Day 6 - 5 or so Days of Holiday Happy
December 8th, 2010
Welcome to Day 4 of my 5 or so Days of Holiday Happy - 5 or so days of celebrating Gnoma Claus from my Holiday Happy fabric.
My last project is a no sew project - a Gnoma Claus “window appliqué”. Easy on, easy off - appliqué your windows with fabric and liquid starch. I learned this nifty little starch trick 20+ years ago on the Home Show from the 80’s craft queen Carol Duvall. Carol had on a guest who not only fabric starched her walls… but she covered stuff like her telephone - and her VW Bug! I’ve been hooked on liquid starch ever since.
You can use any cotton fabric - it doesn’t have to be Gnoma Claus fabric. I know Gnoma’s getting hard to find - but you can always tell Lecien (in your best Oliver Twist typing accent), “More Gnoma, please“. A list of shops (that I know of) that carry my Holiday Happy line are listed on my blog here and via Lecien’s website here. (I’m sorry, but I don’t know their inventories). If anyone is aware of a shop that has any Gnoma panels - please don’t hesitate to mention the shop(s) name in a comment.
Trim Gnoma or make into shapes (snowflakes, snowmen, my gears spin). The Gnoma “backs” I used to make trees and their stumps.
I used concentrated Sta-Flo brand liquid starch that contains no dyes, a foam brush and an old cutting board (that won’t have food on it again). With some gentle strokes (to not stretch the fabric and to avoid fraying at the edges) - paint on some liquid starch. You only need to paint one side, and either side is ok. Fabric piece should be soaked, but not dripping.
Adhere fabric piece to the window using your fingers. Press from the center outward. Try not to press beyond the cut edge.
Wipe off any drips (and you will have some) with a damp cloth.
Gnoma can stay on as long as you like (just dab on some liquid starch if he needs a touch-up or some curious fingers pulled on him). When it’s time to remove him, just peel off (and use him again next year!). Clean the window as you normally do. Starch residue should come off with your cleaning product of choice (even plain water and a soft rag - AKA spit and a finger at my house).
The gears are spinning with fabric window appliqués that are dancing in my head right now. My dishwasher could use some Holiday Happy’n up, too. If you make something with Holiday Happy/Gnoma, or you spot something with HH/Gnoma, or you’ve made something from 5 or so Days, or you want to see what others are making/have made (like Pam) - be sure to check out (and Join!) the Holiday Happy flickr group.
As a grand finally goodie - I’ll give a Gnoma Claus panel and a little charm pack of Holiday Happy to one lucky commenter who answers the question of the day (or just leave a comment).
Q: If you could have anyone famous person(s) (dead or alive) join you for your holiday dinner… who would it be? Mine would be Princess Diana, Queen Liliuokalani and Oprah.
I’ll let the comments marinate until Monday, December 13, 2010 10:00am PST and I’ll have random.org pick a winner’s name. (I’ll edit in the winner’s name here on this post).
EDITED IN 12/13/10:
Winner picked for this day has now been picked (by random.org), and is… comment #25 Sarah of Byneedleandthread! Congratulations, Sarah!!!
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Oh my! That is so adorable M!! I do love starch too :) Holiday dinner…you! Your famous ;)
December 8th, 2010such a fab idea! thanks!!
& hmmm…Christmas dinner party you say? i’d love to invite george, john, paul & ringo. & maybe yoko just to jazz it up & provide some vibrant dinner convo :)
cheers & merry christmas!
December 8th, 2010Well, Happy Zombie, if I couldn’t have YOU come for our holiday dinner I would have to have Johnny Depp. Just know I you were my first choice. :-)
December 8th, 2010I would love to dine with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Julia Child.
December 8th, 2010TOOOOOOOOOO TOOOO CUTE. Love all the around the house photos that go with this tutorial. So cute. ??? u. xo
December 8th, 2010There are so many people I would like to dine with. Jesus is one of the main ones. I would like to have dinner with C.S. Lewis who wrote the Narnia books. Louisa May Alcott or Jane Austen. Guess you can tell I’m a bookbug.
December 8th, 2010If I was to have a famous person (or two) join my holiday get together it would be Lucille Ball and Robin Williams. Can you imagine how much your cheeks would hurt at the end of that dinner. You would be laughing so hard it would be impossible to eat. :)
December 8th, 2010Dang, I used to have a bottle of that starch back when I was teaching preschool. This is such a cute idea, I may have to buy get another bottle.
December 8th, 2010hmmm… I think it would have to be Mary as in Mary, mother of God. What was it like to have The Perfect child? hmm.. makes me wonder. I am crossing my fingers that I will be the winner on this one.
December 8th, 2010anyone famous dead or alive? hhhmmmm…..Dead? my great gma Bessie McGhee. She, along with her 4 sisters, were quilters like me. I would love to show her how far along doing quilts has come. Alive? Whoopi Goldberg, love that woman and her warped sense of humor ( alot like mine) She has a voice and not afraid to use it, like me! (mauh) Liz
December 8th, 2010I would have to invite Paula Deen for dinner because I’m sure she would want to take over and do all the cooking–at least that would be my hope. I’ve got my jug of Sta-Flo so now I just have to get my hands on some of those adorable little Gnoma Clauses!
December 8th, 2010Karen in Breezy Point
Hello. Enjoyed all your blogs. glad I already home my gnomes and I won’t share. I would need to invite someone who could cook so I would have to say Julia Child.
December 8th, 2010Mine would be Johnny Depp because he’s such an interesting actor. Thanks for hosting this giveaway. I love the gnomas!
December 8th, 2010Cute gnomas hanging out on the window there…so sunny and happy. Dinner…I’ll take John Travolta today. Not sure why but it sounds like fun.
December 8th, 2010No doubt about it: Theodore Roosevelt. I highly recommend you adding him to your guest list as well. He was incredibly well-read, loved life, loved to laugh, had many adventures to share. A wonderful guest.
December 8th, 2010First things first, this little project is ADORABLE! And, if I could have invite someone to our holiday dinner it would be a toss up between Robert Downey, jr (he makes me weak in the knees and is SUPER funny and charming) OR Charlaine Harris so I could pick her brain about True Blood!
December 8th, 2010I agree with the Johnny Depp comments. Other than being fabulously gorgeous, he’s intelligent and seems to have an interesting array of things he’s passionate about. Choice 2 would be Dave Grohl from the band Foo Fighters. He’s hilarious and has a true love of music. It’d be so fun!
P.S. So in love with Gnoma Claus, he is just the cutest! Thanks for the great projects!
December 8th, 2010Cutie-cute-cute! Love the DIY window clings. Maybe those will keep the birds from crashing into my windows. :-(
I’d have to say first I’d want my mom at a holiday dinner party (she passed away 4 years ago)…that would be awesome. But someone famous?….I’d say Brian Regan. I think he’d be the funniest guest ever.
December 8th, 2010If I could have anyone for dinner it would be all four of my grandparents!
December 8th, 2010Love your window decoration, cool idea. Now fame means little to me. At christmas or any time it is Family and friends..I am happy. (pretty lame but true)
December 8th, 2010For dinner, my husband’s mom who passed when he was a teenager.
Love the gnomes, thanks!
December 8th, 2010My mom and dad. Sigh.
Cool idea on the window decorations.
December 8th, 2010You have the best questions.
I think I would pick George Washington, Sir I. Newton, and L. DaVinci…it should be an interesting conversation!
December 8th, 2010Oh, definitely Martha Stewart! I’d love to know what she’s really like.
December 8th, 2010Love the gnomes in the window!
Obviously I’d love to be able to see my parents this year. On a lighter note, I would love to know the Gilmore Girls. Yes the characters. I’d love to live in Stars Hollow too.
December 8th, 2010I like your choice of Princess Di - I’d ask her what she thinks about the upcoming royal wedding hullabaloo!
December 8th, 2010I have loved all your fun days and projects. Thank you for sharing.
December 8th, 2010Benjamin Franklin!!
Hugh Jackman baby….I would eat dinner with him anytime! Yes, I know this is a flaky answer, but I don’t care.
Lovely giveaway!
December 8th, 2010Id enjoy dinner with Gwen Marston, Sarah Fielke, kaffe fassett…i have quilting on the brain tonight!
December 8th, 2010I love Carol Duvall, I was bummed when HGTV got rid of her show. I too have been wanting to fabric starch my walls.
December 8th, 2010Corrie Ten Boon that wrote The Hiding Place or Pearl S. Buck that wrote The Good Earth.
There books have stuck in my mind forever.
Billie
December 8th, 2010I DEF would want a sit down with Oprah. She fascinates me and I think even a few minutes with her would be super exciting.
December 8th, 2010if i could have one person in my home for Christmas dinner it would be Mother Teresa. i respect her greatly and all the wonderful work she did while with us. i would love to see her laugh and smile and just be happy! oh, the questions i would ask her — the knowledge and experience i would hope to gain from her, all too wonderful!
December 8th, 2010Love the happy Christmas decorating!!
Long before Carol Duvall was on HGTV she was on local t.v. in Detroit. She came on like at 9:30am until 9:35am. She was sponsored by the local craft stores. This was WAY BACK. She did things like barbie doll toilet paper holders. Oh, Carol…. how we miss you.
Oh, and for dinner….. Abraham Lincoln, Jane Austen, Tim Gunn.
December 8th, 2010I’d like to invite Moe, Larry and Curly and make sure that all three of my younger brothers were there with us. Nyuck, nyuck.
December 8th, 2010I’d invite Daniel Radcliffe for a holiday dinner… or maybe Brad Pitt, if I also get a time machine to when he was married to Jennifer Aniston…. and I’d also invite some of my favorite “celebrity bloggers” like you, Camille, and Vanessa…
December 8th, 2010Princess Diana, Mark Lipinski and my granny Muench.
December 8th, 2010this is going to be really nerdy of me, but i would have to invite Jim Parsons; just so long as he comes in his ‘Sheldon’ character from the “Big Bang Theory”.
December 8th, 2010P.S. i would love to win the Gnoma Claus panel. Material Girls does not have it!!
I would definitely choose my Grandfathers. Both of them passed away when I was really small, so I never got to know them. Seeing how much my Father loves and cherishes my 2 boys, I would love to have the chance to talk with my Grandfathers. From what I hear, they were quite the characters!
December 8th, 2010I would pick Conan O’Brien. He’s so smart, hilarious, adorably hot and tall!
December 8th, 2010Cute post…I would invite my mom. I wish she could see my grandchildren. She would laugh and laugh. Nice giveaway!
December 8th, 2010This was a fun one! I think I’m showing my nerdy side, but I’d invite Ralph Waldo Emerson and Emily Dickinson. Both of them seemed so interesting.
December 8th, 2010I would be honored to have dinner with Jesus Christ, my mother, late father, and late sister, and have Julia Child and Paula Deen cook for us. How humbling to just be there…
December 8th, 2010Hum, Mary Todd Lincoln, Queen Victoria, and Julia Child. Happy holidays!
December 8th, 2010I’d love to have George Washington over for dinner! Cute idea with the gnoma!
December 8th, 2010I’d have Jamie, Ina, Nigella and Rachel and hopefully they’d do the cooking!!
December 8th, 2010I’d invite Eleanor Roosevelt, Louisa May Alcott and Michelle Obama. They’re all fascinating women. And I love the Gnomes!
December 8th, 2010What a great idea! I have some starch for putting fabric on the back of my built-ins. I wouldn’t have thought of doing this with it! My Gnomas are cut out and I’m going to stuff them. I think my kids will have fun. I also cut our stockings out of the red and white snowflake and I made one of those stuffed birds from the spool tutorial out of it! SO cute. I need to take pictures and blog about it all when I’m done. I love the stuff. You are so creative! and I love looking at them and being reminded of you!
December 8th, 2010I’d like to have my grandparents and great grandparents so my three boys could meet them.
December 8th, 2010Ben Franklin, of course!
Swiftly followed by;
December 8th, 2010Oh Franson
Film in the Fridge
Handmade by Allisa
Crazy Mom Quilts
Pink Penguin
Cluck Cluck Sew
Jaybird Quilts
I’m a Ginger Monkey
and um well everyone on my blogroll eyecandy list
and of course saving the best for last you!
paula deen, because i’ve had a recurring dream where i make her a coconut icebox cake and she says it’s the best she’s ever had.
December 8th, 2010OK, I think it would be fun to have dinner with my great grandparents to see what they were like and where they came from. I also think it would be cool to have dinner with my grandparents as children or teenagers and to get a sense of their personalities at that point. I wonder if my children have any similarities to them?
December 8th, 2010I think I’d want it to be Erma Bombeck & the Happy Zombie! Should be good for a few laughs!
December 8th, 2010Martha Stewart!! And she’d say “Why Kitty, these mashed potatoes are simply divine.” and it would be the happiest day of my life.
December 8th, 2010Paula Dean and Martha Stewart. Now wouldn’t that be a great two to get together!
December 8th, 2010I started cutting into a gnoma panel last night. I’m making a fabric bowl from the dark green snowflakes print and filling it with stuffed gnomas! The hot pads turned out great, of course. The window clings are beautiful. I’m tempted to stock up on more panels in case more great ideas keep popping up here… hint, hint.
December 8th, 2010Your projects are fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing with us!!
Hugs,
December 8th, 2010Gina
My Grandmother!
December 8th, 2010Throw my name in the hat! I want me some gnomes!
December 8th, 2010Famous Ladies Dinner… how about: Amy Sedaris, Natalie Wood, Josephine Baker, Frida Kahlo, Monica Solorio-Snow, and Elanor Roosevelt!
I would pick Jimmy Buffett, I’m pretty sure he would be a blast!
December 8th, 2010I would invite Jesus, and bake him a cake.
Debbie
December 8th, 2010Monica this is adorable. My mom has been starching fabric to the walls for years…I would love to have dinner with my great grandparents and their children. I would like to know more about their lives and how they survived and why they moved so dang much!
December 8th, 2010I don’t think anyone locally has your darling gnomas so you could add my name to the list…thanks and Merry Christmas
Gah, I’d most definitely invite Lucy Maud Montgomery (although I have a feeling she wouldn’t actually like me), Jane Austen, and Queen Elizabeth II…oh yes, that would be interesting! Oh, and my great-grandmother, Alice Kate, who my grandma says I am very like!
December 8th, 2010The stockroom on etsy still had Gnoma panels on cyber Monday.
December 8th, 2010For dinner, I would pick Charles Darwin, Vincent Van Gogh and Margaret Atwood.
Please enter me, I’m not sure who I would pick at this moment… Nate Berkus is coming to mind! I know, profound!!!
December 8th, 2010I’ve heard of starching fabric onto walls, but I never thought of doing it on windows. Very clever! How about John Denver, I’m listening to one of his songs now.
December 8th, 2010Hmm I must be off some days or else you’ve been traveling around in your DeLorean again? I would like to sit down to dinner with Jimmy Stewart or even HG Wells or Jules Verne or Alfred Hitchcock or a James Bond Sean Connery oh the list doth go on and on….
December 8th, 2010Amelia Earhart…so I could finally find out what happened and put it all to rest!
December 8th, 2010I’d have to say Pearce Brosnan….just to get it over with already!
December 8th, 2010I would have to say Jennifer Garner. I feel like she is a really down to earth gal. It would be so cool to talk about life, kids, being a mom and husbands! Definitely Jennifer Garner!!!!!
Thanks for the giveaways!
December 8th, 2010Kristie
That big meal is supposed to be a lot of fun, so first I’d choose my Mom. Add to that Austin and Santino, and Tim Gunn, and it would be an entertaining evening if they joined the rest of my family for dinner.
December 8th, 2010If I was ever where they actually sold HH, I’d buy it in a minute!
Clearly the fabulous Jenny is a woman of great taste :) If you’re ever in Hosuton when I am, let’s have dinner! Can I throw in my two cents Monica? I don’t have any Holiday Happy believe it or not. Being a history fiend, I would have Edward the First, Richard the Third and Anne Boleyn, just so I could find out what the heck went on.
And Hugh Jackman. Because no fantasy meal would be complete without him :)
December 8th, 2010I would have to choose Johnny Depp since my 7 year old absolutely loves him and keeps saying she wants to meet him. I would love to meet Lucille Ball.
December 8th, 2010Love the gnomes, collected them since the early 80’s. Would invite Abba, Sex and the city girls and the Gilmore girls and Luke too
December 8th, 2010I think I’d have to pick Miranda Cosgrove. Not because I’m a fan but because my kids are-they would go wild!
December 8th, 2010I love your fabric and think that Sarah at Quilt Fabric Delights still has some panels left.
December 8th, 2010As for the famous person I would invite Heston Blumental so he could cook!!!
And if he wasn’t available then Jamie Oliver, Manu etc all for the same reason. No one should have to cook on Christmas day especially in Australia.
I’d want David Crowder, Brennan Manning and C.S. Lewis. I’m kinda on a Christian theology kick right. I would say Jesus but I don’t speak his language. If he could magically speak English then I’d just want Jesus over. Probably nobody else. Except my family and friends, because they’d probably want to eat with Jesus too.
December 8th, 2010Bruce Springsteen!! Thank you for the great question and the giveaway!!
December 8th, 2010Mary(Jesus’ mama)Jesus.hope they don’t argue at the dinner table…..George Washington thrown into the mix……and a little George Bush too,cause I like him….Better figure out what they guests like to eat…Amen
December 8th, 2010I think I would like to meet Eleanor Roosevelt. Of course I would be too tongue-tied to converse with her, and I haven’t the vaguest idea what I could serve to her, but she has always been someone I really admire. Boy, just thinking about that really blows my mind!
December 8th, 2010Well, IF I should win this great, fantastic giveaway, I would invite the Happy Zombie!!!
December 8th, 2010My Grand Father - (though he is not famous!)
December 8th, 2010I’d like to have Bono from U2 over for holiday dinner. He seems like a pretty cool and interesting guy.
December 8th, 2010LOVE the Gnoma Claus! Hilarious! Famous people at Christmas Dinner? Jamie Oliver and Super Nanny?? No?
December 9th, 2010John Travolta. He has to wear his pilot gear. Thye might have panels left at Keepsake Cottage Fabrics in Bothell WA. Thanks for all the Days of Holiday Happy!
December 9th, 2010Hmmm…that’s a hard one. I’m gonna go with Rhett Miller of the band the Old 97s.
December 9th, 2010I would choose Christopher Lloyd and Ruth Goodman (I’m from the UK so you may have to google these two!)
December 9th, 2010I’d love to have my parents and my two brothers for Christmas because they’re in heaven now - they’re famous to me.
I would also like to have Princess Diana, Queen Latifa (as the character from Last Holiday) and Santa, of course!
December 9th, 2010Neil Gaiman I think, though I think I’d be constantly terrified of making an idiot of myself or not being very interesting!
December 9th, 2010I can’t believe I have never used starch before. Will add it to my 2 miles long list of what to buy before christmas :)
December 9th, 2010The one famous person I would love to have in my home at christmas would be Pippi Longstocking. She couldn’t add more chaos but she would certainly make the chaos that we already got more fun :)
Thank you for the chance to win!
You mentioning Princess Diana got me thinking. I would love to spend a bi tof time with the soon to be Princess Kate - I am dying to know what her dress will look like. I have already made my husband take the day off from work to watch the kids so I can devote my full attention to watching the wedding. I know - pathetic!
December 9th, 2010Hmm, this is a tough one. I guess I would pick
December 9th, 2010Harper Lee
Oprah
My Dad (he was famous to me :) )
Hmmm. Susan B Anthony, Maud Hart Lovelace and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
BTW, I finally got my own Holiday Happy stack! It’s even better in person. I can’t wait to start my Glow quilt!
December 9th, 2010Definitely Jesus & Martha Stewart!
December 9th, 2010I would have Jesus for the first choice. If I could ask another person it would be King Arthur. What an interesting table discussion that would be huh??
December 9th, 2010I would love to have any one of my great great grandparents back so I could find out more about our family tree and their lives! Happy Hoidays! thanks for the great giveawayay!
December 9th, 2010Having someone famous could really cramp the family style so I would pick Ellen Degeneres. I think she could be fun and not so intimating.
December 9th, 2010I’d love to have Ben Franklin over; what would he think of the U.S. today?!? (What would he think of my eyeglasses, my furnace, email, all things he directly influenced - yow!)
December 9th, 2010It’s a toss up for me…I would have either Thomas Jefferson or George Washington.
December 9th, 2010I think I would quite ejnoy Jeff Foxworthy or Bill Engval at our home for Christmas. They are so down to earth and so funny, they would just fit right in.
December 9th, 2010And I for got to write, if it was a deceased person, I would love to have my grandpa back. He was such an insperation in my life and was the rock of our entire family.
December 9th, 2010I’d have YOU for dinner and try to get your creativity to rub off on me!
December 9th, 2010what a cute idea!!
December 9th, 2010I would have Ina Garten (as long as she cooked) and Martin Luther King Jr.
Oh and I love that lampshade. Where did you get it if I might ask. Very cute!
December 9th, 2010pam
Great question! I’d love to have Red Skelton for dinner. He was funny, kind and a great gentleman:) I think we would be laughing so hard we would have trouble eating.
December 9th, 2010What a great idea! I used homemade starch to decorate my baby boy’s nursery, but I never thought about using it for Christmas decorations too. I will definitely be doing this!
I would choose to invite John Lennon to dinner. I think he’s a fascinating person. As a history buff, I would also invite Cleopatra. She seems so interesting!
December 9th, 2010I just found your blog yesterday, I have already called Material girls they have a quilt pack on hold for me. I think a famous person to have at dinner would have to be…..Pink (she is my girls favorite) and Glenn Beck he is mine. That would be an awesome combo.
December 9th, 2010I thought about this for a while - my first thought was Leonardo Da Vinci - I wanted to ask just who is Mona Lisa, and why was she smiling? Next thought was my darling son Issac who passed away suddenly last November, but it would be too sad to see him for only one dinner. So then I thought about Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert since my son Walter just loves them and we went to their Oct 30 Rally in DC together. But I think that Eleanor Burns would be the best guest for me, since she started me and so many others on their quilting journey with her PBS programs on quilting.
December 9th, 2010I would like Santa to show up at my house for dinner. Otherwise, I think Ellen DeGeneres would be fun :)
December 9th, 2010Who do I want to dine with?
December 9th, 2010YOU!
Paula Deen, Debbie Mumm and lots and lots of friendly squirrels and chickens. :)
December 9th, 2010Hmm, famous person? I think I’d love to have dinner with Elizabeth Zimmermann. I’m sure my family would hate the conversation, but I would love it!
December 9th, 2010My dinner companions would be family members–parents, grandparents, great-grandparents…so many things I would ask them about……and sure wish I could find a panel or 2….no luck anywhere I have checked. boo!
December 9th, 2010Oprah and Princess Diana would be definites on my list! What a fun question to think about!
December 9th, 2010I would pick John Lennon, J.D. Salinger and… Jason Bateman. Yep!
December 9th, 2010For me someone creative and a bit “off”, like say Quentin Tarantino or Tim Burton… that would be an interesting holiday dinner for sure :)
December 9th, 2010what an amazing idea! i never knew you could even do something like this!! um, i don’t know who i would have dinner with…maybe marie antoinette? but the kirsten dunst version.
December 9th, 2010Hmmm oprah would be on mine as well! Probably John Mayer ( because he is my favorite musician) and Ellen! That would be a fun group!
December 9th, 2010This is such a great idea! I LOVED watching Carol Duvall… they need to bring back her shows! Even if they are reruns. :) Let’s see… someone famous that I’d invite would have to be some of our founding fathers. (Washington, Jefferson, etc.) I’d really like to see what they have to say about where we have gone in the last couple hundred years and if they are disappointed in what we as a nation, have become.
December 9th, 2010my aunt and i gre up in the time of gnomes and adore them still. My mother in law is freaked out by them… lol, so each spring daughter and i go to find a small kind of fugly looking one and hide it somewhere in her garden then wait…. :)
December 9th, 2010I would like to have Katherine Hepburn at my holiday dinner. I think she was a marvelous actress and would probably make a very enchanting dinner guest!
December 9th, 2010My grandmother, whom I miss so much!
December 9th, 2010Thank you for another wonderful giveaway!
Jane Austen - definitely. Love her books and think it would be fascinating!
December 9th, 2010Starch–it’s defintiely a wonderful thing. I’d love to see the car!
No panels, but some yardage available at Pink Chalk Fabrics. direct link:
http://www.pinkchalkfabrics.com/
I’d like to have dinner with James Joyce; I want to hear how his mind works first-hand.
December 9th, 2010I’d have Julia Child for fun in the kitchen and Oprah, for dinner conversation, and then the FlyLady, to help me clean it all up. I mean, we’d have a lovely time cooking together, talking and cleaning together.
And if they’re not available (JC might have hard time visiting) then I’d just invite Mom!
December 9th, 2010My ideal dinner companions would be Michaelangelo AND Leonardo DaVinci - and why not, throw in DiCaprio too!
December 9th, 2010I don’t really want to host a famous person at my holiday table. I want to enjoy my family, but um.. maybe Oprah? Julia Child? She seems like she would be fun.
December 9th, 2010I would love to have dinner with Abraham Lincoln and JFK.
December 9th, 2010Oprah sounds fun! You’re welcome too!
December 9th, 2010I’d love to chat with Eleanor Roosevelt or Whoopi Goldberg.
December 9th, 2010I’d love to have dinner with Audrey Hepburn. It’d be so great to hear her stories, her style advice, etc. She’s fabulous!
December 9th, 2010Dinner with Dorothy Parker, John Lennon, Woody Allen, and Andy Warhol would be great :)
December 9th, 2010Katharine Hepburn- I think she’d be a hoot.
December 9th, 2010I would love to have my grandparents back for dinner again but if I had to pick a famous person, I would pick Robin Williams and Paul McCartney. We could have music and laughter with dinner, definitely a favorite.
December 9th, 2010Mine would be Adam Sandler because I just love him and have for years. I know people think I am weird!
December 9th, 2010My dad would definitely top my list, but for famous folk, I would choose George Carlin, Katharine Hepburn, and Leonardo DaVinci.
December 9th, 2010I would have to have Jesus, Ree Drummond (for humor & fun ideas), Sarah Palin & Andrew Jackson for my husband. Wouldn’t that be a fun dinner party.
December 9th, 2010I would choose Queen Elizabeth the 1st, she managed a country at a time when men ruled everything and women were things WOW!
December 9th, 2010I love these cuties! I would love to have my whole family together for Christmas.
December 9th, 2010Well, I think I would love to chat with Paul Newman. He is a sort of hero of mine because of his charity work that is now being carried out by his family. He always seemed so “normal” as well as a wonderful actor, father, husband and philanthropist.
December 9th, 2010I’d like to have dinner with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert - it would be hilarious! Thanks for the opportunity to win the fabric - so cool! Love the window idea! Piece….
December 9th, 2010I would love to have Elmo (four kids here people!), Gene Simmons, John Wayne, and Dolly Parton for Christmas Dinner. I think it would be fabulous! There would be someone fascinating for everyone to talk to lol
December 9th, 2010I’d have dinner with Mark Twain. He was such a character. :)
Thanks for all the cute ideas!!
December 9th, 2010First LOVE your blog!
December 9th, 2010Second I’d want the Dalai Lama, I need further enllightenment.
I would love to have Holiday Dinner with my Mom. She is famous to me. :)
December 9th, 2010Susie
what a cute idea…i wouldn’t ever thought of putting fabrics on my windows…
christmas dinner you ask?
December 9th, 2010huh? even more people to feed! okay, but if they’ll promise to help with the preparation i think i’d like to invite rosalind franklin (the woman who made (nearly) all the work so that watson & crick could take the credit for the discovery of the dna’s structure) and maybe winnie the pooh. he’s wiser than most of us :)
It would have to be Joan and/or John Cusack. They are nutty and it would be hoot to sit with them and share a meal.
December 9th, 2010I’d have Gnoma Claus to dinner
December 9th, 2010Love your ideas!! For dinner I would invite Jesus, it is His birthday after all, and my grandparents and my two uncles. What fun it would be!!
December 9th, 2010Well, in my truest “Happy Zombie Stalker” fashion, I would have to say you! But I would also have to say that I would love to have Mary Engelbreit for tea and cookies at my table. I would also love to have Laura Ashley, but she is in fabric heaven and has been for a long time.
Back to packing for me. Happy December!
December 9th, 2010Who would I have dinner with? I don’t know, too many fascinating people to choose from, but I would love to win that charm pack and gnome panel:>)
December 9th, 2010These little fellows are fabulous! Hard to say who I would have to dinner. So many wonderful people have lived on the earth that picking one is nearly impossible.
December 9th, 2010Hi Monica,
I must admit that is a fascinating question, but every time I think of it, I cannot go past my father…he may not be famous (except to me), but I would adore to have him there to meet his grandchildren and in my case, their wives.
Hugs, Sharon
December 9th, 2010Ooooh — love, love, love the Gnoma’s (and the spray startch trick too).
Holiday dinner? Ben Franklin. One historical figure I have always wanted to meet — and I hear he could throw down a party with the best of them :0).
December 9th, 2010Oooh I love these.
December 9th, 2010I would have Russel Brand, there is no way I could keep up with him but he would keep me amused all night.
A famous person I’d like to meet. Hmm. Don’t know who would fit my criteria - someone who would be fun to be around, and be able to keep me entertained! Someone who comes bearing lots and lots of gifts.
December 9th, 2010I’d love to have my daughters and two little grand daughters. They are who I enjoy being with and creating with.
December 9th, 2010I’m gonna say Jesus! And I LOVE your lampshade! I’ve never seen anything like it before!
December 9th, 2010Mad crush on Brad Pitt, though my hubby might not appreciate it. Eva Longoria for him (he never misses Desperate Houswives!).
December 9th, 2010i really love the gnomes; they are getting increasingly hard to find in quilt shops. i can’t think of a single famous person to have a meal with, but i would love to have another meal with my mom. in typical fashion, i think of her more often now that she’s gone than i did when she was here.
December 9th, 2010I’ll invite one of my favourite Canto pop singer, Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing. Just love his songs, and his baby-look handsome face.
Thanks for the giveaway!
December 9th, 2010i’d have vincent van gogh, craig ferguson, carl edwards (NASCAR driver) and donald miller. that would be a cool party!
December 9th, 2010I would have my grandparents that I never met and my other grandparents I only met once or twice that I can remember. Love the gnomes and everything else you create!
December 9th, 2010I think I would like to invite you for dinner. You have such a great sense of humour. If you weren’t available, I’ve always wanted to meet Oprah, I think she would be an interesting dinner guest. Thanks for the chance at the giveaway. Love the gnomas, but more importantly, love the quilt on your couch.
December 9th, 2010I would have Rosa Parks, Merle Oberon and Anna Williams.
December 9th, 2010Throw my name in the hat and please pick it! I would love some of your gnomes! Dinner guests? My dad (he passed away 2 years ago), my ex-mother-in-law (she passed away the year before I got pregnant) and Sean Connery. Even at his advanced age, I think he is so HOT.
Again, love your fabrics. And this is such a neat idea you’re giving us.
December 9th, 2010Those gnomes are precious! I haven’t seen liquid starch in a loooooooooooonnnng time! I love everyone’s ideas for dinner. I would love to eat with my father again and show him how his grandchildren turned out. I often wish I could have time with my children when they were young again (they are all grown up). They are not famous (but well loved!).
December 9th, 2010I think Benjamin Franklin would be an interesting addition to the table. Louisa May Alcott or Dianne Wynne Jones would also be on the guest list (probably not for the same meal however). Thanks for offering all the give aways.
December 9th, 2010I would invite Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby so I could hear White Christmas in real life!!
December 9th, 2010Thanks for a chance to win :0).
I do love this fabric starch trick……
I have a wall decorated with a piece of fabric held up with starch…….never thought about it for window decorations…of course your fabric makes me think of a dozen things I’d like to make with those adorable gnomes.
Dinner guest…..so many interesting people out there….but I’d really like to talk to my mother as a young woman before she had us 7 children and see what she was like. she’ll be gone 6 years next week and I sure do miss her.
Happy Sewing
December 9th, 2010I would like to have Ronald Reagan over for holiday dinner- that would be interesting
December 9th, 2010I love the starch project. Thank you. I will be decorating my windows this way. I would love to have dinner the Mary, mother of Jesus. Take care and God bless, Cory
December 9th, 2010I would love to have my dad join us for dinner as he’s been gone over 8 years now. That’s more important to me than having anyone famous come to dinner. :-)
Cynthia
December 9th, 2010Dr. Drew - and Freud. I’d love to hear what they both had to say about the rest of the dinner guests, myself included!
December 9th, 2010Eleanor Roosevelt - she seemed so cool!
December 9th, 2010PS - I saw a post scrolling and thought it said Engelbert Humperdink, but it said Mary Engelbreit. Imagine THAT mix up! lol
December 9th, 2010Hey! I wanna know about that fab lamp shade-did you do it?
December 9th, 2010And for dinner I would love Albert Sweitzer, Mother Theresa, Erma Bombeck and Ann Frank-would make for interesting conversation all over the boards…It would take hours and many courses-I would have said Mark Twain too but he was ornery sometimes…I want polite conversation
I would invite Santa himself! The kids would just love that!
December 9th, 2010Oh goodness I need one of those panels :)
December 9th, 2010It would be my grandma. I miss her terribly and would love to ask her so many questions. And to have her meet my husband.
December 9th, 2010Well, Oprah for sure! And Freddy Mercury and Leonardo Da Vinci. I would LOVE to speak with Leonardo Da Vinci, a man I consider even ahead of OUR time, not to speak of his… Great giveaway, thank you!
December 10th, 2010Love the tutorial! Those little gnomes are so cute. If I could invite anyone to my dinner I would first want my mom, who passed away 6 weeks after I got married 33 years ago. After that Paula Deen - love that woman and what she does with butter!
December 10th, 2010Gene Kelly, I would love to have a dance lesson from him. Love the reminder about the use of starch in this manner, keep up the good works!
December 10th, 2010I would have President Obama for dinner. If he couldn’t come, would love to talk with Mrs. Obama.
December 10th, 2010I would love my Gramma to come for dinner and, of course, Barry Manilow. Thanks for more Gnome cuteness!
December 10th, 2010I would want my grandmothers to come for dinner so we could cook, bake and talk together. For music Israel Kamakawiwo`ole. Buddha for prayer and enlightenment. And Robin Williams, funny man. What a group.
December 10th, 2010Love everyone’s comments!
Thanks
what adorableness! i’d love to have my grandparents as well…
December 10th, 2010Love the window gnomas! Let’s see who would I have for dinner??? Martha Stewart, Dale Chihuly, and possibly Diana Gabaldon. Although, I could be persuaded to give those up for some time with Antonio Banderas, but that’s another story…
December 10th, 2010I would have to say that I would be so happy to have my Grandmother Henrietta and her sister, my Great Aunt Stella to come to our dinner table. They both have been gone for years, but there is so much I would like to share with them.
December 10th, 2010Happy Holidays!
Nettie
Wow, this was fun to think about. I would love to have Laura Ingalls Wilder who wrote the Little House on the Prairie books. I would love to get her view of all the crazy changes in the world. If she has plans that night,lol, I would love to spend time with Gilda Radner.
December 10th, 2010Cute idea. Famous person-hmm-I think Lucy Maud Montgomery. We love her books.
December 10th, 2010I would love to have Barry Manilow at christmas dinner because my mom is a big fan, and seeing her face light up would be the best christmas present ever.
Love your gnomes, thanks.
December 10th, 2010I would love to have one more Christmas dinner with my parents… it would mean so much to me and my children. Thanks for the cute tute.
December 10th, 2010Those are wicked cute! And my wheels are spinning too. Do you not love Carol Duvall? I used to watch the holiday workshop shows with great enthusiasm and miss her dearly. Around my dinner table? Hmmmmm, I’d say Maya Angelou, Paula Deen, and Jim Morrison. (Now what in the world to make for dinner?
December 10th, 2010I would invite Lincoln, Cary Grant and Thomas Jefferson. What a hoot.
I seardhed all over America for your Gnomas found the last three yards some where in Cal. and I live in N.C.
Your could come to dinner too. Can we have it catered?
December 10th, 2010Love to have one more Christmas dinner with my parents.
December 10th, 2010Your fabric is SWEET !
Thanks for sharing!
I’d love to have John Lennon sitting at my table.
December 10th, 2010Thanks for the opportunity to win these cute prizes. After some discussion with my family we have agreed that we would like to have the followiong people as dinner guests: Charles Lindberg (hubby is a pilot), Elvis, Brad Pitt or George Clooney, whichever is free for the evening (for me), Janet Evanovich (favorite author of mine and my daughter)and Julia Child (for my son the chef).
December 10th, 2010i would want the two fat ladies to come over …but i wouldn’t want them to cook for me (i like my arteries)
December 10th, 2010Ohhhh - I would have to have dopey, grumpy, doc, bashful, happy, sneezy and sleepy adn perhaps I could be snow white.
December 10th, 2010Dinner with my guardian angel who would entertain me with all of the close calls I’ve had and didn’t know about. Dessert and coffee with the Blessed Mother. Wine with Jesus.
December 10th, 2010Obviously YOU and of course Oprah and I would love to have Barbra Streisand….I know…I know….think of the conversations!!
December 10th, 2010oh my—just came across your site. It is wonderful!!!! I would invite my grandmother–she’d love this fabric too :-)
December 10th, 2010Woaa, those are cute and I love your house decorations.
December 10th, 2010I would love to have dinner with Mary Poppins, even if she’s not real!!!
i would invite abraham lincoln =)
December 10th, 2010Clinton from What not to Wear, Oprah, and Jane Austen
December 10th, 2010I really have no desire to have someone famous for the holidays. I would love to have all of my realatives that have passed on to join the fun for one more night. Now that would be a party!!!!
December 11th, 2010I was a huge fan of Princess Diana. I still have a teacup with her image on it. I cut out your Gnomes from the other day and they are on the front of my Christmas cards I’m sending this year.
December 11th, 2010Anyone for dinner? Hmmmm…..I would have to say - probably - Mark Twain. Would love to experience his wit and humor live and in person. I am a huge, huge fan of his work. While Shakespeare enthralls me with his eloquent lines, I’m afraid he might be too diva-ish and hog all the conversation. And while Edgar (Allen Poe, that is) seems to be a marvelous story teller, I think he might put a real downer mood on the gathering - so I’ll pass on them. But Twain - yeah, I think he would keep things interesting!
December 11th, 2010I wouldn’t want any famous people over for Christmas dinner..if I could have any person this year, I’d pick my Mom and Dad, they died 4 and almost 5 years ago, and my kids are 5 and 3 now, it would be nice for them to know my family, and just to get a hug from my mom!
December 11th, 2010I don’t think anyone truly knows how much you’ll miss them till their gone.
And now I am the sappy commenter! But you asked!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Love love love the fabric starch idea - will have to try it - safe for nosy dogs too! As to dinner - hmm, how about Charles Dickens? For our own telling of A Christmas Carol!
December 11th, 2010OOOOH, I have SO admired this fabric from afar, I can’t seem to find a supply close to me (need to do some internet searching). I think I would like to invite Leonardo Da Vinci, so intelligent and able to think outside the square, a man well ahead of his time with an amazing imagination. (Please pick me you random number chooser…LOL!!)
December 11th, 2010Mine would be Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
December 11th, 2010Thank you
I would have JFK to dinner. I think it would be the greatest day of my life to have him sitting at my table. Happy Holidays to you and yours. Thank you for the give away.
December 11th, 2010Einstein of course!
December 11th, 2010May sound cheesy, but I’m going to have to go with Jesus. To meet him in person would be such an amazing honor and blessing!
December 11th, 2010Robert Redford!
December 11th, 2010Viggo Mortenson. Need I explain why? sigh…
December 11th, 2010Finally, the comment form displayed. I would love to have a dinner made by Julia Childs and Jacques. Then, we would sit down and eat together with my mother, late father, and the late painter Bob Ross. These were the happy days for my parents - when they watched these shows as part of their daily schedule. Thanks for the giveaway.
December 11th, 2010I would love to have my grandparents to dinner (one that I knew & the other 3 I never got to meet).
December 11th, 2010I would have to choose to invite Jane Austen to dinner. I love her books. I like the way you decorated your room and the gnomas are cute. I love your fabric as well,great colors.
December 11th, 2010I’d love to have Ellen come to dinner. She’s so funny and such a caring person.
December 11th, 2010Thanks for the chance to win your wonderful fabric. And I love your projects. Thanks for sharing them with us.
That would be my mom who died 21 years ago when I was 38. I know she was not famous, but in my family she was a loving person the hub of the family, so that is who I would love to have for holiday dinner even for one day.
December 11th, 2010My choice for a dinner guest would be Eleanor Roosevelt.
December 11th, 2010Marilyn Monroe… hands down.
December 11th, 2010Taylor Lautner… For my daughter.
December 12th, 2010I probably won’t win, but an ancestor or two would be fun. Queen Elizabeth or Ceasar’s wife would be interesting. That is one cool lampshade!!
December 12th, 2010I would have Ricky Timms for dinner. His quilts are wonderful and he plays the piano so beautifully!
December 12th, 2010It would be fun to experience dinner with Julia Childs, Guy Fieri, Alton Brown and Ree Drummond
December 12th, 2010Oooh, fun question! Actually, I’m cribbing from an answer above–I’d love to have my Grandmother (Margaret Grace)and Great Aunt (Helen) so they could meet the great-granddaughter/great-grandniece who bears their names (Helen Grace).
And I so love the Gnomas!
December 12th, 2010very cute idea. I might not be able to use gnoma, but SOMETHING!
I dont know who I want to have dinner with. sorry, no fun!
December 12th, 2010It would be my grandmother that passed away in 1998 while I was visiting in Ireland. I really miss her and then the other person would be my ex-husbands mother that never got to meet any of her grandkids. She was so excited for us when I was pregnant with my first child and she died 4 days after he was born. She would have been a terrific grandmother.
December 12th, 2010Laura T
Very cute idea! I may have to do this in my classroom, if not my house.
December 12th, 2010As far as dinner guests go, I would have to invite my Great Grandma and Grandpa, Thomas Jefferson, Tom Robbins, and Anaïs Nin.
this is a no brainer…Martha Stewart:)
December 12th, 2010I would love to have dinner with Queen Victoria. Also, either of my grandmothers would be delightful. Wish they were still around.
December 12th, 2010Who would I have for dinner, I’m afraid with Christmas around the corner the only people I can think of would be ALL my family….. or maybe one of your gnomes!
December 13th, 2010I would like to have Benjamin Franklin to dinner any time! JRR Tolkien would also have to be on the guest list.
I’ve done this on walls before, but had not thought about doing it on glass. Of course - you are a craft genius! I plan on doing some of these - I am always looking for ideas to keep the birds from hitting my glass door.
December 13th, 2010I would choose my grandpa, Happy Greenwood, because I miss him so much and he was my Santa Clause!
December 13th, 2010Too flippin’ cute Monica!!! Gonna get me some STARCH after work!!
Eat dinner with??? I think Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson and ooohhh, ummmmmm probably Abigail Adams. And YOU! That group would NEED some humor but it would be interesting!
December 13th, 2010Love the Gnomas! They are so cute!
December 13th, 2010If I were able to invite famous people to dinner i would invite Drew Berrymore for me. She’s my favorite actress. And I would invite Arnold Schwarzenegger for my hubby to be. He’s his favorite actor.
I love your stuff, hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
December 13th, 2010I’m always slow to the party but I still want to play. Even with no prize it is still fun. BTW I just used my Holiday Happy to make appliqued christmas stockings on my 2010 block of the month quilt. It is ALL DONE and I’m taking it to the quilter this week (well maybe). It was fun to finish with a piece of Monica. Now to answer your question. I would have Bill Murray.
December 16th, 2010Love the projects! Hope I can get going on one soon. It’s Dec 17 already! Yikes!
December 17th, 2010OMG, those look so adorable in your window. I also love all the other decor I can see in that photo. You have such a flair.
December 18th, 2010Really cute idea, I will have to incorporate something like this into my decorations next year.
December 19th, 2010This is a great idea!!! Thanks for sharing. I missed it for Christmas this year, but maybe I’ll try snowflakes for the remainder of winter and eggs and chicks for spring/Easter.
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December 27th, 2010Love your projects! So cute and great fabric choices.
January 21st, 2011