Amy's Creative Side: Fat Quarter Shop

March 10, 2010

Fat Quarter Shop - Giveaway!

Here's your chance to win more fabric, from the ladies at Fat Quarter Shop! Two readers will win Aunt Lindy's Paper Dolls fat quarter bundles - LOOK at how adorable these are!!

The faces on the dolls are so cute, not to mention the dresses & bunnies!

I'm signed up for their newsletter but not everything makes it there! Pretty sure I would have to stalk the "What's New" page daily to catch everything that they add to the site - I can't keep up :)

To win one of two adorable bundles --

Share your favorite childhood game or activity.

Winners will be selected via random number generator, on Monday, March 15th ~ Good Luck!

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Jacque. said...: My fave childhood activity...playing with my Chatty Cathy doll. She could talk (hence the name) and I had a trunk and a lot of clothes and loved her so much! I love this paper doll fabric collection!; March 10, 2010 at 3:10 PM
Carol said...: I loved playing hide-and-go-seek with all the neighborhood kids on warm summer evenings.; March 10, 2010 at 3:13 PM
Amanda Jones said...: I was the queen of dress up.. luckily my mom provided a good stash of clothes for me to dress up in and pretend!; March 10, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Jessica said...: I would have to say being a part of the "Get Along Gang". We had a clubhouse in the woods where we would have meetings and split a "Watchamacallit". We would ride bikes, go swim, play detective, you name it! Ohhh, the good ol' day! LOL!; March 10, 2010 at 3:20 PM
I Purr-Furr to Craft said...: so many things! Hide and seek with my 3 younger siblings, we did everything together, when the weather was warm, cloud watching, later on roller skating, and making things with sticks and yarn. Lovely days! Count me in in this Giveaway please!; March 10, 2010 at 3:20 PM
Emily said...: My favorite activity was definitely building forts in the forest behind our house. My sisters, friends, and I would spend hours back there, searching for wood, branches, leaves, etc. I want to live in a house with a wooded backyard for my own children to have that opportunity to explore, play, and create.; March 10, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Unknown said...: i loved reading and sewing; March 10, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Karen - Quilts...etc. said...: Being one of 12 children we played outside a lot - kickball was among our favorites.
Would love to be included in the give away.
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/; March 10, 2010 at 3:33 PM
Unknown said...: My sisters and I used to play school and getting married. I always made my younger sisters play the husband :) Joys of being the oldest.; March 10, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Anita in Florida said...: As a child, living in the country, I loved to put some sand in a bandaid box and adding a little dish detergent...made a wonderful, soupy, bubbly kind of mixture!
I am in awe of this giveaway...I sooooo would love to win those paper doll fabrics........thanks for the chance at em'!; March 10, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Veronica said...: I had a few.
I used to love playing hopscotch, how many steps before the Queen, Jump rope. My favorites were jacks with the little jacks and ball... and the one I played the most. I used to take the disposable pie pans from my mothers cubbards. Plastic spoons and play with mud and leaves.. I was always making stuffed cabbage.. .dont know why because as a kid.. I didnt like them! LOL Even when I was little.. I wanted to bake and cook..ahhhh memories!! Thanks for the rewind! :)

Veronica; March 10, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Jeannette said...: My favorite childhood activity was roller skating where we would dance on skates and hang out with all the kids, outdoors was always the best!; March 10, 2010 at 3:57 PM
scottylover said...: Oh 30's repros! My favorite!!!

My favorite game growing up was hopscotch. I was (and still am :)) a "girlie" girl so I hated sports. This was the closest I got to sports at all!

Sandy A in St. Louis; March 10, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Betsy said...: I actually enjoyed playing with paper dolls. Thank you for the chance to win this great fabric!; March 10, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Melinda and Jeff Dalebout said...: I loved to be outdoors, fresh air, the smell, I don't know why. My parents moved their old stove and oven to the back yard and we would play house for hours, cooking up whatever we could come up with. Sand cakes, leaf salads, oh it was fun.; March 10, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Rachel said...: I grew up in a house with a big, open, unfinished basement and my sisters and I used to roller skate down there all the time. We even had "roller rink" birthday parties in the basement- it was so much fun!; March 10, 2010 at 4:11 PM
Nanbon44 said...: my favorite childhood toy was the Showboat. It had little paper figures and a script that you could put on a show.; March 10, 2010 at 4:13 PM
PersimonDreams said...: I loved to read. My mom would limit me to 10 books at a time from the library so we could remember how many needed to be returned...we were there often.

lapaceksorchard@gmail.com; March 10, 2010 at 4:19 PM
lfhpueblo said...: Even as a child I was fickle so my favorites were constantly changing. I loved playing teether ball with my younger sister. I played hopscotch, jacks, dolls, we had a chalk board and played school teachers to our stuffed animals alot, twister, monopoly, chinese checkers, oh the list could go on and on.
When we didn't keep ourselves busy our mom made sure to give us extra chores.
lfhpueblo at msn dot com; March 10, 2010 at 4:20 PM
Carol said...: Cute fabric, I love it. My favorite childhood activity was playing hopscotch.; March 10, 2010 at 4:21 PM
Yasmin said...: Loved reading as a child (still do!) and playing Ludo with my brother :); March 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM
Unknown said...: I loved playing with my Barbie, Midge, Ken, and Skipper! I could play for hours! Loved sewing clothes for Barbie and making little things for her house.; March 10, 2010 at 4:32 PM
Bet said...: I loved playing pickup sticks and jackrocks. You don't hear about those too much anymore!; March 10, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Anya said...: I loved to play Chinese jumprope! Thanks for the chance.; March 10, 2010 at 4:42 PM
Lillian said...: My favorite childhood activity was to play Old Maid with my grandmother. It was one of the things my sister and I could do with my grandmother. Since she had multiple sclerosis, we were limited in how she could play with us.

Those were great times and memories.; March 10, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Chris@Cats On My Quilts said...: My favorite childhood acivity was playing with my sister and our Ginny dolls. I still have my Ginnys and still love them. We used to get to go to the doll hospital in summer and pick out new wigs for them. I'm probably dating myself here!; March 10, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Jean said...: This fabric is so cute! I loved paper dolls as a child. We got so excited to get a new package when we went to "town". I have 2 sisters close in age, so we would each get a set and play together.
Thanks for a chance to win.; March 10, 2010 at 4:57 PM
Melanie said...: I'd have to say my favorite childhood activity was jump roping. I loved to jump rope and I was always so envious of the girls that could do double-dutch!; March 10, 2010 at 4:58 PM
KaHolly said...: Jacks and marbles!! At recess and at home, I'd play jacks with the girls! But sometimes I'd go around back, where the sand was, and play marbles with the boys! Those were the days! ~karen; March 10, 2010 at 5:01 PM
Julie w said...: The smell of grade school red rubber balls still makes me nostalgic for a game called four-square. I loved the competition. Especially with the boys that teased girls so easily.; March 10, 2010 at 5:12 PM
crazyestonian said...: I was a reader. When my nose wasn't buried in a book I was making stuff. Wood, cardboard, paper, fabric, clay - they were all my favorites. In fact when I am not doing some useful stuff with or without my daughter, this is what I still do :); March 10, 2010 at 5:22 PM
~Dawn~ said...: I spent alot of time with my grandmother as a child. We played dominos and checkers on a daily basis. Many Blessings, Dawn; March 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM
Dandelion Quilts said...: My grandma had these huge 100 year old oak trees in her front yard, and we use to love to play house on the roots of them....; March 10, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Wendy said...: My favorite childhood activity was actually playing with paper dolls that my mom created for my sister and I. Being an artist she would draw all kinds of neat dolls for us. Some would be fairies, victorian era, starlets as she called them and my favorites cupie dolls. Then she would create the outfits for my sister and I to color in and cut out. We had so much fun back then. Today I still love paper dolls of all types.; March 10, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Nicole said...: Definitely building forts with my brother and sister- who doesn't love forts?! Thanks for the cute giveaway!! :); March 10, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Jamie said...: I absolutely loved sewing in 4-H and jumping rope and playing a good game of kickball during recess! And I almost forgot about making forts in the woods! Thanks for helping me recall these great memories!!; March 10, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Turtle said...: i was an only child so had to find things to do on my own. Crafting was one. I would make little houses out of empty boxes, all decorated and tape them to my skateboard. This would then become a mobile home to my guinea pig Nutmeg. (in winter it was a mobile sled) This was far better than electrocuting my nose on the fence crawling out from the cow pastures.; March 10, 2010 at 6:16 PM
Joanna said...: My favorite childhood game was one we made up called "Liontamer". My cousin was the lion, and I was the liontamer and she would escape from the circus or zoo and I'd have to recapture her. It seems so dumb now, but we really did have a lot of fun when we were 8! haha; March 10, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Gigi said...: Oh I love this paperdolly fabric!!! I Loved playing with my Hi & Lois Family Paperdolls, and I was poco stick champion of the neighborhood, they just dont make those like they use to!!! I grew up in a neighborhood full of kids and we were out until the streetlamps came on loving life and playing baseball in the street. Those were good California 60's years!; March 10, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Liz said...: Being the only girl in a family of boys it was a struggle to play anything girly. My brothers all thought I was the ideal one to tie to a tree and be the bad guy!! BUT, I had lots of dolls and the most magnificent dolls pram (being English) that would have fit a newborn in. I used to push this thing around the Avenue we lived in with great pride. Then the lady next door (her name was Mary Peek) had a little boy and she would let me push him in my pram round and round the Avenue. This would have been 50 years ago and I still marvel that she trusted me with her baby, in hindsite, she probably relished the time it gave her and I was never out of site!!!
Aaahhh, memories........
Lizzie
xxx; March 10, 2010 at 6:26 PM
free indeed said...: Ok, my girlfriend and I, when we weren't taking our dolls for walks with our baby buggies around the nursing home (got lots of attention there!), would each get our Sears catalogues out and just randomly back and forth find a page we liked something and have the other to the same page. We picked wild whatever was in season; played school; and sold potholders door to door. I love my childhood!; March 10, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Lauren said...: I loved swimming, be it in a pool or the sea. Wish I was as active these days - mind you, there's no way I'd be seen in a bathing suit.; March 10, 2010 at 6:39 PM
Clare Tea said...: When I was a kid, we used to play tag alot in the courtyard. When I was picked 'it', well, I had extra bushy/lush lashes, so i could peek and no one would say I was cheating xD

That was fun (until i decided not to cheat once, fell down some cement stairs, and ripped open my knees. :( ); March 10, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Deb said...: i loved jumping rope with double ropes! That was fun.; March 10, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Candi said...: that's really a tough one. Roller skating, fishing in the nearby creek, playing jacks, hopscotch, paperdolls and ridding biks. Lot's of owies in those days too. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
hugz:)
Candi; March 10, 2010 at 6:46 PM
Creations in Cotton said...: First of all, I love The Fat Quarter Shop!!

The first childhood activity that came to mind was the skip-it toy! I don't know if it was my favorite but I know I wore one out & had to get a new one!; March 10, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Ramanda said...: A blissful childhood would not be complete without a rousing game of sardines, capture the flag, british bulldog, and snipe hunting. All the neighborhood kids would meet at the church house at dusk and we would play until our parents dragged us home.

P.S. You are my giveaway hero!!!; March 10, 2010 at 7:13 PM
Karen said...: Read - horse - read - horse - read - horse!; March 10, 2010 at 7:14 PM
Maria said...: I loved playing Life. Our whole goal was to see who could have the most kids.; March 10, 2010 at 7:14 PM
grammy and papi said...: I loved to make my own paper doll clothes and on warm summer nights we played kick-the-can after dark. Two great childhood memories.; March 10, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Robin (RsIslandCrafts) said...: I used to love to play Toss Across way back when. Plus, I love to jump rope also.; March 10, 2010 at 7:34 PM
benbel said...: Is daydreaming an activity? That's what I loved to do. Just as I daydream about quilts now.; March 10, 2010 at 7:34 PM
girlsmama said...: I had a little Fisher Price record player and tons of records and books. I loved to listen to stories and dance! We also had two faithful black labs and I spent many an hour out in our yard with them digging holes and chasing.; March 10, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Allie said...: Did you ever play "red light, green light" or "mother may I"? Those are two of my childhood faves.; March 10, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Celeste said...: Ironically, I loved to cut out paper dolls. Also loved my Barbie doll and her fashion outfits.; March 10, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Quilts by Grammy said...: Oh my favorite childhood activity was making trails in the woods for our bikes and three wheelers :); March 10, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Joanna said...: I loved playing jacks, pick-up-sticks, chinese checkers, jump rope, roller skating, hopscotch, cut-outs, dolls, and bouncing a ball against the house. I have no idea how my parents put up with that, but at least they knew where I was.; March 10, 2010 at 7:58 PM
Heather @ Camp Slop said...: My favorite thing to do as a child (and now) was to read.; March 10, 2010 at 8:05 PM
A. said...: My neighbors and I couldn't wait for school to be over so we could run home and...play school. We'd pretend to be "cool" teachers (totally unlike our own, natch...) and make note off all the things we'd never do to kids we taught. Both of them actually did grow up to be teachers. They think they're cool, but the kids might think otherwise.; March 10, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Cheryl said...: Making fudge with my Grandmother.
She would tell us the recipe as
we went along and we would follow
her instructions.It was so much fun.
And then we got to eat it.
Thank you.; March 10, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Vicki said...: Getting books at the bookmobile, playing kick the can, marbles, reading.; March 10, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Anonymous said...: My sister and I would play dolls and make clothes for them. We didn't have a sewing machine so we cut up fabric and cut strips for belts and things. You wouldn't believe the styles we could come up with out of some old rags.; March 10, 2010 at 8:20 PM
Stacey said...: I was a major reader growing up, but I also loved board games. Chutes and Ladders, Candyland, Girl Talk, Mall Madness, were some of my favorites through the years. I also had a lot of dolls that I played with all the the time, especially my Cabbage Patch Dolls.; March 10, 2010 at 8:23 PM
Seams Sew Together said...: I loved to play elastics as a kid and the higher it became the more determined I was to jump over...; March 10, 2010 at 8:46 PM
deborah said...: I stayed with my grandmother during the day, as did my then best friend next door..we loved to play dress-up with the clothing we found in the old trunks and in the wardrobes. We had great fun, and I wish I still had the trunks today!
Does anyone remember the paper dolls that came out in a magazine each month? I think it was Betsy McCall? Those were so much fun too!; March 10, 2010 at 9:07 PM
stacysews said...: Hands down, Barbies - I even had the Barbie Dream house.... and still do. Several years ago, I brought it out and let my daughter enjoy it as well.; March 10, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Jenny Young said...: I loved to play "library." I was the librarian and I would stamp all the books. I even attached little envelopes to the insides of the books and put the check out slip inside. That tells you how old I am!!; March 10, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Unknown said...: Oh Amy I hope this does not disqualify me but cannot tell you my favorite as a child because it was not a good time for me but I think I have made up for it. I love dolls now and would love the opportunity to work with this fabric and make something wonderful. Thanks; March 10, 2010 at 9:44 PM
AnnieO said...: Rollerskating for outdoor activity--we had a steep driveway and olive trees that lined the sidewalks. Made for a lot of purple knees when we fell!

Indoors, it was reading, reading, reading. The public library was 1/2 mile away and we spent many happy hours there.

Very cute fabric collections!; March 10, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Andrea said...: I loved to sew, even as a kid! And read and cook!; March 10, 2010 at 9:51 PM
Anonymous said...: I loved to play house and dolls (that is what I play now too) Stacy
tateisgreat@hotmail.com; March 10, 2010 at 9:52 PM
karrelle said...: My favorite childhood game was hide and seek. I loved hiding in closets, cupboards and cabinets.; March 10, 2010 at 9:55 PM
Barbieann said...: the kids in the neighborhood or just the ones from my family would love to play Mother-may-I, or Red Light, Green Light.
anyone remember those?; March 10, 2010 at 10:16 PM
Anonymous said...: I loved making paper dolls. I would buy a tablet of typing paper (anybody remember that?) and trace around a paper doll I had and then try to create new clothes for her. I spent hours doing that.
Leslie S. in MN
esclante(at)comcast(dot)net; March 10, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Amy Eileen Koester said...: I loved organizing the neighborhood kids. Whether we played Mother May I or went hunting for tadpoles or played school...I was always the instigator.; March 10, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Heather said...: I only have one brother, no sisters, so we had to get creative with our playtime together. He was a typical boy with Gi Joes and army men (and transformers, and rambo, etc.). I loved my baby dolls and strawberry shortcake and barbies. When we played together, we would always make the deal that I would play GI Joe's (or whatever) first and then he would play dolls with me. When we played, I always had the "mommy" GI Joe, the "daddy" GI Joe, and little baby Gi Joes. :D After an hour of playing, we would move on to my dolls.
Oddly enough, his family was always the Rambo family and they would blow up my family of baby dolls. Our "baby dolls" game was always over within five minutes and we were back to playing his games. Best memories ever...; March 10, 2010 at 11:12 PM
imri said...: My favorate activity was to klimp the trees in the Kibbutz. I use to do it afternoon...
HJope to win this adroable fabric!; March 10, 2010 at 11:26 PM
Kristen said...: We used to play Red Rover all the time! To rows of kids facing each other and holding hands, one row would call "Red Rover, Red Rover, send Kristen right over!" and I would run the distance between the rows and try to break the holding of hands. If I broke through, I got to choose a person to take back with me to my side. If not, I had to stay on that side. Whichever side had the most kids won. <3; March 10, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Alisa said...: We loved monopoly. We played for hours, left the game and then came back to it later. I don't think we put it away, only when my mom made us because she wanted/needed to vacuum.; March 10, 2010 at 11:48 PM
Marie J. said...: These fabrics look so cute!
As a child i loved to do puzzles, what astonished my family since i was not the most patient child around! Thank you for the chance to win!; March 11, 2010 at 12:10 AM
Maribel said...: I used to play with my dolls and I also liked to play hide and seek with my cousins.Thanks for the great giveaway.; March 11, 2010 at 3:29 AM
RootsAndWingsCo said...: Oh! I love that fabic!

My favorite thing to play in the neighboorhood was "Brittish Bull Dog" or "Red Rover". We would play outside for hours with the neighborhood kids. When any parent wanted their kids to come home, they hollered out their back door "(the name of their kids) it's time to come hoooooome!" And we would go home. No cell phones or even telephones needed!

Anjeanette; March 11, 2010 at 3:32 AM
Lilly said...: I loved to play with stamps. It was so much fun =D
Thanks for the chance. Those fabrics are so cute!; March 11, 2010 at 3:39 AM
Looyoo said...: I remember playing "Captain May I", kick the can, tag, roller skating, walking with our homemade stilts, who can forget the metal skates that would attach to shoes?, "Jacks" was a favorite, Yahtzee, basketball in the driveway if boys were outside. The best part of childhood is that everyday the neighbor hood kids would gather and then decide what we would entertain ourselves with that day...oh, and making tents in the back yard over the clothesline or picnic table and "sleeping out". Thanks for the memories!; March 11, 2010 at 4:54 AM
ellie said...: Oh there are so many....can I pick 2....double dutch jump rope came to mind first. Then kick the can with all the neighborhood kids. At school I lved playig kickball. Ah if kids now a days could enjoy that type of fun!; March 11, 2010 at 5:05 AM
Tamera said...: I loved to play school when I was a kid. Now, I play school everyday! I homeschool my kids.; March 11, 2010 at 5:22 AM
Michael and Rachelle said...: I loved to read as a child (much to my little sisters unhappiness, she always wanted to play school or dolls), hungry hungry hippo, mud pies, making forts...oh it was so fun to be a kid. Thanks for the chance to win.; March 11, 2010 at 6:02 AM
Anonymous said...: Any kind of craft and still love crafts today!
Jill; March 11, 2010 at 6:34 AM
Kim said...: As a little girl I used to play paper dolls and build doll houses from cardboard boxes. I would decorate the walls and find things to use as furniture.. how cool would it be to win this fabric!! Thank you for this opportunity.; March 11, 2010 at 6:37 AM
annette said...: Definitely playing with paper dolls and reading. I remember looking forward to my mother bringing the new McCalls magazine home every month so I could cut out the doll and the little clothes. I had a box full of paper dolls. Oh and books. Loved them then love them now.; March 11, 2010 at 6:41 AM
Unknown said...: My favorite game inside the house was Clue....my favorite game outside the house was kickball. I have seven siblings so we formed two teams without any trouble. Thanks for a great website!; March 11, 2010 at 6:42 AM
Unknown said...: My favorite game inside the house was Clue....my favorite game outside the house was kickball. I have seven siblings so we formed two teams without any trouble. Thanks for a great website!; March 11, 2010 at 6:42 AM
Barbara McD said...: I had a great childhood - I guess my favorite toys were my Barbie dolls; hours upon hours playing dress up with the dolls! I also remember playing with Chatty Cathy!; March 11, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Cindy from Its a Sew Sew Day... said...: Hmmm.... I grew up on a farm, so we would romp in the woods on any day off from working. There was a gully (wash) that we would play in and get so dirty.

Happy Quilting!
Cindy; March 11, 2010 at 7:04 AM
Anonymous said...: My favorite childhood game was hopscotch! I used to love to use colored chalk with my friends to create a hopscotch board and take turns playing the game.; March 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Unknown said...: I loved playing the board game "Sorry" with my Mom .... we spent many an evening playing and had so much fun! I have a lot of fond memories as a child with my Mother.; March 11, 2010 at 7:09 AM
Unknown said...: I loved playing the board game "Sorry" with my Mom .... we spent many an evening playing and had so much fun! I have a lot of fond memories as a child with my Mother.; March 11, 2010 at 7:09 AM
Cindy said...: My sister and I loved to play dolls. My mom made all of our doll clothes and we made houses and cars out of boxes. It was the absolute BEST times!; March 11, 2010 at 7:11 AM
TiLT said...: What fun fabric!
I had 3 fave activities...riding my bike, drawing, and hanging upside down on the jungle gym :P; March 11, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Gigi said...: favorite childhood games were always those "pretend" games played outside with the neighborhood kids. we used to take on the characters of our favorite t.v. shows, comic books, cartoons, anything! recently i reconnected w/ a very old friend on facebook & the first thing she wrote to me was "remember when we made smurfberry juice out of those berries on your mom's trees?" so funny, because that was the first thing i thought when i saw her name pop up.
thanks for the giveaway!

xoxo
gigi

gigikennedy@yahoo.com; March 11, 2010 at 7:23 AM
Ineke Platvoet said...: We (my 2 sisters and 2 brothers) used to play hide and seek all day; from early morning till late in the evening until my mother called us in for dinner.
Makes me smile now when remembering this!; March 11, 2010 at 7:23 AM
imagrandma2five said...: As a kid I had two favorite activities, one was kickball. Would play till the streetlights came on and had to go home and I loved chinese jumprope. I can't tell you how many of those things I wore out!; March 11, 2010 at 7:25 AM
Simone de Klerk said...: My favorite game was Candyland! I still play it with my children and their nephews and nieces.; March 11, 2010 at 7:31 AM
Ms. B said...: I loved playing with my dolls inside and when we were outside, my sister and I rode all over the place with our "horses" we made out of long sticks with Daddy's handkerchiefs tied to the end for a tail!; March 11, 2010 at 7:31 AM
scrapatches said...: When I was a girl I could jump rope for hours ... by myself or with the other little girls. I loved everything about it ... the sing-songs, the exercise, the team effort to keep the line and rope moving, laughing it off and starting over when somone missed, jumping by myself outside while watching the sky and clouds, skipping down the street with my rope to my friends' houses ... life was so easy and carefree ... just me and my jumprope. Playing inside on rainy days ... yes, I did like to color and cut paperdolls. Your fabrics remind me of those simpler days ... just lovely!; March 11, 2010 at 7:33 AM
Christy said...: One of my most favorite childhood games was tag...boys vs. girls. Every girl knows that boys have all the coodies! Haha; March 11, 2010 at 7:51 AM
Pat said...: Being one of 6 children I had many activites to keep me busy but my all time favorite was roller skating. The first nice day of spring I would strap those skates to my shoes and roller skate for hours up and down my driveway and street. I also loved to ride my bike and play croquet in the back yard with my siblings. Thanks. for the great giveaway!; March 11, 2010 at 7:55 AM
Carolyn Frances said...: I loved organizing a hunt for the litter bug with my friends in the apartments where I lived. We never did find him ...

:); March 11, 2010 at 8:00 AM
Jennifer said...: Loved to play Barbies with my sister - we would turn an entire room into their "house."; March 11, 2010 at 8:02 AM
TeenaBugg38 said...: what sweet fabric! as a child my favorite thing to do was make mud pies....lol. Anything involving dirt....I was there!!! I was a bit of a tomboy.....played with the boys, climed trees....mud pie making was my one girly pursuit.....lol; March 11, 2010 at 8:07 AM
Unknown said...: As a child, I had 2 favorite activities...jumping on a trampoline and swimming. I always had to jump on the trampoline across the street because we didn't have one. However, we did have a pool and I would swim almost every day for exercise. It was an awesome childhood.

From Cindy Frost via email; March 11, 2010 at 8:13 AM
carrie said...: we played "statue" a lot. you spin someone around and let go, they fall and have to hold that position. Then you whisper something they have to say to the person coming to buy statues. Sounds so ridiculous but we loved it.

-carriechilton@gmail.com; March 11, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Crafty Girl Creations said...: My favorite activity was crafting, riding bikes, playing with friends, reading, and playing with my dolls. And now a lot of those activities my children enjoy :); March 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Nancy said...: My sisters and I used to play secret agents with our "PF FLYER" code rings. We'd also make string houses in the woods by our house. I'm a fabric-aholic. I love these!!; March 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Anonymous said...: We used to love to play "Annie Annie I Over" in the backyard throwing the ball over out shed.; March 11, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Unknown said...: My most favorite thing was spending time at my Nana's house- she let me explore all of her drawers where she kept lots of goodies- teeny tiny perfume samples, pretty scented soaps, all sorts of wonderful things. And when I wasn't poking around in her drawers she was teaching me to sew!; March 11, 2010 at 8:29 AM
Tami said...: I loved a few things. I loved to hula hoop, play with my paper dolls and jacks. My husband recently purchased a jack set for my little ones and man did a flood of memories rush over me.; March 11, 2010 at 8:31 AM
Glenda said...: Wow, reading through these has brought back a lot of memories! I loved paper dolls as a kid. I also loved the hula hoop and lemon twist! Great blog! Loved the tutorial on accurate 1/4" seams! Can't wait to check it out on my machine. I'm new to sewing and this is very helpful! Glenda; March 11, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Quilt Mom said...: We played outside all day, and at night our parents would sit out on the front stoop or the wall at my neighbors and all of us kids would play freeze tag or TV tag. We'd wait for Mr. Softee to come around and get ice cream. Our neighbor, Mrs. Scully, a grandmother's age, would have us over to make crafts, piggy banks out of Clorox bottles and felt, lampshades done with decoupage and pictures from magazines. She was so sweet and we had so much fun! Once we got swimming pools we'd play in the water. We'd be mermaids and swim like we had big fins and then we'd make whirlpools by swimming in circles! We truly grew up during the Wonder Years!; March 11, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Artfulife said...: These are the cutest!
One of my favorite things to play as a kid was building forts under the dining room table with my little brother. We would spend hours under there and they are some of my favorite memories of us being kids together. What a great giveaway :); March 11, 2010 at 8:59 AM
Bree Pringle(twopringles) said...: wow..I was a quiet child, but I LOVED making things, I'd take anything that no one used and make something from it, I have a whole village made out of old tissue boxes one summer, and a couple garfield toys from mcdonalds..lol. It was a fancy village too,with curtains in the windows and stone pathways. I also read alot. Now I have the HUGEST book collection ever for my own daughter, who's reading level 1 books and only 4 yrs old, she also loves crafts and is enrolled in the art academy for school next year. I think we would have too much fun together with this prize!!!; March 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Cornfield Quilter said...: When I was young it was "Red Rover", I know that is an oldie as am I. It was a favorite on the play ground and the greaat thing about it was everyone played!!; March 11, 2010 at 9:08 AM
quiltnmaryf said...: My two sisters and brother and I played Wagon Train together, that was a blast. Also fun was building a fort with my brother, and then getting to go in it with him! Being younger and a girl, that was really special!; March 11, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Anonymous said...: I too have great memories of a neighborhood game of Kick the Can at dusk on summer evenings.; March 11, 2010 at 9:19 AM
RaisinCookies said...: Jump rope! When I was in elementary school I joined a "Jump Rope for Heart" team, and we did tricks as a group and would travel around to other schools to show off our mad skillz. It was so fun!; March 11, 2010 at 9:22 AM
TheaMinPA said...: Love that paper doll fabric! I had a box (suitcase?) full of paper dolls when I was little - we couldn't really afford a lot of dolls but I would make little dresses for my paper dolls from whatever scraps I could scavenge - fabric or otherwise!; March 11, 2010 at 9:29 AM
mascanlon said...: I loved paperdolls and roller skating. we also had a Mickey mouse club at the park on the block around the corner, so much fun!; March 11, 2010 at 9:45 AM
catsenior said...: I loved paper dolls. I had a set of Little Women dolls that I absolutely wore out. Also made my own but they just didn't compare to Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth.; March 11, 2010 at 9:49 AM
Rafael's Mum said...: I loved to race around in kettcars (the pedal car things) when I was little, the neighbours had one and I was always in it!

Thanks for a lovely giveaway. Love that fabric!; March 11, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Paula said...: Playing hide and seek was my favorite.; March 11, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Amy said...: I liked to make mud pies in the backyard and create forts out of my mom's sheets (sorry mom!)

Lovely Fabric!; March 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Sarah said...: I loved playing with my Barbies. I would pile all my Barbie stuff on my bike basket and ride over to my friend house to play. She had cleared off one of her book shelves and we turned it into a Barbie apartment--we played for hours a day!; March 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Mary on Lake Pulaski said...: My favorite childhood games was red rover, red rover at our private grade school. Oh the memories!!; March 11, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Jeanne said...: At our house we had a window that opened with a crank handle. the window would open out like at a drive-thru. For whatever reason there was no screen on that window. My sis and I would serve cheese & crackers (and some odd combinations) to our friends as they "drove" through our front bushes. I'm sure my mom loved this game. *wink*; March 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM
diplofam said...: Cute fabric--I know exactly what I would use it for....my favorite childhood activity was riding bikes and jump roping--we spent all summer outdoors-I have a wonderful childhood!; March 11, 2010 at 10:57 AM
sharon said...: Hi I loved all the skip rope games as a wee kid, loved double dutch! In the winter adored snow ball fights and toboganing. Thanks for the great give away Sharonj.; March 11, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Maryissewfast said...: Sewing for my dolls was my favorite thing to do as a child.; March 11, 2010 at 11:35 AM
IF THE BIRDS KNEW said...: Playing dress-up with all of my mom's crazy clothes and jewelry & climbing the pine trees and getting all gooey with pine sap.; March 11, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Valerie said...: Lie Detector and Clue -- we were all about murder and mayhem!; March 11, 2010 at 11:59 AM
BillieBee (billiemick) said...: Too things I still think about are playing jacks with a golf ball and Doris Day paper dolls. So many many years ago.

Billie in TX; March 11, 2010 at 12:04 PM
**nicke... said...: oh how i loved loved loved to play barbies with my older sister. i was like 5 she was 23! we had the best time!; March 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Primitive Friends said...: I loved playing with all of the neighborhood kids, there were a bunch of us, so we could have some big games going on! We played 'Red Light, Green Light', 'Mother May I?', 'Chase', 'Hide-n-go-seek'. We had one of those old tractor intertubes and would have fun bouncing on it, along with rolling it around the yard with someone 'riding' in the center!

What a great give-away!! And the fabrics are so pretty, I bet this line is going to be a popular one!!; March 11, 2010 at 1:06 PM
Ingaredstoka said...: My fav' childhood activity was to play hide and seek with my cousins when we spent summers together at our grandparents house and big garden. :) Love the fabric!!; March 11, 2010 at 1:15 PM
CJ said...: We used to play jacks everyday!!! the girls in the neighborhood had like a "jacks club"! we would sit on one of our front porches, they were concrete, so nice and smooth, and play jacks till our moms called us home!!
Cynthia; March 11, 2010 at 1:30 PM
JaNeanne said...: I loved being outside playing football, throwing a baseball, climbing trees. I also love to read and I read alot when I was a kid. There is nothing like a good book!!; March 11, 2010 at 1:35 PM
Meghan said...: My favorite memories are family camping trips. My mom used to let me ride shotgun while she and my brother slept in the back of the van, and I would talk to my dad about anything and everything.; March 11, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Angel Borland said...: thanks for the giveaway! my fave childhood game was definitely reading. such a dork. does that even count??; March 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Melissa said...: My favorite childhood game was Hide-and-Go-Seek....outside on a summer evening until the street light came on, then it was time to go inside!; March 11, 2010 at 1:48 PM
C said...: One of my favorites was "Red Rover." Won't ever forget playing that in the huge backyard next door!
Christy
christywhetten@yahoo.com; March 11, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Marcia W. said...: Please enter me in your giveaway. My favorite childhood game was to run with my siblings... run through the field, run around and around the outside of the house, just run until totally breathless and fall down on the grass laughing...we easily entertained ourselves; March 11, 2010 at 2:04 PM
satsumababy said...: I loved building forts in the living room with sheets and blankets and chairs!; March 11, 2010 at 2:20 PM
Becky said...: One of my favorite game as a child was Hide and Go Seek. Thanks for the reminder!; March 11, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Babs said...: I loved to play jump rope and make mud pies.; March 11, 2010 at 2:37 PM
texheks said...: I loved spool knitting or corking, in Dutch: punniken... even made a hat of a long strand of it...; March 11, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Kay said...: One of my favorite things to do when I was younger was to make my own paper dolls out of the Sears & Pennys catalogs. The fabric is so cute & would be fun to make my grandaughter a quilt out of.; March 11, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Anonymous said...: I loved the Game of Life, Lincoln Logs, my Hoola Hoop, riding my bike and swiimming at the pool in the summer, just to name a few.
Connie F; March 11, 2010 at 2:56 PM
Teelady said...: My favorite game when I was a kid growing up on a horse ranch in Wisconsin on the beaches of Lake Michigan was horsey...I had 2 sisters and we use to get binder twine and wrap it through our mouth and then get a switch and pretend we were riding each other canter around and around, oh how cool you just brought back very fond memories of times gone by and how easy life was then...hugs and wish me luck Lynn; March 11, 2010 at 3:23 PM
Knit - R - Done said...: I loved to read and sew clothes for Barbie dolls. I still like both things.; March 11, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Alathia said...: My favorite game was probably Connect Four. Since I didn't have a doll house (and always wanted one) I used to draw and decorate doll houses.; March 11, 2010 at 4:16 PM
paront1222@comcast.net said...: My favorite activity as a child was playing jacks. I had a set in every room in the house and would play for HOURS....I loved those jacks! On occastion I'd roller skate. Loved rolling down the hill to our house with my shiny key around my neck. The vibration of the skates could be felt in your cheeks and mouth...it was so much fun....
This was like a walk down memory lane!!! Thanks!!
Peggy in New Jersey; March 11, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Colene said...: My sister and I played pretend moms and would drive out kids back and forth to the bus stop and to shopping on our bikes, it entertained us for hours on end and brings back wonderful memories to think of it. thanks; March 11, 2010 at 4:53 PM
SheilaC said...: Jump rope!! There were days in the summer where we would jump rope all day long.... either with an individual rope or in a group with a long rope.

Love all those songs.... :)

SheilaC; March 11, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Carla said...: Favorite game as a child was the neighborhood kick ball game. We had a blast playing. The teams were made up of different players each time. We used our front yard, we had large oak trees that were the bases. One summer we played so much, my dad told us we had to play in someone else's yard we were trampling paths between the trees!; March 11, 2010 at 5:33 PM
quiltmom anna said...: I am not sure that I had one favorite thing but I love playing with cut outs and Barbie dolls. I also played library with my own books- I made sign out cards in them.
I also loved played ball games and skipping games even though I was not particularly good at them.
It is a lovely giveaway- your winners are going to have great fun with these fabrics.
Regards from a Western Canadian quilter,
Anna; March 11, 2010 at 5:44 PM
lisacro said...: I loved playing bob jacks, going roller skating and playing cards.; March 11, 2010 at 5:45 PM
4 crazy polkadots said...: We loved playing all the clapping games like miss mary mack. and jump roping! I miss that:) Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway:); March 11, 2010 at 5:53 PM
hannah said...: I used to play dolls and paper dolls -- since my only sibling was my older brother, my dolls were my best friends!!; March 11, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Avalon Acres Farm said...: My favorite game as a kid was playing with my Barbies! I had the plastic box that you keep the Barbie in and you can hang up her clothes. it had a drawer for accessories---I had 2 of these, one for Barbie and one for Skipper. I used to take my mom's fabric scraps and make dresses and little quilts and blankets and beach towels (they were Malibu Barbies!) for them. I had the Barbie camper and my friend had her Town House so we'd get together on my front porch and play Barbies all day, everyday!; March 11, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Sue said...: Oh my lets see there was Jacks, Kick the Can, Paperdolls, Barbies, Loom Potholders, badmitten, oh I could go on forever; March 11, 2010 at 6:19 PM
sewnsusan said...: Love the darling fabric- both sets! My fav activities were reading, dolls, hide-n-seek and bike riding! Anybody remember Betsy McCall paper dolls? love em.; March 11, 2010 at 6:26 PM
Kate said...: Favorite childhood activity? Hard to pick... playing games of hide and seek with the whole neighborhood; playing cards with my mom in between her cooking dinner; board games; climbing trees; coloring- especially paper dolls and with the outfits! And reading!; March 11, 2010 at 6:42 PM
L.H. said...: Great giveaway! The board games I liked to play were Cabbage Patch Kids (yes there was an actual board game), and Candyland. I had 13 Barbies and 1 Ken so I played with those a lot too. Thanks for the chance to win.; March 11, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Terri said...: We used to love playing red rover for hours! Thanks for the memories and the chance to win some really cute fabric!; March 11, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Sharrieboberry said...: Jump rope! And not just me jumping. Specifically playground jumprope with two rope turners. I loved the jumping and all the rhyming jingles. "Down by the ocean, down by the sea..."; March 11, 2010 at 6:56 PM
WendyLou said...: My brother and I were only 13 months apart. I was pouty and he was bratty, so Mama had her hands full!! Sometimes we would get in trouble and she would send us to our rooms. After the initial shock of being punished wore off, we would begin to beg to be let out. No dice. Our doors were only separated by about 2 feet of wall space, so we often would set up a little village of Little People stuff between our doors. We would sit just inside our doorways and lean out to play together. Hilarious!!; March 11, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Jenice said...: I loved playing board games and cards with my family. We loved playing Spoons and Nerts. I got a horse when I was 14 years old and that one was terrific time.; March 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM
Who knows said...: Playing hide & seek throughout the whole neighborhood with about 30 of us kids...it was great!!; March 11, 2010 at 7:21 PM
Anonymous said...: We grew up on a dead end street with lots of kids in the neighborhood. There was a field behind our house so everyone got together to play baseball - didn't matter how old you were. We jumped rope, played hopscotch, hoola hoops, board games, played hide and go seek, tag, you name it we played it.
In the winter we would walk for miles to go ice skating and to go sledding. What fun. We played with dolls, barbies, and paper dolls and played school.
Thanks for the give-away. Love the dolls.
Brenda Kowalski; March 11, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Randi said...: If it was a fabulous day out, my brother and I would just hang out in our fort and make up adventures. If it was icky outside, I could be found in my closet ...reading, drawing & writing short stories!; March 11, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Mary said...: My brother and I spent hours playing store. One of us would ride back and forth on the front porch and stop at the front door where the other would be running an imaginary store.
When I was older I rode and rode my bike all over our farm.; March 11, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Starr said...: My sisters and I loved playing with our dolls. We would make houses with them and play for hours.; March 11, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Tricia said...: I grew up in Seattle were hydroplane races were very popular. During the summer we would make wooden hydroplanes, tie them on long strings to the back of our bikes, and then have races around the cul-de-sac to see who was fastest,; March 11, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Kim said...: As a child I loved to ride my bike. My BFF and I would explore the town and make our own fun. I also loved to read especially under the covers with a flashlight!; March 11, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Skeena Quilts said...: My favorite game was candyland! It was so colourful and it was like a girls game in a house full of brothers and boys!

I love that fabric line!; March 11, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Fignie said...: I grew up in the "bush" so to speak ... so our favorite games to play were outside alot. We'd build forts in the bush, see how big we could make a "house" using log-cabin techniques and such. It was a blast and alot of fun ... I miss those simple days :)
Danielle; March 11, 2010 at 10:20 PM
WEARit said...: I loved hopscotch and marbles!; March 11, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Candy Land was a favorite, but so was the board games Aggravation and Monopoly.
Bevvreeland@yahoo.com; March 12, 2010 at 1:12 AM
Catherine said...: Well being the youngest and the only girl I was quite good at entertaining myself. My favourite activity inside was actually playing with my paper doll collection. I love paper dolls so much that I even made my own boarding school of paper dolls and I still have it.; March 12, 2010 at 2:04 AM
Singtatter said...: My favourite childhood game is "zero point" - jumping with a rubber-band rope, played in teams, we will raise the rope higher and higher for the players to cross.; March 12, 2010 at 3:38 AM
Sheri said...: On the crafty side, I loved to embroider. On the fun side I loved to play jacks! Does anyone do this anymore? Our school even had a jacks contest. I guess I'm dating myself.; March 12, 2010 at 6:20 AM
TheLazyQuilter said...: When I was really little - mud pies and watching for shapes in the clouds. Then I was too cool for school and it was playing CHIPS on our bikes! :); March 12, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Tammy said...: My favorite board game when I was a child was Chinese checkers. I still enjoy playing that with my kids :-)

Love the giveaway, Amy!

Blessings,
Tammy ~@~; March 12, 2010 at 6:48 AM
carole ann said...: I have to admit my favorite was playing jacks. My friends and I could play for hours, next came riding my bike or jumping rope. I do remember loving playing with my cut-outs(paper dolls) also.; March 12, 2010 at 7:03 AM
Lorie said...: Those are SUPER cute! As a kiddo we lived way out in the country and only had a couple of kids around us and as a result I played by myself a lot but when the neighborhood kids got together we'd play flashlight tag...I remember that as being so much fun!; March 12, 2010 at 7:13 AM
DianeM said...: Hmmm...my favorite childhood game....probably "Green Ghost"...you played it in the dark - it glowed. I wonder if anyone else remembers that game, I don't think we actually ever played it to completion, we just liked fooling around with the glow-in-the-dark pieces..lol
Smiles, DianeM :); March 12, 2010 at 7:14 AM
Nettie said...: I was so lucky to live in the same block as several of my cousins. We spent the entire day doing things together. We would make clothes for our little Collie dog and put him in a baby buggy and parade him all over the neighborhood. Those were such good times!
I love those paper doll collections!
nettiecrain@comcast.net; March 12, 2010 at 7:55 AM
Grace Wong said...: I used to love playing with my tamagotchi when I was a kid!
shou.milk@gmail.com; March 12, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Chiska said...: One of my favorite things was to wander the woods and imagine that they were different things. The bent trees were giraffes, an area where there was unusual moss was a carpet store and a huge rock covered with trees and bushes was a space ship that took us to blue berry land.; March 12, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Anonymous said...: My favorite childhood games were Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders and I still play them for hours on end with my 3 and 5 year old grandsons!

Sandy in NJ
Pecsan114@optonline.net; March 12, 2010 at 8:49 AM
Anonymous said...: We loved playing Ghost in the Graveyard! Hide-n-seek at night - so fun!; March 12, 2010 at 8:51 AM

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