Welcome to my stop on the Fruitful Hands Blog Tour. I hope you’ve been having fun visiting with Jacquelynne Steves and the other guests this week.
I first met Jacquelynne and her lovely daughter at Quilt Market last year. You might also remember having met her earlier this year when she sponsored one of our weekly contests too.
Jacquelynne’s first book, Fruitful Hands, is simply delightful. It contains 14 gorgeous projects including: machine appliqued wall hangings, wool felt floor mat, painted recipe box, stitchery and more. Also included are 12 delicious sounding recipes… I can’t wait for the weather to cool off so I can try the Orange Chocolate Chip Scones.
The photos and colour illustrations throughout the book are simply gorgeous. Here’s a sample page:
Download a free project and a recipe [PDF] from the book, Pineapple Welcome wall hanging and the Pineapple Bread Pudding recipe… yummy!!
A few more photos from the book:
You can order an autographed copy of the book directly on Jacquelynne’s, The Noble Wife web site or through Amazon.
Give-Aways
Jacquelynne has donated a copy of Fruitful Hands to be given away to one of my blog readers. Additionally, I’ll also be giving away, to a second winner, an Aurifil thread sampler pack and a Lapel glue stick.
How to enter: Leave a comment on this blog post, just one comment per person please. Share a story of an act of kindness that you did recently or that someone did for you. Two winners will be randomly chosen next Wednesday.
Facebook friends: Please enter on the blog, NOT on Facebook … CLICK HERE.
Fruitful Hands Blog Tour Participants
Rumour has it, you’ll be able to win a copy of Jacquelynne’s new book Fruitful Hands, and perhaps some other goodies too from each blogger. Here’s the the blog tour schedule:
- The fun begins at Jacquelynne’s blog
- Acorn Quilt and Gift Company
- Jillily Studio
- Pat Sloan
- Cinderberry Stitches
- On Friday visit Sandi Andersen at A Legacy of Stitches
My daughter is using my car right now and so I don’t have a car to get around but a couple of friends have helped me out by taking me to meetings at church.
I would love to win Fruitful Hands!! Acts of kindness? My girlfriend donated a kidney to her brother, so I made/gave her a quilt before surgery, then gave her a gift certificate last week for a free massage. Am currently gathering items to send to our soldiers overseas for a care package drive. Thanks for the opportunity to win some fabulous items!
Can’t tell my recent RAK, I like my surprises to be anonymous. :-) But I will say, doing something nice for a stranger or friend is so easy and it makes someone smile. Little things like helping with a heavy store door, putting a garbage can away etc are so appreciated. Thanks for the chance~ I love Jacquelynne’s work!
Simply shared a JoAnns coupon with a lady who didn’t have one and saved her 40% on her purchase.
I quilt and sell them; I hand quilt for others….this is what I do constantly. Today; I am squeezing a lady’s Dear Jane quilt in the line up of quilts to be done becuase she would really like to enter it in a show. So; I am working steady; fingers sore…lol to get this quilt to her on time
What a generous give away. Like the quilters before me I would love to be the lucky winner :-).
When possibly I try to be helpful and kind to the people around me, whether I know them or not. A little smile, a thank you cost so little. A helping hand or time for a chat. Well, just a little from me ….
An act of kindness that happened to me today was that a local church (which we do not attend) had free kids’ lunches. We stopped and my son had lunch AND some wonderful fellowship with some of his friends. It was very nice for that church to provide lunch for the kids in the area. It was also nice for him to have a little fun. Thanks for the giveaway!
I just learned that I will be going on a missions trip in the fall…and that someone, I don’t know who, is paying my travel expenses for the missions trip!
thanks for the giveaway!
I have received gifts from blogging friends. I’m always surprised and ALWAYS touched by their kindness and generosity.
I had been out of town and came home very tired. I got a call from a neighbor saying she had dinner all ready for us. How nice is that to anticipate that I would be dragging myself around and dreading dinner prep.
I was recently helping with the packing for a lady who is downsizing her house, and she gave me a beautiful quilt.
Thanks for this giveaway and the pineapple wall hanging download.
Thank you for the giveaway and the wall hanging pattern. My neighbor stopped by yesterday and gave us some corn from his garden. It was wonderful.
thank for this chance. hugs
My best friend and I are making 4 quilts for Joplin. One is being quilted now, and the second is in the works. Through another friend whose daughter lives in Joplin (but is okay) we are lucky to know about the family who will receive the quilts. They have 4 teen girls and lost everything, so perhaps these quilts will bring a measure of comfort.
I order bacon from the UK (bacon in France isn’t so good) when I order some for me I also get some for my French neighbour, they had never tasted English bacon before we came here, now they can’t get enough of it!! Linda
One of my Quilts of Valor has just been shipped to Dover AFB to comfort a soldier ” touched by war”. It’s a small thing to do to thank them for all that they do.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Our daughter has Crohn’s and has had many surgeries. I am always overwhelmed by the support her church and friends give us while we are there with her as she recovers. Meals prepared and delivered, babysitting so we can have a break, calls of concern, prayers, carpooling the kids to school…the list goes on and on. You can’t help but be touched by such grace!
I had just finished paying for my purchases at one of those Dollar Stores when I noticed an elderly lady behind me in line. She was trying to count out all her change to pay for some canned food. I motioned to the cashier that I would buy the items for her on the sly. The elderly woman was so surprised and so thankful. It was the best 10 dollars I’ve ever spent.
My simple act of kindness each day is to share a hug with anyone I think needs or wants one. A hug costs nothing and will make anyone’s day a little brighter. A simple human touch can work miracles!!!
Random acts of kindness: I have a friend who is 75 and quilts. She doesn’t go out of town much and we don’t have any fabric stores here. Whenever she says she needs something, I always volunteer to take her. I love our time together and I also get to look at fabric!!!
Jacquelynne’s book looks great. Can’t wait to see a copy. Thanks for the great giveaway. I love to give my friends extra vegies we have growing.
This looks such a great book!
My husband has just come home from hospital after major surgery and I’m so grateful for the kindness and support of friends and neighbours
One day a week I visit my mother, who is age 86 and help her with the shoppping, administration and so on. I do not consider this as act of kindness, but of love for her.
I am walking my neighbours 2 very naughty and boisterous dogs every morning, while she is away overseas at her Aunt’s funeral. I love walking anyway, but boy these dogs are very energetic!!
My son came over for dinner and then made dinner for us for the next night. He’s a chef and the last thing he probably wanted to do was cook on his day off. He’s a sweety!
Fruitful Hands is definitely on my wish list. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway!
Oh, I forgot to add that I am to be the recipient of a beautiful bouquet of lavender from a friend just because she thought I deserved it. I didn’t, but I thought it sure was sweet!
My dad took time out of his busy schedule this week to teach me how to refinish furniture. Tomorrow the project should be finished!
I found a used inexpensive sewing machine for my friend to give to her granddaughter (11 years old) for her birthday. Her granddaughter is very interested in sewing and quilting. We had previously looked at a “kid’s” sewing machine at a quilt store, but my friend was reluctant to spend that much money for a young child. She was delighted when I found a nice basic machine for her granddaughter.
I was just hired for a part-time position by the nicest person ever! So grateful for her!
Every week I go and do my 94 yr old aunts hair and shopping for her as she is house bound and lives on her own. She is very special to me and she is always so happy to see me. I have also helped several friends with thier blogs in making them look pretty etc. Its all good fun :)
A blogging friend answered several questions that I had about vintage sheets. She offered to send me some Vintage sheet fat quarters from her stash. She mailed them to me immediately and sent a priority mail envelope full of sheet fq’s from her stash. I was very touched by her kindness.
I am often on the receiving end of “random acts of kindness”, but last week was my week to give back. My daughter and I shop every Tues. Last week, I offered to baby sit my new ( 5 month) grand daughter while her mom had some shopping alone time. ( yeah, I know, not a sacrafice really)
My ex daughter in law and I work together. She lost her new mother in law, and her brother within a week of each other. She is the mother of my 3 teen age grand children. Quietyly, I made up the difference in her pay, as I knew that this would be an added stress she didn’t need.
An act of kindness for me, the young boy next door was mowing my lawn when I arrived home from shopping last Saturday, he’s 12 years old. how nice was that. In return I looked after him and his sister for 2 nights , Monday and Tuesday while their parents were working late. An act of kindness never goes un repaid. I am so fortunate as I live alone but have wonderful neighbours.
Fruitful Hands…means to me an opportunity to do something for someone else. Yesterday I had a random act of kindness done for me. It felt wonderful. I went home beaming! I’m so thankful that I’ve given that same wonderful feeling to others and will continue to do so when given the opportunity.
Ive been a recipient of 2 acts of kindness today! Thanks so much for sharing the pattern and the pineapple bread pudding recipe – its sounds delish!. Also, my dear friend’s last day at work is tomorrow. Today she brought in a handleful of quilt books and old magazines that she cleared from her stash in the basement. She’s so busy! I know she loves quilting but just doesnt have time so I vowed to make her one of her favorites. Ill surprise her when she least suspects it!
Such a beautiful prize. I recently was out on my morning walk and noticed a car with the lights left on parked outside the dentist. I went to check if the owner was in the dentist. She was so grateful because the week before she had done the same thing and had to call out for the auto electrician to come to her.
Happy days.
Bev.xoxo
How cool would it be to be picked to win!!??? Thanks for the chance Michele!
My act of kindness was when my neighbours travelled overseas for 6 weeks and left their 3 dogs home with people coming to feed them each day…however the poor things were lonely, so I spent about 1/2 hour per day throwng the ball with them over the fence (just a short fence!!)…they looked forward to it and learnt to bring the ball to me and put it in my hand by the end!!! I still haven’t told the neighbours but the dogs sure knew and loved our times together!
:O) sugary hugs
Wendy :O)
This book looks wonderful! I love the pineapple pattern! Thanks for the giveaway! :0)
This is just a little something I do whenever I go to a store where I use a shopping cart…
Instead of leaving the cart some random place in the parking lot or in the cart corral, I walk the cart back up to the entrance of the store and leave it there or put it inside the store where I found it.
It is a simple task that only takes a moment. At my home I put something away after I am finished using it. why not do that at the store?
And, when it is raining… don’t you love to find a dry cart inside?! I enjoy providing that for someone else. :-)
A lovely friend sent me a card out of the blue for no reason other than she had been thinking about me. The card arrived on a day I was feeling down and my friend’s simple act of kindness changed day.
I was treated to coffee and a donut on Monday of this week by someone I do volunteer work with. It was spur of the moment and very enjoyable. I got to know her better and felt happy for the rest of the day. I think it’s the everyday considerate things we can do that can make someone feel special.
My co-worker took a few days off and went to British Columbia. She returned with a large box of wonderful cherries. There is nothing as good as fresh BC cherries, and we all spent the day eating two or three whenever we passed the coffee room!
What a lovely book. From what I have seen there are lots of wonderful projects and recipies to be made.
Best of luck.
I’m part of a Box Party project for my quilt guild, and one of the participants went through a very rough time last year, so instead of making her just ONE of her requested blocks, I made TWO!
A friend gave us a bucket of Concord grapes, which we used to make the most delicious grape jelly ever–so we’ll return the favor by giving him a jar of it!
I gave a friend of mine who had surgery and is stuck at home for several weeks 2 yards of sock monkey fabric she’d been wanting…. and I received some fantasy jewelry that I just love. If you do something nice for someone, good things generally come back to you.
I have done many kind acts lately, only because our poor city (Minot,ND) has suffered the worst flood disaster ever, (Over 4000 homes in ruins). I just finished toda y 3 med size quilts for our quilt guild to be donated to the Red Cross to give to people in the flood shelters. I have made supper for 3 families one evening when they were gutting their houses. When we had 900 national guard soldiers here, I and a friend made 10 dozen large cookies and 5 large trays of scotcheroos for snacks too. I felt I could help others, because my house was not flooded. P.S. her book looks like so much fun.
Thanks for a great giveaway
I was the recipient of 2 very recent acts of kindness. 1. My mother-in-law randomly stopped by with a small bouquet of exquisite roses. 2. A man who works with my husband and whom I haven’t even met brought for me a lot of fresh picked wild blueberries and then, a week later, fresh picked Saskatoon berries. As someone who has recently endured cancer and the treatments that come with them, he knew that I consider organic berries to be medicine for my survival. How sweet is that?!