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Archive of entries posted on 27th April 2009

Sue’s Favorite Things Give-Away – Tuesday

SORRY, THE GIVE-AWAY IS OVER.

If you were to walk in my front door, it wouldn’t take you long to notice some of my favorite things.  This is part of the top-of-the-cupboards landscape in the kitchen:

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I do love my teapots.  I’m mostly a coffee drinker, but teapots are so interesting and every one has a different story to tell.  Some of these are from TJ Maxx, some are souvenirs from vacations, some were gifts, and a very few others are collectibles.  I love the TJ Maxx ones just as much as the rarest ones.  They are all special to me.  Don’t tell DH, but last I counted I have more than (?) teapots.  That’s quite a few for basically a coffee drinker!

When I do have a cup of tea, I have a favorite tea.  It’s a Celestial Seasonings herbal tea called Bengal Spice (no caffeine, so it’s good in the evening).  My Aunt Bertha introduced us to it in Texas a few years back, and at the time we couldn’t find it in Minnesota so she would send it to us!  Now I can buy it at Target.  It’s best with a drizzle of honey.  Which brings us to today’s addition to the give-away basket (still just a virtual basket!):  A box of tea and a box of cookies!

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Even though there are duplicates of everything and two baskets will be given away, from this point on I will just show one set.  So far in each basket:  Clover fork pins, Mary Ellen’s Best Press, and tea and cookies for a nice quiet break time!

The fine print:  1.  Give-away runs Sunday 4/26 through Sunday 5/3.  2.  You may enter once each day by posting a comment on that day’s new give-away posting (that’s what THIS is).  3.  Each day I will add an item to each ”basket” (there will be two); to have the most entries in the drawing, check back and add a comment each day.  4.  There are two baskets because there will be two names drawn on Monday May 4th.  5.  Be sure to include your e-mail when you make your comment so I can contact you if you are one of the winners!  6.  I will close the comments on this post at midnight CDT (sorry, West Coast, but that’s the latest I can stay awake).  Also at midnight CDT the next day’s give-away post will come up, so if the comments are closed here, go to www.suehecker.com/blog (unless it is after May 3rd — then you’re too late!).

It was fun to read yesterday’s comments about your projects!  In today’s comment, please share if there’s something that you enjoy collecting.  (Don’t share with the group that you have a priceless collection of the Czar’s Faberge eggs in your home…)   And thank you to all of you for playing along!

Sue

Sue’s Favorite Things Give-Away – Monday

SORRY, THE GIVE-AWAY IS OVER.

Here is today’s sur-prize:

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Sunday’s package of fork pins are joined by Mary Ellen’s Best Press (starch alternative).  If you haven’t tried it, you will love it.  If you already use it, this is a slightly smaller spray bottle that is handy to take to classes or get-aways.  It comes in different fragrances.  One of these is Lavender Fields, and the other one is Scent Free.  I like to give finished blocks a light spritz of Best Press.  It makes them lie extra flat, and it encourages a troublesome block to behave. 

The fine print:  1.  Give-away runs Sunday 4/26 through Sunday 5/3.  2.  You may enter once each day by posting a comment on that day’s new give-away posting (that’s what THIS is).  3.  Each day I will add an item to each ”basket” (there will be two); to have the most entries in the drawing, check back and add a comment each day.  4.  There are two baskets because there will be two names drawn on Monday May 4th.  5.  Be sure to include your e-mail when you make your comment so I can contact you if you are one of the winners!  6.  I will close the comments on this post at midnight CST (sorry, West Coast, but that’s the latest I can stay awake).  Also at midnight the next day’s give-away post will come up, so if the comments are closed here, go to www.suehecker.com/blog (unless it is after May 3rd — then you’re too late!).

It was fun to read yesterday’s comments about the commentors’ first quilts and how some of you started quilting.  In today’s comment, please share something that you’re working on now.  I’ll start:  I’m embellishing a jacket for a guild challenge, quilting a customer quilt, and putting borders on a gift quilt of my own.  Next?