Quilter's Hubby needs Christmas gift ideas
12-09-2010, 03:36 PM
#11
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I too have all the quilting stuff i can ever use, but you know, we always want a little more, What i would love for dh to get me for Christmas is a day trip to a quilt store a few hours away,(Mercer or Portersville,if he is listening) a modest gift certificate to the store and the promise of lunch out at a nice restaurant nearby with him.
12-09-2010, 03:37 PM
#12
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How about a quilting retreat gift certificate? Maybe search the Internet or ask some the local quilt shops about a weekend retreat for 2011 that is nearby.
I think whatever you get her, she'll know it came with love and care and she'll appreciate it.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I think whatever you get her, she'll know it came with love and care and she'll appreciate it.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
12-09-2010, 03:38 PM
#13
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Location: Des Moines, IA
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The best gift my husband ever got me had nothing to do with quilting. He ordered a special toilet seat from Japan from a company called Toto, and installed it himself. It is the coolest thing, and is completely hands-free. It will squirt you with water (you choose the location, front or back). You can adjust the water's temperature, how hard it squirts, and whether it oscillates. Then it will dry you with hot air. The fancy one even senses when you have left and puts down the toilet seat for you. It was the most thoughtful gift I ever got, bar none. And it's a toilet seat, go figure.
12-09-2010, 03:48 PM
#14
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Originally Posted by amma
How about a gift card in a box with a couple of scented candles, nice bath salts, and a box of her favorite chocolates... :D:D:D
12-09-2010, 04:09 PM
#15
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since it sounds like she is well stocked with quilting supplies, how about something to soothe her tired body after a hard day at the machine?
Certificate for one or [b]all[b/] of the following each month:
massage
pedicure/manicure
dinner at favorite restaurant
'date night' with you (of course)
bubble bath/loofa sponge/tub candles
book, wine, chocolate
Certificate for one or [b]all[b/] of the following each month:
massage
pedicure/manicure
dinner at favorite restaurant
'date night' with you (of course)
bubble bath/loofa sponge/tub candles
book, wine, chocolate
12-09-2010, 04:16 PM
#16
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Location: Rural Small Town Ontario
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Originally Posted by Ladyjanedoe
You know, my husband has the same problem. I've been quilting for 10 years. Anything I might need, I have. I gave my husband this option. I told him that I adore Jinny Beyer and that if he went to her site and picked out a quilt kit HE liked, I'd love to make it. I figure I couldn't lose with a gift like that. I'd get to quilt one of her lovely designs , it would have an element of surprise, AND I get to make something that I know he liked enough to choose. Perhaps that might work for you?
12-09-2010, 04:16 PM
#17
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check with the local quilt shop or quilt guild (the shop will know how to contact them) and give her a promissory note to cover the cost of a guest speaker scheduled to come to your area, or to cover the cost of a quilt retreat (guilds usually have at least one retreat a year). The cost for a retreat in my area is about $120 to $150, and classes by a guest speaker run between 50 and 75$ each class.
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