tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post114000852886167832..comments2024-03-19T03:25:48.226-04:00Comments on Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: Valentine's Day Gifts....Bonnie K. Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377635115790685301noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140380992460469822006-02-19T15:29:00.000-05:002006-02-19T15:29:00.000-05:00One year after another fleece jacket or vest I sai...One year after another fleece jacket or vest I said to him (now ex) "look. I have ENOUGH fleece. That's what YOU want. I think you've known me long enough to know what interests me. If you're going to get me a gift it should be for ME not YOU."<BR/><BR/>that actually worked. the best present he ever got me was the year he figured out a way to get me the big coffee table book about the Esprit Amish quilts. He was injured and unable to drive and figured out a way to order it and got a co-worker to drive him over to pick it up and wrapped it nicely. <BR/><BR/>If you don't tell them what the problem is, the situation won't change.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08557957050287019876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140371563719776552006-02-19T12:52:00.000-05:002006-02-19T12:52:00.000-05:00OK - I can see it now - a design wall in the massa...OK - I can see it now - a design wall in the massage clinic! LOL! You have to make sure to keep a cover on top of it thought when clients are in - it might be too stimulating! LOL!Quiltgrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442794943252912695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140108762127501172006-02-16T11:52:00.000-05:002006-02-16T11:52:00.000-05:00I love your hexagon quilt--hmm, gives me food for ...I love your hexagon quilt--hmm, gives me food for thought! I "need" another project! LOL But I just love doing those hexagons. I'm making a quilt that has the flowers out of the hexagons, and I was so sad when I finished my last one. They are so soothing and comforting to do for some reason. I guess because I'm hand piecing my DJ and the hexagons are a LOT easier to do! :)Passionate Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15280625610653416523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140068444108980692006-02-16T00:40:00.000-05:002006-02-16T00:40:00.000-05:00I just buy what I like - he gets the hard job of "...I just buy what I like - he gets the hard job of "wrapping" things in the gift bags. I usually have something of a list going as well of things I'd like so that it can be a surprise which one he'll pick. We just skip Valentine's Day tho...Tonya Ricuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778059489713831067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140060584673813482006-02-15T22:29:00.000-05:002006-02-15T22:29:00.000-05:00I think having your car detailed was a great gift ...I think having your car detailed was a great gift idea. I start about a month before any given holiday and lay hints, or just say " would love that" Nothing subtle in that but it works.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08505042214124811641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140050514578044862006-02-15T19:41:00.000-05:002006-02-15T19:41:00.000-05:00For my birthday one year I told DH repeatedly that...For my birthday one year I told DH repeatedly that I needed a new handbag. I'm not fussy, anything would have done. Instead I got a purple leather key ring with a built-in bottle opener. I was speechless when he said, "But a bottle opener is so useful..." To him, not me!<BR/><BR/>Am I wrong to think the only appropriate gift for Valentine's Day is flowers and kind words? The only gift for Mother's Day should be white flowers. I'm so sick of being schooled by the TV to expect massive gifts on these days. Isn't it about love and appreciation? I guess I'm over the whole gift giving thing entirely.<BR/><BR/>I have an almost identical hexagon project started too. I call it my 60 year project; I don't intend to rush it... It's 15 years old alreadykerynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140037212830398942006-02-15T16:00:00.000-05:002006-02-15T16:00:00.000-05:00My DH is exactly the same - 3 years in a row I got...My DH is exactly the same - 3 years in a row I got a 20 piece dinner set for christmas because he couldn't think of anything AARGGJHHH!! I mean, how hard is it to get a gift certificate from the LQS or some nice smellies, or a massage or a facial or a beautiful tree to plant or a weekend away etc. The hexagons are stunning! I love the colours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140036851294539342006-02-15T15:54:00.000-05:002006-02-15T15:54:00.000-05:00It must be a genetic DH thing as my Dh is the same...It must be a genetic DH thing as my Dh is the same so I buy myself gifts for birthdays and Xmas and he's happy with that and so am I. I'm in a internet quilters' Xmas swap so I get surprise quilty gifts as well. It works for me! Also love the hexagons quilt. <BR/>HugsJan Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421929494767724891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140036067779340162006-02-15T15:41:00.000-05:002006-02-15T15:41:00.000-05:00Geesh...I thought I had the only husband like that...Geesh...I thought I had the only husband like that...got tired of hearing all the lovely gifts my friends got. I get nothing unless I spell something out...definitely takes the fun out of things!<BR/><BR/>I love the hexagons project...I did one here in Ireland with a group of older ladies in a crafting club when I first arrived...it introduced me to English paper piecing. My first handwork quilting project...now I've finished my hand pieced DJ and am looking around for a good portable project again!...Cathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16037759700270046024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140014721423850042006-02-15T09:45:00.000-05:002006-02-15T09:45:00.000-05:00Bonnie, yup, I get nothing also - zero - zip. My ...Bonnie, yup, I get nothing also - zero - zip. My husband thinks all holidays are made up by hallmark to sell cards. So I've come to expect zippo. Oh all right, I do get a xmas gift usually, but that is it. MEN.<BR/><BR/>I love your hexagon quilt. I've got little freezer paper pieces to make a mini-one like Lucy is doing. Picked it up last fall at the Madison quilt expo - have I touched it? NO.Quilts And Pieceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043640520513261597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140010468733597482006-02-15T08:34:00.000-05:002006-02-15T08:34:00.000-05:00At least he was thinking of you. I have a very sw...At least he was thinking of you. I have a very sweet DH but he definitely has his faults. Thoughts of gifts other than Christmas and birthday don't even occur to him. I wished him a Happy Valentine's Day when he got up yesterday morning and his reply was "oh, I guess it is Valentines, isn't it." That was it. I need nothing big or fancy - just a token acknowlegement. He received his when he got home from work - I had a heart balloon and M&M's waiting for him by the door. He came down the hall and didn't even say a word. You know - I think I should tell him how that made me feel - he probably wouldn't figure it out otherwise.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125491177774966237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140010378742294932006-02-15T08:32:00.000-05:002006-02-15T08:32:00.000-05:00Oh Bonnie, Your DH is exactly like mine. Only thi...Oh Bonnie, Your DH is exactly like mine. Only this year he surprised me with an old quilt. I cried-was it the shock of the gift or the gift itself, I don't know. Usually he takes me shopping and I pick out my own gift.<BR/>Love your hexagon quilt. Inspires me to finish the applique on my tumbling blocks.Judy D in WAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09701249059016985117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-1140009629661621782006-02-15T08:20:00.000-05:002006-02-15T08:20:00.000-05:00Bonnie - Sounds like we have the same DH. I have ...Bonnie - Sounds like we have the same DH. I have received a stove, washing machine and dryer as gifts. Last year for Christmas I received an electric heater. That was it. I threw a fit! This year I received what I asked for! To have a partner who is spontaneous would be wonderful!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568108034424319581noreply@blogger.com