To be honest with you, this isn't a day that I normally do a ton of celebrating, but I'm not opposed to it. :) Pat Sloan is doing a blog hop to feature her Tour Ireland book, and I'm happy to be joining in the fun. Tour Ireland is a book that documents Pat's trip to Ireland with a group of quilters. There are lots of gorgeous photos of Ireland included. (I want to go!) It's like a scrapbook and a pattern book rolled into one. It has some great patterns that I would love to make, scrappy style, of course.
This one is called Sheep's Feet. I think it's so clever. It's made from snowball blocks that alternate lights and darks. I don't think I've ever seen that before, and it makes the quilt quite interesting.
I just had to start one right away. I can already tell that I'm gonna love it.
I do love an Irish Chain quilt, and this version is great. I love the gradient color and the zig zag border. Such a nice touch. I'm still trying to figure out how to translate this one into a scrappy version, but I'm sure I'll find a way. :)
Pat is offering her book at 25% off the regular price through the end of March. You can buy it here.
Or...you could stop at any of the places on the blog hop and try to win a copy for yourself!
Of course, you could leave me a comment here, too. In your comment I'd love to know if/how you celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I'll be picking two winners from this post that will each recieve a book compliments of Pat and Leisure Arts. I'll pick the winners on Saturday. Hope you have a GREAT day!
Wear something green, wish everyone a little green cheer and have a great irish meal tonight. With a name like Colleen , how could I not share in the celebration! Happy St Patrick's Day everyone!
ReplyDeleteNo celebrating here. When I was teaching, though, I had to be sure to wear something green or the leprechauns would let me know about it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win:)
We just plain ole wear green. But I have a friend who puts green food color in her toilets the night before so the kids wake up to Leprechan pee evidence LOL!
ReplyDeleteWear something green is about it. Not beer drinkers and not a fan of corned beef and cabbage. Would love the book though, really like the Irish chain quilt. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWe'll celebrate tonight with some yummy green beer! I'm wearing my green and am ready for the day! The quilting book looks amazing. I always wanted to go to Ireland.
ReplyDeleteThree of my favourite things all in one. Quilting, books and Ireland! We used to celebrate more but now its just an Irish meal and some green crafts for the girls.
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate with a corned beef and cabbage dinner. We even have the perfect spot to eat out!! Think Green!
ReplyDeleteNot much celebrating here but I wear green and eat some cornbeef and cabbage
ReplyDeletePat's book looks wonderful. Thanks for a chance to win!
We have corned beef and cabbage, green beer, and some green felt crafts for the little ones :). We come from a VERY Irish family, so St. Patty's day is always a good time!
ReplyDeleteOhhh... another fine Lassie on the Wearing of the GREEN day!!! And I ADORE your scrappy 'Sheeps feet'.. how clever are you!!
ReplyDeleteThe irish chain with a zillion greens and blacks against a zillion cream and tans... mmm.... can't wait to see if you try one!
Good LUCK to all your readers!
I do two things on St. Patty's day - wear grean and cook corned beef and cabbage in the crock pot! That's it!
ReplyDeleteThere were the days that I'd go out for the cornbeef and cabbage and green beer, but now I make my own cornbeef and cabbage sans the beer. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool idea for a book! I love that Pat shared her travels along with quilt ideas. I love St. Pattys Day! I love to wear the brightest green shirt, and get a Shamrock Shake from McDonalds. We also love to go out to an Irish Pub to help celebrate. Mmmm, Guiness!
ReplyDeleteI don't do much celebrating for St. Patty's day, mostly wearing green so I can avoid being pinched...for some reason even adults still carry on with this!
ReplyDeleteI don't celebrate either. I actually forgot today was St. Patrick's Day until I logged on and started reading blogs this morning! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeletewe celebrate by having a tradtional Irish dinner of corned beef and cabbage!
ReplyDeleteI wear something green and, sometimes, I bring in a treat for my students. Even though I do have Irish ancestors, we don't make a big deal out of it.
ReplyDeleteI visited Dublin last summer - my first trip to Ireland - and I loved it!
I celebrate by wearing my shamrock earrings with sparkly green stones in them. I would love to win a copy of the book.
ReplyDeleteI love your scrappy sheep's feet start! Speaking of sheep--I have two and would LOVE to use their fleece as quilt batt. Have you ever done that? I haven't been able to find any resources to help which is strange since I would assume sheep fleece is the "original" quilt batt. Happy St. Paddy's Day to you--I LOVE your work, your flicker and your blog.
ReplyDeleteNot much celebrating here either, but some people do, mainly those having family or friends in Ireland :-) But I like green and also movies that mention Ireland, like "p.s. I love you" or "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (TV 1999)". Greetings from Slovakia :-)
ReplyDeleteI usually wear something green on St. Patrick's Day! This book looks awesome - would love to win it and dream!
ReplyDeleteI don't ever celebrated st patty's day, mostly since I never remember it till it's over. The most I'd do is try to wear green.
ReplyDeleteI've made a Irish Chain quilt before. I made the irish chain and star. I think I sent a picture to you once. It's all scrappy. I'd be happy to send you the pattern info if you're interested.
Heidi
I'm not doing a lot of celebrating today, but I will be visiting Ireland in May...woo hoo!
ReplyDeleteI guess I need this book to "study up" on the country. Thanks for a chance to win!
Happy St Paddy's Day. Would love to win this book. It sounds like a great trip was had by all. The quilts look wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSince we live in the way-out country, we will celebrate quietly. Perhaps a drop of Bailey's? Some Irish stew? Thanks for offering this book.
ReplyDeletethanks for a chance to win one of Pat's books. I just got to meet her this week when she came to our guild.
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick's Day.
Love the book! Seriously want to get my grubby paws on a copy.
ReplyDeletePS - I'm not even Irish, but the hubby is and any excuse for a yummy corned beef dinner is alright with me :)
I always wear something green for St. Paddy's day. Looks like an amazing book - I also love Irish Chain quilts. They are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI was up at 5 making Lucky Spinach Quiche I found online. I'll be making/baking with green all day!!
ReplyDeleteBeginning Quilter,
Lauren
I would love to have this book. I keep looking at it and going home without it...
ReplyDeleteSince I am not headed to Ireland anytime soon, I think Pat's book looks like the next best thing :)
ReplyDeleteWe always do a big St. Patrick's Day dinner with soda bread, corned beef and cabbage with all of the trimmings.
ReplyDeleteno celebrating here - and if someone didn't remind me that it is St. Patrick's day, I probably wouldn't have even remembered to wear something green today (I'll go change my sweater before I go out....) I also like the variation on the snowball quilt - alternating dark and light. Looks like a great way to use up some scraps.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I can provide some inspiration, I just completed a scrappy Irish chain, photo here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sofiamalin/5426292180/ :)
We don't celebrate St Patricks day in Sweden, so I'm not very familiar with it.
Thanks for a lovely blog! :)
/Malin
Boy, do we EVER celebrate St. Patrick's Day! Everyone wears green (I made the kids outfits this year); we listen to Irish music all week; we have green eggs, green pancakes, and green orange juice for breakfast; we're having corned beef and cabbage, shamrock-shaped dinner rolls, potatoes, fairy cakes, and Irish cheese for our dinner feast. Tonight we're having some friends over, she's bringing her fiddle, and my husband will pull out the pennywhistle, and we'll sing "Wild Rover" a few times over. I'm also determined to find a school that is performing and watching some sparkly Irish dancers! We did that back home in Texas every year. My SIL and sister dance and compete all the time and I've missed all the crazy wigs and dresses since we've moved.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we're a little nuts for St. Patrick's Day in our home.
By the way, I love Irish chains. I even did one (http://caroline-thinking.blogspot.com/2010/11/bloggers-quilt-festival-end-of-rainbow.html), but the one in the book looks so much easier than the monster I tackled. :)
I just love both Pat's and your blogs. Just make baked corn beef and cooked vegetables for dinner. Not Irish but love the meal. I would love to win the book. Sounds like a lot of great ideas. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSandi from Sonora, CA
sandit1@sbcglobal.net
My 4 year old daughter is a reader now and loves the story of green eggs and ham. So we will make green food today. I know what she will say: "I'm not eating that". So she will eat her Lucky Charms and smile and say: "I like Lucky Charms". Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of Ms. Pat's book.
ReplyDeleteWell, I hope I have the "luck of the Irish" and win!
ReplyDeleteWe make sure everyone wears some green and have corned beef and cabbage (with some sauerkraut since we're a little more German than Irish).
I get to sew a bit today and am doing Bonnie Hunter's Criss Cross Applesauce in greens with scrappy redtones. LOVING the green today!
Your rag quilt is so pretty.
Lucy (in IN)
Oh, you lucky girl -- this looks a wee bit more exciting than thread ROFLOL! I'd love to win just to know some of the wonderful places to visit when planning a trip to Ireland!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to have this as a giveaway on St Patty's Day! I wear green and not much else. I am always tempted to buy a Kiss the Irish shirt and change it to Kiss the Trish with a little marker. LOL
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding? With four kids I knew if I didn't sleep in green pajamas I would wake up to gleeful pinching! St. Patrick's Day is dead serious around here. Now I'm trying to think of a dinner I can turn green...
ReplyDeleteI celebrate St. Brigid's day with more fervor than St. Patrick's, but it's a great excuse to wear my Guiness hockey jersey, sprinkle green glitter all over the house and trade gold dollar coins for the candy the kids leave out for the leprechaun. I've also been known to eat half a cake of soda bread all by my lonesome.
ReplyDeleteWe wear green on St. Patrick's Day. Thanks for hosting the tour.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could say that I do something really outlandish for St. Patrick's Day but my celebrations only includes wearing green.
ReplyDeleteThe book looks like it has some really cool patterns in it.
planning on baking up some irish soda bread later today, we'll do a big family dinner together this weekend.
ReplyDeleteGosh this book is just loaded with beautiful quilts!! I would love to win!
ReplyDeleteI'll be wearing green to work today and tonight we'll go over to the pub and drink some green beer. Hope the luck of the irish is with me today!
ReplyDeleteI have Tour Ireland with Pat Sloan on my wish list...I would be sooo happy to win this book!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy making your quilt from the Irish Chain pattern!
I really don't celebrat St. Patrick's Day other than trying to remember to wear green, and I would drink a little mug o' green beer if it'were offered! I'd love to win Pat's book.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that we really don't celebrate other than wearing green. However, the cover of the book reminds me of an article from The Quilt Life and makes me want to watch The Quiet Man (one of my faves).
ReplyDeleteJust wearin' o' the green this year. New diet...lifestyle...means no corned beef or potatoes. ;(
ReplyDeleteSince I'm half-Irish, I try to cook corned beef and cabbage every year but we're sick right now so no corned beef today.
ReplyDeleteI wear green and celebrate the St. Patrick's day baby in our family with cake and mint chocolate chip ice-cream.
ReplyDeleteAlthough we're English my youngest son is a big supporter of Irish rugby so he's wearing his Ireland rugby shirt today - but on Saturday we'll be cheering for England to win the Grand Slam!!
ReplyDeleteI'm mostly Scottish with a tiny bit of Irish .... I usually do have a green beer :) it's also the birthday of one of my very good friends and she is most definitely also Irish, so I go out to celebrate with her!
ReplyDeleteMy Irish eyes are smiling as I sit here in my green outfit - love St. Pats Day.
ReplyDeleteI don't go too crazy for St. Patrick's. . . generally just wear some green and try to do something fun with some friends or find something green to bake! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't really "go all out" for this holiday either. I do wear green, wish everyone a "Happy St. Patty's Day", and smile. I, like you, am not opposed :D My 3 year old and I will be making some green treats for when we have friends over tonight :D
ReplyDeleteI have something green on but am working so not too much celebrating! Love the Irish Chain - would love to make one...
ReplyDeleteI made a scrappy Irish Chain (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20616384@N07/5348507924/in/set-72157625805231604/). Although I only finished it last year, I did all the cutting and most of the piecing 8 years ago when I was pregnant. I used a pattern in a book, "Quick and Easy Scrap Quilts."
ReplyDeleteI am Irish to the core (or to my blarney bottom - lol) I celebrate being Irish every day! Lots of laughs, smiles, and constantly searching for the end of that darned rainbow!
ReplyDeleteThe Irish Chain quilt in this book is so true to the many colors of green in the Irish countryside. It is a definite must do.
ReplyDeleteIt's my hubby's birthday today so that's how we celebrate. This year it's bowling and out for dinner.
ReplyDeleteLast year, my kids and I set out to figure out who St. Patrick really was and it is a really interesting story.
Being Irish I wear green today and of course fix corned beef and cabbage but I leave the green beer to others. Thanks for a chance to win the book. See you tomorrow at the FNSI. Hugs
ReplyDeleteNormally I would be in the kitchen fixing a wonderful corned beef and cabbage dinner. This is the first year in 20 years that I have not fixed corned beef for St Patty's day. And it's my birthday as well.
ReplyDeleteWearing o' the green and serving up cabbage and potatoes with dinner.
ReplyDeleteIt's my daughter's birthday, so all the celebrating is channelled through that route . . . but the birthday celebrating is all in green (I'm waiting for the day when she won't like that anymore.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance!
I'll be making corned beef in the crock pot. Thanks for the chance to win the book.
ReplyDeleteWe got a head start & had corned beef & cabbage last weekend. Funny, I visited Ireland for 2 weeks 6 years ago & never once saw corned beef & cabbage on a menu! I think it may be an American-Irish thing! I have my green on for work today!
ReplyDeleteA chance to win the book on my favorite holiday!!!! Happy St. Patrick's Day
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate with an American Corned Beef dinner with Colcannon potatoes. Love it, Ireland is a beautiful place to visit. Love It.
ReplyDeleteWe are wearing green and we made green rice crispy treats in the shape of shamrocks :-) I have kids, you know :-)
ReplyDeletei'm 100% irish, so i love this 'holiday'. we don't really celebrate it in Ireland as much as the americans do... a couple of years ago, i made a huge shamrock shaped cake, and i deck my house with irish stuff - not just green!! i like to break out the irish recipes - potato bread (not like american 'potato bread') and soda bread, and a nice big pot of irish stew. i try to do a new irish themed craft each year to add to my decorations. i even knitted a little irish leprechaun. it one of the funnest days of the year for me. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, my husband is of Swedish decent and I'm a mixture of Scottish and German, but we celebrate anyway with corned beef and cabbage in the crock pot. It is delicious and oh so tender. I also make soda bread and I'm pretty sure there will be a dark beer coming out as well!
ReplyDeleteLove the sheep quilt!
Cheryl
I'm working today, and we're all bringing green food. I'm providing dill dip and crackers. (The crackers are in a green box, with an elf, which looks suspiciously like a leprechaun.) I miss the days when my youngest celebrated by building a leprechaun trap in his bedroom, with "gold" for bait.
ReplyDeleteTHANKS FOR SHARING!
ReplyDeleteNEAT BOOK!
jldouglas@wispwest.net
Those sheep are adorable! We don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but I do always wear my green...
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool book - and a great giveaway - thanks! We celebrate by the kids waling up to tricking leprechauns having turned their breakfast green, or leaving them fun shamrock items to wear. Special school fun (those sneaky leprechauns turned some choc chip cookies green today in my daughter's class!) and then corned beef and cabbage for dinner.
ReplyDeleteFun, fun FUN!
DH loves corned beef, so I always make it for St. Paddy's Day along with potatoes, carrots, and cabbage of course. We'll wear green and hope to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow .... or a copy of this great book!
ReplyDeleteI sure hope you pick me!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm part Irish and my wish is to go to Ireland someday. A great book to read is St. Patrick's Day in the morning by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Jan Brett. You'll be hooked from the first page when Jaime climbs into a quilt covered bed with his brothers.
ReplyDeleteWould so LOVE to win this book!!
Jane
j8swans@charter.net
I don't celebrate it... but I've been to Ireland and loved it!
ReplyDeleteMarch 17th is actually my grandmother's birthday, so we tend to celebrate it that way. Now that she has been gone a number of years, the celebration is in short supply, but I do still think of her often especially on her birthday. (And when I was younger I would always wear green, but now I forget.)
ReplyDeleteI took my mom to Ireland a couple of years ago for the trip of a lifetime, and one of her favorite parts was all the sheep. I would LOVE to win this book and make the sheep wall hanging for her for Christmas or her birthday to commemorate our trip and our wonderful relationship. I like to drink a Guinness for St. Pats- it will make you strong! Erin Go Bragh!
ReplyDeleteWe don't celebrate at my house, other than to TRY to wear green. I was already dressed this morning and had to change clothes because I almost forgot what day it was! Pat's book looks great - would love to win a copy. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteI try to wear a little green...Corned Beef in the crockpot..the leprechaun will visit our house while we are at work and school and mess it up!
ReplyDeleteSo I'll have to clean house after dinner! I'll have lots of help and we will have loads of fun!
We don't do anything. I used to when I was younger (I do have Irish ancestors), but I no longer have space in my head for stuff like that!
ReplyDeletellsieg at earthlink dot net
Green clothing, green earrings, corned beef and cabbage and green milk.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great opportunity to win. It looks like a really fun book!
ReplyDeleteWe used to celebrate St. Patrick's Day when we lived in Hannover, but here deep in the countryside of Northwestern Germany there are no Irish pubs nor Irishmen to celebrate with around.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration in your blog.
Annette
I usually don't do much, but tonight I'm having corned beef!
ReplyDeleteIrish chains are one of my favorite patterns!
-Tiffany
tlufkin (at) gmail.com
Always ready for a book with pretty pictures and quilt projects besides. The best of both worlds!
ReplyDeleteTruthfully I don't celebrate St. Patricks's day. But I love the quilt and the book anyway!
ReplyDeleteWe used to celebrate with my Mom's clan...the McNamaras. Lots of green. Now My little cousin does Irish step and her school performs at a bit Irish party at her elementry school. Bagpipes, dancing, Irish music, Irish food.
ReplyDeleteWould love to get Pat's book.
I celebrate by wearing a little green, making corned beef and cabbage, and listening to irish music while I quilt. I'm German so I am not sure why I celebrate, but it is fun! Winning this book would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteNow that I'm getting older, green margaritas and Bud Light is no longer an option that appeals to me. So instead, we are making Sheppard's Pie and drinking some Guiness (for him) and Killians (for me). I love these sneak peeks quilts. So pretty!
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ReplyDeleteWe will be wearing our green and thinking happy thoughts!
ReplyDeleteWorking at a school allows me to have lots of fun with St Patrick's day, I have the shamrock pins, socks, earrings, even some extra little green items to give to the kids that don't wear green that day!
ReplyDeleteMy husband's family is Scottish, so we don't do alot of celebrating LOL!!
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate of course by wearing green and make sure we have an Irish beer with dinner!
ReplyDeleteI am still working on my first quilt But I have hopes to make an Irish chain quilt in the future. I would love to get the book!
My daughter plays in her colleges Celtic music orchestra/band and we go and here them play! thanks for the review of the book - congrats to Pat - its looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us on our tour. We had a great time and the projects are so much fun!
ReplyDeleteCheryl at Leisure Arts
Beautiful pictures! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to win this book. I am of Irish descent and my hubby and I are planning a three-week trip to Ireland next year...it would be fabulous to have this as a "tour guide" of sorts. I'd also love to give several of those quilts a try!
ReplyDeleteAs far as celebrating St. Paddy's Day...I live in Cincinnati and there is a large Irish population here. We always attend the St. Patrick's Day parade downtown, then head over to our favorite Irish pub, Claddagh's, for corned beef and cabbage...and of course, green beer!
Thanks so much for the give away and the chance to win! Erin go Bragh!
XOXO,
Cyndi
No special celebrations here, but we do try to wear something green. Usually this is done subtly so that we can fool others into thinking we forgot :) Just a bunch of kids at heart lol
ReplyDeleteLast night we set up a Leprechaun trap. Today I'll make green lemonade and green rice crispy treats shaped like shamrocks for the kids. And of course we wear our green.
ReplyDeleteIt's about time I made a quilt using the classic Irish chain.
ReplyDeleteSt. Patrick's day is big in my house. We eat corned beef and cabbage with new potatoes every year. YUMMMM
ReplyDeleteI always make corned beef and cabbage - which my kids can do without so that leaves just that much more for me. Days worth of corned beef sandwiches too!
ReplyDeleteWow I am ready for the day. I have my green t-shirt with a shamrock on it, on . i going to the pub for green beer and wings tonight, cannot wait it will be a great evening with friends. Enjoy your day all. Now the best part would be to win a book. hummmm
ReplyDeleteWant that book. Top o' the Mornin ta ya!
ReplyDeleteMy roommate is crazy in love with St. Patrick's day, so my other roommate and I decorated last night when she was asleep. We hung green streamers and left her a bag of gold foiled reeces for lunch. We also colored the water in the toilets green (I figured we might as well go all-the-way). She absolutely loved it. :) We also have plans to make green jell-o for dinner. It's going to be great.
ReplyDeleteI used to wear green when I worked in the school system - but no celebrating here today,
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to visit Ireland - this may be the closest I get!!
Love to WIN!
I am not the least bit Irish (I remember I used to wear orange on St. Patty's Day when I was a teenager, as a form of Italian rebellion), but I've outgrown that, thank goodness. I celebrate by making Irish Soda bread which I did make for breakfast this morning. And of course, cute St. Patty's Day paper plates & napkins to eat it off of:)
ReplyDelete-debby
Chester, NY
crowefan0517@yahoo.com
Well, I don't really celebrate. I do love corned beef and cabbage, but we usually have that after the day, since it is on sale!
ReplyDeleteThe Irish Chain is one of my favorite quilt patterns. I've never made on. Having this book may be just what I need to give it ago!
ReplyDeletePretty quilts and the fields in Ireland, what could be a better setting? Thanks for putting together another great book.
ReplyDeleteNot much celebrating in my house, but I do enjoy a little corned beef. I don't like cooked cabbage, so we have sandwiches and cole slaw. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThe Irish Chain quilt is very pretty. Would like to make one some day. Am I celebrating St Paddy's day?? Not this year. Just returned home from being away, had some water problems to deal with, then found out we had computer problems on our desk top, all the laundry.... need I say more.
ReplyDeletehappy st. patrick's day! we always celebrate the day .... it's my birthday! that gorgeous green double irish chain quilt is fabulous - just have to make it!
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Paddy's Day!!
ReplyDeleteI used to celebrate the day in Chicago and if you've never experienced it then all I can say is DO IT. Now I spend the day on shop hops & blog hops and our city's little 2-block long Wee Parade. Oh, and of course I'm wearing green!
This book looks so fun and I'm glad that you showcased the Sheep's Feet pattern. I love Snowball blocks and I, too, had never seen one using alternating light & dark centers. Looks like fun!
We will celebrate St.Patrick's Day with our traditional supper of corned beef and vegetables. I would enjoy winning one of Pat's books. Thanks for hosting the blog tour stop!
ReplyDeletewe talk about it in my class of 5 year olds, and i wear something green-alto atm it clashes with my purple hair! many thanks
ReplyDeleteWe don't celebrate this day, but i would love to win the book :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in the blog hop!!!
ReplyDeleteTravel, quilts, Pat's new book, what more does a quiler want??? More of each, of course!
Sheep's feet!!! hahah. That's funny. I like that name better than "Snowball".
ReplyDeleteLove Tour Ireland. Sheep Feet is perfect for a baby quilt, found out today that our 9th grandchild is a GIRL, maybe one for her.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being apart of this.
I celebrate being VERY Irish and the green I wear every day... my sparkling green eyes!
ReplyDeleteI made some Irish soda bread and will enjoy it with my dinner of soup while wearing a pretty green top.
ReplyDeleteToo bad we don't have St. Patricks day in the Netherlands.
ReplyDeleteJittina
I love the idea of a quilting and travel book, so much beauty in both. Wearing my green today although not Irish....
ReplyDeleteI'm Irish and married to someone Irish. But we both were traumatized as kids by our mothers corned beef and cabbage dinners it's tacos for us tonight!
ReplyDeleteWow another person in the world who starts things as soon as they cross their path. . Looks wonderful . Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteOh and if you feel like sharing you can tell Pat her book looks wonderful too.
No celebrating here but I do have some Irish in me. My grandfather was welsh/irish and when he came to the USA he brough the shire workhorse over with him. He had quit a few here in the early day's of Oregon. Would love to win a copy of the book and prayfully someday be able to actually visit Ireland. I may not want to come back. LOL
ReplyDeleteUsually wear green & cook corned beef and cabbage...now all I need is the Guiness! Obsure factoid: Did you know that 13 MILLION Guinesses are drunk on St. Patrick's Day?
ReplyDeleteWith no kids at home there is no one to give me a pinch if I forget the green:)
ReplyDeleteI celebrate by enjoying Celtic music all day, but then again that is what I enjoy everyday.
This looks like a fabulous book. It might help me to develop some St. Paddy's day traditions. All I do is wear green. I didn't remember this morning but thankfully there is green in my jacket. Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI always wear green and even have been know to drink some green beer. I also celebrate my Irish heritage and spend time with family. Very proud to be of Irish descent.
ReplyDeleteI dressed my daughter in green & put green bows in her hair! she thinks it fun!
ReplyDeleteJust another day here. Love the one with the zigzag border.
ReplyDeleteWish I knew how to add a picture, because I made a triple irish chain quilt which is very similar to the one in the book, and I'd love for you to see it. I've not been to Ireland, but would love to have a copy of the book!
ReplyDeleteI would love a copy of the book. I wear green and play Irish music all month and especially today.
ReplyDeleteI'm Irish but I don't celebrate. I use to go out for corned beef and cabbage but since I don't eat beef I don't even do that :( how boring....maybe I'll stop somwhere for a turkey ruben, that's Irishish :)
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick's Day to ya!
All celebrations are about food for me (that's healthy, right?).
ReplyDeleteI thought St. Pat's was tomorrow, so I am glad I checked your blog! Time to go put on some green and make green eggs for dinner.
ReplyDeleteI am ready to quilt green! I need to win this book to make a quilt for my husband the leprechaun named Patrick.
ReplyDeleteI'm wearing green and hoping to win a book.
ReplyDeleteAmanda Jean...love your quick start! Looks like a fabulous book...adding it to my wish list!
ReplyDeleteI celebrate because it is my birthday.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, I'm going to have to start on that snowball quilt right away!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't really celebrate St. Patrick's day, but I do wear green because I am opposed to being pinched!
Tracy
About the only thing we do now is wear green. When I was little my family always had corned beef and cabbage but my family doesn't like it. I miss it! lol
ReplyDeleteWe don't celebrate St Patrick's Day, but I love the book! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
I'm Irish and semi retired. I try to wear green and give thanks that my Mom was Irish. I would love to go there someday.
ReplyDeleteYep....always go 'green'....eco friendly day!!! but really.....dress green, eat green (well Irish!.....corned beef and potatoes!!!!)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to 'read green' as well.
Thanks for the chance....I do love that Snowballs quilt...and the Irish Chain......looks lovely in GREEN!
sugary hugs
Wendy :O)
We do the whole boiled dinner at our house. My Mother-in-law is from Ireland so we go all out. I made Irish soda bread one year but it was so hard we could have put it in the garden! i read your blog often and your a very talented gal!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Colleen (my mom's name) and my middle name of Kathleen, you HAVE to celebrate St. Patty's Day. I think it is required. Wishing you all the luck of the Irish!!!
ReplyDeleteCelebration is pretty much limited to wearing green and delivering baskets of homemade St. Patty cookies to friends.
ReplyDeleteI wear green and wish people a Happy St. Patrick's Day, but that's about it.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the quilts you showed from the book. Thanks for a chance at winning a copy.
I always wear green and a "Kiss me, I'm Irish" button at work and go out to eat corned beef and cabbage while drinking green beer and listening to Irish folk music.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win one of the books.
I am listening to Irish music and planing my next Irish chain quilt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration, Pat.
Just wearing a little green and husband is cooking the corned beef and cabbage for dinner. The book looks great. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteMy celebration of St Paddy's day is limited to wearing green if I remember and making something with cabbage for dinner.
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate my mom-in-law's birthday every year. She is 90 today so I think that deserves at least two Guinness beers, don't you?
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patty's Day! (And MIL's birthday, too! And Pat's new book...)
I have had people over for green (mint chocolate chip)ice cream some years, but mostly nothing. Now I have a friend that has a birthday so I try to do something for her.
ReplyDeleteWell this year we celebrated in washingtoN DC! It was soOooo fun!
ReplyDeletePaddy's Day was the birthday of a dear friend. Now that she's gone, I mostly spend the day gathering sweet memories of her and sharing them with her mom.
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Love Pat's Ireland book! Would love to win it and remember good times in Ireland!
ReplyDeleteWe spend the day with friends, going to the parade and eating at the Coney, listening to the bagpipes.
ReplyDeleteThis year I celebrated by going to turn in a bunch of Quilts for a Quilt show and wore my Green. I'll enter a Shamrock quilt in an online contest later today.
ReplyDeleteCan't say I really celebrate but it's fun to enjoy with the kids. Thanks for sharing tidbits from the book.
ReplyDeleteI don't celebrate it and am very happy that I don't have to eat corn beef and cabbage ...I sat at the table begging my mother to let me skip supper!
ReplyDeleteI do love Ireland though ...it's such a beautiful place!
Ohhh, I hope the Luck of the Irish is with me !!
ReplyDeleteOh, I think this book should actually go to an Irish quilter and blogger...me!!!! ;-) We had a lovely day here, brought my 2 kids to the parade and then to visit their grandparents, they wore the badges they made in playschool. This was the first year they really understood the celebrations :-) Please pop over to my little blog and say hi www.fairyfacedesigns.blogspot.com I'd love to win this book, it looks gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI celebrate by wearing green and cooking corned bee and cabbage. I'd love to win this beautiful book and of course make one of Pat's lovely quilts. bimbi9 at verizon dot net
ReplyDeleteSo you must be wondering what corned bee is well that's a Mexican version of Corned beef with salsa:-) just kidding -just a typo. bimbi9 at verizon dot net
ReplyDeleteI celebrate my Irish heritage by reflecting upon the hardships my great-grandparents went thru to immigrate in the 1850s.
ReplyDeleteSoooo, I'd love to win a copy of Pat's book, especially after watching her two videos. I wanna go to Ireland.
Irish Hugs,
Gerry
St. Patrick's day was lots of fun at school today. Some naughty leprechauns messed up the classrooms, but they also left us chocolate so we couldn't be too upset about the mess. The primary age students had a lot of fun designing Leprechaun traps, but nobody caught one. Maybe next year!
ReplyDeleteI don't do alot of celebrating on St. Pat's day. But I do wear green. hehe
ReplyDeleteKeeping my fingers crossed that I win this book. This book looks like a great one!!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks amazing...pick me!!!
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ReplyDeleteI love the "Sheep's Feet" quilt! So, I guess I'd like to win Pat Sloan's new book!
Thanks for the opportunity to win this.
P.S. I don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day...used to when the kids were young and we made green iced cookies which they loved. Oh, and I wore green.
Karen
We have corned beef and cabbage for dinner. I slow cook it all day, which gives me less prep time and more sew time! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHappy St Patty's Day! thanks for the chance to win the book.
ReplyDeleteI don't do much for St. Patrick's Day. Maybe because I'm German, it just doesn't interest me. However, I do work in an elementary school, and wearing green is a must around that place. So today, I wore a jade ring. In the past, I usually leave it to my green eyes to save me from a pinch or two. Though I'm not crazy about corned beef, it is on the menu at my house, along with red potatoes and cole slaw. I don't like cooked cabbage.
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Well, personally, I don't really celebrate this day. However, my grandchildren wake up to a treasure hunt leading to a pot of gold, green water in the toilets, and green breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI want to go too and I want to win.
ReplyDeleteI put on my green, go to work and pass out green stickers so my students don't get pinched. Do some St. Patrick's Day word puzzles. Not usually much more than that, but I have always wanted to visit Ireland also.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway, but I don't really celebrate the day, although I wear green if I remember!
ReplyDeleteI hope it's my lucky day to win Pat's book! Just think two great things...Pat's designs and Ireland.!!
ReplyDeleteWill be celebrating with friends tomorrow.....big dinner and loads of laughter. We have teeny bits of Irish blood so one must party! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the book give away.
I'd love to look at this book. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI loved being in Ireland, got to met some wonderful ladies there.
ReplyDeleteSherri Kennedy
Hi Amanda, so happy to discover your blog, thanks to Pat's fun idea. Today I wore my shamrock-covered knee socks and a dollar-store green charm bracelet to celebrate, and we enjoyed a yummy corned beef dinner at The Flour Garden, our local cafe. Thanks for askin'!
ReplyDeleteWe don't really celebrate it, but we do have corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's Day.
ReplyDeleteIt's about the food. corned beef and cabbage. lots of mustard. some irish beer. and wearin' of the green.
ReplyDeleteI love that you had to start making your own quilt right away. No matter how many projects i have started, if I get a new pattern I want to start it NOW :)
ReplyDeletesheeps feet, that's awesome. I love the snowball block for so many reasons.
ReplyDeleteJust finished the corned beef and cabbage and sat back down at the PC. Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone, and happy anniversary (33 years) to me and himself! What a wonderful book! Thanks to Pat Sloan for sharing her trip with all of us!
ReplyDeleteJacque in SC
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I'm laughing that my dear friend was the first to comment! Our family all wore green today, but we have to wait until tomorrow night for our corned beef & cabbage dinner. I'm actually first generation American with all my extended family still living in Ireland - and not a one of them (there are many!) ever eat corned beef & cabbage! I have many other meals that are much more "irish" that we enjoy regularly!
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