Thread: Did anyone get "quilty" gifts for Christmas????

Originally Posted by nstitches4u

I think that means that if you purchase a gift card for somebody, you can't get a discount on it.

That would be OK then, huh.

We got a very nice, pretty red, plastic discount card, (not a gift card) for Macy's before Christmas. I was so happy because we always buy our adult grandkids very nice, expensive, latest, greatest cologne fragrance gift boxes every Christmas. We buy 4 in all, so it adds up to A LOT OF $$$.

I presented the card, and the clerk told me to read the fine print on the back -- fragrance was excluded! Well, we were going to buy it anyway, but when I got back home, under strong light, and strong reading glasses, I started reading all of the exclusions to my DH. (dear husband.) The back of the card was completely covered with tiny words excluding almost everything in the store! I felt like I had been scammed!

My kind of gift, Lynnie. My son always gives me a JA gift card, and he will be here tomorrow - so I am gathering my JA coupons now .

Originally Posted by lynnie

wow, sounds like you're ready to go. I got a total of $170 in JA's gift cards. you know where i'll be tomorrow, coupons in hand.

Actually, I gave myself quilting gifts---an electric AccuQuilt Go Big, lots of dies, and a bundle of Moda Crazy for Red ​fat quarters. I'm excited about quilting in 2015!

Kudos to your husband for paying attention. I love it when the men in my life pay attention.

Originally Posted by ckcowl

My hubby always buys me *quilty* gifts for Christmas! The ladies at our lqs love to see him come through the door! They demo/ show him new items they think I should have & guide him through, making sure he gets the right rotary blades, needles, etc. He fills my stocking with post-its, glue sticks, marking pens/pencils, new blades, sewing machine and hand needles.... If I request anything special ( I think he sneaks into the sewing room & checks to see if I'm low on new blades, needle threaders, post it flags....)
This year he also went to the sewing center and bought me the Red Snappers and a new scallop ruler & ruler base for the new long arm and he visited a shop he sort of hates going to, usually waits in the car at that one, and bought me some fairy frost yardage. He looked for it at our lqs, they didn't have it & told him ( she carries it at ~~~. He went there. I'm sure he probably sat in his truck for 5 minutes talking himself into going through that door!
He is very supportive of my quilting and has fun finding me new handy-dandy gadgets/ rulers, tools & notions.

Originally Posted by ckcowl

My hubby always buys me *quilty* gifts for Christmas! The ladies at our lqs love to see him come through the door! They demo/ show him new items they think I should have & guide him through, making sure he gets the right rotary blades, needles, etc. He fills my stocking with post-its, glue sticks, marking pens/pencils, new blades, sewing machine and hand needles.... If I request anything special ( I think he sneaks into the sewing room & checks to see if I'm low on new blades, needle threaders, post it flags....)
This year he also went to the sewing center and bought me the Red Snappers and a new scallop ruler & ruler base for the new long arm and he visited a shop he sort of hates going to, usually waits in the car at that one, and bought me some fairy frost yardage. He looked for it at our lqs, they didn't have it & told him ( she carries it at ~~~. He went there. I'm sure he probably sat in his truck for 5 minutes talking himself into going through that door!
He is very supportive of my quilting and has fun finding me new handy-dandy gadgets/ rulers, tools & notions.

What a considerate hubby! Love how he seeks out what you might need or want mine is supportive but would have n no idea what to get if I didn't tell him

Hubby did very well! I got the circular attachment for my Pfaff Performance, a new foot, bobbins, and a quilt pattern I wanted. I also got a big surprise - a new laptop! It's not exactly a "quilty" gift, but it will let me do things like watch quilting videos and pull up patterns at my sewing table, so I'm counting it.