Fathers Day Quilts
05-21-2011, 02:55 PM
#31
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Posts: 154
My daughter asked me to make a "Crown Royal" blanket for her father-in-law's 70th birthday in January. He enjoys a drink of this. My daughter bought some purple Crown Royal bags off eBay (about 20 of them). They come in 3 sizes. A quickie is to buy 1-1/2 yards of gold fleece and 1-1/2 yds of royal purple fleece. I cut the embroidered Crown Royal wording from the bags and stitched them inbetween the two layers with a border of them around the perimeter and more in an oval in the center with a big one in the middle and cut out for a peek-a-boo for each one. The gold fleece is on top. I finished the edge with black fleece 2-1/2" border. He loved his "manly" blanket and it is very warm during our cold Michigan winters.
05-21-2011, 03:10 PM
#32
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Colorado Springs
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Originally Posted by maryb119
My DH and I have a great way to celebrate Mothers day and Fathers day. It started several years ago when he gave me a weed whacker for Mothers day. I thought I could get mad... or get even so for Fathers day, he got an expensive quilting book. We laughed so hard that we do this every year. Last year I got a pipe wrench....(I'd been needing one of those) and he got a bracelet. This year, I got a two step step lader so that when I wash the truck, I can reach the top. (I never wash a vehicle, he does). He will get an embroidery CD from Dacota Collectables with muscle cars from the 60's and 70's on it. It takes all the stress off and we can just enjoy the day.
05-21-2011, 06:33 PM
#34
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Wells Me
Posts: 852
Make him an ond fashion Situpon. Makea square block 18x18 sew a 3"saching between the layes fill it with scraps. He can take it anywhere and sit in it. If he is a fisherman, hunter use waterproof fabric on one side.
You can put a zipper on one side to fill with things. put a quilt inside for a shoulder cover up and always put his special treat in it and a love note.
Add a handel or shoulder strap. He will love it.
You can put a zipper on one side to fill with things. put a quilt inside for a shoulder cover up and always put his special treat in it and a love note.
Add a handel or shoulder strap. He will love it.
05-21-2011, 07:18 PM
#36
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Arizona
Posts: 527
Originally Posted by maryb119
My DH and I have a great way to celebrate Mothers day and Fathers day. It started several years ago when he gave me a weed whacker for Mothers day. I thought I could get mad... or get even so for Fathers day, he got an expensive quilting book. We laughed so hard that we do this every year. Last year I got a pipe wrench....(I'd been needing one of those) and he got a bracelet. This year, I got a two step step lader so that when I wash the truck, I can reach the top. (I never wash a vehicle, he does). He will get an embroidery CD from Dacota Collectables with muscle cars from the 60's and 70's on it. It takes all the stress off and we can just enjoy the day.
05-21-2011, 07:38 PM
#37
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: my heart is in texas, philly and london
Posts: 4,756
back to father's day quilts for a minute, i started a quilt for my dh in his favorite color, blue. i asked him how he liked it, but he had no clue it was for him. when he said it was ok, i could just hear his thought " for someone else". so the man i've been living with for 35 yrs and 3 children, hundreds of pets, etc, i evidently don't know at all! i find that very annoying. he'll be lucky if i ever get him anything.
apparently, we're strangers.
apparently, we're strangers.
05-21-2011, 07:48 PM
#38
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Goodrich, Michigan
Posts: 221
Originally Posted by maryb119
My DH and I have a great way to celebrate Mothers day and Fathers day. It started several years ago when he gave me a weed whacker for Mothers day. I thought I could get mad... or get even so for Fathers day, he got an expensive quilting book. We laughed so hard that we do this every year. Last year I got a pipe wrench....(I'd been needing one of those) and he got a bracelet. This year, I got a two step step lader so that when I wash the truck, I can reach the top. (I never wash a vehicle, he does). He will get an embroidery CD from Dacota Collectables with muscle cars from the 60's and 70's on it. It takes all the stress off and we can just enjoy the day.
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