It took hours to get the exact design she wanted and even longer to get the right fabric. But in the end we had a beautiful light blue-turquoise silk dress with a bit of white lace. Worth all the trouble!
And then there was the string quilt that took me forever to sew and cost me one short stay in the hospital a day before new years eve because I was in such a hurry that the rotary cutter slipped a bit
I also loved sewing the first handbag for my online shop. It was the first item that was intended to be sold and I loved that it was only sold a few hours later
This book looks fantastic!!!
My 3 favorite fabric collections:
Etsuko Furuya’s Echino collection
Laura Gunn’s Poppy collection for Michael Miller
Heather Bailey’s Pop Garden
3 jobs that I’ve had
bakery front of shop sales person (sounds much better than it was!)
maths tutor
physiotherapist!
what a fun idea – I want to read everyone’s posts!!
Elizabeth’s is one blog I never miss. I am going to print out her 3 tip for quilters and put it above my sewing table and would LOVE to win this book!
The book looks great. I’m intrigued. The fall is here so I’m reading a lot – my last 3 books were Chicago by Alaa Al Aswany (great book), The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (classic) and the Africa Trilogy by Jakob Ejersbo (ok, the last one was 3 on its own, but amazing amazing amazing – some of the best books I’ve ever read.)
3 places I wan’t to visit :
the Taj Mahal in India, a teenager dream!!
China, so big land, so different from where I live…
Canada, in indian summer, just for colours !!
And if Elizabeth wants to come in France, she’s welcome at home !!
Ooo! I’ve been waiting for this book to come out. I love Elizabeth’s designs! My most recent 3 books: Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson; and WAR by Sebastian Junger.
3 things I loved doing as a child:
1. Reading, I still love it, but haven’t as much time as back then
2. playing with friends
3. origami
This book looks soooo scrumptious – thanks Elizabeth for sharing. Three things I have sewn are personalised Christmas stockings for all my nieces and nephews, 8 pukeko (native NZ bird) costumes, soccer ball mascots for a football tournament …and quilts of course!!!!. Ciao
3 jobs I’ve held:
Arbys worker
math tutor
chemical engineer
This book is on my Christmas list. I hope to win it here though.
I love Elizabeth’s blog and follow it religiously – can’t wait for the book!
Three jobs I’ve had:
1. Page in a library (no really, that’s what they called it! I reshelved books, cleaned returned records, that kind of thing)
2. Clothing sales in a posh ladies’ shop – I really really sucked at it and they let me go after 6 months. I was the kind of salesperson I like in a store and guess what, they don’t sell anything!
3. Archaeologist. My current and favourite job.
3 things I loved as a child:
- Playing school with my mother like I was the teacher.
- The Little Mermaid
- The Wizard of Oz
My favorite are Kona solids, all Fig Tree fabrics and Denyse Schmidt. Thanks for the chance to win !
Three places I want to visit
New Zealand
Iceland
Scotland
so excited to hear about this great book…just in time for the Sew -in at my house too!
3 Most recent Books
Creative is a Verb by Patti Digh
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
Style Statement by Danille LaPorte and Carrie McCarthy
Cheers~
Three favorite cookies:
* Oatmeal raisin (mmmm, xo much brown sugar and butter!)
* Snickerdoodles
* Molasses
This got my sweet tooth going….maybe I’ll go start a batch!
Ooooh can’t wait to get my hands on this book! Would love to win
3 things I loved as a child:
-the color orange
-making up songs all the time
-pink nailpolish
favorite things – sparklers, the fabric scrap drawer, buttons.
I love Elizabeth’s quilts! Congrats to her on the book!
Three things I loved as a child –
1. Playing Jacks w/ my girlfriends
2. Reading in a tree
3. Playing Kick the Can w/ my brothers
Three jobs I’ve had:
1)Discount health and beauty store manager
2)Beauty consultant at Merle Norman Cosmetics
3)Corporate Benefits Manager
When you think about the past, you get some interesting memories!
3 things I loved as a child:
- Doing craft … ANY craft!!!
- Making my own birthday cakes.
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
3 places you want to visit
south africa
california
sweden
I can’t wait to see this book! My 3 jobs: toy store worker, pharmacy technician, graphic designer
3 favorite things I have sewn:
1 – My favorite thing I have sewn I actually just finished a few days ago. I made the Free Let’s Go Back pack (with some slight changes) for my little girl. I couldn’t believe how amazing it turned out, and how fun it was to make
2- My little girls favorite doll (notice a theme, love making my little girl stuff). I found an old book form the 70′s about cloth doll making. Toys are wonderful sewing projects.
3- A t-shirt quilt for my husband. He thought I threw out all his old t-shirts but I have been saving them, and for Christmas this year I am giving them back in the form of a quilt. It has been so fun sneaking around behind his back to get it done.
If I could put a 4th project I would have to say the purse I made for the bag swap. So much fun.
Book looks wonderful! I am yet to make a quilt but I imagine it won’t be long I love a good blankie and book!
3 Jobs 1.Pizza maker 2.Lawn mower mechanic 3.Banker. (not kidding I have been all 3!!!
3 places i want to visit:
- farms in northern japan!
- the nation of chile!
- cuba!
3 things I loved as a child…riding bikes (of course while pretending to be Daisy Duke in her cute little jeep), reading – especially the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, and finally, making stuff. I loved making stuff. I actually taught myself to crochet from a book in elementary school. Weird, huh? Thanks for the giveaway! The book looks awesome.
Three places I would like to visit:
1. Newfoundland, Canada
2. The Grand Canyon
3. Norway
Thanks for doing this blog hop. I have not seen some of these blogs before.
I would love to own this. It looks so inspiring. My three most recent books are Alice Munro’s, Too Much Happiness, Maggie O’Farrell’s, The hand that first held mine and Sew U by Wendy Mullin.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s nest – Stieg Larsson
Our Lady of Darkness – Peter Tremayne
The Girl Who Played with Fire – Stieg larsson
I worked in a machine shop for my summer and Christmas breaks for a couple years while in college. I’ve also worked as a floor nurse in a hospital and a nurse practitioner in private practice. My favorite of all, though, is being a stay at home mom to my almost 7 month old son.
3 places I want to visit :
- Japan
- San Francisco
- Elizabeth Hartman’s workshop !
I am so excited about this book – I really can’t wait to own it – I can’t decide if I should wait until the “tour” is over or not!!! THREE THINGS: books – Mystic River, Mockingjay, Siblings Without Rivalry. Thank you so much for a chance on this one! elizabethlehman@hotmail.com
I love Elizabeth’s patterns and am looking forward to the ones in her book.
3 jobs I’ve held:
Cabin Girl at a Dude Ranch, Front Desk Clerk at a hotel and Teacher at a Wildlife Sanctuary
3 jobs:
employee at Taco Bell
Day Care worker
Kindergarten Teacher
i love red letter day by lizzy house, robert kaufman carolina chambrays and park slope by erin mcmorris! thanks for a chance. loved this interview and can’t wait to see this book.
Three most recent books: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Reliable Wife, and Eat, Pray, Love.
3 places I’d love to visit:
Seattle, WA
Anywhere in Hawaii
Helsinki, Finland
3 Jobs:
- Resident Assistant in a college dorm
- Engineer at a greeting card company
- Camp counselor for inner city kids
Oh I would love this book – actually I need this book. My favorite cookies are chocolate chip, snickerdoodles and frosted Christmas cookies!!
I think I really want that book! The more I see it, the more I want it.
3 Places I want to visit:
Greece
Nova Scotia
Yellowstone National Park
And I would love, love, love to have a copy of Elizabeth’s book!! She inspired me to start quilting, and taught me how to do it!
As a child I loved playing in the woods at my grandparent’s house, swinging on the hammock strung between old live oaks at my other grandparent’s beach house, and drawing with felt tip pens! Thanks for an awesome giveaway. As a new-ish quilter with lots to learn, I’d sure love to win this book!
3 favorite fabric collections
1. Innocent Crush – Anna Maria Horner
2. Kona Solids – Robert Kaufman
3. Dreaming in french – Art Gallery Fabrics
3 places I want to visit are:
1. Croatia
2. Portugal
3. Banff, Canada
Love the Oh, Fransson blog!
Wow, the book looks great–especially for a new quilter like me. 3 jobs I’ve held–nurse’s aide, camp counselor, actuary. Thanks for the chance to win!
Hmmmm…. three jobs I have held.
university professor
bartender
temporary secretary
Great giveaway!
3 things I loved as a child…reading, watching clouds, dancing
I am dying to go to the California wine country. I would like to take my family to Italy. Finally, I would like to go to Houston Quilt Market!
3 things I loved as a child: 1)jumping rope 2)the Laura Ingalls Wilder books 3)having tea with my grandma using her fancy porcelain tea cups.
3 places I want to visit:
Fabric shops in Japan
Fiji (because it’s warm and I live in Northern Wisconsin)
A flea market in Paris
p.s. Love E’s story about the periodic table quilt. I would love to attempt one for my scientist daughter.
Three most recently finished books:
Victory of Eagles (Naomi Novik)
Enna Burning (Shanon Hale)
River Secrets (Shannon Hale)
3 things I loved as a child:
1. Reading.
2. Getting to stay up late to watch specials on TV, like The Sound of Music or Christmas cartoons.
3. School work.
3 things I loved as a child:
1. the clothing my Mom made; I wish I had some of those zany 60′s and 70′s fabrics to play with today!
2. playing in the woods: sticks, rocks and dirt were our toys
3. books by Roald Dahl (still true today)
Love to own that book!
My 3 places I want to visit:
1. India – the colors and people and culture are just magical to me and I want to BE there!
2. Spain – the mix of cultures as well as the colors also draw me here. That and I can speak a little spanish!
3. Japan – Seems most of the trends and fads in the world start here, I’d love a chance to see why!
Three most recent books: Half Baked (wonderful memoir); Mockingjay (3rd in a trilogy – loved it); and Never Let Me Go.
Such a gorgeous fabric pack! Love it!
Beautify book! Awesome fabric!
3 places I would love to visit- NYC, Las Vegas, and Virginia Beach!
3 recent books: Life of Pi (Yann Martel), The Road (Cormac McCarthy) and The Lorax (Dr Seuss). All recommended – though pull out your steel heart for the middle one.
My 3 favorite cookies are:
Cranberry White Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti
Regular Ol’ Chocolate Chip (Alton Brown’s recipe)
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
3 things I loved as a child:
-the quilt my Grandma made me
-the pillow my Grandma made me. One side was red fleece, the other side was black velvet and it had a little pocket to put a small treasure in. I always had to lay on the black velvet side.
-Little House on the Prairie (books and TV show). When I grew up I wanted to be Laura.
Strangely enough (And Elizabeth and I aren’t related), as a child I loved:
1. The Annie movie soundtrack (and still do. I’m lame like that)
2. Swimming
3. Building or designing anything (especially if it involves legos)
I know Elizabeth and I both love Arrested Development. Maybe we are related!
3 Things loved as a child: Family vacations, playing games outside with the neighborhood kids and the dollhouse my dad made for me!
I’m so excited about Elizabeth’s book.
Three jobs I have had are nanny, sandwich maker at an Italian deli and math teacher.
Three recent books:
Middlesex
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Help
I recommend them all!
Cookies – that’s my speed!
1. Oatmeal Raisin
2. Chocolate-ginger (a la Martha Stewart)
3. Cherry white chocolate
Three things I loved as a child:
1. Paint-by-number oil paintings. I completed a huge stack.
2. Sewing clothes, doll clothes, quilts, ornaments, everything I could think of.
3. Going to drive-in movies with my family. All the kids would wear pajamas. We brought popcorn, and we had lots of blankets and pillows and we always fell asleep on the way home.
3 jobs, 1. Scheduler in Dr. office, 2. Breastfeeding Counselor 3. Truck shipment rater (not in that order). Thank you so much for the chance! This looks like a wonderful book!
I can’t wait to pick up Elizabeth’s book. Here are my answers.
3 jobs you’ve held
– Tailor (I got to sew costumes for Looney Toons Characters)
– Retail Sales Associate
– Footwear Designer
1. Scotland 2. Prince Edward Island 3. The Grand Canyon.
Thanks for the chance to win! I’ve been waiting (im)patiently for its release since I first heard about it!
3 recent books:
-The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
-The Guernsy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
-Dead Man’s Folly, Agatha Christie
3 favorite cookies: Coconut Macaroons, Chewy Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies, Hobnobits (english oat cookies for tea) YUMMM!
3 of my favorite fabric collections are ‘Garden Party’ by Anna Maria Horner, ‘Lightening Bugs and Other Mysteries’ by Heather Ross and ‘Katie Jump Rope’ by Denyse Schmidt! Thanks for the chance to enter! =)
Three jobs I’ve held:
1) McDonalds
2) “Lab monkey” at a genetics lab and HIV/retrovirus lab
3) biology lab instructor.
And, yes, that periodic table quilt sounds awesome!
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book! Three jobs I’ve held: Movie theater, Target, copy editor
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
My daughter’s first Easter dress and bonnet
My son’s first Easter outfit
Dress for flower girl in my daughter’s wedding
I am on a huge sewing book kick, so here it goes. (I just bought all of these last week)
3 most recent books:
Sew Charming
Sew Darn Cute
Amy Butlers Little Stitches for Little Ones
OMG you had me at she is a bit of a goof! LOL I read this this morning prior to breakfast so I am goign to anser the cookies question: Peanut Butter Blossoms (if you ever give this recipe out I would love to have it as peanut butter is my fav!) Chocolate Crackles (OMG just the name of these sounds so good!)and finally Chewy Coconut-Chocolate Pinwheels (they look scrumptious!) Hope it is okay to elaberate! LOL
3 things I loved as a child:
1.) Lisa Frank products. *Especially ones with killer whales
2.) 80′s cartoons *Strawberry Shortcake (before they made her all modern and weird looking!) My Little Pony and Rainbow brite where all time favorites.
3.) My mom’s mac and cheese. I just made it myself this week!
I can’t wait to see this book, and the three things interview was fun! As for 3 places I want to travel: New Zealand, Croatia, and South Africa!
The last 3 books I read are:
1. Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
2. A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce
3. Dust by Joan Frances Turner (I’m still reading this one.)
3 jobs I’ve held…
Summer Camp Counselor/Woodworking Instructor
Cashier at Home Depot
AmeriCorps* VISTA
Three favorite things I’ve sewn:
1) My first quilt, a rail fence pattern and it has so many mistakes and I *love* to look at it to see how far I’ve come.
2) A “big brother bag” for a toddler friend of my son’s.
3) Any baby quilt I’ve ever gifted to a new mom. I have a hard time parting with some of my creations, but it feels so go because people love quilts!
Thank you for the chance to win this oh so awesome book!!! My 3 fav cookies are: Anisette Cookies (an Italian treat made by my mother-in-law), Linzer Tarts (yet another newly found Italian fav of mine), and Chocolate Chip. I am not Italian, but have married into an Italian family. This has opened my eyes to many new foods. Yummy!!!
Three things I loved as a child:
Nancy Drew books
Swimming
Camping with my family
Ok, my three most recent books:
Kafka on the beach, Haruki Murakami
Love is a mixtape, Rob Sheffield
City Quilts, Cherri House
Elizabet’s book looks amazing.
3 Jobs I’ve Held:
McDonald’s drive through teller
Trophy and Plaque maker (though people were always coming in asking for plagues)
Youth Minister
I have held jobs as a consultant, as hotel front desk agent, and as a Police Records clerk. I am loving the new book!
My three most recent books are
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
- The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
3 jobs I’ve held; lifeguard/swim instructor, games room monitor in college, speech pathologist…Looks like a great book!
Three things I loved as a child: my bike, I could ride anywhere! Swimming in the lake, and sewing doll clothes, which I still love to do. The book looks great, I can’t wait to browse it, whenever that might be.
Three jobs I have had; copy writer for a tiny radio station(many many years ago), and a bartering agent for TV commercials. But the best job was teaching middle school boys and girls how to sew and cook! I was “THE” Home Economics teacher! Wonderful career!
I have been following Elizabeth’s blog daily for the past 2 years and am always inspired by all she creates. Her book is on my holiday wish list and to win a copy would be beyond wonderful. Thank you for this interview with her that provides more insight into what inspires her.
3 places I want to visit -
*New Zealand
*Prince Edward Island
*The mountains of NC in the fall (been there before, but it’s been many years)
Thanks for entering me in this sweet giveaway!
3 jobs:
Commercial mortgage closer
seamstress
PR & Marketing coordinator
Thanks and congratulations Elizabeth! I love your work and can’t wait to see your book.
Three favorite sewn items are my wedding dress, selvge quilt and clemantine art quilt.
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. Waitress in high school
2. Swarovski retail associate in college
3. Financial analyst now
A job I held: working on the production line of a plastic pail/lid company. A bucket, btw, is a pail that is full of something. Love Elizabeth’s site and can’t wait to get my hands on her book!
My favorite cookies: Swedish Dreams ( melt-in-your-mouth amazing, double chocolate mint from a fundraiser, and Girl Scout Samoas
Great interview. I love the 3 things concept!! And I love Elizabeth’s work and blog. My 3 things?
3 things I loved as a child:
My Cabbage Patch Doll Dudley
Reading, reading, reading
Cross-stitching with my grandmother
Hmmm… three favorite things as a child:
1. Trixie Belden books
2. Riding my pony, Bobby
3. Out back of the barn, across the pasture, through the barbed wire fence, we played in a magical place. There was a small stream that only had water in the spring, and trees, and an old, falling down summer cottage that we weren’t allowed to enter. If I could go back there (and then), I’d do it in a heartbeat.
Three favorite things from my childhood are: malted milk balls, Sesame Street and swimming in the community pool.
I’m going to answer the question “3 places you want to visit” as I love traveling. I live in San Sebastian (Basque Country, in the north of Spain), so I would like to visit:
- New York
- India (though I went on 2001 I’d love to go back)
- Canada
And, of course, another thing I’d like it’s to win a copy of The Practical Guide to Patchwork.
Regards and thank your for this opportunity.
I’m so excited Elizabeth’s book is being released; I’ve had it on my Amazon wish list for weeks! Speaking of wish lists, 3 places I’d like to visit are Alaska, San Francisco and Ireland. I’m hoping hubby and I can knock one of them off the list next year for a 10th-anniversary trip!
Three jobs I’ve had:
1. Unpacking drill bits in a drill factory
2. Waitress in an ice cream shop (ate way too much ice cream!)
3. Court Reporter
Elizabeth’s book is a great addition to the quilting community! I really enjoy her modern take on quilting.
3 jobs I have held:
Maid in a psychiatric hospital (during high school)
Draftsperson for an architect (during college)
Tax preparer for H&R Block (in between other jobs)
Three places I want to visit — Mood Fabric store in NY, back to Russia (the last time was in college, but this time I want to take my husband and son), and Greece. Thanks for the chance!
3 favorite things I’ve sewn are my Hexie Caddy pincushion, Penny’s Hobo bag and the little dresses I stitched for my daughter.Thanks for the chance to win the book.
My 3 favorite cookies: Thin Mints (I have to share these with my 2.5 year old now – one of the biggest sacrifices of motherhood!), Oreos, and a good chocolate chip with nuts!!
Three jobs I have held:
Special Needs Swim Instructor
Manager of Volunteers and Youth Services for a local American Red Cross Chapter
Theatrical Production (I did it all depending on the needs of the show from set construction and scenic painting to master electrician to costume construction and wardrobe)
3 favorite things I’ve sewn? A wonder life size toddler doll for my daughter on her 2nd birthday, a set of stacking rings for my granddaughter on her 1st birthday and my son’s baby quilt, a cheater panel way back when that started me on my quilting journey!
White chocolate and macadamia nut chewy cookies
almond biscotti
butternut snaps
3 things I loved as a child:
1. My mom’s meatloaf. Seriously, it was my favorite food through elementary school (and later, but then I was too “cool” to admit it).
2. Going to my grandparents’ house for Christmas. Family at the holidays has always been important to me. And grandma’s cookies didn’t hurt either.
3. Craft projects. Cross stitch, embroidery, friendship bracelets, gum wrapper chains, you name it, I at least tried it. I’m so glad my mom fostered that in me, despite the fact that she wasn’t crafty in the slightest.
The 3 favorite things I have sewn? Let’s see: 1) the hats for my youngest daughter’s Buddy Walk a couple of weeks ago; 2) my older daughter’s library bag; 4) the Dorothy costume I am working on now without a pattern that is driving me C~R~A~Z~Y! It’s on the favorite list because it’s almost done and then it will go to my girlfriend’s house and I won’t have to look at it ever again!
This is an awesome giveaway! My three favorite fabric collections are:
Lush
Red Letter Day
Modern Meadow
What a beautiful book!
Three jobs: law firm receptionist, community planner, intern architect.
The Blindside by Michael Lewis
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
And Then we came to the End by Joshua Ferris
I’m not counting, of course, the endless Maisy books I read to my son
Can’t wait to get my hands on this book!
heather.nevits@gmail.com
3 Favorite Sewing Projects:
1. Neptune Lil Twister quilt
2. Pettiskirt for my niece
3. Heather Ross’ Mendocino Sundress
Congrats, Elizabeth-can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the book!
3 jobs you’ve held
I’m a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. I’ve been a multi-media instructional designer, a technical trainer for a software company, and a fiber artist and teacher. Right now I am a recovering homeschool mom (my kids just went back to school) so I’m rediscovering time for fiber art.
3 tips:
1) get a SHARP seam ripper…using a good one makes the tedious work at least less frustrating!
2) Just try! (after all, it’s just fabric, not rocket science!) Have fun while trying and don’t worry about it.
3) Pressing seams open make a block flatter (esp. if have many seams in one point), pressing seams to one side can help matching intersections – make your decision accordingly.
3 places you want to visit:
1. The Pacific Northwest
2. South Korea
3. Lithuania
My 3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
- Elizabeth’s Charm Squares Baby Quilt with Monaluna Organic Monaco Pink (so, so cute)
- A fabulous cocktail dress when I couldn’t afford the off-the-rack version
- Curtains for every window in my first house. (talk about questionable practices and materials!)
Thanks for the chance to win this book. I’m a big fan!
3 things I’ve loved as a child:
1. oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies
2. Lake Michigan beaches
3. flowers without thorns..esp. zinnias, daisies
Now that I’m older…still love all of the above! Thanks for the giveaway.
3 jobs that I have had:
Stay at home mom
US Postal Clerk
Seamstress
Would love to win this book to add to my sewing and quilting library. Thank You for the offer.
These are all great questions! 3 places I’m hoping to visit (someday) are Iceland, Ireland, and Peru.
I am also can’t wait to get my own copy of Elizabeth’s book– I love her patterns!
3 Jobs I’ve held
- secretary
- forklift driver
- food bank assistant
Three Recent Books:
The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
Media Education by David Buckingham
3 favorite fabric collections
1) Heather Ross’ – Mendochino
2) Denyse Schmidt’s – Flea Market Fancy
3) Robert Kaufman’s – Metro Cafe
My 3 favorite cookies are the peanut blossoms (same as Elizabeth)chocolate chip and snickerdoodles. A tip for the peanut butter cookies, roll them and freeze them without the chocolate kiss and then take out as many as you want to bake. That way you don’t have to make them all at once.
three jobs i’ve had:
waitress in a restaurant that served 30 kinds of pie
clerk in a French pastry shop (ah, the memories!)
clerk in a bookstore
love, love, love Oh, Fransson! and Elizabeth Hartman’s quilting patterns! so happy her book is now here.
Three jobs I had: Receiving, shipping, and labor supvervisor at a chemical plant, Supply Chain Manager at a bakeware press plant, and Estimator at a Construction Company.
3 jobs I’ve held:
Law office intern
Furniture store manager
math teacher
So much in common!
Wow! This book looks incredible and a must have! This is ONE of the answers of the 3 things questions answered by Elizabeth: “If you make a mistake, you can choose to take your work apart and start over, or you can choose to keep working and just try not to make the same mistake next time. What’s important is that you’re happy with your work, not that you’re meeting someone else’s arbitrary standards of quality. (Remember that you’re basically making a blanket. There are few things you can do to make a non-functional blanket!)”
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. Fry cook
2. Physical therapist
3. Accountant
3 most recent books:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
re-read The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo
So happy to see the love for this book and can’t wait to have it in my hands!
3 favorite cookies
Gingersnaps
Toffee chip cookies
Peanut butter cookies
Thank you for a chance to win!
I love to travel, so I’m gonna have to go with 3 places I’d love to visit!
1. Anywhere in China, but particularly Beijing
2. Paris (the food and museums!!! *sigh*)
3. Santorini, Greece
3 Jobs I’ve had:
Molecular biology lab technician
Assistant Baker
Tour guide
3 things I loved as a child: making mudpies, putting on plays at my grandparents’ house, and baking with my mom.
These questions bring back fond memories. I loved my baton, sewing Barbie clothes with my grandma and playing dodgeball in the streets as a kid. Life couldn’t get better then that!
i’m very excited to get my hands on the book, i’ve always loved elizabeth’s quilts! and thanks for the interesting interview and giveaway!
3 things i loved as a child:
1) swimming in the ocean every summer at my grandparents’ summer house. i used to imagine that i was a mermaid and i would swim away one day to find my underwater castle.
2) tending the garden with my grandparents and especially when grandpa let me pick flowers for grandma.
3) watching the adults cook in the kitchen during large family gatherings, i think this is probably why i enjoy cooking and baking as a adult now.
Costa Rica
Japan
Canada
I want to visit Australia(again), Ireland and Nepal!
three cookies I love -
peanut butter kisses
tollhouse chocolate chip
anything my mom makes!
Would love to win a copy of this book! 3 tips for beginning quilters: Master the 1/4 inseam on your machine from the beginning, throw perfectionism out the window, enjoy the process!
Video store manager
Registered Massage Therapist
Legal Researcher
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. My daughter’s Dorothy costume last year
2. A charm square quilt for my Grandma
3. Wonky Log Cabin quilt designed and sewn with my sister
Can’t wait to get my hands on this book! : )
1. Lifeguard
2. Ropes Course Facilitator
3. Mom
3 jobs I have had:
- loan officer
- accounts payable accountant
- full-time mama – my favorite
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
The Other Queen – Phillipa Gregory
The Book of Lost Things
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
1) Anna Maria Horner’s Multi Tasker Tote, twice, love those bags!
2) Colourwheel Quilt, from Joelle Hoverson’s Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts, still find it shockingly beautiful!
3) A sweater for my whippet, she’s always cold and loves wearing sweaters!
3 favorite cookies: SNICKERDOODLES, gingersnaps and good old fashioned sugar cookies!
3 places you want to visit
1. Egypt – love Egyptian history, and would love to see the tombs and pyramids in person.
2. Italy – What a fun tour to take, all over Italy!
3. New York City – I’ve never been…one day….
I’ve held my fair share of jobs, but for this let’s include video store clerk, stockbroker, and mom.
3 Jobs I have held:
Aircraft refueler
Mother
Grandmother
If I don’t win this book I will definitely have to buy it. I haven’t seen a quilt out of it yet that I didn’t like.
3 jobs:
1. Clerk at UPS
2. Teaching Assistang
3. Computer programmer
3 Favorite Fabric Collections:
Heather Ross – Mendocino
Denyse Schmidt – Hope Valley
Anything by Kaffe Fasset
i would like to visit New Zealand (for the sights and the sheep), France (for the history and the wine), and wherever they round up vicuna in south america. just cuz i think it’s be cool to watch it.
Germany,Hawaii and California! These are the three places that I would like to see!
My latest 3 books:
Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas (currently reading)
All great for different reasons!
Love Elizabeth and have been a long time reader of her blog.
3 jobs I’ve held:
lawyer
technical writer
library reference desk chick
(I sound incredibly interesting this way, don’t I?)
Such a wonderful giveaway! I’ve been looking forward to this book so here goes…
My three favourite cookies:
1. Gingerbread chocolate chip cookies – I make these every Christmas for family and friends, and it’s a huge favourite.
2. Oatmeal raisin cookies – The first cookie with no chocolate to make me fall in love with it.
3. Chocolate crinkles – Just because they look so cute, all cracked on the top with powdered sugar over it. And they do taste great too, of course.
Thanks for the “inside” scoop on Hartman’s book–I’ve been wondering! Let’s see, three jobs:
1. Educator
2. Office Manager
3. Stock Option Trader
My three favorite things I’ve sewn:
The apron I made in the 7th grade. I wish i still had it-it was blue calico from Kresge’s-a rectangle with pockets and a casing for a drawstring at the top.
A pumpkin costume for my son’s 2nd Halloween (20 yrs ago), complete with hat with a padded stem. That costume was worn by his younger cousins and his little brother.
My 1st quilt from an Alex Anderson book. A little rail fence quilt that took me over 2 hours to pick out the fabric.
Great interview! Three places I would like to visit: Germany, The Great Wall, The Giant’s Causeway.
I would love to learn more about patchwork! My 3 most recent books I’ve read are all Francine Rivers books! Her Daughter’s Dream, A Voice In The Wind, and Echo In The Darkness.
Elizabeth’s blog posts hooked me on learning more about modern quilting. Fabulous quilts and tutorials mean an awesome book. Thank you for this lovely prize and giveaway.
3 jobs I’ve held:
Lifeguard
Cleaning lady
High school math teacher
3 places I want to visit: England, Italy and Australia.
Looks like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway!
3 most recent books:
Lady in Waiting by Susan Meissner
Sewing Clothes Kids Love
The Clouds Roll Away by Sibella Giorello
THIS book is going on my wish list!
Being a wanna-be quilter, I loved Elizabeth’s interview, especially the tips for newbies like me
The most recent 3 books I read were:
Marina, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
World Without End, by Ken Follett
The Girl Who Stole Books, by Markus Zusak
and I loved them all.
Thank you for the chance!
3 Things I Loved as a Child (and still do):
School Supplies
Psalty the Singing Songbook
Presents
Three books I’ve read recently (I highly recommend keeping a books-read list each year, very enlightening!)
Pirate by Ted Bell
Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander
Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
Oh this book looks amazing.
3 jobs that I have had:
1: Dairy farm farm hand
2: HomehardWare cashier
3: Medical Transcriptionist in a medical office.
These 3 jobs were the first ones that I had.
3 jobs I have had: hmmm, I have undertaken many jobs over the years but the most fun were Beach Car Park attendant (when I was a student – all that time to read books); matron (no Hattie Jaques jokes please!) in a school, looking after 65 teenage boys – sense of humour compulsory; and the best job of all – being mum to my two lovely boys (now aged 14 and 16 – where have the years gone?).
I want to visit Australia, Egypt, and Italy.
My 3 favorite fabric collections RIGHT NOW *wink* are:
Nicey Jane-Heather Bailey
Parisville-Tula Pink (not out yet)
Meadowsweet 2-Sandi Henderson
3 jobs (not including my current): playground inspector, librarian, ski instructor.
3 things you loved as a child
1. dancing
2. swinging
3. making necklaces
I forgot to answer the 3 questions question! 3 jobs I’ve held:
library stack reader
technology executive Fortune 500
high school math teacher
favorite fabric collections:
1. Heather Ross’ –all of them, for baby items
2. Lantern Bloom, for quilts and household items
3. Nani Iro, all of them too. for clothes
3 Jobs I’ve Had:
Starbucks Barista (Loved it!)
Seamstress at College Bookstore (sewing greek letters on shirts – and once repaired the nether regions of the school mascots costume! Ha Ha!)
Marketing Coordinator
3 jobs – corn detasseling, counter help at Dairy Queen, and ER clerk. I’d love to win this book!
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Great interview! I want those quilts featured on the front cover!
Three places I’d like to visit:
1) The west coast
2) Switzerland
3) Hawaii
What fun! I loved learning all these things about Elizabeth, and I’m so excited about her book.
3 favorite fabric collections
- Lecien’s My Folklore
- Um, Liberty of London?
- Suzuko Koseki’s new sewing-themed line
Thanks for the chance to win!
Oh pick me! of the 3 places I want to visit. 1. Hawaii 2. Sweeden/Norway 3. Italy.
Looks like a great book!
3 favorite cookies:
1. Nutmeg Logs (childhood favorite)
2. Milk Chocolate Cookies
3. Chocolate Shortbread (Maida Heatter Chocolate Cookbook)
My three favorite cookies are
Chocolate chip with nuts
oatmeal raisin
white chocolate chip macadamia nut
PS I really have 100 favorite cookies
Three jobs: waitress, computer operator, children’s librarian!
The Help (fantastic)
Mockingjay (fantastic)
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (okay)
3 jobs I’ve held….
Mortgage loan processor
Purchasing coordinator
Children’s Pastor
Favorite Cookies:
1. Cranberry Bliss Bars
2. Oatmeal Toffee Chip Cookies
3. Macaroons
Three jobs I’ve held. Telemarketer (ugh – I really don’t like them now!), receptionist, marketing coordinator.
This book looks amazing, hoping for a copy for Christmas this year! 3 most recent books: Animal Vegetable Miracle, The Absorbent Mind, Super Natural Cooking (which is a cookbook, but a lovely book indeed!)
The last three books I’ve read are the last three of the Harry Potter series– Re-reading them to prepare for the new movie! But since that’s sort of cheating, I’ve also read Food Rules by Michael Pollan and City Quilts by Cherri House! Elizabeth’s book is on my Amazon list, I’m so excited about it!
Places to visit
1. Japan
2. Rome
3. New York City (been there several times), I.Love.It.
Can’t wait to see the book. Looks wonderful
What a great way to kick-off the blog tour! I am one of those wanna be quilters you mentioned, to date I have not made even one quilt but this book would be a great way to start!
3 things I loved as a child:
- my dolls, always had at least one with me
- the book “The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs”
- making cookies with mom
3 places you want to visit:
1- Greece
2- Australia/New Zealand
3- Ethiopia
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
daughter #1′s Halloween costume as a flower
daughter #2′s baby quilt (stars and bright flowers)
all of our “longjohn” inspired Christmas stockings
Three jobs:
Ice cream scooper
Nanny
Pediatric Nurse
3 things I loved as a child: 1. Dancing; 2. Music—my flute; 3. Anne of Green Gables.
Interesting answers!
As for me, in the category of “3 jobs you’ve held;”
Parking lot map designer
Newspaper photographer
Youth Librarian
And in that order.
Three jobs I’ve held:
~preschool teacher
~manager of a Laura Ashley store
~candy maker
3 jobs
1. water polo coach
2. Elementary orchestra teacher
3. Full time mom
3 things you loved as a child:
~playing with neighbors in the street until after dark
~family get togethers
~horseback riding
Love the pics from the book. Can’t wait to get a copy!
“Private Life” Jane Smiley
“Brooklyn” Colm Toibin
“Slow Love” Dominique Browning
All Recommended.
Three places I would like to visit are:
1. Take the train across Canada
2. Scotland
3. Paris
Looking forward to the publication of Elizabeth’s book.
Favorite things I have sewn…
wedding dress
waldorf style doll for my little girl
tie for my dad from fabric he bought at Liberty of London (he bought the same fabric twice on different trips 20 years apart so I guess he really liked it)
Baskin-Robbins ice cream scooper!
(which led to)
Health club exercise instructor!
(currently)
Kindergarten teacher assistant.
3 things I loved as a child – we lived near a large wooded area and I spent many happy hours exploring there. One of my favourite things was picking a quart of blueberries so that my mother could bake me a pie. My second favourite thing to do was ride my sisters new red bike and my third would be my hoola hoop! I was crazy for that thing….
Three jobs I’ve had:
1) babysitter/nanny
2) waitress at a greasy spoon (and substitute cook when the real cook ended up in the clink)
3) campus shuttle driver
3 favorite cookies
1.Andes Crème de Menthe Cookies (http://www.tootsie.com/rec_cdmcookies.php )
2.chocolate chip cookies
3. Peanut butter blossoms
I would LOVE to win this book! It’s going on my Christmas wish list. 3 favorites as a child.
1. teddy bears
2. barbies
3. books by L.M.Montgomery
Loved as a Child
1. Christmas Morning
2. Decorating Cupcakes
3. Building things with my K’nex set
I want to visit: Chicago, New York, San Francisco
3 jobs you’ve held:
Telephone survey operator (but only surveys, never sales)
Pizza chef
Film developer at a photo shop
oh, how i want this book!
3 things i loved as a child::
1. the song “the tide is high” by blondie
2. my red and white patchwork pillow from a great aunt who had the same birthday as me
3. to run as fast as the wind.
3 places you want to visit:
1. Rio de Janeiro
2. Alaska
3. Tokyo
Three jobs:
Cave tour guide
Teacher
Bike shop staff
3 Jobs-
Respiratory Theraphist
Picture Framer
Real Estate Broker
Three jobs I’ve held:
1. Grocery Clerk (Bagger)
2. Military Member (Go Navy!)
3. Ultrasound Technician
Hmmm…I’ll have to answer the 3 projects question:
1. Patchwork Duvet Cover
2. Dolls for my 3 girls
3. Tote Bag for my mother
I cannot wait to see the book! Thank you for the opportunity to win
My favorite fabric collections …today
-Hope Valley, Denyse Schmidt
-Love, Amy Butler
-Modern Meadow, Joel Dewberry
My three favorite cookies – Molasses, Chocolate Pixies, Oatmeal Raisin
3 jobs I’ve had:
pianist
Anthropologie sales associate!
MOM — the most important job
3 most recent books read:
1. The Circumference of Home
2. An Eagle Named Freedom
3. Kaffe Fassett’s Quilt Romance (does that count as a book read? I did ‘read’ each page, even the ones that only had pictures)
Three jobs I have worked
1.Collector-least favorite
2.Truck driver-never thought I’d do this
3.Nurse-Most fav. and current job/occupation
Three Favorite Things I’ve Sewn:
1. The Mod Sampler from Elizabeth’s blog. I had never quilted before and I was instantly smitten! I finished my quilt this April and have since made five more quilts with many more planned. Elizabeth – thank you so very much for sharing your passion, talent and knowledge with us.
2. My first sewing project – a pair of pink beach pants.
3. Little girl pants from an Ottobre pattern.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Crackles
Snicker Doodles and Russian Tea Cakes are tied
3 jobs
Primary school teacher
Underwear designer
Record store sales
Still a sort of teacher!
3 Things I loved as a child:
1. Books!!
2. School
3. Sleeping
(I was not a particularly exciting child)
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
(1) My Sahara Sunset quilt. It almost glows.
(2) Halloween costumes for my daughter. My faves are (Disney fairy) Rani and Princess Leia (without a pattern, mind you!)
(3) a t-shirt quilt that goes everywhere, does everything, and is a workhorse. The best part is I made it from t-shirts that I’d painted in, so when people tell me someone spilled paint on it I tell them it was me!
Three jobs I’ve held:
Program Director for a small non-profit
Stage Manager
Executive Assistant
(But the BEST job is being momma to my kiddos!)
3 jobs I’ve held
Grocery Bagger
Boat rental sales person
University ID office associate
3 pieces I’d love to visit: Norway, South Africa, India
1 book I’d love to own: The Practical Guide to Patchwork
Three jobs I’ve had:
1. Psychologist
2. Hostess at a Mcdonalds restaurant
3. Software tester
3 Jobs:
Night Ops domestic shipping supervisor (freight company)
Accounting Manager
Easter Bunny (at Park & Rec Easter celebration)
3 things I loved as a child:
*The book “Little Women’
*A stuffed ‘Curious George’ toy
*Ketchup sandwiches
Love, love, love Elizabeth’s designs and blog and everything. I just finished making a New Wave quilt…a free design on her’s.
3 jobs I’ve had
1. worked at Dairy Queen for my grandparents
2. did typing and artwork for a vending machine company
3. pediatric office nurse…my favorite job of all..
3 Favorite cookies:
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate Cookies with Candy Cane Sprinkles
3 favorite collections
Mo Mo Wonderland (first top I quilted myself)
Etsuko Furuya’s Echino (made sewing for the men in my life much easier)
All the dots from Amy Butler Lotus (my favorite for adding details to baby projects)
3 favorite cookies:
Oatmeal Choc Chip
White Choc/Macadamia nut
Sugar
Three jobs I’ve held:study hall monitor, fabric store assistant manager, library clerk
3 most recent books (I’m a librarian, so this one’s easy!)
The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry
Room, by Emma Donoghue
The Sweet Life in Paris, by David Lebovitz
Next book? The Practical Guide to Patchwork, by Elizabeth Hartman!
Three things I loved when I was a child:
- baking biscuits with my grandmother
- reading Enid Blyton books
- picking oranges with my father
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. My son’s owl costume
2. A Blue Sky Sun Hat for me
3. A patchwork duvet cover for a toddler bed
This is fun! The three things I loved as a child were the beach, my two-wheeler bike and eating my Mom’s home-baked cookies.
I really enjoy following Elizabeth’s blog, it has inspired me! I can’t wait to check out her book!
My 3 favorite sewing projects (so far!)
~ A sweet itty bitty baby dress, it was my first garment
~ A queen sized quilt top for my bed, I have to finish quilting it, but I love it already
~ A dino quilt for my soon-to-be brother-in-law. It was my first ever quilt and my own design to boot!
3 jobs:
1. scooping ice cream cones at our family dairy
2. Working in a paper factory putting carbon coating on paper
3. science teacher (chem)
BTW I love the periodic table quilt idea…I love stuff like that…we are trying to design a few game board quilts to give as gifts to my gameboard fanatic BIL
Can’t wait to see the book!
3 things I loved as a child:
my grammy
ice cream
new dresses my mom made for me
3 things I loved when I was a child:
- Enid Blyton’s books
- Greta Stevns’ books
- Julie Campbel and Kathryn Kenny book series
three places to visit? hawaii, norway, alaska
loved seeing the kitchen window quilt
3 Jobs I’ve Held:
Whitewater River Guide
Assistant Camp Director
Mommy
The last is by far the most challenging and also by far the most rewarding. Would love to have this book!!
3 things i loved as a child:
making pretend food out of seeds, grass and dirt and playing house in my back yard
any small dolls with small clothes and accessories
tiny tins of lip gloss
Three jobs I’ve held:
1. Camp counselor
2. Seamstress
3. Engineer
I would love a copy of this book!
3 things I loved as a child:
Jigsaw puzzles
My stuffed puppy
My blue blankie
that’s fun – 3 things… a lot to think about…
3 places i would love to visit (out of a gazillion)
sisters/oregon for the outdoor show
houston/texas for the “big one” quiltshow and
nyc for christmas shopping.
love your blog – and would love, love, love to win a copy of elizabeth’s book.
conny in stuttgart/ germany
Three favorite cookies:
Snickerdoodles (soft)
Chocolate Chip
No Bakes (aka Fudgies)
3 jobs:
waitress
peace corps volunteer
non-profit program manager
Three things I loved as a child:
-My basset hound, Dino
-Making up dance routines on my roller skates in our driveway
-My doll house my dad made me
I really liked this interview and will get the book even if I don’t win!
Three places I want to visit:
1. Portland
2. London
3. Dublin
My 3 favorite sewing projects:
1. pair of shorts we made in home ec in 7th grade. mine were made with halloween fabric. I wore them until they fell apart.
2. my first quilt – a basic one-patch square quilt for my baby, he still uses it, and I just replaced the binding so he can use it longer.
3. a quilt for my second baby – unfortunatly it fell apart because I used uber-cheap fabric, but it was my first foray into “modern” quilting.
3 jobs I’ve held:
car wash cashier (it was indoors, thank God!)
library mover – did you know that when they rearrange a library they pick up the entire range and move it with the books on it?? We also moved ranges and books to new buildings
lab tech for a major pharma. co. working with human kidney cells
This is easy- 3 favorite cookies.
1. White Chocolate Macadamia
2. Seven Layer Bars
3. Danish Wedding Cookies.
Thanks for the chance!
3 jobs I have held:
Deli clerk at a ski resort
Police academy manager
Curriculum designer
My 3 fav. sewing projects… a strip work skirt for my little girl and a matching one for me! Matching quilts for my two boys beds. My string quilt thats just finished for a couch throw, I’m in love! I have been following Elizabeths oh fransson blog for a year now. I would LOVE her book, thanks for the chance to win!
Three favorite things I’ve sewn:
Amy Butler’s Cabo halter
Flapper Halloween costume for my daughter when she was 10
Red white and blue stars quilt for my son
3 things I have sewn:
1) A stuffed animal in 8th grade – my very first project!
2) My first quilt – very pleased with it!
3) Countless adult-sized versions of girl’s pillowcase dresses – I have received more compliments on those than any other item of clothing that I have ever worn
3 places I want to visit:
Scotland
Venice
Australia (I’ve always loved koalas!)
Thank you for a wonderful description of her book!
Three jobs
High School Band Director
RN
Nanny
Three places I want to visit before I die:
England
France
Hawaii
3 Jobs I’ve held:
Lifeguard
Reconciliations clerk
Artist
LOL! Trying to find my way in the world!
Awesome!~
3 places I want to visit:
-Scandinavia
-New York City
-Paris
3 favorite things you’ve sewn:
1. My son’s baby quilt, with various sized half-square triangles
2. A “Technicolor Dreamcoat” for a camp production of “Joseph and the Amazing….”
3. This year’s Halloween costume for my 3-YO – an Anglerfish.
The book looks fantastic!
3 favorite things I’ve sewn…
-Spiderman/flame quilt for my son (his fabric choices, but turned out great)
-Incredible Hulk costume with bulging muscles
-A carousel horse pillow (My mother taught me to use the sewing machine during this project when I was very young)
3 jobs I’ve held:
Gymnastic instructor
Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist
Mattress Sales Person
My 3 favorite fabric collections: Far Far Away 2 (Heather Ross), Little Folks (Anna Marie Horner), Fairy Tiptoes (Tina Givens). Love love LOVE them all!
Three things I loved as a child:
Coloring
Sewing
Knitting
Still do!
This book looks gorgeous!
Etsuko Furuya’s Echino line is not just my favorite fabric, it’s one of my favorite things ever.
3 jobs I’ve held:
* sample packer at a balloon factory
* video store clerk
* plant waterer, mail opener, etc. at a real estate office (first real job, my title was “peon”)
3 things I loved as a child:
~ Holly Hobbie
~ peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
~ Beverly Cleary books
3 favorite cookies
1.) White chocolate Macadamia nut cookie
2.) Snickerdoodle
3.) Chocolate Chip
Three things I loved as a kid:
Camp Namanu every summer
Swimming
My grandpa
Thanks for the chance to win this book and for bringing us Elizabeth’s amazing talent and skills!
3 places I want to visit -
China – Gotta see the Great Wall
Australia – Want to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
Montana – Glacier National Park looks gorgeous
Three things I loved as a child: 1) Skittles 2) Multiple ending books 3) cartoons!!!
Thanks a bunch!
Three things I loved as a child-
Reading
Drawing
Playing dress-up in my mother’s lingerie
3 jobs I’ve held:
Taco Bell employee
receptionist at an auto-glass place
MOMMY (my favorite)
My favorite cookies:
1. Alton Brown’s chocolate chip
2. My mother-in-law’s chocolate peanut butter chip
3. My mom’s peanut butter oatmeal
Pretty much if it has peanut butter and chocolate in it, I love it!
3 things I loved as a child: the cherry tree in my grandma’s garden, the library in my town, and daydreaming. Thankyou for the giveaway, Elizabeth’s blog is a constant source of inspiration for an aspiring quilter like me!
3 things I loved as a child:
sitting in the pit band area while my Dad drummed on various shows
running through the woods during the fall colour change
crafting with glitter (still love this)
3 favorite things I’ve sewn-
my first full sized quilt. It’s a log cabin made of scraps and backed with vintage sheets and I LOVE it.
the quilt I made for my niece when she was born
a Waldorf style doll that lives on top of our bookcase in our living room now that my kids are too big for dolls.
3 places you want to visit:
1. italy–food and oh, wine!!
2. new zealand
3. canadian rockies
3 most recent books
*Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit
*Guide to Machine Quilting by Diane Gaudynski
*Simple Gifts by Lori Copeland
Hope I win this book, it looks wonderful!!
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
My HS prom dresses–loved everyone of them!
Pilgrim and Indian Halloween costumes for my whole family–we looked so awesome!
Husbands college graduation quilt–it was a long time coming, but turned out WAY better than I had imagined!
3 places I want to visit: Hawaii, England, Czech Republic. Thanks for the chance!
3 Jobs I’ve held:
1. A Corn Cob De-wormer in the Green Giant factory. Don’t want any of those lil wormies getting canned along with the corn. Eeeewww.
2. A film editor.
3. Professional French Horn player
3 favorite fabric collections:
– Martinique
– Dream On
– Bliss
And honestly, I could go on & on – its hard to pick just three!
I have been loving reading everyones’ three things! Hard to decide which three to do.
My last three books…
The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters; a bit slow to get going but well written
Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger; a good entertaining read
The Book of Negros by Lawrence Hill (Published under the title “Someone Knows My Name” in the US); EXCELLENT read right to the very last page. I would recommend this book to anyone
The Practical Guide to Patchwork will be on my Christmas list! Thank you!
Three jobs I’ve held.
middle school science teacher
librarian assistant
waitress
Three favorite cookies:
snickerdoodles
chocolate chocolate chip
raisin puff
Three most recent books:
The Help
Mockingjay
The Lost Symbol
3 books I’ve read recently:
Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin
The Mission of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson
The Wind in the Willows (with my kids:)
3 Jobs I’ve held:
Receptionist at an auto repair shop
K-12 Music teacher/choral director
Database coordinator for the Red Cross
The book looks great and is on my Christmas list!
3 fabric collections:
origins by basic grey
authentic by sweetwater
any fabric from french general
It’s just the first day of the tour and I can already see this is a book I’d like to add to my library!
My 3 favorite cookies (because I have the mid-morning munchies):
Snickerdoodles, Sugar, and Peanut Butter
3 favorite cookies
1. Snickerdoodles
2. Chocolate Chip
3. Peanut Butter No Bake
Three places I would love to visit: Oregon/Seattle, Canada, and my sister’s house!
Three jobs I have held:
Desk clerk at the Ramanda Inn in Champaign IL – the place was packed for U of I football games;
A summer selling jewelry at the old Carson Pirie Scott dept store chain in Chicagoland;
Many, many years at Hewlett Packard.
3 favorite fabric collections:
Ginger Blossom by Sandi Henderson
All Star by Riley Blake
Just Dreamy by Riley Blake
3 Things I loved as a child:
1) School ( I am SUCH a geek!)
2) Soccer
3) Playing my flute (in a marching band)
The book looks awesome, so colour full!
3 things you loved as a child
My cat
Playing Hide and Seek with the neighborhood kids every evening during the summer.
Spending all day at the pool with my best friend during the summer.
3 things I loved as a child:
eating ritz crackers with peanut butter on the deck with my mom
walking to the park on a nice day
going fishing with my dad
Thanks for this great chance to win!!!
3 jobs i’ve held
bartender
inventory auditor
RN
3 favorite fabric collections:
~ nest by valori wells
~ liberty
~ kona cottons
Thanks for the sneak peek, and the chance to win Elizabeth’s book!
3 jobs:
Marketing Coordinator
Office Manager
Reflexologist!
Would love this book!
Three favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. My log cabin quilt
2. My grandbabies coming home outfits
3. My granddaughter’s Cinderella birthday outfit
Thanks.
Three things I loved as a child:
my cat, Frances
my mom’s day off (every Tuesday)
tickling my brother till he cried….i had a few rotten older sister moments back then:)
3 places I want to visit
- My twin sister in Portland Oregon, have never been (this makes me sad)
- New York – Aagain never been
- South Africa
Three places I’d like to visit:
Ireland
NYC
Australia
Thanks for the chance to win!
Three things I loved as a child:
Jurassic Park
Cats/kittens
Doing craft projects
Actually, I still love all these things
I can’t wait for Elizabeth’s book!
3 places I want to visit are:
New York
Hawaii
Australia
and a lot more
.
Thanks for the chance to win
.
Three jobs i have had
1. wading pool attendant
2. DA’s office flunky
3. Quilt shop diva
3 places I want to visit
1. Venice, Italy
2. Paris, France
3. anywhere Sweden
(and to think I actually lived in Europe the first 24 years of my life!)
Thanks for the giveaway. Beautiful book.
I’d love to visit:
Festival Interceltique in Brittany, France (and wander Europe while there, especially Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
Friends who live on an island in the Pacific Northwest, and wander the region while there (sense a trend?)
North Carolina
Thank you for the awesome giveaway opportunity.
Three jobs I’ve had:
Drive-through order taker at a fast food place
Order processor at a printing supply company
Costume shop assistant
3 most recent books:
No Doubt About It
Angela’s Ashes
The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society
3 favourite things I’ve sewn
Wool Sunday coats for my girls
Twin size quilt all in purples for my oldest girl
Flower girl dress for my daughter this past spring
3 jobs: Dairy Queen outdoor waitress, High School PE dept. secretary, College Board Office Manager.
Thx for the chance to win what looks like a wonderful book.
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. My Costume from last year
2. A bag for my mom’s birthday
3. An elephant doll that I gave my sister
Last three books I’ve read:
Dangerously Funny (about Smothers Brothers)
The Cookbook Collector
Star Island
My three favorite things that I have sewn:
My daughter’s christening gown
A Tree skirt I designed myself
A sunflower wallhanging that I designed to brighten my kitchen.
Thanks for the the chance to win this book!
3 places i want to visit:
nyc! (i’ve never been which is crazy to me!)
asia – i want to spend several weeks/months touring all over the place!
yellowstone national park
i’ve heard so many good things about this book!
Three favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. a quilt for each of my three children as babies
2. my youngest daughter’s graduation dress
3. a little black dress for myself
Elizabeth’s quilts are amazing.
Three jobs in the past:
Bar waitress
Construction worker ( union cement finisher )
Burn garment seamstress / fitter
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. I made my own 18th century costume based off a costume pattern book (I winged everything) when I was 15 y/o. Wore it for 2 years and it turned out great!
2. I sewed a full-size blanket together (piecing various fabrics) for a friend’s wedding present. This was long before I knew more about proper quilting/sewing techniques but I was immensely proud of what I’d accomplished (finishing the blanket on time for the wedding gift).
3. in high school one of my best friends and I made friendship pillows, exchanging fabric and buttons and making a slot to hold a letter from one another. I still love this pillow to this day (front was embroidery/ribbons/crazy quilting, back was basic square block piecing with buttons sewn on).
# 3 places you want to visit
Thailand, Belize (again), Nepal.
Love the looks of the book, it’s on my wish list.
Favorite 3 sewing projects:
My daughter’s “Castle Quilt”
Elizabeth’s Paintbox Quilt
My Birdie Sling/diaper bag
Three things I LOVED as a kid:
My grandma’s house
The local community swimming pool
Hanging out in mom’s beauty shop with the ladies
Three things I loved as a kid:
- Ballet
- Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches (strawberry jam is the best!)
- The Alanna books by Tamora Pierce
3 jobs:
Art gallery manager
English composition instructor
museum director of public relations
I follow her blog and would love to see the book.
3 jobs I have had
Mall Accountant (last 26 years)
Waitress at a Marie Calendar
Receptionist at an electronics company
3 favorite things you’ve sewn
(1) my mendocino quilt
(2) butter cup bag
(3) my wedding dress (but I had quite a bit of help on that!)
Can’t wait to get this book! Elizabeth Hartman’s blog has really helped me learn about the quilting process and making design decisions. She is a very informative and accessible writer.
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. jury researcher
2. weaver’s guild office manager
3. PR person
three things i loved as a child:
-making forts in our living room
-playing hide and go seek outside
-playing dress up and performing dance recitals at home
i am SO exited about this book! thanks!
3 most recent books:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
A Painted House
All quite good!
Oh Fun!
3 places I want to visit:
1) The Aleutian Islands
2) Scandinavia
3) The Canadian Maritimes
This book will be my Christmas gift to myself.
Oh, oh, I’d love to have this book! I so bad want to make a quilt & keep chickening out! Let’s see, 3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
- coordinating patchwork Analise dresses for my girls
- mermaid costume
- reversible apron for my mom–perfectly nailed the fit & her preferences
Love the “3 things” concept!
3 things I loved as a child:
1) A new box of Crayola crayons – I can smell them now!
2) Reading, especially the Little House on the Prairie series
3) Saturday morning drawing class
3 things I loved as a child (and truth be told, still do)
- dipping my cookies in milk
- my honey bear
- wearing my pjs ALL day
Fun post…really can’t wait to see this book…it would be amazing to win a copy! Three things I loved as a child…reading, fabric (yes, I started young), and Little House on the Prairie on Tv!
What a wonderul book! Three favorite cookies:
–snickerdoodles
–chocolate chip, straight from the oven
–shortbread (dipped in homemade caramel ice cream–yum!)
The three places I would love to visit:
Egypt
South Africa
China
Love this book, can’t wait to get a copy.
I’ve had too many jobs in my life, so I’ll name three of the oddest:
1. Weeding onion fields when I was 13.
2. Pretending to be a strict nurse nanny to a famous musician’s eight year old daughter for one week (to make her appreciate her regular nanny–I wore an old-fashioned nurse outfit and everything. I completely failed at my task because she was a lovely girl with a crappy mom who just needed some attention).
3. Renting motor homes to tourists in Alaska.
Three favorite fabric collections:
Awesome
Cherish Nature
Frolic
This book looks awesome. If I don’t win, it’s going on my wish list.
3 jobs I have had:
1. chocolate dipper at a candy factory
2. bank teller
3. deaf ed teacher (current)
Three jobs I’ve held:
international women’s human rights researcher
frozen yogurt server
poverty simulation coordinator
This book looks great! I hope I win a copy! If not it looks like I might have to buy one.
A Periodic Table quilt is an awesome idea!
3 places I want to visit:
1) Wales
2) Sweden
3) Canada
3 favorite cookies: oatmeal chocolate chip, mint chocolate crackle, soft gingersnap
3 jobs? Bus’girl’…keypunch operator, now that really dates me…IT technician. Thanks for the giveaway. The book looks wonderful.
3 most recent books:
The Red Ten by Anita Diamant
Chocolate therapy by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley
Dream when you’re feeling blue by Elizabeth Berg ( which I am reading now)
Come on Random Generator!!! Mama need’s a new quilting book!
3 places I want to visit: New Zealand, a really big fabric shop in the United States, New York City.
3 Jobs I’ve had:
Movie Theater employee where the oldest person working there (the manager) was 17.
Wallpaper sales girl
Preservation Project Manager for Historic Salem, Inc. (Happy Halloween)
Three jobs that I’ve had:
Lifeguard
Furniture Sales Person
Budget Analyst
3 most recent books I’ve read:
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
How to Survive a Natural Disaster by Margaret Hawkins (I don’t recommend)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
3 jobs I’ve had:
Stuffed toy designer
Summer camp counselor
Teaching assistant
3 things I loved as a child:
Jelly Shoes
Hello Kitty
Jumping off my top bunk bed
3 things i loved as a child:
1. the ice cream truck!
2. making french toast with my mom, standing on a chair to reach the counter
3. my cat
I loved as a child:
The color purple
Stickers
Trying on clothes.
Thanks for the opportunity to win her nice-looking book.
Oh would i love to win this book
if not, it’s definitely going on my list to santa.
Three jobs:
hoeing onions in old lake labish
trail mix mixer and candy bagger
medical transcription
3 jobs I’ve held (these are the ones I leave off my resume!):
Child actress at a dinner theater
Co-manager of a mall retail store
Telemarketer
Thank you for the awesome interview and giveaway!
3 books most recent books:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
MockingJay by Suzanne Collins
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Thanks!
Three jobs I have had are 1) a chemist for an environmental company 2) a grocery store checker 3) a party coordinator at Chuck E Cheese.
thank you!
3 jobs:
- librarian (by day…)
- box office girl at a movie theatre
- highland dance teacher
3 things I loved as a child:
Crafting with my Nana (sewing, embroidery, knitting)
Horses and riding
My pink room:)
Super fun getting to know the author of this book that I have been drooling over online for weeks
3 places you want to visit:
I have been to about 27 countries so far but my travel bug refuses to be satisfied!
1. I want to visit my friend in Hong Kong at some point during her 3 year stay there with her husband
2. I want to visit my other friend in Alaska during the next 2 years before she finishes her PhD program and moves somewhere warmer
3. And last but not least, the one that will never move from my list until I go, Cairo Egypt. I want to do a pyramid tour and then a Nile boat tour .. and ofcourse ride a camel!
Love the three theme! This book looks incredible.
3 recent books i’ve read:
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
P.S. I’ve loved them all and would recommend them to anyone.
3 places you want to visit:
Iceland – I love vulcanoes
India – the food, the colours, the fabrics
South Pacific – because I’m a hopeless romantic
And thank you for a chance to win this wonderful book
Three favorite things I’ve sewn would have to be:
1. my wedding gown
2. baby quilt for my granddaughter
3. english smocked dress for another granddaughter!!
I love Elizabeth’s designs, I would love her book!
3 jobs I’ve had:
1) picking moldy strawberries off a conveyer belt (at a frozen fruit packing plant)
2) handing out towels in my college gym locker room
3) video store checker/re-shelver/re-winder/bathroom cleaner
I would love a copy of Elizabeth’s book, thanks!
3 Favourite things I’ve sewn:
-a dress that I made when I was 16 and didn’t know I couldn’t sew (actually I made at least 3 including 2 for friends out of the same pattern)
-my first baby quilt for my step-sister’s first child
-child sized aprons for all the little people in my life
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
mini quilt book wrap
the demi hostess apron
the cutest coin purse with metal frame!
This books looks wonderful to keep and share.
My three favorite fabric collections
Valori Wells Nest
Riley Blake’s Wheels
Moda Sorbet-especially the peacocks!
3 most recent books:
Same Kind of Different as Me – Ron Hall and Denver Moore (fantastically inspiring!)
Fablehaven 4 – Brandon Mull (have loved reading through the series with my nine year old)
Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins (better than #2, but still doesn’t hold a candle to #1)
3 Things I loved as a child:
1. The Brady Bunch
2. My 5 siblings
3. Traveling in the family station wagon
Three jobs I’ve held:
1. retail sales clerk
2. bank teller
3. clerical at the electric company
3 fav things I’ve sewn
1-my dds chinese dress
2-matching christmas pjs for all the grandkids
3-baby quilt for niece
The three places I want to visit would be: Japan (again!), England and Switzerland!!!
Great! I’ve been wanting to start quilting & have been looking for a good basics book.
places to visit:
1. Portland, OR
2. Paris
3. Hawaii
I would just love to have her book. It’s already on my Amazon wish list as a matter of fact. I can only hope to make a quilt as gorgeous as those I have seen on her blog.
My 3 favorite cookies are:
Rosettes
Mexican Wedding cakes
Kolache with apricot filling
3 favorite cookies:
Vanilla Crispies – really thin, crispy sugar cookie
Chocolate chip oatmeal – because rasins are evil
Oreos. I’m planning on making my own at some point…
I love Elizabeth’s blog. She absolutely works magic with color! Three jobs I’ve had: labor and delivery nurse, assistant director of nursing, and cub scout den mother-volunteer job, full time committment.
I follow Elizabeth’s blog and can never get over her extreme creativity. Thanks for the chance to win her book!
3 of my favorite books:
1. Til We Have Faces (CS Lewis)
2. Short Reign of Pippin IV (John Steinbeck)
3. Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
Oh how fun. Here is my answer: 3 tips for new quilters:
1) Take a beginning quilting class. If you can’t find one in person, look for something on line. You will learn basic techniques and tricks that will make life MUCH easier.
2) Get a 1/4″ foot for your sewing maching
3) Meander quilting is much easier than stitch-in-the-ditch
Can I do one more?
4) Don’t be a perfectionist! You will be surprised what quilting/washing/drying can hide, and how much seemingly glaring mistakes blend in once the quilt is actually in use.
3 places I want to visit:
- Australia, it’s been a dream forever
- The Canadian East Coast – Also a lifelong dream
- Mexico – for the heat and drinks
I am certainly buying this book if I don’t win!
3 favorite cookies :
PB Blossoms
Amy Karol’s chocolate chip scones (are scones cookies?)
Baker’s chocolate cookies (2 boxes of baking chocolate!)
3 things I loved as a child:
1. Painting and Drawing (I had an official drawing set)
2. Play-Doh
3. My “Sally Dress” – A dress my Grandmother bought me for Christmas one year, she found me clutching it in bed like a blanket one night. In addition to severly wrinkled, it was blue, and had lace and was gorgeous! I always said it looked like a dress a girl named Sally would wear. I was a silly child.
3 favorite things I’ve sewn
1) 1500′s court dress that nearly drove me up the wall for a performance.
2) Flannel butterfly pj pants because it was easier to make a pair than wash my laundry late one night in college.
3) A toga for toga day at school, though there wasn’t much sewing involved it was fun to hang out in.
Looks like an awesome book that will be going on my wish list.
Three Jobs:
payroll clerk at a jeans factory
daycamp counselor (where I met my (now) husband!)
reference librarian in a law school
Many thanks!
Oooo, 3 favorite fabric collections:
-AMH Good Folks
-HR Far Far Away 1
-HR Far Far Away 2
3 jobs
1. occupational therapy technician
2. teacher
3. mama:) (that’s my fave!)
beckymac1@hotmail.com
Three places to visit:
1. I currently want to go to New York City, to visit some good friends, window shop at a million stores, and eat lots of good food
2. When my kids are a bit older, I want to go on a US history tour–DC, Pennsylvania, etc.
3. Antarctica, because that’s just cool!
I’ve been so excited for this book!
Three places I would like to visit:
London
Ireland
Scotland
I would like to visit Antarctica, Zansibar and some spots in the Sahara.
*Love to travel*
3 jobs I’ve held:
–Newspaper delivery girl (age 12-14) – awful during the cold, windy Nebraska winters!
–College tutor for accounting
–CPA!
3 Most Recent Books
Red Hook Road- Ayelet Waldman
Fly Away Home- Jennifer Weiner
The Help- Kathryn Stockett
Thanks!
I’d love to win this book!
3 places I’d love to go…
Australia – we have friends who moved there and we’d love to experience there world.
England – my husband is a Prof of Medevial literature and I’d love to go with him there and see the history
The Netherlands – where our familial roots are
3 jobs I have had
1. nanny
2. ABA tutor for Autism
3. Junior High Math Teacher
currently staying home with my children
Three Jobs I’ve Had –
- dishwasher
- Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer on a US Navy Cruiser
- Reactor Controls Officer on a nuclear aircraft carrier
3 things I loved as a child:
running
building forts
reading
My all-time 3 favourite cookies!
Raspberry pinwheel
Scottish shortbread
Chocolate fudge chunk with dried cherries
Book looks great! THree favorite cookies:
1. The chocolate chip cookies on Orangette’s blog (adapted from a NYtimes recipe)
2. Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies from the Whole Foods in the Boston area (sadly, not available in my current Seattle area)
3. Thin Mints.
3 Things I loved as a child:
Playing hide and seek
riding my bike
jumping on the trampoline
Thanks for the chance to win!
3 places I want to visit:
1. Caltanasetta, Sicily (where my Grandparents were born)
2. Hawaii (enough said, right?)
3. The swiss alps – in particular the castle which was used in The Sound of Music, which I think is a hotel now.
Three things I loved doing as a child:
1. Getting muddy
2. Baking cakes
3. Sewing on my Mum’s machine on a Saturday afternoon with an old black and white film on the TV
I’ve been in a baking mood lately, so 3 favorite cookies: Peanut butter, cherry coconut, sugar.
3 things loved as a child
reading
cookies
embroidery
3 Jobs:
1. dressing room attendant at a clothing store
2. Overnight grocery stocker at wal-mart
3. Office manager at a financial planning company
3 things I loved as a child:
Nancy Drew
brightly colored chewing gum
jelly bracelets!
3 jobs I’ve had:
- Doing interviews for a marketing research company
- Amusement park concession stand employee (I made Beavertails (fried dough) and fruit smoothies)
- Software engineer
3 things I loved as a child:
1. Reading.
2. Little House on the Prairie.
3. Riding my bike.
# places I want to visit….Australia, Ireland, Boston in the fall
3 Places I want to visit???
Paris
Panama
New Zealand-south island
Three places I want to visit:
New York City
Zion National Park
Finland
3 things I loved as a child:
My record album that looked like a red plastic suitcase
The word “microscopic” (it sounded very grown up)
My sparkly purple banana seat bike
3 most recent books:
The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson
The Cookbook Collector, Allegra Goodman
Little Bee, Chris Cleave (currently reading)
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. Frosty Flakes quilt
2. My sorbet quilt
3. Happy Camper quilt
Would love a copy of Elizabeth’s book! Thanks!
I would love to visit Ireland, Sweden and Turkey! Thanks for the chance to win!
Three recent books:
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (Jane Austin and Ben Winters)
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
Stones into Schools (Greg Mortenson)
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
- tree skirt for a wedding gift (using a tute from SMS last year!)
- sleeved bibs out of old t-shirts
- pants that fit a cloth diapered baby, also out of old t-shirts
My three recent books (since I’m on a book spree) would be:
Martha Stewart’s Encylopedia of Fabric Crafts
The Red Pyramid
The Mysterious Benedict Society
I think this book is definitely next on my sewing wishlist!
3 jobs I’ve held -
Answered Online tax form/questions for IRS
Auto Dealership Inventory Clerk
Nurse’s Aide
Oh gosh, I’m so excited about this book!
My three most recent books:
1)Bleak House – Charles Dickens (halfway finished!)
2)Sew Liberated – Meg McElwee
3)Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara Kingsolver
Three jobs that I’ve held are: loan officer, algebra tutor, and teacher.
I would love to win Elizabeth’s book and have it as a handy reference and inspiration guide. Her work is beautiful and it is nice that she shares her ideas on her blog.
3 places I would like to visit:
England
Venice
New Zealand
3 jobs I have had:
• Book repairer at a music library
• Telemarketer for my university
• Art director at an ad firm
Three most recent books:
The Cobra Event
Thinking in Pictures
The Hunger Games
Three places I’d love to visit:
1. India (again)
2. Turkey
3. Scotland
3 jobs I’ve held:
1.)retail sales @ Home Depot, a children’s clothing store, and Pottery Barn (to name a few)
2.) Probation Officer
3.) Full time stay at home Mom (hardest job of the 3!)
3 favorite things I’ve sewn (since I started sewing 2 yrs ago):
– my daughter’s flannel quilt – the very first thing I made, except a few pairs of babylegs
– my son’s crazy 9-patch quilt
– a quick, simple, cute summer dress for my daughter that I was able to make just using remnants I’d bought. Cute and cheap
3 things you loved as a child:
-Tassels
-Teddy Bears
-Kits (I had kits to make rockets, jewelry, painting, etc. It was so much fun!)
Since I’m dreaming of a vacation, 3 places I want to visit:
Spain
France
Italy
It would basically be an eating tour!
Three jobs:
1) Dining Room Girl (fancy name for dishwasher) at my summer camp
2) Appellate Prosecutor
3) Backup Singer in a heavy-metal band
Three interesting jobs I’ve had:
1. Giant grasshopper keeper in an entomology lab (feeding, cleaning cage, etc.)
2. Library assistant in the Children’s department. I still have a deep love for excellent children’s and young adult literature
3. Library assistant in a small private nursing college and hospital. What can I say? I like to read!
3 jobs:
1. Teacher
2. Tutor
3. Grant writer
These comments are so much fun to read!
3 jobs:
1. Stage Manager at a community theatre
2. Live in Nanny
3. Studio Technician in a ceramics studio- I can’t throw a bowl but I can make clay and glazes from scratch.
3 most recent books:
* Plainsong by Kent Haruf
* Maximum Ride: The Final Warning by James Patterson
* The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
3 things I loved as a child:
1. swimming
2. my grandparent’s house
3. watching the great america fireworks during the summer
3 jobs I’ve had:
Potato harvester
Wig Stylist
Director of Client Services for a software company
Thanks for the great giveaway!
3 jobs
1. Caterer’s helper
2. Asst. Grower at a greenhouse
3. Asst. Grower at a Tree Farm
hmmm, very difficult to choose. 3 favorite, recent things I’ve sewn (that I can think of right this minute – I’m 8 months preggers and the brain isn’t firing on all cylinders): color-coded colored pencil case, princes and the pea gift set complete with sewn and appliqued princess, queen and prince (inspired by soulemama), cute birthday crowns for my 3 and 5 year olds…
This book looks fantastic. Went on my Christmas list today.
3 things you loved as a child
Anne of Green Gables
Super Mario
piano lessons
-The book looks beautiful!
I love what Elizabeth says about not becoming intimidated by others opinions/standards. I’m hard enough on myself, don’t need to add to it.
My 3 loved things as a child are:
1)My horse, Cocoa
2)Reading (I even read while lying on Cocoa’s back)
3)All my brothers.
3 lugares que deseo visitar:
- Portland(Oregon)
- Africa
- China
3 places to be visited
Portland
Africa
Chinese
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. Division of Forestry Warehouse Supply Coordinator
2. Painter
3. Lawyer
3 Favourite Cookies
Peanut Butter Chock Chip Chunks
Lemon Curd jems
Snickerdoodles (but in truth I like the dough for these ones best)
3 jobs I have had:
– operator of a summer camp candy store
– sales clerk at a Girl Guide store (uniforms and badges and cookies, oh my!)
– classroom teacher (I have now taught every Grade from preschool – Grade 5, eek!)
3 things I loved in my childhood:
1. Stephen King novels I started reading at 10yrs
2. The Goodies tv show
3. Anything paper that I could write or draw on
3 places I would like to visit:
AUSTRALIA
ITALY
GERMANY
3 favorite cookies:
1: chocolate chip pecan
2: oatmeal cranberry and coconut
3: snickerdoodles
3 things??? Ahhh…. Hmmmm…. Okay lets do an easy one!! (My brain hurts!)
Favorite cookies,
Auntie Karen’s Pumpkin cookies
Chocolate chip (classic)
Girl Scouts Thin mints cookies
3 things I loved as a child…
-Dogs (my mom hated them, but finally caved in around age 12)
-Baking at grandma’s house (she didn’t care if I made a mess, and she always let me taste the dough)
-Reading (I read 100 books the summer I was 7)
Three Jobs I have had
1. Grocery store cashier
2. Nurse
3. Knitting store manager
Three Places I Would Love To Visit
1. Australia
2. Rome
3. Alaska
This book looks great! I’m putting it on my Christmas list, while hoping I win
This book looks just wonderful I really really want to add it to my book collection. It’s already on my wish list, just in case I don’t win a copy
Things I loved as a child
1. Sewing
2. Snoopy
3. Roller skating
3 books:
the postmistress
out stealing horses
husband coached childbirth
Three things I loved as a child:
naps!
Kraft mac & cheese
the ocean
Thanks for the great interview!
3 favorite cookies:
* chocolate chip
* pecan tassies (little pecan pies)
* poor man’s cookies (http://www.cnuland.com/recipes/PoorMansCookies.php) or oatmeal cookies
Hi – three places i want to visit
1. alaska
2. japan
3. australia
Thanks for the chance!
Love the 3 things theme.
My favourite 3 fabric collections:
1. Folk Art Wedding by Robyn Pandolph (Moda). This was the first designer fabric I bought and it was seriously gorgeous, especially for its time.
2.Darla & Ava Rise by Tanya Whelan (Free Spirit). Just gorgeous florals.
3.Nicey Jane by Heather Bailey (Free Spirit). Just beautiful.
3 most recent books:
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden (amazing!!)
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
3 places that I want to visit:
1. SPAIN
2. Australia
3. Japan
When can we go???
3 jobs I’ve had:
flower pollinator/seed collector (my first)
Bebe saleswoman
Online maternity store owner
I love this new book.
3 jobs:
Alterations lady (in college)
7th grade English teacher
GED Chief Reader
3 jobs I had:
cleaning vegetables in a deepfreeze factory
grafic designer
illustrator (current)
3 places i would love to visit
-rome! or anywhere in europe really
-israel
-southern states or anywhere in the states!
i have the wander lust in me just thinking about those places!
thanks for the chance!
a
3 places I’d love to visit:-
1. Cuba
2. Moroccoa
3. Yemen
3 jobs I´ve held:
-goldsmith
-pet shop employee
-conservator for archäological objects
I chose question #1, three jobs, first through present:
1) checker at Village Crafts By Michaels (hey small town MT here..they closed three years later) when I was 19
2) Executive Office Assistant at an upscale car dealership
3) Barista/Shift Supervisor at STARBUCKS!!
I’m working at finishing a quilt I started 30+ years ago and I would love to win this book!
Three jobs I’ve held: carhop at a root beer stand, electronics assembler, preschool teacher.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Three jobs I’ve held:
-librarian
-wine store manager
-food writer
all great and all almost as much fun as amateur quilter!
3 jobs I have had:
1. nanny
2. school teacher
3. mother (this one is by far the hardest, and by far the most rewarding!)
three places i want to visit:
egypt
the USA
Budapest
3 favorite cookies:
chocolate cookies with chocolate chips
chocolate chip walnut
oatmeal raisin
3 favorite cookies:
oatmeal chocolate chip
puffy sugar cookies (with icing, please)
those ice cream sandwiches that use chocolate chip cookies as the “bread”
I would SO love to win Elizabeth’s book!
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. secretary part-time for one year
2. secretary (different company) for 9 years
3. stay-at-home-mom and home school teacher
I love ALL cookies, so picking 3 was hard…
1. peppermint sugar pinwheels
2. cow patties
3. peanut butter w/ chocolate chips
Firstly, I love all of Elizabeth’s work and am inspired by her blog daily. And secondly, I am also a cookie fanatic! Three faves are: chocolate chip (but NO nuts), Grammy’s chocolate cookies (recipe from Martha Stewart) and oatmeal jumbos with chopped peanuts and M&M’s.
Have to really weed this one down but here we go!
3 places I want to visit:
1. Ireland
2. Amalfi Coast in Italy
3. Southern France
Love her blog! It’s one of my daily blogs
3 things I loved as a child
1. paper dolls
2. my doll named june 6th. (named after my own birthday)
3. window seats
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. RA in a freshman girls dorm
2. Spanish teacher
3. missionary to Mexico
Three places I want to visit:
-Japan, all of it, please
-Quilt market…reading about it in blogs, just isn’t enough…I want a sample spree and see all lovely fabrics and projects
- Moscow
Three places I’d like to go:
Italy
New Zealand
Washington state
1. Library Assistant
2. TA for a sociology class
3. Hallmark sales associate
Three things I loved as a child:
1. mashed potatoes
2. baby dolls
3. mini-sized anything
3 Jobs:
1) Corn detasseler (worst)
2) Cereamic jewelry painter (best, for a high school kid!)
3) Project Manager (longest)
I can’t wait to check out Elizabeth’s book!!
3 things I loved as a child
Books
Horses
summer vacation
1. An office inside a foundry. I had to wear a hard hat to work.
2. A “crotch repairer” – Alteration and repair person for a dry cleaners.
3. Work in a lab testing waste water.
Three places I want to visit:
1-Disney world
2- Australia
3-Paris
The three favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. My baby’s christening dress
2. My daughter’s halloween costume (I just finished it and she is so pleased, which makes me very happy)
3. The window treatments in my bedroom
3 favorite things I have sewn:
1. My oldest child’s first costume- A Skunk
2. A Diaper bag
3. A Dress Coat for my Son
Thanks for the giveaway! I would love to find a fun project to use all of my scrap fabric!
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. Starbucks Barista
2. Cake Decorator
3. Bookstore Clerk
These were my favorites of course.
Three jobs that I have had:
1. 911 dispatcher (currently employed)
2. Walmart Sales Associate
3. Yosemite National Park, as a rooms keeper
3 jobs I’ve held:
ski rental technician
river raft guide
barista
3 most recent books
Eat Pray Love
Cross stitch
The life of Bree tanner
3 jobs I’ve held…
1. babysitter
2. receptionist
3. genetic counselor
3 jobs you’ve held:
Pizza phone girl
Photo lab technician
English teacher
Last 3 books:
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Girl who played with Fire
Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest
LOVED them….and the movies, too.
Very excited about Elizabeth’s new book! Thanks for a quick look inside.
3 most recent books:
My Booky Wook
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
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This book looks great, I’m sure it will end up in my library anyway if I don’t win!
3 recent books:
The Glass Castle
Half Broke Horses
How to Make Your Children Mind Without Loosing Yours
3 jobs I’ve had:
* Nurse
* Waitress
* Babysitter
3 things you loved as a child:
- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- George, my teddy bear from my first birthday
- family dance parties in our living room
3 jobs I’ve held:
-Green Peace door-to-door solicitor, (Grueling job, didn’t stay long there, though the money was surprisingly good!)
-Bartender/waitress
-Dog daycare manager (Best and most fun job ever. Besides being a SAHM, of course.)
3 places I want to visit:
Cinque Terre, Italy
Dalmatian coast, Serbia
Istanbul, Turkey
3 favorite things I have made:
In 2007 I designed and sewed my daughters wedding dress
The farm quilt my grandsons take naps under
The throw my husband uses for his naps
3 cookies!
Lemon Snaps- Try the recipe From Oh Frannson! (They’re delightful Ü)
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
Homemade Chocolate chip
3 things I loved as a child:
Walking to the library every week and coming home with a great stack of books and savoring the anticipation of what lay in store
Pretending I lived in a Louisa Mae Alcott story or Little House on the Prarie
Drawing and painting
thank you for the fantastic giveaway! love elizabeth!!!
Last three books read:
- The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
- Last Child in the Woods : Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
- The Lorax by Dr Seuss
3 jobs I have held, at least in recent years:
church administrator
sandwich maker at a lunch place
office assistant at a Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
3 things I loved as a child: snooping around my siblings’ rooms, swinging on the swings, and TGIF shows on ABC.
I love Elizabeth’s blog as well. Congrats on the book!
3 jobs I’ve held:
Waitress
Party Planner
Accounts Receivable Rep
Kind of a varied resume..and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I get bored easily.
Thanks for the chance to win!
3 favorite things you’ve sewn:
1. monkey themed Christmas stocking
2. Dragon stuffed animal
3. My children’s hula clothes
Three places I want to visit:
New Zealand
India
Swaziland (Africa) – my grandparents were married there
3 places I want to visit:
1. Iceland (unvisited still although it’s supposed to be our honeymoon; we just celebrated our first anniversary, but money is really tight)
2. Road trip in the U.S. (husband is American and I’ve never been there, want to see where he grew up, has family and friends, as well as the touristy stuff)
3. Japan (it seems so different yet similar somehow, truly exciting both of us think)
Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this contest! I’m a quilting newbie, but have fallen completely in love with the craft, and Elizabeth’s book seems gorgeous!
3 places I would like to go:
1) Hawaii
2) on a Cruise
3) Switzerland (for some unknown reason I have always wanted to go the the Swiss Alps)
Three things I loved as a child…
1) Playing pretend, using anything I could find in the yard.
2) The day my father gave me free reign in the kitchen. I was ten, and I made a cake. It ended up a buttery, crumbly pound cake. Heh.
3) I was the second oldest of five, and was SO proud of myself when I could get a smile or a laugh out of one of my younger siblings!
3 things I’ve sewn:
I learned to quilt from my great aunt, she taught me to quilt using a quilt top hand pieced by my great grandmother.
My wedding dress.
My groom’s sport coat for our wedding.
Last 3 books:
1. History of Love
2. The Magicians (I don’t recommend)
3. Freedom
3 favorite cookies:
anzac biscuits!
chocolate chip
peanut butter
Classics!
3 jobs I’ve had:
book store manager
college newspaper editor
chocolate/candy maker
I just can’t say enough nice things about Elizabeth. Can’t wait to see this book, whether I’m lucky enough to win a copy or not. Yay, Elizabeth!
3 things loved as a child:
- Climbing trees
- Reading
- Nancy Drew books
Talkeetna Alaska
Bath England
Minnesota
Ahhh, travel…. three places I would love to visit.
China
Greece
Sweden
Ive been following Elizabeth’s blog for awhile and love her work.
Three places i’d love to visit:
- Alaska
- Japan (again because I love the people, culture and have recently discovered the existance of FABRIC TOWN!!)
- Europe (yes all of it).
3 Jobs I’ve had:
1. Diesel Mechanic in The United States Marines
2. Victoria’s Secret Salesperson
3. Worked at a Brokerage Firm
Pretty random…but all interesting.
~Teresa
3 favorite cookies:
snickerdoodles
oatmeal raisin
chocolate cookies with rolos in the middle (recipe on Pillsbury.com)-These are awesome.
3 things i loved as a child:
a green velvet dress i owned when i was 5
my ragdoll Jemima
tinned raspberrys, (and lots of them!)
3 jobs I’ve held:
* selling tickets in the admissions window at Busch Gardens in Tampa in high school (my first “real” job)
* Managing a doctors’ office
* Working for myself! I’m a CPA
3 favorite things you’ve sewn
!) My son’s “shark” costume for Halloween
2) A pair of pants from a custom pattern made for me!
3) A wool cape
3 jobs I’ve held:
** chemistry lab intern
** import/export trader assistant
** high school physics/chemistry teacher
I hope I win!!! Looks like a rockin book!
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
Patchwork pillow for my living room
IPod cozy
Tea wallet
Last 3 books read:
Christmas with Southern Living 2010
Dreams That Won’t Let Go – Stacy Adams
Silas Marner – George Eliot
Three things I loved as a child:
1. My teddy bear and I still have him although he’s lost all his fur!
2. A pair of red shoes (pity I outgrew them!)
3. Spending holidays with my auntie and spending hours sorting out her button collection.
3 jobs i’ve held
Book conservator
project manager environmental
grocery store cashier
3 things I loved as a child: The Sound of Music, buttercups and sundaes from High diary store in the little yellow platic cup with the tiny plastic spoon and extra hot fudge.
Three places I want to visit
Italy – the history and culture are fascinating.
USA actually Houston Quilt market to see all the wonderful stuff months before it arrives in Oz
Japan just because!
Three things I loved as a child–
–our big backyard tree
–The Wizard of Oz
–The Bobbsey Twin books
Three things I loved as a child:
horses
pretending to be a minstrel
eating shrimp
3 places i’d love to visit:
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Wellington, New Zealand
Liverpool, England
All of which I’ve lived in & would love to go back to visit!
Thanks for the great interview & giveaway.
allisonbright{at}gmail{dot}com
3 places I’d like to visit
1. Japan
2. Brazil
3. England
This is fantastic! Thanks for the opportunity!
Three things I loved as a child:
Reading (especially sneaking off somewhere to read and avoid chores).
Riding my bike – I would do so for hours on our farm track.
Family vacations at the beach – we would swim ’til we were prunes!
Three favorite cookies:
1. Chocolate Chip
2. Double chocolate chocolate chip
3. Chocolate cookie with chocolate chunks and chips
3 favorite cookies:
No-bakes!
classic chocolate chip
mint meltaways (chocolate cookie with an andes mint put on the top as soon as they come out of the oven – the best ever!)
Three jobs I have held BESIDES wife, mother, caretaker, family historian, homemaker, chauffeuer for all things educational or medical or athletic:
Food Pantry Administer
Disabilities Advocate and Educator
Preschool Teacher
Oh! I am so excited about this book! I love Elizabeth’s quilting style and love admiring her handiwork.
Three jobs I’ve held:
1: Cashier at Ben Franklin Crafts (I’m surprised I ever made it home with a paycheck!)
2: Cashier @ flower shop
3: Front desk/greeter at a bed and breakfast
Thank you for the chance to win!
3 jobs:
Software trainer
Title Officer
Housekeeper
Last three books read:
‘Any Human Heart’ by William Boyd
‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte
‘The History of Love’ by Nicole Krauss
Three places I’d like to visit:
Sweden (again)
New Zealand
Vieques(again)
Hum…..I’ll go w/ the last 3 books, because I’ve been reading like crazy lately!
The HIstorian- Elizabeth Kostova
Harry Potter 4 – JK Rowling (I’ve been rereading all of them to keep myself from reading Book 7 and ruining the movie for me! lol)
The Return of the King – JR Tolkin
3 jobs I’ve held:
Research scientist
Journalist
Naturopath
Fabulous interview theme and great giveaway – I can’t wait to see this book in real life!
3 favourite things I’ve sewn:
- A cherry and green queen size quilt for my best friend’s 40th birthday
- Christmas stockings for my husband and I so we could re-visit childhood again
- Denyse Schmidt’s Hop, Skip and Jump quilt in lots of orange and white.
3 fav things I’ve made:
my son’s crib bedding (first ever designer fabric purchase for me
my New Wave quilt using Modern Meadow fq’s
jammy pants for myself
3 places you want to visit-
Europe
Disney World
Hawaii
This book looks amazing!
working as a teachers aide/recess duty at our elementary school. LOVE IT!!
working for my in-laws from hell…..HATED IT!!
working as a secretary for a company that helped displaced workers…..LOVED IT!!
3 jobs
teaching assistant in a summer migrant program in central Wisconsin
washing surgical instruments outside the OR, my sister got the job for me
Which lead to:
the last 30 some years working as a RN in the float pool at a hospital, going from floor to floor where I’m needed. The last year I have been floated to hemodialysis
I quilt like a mad woman on my days off!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 things I loved as a child
fishing
baking
reading
Wow! Throw in knitting and sewing and that would be an ideal day.
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. Front desk clerk at a motel (my first job)
2. Lawyer
3. Teacher
3 things I loved as a child:
Making dolls out of my dad’s old white t-shirts (and coloring them with markers)
Riding bikes all over our town during the summer with my best friend (still after all these years)
Rolling out sugar cookies with my mom (and getting to eat the dough!)
3 jobs:
swim instructor
quilt shop salesperson
computer programmer
3 places to go:
London
Paris
Australia
3 favourite things I’ve sewn:
1 – My rainbow patchwork gypsy skirt – 7 tiers made of 5″ squares, each tier a different colour. The hem is 12metres+. It was a real labour of love and I wear it for belly dancing but also just to make me feel happy.
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2 – Evie’s Heart Quilt – a quillow made for my daughter. My first full quilt pieced from scraps of her clothes. I was soooo pleased with it when it was finished and hope she treasures it always.
3 – Chinese Coins Quilt made for my nephew after finding Elizabth’s blog and discovering the whole concept of modern quilts. I made him a quilt for a christening gift, with a sea and surf theme as his mum and dad are real surf nuts. It’s made from lots of blues(sea and sky) and beiges(sand) but sashed in bright red. Not at all ‘babyish’ so hopefully he’ll keep it for a long time too.
Three things I loved as a child: Roller Skating (still do), building things out of clay or paper mache, painting.
3 jobs I have had:
1. Engraver
2. Kindergarten Teacher
3. Culinary Arts Teacher
three favorite things I’ve sewn:
my wedding dress
my daughters first holy communion dress
a easter gift which was a carrot with a zipper in it and tons of little bunnies that zipped inside of it.
Three things I loved as a child are, reading especially how to books, swinging, and swimming.
It was fun to read all the comments!
Last 3 books I’ve read…
Same Kind of Different As Me
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
I Will Carry You
3 jobs I’ve had:
- receptionist at a car dealership while in high school
- dog washer at my dad’s vet clinic, also in high school
- optometrist (eye doctor) currently!
3 places I want to visit:
1. China – It’s a dream of mine to see the Forbidden City and the Great Wall.
2. Thailand – Will be going 2011!
3. Peru – 2nd on my husband and my dream trip list is Macchu Picchu.
What a beautiful book. It’s going on my Christmas wish list!
3 jobs…
Gymnastics/Tumbling teacher
Winery tasting room attendant
Bartender at VFW
Last three books:
Invisible Stanley
Princess Pigtoria and the Pea (Hilarious picture book, by the way)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Ah, the life of a teacher!
Enjoyed the interview with Elizabeth – also love her blog! She’s very talented and creative!
3 things I loved as a child:
creamsicles
double dutch
singing – air bands:)
Thanks for the chance to win a great book!
jodym7@yahoo.com
3 things I loved as a child:
- Smurfs
- Strawberries ‘n cream instant oatmeal
- Nintendo
Three places I want to visit:
Alaska
Italy
Holy Land
3 things I loved as a child:
my grand-mother’s pumpkin pie
playing soccer
barbies
Thanks for the great giveaway!
3 favorite cookies:
Chocolate chip
Oatmeal raisin
Spritz
Three of my favorite things I’ve made over the years.
My prom dress.
A dress with pantaloons for my daughter when she was little. She was so cute in this outfit.
My first quilt – My husband loves this quilt and uses it everyday.
3 places I would LOVE to visit
Greece
Italy
Ireland
3 favorite things I have sewn:
My first 3 quilts which were all made this past year and they were all made using Elizabeth’s Mixtape pattern: one quilt for my twin sister and 2 for my newborn twin nieces!! Lots of twins in our family
3 things I loved as a child:
Swinging as high as the swing could go.
Splashing in puddles
The Teddy Bear my mother made for me.
Eager to see your new book! Thanks for a chance to win it!
My 3 favorite cookies-
oatmeal chocolate chip
chocolate crinkles
pumpkin chocolate chip
Ah, 3 jobs I have had:
1. Cook (first job at a pizza place – to this day I make GREAT Spaghetti.)
2. Professional actor – It was my living and way of life for a period of time. (not one of the happier times in my life)
3. Store Merchandiser (I love setting up a display!)
3 favorite fabric collections (hard to choose)
Modern Meadow
Bliss
Meadowsweet 1 & 2
3 last books –
1. Freedom – Jonathan Franzen
2. Hunting and Gathering – Anna Gavalda
3. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
The book looks great!
3 places I want to visit: Alaska, Machu Picchu, Kenya
3 things I loved as child:
1) pretending my dog could understand me and talk back to me
2) receiving a postcard and letter from E. B. White
3) playing in a large drainage ditch that was “my ocean”
3 places I’d love to visit:
Milan
Tokyo
Montreal
3 things I loved as a child -
The book “Harriet the Spy”
Frequent weekends at the North Carolina coast
climbing the big fir tree in our front yard
I’ve boughten several of Elizabeth’s patterns and believe the book would be best suited on my book shelf!!!
My favorite cookies:
Oatmeal
Pecan Krispies
Iced Rollouts
I want to visit Jane Marple’s England,Chicago,and Alaska.
3 jobs you’ve held
(1) Software Engineer
(2) Software Engineering Intern
(3) Residential Computing Consultant
Three jobs that I have had that I loved:
-swimming instructor
-lifeguard
-school teacher
3 Most Recent Books:
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
3 favorite cookies – macaroons, mint chocolate chip, molasses
I am looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of this book!
3 places I’d love to visit
Alice Springs & Uluru
London
Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam
Thanks, Elizabeth!
Three things I loved when I was a kid:
Swimming, and pretending to be mermaids with my sister
Reading, and feeding my habit at the school and town libraries (love that library smell)
Apples, and eating apples while reading
3 jobs I’ve had:
- teacher
- counsellor
- factory worker
I love the three things interview! What a fun way to cover a wide variety of topics. And congratulations to Elizabeth on this amazing accomplishment – the book looks fantastic!
The question that leaped out at me is three places I’d like to visit: Greece, Tuscany, and Atlantis.
3 Books is so easy.
1. Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts
2. Sew Serrendipity
3. Digital Expressions by Susan Tuttle.
3 tips for quilters and wanna-be quilters :
- get motivations and inspirations from quilting bloggers. There are really a lot of great ones.
- a simple pattern will always take less time to complete
- MODA & Robert Kaufman precuts saves time
Three favourite cookies:
- Orangette’s Chocolate Chip Ginger Molasses Cookie
- 101 Cookbook’s Nikki’s Healthy Cookie
- Martha Stewart’s Rosemary & Walnut Shortbread
Yum. Yum. Yum.
3 jobs I’ve held:
Executive Assistant
Telephone Operator
Office Manager
3 jobs I have had: social worker in a girls’ reform school; junior high learning disabilities teacher; geriatric social worker. Job I currently have—parttime in a quilt shop (what a nice retirement activity)
Freedom, Johnathan Franzen
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Doug Adams
the Steig Larson books- the girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The girl who played with fire and the girl who kicked the hornets nest
And I listened to most of these while I sew, knit, garden-but if I win this book , it will have my full attention !
3 things I loved as a child:
-building massive cities with Legos
-inventing games for me and my siblings to play
-videotaping our games for laughs later in life
3 books:
Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (preparing for the movie, you know!)
In Their Own Voices by Simon and Roorda
3 favorite cookies:
1. M&M cookies – only make them once a year on Christmas Eve.
2. My Mamaw’s peanut butter cookies – which I’ll never have again because I can’t find her recipe anywhere!
3. Mamaw’s sugar cookies – light, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth…ahh…so naughty but so good!
3 jobs I’ve held:
1. giftwrapper @ Ivey’s Department Store @ Christmas in 11th. grade.
2. Filed and answered phone @ State highway Dept. while in college
3. Early Childhood Teacher in same school district for 37 years
3 things you loved as a child:
– School: I was a true nerd
– Camping (especially with friends)
– Making things! (I used a lot of beads and puffy paints!)
3 Places I’d love to visit
-Ireland
-New Zealand
-Outer space (okay that that’s probably never going to happen but it would be so cool to see all that stuff up close!_
Three things I loved as a child:
Dropping maple tree seeds (helicopters) from someplace high
Holidays at Grandma’s house
Making up code names for the kids in my class
3 favorite craft books
Print & Stamp Lab
Image Transfer Workshop
Stitch Alchemy
Thanks for posting on Twitter.
Oh, I would DIE if I could get my hands on this book! So here it goes….
3 places you want to visit: I want to go back to the Czech Republic to explore it on a not-backpackers budget, I want to go to Bora Bora, and I want to go to Australia….and about 100 other places too….
three things i loved as a child:
rainbows
easy bake ovens
shrinky dinks
Can’t wait to get this book! thx.
Places I dream of visiting:
Fiji
The Greek Isles
Ireland
Hmm, three favorite things I loved as a child?
1- books!
2- new crayons!
3- paper!
Amazingly, none of them have changed a bit!
3 jobs:
1. Sales associate at JoAnn Fabrics
2. Christmas tree pruner on an evergreen plantation
3. Barista
And that’s the order of enjoyment for those three, too!
3 places I would LOVE to visit?
Hawaii
Australia
Italy
3 jobs I’ve had:
1. Delivery room scrub technician (soooooooo fun!)
2. High school English teacher (soooooooooo rewarding!)
3. Waitress (not sooooooooo fun or rewarding!)
3 jobs you’ve held:
lifeguard
Accounts Payable/Receivable
Mom
3 places I want to visit:
Ireland
Australia
British Columbia
– Can’t wait to read “The Practical Guide to Patchwork.” Looks like a wonderful book to add to my collection! Thanks for the great give-away!
3 jobs-
balloon vender at festivals
home health aid
psychotherapist
3 things I loved as a child:
1: going to the library and reading
2: the beach
3: late nights
Thank you for the opportunity!
There are so many places I want to go but these are at the very tip top of the list.
First, the Pantheon in Rome. Again and again and again.
Second, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Third, Kyoto, Japan and surrounding areas.
3 places I want to visit:
-Paris
-Australia
-Caribean islands
Thanks for the book giveaway!!!
My 3 favorite cookies:
1. Chocolate chip
2. Oatmeal
3. Peanut butter
Thanks for the giveaway!
Three places I would like to visit are Ireland, Italy and Australia.
3 things I loved as a child (and still do!):
The sound of mourning doves at my grandmother’s house early on a summer morning.
Puppy breath.
Flying with my dad.
3 favorite fabric collections:
“girl friday” by cosmo cricket
“wonderland” by momo
“verna” by kate spain
3 jobs I have had:
1. baker
2. waitress
3. doctor
Three jobs I’ve had:
- running a printing press
- principal violist in a professional symphony orchestra
- writing the blog for said symphony
Three recent books: THREADS, The Basics and Beyond; The Complete Photo Guide to TEXTILE ART; THE JESUIT GUIDE to (Almost) Everything. All are great books!
Three jobs I have done: Worked in a bakery, taught grade 1, and worked in a library. But my best job was having and raising 9 children.
Three things I loved as a child:
Creating, crafting, designing
Fresh Sunday bread
Fishing with my Dad on our yearly camping trip
Would love to win a copy of this book, it looks fabulous.
Three jobs I have held:
- chemistry lab assistant- drawing blood!
- special ed teacher
- quilt store manager (boo, the economy)
three favorite cookies
-tagalongs from Girl Scouts Mmmm!
-good old fashioned chocolate chip
-snickerdoodles
Loved the interview!
Places I’d love to visit….Europe, Hawaii (I’ve been, but loved it!), and the Carribean!
Three favorite cookies:
Sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, gingersnaps. Yum.
Better still would be winning the book!
Sewing projects:
1. Black tux for my son’s Junior Prom
2. Caveman and dinosaur costumes
3. Camo bride’s rehearsal dress
I am lusting after this book! I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy. I love Elizabeth’s patterns!
3 most recent books
This one is easy, I’m a reviewer…lol
1) The Demon In Me
2) Something Wicked
3) Motor City Fae
3 jobs:
hairdresser
travel consultant
veterinary nurse
i know- random hey!
3 most recent books:
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
Trail of Crumbs, Kim Sunee
The Girl Who Played With Fire, Steig Larsson
3 jobs I held:
Bartender at an Irish Pub (where I met my husband)
Pediatric Nurse
Lifeguard
3 jobs:
Registered Nurse
CNA
Farm hand
My favorite job of all is being a mommy!
3 places I want to visit:
France
California
New York in the fall
I’m dying over this book! It’s on my Christmas wish-list for sure!
3 Places I would like to visit…Italy to see art and architecture, Newfoundland Canada my birth place and the rain forests of Belize. Lets go!
Thanks
This book looks fabulous!! Great for a long winter’s project:)
Three most recent books:
1. Christy by Catherine Marshall
2. Streams in the Desert
3. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
I would like to visit the Acropolis, Rome, and Ireland.
3 favorite cookies:
1) Trader Joe’s Triple Ginger Snaps
2) Oreos (classic)
3) My best friend’s chocolate chip cookies with cranberries!
3 favorite cookies:
-Almond chocolate chip
-coconut macaroons
-raspberry thumbprints
Three things I loved as a child:
1. My dog Omega
2. The movie The Parent Trap (the original)
3. Mashed potatoes
3 favorite sewing things: My daughter’s kindergarden clothes (30 years ago), my son’s Buffalo Bills quilts (he is on his second) and my grand daughter’s quilt
3 favorite sewing things: My daughter’s kindergarden clothes (30 years ago), my son’s Buffalo Bills quilts (he is on his second) and my grand daughter’s quilt
3 Jobs I’ve Had:
Assistant bookkeeper for a tractor & farming implement dealership
Middle/High School Science Teacher
Lifeguard
My three favorite cookies are:
Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Peanut Butter Crackles (It’s a peanut butter cookie encased in a chocolate cookie. It’s heavenly!)
Sugar Cookies with Buttercream icing!
I love Elizabeth and have some of her books/patterns. She is my fav and to have this book (possibly autographed) would be so wonderful! Three jobs: Receptionist at a nursing home, Veterans Benefits Rep at a college, Registered Nurse in L&D (my personal fav job)
3 jobs I’ve held:
-public works employee
-waitress
-architect
The last 3 books I’ve read:
The Second Opinion – Michael Parker
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker – both Leanna Hieber
Thank you for the giveaway and congrats on a great book!
Love these answers!
3 jobs I’ve had:
- spam writer for online postage company (yes, I actually WROTE SPAM for a living)
- English teacher in Japan
- hostess at an upscale Greek restaurant
3 things I loved as a child:
- drawing
- visiting my dad at work, and riding around on a handtruck
- the original Star Wars movie!
looks like a lovely book!
3 of the favorite things I have sewn:
1. the twin quilt for my son
2. a silk-lined wool double-breasted coat for me
3. a bonnet for my daughter
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
1. Hanky Panky quilt, made from 125 hankies I collected!
2. Generations quilt, black & white baby pics of me, my daughter & granddaughter, sewn into blocks with quilted border.
3. First Communion dress for my granddaughter, very vintage, lots of lace, ribbon, entredeaux & pintucks.
-Bagel Store Manager
-Personal Assistant to a Quirky Executive
-High School Math Teacher
Oh Fransson is one of my favorite blogs to read. I would love a copy of the Elizabeth’s new book.
Three jobs I have held:
1. Bagel Maker
2. Disney Store Cast Member
3. Systems Engineer
3 Favourite things I’ve sewn:
* My current handbag
* A teddy/blankie for my soon-to-be niece or nephew
* My pincushion – AMH’s free Wildflower Pincushion pattern. Love it!
Thanks for the giveaway! I also never miss Elizabeth’s blog. I can’t wait to peruse this book, and winning it would be wonderful!
Places I’d like to visit (an abbreviated list):
-Anywhere in Asia
-Australia
-Zanzibar
3 things i loved as a child:
1. Reading
2. Soccer
3. Counting
I’ve been looking forward to the release of this book for months!
Three places I want to visit
1. Yellowstone Park – never been but must be awesome
2. Italy – food, wine, textiles . . . must be heaven
3. Great Britain – been once but want to go back
Three things theme is a great idea! Here are my top 3 fav. cookies.
1. Sugar
2. Choc. chip with pecans
3. Strawberry jelly drops
Thank you for letting us have a chance at this awesome book!
3 jobs:
counter waitress at McDonalds
registered dietitian
school secretary
What a great give away! So much inspiration! When the scraps are all sewn, I pick up books. These are good ones:
The Help
97 Orchard Street
Dog On It
Thanks for the great give-away!
3 things I loved as a child:
1. Barbies
2. Books
3. Things my Mom and Dad made. They made EVERYTHING.
Oh boy! Elizabeth is a favourite!
3 places I’d like to visit are:
1. Elizabeths house.
2. Quilt Market
3. Sew Mama Sew’s fabric store.
In no particular order….
3 Favorite fabric collections: Authentic, Midwest Modern (both), Full Bloom.
Loved the interview format! Three places I want to visit:
Maine
Switzerland
Wyoming
3 favorite cookies:
chocolate chip classic
peanut butter
iced sugar cookie
3 Jobs I Have Had:
1. Intern Architect
2. Church Secretary/ Administrator
3. The person who processes the picture orders from Shriner’s Conventions.
This book looks great!
3 favorite cookies:
Ginger molasses
Snickerdoodles
Oatmeal Raisin
Three most recent – good! – books read: 1) “The Help;” “The Historian;” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” I recommend all of them!
Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway.
3 jobs i’ve had…
1. junior keeper at the folsom children’s zoo in lincoln, ne
2. backpacking counselor at cheley colorado camps
3. beer slinger at the red river opry in tempe, arizona
3 jobs I’ve had:
1. Photography intern at Saturday night live
2. Director of the slide library in the art history dept @ Hope College
3. Preschool Photographer
3 places I really want to visit
New York
Vietnam
Vancouver
Three jobs I’ve held are:
-Junior Clerk for the County of San Diego (long, long ago)
-Slot Machine Maker in Las Vegas (not quite as long ago)
-Administrative Assistant for the last 10 years in Imperial Beach, CA (following 16 years in billing at same place)
-Actually 4, including being a mommy for the last 45 years!
Three most recent books:
World Without End by Ken Follett
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Help
I love Elizabeth’s quilts!
Three things I’ve sewn:
-a peacock costume complete with movable tail
-a case for my sweetie’s Irish bodhran, or hand drum, lined in ninja turtle print
-a free motion quilted pillow-case, made at Modern Domestic with Elizabeth’s lovely guidance!
3 Jobs I’ve held!
1) Whitewater Rafting Company Manager
2) Wine Store Manager
3) Diaper Service Owner
Three places I want to visit:
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Kosice, Slovakia
- Palermo, Sicily
The first two to run a half-marathon with my husband and also the second two to visit where my family is from
my all time favorite reads:)
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
and this book looks amazing!
3 favorite cookies: chocolate chip, snickerdoodles, and vanillekipferl.
How fun! Thank you, Elizabeth!! I love your blog, and your book looks amazing, as well.
I am definitely going to share the 3 places I would love to visit. The first one is Switzerland, because I am half Swiss, as are both my parents. I have always loved everything “Swiss”. The second place I would love to visit is the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia because I recently got my scuba certification. And the third place I would love to visit is anywhere my kids live!
Three Places I want to Visit
Maldives
Southern France
Singapore
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
my newest quilt- using bee blocks
the quilt I made for my friend Sue
the dinosaur Halloween costume I made 10+ years ago that all 3 kids wore, as well as my friend’s kids
Three most recent books:
Child of Mine by Ellyn Satter
Republic of Tea by Mel Ziegler
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
3 jobs – I’ve been a tour guide (including Ghost Tours), a Physics Teacher, and Project Management Consultant.
Three most recent books:
1. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorrie….5 stars!!
2. Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill. I loved it, but I love books about reading and books.
3. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore. O.k. I’m cheating listing this because I’m not quite finished but I think it may be my favorite book this year so I had to get it in
The three things I really loved as a child:
- horses, I have had my own Arabian Stallion
- to play outside (also in the winter)
- to create all kind of toys with fabrics, paper, etc.
3 things I loved as a child:
- sitting outside eating icy cold popsicles on a hot summer night after the sun went down
- catching fireflies in the country (the adults would let them go after we fell asleep)
- being one of 5 kids – there was always someone to play with and something to do
Ooh, I need this book!
Ok, 3 jobs I’ve had:
Portrait photographer
Marketing coordinator
Spa therapist
Three places I want to visit:
- The Louvre in Paris
- The Trevi Fountain in Rome
- Tate Modern in London
Oooh I’m so excited about this book from the moment I first read about it!
so 3 things I loved as a child:
-Fantastic Five books by Enid Blyton (or maybe they were called differently in English)
-Making my own newspapers
-an odd sort of candy that involved licorice and a lemon-y powder. Sherbet something.
Three jobs I’ve held”
- Legal Secretary
- Landfill Supervisor
- Acting Assistant Sentence Administrator
How’s that for variety? lol
Hugs,
Kerry
3 most recent books I’ve read:
Bayou Moon – Ilona Andrews =(Love anything by this husband/wife team!)
Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
History’s Greatest Lies – William Weir
great interview & contest!! TY for chance to win
3 things I loved as a child
My teddy bear (black white and cute)
my dog
and my new baby sister
3 favorite things I’ve sewn-A flannel quilt for my dear Dad’s 90th birthday. I loved knowing it kept him warm in his last days. 2. A black velvet suit with fake fur collar and cuffs. I always felt well dressed when I wore it! 3. My latest quilt – Alexander Henry fabrics MAGICALLY quilted by Karen at Quilts on Bastings!
Three jobs I’ve held:
* worked at a dry cleaner’s
* dog-walker (loved!!)
* customer service at a furniture store
The book looks lovely – whoever wins will be sure to enjoy it.
Oh this is a fun thing to do, 3 places I would love to visit ( because I love to travel are: Japan,Canada and South America.
Three Places I want to visit (but probably won’t
1. New Zealand – and do some of the great treks
2. The Alps
3. Brazil
I’m writing from Spain. Thank you very much for the giveaway.
Three places I want to visit:
- New York.
- Japan.
- Sweden.
These responses are so much fun to read! Three jobs: worked in a fabric store as a teen, worked as an aide to disabled school kids, worked as an occupational health nurse for police officers, firefighters and sheriff officers.
This book looks a definite ‘must have’ – can’t wait for it to arrive in the UK.
3 things I loved as a child:
swimming
reading
crafting with my Grandma!
Three fave things I have sewn:
1) Finished a quilt my great, great grandmother started (and put away) in the 1930s
2) the Chuppah for my wedding
3) A big lovely Queen-sized quilt for me and my husband
I’d love to add to that list with quilt ideas from this book. Fingers crossed!
3 Jobs I’ve Held:
1. Waitress
2. Sales clerk at Limited Too
3. Auditor
3 places to visit:
Italy (going in the Spring!)
Africa, on a safari
Napa Valley b/c I’m kind of a wino
Loved as a child;
My family
Books, books, books
Sewing anything…dolls, animals, clothes….
My three favorite cookies:
1 cheese cake
2 peanut pie
3 carrot cake
I love to win this book!! As a novice quilter I think I rally need it.
Three jobs….
Sprint Communications
Roche
Sears
Great book!!
3 jobs I’ve had:
- tall ship sailor
- middle school teacher
- pattern packer
I agree with the comments made so far. I love Elizabeth’s site, her gorgeous quilts and the step by step instructions with excellent photos have helped me out no end! I can’t wait to see her new book.
Three Jobs I have had:
1) Disney Store ‘Cast Member’ (Shop Assistant)
2) Timeshare Sales Representative in Portugal, Europe
3) Environmental Charity Officer
Three places to visit:
New York City
Washington, DC
Galway, Ireland
These are three of my favorite places, to which I want to return again and again.
wordygirl at earthlink d0t net
3 things i loved as a child:
My moms sugar cookie dough
Any jump rope
A good tree to climb
three things i loved as a child: sea wees, hamburgers, ballet.
3 places I want to visit: Ireland (I can trace my family back to Ireland to around 1775), Egypt (I studied classical archaeology in undergrad), and Italy (yummmmm gelato!)
3 most recent books:
A walk in the woods-Bill Bryson
Medium Raw-Anthony Bourdain
When you are engulfed in flames-David Sedaris
Three places I want to visit:
Chicago, Amsterdam, and Berlin
3 thing I have loved to sew:
-a tilda angel for my daughter;
-a quilt for my sister,
-the cushions for my younger sister new apartment. I love Elizabeth’s blog and being a self-taught quilter, I have learned sooooo much from reading her…..
3 fabric fabric collections I love
-Etsuko Furuya’s Echino collection
-Anything Anna Maria Horner
-EVERYTHING Amy Butler
So many talented woman out there!
Ooooh, I’d love this book.
Let’s see..
Three jobs I’ve had
Summer job at a papermill when I was a teen. Not fun and stinky.
Ad layout person for a newspaper.
Library Assistant.
My 3 favorite cookies: Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, and Peanut Butter
3 Things I Loved as a Child:
- Books! Especially the Little House series.
- Babies. My mom had a daycare in our home, and I was obsessed.
- Mac and Cheese. Homemade. I didn’t have Kraft Mac and Cheese until I was a teenager.
And now I’m looking at this list, and realizing nothing has changed at all!
3 places I want to visit:
Italy, who doesn’t
Belize, for the snorkeling
Egypt, I love the history there
Three places I want to visit…Europe, Europe, and Europe!
3 places you want to visit:
Thailand
California
Alaska
I love her quilts, they’re so beautiful!
Three favorite cookies!!
Peanut butter- I make mine with crushed up corn flakes in them…yum!
oatmeal chocolate chunk
rhubarb cookies with cream cheese icing- a family favorite!
I love talking cookies before breakfast
My 3 favorite cookies:
Peanut Butter
Ginger Snaps
Oatmeal
Three most recent books:
The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis
A Perfect Red by Amt Greenfield
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
3 places to visit: Japan, Kenia or Tanzania (or both!) and Australia
Three jobs:
1. Clerk at a candy counter in a department store
2. Accountant
3. Mom (the hardest but the best!)
3 things I loved as a child:
1. swimming
2. friends
3. eating anything I wanted to without gaining weight!
3 most recent books
-Wuthering Heights
-Mockingjay
-Cutting for Stone
3 Places I want to visit:
Barcelona
New York
A Greek Island
3 places to visit (from a biologist): Galapagos Islands, New Zealand, Madagascar
I think I have one of the most eclectic three job answers: Security Guard (weird, I know), Marketing Clerk, and Accounting Technician.
Love Elizabeth’s quilts!!
Thank you for the chance to win Elizabeth’s book!
3 things I loved as a child…
Making homemade ice cream at granddaddy’s and having to sit on the top while he turned the crank when it got almost made. The crank got really hard to turn and we grandchildren took turns sitting on a towel while he finished turning the cream. We all fought over who’s turn it was.
Spending the night at granddaddy’s during the summer and enjoying grandma’s chocolate gravy and homemade biscuits in the mornings.
Playing outside with my brother and sisters while mother made homemade yeast rolls in the kitchen. We could barely contain our excitement while we waited for her to stick her head out the door and holler “Rolls!”.
Wow! 3 Places I want to visit …
1. The House on the Rock in Wisconsin (this place is seriously awesome!!!)
2. Maine (reading all of those Stephen King books made me really, really want to visit)
3. Ireland
3 Jobs I’ve held…
Waitress
Lifeguard
Nurse
I love Elizabeths site and check it several times a day! I’m really looking forward to her new book. My 3 books I have just finished the trilogy of The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, The Girl who Played with Fire and The Girl that kicked the Hornets Nest. Very good! I recommend them.
3 favorite fabric collections:
Bliss by Moda
Neptune by Moda
Folk Art Christmas by Moda (oldie but goodie!)
Lisa in Texas
3 things I loved as a child:
1.Barbie
2. The smell of pound cake cooking
3. Elvis Presley Movies on Sunday Afternoon
Fun!
Three jobs I’ve held:
- Paralegal (current)
- Secretary for a Horseshoer’s Guild (before this I never even knew horseshoeing, or being a farrier, was a job having known nothing about horses at the time!)
- A plant packer in a nursery (as in I put plants in pots – LOL!)
Elizabeth’s book looks great!
My three jobs:
library tech
translator
mom
great giveaway.
Fun questions!! So excited for Elizabeth’s new bok!
3 places I want to visit:
Paris! (I’ve always wanted to go)
NYC (went years ago and would love to return)
Australia
3 Things I loved as a child:
Strawberries
Playing with dolls
Christmas at Gram’s
I have the names of 3 recent books right on the tip of my tongue: Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel; Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin; and People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
Thanks for offering this giveaway!
3 things I loved as a child
-Swimming & playing in the lake I lived on
-Playing in trees, we had plenty in our area to choose from
-Making any craft with my Mom. She always had fabulous idea & the projects were very memorable!
Three jobs I’ve held:
baker
teaching assistant
mediator
Oh I would realy love this book!! I am in the planning of my very first quilt.
Three things I loved as a child:
- down hill skiing in the Alpes
- visiting my grandparents
- reading good books
In fact I still love all of this
Three favorite things I’ve sewn:
Fleece robe for my fiance’s little sister (favorite because it was worn so much and she wore it until it was WAY too small for her!)
Quilted placemats for my mom (first real quilting project)
Quitled tree skirt (still a WIP but made from a Sew Mama Sew tutorial!)
Three jobs I’ve held:
-Sandwich Artist
-Hallmark employee
-Hotel Front Desk Clerk
I want to win!!!
3 jobs i’ve had:
-worked at the fabric store in high school and college breaks
-1st job after college was in retail management for a classic womens retailer
-current job is in technical design for a major, major, world famous. luxury goods fashion designer (i just made that sound way more fabulous than it actually is)
3 jobs I’ve held:
-hostess/waitress/dressed up as Chuck e. Cheese at Chuck e. Cheese’s (fun stuff
-clerk in my college library
-pharmacist (current)
I love her quilts!!
Three Jobs I’ve held and enjoyed the most in no particular order:
Library Shelver
Financial Analyst for the Tax Commission
Homemaker for one wonderful husband and two adorable kiddos
three favourite things I have sewn:
-A name book for my daughter
-a duck hoodie for my daughter
-a tree mini art quilt
Great interview and love the sound of this book. 3 places I would love to visit some day are Yellowstone, Hawaii & Ireland (wishful thinking). Maybe I should just pick 3 quilt shops instead. Thank you for the opportunity to win this great book.
Three favorite cookies is easy! I dream in cookies since our family has become gluten-free.
home-made soft chocolate chip
chocolate revel bars
lemon bars
3 fav cookies
Snicker-doodles
Oatmeal raisin
Chocolate chip
3 jobs:
- chambermaid at a local B&B
-bakery clerk (great bennies! Best brownies on earth!)
- preschool special ed. Teacher
Thanks Elizabeth! I even learned from you today. I love what you said about mistakes and choosing to rip them out or not repeat them. I am definitely the latter. I need to move on.
I’ve put Elizabeth’s book on my Christmas list, but I would love to win one now!
Three jobs I’ve held:
-sports summer camp counselor
-kennel worker
-research laboratory technician
Elizabeth is my favorite quilt designer, and I’m so excited for this book. I have been anxiously awaiting the release date since she announced it.
Three jobs I’ve had:
nurse
soapmaker
inspector at a rubber manufacturing plant
3 most recent books:
Twinkie Deconstructed
Library: An unquiet history
The Stone Diaries
I have designed childrens clothes, worked as a 911 operator and also teach all grades at an Outdoor Education Centre, outside, every day of the school year in a cold climate.
Fun! The last three books I read are:
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins;
2. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John LeCarré;
3. Direct Red by Gabriel Weston.
3 recent books:
The Forgotten Garden and The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
The Lemony Snicket Books (Ok, so that’s like 6 books)
Last 3 books I read:
- Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design
- Leaving Mother Lake
- Pride & Prejudice (again)
Thank you for the giveaway!
Three jobs I’ve had:
-dry cleaners cashier
-fabric store
-donut baker
Love the giveaway. Thanks
3 jobs:
Ride & Show attendant at Universal Studios Florida (in High School)
Mailroom (in college)
Office Manager (post-college, pre-children)
3 Most Recent Books:
- “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov (I have a soft spot for Russian literature)
- “Cold Mountain” by Charles Frazier
- “Narcissus and Goldmund” by Herman Hesse
3 most recent books:
Alphabeasties
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
I Wonder What’s Under
(can you tell I have little ones? and that I need a grown-up book?)
This is cool! Three things I loved as a child:
I too loved the movie Annie. I am not proud to say that I broke one VCR tape from watching it too often.
My school uniform. For some reason, I used to call it my “costume.” The uniform was seersucker, which looking back is really a-typical for a uniform, but it really kick-started my love of fabric!
The beach… but for some reason, not the sand!
3 places I want to visit:
New Zealand
Paris, France
Puerto Rico
3 Things I Loved As a Child:
1. Swing sets
2. The smell of a new book (I still love this but getting a new book was such a treat as child as opposed to now when you can just stroll down the street to a bookstore.)
3. The last day of school!
Three places I want to visit:
Denmark (esp. Legoland)
India
Ireland
Elizabeth’s book looks wonderful! I will be buying it if I don’t win it! Thank you for the giveaway!
3 books I have recently read:
A Echo in the Bone Diana Gabaldon
Garden Spells Sarah Addison Allen
ALice’s Tulips Sandra Dallas
Very excited about this book!
3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
-pajamas as a christmas present for my mom
-a 2-headed monster costume
-fred flintstone and pebbles costumes for my boyfriend and I
3 things I loved as a child
seasons
camping
my mom’s cooking (and my mom!)
I loved reading about Elizabeth Hartman and I enjoyed the comments above too. Very diverse. As a child I enjoyed:
1.reading anything and everything
2.staying up late (still do)
3.playing make believe with my gang of friends.
3 things I loved as a child:
going to the library
Christmas morning
my Cabbage Patch Kid
3 things I loved as a child..
My gram
licorice
and family Christmas celebrations
3 jobs I’ve held:
1- worked in a shaved ice shack
2- assembly line production making popsicles for my Dad.
3- cake decorater
This book is now on my Christmas list!
3 Things I loved as a child.
Christmas at Gram & Gramps
Laying on my back watching the clouds
Sewing with my Mom.
3 jobs I’ve had:
waitress
real estate agent
Super-Mom
I love Ohfransson stuff…..this book looks amazing.
Three things I loved as a child: reading, almond roca, embroidery.
3 Places I Want to Visit
Ireland
Italy
Bali
Thanks for the great giveaway!
3 things I loved as a child (and still do
)
Fruit snacks
Books
Hello Kitty
3 Favorite Things I’ve sewn:
9-patch quilt made with every batik I owned (560 at the time)
Mohair mini teddy-bear
Humbug bag that I still use to hold my handwork supplies
Thanks for the opportunity!
The three favorite things I have sewn are
1. quilt for one of my granddaughters that was just alternating blocks of pastel colors and baby footprint fabric. I hand quilted hearts in half the blocks and 14 pair of footprints in the remaining blocks (toes included – biggest toe was smaller than a pencil eraser) that’s 280 toes.
2. a birthday wallhanging for my daughter who’s birthday is on Halloween. I had her 3 kids handprints for spiders and I quilted a spider web as the quilting.
3. a quilt i made up when I bought my new machine and stayed with my mother. I had forgotten to bring along a pattern or material so I just made my own pattern up. She talked me out of the quilt and it graced her casket when she passed.
as a child I loved:
1.running through the fallen autumn leaves
2.swimming in the river
3.following my dad
Wow, my three favorite cookies: (At least for today!)
chocolate chip
pecan sandies
snickerdoodles
Three things I’ve sewn:
1.An apron for my best friend
2. A few maternity skirts for me
3. This year’s Halloween Costumes for my little ones
This is fun! Three places that I would LOVE to visit:
1. Greece- I was in Athens for 2 days a few years ago and my husband and I would love to go back.
2. Albania- My husband spent 10 years of his childhood there and I haven’t seen it. He would love to show me where he “grew up” and I would like to visit!
3. Spain- I studied abroad in Northern Spain during college and from the day I left I’ve been dying to go back.
So fun!
Here are my 3 things – three places I would love to visit:
1. Hawaii (hopefully taking a trip there soon)
2. Australia and/or New Zealand
3. South East Asia (Vietnam? Thailand?)
The three places I want to visit are:
1. Australia
2. Italy
3. England
3 favorite cookies
Chocolate Chip
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Sour Cream Cookies
sewn favorites:
* a mini-dress made of patchwork pyramids
* my very first quilt
* anything I can give away as gifts!
The 3 most recent books are
1. Amish Grace
2. The Prodigal God
3. The Count of Monte Cristo
3 most recent books:
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Deliver us from evil by David Baldacci
3 things I loved as a child
-RC cola
-Video Games
-Saturday monring cartoons
3 things I’ve sewn:
1. Handbags
2. Camera strap covers
3. King size quilt as a wedding gift
This book looks very good!
3 tips for quilters/wannabe quilters
1) Don’t be afraid to try – try your favorite colors together, favorite patterns, etc. You’d be surprised at how some combos work!
2) There are no quilt police, so don’t be dismayed at points that don’t point, seams that don’t seam up, etc. Practice might not make perfect, but practice WILL make much better.
3) Enjoy the journey along the way to the destination! Enjoy the different processes along the way to a finished quilt
3 jobs I’ve held: 1.supermarket shelf-packer 2.Veterinarian 3.teacher. still doing the last 2, so very little time to sew (or do anything else but read blogs and books)
3 places I want to visit
Ireland (during the Dublin Horse Show)
New Zealand (anytime)
lavender fields of France (while they are in bloom!)
Cheers!
3 jobs I’ve had
School tour guide to prospective parents
Selling ice cream on the beach
Lawyer
3 jobs I’ve held:
doctor’s receptionist
admin assistant
occupational therapist
3 Jobs I’ve held:
Selling handbags & posh cards (15 years old)
Selling old ladies handbags, matching tights & a pack of 3 pairs of tan tights for 99p!(16-17)
Selling’seasonal’ wares at a big wholesalers whilst earing the most unattractive red A lines popper fastening up dress!!(16-21)
places i want to visit
rome, japan, hawaii
Three favorite cookies
chocolate chip
oatmeal without raisins
chocolate chip
3 recent books:
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
Off the Mangrove Coast by Louis L’Amour
3 favorite cookies
1. chocolate chip
2. snickerdoodles
3. molasses
Three jobs I have had:
1. fish plant worker – I packed fish for a summer
2. telemarketer for non profit organizations
3. cosmetic salesgirl
these are the worst jobs I have held. I really didn’t enjoy them and was so happy to move on to bigger and better things.
Three favourite cookies: chocolate chip (classic!), peanut butter blossoms, raspberry jam thumbprints (have to be made by my grandma!). YUM!
My three favorite cookies are gingersnaps, chocolate chip, and peanut butter. I do make a mean chocolate cherry chip cookie that would be my fourth!
I’ll go for books since I’ve been reading a lot lately:
1.The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
2.Life of Pi by Yann Martel
3.The Notebook by Nick Sparks
3 Things I loved as a child:
horses
Horses
HORSES!
horse crazy kid…what can I say.
3 jobs I have had:
Homemaker
Daycare provider
SSgt in the Air Force
Three Jobs I’ve Had –
1. Kitchen Helper in a Mental Hospital
2. Birthday Hostess at Chuck E. Cheese
3. Construction Manager
3 Jobs I’ve Held:
1. Assistant Manager of a shoe store
2. Optometric Assistant
3. Nanny
The best of the list is a nanny, which is what I am currently doing. And I don’t plan on stopping any time soon. It’s awesome!
3 Jobs:
Pet Store (cleaning cages and bagging birdseed)
Waitress
Client Manager
Three jobs I’ve had:
1) warehouse worker, replacing defective wheels on inline skates
2) ice cream scooper
3) Associated Press reporter
3 jobs I’ve had:
1. Ceramic Artist Apprentice with Gallery 37 in Chicago
2. Waitress at an upscale Italian place…which I really loved doing.
3. Teaching art in inner city Chicago…it got scary at times!
Three jobs I’ve had:
1) Craft counselor at day camp
2) Waitress at a summer resort in the Catskills (NY)
3) Secretary for Student Government (college)
Phone answering service worker (NOT telemarketing!)
Graduate student – lab assistant
College professor (biology)
Fun! Three jobs (and I hold them now!):
1. Lawyer
2. Face painter
3. Soapmaker
Three books:
Horns
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Stumbling on Happiness
3 places I want to visit:
Mecca – for pilgrimage is at the top of my list.
Kulm and Ashley, North Dakota – I went as a teenager to these towns where my father and grandmother and great grandmother were born. I would like to take the family tour again.
Torvik – the town in Norway where my ancestors are from.
3 favourite things I’ve sewn:
- a Christmas rag quilt for our daughter
- a Pieces of Love rag quilt as a wedding gift
- pyjamas for our grandchildren every Christmas
And I love that book – I must find one for myself! Thanks for sharing.
Three things I have sewn…
1. The very first potholder I made–yellow and white diamonds and quilted in diamonds with a matching “hoop” apron.
2. A beautiful Log Cabin quilt with over 80 log cabin stars in the border, and several sprinkled around on the main portion of the quilt. Done in Blues, Greens, yellows and rusts.
3. This is stretching sewing, but my first knitting project–Mother Daughter Aran Knit sweaters, yellow…made in 1969–my very best knitting project to date!!!
3 places I want to visit:
1) France. Paris. OUI.
2) Scotland. My boyfriend looks dashing in a kilt!
3) China. Would put some of my college language labs to use. Yi, er, san, si…
I love her blog! 3 jobs I’ve had
1. Waitress at a bowling alley
2. Assistant manager at Spencer Gifts
3. Enlisted USAF, Satellite Communications
3 jobs I’ve held:
Lifeguard
Worked in an orthodontist office
Nurse
three tips for people like me, who fit into the category of wanna-be quilters (I have only tried simple square block quilting so far):
1. use a template to cut your squares. Even just a hair off can make a big difference later (ask me how I nkow!
)
). Seems faster to sew in rows, but it looks better to sew in blocks, and once you get the hang of it, it goes almost as fast as rows do! 
2. sew squares in blocks, not rows. If you sew them in long rows, you will guarantee that the seams will not match up (again, ask me how I know
3. don’t try to put finish the binding by machine. You can attach it to the front by machine, but it look much better on the back when you hand sew it. I don’t know how many things I’ve made that look great on the front, but the back binding wasn’t caught all the way in the sewing machine seam. Those are the things I just don’t turn over. Ha!
I think the greatest thing I’ve learned from quilting is that quicker is not better. There are a lot of corners I can cut in garment sewing, and the garment still looks OK. I just don’t find the same is true with quilting. I’ve found the slower I go in the process, the better the finished product is, and it makes me so proud when my stuff looks quality, it’s worth the extra effort!
Three jobs
1. Shoelace tier (really!)
2. Nuclear engineer
3. Development scientiest
3 jobs
hostess
college mail room
computer programmer!
Three jobs I’ve held.
1)games at a theme park
2)toy store sales
3)clothes sales at Kmart
I would love the book!
favorite things as a child
1. being an identical twin
2. sewing school clothes as a teen
3. learning to knit and crochet
My 3 favorite things I’ve sewn:
-My one quilt (lap-size)
-A cute top in one marathon session with a friend
-My sewing machine’s cover
3 places I want to visit:
1) Venice
2) New Zealand
3) Scotland
three books:
The Glass Castle
La’s orchestra saves the world
The particular sadness of lemon cake
3 places I want to visit:
New York City
Seattle
Italy
3 things you loved as a child
1. Christmas (still do)
2. Going to the beach
3. Cooking with my Mum
Three jobs I’ve held. .
1) Gardener
2) Florist
3) Mom
Three jobs I’ve had:
- McDonalds
- Telephone operator at JCPenney
- Software engineer!
I’ve spent way too long reading everyone else’s responses.
I love Elizabeth’s work!!! So glad she has written a book.
3 jobs I have held
retail sales
camp counselor
teacher
What a wonderful book!
3 Jobs I’ve held
Construction Electrician (My “real” occupation back in the day)
Air Ship (Blimp)Factory Worker (very short term job!)
NASA Space Suit Sewist Trainee (Another very short term stint at the same company that makes the dergibles)
3 jobs I’ve held:
Registered Nurse-dialysis
waitress at a lodge in Port Elgin
call centre representative for the Stratford Shakespeare Theatre
Three jobs I’ve held:
-Assembly line worker (Building Precor ellipticals. 10 hr days, standing the entire time, no A/C… gotta love summer jobs!)
-Front Desk Receptionist (At a doctor’s office. Didn’t use my degree but probably my favorite paid job.)
-Science Show Demonstrator (yes, I got to throw balls of fire in the air!)
Three things I’ve sewn:
Kitty costume
Pants
Jacket
3 Favorite Cookies:
1: Chocolate Chip
2: Cocoons
3: Pecan Sandies
3 places I want to visit:
Seattle
Paris
London
Three jobs I’ve held:
-corn detassler (my first ever paid job)
-director of education for a bi-national student co-op organization
-web developer
I’m gonna go with the 3 cookies:
Chocolate Chip
Molasses Cookies (The really chewy kind!)
Oatmeal Raisin
3 most recent books
Life in the Spirit – A.W. Tozer
At Home in Mitford – Jan Karon
E.Z. Pre-Calculus – Barron’s (My least favorite to be sure! LOL)
3 jobs:
Dept. store Christmas gift wrapper
musician in a dinner theater band
children’s librarian
Three jobs I’ve had ( of several!)
1.working in a fabric shop
2. working in a sailboat shop
3. selling shoes
and now, a teacher!
Three places I want to visit:
China
India
England
3 jobs:
1. Life Guard
2. Maid
3. Dietitian
3 places I want to visit are:
Canada (in winter & summer)
USA(where the Amish live) and
France (to see it through different eyes than my 25 year old self did about thirty years ago).
I would like to visit Australia, Ireland and Scotland. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway. This book looks amazing!!
I love, love, love Elizabeth’s work and her book looks terrific. Hope I win!
3 favourite cookies?
ginger chocolate chip (Martha Stewart, made with fresh AND ground ginger.)
chocolate espresso snowcaps (Martha Stewart)
oatmeal peanut (salted peanut) peanut-butter cookies (you guessed it…Martha)
Three jobs
College Finacial aid rep
Coffee girl at book store
Teacher
i love how she said that when quilting you are basically making a blanket and that’s almost impossible to screw up. it makes quilting a lot less intimidating
three jobs i’ve had: word processor, a short stint doing roofing, exotic dancer.
i’d really like to win this book!
3 Jobs:
meat cutter’s assistant
flower picker
music teacher
The book looks great! I’m going to follow the tour around and hope I win a copy!
3 jobs:
1. piano teacher
2. library assistant
3. choir director
3 places I’d like to visit:
Germany, Hawaii, and New York city. thanks. sherry J.
3 jobs: student, grad student, mama. oh yeah – and there were a couple of paying gigs in there somewhere, too, I think!
3 places I’d love to visit
Alaska
I’d love to take the train across Canada
Anywhere in Europe
I am new to Quilting. Your book is beautiful. Thanks for the opportunity to win it.
Three favorite things I’ve sewn:
A reinder under the stars (designed and broidered by me, free pattern on my blog!)
A bag for lonely socks, embrodered
My first mini quilt with little animals embrodered
(All visible on my blog…)
3 favorite sewn items:
a “free-hand” bubble skirt for my 3 month old daughter
a baby quilt for my niece,
a mermaiden from “Wee Wonderfuls” for my now 10 month old daughter.
3 things I loved as a child
making clothes for my dolls
going to my grans on a friday afternoon
Holdiays in Eastbourne
Good luck to ELizabeth with the book, although I don’t think she needs any luck
3 things I loved as a child:
- my Amy doll
- reading
- pretend play, with Little People, Barbies, etc.
Three jobs I’ve had:
1. barista
2. PR assistant
3. Painter
This book looks great!
Three jobs I have held:
1. Petrol pump attendant
2. Forensic Scientist
3. Private yacht chef
Arabella
3 Favourite things I’ve sewn:
a cape for my son
a picnic blanket
a quilt for my daughter (still in the works!)
3 jobs I’ve had
technical recruiter
accounts payable drudge
data analyst
3 places I want to visit:
Alabama – where my Gran is from
Alaska
and
Istanbul
Three jobs I’ve held -
lifeguard
frame-shop employee
Birkenstock saleswoman
3 things I loved as a child…
my stuffed bear
ice cream
swimming
3 things I loved as a child…
my stuffed bear
ice cream
swimming
kbsteuber at yahoo dot com
3 things I loved as a child
1: my stuffed patchwork dog named Patches
2: my Grandmother’s stories about her life
3: the clothes that my Granny would sew for my sisters and I
Three jobs I have had:
Public school teacher
Children’s sewing teacher
Landscape designer
3 favorite things I have sewn:
1. a very thick winter quilt it was a bit too small in the end but a fuzzy underneath blanket solved the problem. still pretty.
2. purple spring dresses for my 3 girls
3. really nice princess dress up dresses.
3 books,,,The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
3 places you want to visit:
1. Egypt
2. Ireland
3. Russia
3 jobs
1. cleaner-upper in a bird and fish store
2. insect dissector (lab assistant)
3. editorial assistant
3 things I loved as a child
1. playing at my grandmother’s home
2. swimming with friends
3. the days I didn’t have to watch my little sister
3 jobs I’ve had:
pilot
baggage handler
ymca counselor
My favorite 3 things that I have sewn are
-a lap quilt with photo transfers of the great grandchildren for my grandma when she had to go into a wheelchair
-a fleecy fire engine bathrobe for my 2 year old
-a rag quilt for my 4 year old made of all of his old receiving and swaddling blankets
thanks for this opportunity the book looks amazing!
I recently read Meg Cabot’s Missing You, When Lighting Strikes again and am reading Stargirl.
3 things i loved as a child
1. playing postman
2. my beloved teddy bear
3. summer holidays
3 things I loved as a child are:
- Chocolate
- The Smurfs
- My doll
Three tips for wanna be quilters:
1. Start with a small project.
2. Be as neat as you can be.
3. Don’t give up.
Three FAVORITE jobs…
working at Home Depot…learned so much!!
Calibration Technician in the US Air Force…awesome independence
Momma/wife/maker of all things crafty…never EXPECTED this life!
Thank you for this chance!! Looking forward to the next couple of months’ INSPIRATION!!
Lovely interview. Congratulations on the book.
3 places I would love to visit:
Israel – heading there on Wednesday!
Cote D’Ivoire – with a friend who calls it home
Australia – Like, for a year
Awesome book !!!!
3 favorite cookies:
Chocolate Puddles
World Peace Cookies
Crunchy Dried Cranberry-Chocolate Chip Cookies
( Big time chocolate addiction ! )
Chocolate chip
almond lacies
and
lemon shortbread
cookies!
3 favorite cookies:
1. Snickerdoodle!
2. Peanutbutter!
3. Chocolate Chip!
Brownies!!!
Oatmeal jam bars
Chocolate dipped coconut maccaroons
What an interesting book! Thanks for the interview!
Three things I loved as a child:
Richard Scarry books (looking for the pickle in the picture especially)
Full Skirts (with the ability to stand straight out if you spun around)
Drawing princesses (I had to be careful about letting my school friends know I could draw, because once they knew it was all princesses, mermaids, and unicorns!)
3 favorite things you’ve sewn:
for me?
1-paddington bear coat with tag for my children’s halloween adventures..
2-a wonky teacup wall quilt
3-a 2 pc wt linen/baby blue pinstripe cuffed shirt w/ matching pants for my 1st born son =) darling! him & the suit
Wonderful book, I would love a copy!
3 jobs:
Bank Teller
Home Depot Cashier
Teacher
Thank you!
SheilaC
3 jobs I’ve held:
Video store clerk
Movie house usher
Dog Walker
my current 3 favorite fabric collections are Etsuko Furuya’s Echino,
Robert Kaufman’s Kona Solids and Kaffe Fasset’s Spots.
3 places I want to visit:
- Ireland
- New York City (I can’t believe I’ve NEVER BEEN, even when I lived in New England!)
- Madagascar
Thanks for the giveaway!!
Thank you for hosting a fellow author, we need all the support we can get. I love the look of this book, and the approach you took for the tour. Three of my favorite things as a child were:
Visiting my grandmother (who quilted) and cousin in Oklahoma
Visiting my uncle in Hawaii
Reading
3 most recent books
The Kitchen House
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Tandia
3 cookies i love
oatmeal
chocolate chip
sugar cookies.
i could go on and on! thank you!
Christi
Three things I loved as a child:
Reading Trixie Belden Mysteries and snacking on homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and my mom’s grape juice…
Hanging our stockings on the kitchen chairs on Christmas Eve…
Playing in the creek out in “The Lane” behind our farmhouse…
3 jobs
1. Current and most important job of all being a mother
2. Secretary
3. Teachers Aid
I would love to win a copy of this book. Your seminar at the Houston Quilt Market was great!!!!
Three most recent things I’ve sewn:
1. Makeup bags for the hostesses at my baby shower
2. Baby quilt for my son, who’s due in six weeks!
3. Nursing cover
Three jobs:
* Race Director
* Domestic Violence Advocate
* Waitress
And I loved them all!
Looks like a great book!
Three most recent things I’ve sewn:
1.A king size quilt for a wedding gift for our niece/god-daughter
2.A camo water bottle cover for my husband to use when hunting
3.Little treat totes for Halloween for my kids and grandkids
Three favorite items sewn:
1. baby quilt for my daughter
2. stacking rings for my niece
3. newborn outfit for my son
3 quilt tips, inspired by Elizabeth;
choose and use fabric you love; there are no rules- some things may work better than others, but if it works for you do it; remember to be willing and imperfect is characterful.
3 things I have sewn:
1. a lunch bag for my daughter
2. a quilt for myself
3. a church bag
I hope I am not to late!
Places I want to visit: Tokyo, Vietnam and Germany. One day…
i want to visit:
1. ireland
2. montreal
3. new zealand
Three favourite cookies…
Shortbread
Chocolate Chip cookies
Gingerbread
Yummy…just like the book…please count me in
)
Wow….can’t wait to get the book….would love to win it!
3 things i loved as a child:
Laying on the floor in front of the old box fan and naping in my grandmothers house with NO A/C
Eating Fresh picked strawberrys from our garden dipping them in sugar
Wondering in the fields/woods and pretending i was a forest child