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  • 50th Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas
    A 50th anniversary gift commemorates a milestone most married couples wish to reach. What can you possibly give a couple after 50 years of marriage? The most meaningful wedding anniversary gift is one that comes from the heart: to express your love and appreciation towards all that they mean to you, how their staying married through the thick and thin of life has influenced you, to tell about the warm and loving memories you shared with them throughout the years.

    The 50th anniversary is commemorated by gold and the flower is violet. A gift certainly doesn't have to be gold, wrap a gift in gold paper or paper decorated with violets.

    50th anniversary gift ideas for the couple
    • Keepsake personalized anniversary gifts, such as a photo quilt or pillow
    • Monthly or quarterly lo-carb, dietetic or fruit gift baskets
    • Restore their wedding photo and place in a gold frame
    • Have a painting or caricature made out of their wedding photo
    • As they probably don't cook for themselves as much, gift certificates to restaurants would be appreciated
    • A gift of theater or concert subscription tickets. Make them a patron with VIP privileges
    • The children can create a 50th anniversary keepsake journal gift. Ask family and friends to write a paragraph or two to share a memory with their parents. Or ask for a photo with the couple that the children don't have and write a caption about it
    • Instead of a guest book, buy a music box and fill it with messages of love written on gold or handmade paper from family and friends
    • Are they up for a cruise? Take them on a weekend or week long cruise. They probably will enjoy sharing this vacation with others
    • What could help them personally? Can you lease a car for them? Pay for a kitchen or other home renovation?
    • Do they golf? Pay for private lessons or a VIP membership at their favorite club. Buy 2 clubs, have them engraved and then gold plated
    • What hobbies do they enjoy? Give them gift certificates for a spending spree at their favorite craft or hobby store
    • Buy tickets to a favorite event and pay for their lodging and food expenses
    • Do they volunteer or have a favorite charity? Contribute to their favorite organization. Find out if a plaque or some other special mention can be given in their name

    The best 50th anniversary gift for the couple is one that helps them to enjoy life more. Many couples don't even want to receive gifts. Give a gift of your time and help. Make up "Gift of Time" or "Labor of Love" coupons to take them out to their favorite restaurant, make them a home-cooked meal, chauffeur them on a shopping trip, run errands for them, take them to a show or movie, have a local landscaping company take care of their property, have their home repainted. Find out what will make a difference in the quality of their life.

    Your love and attention will be the most appreciated 50th anniversary gift you can give your parents or a couple. Make the time for those you love!

    Copyright 2005 Renee Michaels

    About the Author

    Renee Michaels uses her design, writing and life skills to develop web businesses. Do you need romantic anniversary gift and celebration ideas for your husband, wife, parents or friends? Visit LoveGifts.

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    Author: Renee Michaels


  • 1. Antiques RSS viewer, RSRSS service
    ... 325 English Trunk Show Co Mainers Compass Quilt -w Sunburst Centers - $3800 Rockymountan Quilts Victorian Trunk Prints - $5 each The Trunk Shop Pair of Windsor Chairs Click here to view Hanes ...
    http://www.sancho.com/antiques/antiquesviewer2.cgi


    2. Workshops and Lectures
    ... B uy the book Supply List back to top Civil War Quilts Length: 6hr class Skill level: All levels ... ... will learn about women¬s contributions during the war, quilt patterns from this era, fabrics ...
    http://www.kayeengland.com/workshops.aspx


    3. April 2006
    ... The Schloss was damaged during World War II and finally ... Center; Linda Arye, Founder, Quilts for Kids Inc.; Moderated by ... asset, along with associated Civil War-era buildings, would be ...
    http://www.aiany.org/calendar/index.php


    4. Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum
    ... of a Fayette County family and the quilts made there. The book focuses on Ms. Bottoms and her struggles during the war. Retail price: $18.95 WWI Army Bugle Civil War infantry bugle used for revelry ...
    http://www.hdfhouse.com/giftshop.htm


    5. Arts & Culture - Asia Society
    ... invasion, the resulting civil war and the post-Cold ... of an intensive guerilla war. June 11 - August 18 ... abruptly wiped out during the Communist purges ... Indian province, the quilts in this exhibition ...
    http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/exhibitions.html


    6. Cotton Patch Quilters - philanthropy
    ... These quilts are to be made to replicate quilts made by the US Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. These quilts were made by northern women and donated to the hospitalized Union troops. Of the ...
    http://www.bakersfieldqui ...ld.org/isolettes.html


    7. Terry Clothier Thompson - Civil War Quilts
    ... the Civil War, and I had a "Gone with the Wind", romantic approach to the subject. But then Barbara Brackman asked me to design some quilts based on her research of quilts made before and during the ...
    http://www.terrythompson.com/civil1.html


    8. Oklahoma Destination Guide: Oklahoma Hotels and Local Attractions
    ... Admission Free This historic homestead, claimed during the Great Land Run of 1889, is listed in the ... ... a Civil War cannon and wagon used in two land runs, Native American murals, historic quilts and ...
    http://www.destinationoklahoma.net/


    9. Arts - Voice of San Diego
    ... heroes of the Trojan War, but they didn't do ... film "Grizzly Man" are during interviews with ... with preserving quilts as an adolescent in ... Augusto Pinochet. The civil unrest leading up to ...
    http://www.voiceofsandieg ...=euLTJbMUKvH&b=618993


    10. State Quilt Documentation Books
    ... Sections of the book include quilts made during the Civil War and for postwar veteran's organizations as well as military and presidential quilts that relate to the history of the Western Reserve ...
    http://www.quiltweb.com/state.htm


    11. SB: Relaxing on the Bayou
    ... paraphrenalia and sewed quilts or created clothing. Ive ... that Gunther bought for his Civil War museum in Chicago. Is it ... in favor of Beginner Italian during my senior year of high school ...
    http://www.clioweb.org/sheila/


    12. Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags, Early American Flags and Antique American Flags
    ... in the country. Condition Unlike samplers and quilts, most flags of the 18th and 19th centuries ... ... to be that metal grommets did not exist during the Civil War and were therefore not used on Civil ...
    http://www.jeffbridgman.com/html/antiqueflags.htm


    13. Peace Bibliography R-Z
    ... Pub., Cincinnati, OH, 1987. Roberts, Adam, ed., Civil Resistence as a National Defense, Pelican ... ... Mitchell Lee, Civilian Public Service During World War II: The Dilemmas of Conscience and ...
    http://www.centeronconscience.org/biblio_R-Z.htm


    14. Wool Works: knitting for charity
    ... a need for baby quilts, afghans, receiving blankets, sleepers, booties, t-shirts, and bibs for our newborn layettes. Crisis Pregnancy Center serves low income families, both during a pregnancy (we ...
    http://www.woolworks.org/charity.html


    15. Christian County, Kentucky
    ... The Beauty of Quilts During the cold winter ... 7-10 p.m. at the War Memorial Building. The ... s 2005 Challenge Quilts Wheels of Change 270 ... east of Hopkinsville. A Civil War Reenactment and ...
    http://www.christiancounty.com/calendar.asp


    16. Adys Fabric & Notions
    ... quilts that we will be making are replicas of the Civil War U.S. Sanitary Commission quilts. During the Civil War Northern women made and donated to the Union troops approximately 250,000 quilts ...
    http://www.adysfabrics.com/newsletter.htm


    17. Quilt Shops
    ... www.ameliasquiltshop.com Civil War, Thimbleberries, Batiks ... supplies, quilt kits, finished quilts and custom machine quilting ... have extended shopping hours during the fall and winter months ...
    http://www.americanquilter.com/members/shops/


    18. RaleighNow! This Week
    ... era to just after World War II, will be featured in ... of African American Quilts ...MORE DETAILS> ... s Journey Toward Civil Rights" This exhibit ... stories experienced during the Civil Rights ...
    http://raleighnow.com/cgi/events.cgi


    19. what was womens clothing in the civil war made of
    ... quilts based on her research of quilts made before and during the war. ... smashed, quilts and clothing (theirs and their childrens ... by a civil war quilt made by Susan ... Civil War Caps ... Kids ...
    http://www.into-clothing. ...ivil-war-made-of.html


    20. Lectures offered by Cindy Brick. Cindy Brick is a quilter, teacher, author, ...
    ... overcame. Free handout. QUILTS OF THE CIVIL WAR The Civil War may have technically only ... ... of the styles, patterns and colors most favored during the era of the Civil War, including ...
    http://www.cindybrick.com/lectures.htm


    21. SC Book Festival | Authors
    ... winning investigative reporter during the early 1970s, Basbanes was ... McNair and the Politics of Civil Rights in South Carolina. He ... include South Carolinians in the War for American Independence ...
    http://www.schumanities.o ...festival/authors.html


    22. Rooms & Rates at Gettysburg's Battlefield Bed and Breakfast
    ... Beds have hand-made quilts. Civil War art and theme ... Civil War History Program Civil War Links Travel Links Children ... is not available at this rate during the summer season or on ...
    http://www.gettysburgbattlefield.com/page3.htm


    23. Gettysburg National Cemetery
    ... another exception to our rule. GETTYSBURG QUILTS offers faithful reproductions of Civil War era patchwork quilts. During the war, quilts like these were pieced and sewn by family members and ladies ...
    http://www.gettysburgguid .../quilt/hm_quilts.html


    24. Cape wine route tour
    ... nswere thus: himself during (periods Ferdinando in London ... footage pager text messaging civil war soldiers of west virginia ... quotes comforters and quilts preserving jack o lantern ...
    http://cape-wine-route-tour.la.olawa.pl/


    25. ARTSEDGE: Lessons
    ... Students compare and contrast Civil War songs of the North and the ... everyday life and culture during the Gilded Age, then create a ... of African American slaves in quilts and songs, their feelings and ...
    http://www.artsedge.kenne ...ter.org/teach/les.cfm


    26. Bartlesville.com/Visitors
    ... tribes, Jacob Bartles, a Civil War veteran looking for ... building s 50th anniversary during 2006. The international ... on Collecting African-American Quilts at Price Tower Arts Center ...
    http://www.visitbartlesvi ... pages/pressnews.html


    27. Visit Kimmswick Missouri,festivals,civil war,hippotherapy,blue owl,apple but...
    ... the German Heritage of Kimmswick Missouri during Germanfest 2005! Mill Street Marketplace 102 ... ... lodge decor, picture frames, hand stitched quilts and more added daily. Cats Paw Art Gallery and ...
    http://www.visitkimmswick ...store/blogIndexWs.asp


    28. Indigo Insights
    ... but he discarded the idea during the first week and it was not ... so that they could wage war against the forces of Satan and ... tantrums at the funerals of civil rights icons arenΓ­t going to ...
    http://www.indigosinsights.blogspot.com/


    29. Carolyn's Quilting Room - Product
    ... Re-create sweet antique doll quilts made during the Civil War, the Victorian era, and more. (id=135) 21.5cm x 28cm 52.00 Antique Quilts & Textiles by Bobby A.AAug and Gerald E. Roy Hundreds of color ...
    http://www.carolynsquilti ...roduct.php?page=Books


    30. Virginia State Parks
    ... a three-hour tour of the lake during peak fall foliage to learn ... railroad history, Civil War living history and live ... as far away as Florida. See quilts, birdhouses, furniture ...
    http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/parks/prkevntz.htm


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    Pitchers for Tildy's Cabin Quilt

    This little quilt was fun to make, and is a take-off of a bed quilt my sister, Donna, made for me many years ago, a pitchers and bowl design inspired by my collection of vintage spongeware. And there's a story behind that quilt. She had assembled a double or queen version (time has erased that bit of my memory) and then learned I bought a king sized bed. So she reworked the quilt to make it larger. I think most people would have left it as-is, but Donna wanted it to be just right. She even made matching throw pillows. I reduced the scale of the pitchers for this wallhanging and combined them with foundation pieced Courthouse Steps quilt blocks, a variation of the traditional Log Cabin design.

    © Janet Wickell

    Pitchers for Tildy's Cabin Quilt originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 06:15:42.

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    Wonky Log Cabin Quilt Block Pattern

    You'll have fun with the wonky log cabin quilt block pattern. Make the blocks from structured fabrics if you like, or grab strings from your stash and go entirely scrappy. This quilt block is one of the easiest you'll ever make -- its patches do not have to be cut to exact sizes and its seams can vary -- angle the strips this way and that to increase the design's wonky appearance. Blocks in the photo were stitched to resemble a wonky version of one traditional log cabin layout -- the pattern includes tips to help you change the look.

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    Photo © Janet Wickell

    Wonky Log Cabin Quilt Block Pattern originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 07:45:55.

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    Oriental Attic Windows Quilt Block Pattern

    I really like Asian themed fabrics, but sometimes I have a hard time visualizing blocks that fit the look. But I love this Oriental Attic Windows design. Each quilt block is made from three pieces of fabric -- and sewn together with only two seams. Yes, the block has a mitered corner, but the easy sewing method will erase any fears beginners might have about tackling miters. I promise, it's simple, and a really important skill to learn. Give it a try!

    Oriental Attic Windows Quilt Block Pattern originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 06:00:47.

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    Domino Quilt Block & Quilt Pattern

    The Domino quilt block finishes at 9" square, with small units that are a nice size for baby and toddler quilts, but perfectly fine for a bed-sized quilts, too. The Domino quilt block pattern includes instructions for making a single quilt block, for those of you who like to go scrappy, plus directions for 20-strip pieced Domino blocks. The 20 blocks can be used in the Domino baby quilt shown on page 4 of the pattern, or in another quilt of your own design.

    Before beginning, new quilters should make sure they're okay with sewing a quarter inch seam and with rotary cutting long strips of fabric.

    Domino Quilt Block & Quilt Pattern originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at 06:00:00.

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    Lost Ship Quilt Block Pattern

    Lost Ship is the ninth quilt block pattern for the Scrap Happy Sampler Quilt, but you can use it for any project. Two versions of the block are shown, one more scrappy than the other, but each variation helps you practice making half-square triangle units -- a good thing since those units are probably the most commonly used patchwork configuration. You might notice that the design is similar to the Rocky Glen quilt block -- the overall layout is basically the same, but Rocky Glen contains more half-square triangle units.

    Like other blocks in the sampler series, the Lost Ship quilt block finishes at 12-inches square.

    Lost Ship Quilt Block Pattern originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 07:50:44.

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    Pictures of 2012 New Year's Day Mystery Quilts

    The 2012 New Year's Day Mystery Quilt gallery is up and running now, and illustrates the wide variety of layouts that quilters developed when designing their projects.

    The quilts in the gallery are a wonderful representation of the work that went into these projects, but there are many, many more quilts and quilt tops out there, and I'd love to feature them all in the gallery. Please email your photos to me at quilting.guide@about.com.


    Quilt by Neralie

    Pictures of 2012 New Year's Day Mystery Quilts originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 06:00:59.

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    Quilt Photo Gallery Updates

    I updated quite a few of our quilt galleries this weekend, and am now pretty much caught up (temporarily, as usual) with the photos you have submitted. Once again I do have forms without photos and photos without forms -- all of those go into a 'check these' folder until I can find time to write (mostly about missing photos). When you submit the form, please remember that it is a 2-step process -- photos must come to me by separate email.

    Galleries Updated
    Quilting for a Cure (cancer and other diseases)
    Baby Quilts Gallery
    T-Shirt Quilts
    Christmas Quilts
    Miniature Quilts
    Rag Quilts
    Art & Landscape Quilts
    2011 New Year's Day Mystery Quilts

    Photo is Shattered, a quilt by Sewtherequilts in memory of her sister.

    Quilt Photo Gallery Updates originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 18:01:08.

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    Flock of Geese Quilt Block Pattern

    Flock of Geese is a traditional quilt block, but its name is a bit misleading. Take a look at the block and you'll see it does not include those popular flying geese units that we often use. Instead, the 'flocks' are made up of half-square triangle units, kind of like geese flying in formation. You can adjust the color value of your patches to make the block appear very different from mine, and you can choose a structured look or go very scrappy with the layout. The Flock of Geese block is fun to play with -- try varying the look from block-to-block in a larger quilt, because I think you'll like that, too.

    Flock of Geese Quilt Block Pattern originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 12:16:15.

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    Patchwork Hearts Quilt Block & Quilt Patterns

    Quilting Forum members designed this 6" patchwork heart quilt block for a 2008 swap, and are using it again this month. The design is a natural for a Valentine's Day wallhanging and makes a lovely baby quilt. The heart block is assembled with quick piecing techniques, so it's super easy to make. For the swap, a different focal fabric was used in each half of the block (two pinks or two reds), but choose another combination if you prefer. You'll find instructions and yardage for a small heart wallhanging on the last page of the pattern.

    Photo © Sophie

    Patchwork Hearts Quilt Block & Quilt Patterns originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at 06:00:22.

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    Heart in a Snowball Quilt Block Pattern

    This vibrant Snowball quilt block is assembled with a white on white interior and purple tips. A red heart is appliqued to the center of the 6" (finished size) block. If you're already into applique, the gentle heart will be a breeze, and beginners will find that it's a perfect first applique project (read my Needleturn Applique Basics for technique how-tos). The block is from a 2009 Quilting Forum event, where it was sewn by numerous members.

    Heart Blocks by Sandy

    Heart in a Snowball Quilt Block Pattern originally appeared on About.com Quilting on Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 06:00:45.

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