Today is our stop on the blog hop, yay!! This entry is for three fabric giveaways from our new line, Birds and Berries (see above). We’ll be accepting comments through the 14th, and we’ll announce the winner on the 15th! So stay tuned!
(Usually, on our blog hop posts… all three of us participate, but it just so happens that my sister, Carrie, is in Spain right now (jealous)… and my mom is frantically trying to put together the patterns that we need to turn in for our book that’s coming out sometime next year. 🙂 ) Anyway, it’s just going to be me today…
And so without further ado, I’m now going to talk about my hometown of Spartanburg SC. That I fondly refer to as “The Burg”.
1. My absolute favorite restaurant in the whole world is Wade’s Southern Cooking
It’s a “meat and three” restaurant that has been around since 1947. EVERY SINGLE TIME that I go out to eat there, I order 2 fried chicken legs, 2 orders of macaroni & cheese, and 1 order of string beans with a sweet tea and corn bread.
No matter what time of day that you go, there is a line that goes out the door because its awesome!
Now that I’ve moved away, I only get to eat there maybe once every six months or so which is sad… so my mom usually buys me a t-shirt to get me through the months that I’m away. 🙂 See above.
Anyway, Wade’s has these really funny billboards that are all over town… all of which, focus on their tagline, “Have you eaten your veggies?” They crack me up.
2. Andie MacDowell is from Gaffney South Carolina.
Gaffney is spitting-distance away from Spartanburg, so I’m going to lump her into this blog entry… because Spartanburg doesn’t have much else. 🙂
3. And now… a funny story about my family (more specifically my dad), who was famous here in Spartanburg for about a week after he was ARRESTED.
So it all started with a neighbor who lived up the road from us (hmmm, let’s call him Mr. Cailey). Well Mr. Cailey was annoyed by the fact that the traffic passing in front of his house, didn’t abide by the stop sign at the end of the road. Well… eventually, this was just too much for him to bear, so one morning… after everyone left for school and work… bulldozers and dump trucks arrived to close the road off at the stop sign. Thus dividing the neighborhood into two parts.
When residents returned home that evening and drove down this road (same as always)… they hit a dead end… complete with newly planted grass, shrubbery, and a split rail fence.
Everyone was up in arms about it. School buses had to be rerouted. Fender benders occurred when residents realized (a little too late) that their street was missing. Meetings were held. Petitions signed… Etc. This is a picture of where the street dead-ends. The previously connected road is sitting just beyond the trees.
Well, my dad had a walking route on our street that he took every night. And, street or no street, he REFUSED to be rerouted. He went on his merry way… and when he’d come to this newly landscaped yard (that used to be the street), he walked right across it and continued on to the other half of the neighborhood.
One night Mr. Cailey had the nerve to accuse him of trespassing. To which my dad responded, “Sue me”. (My dad lives by no one’s rules. And so he was not deterred by this confrontation. He continued his nightly trek.)
The next night, while he was walking across this yard, he tripped and fell over a drainage rock that was sitting in the middle of the path. (He swears that this was strategically placed.) In order to avoid tripping over it in the future, he tossed the rock into the bushes.
…And… at that very moment, Mr. Cailey lept out of the bush and snapped a photo.
The next afternoon, two policemen came to our door to arrest my dad for throwing the rock. He wasn’t home at the time, so my mom was instructed to tell her husband to turn himself in at the courthouse after he came home. At which point, they would arrest him. Can you believe this? So that night after dinner, my dad (being the hardened criminal that he was) picked up his Scientific American Magazine, and headed downtown to pay his debt to society. He actually DID spend the night in jail (which he was less than happy about). In the end, he was let go because the grounds for the arrest were downright dumb.
Anyway, to finish up the story, things wound up OK… My Dad took Mr. Cailey to court and won. His record was expunged, and the neighborhood association was granted the right to pave a “scenic walkway” through Mr. Cailey’s landscaped street (for walkers like my dad to use).
The funny thing is… this whole story was written up in the Spartanburg Herald Journal. And so, years later, when one of us recounts the story… many listeners will jump up and say… “I SAW that in the paper….that was YOUR husband????…or that was YOUR father???”
Yep, the Jungs were the “buzz” of Spartanburg for a week. True story!!!
And that about wraps up Spartanburg.
Now for the free pattern!
You can download it here. This is a traditional bow-tie pattern with a little something special. The centers of the bow ties stand up off the quilt 3-dimensionally. Super cool, right?
Also, make sure to check out the other two blog hop stops today… Pieces From My Heart / Fig Tree & Co.
Hmmm, I think that’s it. Am I forgetting something?
Oh! Yes! The giveaway. We have three giveaways on this blog entry! And then THREE MORE giveaways on the next blog entry entitled My New Adventure!
First, to win one of our 3 fabric give-aways (1 jelly roll and 2 layer cakes), simply write us a comment on this blog entry. …(And if you could “Like Us” on Facebook too, that would be awesome… but not required to enter this first giveaway!)
Then for the SECOND giveaway… I’m working on a really special project right now that I want to share with you. So, if you read the entry right below this, entitled “My New Adventure”… you’ll get a chance to win one of 3 FAT-QUARTER-SHOP GIFT CERTIFICATES for $75 each! Yay! Who doesn’t like free fabric right?
For those of you who can’t find the comments… at the bottom of this entry is a little blue link that tells you how many comments we’ve gotten. Click on that link, and it will take you to the comment section. 🙂
We’ll be announcing the winners on the 15th!
Thanks for stopping by and happy quilting!
I LIKE your dad! A man of his convictions.
Loved reading the article on your blog. Love your fabrics. Wish you both luck on your adventure!
I love the story of your Dad and Mr Cailey!
Good on your Dad! I hope I would have dine the same – I know my Dad would!
Love the stories in your post and love your fabric even more.
thanks for the funny story, made me laugh, also thanks for the great fabrics and patterns
I love your story about your Dad in your hometown. It sounds like something my Dad would do! Love your fabrics and I “like” you on facebook too! I would love to enter the Fat Quarter Shop voucher giveaway, but don’t know if “Shelf” will benefit me, being Australian.
The story about your dad is a hoot!
I love the story of your Dad and Mr Cailey.
I also read about your new adventure, and thought it was a brilliant idea. When will it come to the UK?
I enjoyed reading your story!! I grew up on a small island over in scotland and I know how small towns can be. That was a good one though made me laugh today!!
I love the colors of the quilt you made I think the pattern is perfect for a doll blanket I am getting a lot of x-mas ideas this week from the moda hop!!
I used to live down the road from you in Greenville, but never knew about Wades! Hate that. Thanks for the story and the giveaway!
Your story is a hoot. Thanks for sharing it. And thanks for the chance to win fabric.
Love the story about your Dad! Good for him for standing his ground. Your bow tie pattern is adorable!
Thanks for sharing about your home town and appreciate the giveaway.
LOL, too funny! What meany your neighbor is/was!
Lovely fabric and neat trick with the bow tie! Thanks for a fun blog hop.
Next time I drive up I 85 from Atlanta I will schedule a stop at Wades and try the Mac n cheese!
You will not be disappointed! And buy a t-shirt. They each come packaged in a plastic food container, and you reach into this freezer (not plugged in) and choose the size and color that you want!!!
love your story.
orange is my colour, and would love to win it.
my home town is Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada
Funny story! Continue to rock on!!
Love the story about your dad! Sound like something that would happen in my neighboorhood!
Good for you dad. Your fabric is beautiful, I would love to win some. Thanks so much for sharing.
Loved your story!!:) Pretty funny!! Thanks for the chance to win- always love your fabrics!!
That is so good to hear!! Thanks for following us!!
Loved the story about your Dad. Thanks for the chance to win.
What a great story about your Dad, sounds like something my Dad would have done. Your bow tie quilt is precious especially the dimensional aspect, have always wanted to make one. Thanks for your tour.
Awesome bit of family history! Thanks for sharing it with us. Can’t wait to try out the 3D effect.
Thanks for the bow tie pattern! I like the size–do-able!
I love family history stories! they are always the best! thanks for the hop and for the pattern. Looking forward to reading more about shelf! Good luck!
Oh boy, I am loving this fabric!!! Thx for not asking about my hometown – I am running out of different facts about my true hometown, Queens N.Y., and where I live now, Kingston, N.Y. Let’s just say Kingston is on the way downward side of the bell curve from its heyday which I of course missed.
🙂
Love the story about your dad, could be mine who did this;-) And thanks for the 3D-bowtie-pattern how cool is that!?! Greetings from germany, Hildy
Love the story 🙂 Thanks for a great giveaway.
How was it possible for a citizen to block the road just because he wanted to? I’m intrigued! I love your Bow tie pattern! Thanks!
Who knows, but it DID truly happen all in one day!!!
I loved your story – good luck in your new adventure
The story of your dad is too funny! Glad he won in the end 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!
What a great story! And thanks for the fun pattern!
Spartanburg sounds like quite a place – I think I would really love Wade’s. And the story about your dad – so crazy! Almost hard to believe, but somehow not – every town seems to have a Mr. Cailey (though thankfully not all of them have the landscaping crew at hand!)
Love your story. Thanks for the BowTie pattern. Hope to make it soon. I live in Murphysboro, IL. It is a small town. Murphysboro is famous for the 17th Street Bar an Grill. Make the best BBQ. We are getting ready for annual Apple Festival. Will be fun with the big parade, apple pie and all things made from apples. Thanks so much for a chance to win your contest.
Wow! Just picking up and moving across country….awesome. Good luck in your new venture.
BTW………Birds and Berries is just beautiful.
So, Does Mr. Cailey still live there ? And how did he get away with blocking off an entire street ?
He no longer lives in the neighborhood. As soon as things calmed down, he and his family moved to the country! Can you believe that?
Thanks for sharing Spartanburg with us. It’s interesting to read about all the towns and cities that everyone participatin in the Blog Hop are from! I’ll enjoy making your free pattern! I’ve gotta check out Shelf! It sounds brilliant!! I love getting bargains!!!
whoa – a 3d bowtie? totally intriguing….
Thanks! And it really IS simple. Just take it slowly at first.
Great story!
Loved the story about your Dad…good for him! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Love the colors in your bowtie pattern sample. Thanks too, for sharing your city and your family memories with us.
Barbara
I love my veggies too. Enjoyed your blog, I am new to your site.
What great stories! Love your pattern, too! Little quilts are so much fun!
What an adventure. good luck to you, and much success. It is always so difficult to reach out and
touch the dreams and make them a reality. Love the bow tie pattern.
Thanks for the pattern. Your fabrics are yummy!
We appreciate it! Birds and Berries is one of our favorite lines so far.
That was a great story! Thanks for a fun easy pattern – it looks so cute your your fabrics.
Loved the story of your Dad! Thank you for the chance to win!
We live in the Country and have talked about moving to the city to be closer to our children and grandkids and then we think again because I would be afraid my next door neighbor would be a Mr. Cailey LOL.Good story.Good luck on your new adventure in life.
Thanks for the funny story and the cute pattern. And thanks for the giveaway.
Love the story!!!!!
Good luck on your website!
I love your Dad’s story. What a Hoot!
Such a great story! LOVE the pattern too. Thank you so much!
I can’t believe Cailey got to keep the blocked off road. Why didn’t someone sue him? I love the bow tie quilt. On my to do list.
Great story! Love the 3-D bow tie pattern! Thanks for the chance.
Your father is my kind of person, I love a good story like that. I’m making a little Bow Tie quilt, not a 3D quilt, I need to try this. Thanks!!! ;-> Toni Anne
I just love that story about your dad! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, how brave and inspirational are you guys. I hope it all goes really well for you.
Your Dad sounds like a hoot. My favorite “Dad” story was when Dad walked me down the aisle, handed me over to my husband, Dad walked across the train of my dress to get back to his seat. He left big black footprints in the middle of the train of my wedding down. When I tried to walk forward with my fiance to the front of the church, it was like I was nailed to the floor, because my Dad was standing on my dress. It was like an episode of Monty Python. The photographer had to arrange the folds of my train to hide the shoeprints at photo time. My Dad died 2 years ago, I miss him every day.
I enjoyed the story of your dad. I bet growing up at your house was fun!
You have been liked on FB.
just made a great lap quilt from Birds & Berries! The pattern is in the Fall issue of Easy Quilts. Beautiful! It was made out of Hello, Luscious in the mag, but even more beautiful in B&B!
Thanks so much!!
Send us a photo!!!
Thank you for the free pattern and chance to win.
I loved the story about your Dad!
Oh your dad is a hoot. Loved the story. Thanks for the chance to win.
I’m glad it all worked out for your dad. What a crazy neighbor!
Thanks for a chance at a great prize.
OMG. Just by looking at you, it is hard to believe you ate at Wade’s all the time. Love the story about your dad. I say, You go Dad! ‘Mr.Ccaliey’ should be fined for a frivolous lawsuit filed and having an innocent man required to spend the night in jail.
Loved your cute story! Also, love your cute pattern and the chance to win!
what a great story, and what a brave father…
Loved this blog! Have known your mom and dad for so long….really enjoyed the DAD story and always enjoy watching your designs develop and grow. BTW, the photography is always wonderful! Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to download the pattern! Hope I win!!
Melissa!!!!
Thanks so much for your interest!!!
BTW, I follow your work too!!
(Melissa and I went to CLEMSON together!)
Love your story, and your little bow tie design. Thanks.
thanks for the free pattern. my first quilt was a big bow tie.
funny story about your dad.
thanks for a chance to win some fabrics too.
What a great story! Only in America would your dad get in trouble for throwing a rock and Mr. Cailey would not get in trouble for landscaping a thru road!
Great story! Good for your dad (walking and holding his own). But today I’m affraid someone would hire a hit man for the neighbor and have the street replaced LOL!!!!!
I love the story about your Dad — and Darth Tater is going to crack me up for days.
Cute story…you just can’t make this stuff up…. I already “like” you on Facebook.
Love the story about your dad !Thanks for the pattern.My first block quilt was a hexie.I made a pincushion.
Love your story about your Dad! Love the pattern, too!
Super cute! I love how they pop up in the center.. love the story of the rebel your dad!
That is a great story. I live not too far up the “hill” from you in Chapel Hill NC. When my daughter was in school in Ga we drove down through there a lot. Love smaller towns.
You are just too cute…love the story and would love to win!
Great story but who IS Mr. Cailey? Millionaire, mafia boss, working for the council? OR can anybody just say I want my road to end there? Do tell.
Love the 3D quilt.
Truth is stranger than fiction – proved by your story!! So funny. Thanks for the pattern, its adorable. Thanks for a chance to win your giveaway, now to read your next post.
Your dad reminds me of my father-in-law. What a great story!!! Love your 3-D bowties. Thanks so much.
Thanks for being so generous…love the story of your dad. I live in Amite, Louisiana.
What a funny story! Thanks for sharing and I am already FB liker! Have a blessed Sunday!
Thanks so much for your support on FB!!
Love the story and the happy ending. I wish you both luck in the new web adventure. Great spin on the bowties.
GREAT STORY…..HOPE TO WIN!
Great family story! And love the little bow ties quilt. Just read through your new adventure. Will come back to it later today to give Shelf a try. What a great concept. Thanks for the pattern and a chance to win some fabric.
This is my favorite pattern so far! I’m trying to see how you quilted it. It looks like you stitched in the ditch? I’ll be making this one.
Yes, it’s just stitched in the ditch. Sometimes less is more!
What a fun story about your town and family, sounds like a wonderful place to live.
Debbie
That story was hilarious. Thanks for sharing it. Shelf is a fantastic idea.
Wow! What a story! I can’t believe that man divided the street and they let him get away with it! What a crazy mess! And Yay for your dad standing up to a bully!
I love bow tie quilts, and what a fun version you’ve shown us today! Thanks!
Love the “origami” bow ties – they are so much fun to make! Wades sounds like my kind of restaurant and their billboards are a hoot!
Love the 3D bowties !
I liked your story – your father is a determined man.
But I have so many questions.
Was traffuc allowed down the road beyond the ‘stop’sign? Or was it supposed to exit that road somewhere else?
Did Mr Cailey plan all this without anyone finding out?
Was the land his? What happened to the traffic?
Will I ever know?
Okay, let’s see:
Our neighborhood had 2 entrances. So everyone had to turn around, go back out, and then drive to the other entrance.
The land was not Mr. Cailey’s. And it caused quite a stir. Teenagers just plowed right throw to the other side in cars and bikes, until Mr. Cailey placed big logs in the way! So Kids would move the logs. Then they placed steel bars in cement holes to do the trick.
Their yard was T.P.ed so many times!!!!
Love your stories and your fabrics!
susie
legato1958@aol.com
Loved your story. there are all kinds in this world –aren’t there ??
What a unique story and glad that it had a positive outcome. I’m amazed that Cailey could do that with public right of ways over “people not stopping for a road sign. Amazing!
Love the story about your dad, every family needs their 15 mins of fame, right? Thanks for such a great giveway.
And he is really eating up all of these comments about him!!!
Never has he been so interested in our blog site!!!!
Oh how funny – the story of your dad and the neighbor! The neighbor should have joined him for his walks and made a friend! Thanks for sharing all your stories and inspiration! I wish you and your significant other best of success with your new shopping site!!!! It sounds wonderful!
I LOVE, love, love your fabrics! Thanks again!
hello! i like this fabric line; anything girlie that doesn’t focus on pink is right up my alley. thanks!
Great story, grandkids have to love that one. Love the Moda Candy, the pattern is perfect for my doll quilt swap. Thank you.
What a great story! I love your bow-tie pattern! Thanks for the chance to win!
Loved your story! Your fabric line has such fun colors.
I just liked you on Facebook. Good luck with your new Shelf adventure. It’s a great idea!
What a terrific story! You should send it in to, Readers Digest… Made my day!!! Also love your blog, keeps me inspired. Thanks for sharing.
Your dad sounds like a hoot, and the neighbor sounds like an old grinch!! Thanks for the chance to win your yummy fabric!!
Love the story of your dad and the bow tie quilt. Thanks for the giveaway.
Loved the story! And what a fun pattern–thanks.
Great story of your dad. Thanks for the giveaway.
I, too, can’t believe he got to keep his new road-turned-yard! Crazy. Love all your fabric, as usual!
What a great story, I guess every neighborhood has their Mr. Grumpy and a crazy cat lady. I did go to FB and like you, I’m actually really happy to have landed here on the hop, Birds & Berries is my current obsession in fabric, love it. Thank you.
I got really excited about your Shelf adventure. Very disappointed to see that it is not set up for iPad. That is something I would only be interested in doing on my iPad. I do all my shopping on the pad not at my stationary computer.
That is a good point, and Lauren and Atul have really been interested in ALL of the helpful comments!!!
Thanks so much!
Funny story about your dad. I love bowtie patterns, thanks for a new pattern to try out. Good luck on you new adventure, it sounds like a great idea.
What a story and thank you for sharing. I too like a great bargain. Good luck in your new adventures. Judith, Texas
Thanks for the Bowie pattern. I love that the center stands out!!! Thanks also for the chance to win some fun fabric.
Love your Bowtie quilt! And the chance to win! My birthday is on the 13th so here’s hoping.
That is such an awesome twist on a traditional quilt! I love your fabrics! And I will go check out Shelf 🙂
What a cute story! I’m a walker, too and like to stick to the same route. Glad your Dad stuck to his guns!
Susan
susie.galasso@gmail.com
Thank you for the chance to win. Congrats on your new venture as well!
I have a dad just like that, lol. Cute bow ties.
Love the story and the cute bow tie quilt!!
I know Spartanburg very well because I grew up in Shelby, NC. Spartanburg was big-time to us 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win some of your beautiful fabric.
Love the story about your Dad and the cute bowtie quilt pattern. Thanks!
If we get to vote on the best story you win hands down how funny is that. What I can’t believe is that they let him close the road. Thank you for the pattern.
WOW…dad’s quite the rebel! Luv it…jmh
Your dad story is great! I can’t believe closing off a public street was allowed. Thanks for the cute bow tie pattern.
I have been eying your new collection every since it came out on Fat Quarter Shop. I love the colors and patterns! I am a beginning quilter and trying not to bet too ahead of myself, but I can’t wait to try something (anything!) with your beautiful fabric.
Thank you so much for those nice words!
Fatquartershop.com has an easy pattern that they have kitted using Birds and Berries. It’s a great kit for beginners, but everyone has liked it (we are told).
Great story! Beautiful fabric! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the colours of your fabrics.
Aren’t family memories great? Love the story and the designs.
that story is too funny! glad your dad won. thanks for the 3d bowtie pattern it’s too cute!
Do you know if the restaurant is named for a family Wade or a man named Wade? Just curious b/c my maiden name is Wade. thanks for the chance.
Wade’s opened in 1947, by Wade and Betty Lindsey. It is still run by family members.
And they even have a phone line that you can call, to hear what the menu is for the day!
Gotta love that!!!
I loved that story, it started my day with a laugh. Thanks for being a part of this and for the chance to win some great fabrics.
I love your dads story. A man after my own heart.
Thanks for the pattern, Too cute!
Linda L. in Tx.
I love the story about your dad. The nerve of that other guy to take away a road! Love the bowtie quilt. i think that would make a wonderful baby quilt with those raised centers.
You know, that’s a good idea! I think I will make a baby quilt too!
Those new Candy cuts of Moda’s have been a wonderful success!
I am really enjoying this bloghop. All of you are so creative. I have been trying to find this bow tie pattern for some time. Now I can get busy on it. Thanks
I loved reading your blog entries. They were lough-out-loud funny! Good for your Dad, for standing up to the neighbour! The little 3-D bow tie quilt is adorable! Your new adventure is fascinating – I wish you well on your new site. I’ll give it a try! Online shopping from Canada, especially with US stores, can sometimes be an adventure! Quilt shops, however, have already figured it out!
Loved your story!
I just purchased “Birds and Berries” to make quilts for my grand daughters.
Love the bowtie quilt with the raised centers. I made one several years ago without the raised centers and can’t wait to make your pattern.
I love the looks of your fabric! Your dad’s story is very funny! Thanks for the giveaway! I’m going to “like” you on Facebook.
b.
Unbelieveble that road story, and the road is still closed? That is impossible!
I want that to, we live one a road used by lots of cyclists who seem to have to shout while cycling, closing the road would keep them quit I think
Regards Miranda
Oh, I think your Dad and I would have gotten along just fine! Great story!! I liked you on FB.
Sounds like a great place to live! Love Birds and Berries!
I really enjoyed reading your story about your Dad, but was really confused about how someone can just take away a road? Did the land the road is on belong to him, or the town? Anyway, good for your Dad for refusing to give in!!! Love the three-dimensional bow-ties…very unique!
Sounds like you have a v-e-r-y adventurous family!
Oh, you don’t know the half of it!!! 🙂
Love the story of your Dad. Funny now but no so funny then. We don’t have anyone famous in St Charles but St. Louis has a few… The little bowtie quilt is cute. Thanks for the pattern and I would love some candies.
What a good, small town story. And people think nothing happens in a small town!
Well, I love your dad. I am not a rule-follower type of person and I think it is GREAT that there are more people out there like us… at least I hope there are. Because we need us in this world to question the rule-makers. Anyway, LOVELY story. I loved it. Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
Your story is so great! I also live in a small town (Cardwell, Montana) where everyone has been the talk of the town for some reason or another (some pretty dumb on a boring day), but usually it doesn’t get published in the paper. Love you fabric and thank you for participating in the blog hop!
What a great story about your dad! Love the giveaway– thank you!
~Robin
welchrobin@Hotmail.com
Thank you for the chance to win! You story was really funny!
Loved your story. I am just beginning my quilting experience. I start with classes next week and can’t wait to get started. All the patterns and fabrics are beautiful. They just seem so bright and cheerful and clean. I never really thought that I would embark on this new hobby. I had always knitted but didn’t try anything else. I look forward to this new endeavor. I am excited…
Good luck with your classes.
And you will love the fellow quilting buddies that you develop.
Joining a local guild is fun too. You learn a lot!
Wow! Way to go dad! Love the bow tie pattern.
Thanks for the cute project and the funny story!
HA, HA, HA, HA!!! ROFLOL!!! What a great story!! Love your Bowie pattern – Thank you!
P.S. I don’t use Facebook 🙁
Great story! I do like you on Facebook and love your line of fabric!!
Loved the story about your dad! Thank you for the giveaways!
Thanks for a great story and great pattern!
Can someone legally close a street? What a story. My, my, my. Every family should have a tale to tell like that one. Thanks for the chance to win some of your fresh colorful fabrics.
Funny story – I loved it. My dad actually made a ‘citizen’s arrest’ one time – just like Barney Fife.
Thanks for the chance to win some of your luscious fabric.
Loved your story! Good guys win!
Thanks for the pattern, I just quilted an enormous quilt with that pattern that a 92 year old woman had hand pieced years ago and finally decided to have it machine quilted! It was an incredible quilt! She loved it!
really enjoyed reading about the story about your Dad. Very fun bowtie pattern and thanks for the chance at those giveaways
Does Mr. Cailey still living there? Sounds like a real piece of work. I would have totally done what you’re dad did. That’s a great story. The blog hop has been so much fun. Thanks for the pattern and the chance at the giveaway. Iv’e posted the shelf on my timeline and I think it’s a wonderful idea. I need to play around a little with it. But it’s a great concept.
What an exciting adventure for you. Love you fabric line. Your mom did a great job on those pillows!
Loved the story about your dad!! Hilarious!! btw, totally love Andie MacDowell!! Thanks for the awesome story!! Have a great Sunday!
Love your quilt…bow ties have always been a favorite of mine since my dad always wore them…the wilder the better! (He was colorblind so maybe brighter to us was just right to him?) Thanks for the chance to enter!
Loved your story. I am just beginning my quilting experience. Start classes next week. Can’t wait. All the patterns and fabrics are so beautiful. They’re bright, clean, and cheerful. They make me smile. Thank you for a chance to win some fabric…
Thank you. And our fabrics work really well with other items too….like purses, children’s clothes, pillows….you name it!
That is a great tale about your Dad – and being a journalist, I’m so glad he held strong to his convictions! Go, Mr. Jung! Small towns are great – most of the time!
Hilarious Story!!! That’s my whole comment ‘cuz I just can’t think of anything else after that funny story. (Sorry no Facebook account, so can’t do that part…I’m one of the few remaining Facebook holdouts.)
Spartanburg certainly sounds like a colorful place! Thanks for the entertainment and the great giveaway.
That sounds exactly like my husband!! Thanks for the chance to win and the adorable pattern.
Yay for your Dad– standing up for his rights!! 🙂 That sounds like something *my* Dad would have done— or me too, for that matter! 😉 I am so enjoying this blog hop— everyone has such interesting stories to tell!! And, of course, the prizes are like the icing on top– wonderful!!! Thank you so much for the chance to win!
LOVE your table topper/ mini quilt! I made one of those three dimensional bow tie blocks a couple years ago, and thought that it was the cutest little thing– but it got put away, and I forgot all about it.. Now, I am definitely going to have to make a few more! Thanks for sharing!! 🙂
What a great Dad, my kind of man. I love the little bow ties — think I will try one this afternoon. What a super shopping site. I hope you add Coldwater Creek. Sure hope I win the fabric.
I LOVE Coldwater Creek…..J. Jill too!
The more hopping I do the more I think these candies are the best thing since sliced bread. LOL (no I’m not that old I stole it from my granny). And all you designers are so very talented and such an inspiration.
LOVE your fabric!!
I love bow tie quilt. Your ‘adventure’ is an awesome idea. Good Luck with your adventure.
I love the purple in your new line of fabric…
Thank you! We have received a lot of great feedback on the eggplant color. I think it really gives the line, punch!
Too funny! Love the pattern, what a cute idea!
Your Dad sounds like quite the character. Ans so law abiding to turn himself in, and take his magazine for reading while he was at it! Great story.
Well, You are ambitious and talented. Enjoyed reading about your dad. Good luck with Shelf.
Thanks for the funny story and cute little quilt. I love little quilts and have many.
Very sweet bow-tie pattern, and the fabric is lovely. Enjoyed the story about your dad. Glad to see he stuck to his rights.
Fun story! What do you mean there is nothing famous in Gaffney? There is the Peach!
I KNEW we were forgetting something!!!
Thank you so much for the cute pattern and the funny about your dad! I love funny dad stories!
~Joy
Great story. I can imagine it h appening….so sorry he had to spend a night in jail!
Thanks for the info on Spartanburg too!
And they confiscated his Scientific American magazine too!
That’s one of the funniest family stories I’ve ever read! And thank you for the cute pattern.
Love the pattern. My Dad always wore bow ties. I must make this in his honor! Thanks.
Absolutely loved your blog hop post! The story about your Dad reminds me of something that would happen to my Dad! I also love your little bow tie pattern and the Birds and Berries fabric. I have liked you guys on facebook. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity! On my way to read your New Adventure post 🙂
Loved your post today and the funny story about your Dad! Thanks for the cute bow tie pattern and the giveaway.
Small town stories are the best!
Don’t you just love spunky dad stories. My dad would have been right there cheering your dad on! Sadly my dad passed away several years ago, but we still laugh (sometimes so hard we cry) over his antics! A great way to start my week off – thanks for the story.
I love your new site – Shelf Inc. I went to it, established an account and took the tute. I am having a difficult time navigating. Can I only shop those places you have listed? I tried to go to the FAQs but the window would not open.
I would like to see the following added:
Lands End
LL Bean
quilt shops
I will keep trying to use the site because I really think it is a great idea. It would save me a lot of time.
Loved the story! Even though it involved an arrest and jail time it ended in a good way. Really like the 3D bow ties. Can’t wait to try them out.
Great story! I just ordered a stack of fat quarters of your new fabric line. Can’t wait for it to arrive!!
Thanks so much for your support!
We have several free patterns on our web site that Birds and Berries would work nicely with!
Check it out!
Love your Dad story and your new adventure–Shelf. Thanks for the giveaway.
Good for your dad standing his ground! Great story 🙂 Love the 3D bow ties, a bow tie quilt is on my list of quilts I would like to make. Thanks for the pattern 🙂
Love, love the story about your dad….thank you for the chance to win!
That is just too funny, your dad sounds awesome. And the bowtie quilt pattern is SOO cute. I love the 3D effect. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Boy! Do I love your Dad!!What a guy! And you sure do love Southern cooking…wow…your meal sounds like paradise…
Thanks for the bow tie mini…I can’t wait to make it with my new fabric win!
Love your work…
Mary
The power of positive thinking!!!
Love the story about your dad!!! Thanks for the cute bowtie pattern and giveaway!!
There once was a man named Jung,
Whose neighbors rocks he had flung.
Ended up in the slammer,
Created a clammer,
But famous he did become.
In her blog, his daughter extolled,
While fabric she successfully sold.
Now, more know the story
Of the Jung family glory
And what a HUGE reputation they hold.
PS: Love you guys!!
Thanks, Cathy, dear friend!!
Chip made a copy of your poem!!
Lauren loves it too!
Thanks for the fun story and the giveaway. This is my first visit to your blog and enjoyed it.
Hilarious story about your dad. People are so crazy!
Reading about your father reminds me of my own – if given the same circumstances, he would have done the exact same thing – I think it is a sign of the generation….what would we have done w/o them?
Thanks for a chance to win. I like the 3D look
Your bow-tie quilt is adorable! Thanks for the free pattern. And for the Spartanburg stories. For some reason, my husband seems to think Spartanburg would be a good place to retire someday. I’ve never been there…
I loved your story – so glad it turned out alright!
Oh.My.GOODNESS.
Ok, so at first your story about crazy Mr Cailey was funny. And so I read it to my husband. Who got really mad! hahaha. He can’t understand how someone can just do what they like to city property, and actually get away with it!
That is the weirdest story ever. It’s like a scene from “Grumpy Old Men”!
hahaha. I’m still laughing.
Anywho! you have an awesome blog and GORGEOUS fabrics. You’re so talented. Thank you so much for hosting this hop and for offering up such beautiful giveaways!
Thanks for the nice compliments!
Chip LOVED your comment!!!!!!
(p.s. – TOTALLY ‘liking’ you on FB!)
Enjoyed the story about the road. I sure wish I could do something like that, too many speeders! I read about your big adventure and I think it is a great concept. I wish you a lot of luck with it and hope it really takes off for you.
I love Birds and Berries….I am working on a quilt for my neice with it right now! I liked your facebook page. Thank you for the chance to win some beautiful fabric!
We would LOVE to see your quilt when you finish!
Send us a photo!
I am glad your dad stood up to a bully! I hope he enjoyed his hard won win. Thank you for the chance to win some beautiful fabric!
Your family story sure brought a smile to my face. Thanks! The 3-d bowties are just too cut too.
Funny dad story! Thanks for the chance to win!
Hahahaha…great story!
Hi!
What a hero your Dad is, look at the changes he pioneered for your community!
Thanks for the great pattern and the wonderful fabric designs!
Take care, Leslie
I think your Dad would have made a great neighbor. LOVE this story!
The bow-tie quilt is adorable. I will have to make it! Good luck in your Shelf business!
Cute story! I am going to “Like” you next on FB. I look forward to reading your blog. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for your lovely give- away! Henny
Love your candie pattern, those bow ties are so cute!! Thank you for the chance to win some of your fabulous fabric!
Greetings from Omaha!
Beautiful fabric!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the story about your dad! Such a hoot! Also love the colors in your fabrics!
What a fun story about your Dad! Thanks for sharing it – and thanks, too, for the opportunity to win some of your GORGEOUS fabric!
Love this blog – beautiful fabric!
I love your story. I think everyone had at least one funny “dad’s tale!”
So my question is… what gave Mr. Cailey the right to close off a street????? Isn’t it public property? Anyway, loved the post!
Loved the story about your dad and love the adorable bowties!
Love the story and the fabric colors. Thanks for a chance to win, Felicia
I love the story about your dad!! That was hilarious!!! Your “Shelf” sounds very interesting and I will be looking forward to exploring it more.
Thank you for that fun story. I can relate to the determination of your father. Thanks also for the lovely giveaway.
Love the way you spin a tail!!! Thanks for the entertaining blog post and since it was such a hoot I am going to start following your blog! On another note, I love the 3D Bowtie block and have a bunch of squares cut ready to be sewn together for probably 3 years now!! The colours are blue jean, gold, and blood red… it will look amazing (one of these days…)!
What a great story about your dad! Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for the cute bow tie pattern. Your fabric lines are beautiful! Enjoyed the story about your Dad! 😉
Cute pattern and a great post…thanks for the chance.
Love the story about your dad! And, I love your bow tie pattern and fabric choices!!
Love making little quilts as they tend to get finished. So thanks for the pattern and the chance at a prize. Whatever happened to that grumpy old man. Did he ever find happiness? I guess every town has one. Thank heavens that wasn’t YOUR Dad. Ethel Snow
I am originally from Greenville, SC. When I saw sparkle city at the top, I thought, “There is no way!” Haha. Thanks for the giveaway!
Lauren graduated from Furman in Greenville!
Small world, isn’t it?
So glad I found you on FB…I just liked you. Your story of your dad is awesome…we all need fun family stories to last the generations. Your fabric is gorgeous!
Great free pattern. I was happy to meet you. I have to admit that I didn’t know you existed so this is great!!!!
We hear that a lot!
No, just kidding!
Now that you know us, please follow us!
Loved the story about your dad. I can’t quite understand how the neighbor was allowed to close a whole street. He’s the one who should have gotten arrested! Thanks for the opportunity to win.=)
Your Dad sounds like quite a character. Love your bow tie quilt pattern. I have not made that pattern before but looking at yours make me want to give it a try! Thanks for this fun opportunity.
What a great story. Good for your Dad and the neigborhood. Loce your fabric line and the quillt!!
Great story! Love the free pattern and give away. Moda hops are always so much fun even if you don’t win anything!!!!
Your dad sounds just like my dad! Sometimes if he is just driving a short distance on the highway, he will drive down the shoulder of the road & then proclaim, “I pay taxes on all of this road.” Thanks for the chance to win!
Great story. Thank you for participating in this blog hop. It’s fun to read all the comments.
I agree! It’s my favorite part of the blog hop! 🙂
Thanks for participating!
I love these bow ties! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Oh wow, I totally enjoyed that story! A sort of similar thing (I don’t think there were any arrest, though) occurred in WA to the quilt shop owner in the small town we used to live in. You guessed it…some person got tired of traffic or something and closed the road off themselves, wreaking havoc since this was a country road, and to go around and not be able to use the road the original way added a few miles to most everyone else’s commute! I’m glad it sort of got worked out and your dad was found not guilty!
Love your mini quilt and the fabric! 🙂
I absolutely loved the story about your father – fabulous piece of Americana! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Great story about your dad and the fabric is too yummy!
It’s stories like your dad’s that are the reason we love living in a “not- famous- for-anything” town, too! Just normal people making the best of life each day! And I DO love the 3-d pop ups in your bowties…very cute!
Thanks! I think it’s always nice to add a little something extra to each project. And these bowties are really easy to sew…even the 3-D centers.
Thank you for this lovely giveaway!
Thank you for this lovely giveaway! Love love love your fabric!
GREAT story about your dad … sounds like something my dad would have done. Hope I’m the lucky winner!
Thank you for participating in the Moda blog hop and sharing! What a wonderful post ; )
I am a new facebook follower.
Loved the story about your Dad. I have to tell you of my little town. I live in a small town in Kentucky just down the road from Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace, a national park. We celebrate Lincoln Days in October with a weekend of parades, quilt shows, costume contests, rail splitting contests and some of the most yummy food and crafts you can imagine. Our entire little town is transformed.
Great story about your Dad! Such cute little “stand up” bowties too. 🙂
Loved your story and every town has one. Wonderful giveaway and hope I win. Judy C
Great story about your dad, had me laughing. Thanks for a chance at your giveaway, which I would love to win.
I just loved the story about your dad, so funny. I live in Lincoln, England which is a very old city. We have a cathedral and castle which are both over 1000 years old. Thank you for the giveaway.
You can’t tug on Superman’s cape!
Love your web site and your Dad. Thanks for the giveaway. Margaret
Thanks for the giveaway, lovely fabric and thanks for sharing your story. I live in the United Kingdom north of London in a small city.
Love, love, love the 3-D bowtie pattern – THANKS!! AND I would love, love, love to win some fabric!
I have been to Spartanburg several times, I use to live in Asheville, NC. I love this giveaway and am keeping my fingers crossed so please pick me before they stiffen up too much to quilt 🙂
a great read! we all should have a great restraunt that runs such entertaining ads and we all could learn something from your father’s story … to stand up and be counted! thanx for a great bowtie pattern!
I would love to win some of that beautiful fabric. Greetings from Germany, Inka
Not a problem!
If you win, we ship to Germany!
Loved the story about your dad — so funny. Also, the bow tie pattern — on my list to try!
The story about your dad was hilarious! Thanks for sharing! Also love the 3D bowties!
I love the story about your Father, so sorry he spent the night in Jail.
Love your fabrics.
I loved your story. It shows how petty and selfish some people are. I love your fabric.
I love your fabric collection. The colors are awesome. Sure hope I win the fabric, I will make your darling little quilt.
I’m originally from Greenville, SC, so to see the “sister city” highlighted was fun (I live in Canada now, though!). I loved the story about your dad and the neighbor! LOL I also just discovered your fabrics just a few weeks ago, when I was looking for and orange-and-teal mix with which to make a quilt for my soon-to-be daughter-in-law. Those are her wedding colors, so I wanted to make a quilt to be a reminder of the wedding. Your Birds & Berries won, and I now have my layer cake cut and ready to begin making her quilt. The more I work with it, the more I love it! Thanks!
Oh, that’s a quilt I would LOVE to see!!!
Please send us a pic when you finish!!!!
I like the story about your dad. Really enjoy your fabrics. So beautiful!!
Great fabrics! Thank you for the giveaway 🙂
Fun stories about your hometown! We aren’t too far away in middle GA. Looking forward to making your little quilt—thanks for the pattern! And thanks for the chance to win one of your great prizes!
i live in greenville and love wades too! its sad we don’t have one here, but thank goodness spartanburg isn’t that far away!
I feel that way about Mimi’s on Woodruff Road!
LOVE those muffins!!!!!
Loved your story. I really love these blog hops, you get to discover designers you didn’t know about!!
Your dad rocks! (pun intended) Great story, great fabric! ~*
Love your story about your dad…..that neighbor is sure “special.”
Yep! As we say in the South…..Bless his heart!
HI! Neat story about your Dad!
Thanks for this post + a swell giveaway!
Thank you so much for the chance at the give-away! Love the fabrics!
Maureen
Really enjoyed the story about your Dad. Also, liked the restaurant ads – definitely will stop there if we’re in the area.
The story about your dad is pretty good. I enjoy my quilting time and am glad to see some of the new fabrics that the various designers are letting us see.
Love the story about your Dad – so funny!
Thanks for posting the story about your Dad. And thank you for the bow tie pattern. Can’t wait to try my hand at bow-ties.
That story about your dad was a hoot! How cool to have a famous father! Thanks for the giveaway!
Funny story! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sometimes I wonder what some people do who don’t sew… Clearly, this neighbor needs a new hobby! And your Dad is a scorch!
That was quite a story! I am amazed that the town left the road closed and didn’t open it and then bill Mr Cailey.
Too funny…thanks for the good laugh! Thanks for sharing part of your world! Lisa in Texas
Yes, that was quite the story. You had a vision, and now you have begin to make it come true. Good luck and way to go. You go, girl. You certainly have quite the giveaway. Just in time to make a lap quilt now that the fall colors are out and the nights are getting cooler.
Sandi T.
Sonora, CA
sandit1@sbcglobal.net
What a story! I’m shocked that Mr. C had the right to block a road in the first place. Odd. Anyway, thanks for an ADORABLE pattern – it might be Bitty Baby’s next quilt in our household 🙂
Funny story about your Dad – sounds like something I would do. What a nasty neighbor! I love your fabric – thanks for the chance to win!
Love the new fabric. It’s Happy! Happy! Happy! Thanks for the chance to win it
Love the stories of your hometown, not all of us have had our father arrested – that we know.
And when it happened, our kids were in high school…..can you imagine?????
What a great story! Good for your Dad!
wow that is quite the story your family has! Love your fabric.
Can’t believe u r from Spartanburg. I am from Blacksburg & Wades is also a fav of our family
High five, fist bumps!!!
Love your little bowtie quilt. I just finished a bowtie square for a sampler I am making-so easy- wish there were more that easy!
Thanks for the cute 3D bowtie pattern!
I love your colors in your “Candy” mini quilt.
That story about your Dad is priceless. Aren’t Dad’s wonderful? Thanks for the adorable bow tie quilt pattern.
I have enjoyed collecting the block patterns and mini charm patterns this week. Thanks for your pattern. I started cutting out a charm quilt yesterday from your Birds and Berries range – the colours and patterns are gorgeous. I am using a Moda Bake Shop pattern- Charming Stars.
Thanks for using our line in a charm quilt! Would love to see a photo when you’re done!
I LOVE Moda Bake Shop!! I have made several things from their recipes!
That’s a great story about your dad!
Oh I love the street story. Always a neighbor like that nearby! 🙂
Loved the story of your dad and your new web adventure. Thank you soooooooo much for the 3-D bowtie pattern. I have seen this before but have never been able to find out how to make it, now I can. I am so excited. Thanks again.
Loved the Story of your dad and your new web adventure. Thanks soooooo much for the 3-D bowtie pattern. I have seen this before but have never been able to find our how to make it, now I can. I am so excited. Thanks again.
Love your fabric! Pick me! Pick me! 🙂 Thanks for giving everyone two chances!
Love small quilts …… and MY DAD wore bow ties, so a great combination!
Thanks for the little pattern.
That is an amazing story!! :o)
What an experience your dad had!
I enjoyed reading every word.
Thank you for sharing and thank you
for such a fun give a way.
Have a great week. :o)
Sincerely, Trish
notesofsincerity.blogspot.com
Love our Dad:) – and the bow ties are very adorable. Thank you for sharing.
That story is hilarious! Every town it seems, has a Mr. Caily. Ugh.
Love your new line and the block! Thank you!
What a story! I can hardly believe this guy could get away with closing off the road! The little 3-D Bowtie quilt is so cute. Thanks for the free pattern, and for the give-a-way!
Great post! Thanks for the chance to win!
Your story is very funny (although not at the time I guess) it is amazing what people think they can get away with. Glad your Dad was cleared!
Barb
Love the story about your dad.
Great story! Sometimes neighbors can be challenging.
I’m totally in shock about your story where someone could just dig up a road, and then your Dad was the one who got arrested. Very crazy and funny.
Thanks for such a great story about your Dad! I downloaded your 3D tie pattern. I think it will make a wonderful quilt for my grandson.
Thanks for a chance on your fabric giveaway! It would be just beautiful in the Tiw Quilt pattern.
Thanks for the cute pattern–I’d LOVE to have some of your fabric to play (sew) with! Ruth in FL
Hilarious story! So glad your dad got his walking trail back.
Thank you for the sweet giveaway. The candy blocks are beautiful. Thank you for the lovely pattern.
i dont believe that mR C got away with claiming public land as his own that is shocking I just hope anyone who trips on “his”” section land claims it out of him how rude but what as troy for your family record
I love your fabric, thanks for the pattern. I really loved the story about your Dad.
I loved your story. Growing up in a small town (pop. 3000) in California I can relate to how certain neighborly issues can escalate to BIG news…. Bravo to your Dad!
Yes, you gotta love small towns!
Love your great story – people are interesting! Love your cute bowtie pattern made out of Moda Candy – thanks for sharing it with us and thanks for sponsoring the great fabric giveaway!
Very funny story!
Would love to win a prize, who wouldn’t?
Hi. I really liked the story of WADES and their play on the veges. So cute. Also enjoyed the story bout ur dad. It’s really funny how things work out. Yeah for the walkers.
Your fabric is beautiful and thanks for the chance to win goodies.
Anne
kittymom7@aol.com
That is one of the best stories I’ve heard. I can just see your dad taking his walk as if nothing had changed. Hard to believe the grump neighbor actually got away with interferring with a public road! People sure are funny. I can’t wait to make your bow tie pattern!
I loved your story about your Father. It’s great to hear about someone standing up for their beliefs. I’m from Neenah WI, about 40 miles south of Green Bay. I love to quilt, but since my new great granddaughter was born in April, she is a priority right now. We make baby quilts for baptism at our church as a gift to the parents. We talk more than sew and then have to catch up at home. Nice to meet you
It’s nice to meet you too! Thanks for stopping by!
Great story about your dad! And will definitely be checking out Shelf! Thanks!
The story of your dad was fabulous!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for sharing your family story! The closest I can come to it is when the town cop stopped at our house to see why my Dad was letting his daughters ditch hop with the old brown car. WHAT?!!! Ok. So Dad sold the old brown car to a couple of high school boys who did not carry through with changing the title, and when they took the car ditch hopping, one of the bumpers was left behind with the license plate still attached. So of course the cop came to investigate. Pretty exciting when you live in a small town. Shucks, I delivered the newspaper to the cops house for years, and he knew I was not a ditch-hoppin kind of girl!
That’s hilarious! That actually made me think of another cop/dad story that I have! Ha! My dad used to travel a lot for his business… and traveling a lot usually means that you kill a lot more deer while driving… statistics are against you. Anyway, he ran into a deer early one morning… Then later that afternoon, he was pulled over and told to get out of the car with his hands up.
Apparently there had been a hit-and-run earlier that day in the same color and car model that he was driving. Plus, with his dented in bumper, he looked pretty guilty. Anyway, he walked the cops up to the front of the car, and there was still some “signs” that the deer had been there, if you catch my drift…. so they apologized and let him go. Ha!
Ditch hopping sounds very southern! 🙂 Kids in our town used to go “mudding”. I was never allowed to so I’m not really sure what that entailed.
What a great story — thanks for sharing! =)
What a great story about you dad. Thanks for the pattern and the fabric giveaway.
That is an hysterical story. I do love small towns!
I loved the story about your Dad, so I figured I would share one about mine. One time (at band camp, NO just kidding LOL), shortly after my best friend and I got our license we were driving around the block. That’s all, we just kept driving around the block, around in circles, it’s about a 1.5 mile block. Well my dad was sitting on the front porch and he just kept watching us. About the 4th or 5th time we passed by, I looked on the porch and Dad was not sitting there. All of a sudden my friend starts cracking up and pointing to my Dad standing right in the middle of the yard like a statue mooning us!! He did not move a muscle, he just stood there with his pants down bent over! We laughed so hard and we still laugh about it when one of us brings it up. I don’t even know how many of neighbors saw my crazy Dad out there . My Dad passed away 2 years ago, my friend and I are now 35 and still laugh about it to this day… So thanks for sharing your story about your Dad because it made me think of mine…
Awe, what a funny story. I’m sorry to hear that he passed away! And I’m glad that you were able to tell your story here!
My mom doesn’t get the “band camp” reference, but I did. 🙂 So kudos for working that in there as well!
The best stories are the family stories. Your colors are so pretty. Thank you for the contest.
Family stories are the best! You can’t make up stuff like this. Thanks for the pattern, and the stories!
Great story, I can see how he was the talk of the town for a few days. Thanks for sharing and for the chance at your giveaway.
What a great blog, you are so funny! Love your fabrics. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing a hilarious story! Your dad sounds like my dad – doesn’t take anything from anybody.
Fun story (although your dad probably didnt think so at the time!). I live in SC too, got to love those “meat and three” restaurants! The billboards are clever, I will have to look for them the next time I head up towards Spartanburg.
Oh my goodness!! I had no idea yall were SC gals! I live in Lexington (though I’m from Charleston) … went to college in lil’ ol’ Clinton! 🙂 Thanks so much for the free pattern –it’s perfect for little boy babies born round here. 🙂
I liked yall on FB, too!
Thank you so much! And check out our other free patterns on our website!!!
I love the story about your dad. Nothing so dramatic in my family!
Greetings from Iowa City, IA!!!!
Great story about your dad. I am surprised that the town let the roadblock stay…can’t say that would be allowed in my neck of the woods, but sounds like it’s still there?
I love making bow-tie blocks the 3D way! Cute quilt with great fabric!!
Your little bowties are so cute! Love the story about your Dad; everyone needs a little notoriety!
Oh my gosh, that’s so funny about your Dad. How in the world could that man actually just close the street off like that and claim it as his own property? That’s just insane. No one stops at the stop sign by our house either and it’s gotten worse over the years. I don’t know how we’ve never had a bad accident at that corner. Heck, even the school bus blows through that sign which really upsets me considering they are driving grade school aged children. I certainly can’t block that road though. That’s crazy. LOL
I love the 3D effect you’ve given to the quilt. Thank you.
What a great story about your dad! So many great facets; it sounds made for TV. 🙂
What a nice bow tie quilt pattern. Thanks for the opportunity for the giveaway! Lana
I’d love to have your dad as my neighbor! What a hoot!!
Thanks for the opportunity to win great fabric! Love your site!
I still can’t get over it that it’s okay to grass up a road, but not walk on the grass! There sure are a lot of funny hometown stories on this blog tour. This particular blog got my attention because my daughter’s name is Jessi and her daughter’s name is Lauren.
Do you have any Carrie’s??? She is my other daughter, and a new member of our company.
Carrie’s specialty is purses and totes. So look for her new designs in the near future!
Love your 3D Bowtie pattern it is too cute! I can’t wait to make it. Maybe if I win this great fabric I will use it. Thank you for the chance!
I just love the story about your Dad-good for him for standing up to outrageous behavior! Thank you, too, for the chance to win your giveaway.
Thanks for the wonderful bowtie pattern. Love the blog hop too.
Having trouble posting, so trying again. Sweet Bow Tie Pattern. Lana
Love the story about your dad!! Good for him for standing up to cranky neighbors. Thanks for the chance to win!
Cute quilt, love your story too.
I love your Bowie pattern. So cute. What a story about your dad. Sad thing is, it seems we all have one of those neighbors that add “excitement” to our neighborhoods. Glad your dad won.
Thanks for the give away
Cute pattern! Great giveaway!
What a funny story about your dad – I loved it. Thank you for the pattern, too.
I am new to your blog, I enjoyed looking around! Thanks for the give away and interesting post, glad it all worked out for your dad! 🙂
The story about your dad is so funny!! Made me laugh out loud. Thanks for a great giveaway. 🙂
Loved the pattern, I’d like to make it for my newborn grandson. Great giveaway, thanks for the chance to win.
Like the new twist on the Bowtie pattern. Would love to win the fabric and make it. Thanks for the opportunity.
The 3-D centers really make a difference between creating a nice block, and creating a block with that extra punch! Try it!
Love the bow tie pattern. Enjoyed reading your true story.
I’m just waiting for my husband to do something like that just to get in a paper to hold over our daughter’s head as a threat for embarrassing her with dates in the future.
I love your designs! They really have been beautiful lines.
Thank you so much!
Glad to know you have followed us in our previous lines.
That was a great story about your dad. Love the Bowtie pattern.
Love your bowtie pattern, it is sew cool! Please add my name for the lovely draw!
Birds and Berries is just beautiful – what a lovely array of colors and patterns – I will be on the lookout for it!
Wow. The story about your Dad is too funny. Glad he won in the long run. And, I love the bow tie pattern. So cute.
love the bow tie mini quilt…thanks for a chance to win – laurie
I don’t know which I liked better…the signs or the story about your Dad…both were great! I’ll bet you could write a fun family memoir 🙂 Thanks for the cute pattern and giveaways!
Kudos to your dad for doing the right thing. Even if it meant getting arrested.
Love the story about your dad! I love small towns
Your famous Dad story was priceless! Thanks for helping to make this blog hop wonderful with your cute bowtie pattern and fabulous fabric.
Your fabric is absolutely inspiring! And thanks for the great story. Looks like your whole family is full of spark!
We have our moments.
What a funny story! I lived in south Carolina for 3 years and that story seems about par for the course. Lol! Have a good day!
Nothing could be finer!!
I just loved your story about your Dad. I have a husband who stretches the rules a bit himself.
Your fabrics are fantastic – I am a big fan!
Thank you for the opportunity.
I love your dad story. Your town sounds kind of like ours. Not many people and not much happening. Your bow tie quilt is darling.
I think you dad’s a hoot and bless him for sticking to his guns but I have to say, I think the cranky neighbor was pretty enterprising and resourceful for trying to solve “his problem”! who would DO that?! And 3-D bow ties are one of my favorite blocks! Cute project!!
I’m afraid if I ate at your favorite restaurant I would be bigger than a house. I love your fabrics and would love to win. The story about your dad sounds like my dad!
Best-Pam G.
I have a good friend who lived in Spartenburg for a while. Your Dad sounds like a very likeable man. I really like your new fabric line.
Thanks for sharing your home town with us. The story about your dad is hilarious (although I’m sure at the time it wasn’t!). Thanks also for the pattern and the giveaway!
All good stories involve an arrest!! 🙂 Or at the very least a police presence. haha
Life, life, life!!!
Ya gotta love life!!!
I love the story about your Dad. Thanks for the chance to win.
It is kind of funny what can happen with neighbors…but sometimes it can go really bad. Glad your story has a good ending! Love the 3-d bow ties!
Thanks~
I loved your story about your Dad! Thanks for the chance to win.
Loved reading your blog post tonight! The bowtie pattern is so cute and I love how it pops up! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Loved hearing about your dad! I’m glad to hear people stick up for what they believe is right. Love your fabric also!
Glad your dad’s story had a good ending. Sometimes if it makes sense it just won’t be tolerated!!!!!
Your cute little bowtie pattern is really sweet. Thank you for the giveaway!!!!
I love the pattern and the story about your dad. Would love to win your beautiful fabric.
Love the story about your Dad! Classic! I also love your new line of fabric – beautiful! I am still playing with some flora and absolutely love it!
Yeah, Flora was a good one too!
Thank you for buying it!
Great fabric! I enjoyed your post.
That is an awesome story about your dad! I live right down the road “a piece” in Augusta, GA. Having a great time on the blog tour!
Awesome story about your dad! 😉 thanks so much for the giveaway!
I cannot understand how Mr Cailey could legally close off a public street!! That would never fly in our town. Thanks for the story. It was fun to read about, and I’m glad that your Dad at least can still walk his favorite route.
That has to be one of the best stories I have heard in a while. Thanks for a sharing it. Also looking forward to trying out this pattern. It is intriquing with the 3d in it. Thanks for a chance to win!
I’d love to meet your dad! What a great guy. And to think he won in the end. Love your bow tie pattern!
Amusing story– Love the little quilt! I’ve always liked bowties.
Thanks for sharing! BB
Oh my gosh! And I thought my neighbours were crazy. I have never heard a story like that before! Thank you for the chance to win your beautiful fabrics. (And also for the entertaining Sunday night reading!)
Funny story! Love the fabric! And good luck with your new adventure!
Your dad’s story is great. Amazing what a furore some people can cause 🙂
I live in Menasha, WI, not far from Green Bay. I love this area of Wisconsin and it’s four beautiful seasons, each one special in its own way. I love your blog and photos!
I love that you call your hometown ‘The Burg’ as I’m from Townsville in sunny North Queensland, Australia and I too fondly refer to it as ‘The Ville’. That’s a great story about your Dad! Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
🙂 Your story is a great one to pass down for generations! This is the first day of the blog hop for me and what a great way to start out! I am crazy for the photo of the newest fabrics …… Feel good fabric….. And now I am going to read about your new adventure…… Thanks for sharing!
Love your fabric! Yummy orange & turquoise.
I think that’s my favorite combination too. Thank you!
I’m impressed with your dad’s rebellion! The bow ties are darling and I can’t wait to try the dimensional center. Good luck with your adventure!
Great story about your dad! My dad would have done the same thing. When ever I rode in the car with him and caught him speeding, I’d tell him what the speed limit was. He’d **always** say, “Oh that’s just a suggestion.” Dads are funny guys!! I sure miss mine as he’s in Heaven now. Thanks for the chance to win some of your beautiful fabric!
Great story and I like your dad!! Thanks for the opportunity to win your beautiful fabric!
Love the colorful fabrics!
I live in Daytona Beach, Fl and there are several annual events that are famous..
but Greg Allman was from here and started playing here with his brother Duane, they called their group The Allman Joys.. LOL Later the Allman Brothers
Thanks for the bow ties… and funny story… cute doggie.
Sherry
Live in Middle TN; interesting things in your story; thanks for chance to win!
Love the Fabric Range
What a great story, and sounds like you have a great dad too. Thanks for the giveaway.
I read your story to my husband and we both got a laugh. Love to hear when someone stands up to stupidity! Three cheers for your dad! Love your blog! (and your idea in the next post)
Love the story! Thank you so much sharing it! I also really like the Bow Tie pattern! So Cute!!
Great story! Your dad sounds like a character! Thanks for the pattern!
Don’t blame your dad a bit. I think I might’ve done the same thing! Thank you for the story, pattern & give-a-way.
Thanks for the chance to win.
I read every bit of all this !1 How interesting and what a creative mind you both have. good luck in your new adventure.