Congrats to #125 Crafty Mama!
fun skating memories...have a good weekend.
On the first day of Christmas my elf love said to me...
Let's go skating by
a tree....
yardage, fat quarters, charm squares, jelly rolls and layer cakes!
Nice reds.
On the 2nd day of Christmas...
....fa la la la laaaa, la la la la.
Toasty warm flannel to snuggle up with. Sweet Santa with an aqua reindeer.
Today's giveaway is for 2 half yards of 12 Days of Christmas from Kate Spain or a charm pack from Saltbox Harvest or Awesome.
To enter the drawing, leave a comment about skating.Random drawing later tonight.
Can't say much about skating except I love it! Don't get to do it much her in Oz, but we did just get a new skate rink which is pretty cool. The blisters not so much though...
ReplyDeleteI am a horrible skater . . . but I like watching it on tv! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteAwwwwwwwwwwwwww going to have a heart attack, love the fabrics you're giving away anddddddddddd I love to skate, both of them are such much fun!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe only time I went skating I spent more time on my tush than on my feet.Thank goodness for black pants that didn't show the wet patchI went home with!For me it is a spectator sport :) Barb.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little girl, and winters were still always cold and the canal next to our house would freeze over.. I got some beautiful white 'proper' skates (with shoes on them as opposed the bit of wood with a blade and straps we all used) for Christmas. I found it very hard to learn but remember I managed to do forewards, backwards and a turn, of which I was very proud! (no dancing on ice stuff you understand.. but hey, not bad for a little kid). The winters got warmer and the years passed.. One day my children wanted to go to the ice rink. Great! Why not! I proudly put on the rented skates and went onto the ice... and guess what? I couldn't do it anymore... I barely could stand up whilst my kids (first timers) whizzed around me.. I always thought that once you knew how to skate, you would know forever... not so! amazing...
ReplyDeleteLove the new christmas fabric! Thanks for a lovely giveaway and making me remember the happy feeling I had skating as a kid.
I have the best picture - circa 1975 - of me on the ice, new ice skates, and a new Christmas parka. I really thought I was an ice princess that day. Didn't every girl want to grow up and be Dorothy Hamill after the '76 Olympics -- complete with that great Dorothy haircut!
ReplyDeleteWell I'm skating on thin ice at the moment......but I can see the side so I'll be safe soon lol.............
ReplyDeleteKaren xx
great give away
ReplyDeleteoh i loved skating, my stepfather always made us a flat skating iceground in our big garden and we were there the whole day
I always wanted to be an ice skater, but my Olympic dreams were quickly dashed with my first try around a rink. Horrible. Oh well I guess I'll just have to try and excel at something else. Love th 12 Days of Christmas line. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I've never gotten to go ice skating, but would love to!
ReplyDeleteWow! Another super give-away, thank you :)
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Rochester, NY...in the winter we'd go ice skating everyday after school on a frozen pond behind one of my classmates' houses...I loved the white figure skates with the black heels - so stylin' !
Smiles, DianeM :)
To paraphrase Ellen Page's character in the film Whip It!, I think the last time I wore skates, they had Rainbow Brite on them. I do have some fond memories of going to the ice rink though...
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger, we would put our skates on, then walk down to our neighbours through the snow. We would skate on their pond until we heard Dad whistle, then hike it backe home. Then we would beg Mom to put our feet in warm water (even though that so would have hurt). We were so cold, and probably had frostbite often, but it was such fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing up the memories.
ltenhage@gmail.com
That cute *12 Days of Christmas* fabric is about as close as I would get to ice skating! Love to watch it, not do it! :o)
ReplyDeleteI live in Alabama so ice skating is rare. I never "got" roller skating, I fell a lot. Then I got a chance to go ice skating at an indoor rink. Hey, I could stand up and go. WOW.
ReplyDeleteI hardly ever get the chance but I loved it.
I love skating! Only been ice skating once, and it was fun. I do think that I'd be OK at it though...
ReplyDeleteWished I could still skate ! This fabric is so fun, all of it. I could sew all day with it and dream of skating.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Madamquiltsalot ~ Linda
deckhoff8514@esagelink.com
I can't skate for the life of me, but I love watching skating at the Olympics.
ReplyDeleteI just love to ice skate and it is a sport that I am really good at. The only one I am really good at. Love your blog
ReplyDeleteI'm a terrible skater! But I love the skater's on that first fabric. So cute! Thanks for a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLove ice skating...hate roller skating...Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI used to be a great skater as a kid but I've lost it. My 4 year old LOVES to ice skate and she's getting much better at it. Good thing my husband was an ice hockey player in college. He's great on his skates!
ReplyDeleteOne of those things I never learned to do even though I lived in Rhode Island at the right age! I attempted it when my daughter was in kindergarten, but forget it!
ReplyDeletei love watching ice skating competitions...
ReplyDeleteI love skating or at least I did as a kid. Growing up in Arizona, it was a treat to go the ice rink but having parents from the midwest they made sure we learned.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with wheels attached to my feet. But when I put ice skates on, it was a completely different story. :o) Let's just say I only ice skated ... once!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the opportunity to win such beautiful fabric. Oh those salt houses call to me!
I received my purchase the other day and wanted to say thank you for such quick delivery and such beautiful fabrics.
Sincerely ~ Tricia
In high school I went skating with friends and there were often older hockey-playing guys around, so we were trying to be super cool (though we were having trouble staying upright). They had orange traffic cones for the little ones to hang onto while getting the feel of skates, so I decided to grab one. I promptly found myself on my butt - friends said I flipped over it, but I don't rememeber being airborne... So much for impressing the boys! Thanks for a chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI remember in 5th and 6th grade for getting all A's and B's we would go to the roller skating rink one day each semester. That was pretty much the only time I would go, so I was terrible -- would fall down a lot. And it was totally embarrassing when they had the couples skate, girls' choice.
ReplyDeleteLove Kate Spain.
jessierey at msn dot com
Being a true Southern California girl, I don't know ever ice skate.
ReplyDeleteI often feel like I am skating on thin ice!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in junior high we used to ice skate at the local pond and have a bon fire. So much fun!!
ReplyDeleteLove that Awesome charm pack...
Oh, skating brings back lots of happy memories! We used to go to our community park where they had a big pond! Me and my brothers would skate for hours (well, it seemed like hours!:) They would have a big bonfire and you could sit around it to stay warm. And then we would all walk home - talking and playing in the snow. And every time we would get home- my Mom would have homemade hot chocolate waiting for us.:) I will never forget those times! I would love to win some of this fabric!:) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have never been able to get myself up on ice skates. But I used to roller skate when I was a kid! These fabrics are so awesome! Thanks for including me :-)
ReplyDeleteIn the winter we skate outdoors at night with lights twinkling and trees decorated.it's fabulous!
ReplyDeleteit's what dreams are made of :)
When I was in junior high, a group of us would go skating every Friday night. We had so much fun. Now, there is no way I would skate. I don't bounce anymore. Love the fabric.
ReplyDeleteLoved skating on the little pond next to our house growing up. Don't think I've done it since! lol
ReplyDeleteHahaha -- a comment about skating. How 'bout -- I fall over when I do it!???!!!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter loves skating, and I remember all the years of doing it with my family, the best part of Christmas was the big family skate at a rink near my grandmothers.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, we lived 1 block away from a lake. We would go skating and my big brother was there to watch over us. We had to walk to the lake in our boots and then put our skates on when we got there. My brother was helping us tie our skates and a dog ran up and took his boot and started off across the lake. I was amazed at how fast my brother could skate when he took off after that dog!
ReplyDeleteWow it has been a long time since I did go ice skating, but I still love to watch it on tv.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great give away! Thanks so much
I haven't skated in forever, roller skate or ice skate. No ice here in the desert. And no roller rinks nearby either. I do love both kinds of skating though. But at my age, maybe I shouldn't be doing either anyway!
ReplyDeletemy first pair of skates were some $1 flea market roller skates, vintage strawberry shortcake (oh yeah) with one missing brake!
ReplyDeleteThere is something wrong about thinking about winter fabric when we have not even had our fill of summer heat lol...However on the topic of skating, it is soooo cold here this morning, we could skate in our forest streams...lol That is of course if I could skate...I was a swimmer, while everyone else was outdoors skating, I was doing laps getting ready for the next competition. Where is the swimming fabrics lol...blessings to you for keeping us abreast of new fabrics...ms
ReplyDeleteOh, that is adorable fabric!
ReplyDeleteOne of the first times I ever held my hubby's hand was when we went ice skating together. Now that was a fun time!
I have NEVER ice-skated. Just as I've NEVER gone skiing. I guess I'm a summer person... which doesn't mean I don't enjoy a little Christmas treat :-)
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Haven't skated in years but I used to skate at the rink in hand me down hockey skates while all the other girls had those wonderful white ones!! It was still fun!
ReplyDeleteOn a special day of Christmas,
ReplyDeleteA crafter gave to me,
No, not skates...
But fabric - yippee!!!
Nice giveaway...thank you!
Love the fabric but I would spend my time sitting on the ice but used to do it when I was a kid- a zillion years ago.
ReplyDeleteGreat fabric! Skating? I did it when I was a kid too, but not anymore. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWell, I can't really skate. I mean I can teeter along on the ice, but I freak out if I'm going too fast or someone pushes/pulls me forward too fast. And you know what's funny? I'm Canadian living in a city where 1/3 of the year is winter, AND I'm a huge hockey fan. Yeah...
ReplyDeleteI went roller skating for the first time in over 20 years recently. It was so scary (things hurt more now than when I was 12 lol) but my kids got a huge kick, and I had a good time (and a good workout LOL)
ReplyDeleteI used to love to roller skate and I can ice skate a bit but haven't done it in years!
ReplyDeleteGrowing up we lived next to a skating ring and went all the time. I miss it.
ReplyDeleteFell flat on my back. Never could do it. Love the Christmas Fabric, but then you already know that.
ReplyDeleteMy six year old is dying to take skating lessons, next winter!!
ReplyDeleteI liked watching figure skating at the Olympics.
ReplyDeleteI used to have great fun at our community skating rink when I was a kid. I haven't been on the ice for 25 years but next winter I may just encourage my kids bt getting out there again.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn
I'm scared of ice skating. The thought of falling and hitting my head on the ice totally freaks me out. And I'm a down hill snow skier....
ReplyDeleteMy first date was to the Christmas dance at my school, the dance was at the ice skating ring. When every i go skating i think of that night. I love the fabric, please can i win
ReplyDeleteOn Fat Quarters, on Christmas Quilts, on half yards of fabrics.... sew away, sew away, sew away all! Oh, sorrry... I got carried away with the Christmas theme! :0
ReplyDeleteThe fabric is beautiful. I wish I could skate but do enjoy watching the professional skaters.
ReplyDeleteI have only been ice skating one time. It was not impressive! :) But... this giveaway IS! I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteI used to love to go ice skating. Even worked in the concession stand of the local ice rink in Decatur, Alabama. Now some 30 years later, I might be more afraid of breaking something! I've pretty much let my 21 year old daughter take over my skates.
ReplyDeleteBut, what about the Blackhawks last night???
Kim
kimrward@charter.net
I love that skating fabric, but the poinsettia is incredible too.
ReplyDeleteSkating....Ice skating in the Olympics is probably my favorite sport to watch. Here in CA we don't see much unless you go to an ice skating rink.
I love watching ice skating on tv. I have never learned to skate.Thanks for being so generous.
ReplyDeletebveinotte@juno.com
Cool, Thanks for the draw!! I loved to skate when I was younger, even took a bit of figure skating, but my fear of water lead to me quitting because even in an ice rink i was afraid i was going to fall through!!! I think this stems from watching movies where people fall through the ice on rivers, not really sure...lol...and now that fear and my fear of water is gone, but my ankles aren't strong enough to hold me up in my skates so i don't get to skate anymore.
ReplyDeleteThanks again!
Lindsay
lsasseville@me.com
My ankles can't handle the stress of ice skating anymore. Had to give it up years ago, not that I ever got any better than just skating in a circle around the rink.
ReplyDeleteNathalie
neillna@yahoo.com
I skated every year as a kid in Milwaukee! Our neighborhood park was flooded to make a rink and they put a warm up shack there too. Fun!
ReplyDeleteI loved skating when I was younger. In Jr. High every Friday and Saturday night they had open skating at our rink so everyone from school was there. Too much fun and many memories!
ReplyDeleteI think I've been ice skating twice...
ReplyDeleteI love 12 Days skating though. :)
I was never any good at ice skating, but I sure can roller skate.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been skating in many, many years. I think if I tried it now I would definitely fall on my butt lol.
ReplyDeleteEee it's so pretty! Hmm, skating...don't get a chance to do much ice skating here, since I'm in Arizona, but I did get to go skating in Rockefeller Plaza one time, and that was AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteI have never had a pair of ice skates in my life and I think it's too late now! Living in Minnesota, I think this unusual, but my parents obviously couldn't keep all nine of us kids in skates!
ReplyDeleteskating...hmmmm...I don't do it. Can't ever find skates that fit me properly so my feet go numb and I'm off the ice within minutes. I love watching people skate though!
ReplyDeleteAll those fabrics are just beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win some!
MGM
Can't skate myself but love to watch it. Just watched Sasha Cohen NOT skate and ride horses in a movie.
ReplyDeleteLove those fabrics and would love to have some.
I haven't skated in years although now would be the time to do it with all my extra padding... :o)
ReplyDeleteI'm not very good at skating...I'm too much of a wimp to try anything cool. But I've never fallen! cassidydawn(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteThose skaters are TOO CUTE! I've never tried to skate but I've been to an ice arena once before for a backstage tour when I was studying recreation science.
ReplyDeleteI used to iceskate competitively...when I was 6. My favorite recital number was a medley of Michael Jackson songs...the theme was "Salute to the 80s" I LOVED it!
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We have a great pond at this house that is a great size for skating. The problem is clearing off the snow of said pond. My son has done it a couple of times but it isn't easy. Makes me wonder just how big outdoor ice skating rinks you see in old movies kept the ice clear.
ReplyDeleteI skate just like Dorothy Hamill. Okay, okay, I lied. But I did get my haircut like hers, back in the day.
Saltbok Harvests is very beautiful for the next autumn!!!
ReplyDeleteI'am a horrible skater...
I can't wait for the day that I can take my little girl skating. I remember going with my family when I was child but haven't been for years!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it! Don't get to very much as we live in SoCal. Love the fabrics too!
ReplyDeletebest part about skating is the hot chocolate ;)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter's school had a fundraiser at an ice skating rink. I came home with a spectacular bruise on my knee to show my support of the school!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to love skating. When my doughter went to a skating school - I also joined insted of just watching, great fun :-)
ReplyDeleteSkating - wish I could but I can't. I can see myself lying in the hospital with lots of casts on.
ReplyDeletelsandes@comcast.net
Ice skating? Hmmmm thin metal blades on the bottom of my shoes and a slippery surface to move around on? I'm thinking might not be a good combo for me. I can twist my ankle in Ked's tennis shoes. I get a nose bleed in heels (just kiddin') But I can remember roller skating when I was a wee girl with metal skates. You know the ones with metal wheels?
ReplyDeleteThat aside the fabric is lovely!
SWEET GIVEAWAY!
ReplyDeleteCAN'T SKATE WORTH A DARN!
LOVE,LINDA
jldouglas@wispwest.net
I was raised on a farm, and every winter our small pond would freeze over and we would skate, and play hockey to our heart content. My first pair of "real" skates are a size 2. Needless to say my 15 month old will be wearing them this winter as he skates for his first time on papa's pond.
ReplyDeleteI have tried to ice skate, but always end up flat on the ice. So I usually stick to roller skating. I can stay upright with that.
ReplyDeleteIce skating is not in a florida girl's vocab, but do love roller skating!! Polly :-)
ReplyDeleteA boy once took me on a date ice skating - his idea and everything...but it wasn't till we got on the ice that I discovered he could not skate at all (we're Arizonans). The night ended in him trying to chase me down, falling, and his skate slicing my leg open.
ReplyDeleteI love watching beginners learn to skate! :) It's a great time for a good laugh... as long as no one gets hurt! ;)
ReplyDeleteI got to go ice skating at the Boston Commons with a light snow falling. It was as close as I've gotten to a Rockerfeller experience. Some day I'll get there.
ReplyDeleteIce skating is a pretty necessary skill when you live in our community of hockey and class fieldtrips to the rink. My kids are picking it up already!
ReplyDeleteI have never been ice skating, but I used to be a star on the roller rink!
ReplyDeleteim not the best skater around, but this last semester at school we had a field trip to go ice skating. yes i am in college, but it was mostly so we could skate with the middle school kids and practice teaching.
ReplyDeletealexisleigh9@hotmail.com
Long ago(during college) I was pushing a stroller and had a baby in a biorn straped to my chest while ice skating at Olsen park in Logan Utah. The man renting skates came and said "I really don't think that you should be skating". Little did he know I was skating because I needed out of my little apartment. I had just found out I was pregnant for the third time and the oldest would be a month shy of 3 when that baby would be born.
ReplyDeleteLove the fabrics! Thanks for the give away!
I love skating! My dad taught my sister and I when we were kids. Now we are teaching our three kids. We love to go skating on the lake in the city.
ReplyDeleteI love it all! I really love the December calendar. Thanks
ReplyDeleteLoved to skate when we were kids. ..but was always on my butt!
ReplyDeleteOn moving to the dessert of Phoenix, Arizona as a 30 year old I decided to try a new hobby...figure skating. Yup i put myself in a class with 7 year olds and was asked what grade was I in at elementary school. The kids found it very strange!! I had to stop when I got pregnant though.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wear my six year old's roller skates around the house.
ReplyDeletehttp://snoodle.typepad.com/snoodle/2009/09/thrifty-thursday-ive-got-a-brand-new-pair-of-roller-skates.html
Don't see any ice in Orange, Ca......to skate on, but some skating fabric would help, or some Awesome charm squares to cuddle with my cat Awesome
ReplyDeleteI'm really good at ice skating gliding around in perfect circles, doing pirouttes, wearing a very cute white skating skirt trimmed in robins egg blue. Oh wait that's in my dreams, really I can't skate at all, can't even stand in them. Plus I can't handle cold weather.
ReplyDeleteUsed to figure skate, then hockey when i was older, now i bring my boys skating...4 & 2...all on their own!!!
ReplyDeleteDefinately love the Autumn charm pack...would make a great bag!!! (maybe for the pattern i just got from you!!!)
I have fond memories of skating on the local tennis court that had been flooded with water by the park district - (can you even imagine a city doing this now? yes it was another era) It was fun and it didn't help the tennis court surface much but we didn't care - hmmm I wonder where my ice skates went to??
ReplyDeleteSkating is fun but i fall alot
ReplyDeletemy husband and i used to go skating on a pond all the time...it was so fun...a bit bumpy though.
ReplyDeletethis is a awesome giveaway...thanks for sharing.
What pretty fabric! My oldest daughter just turned 4 and also just completed her second semester of ice skating lessons. She cried the first few lessons, but now really likes it. She's starting to learn how to swizzle (I think that's what it is called?) and can wiggle back and forth to make herself go backwards. So fun to watch 3 and 4 year olds ice skate! She's taking a break now, but I'm sure she'll be back into come fall.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Tried it when I was young, and I was terriable at it.
ReplyDeletebeccaabugs@yahoo.com
What can I say about skating...I have only tried once but I would love to actualy learn how to really ice skate.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
I love to skate unfortunately I live in Tennessee and we don't get cold enough winters to skate :(
ReplyDeleteSkating. The only thing I can say about skating is that it's beautiful and I don't know how to do it!
ReplyDeleteMy husband (a hockey player) taught me how to ice skate backwards. He makes it look easy!
ReplyDeleteMy first shoe skates were girls hockey skates, second hand. I loved them. Every winter the skating rink in the park near us froze over, and we all skated there. Whenever I drive by it now in winter I want to get out the old skates again.
ReplyDeleteI love to skate . Ice and roller. Linda Gerig
ReplyDeleteI have never skated in my entire life (not ice, not roller rink, not roller blading). Well, I have never skied (water or snow) either. Of course, I'm a native Floridian so snow is a rare occurrence. Thanks for the opportunity for this wonderful giveaway. Perhaps I can learn more about skaters from images on fabric. mlwright29 (at) hotmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteMy daughter began ice skating when she was 5. She went on to ice dancing and then a junior instructor. She learned so much about movement and grace; and it is something she will have for life! Recently, she has asked for a quilt with a skating theme! I love watching ice skating--all of it, men and women; especially during the Olympics. It would be so fun to win--it would be put to such good use! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe went ice skating as a family last Saturday. It was my both my kids first time. They fell a lot but had fun and got better and better. But boy do ice skates hurt to wear!!
ReplyDeleteIce skated once, blind date, in Orlando of all places...highlight of the date, hot chocolate with a hot cinnamon hard candy in it. I think I'm gonna crank up the AC and have a cup now :) Love the fabrics!
ReplyDeletensue21702 at gmail dot com
I am a terrible skater
ReplyDeleteusually I spend more time on my butt than on my feet
Last time I skated I was probably 12, so it's been awhile, but I always loved it!
ReplyDeleteHAWKS WON THE STANLEY CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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