Christmas Stocking Surprise Day 7

Sorry for flaking out with the "walking pneumonia", man it really kicked me in the butt and didn't even ask my name. At the moment I feel somewhat better but it can be so short-lived, so I do what I can when the fever is down.
Christmas Stocking Surprise is still ongoing and I must say that I wish I was able to enter to win this stocking!!!!  Speaking of "stocking", it is coming along beautifully.  I can't wait to post the picture of it. Today I am saying a mantra to the "Sewing Goddess" to allow me to get a little bit more done.

Today's Featured Sponsor

FISKARS

For as long as I have been sewing, whether by hand or machine, I always have had a pair of Fiskars around to help me. Being a bit of a scissor snob, I have tried a lot of different brands and while I cannot say there weren't others that I preferred as much as my Fiskars, I always fell back on the "orange" geniuses. Short of my dragging them from one area to another and "losing" leaving them, they are always there for me for whatever job is on the table.  I have a pair of Fiskars that were a shower gift in 1967,  that makes them 44 years old, and they are nearly as good today as they were back in the day! My Fiskars have survived being dropped, being used to trim grass around flowers and bushes, dog trimmers, hair cutters, guitar string wire nippers, fabric cutters,  etc., yet they are still in pretty good shape.  They have been relegated to paper cutting only simply because guitar wire cutting has left a small burr in them.  I finally broke down and got a new pair to cut fabric and have a tendency to hide them when out of my studio because everyone wants to use the "orange handled scissors".
Did you know that Fiskars has been around for 360 years?  Yep, they are located in Finland and have persevered through the good and the bad and are still here serving us with a quality product. I found it interesting that my scissors from 1967 were from the year that the orange handled scissors debuted on the market. Do you know why they have orange handles?  Here is the why taken right from the Fiskars web site.

Origins of Orange

Fiskars Orange^® is an important part of our identity. Orange handled scissors are a registered trademark of Fiskars Corporation. The orange color came about partly by chance when our iconic scissors were designed in 1967. The prototype handle was created using orange resin left over in a molding machine used to produce an orange juicer. The final decision on color was decided by a vote. Orange defeated black by nine votes to seven. As of now, we have sold over 1 billion!

Can you imagine what 1 billion pairs of scissors would look like if they were all in one place? I can't but it might be fun to see. Fiskars does not make only one size and style of scissors. Take a look at some of these beauties. 

Sewing and Quilting:   http://www2.fiskars.com/Products/Sewing-and-Quilting

Crafting:  http://www2.fiskars.com/Products/Crafting

and there are more types of scissors for the Classroom and Garden.  The product line is fantabulous. Fiskars sent me a rotary cutter a while back to try out and if you will stayed tuned I will be doing a review after the CSS is done. 

The mandatory entry for today is for you to visit the Fiskars web site and comment back here what you would like Fiskars to put in your Christmas Stocking and why.
Check out all of Fiskars links, they say and have amazing things at each one of them.  

Fiskars Facebook    

Fiskars Twitter

Fiskars Website

To Be ELIGIBLE To Win  You Have To Have Completed The Mandatory Entry Each Day.  This is a very very nice giveaway and it just wouldn't be fair to give it to someone who entered one day and never came back.  So that is the only RULE you have to follow to win. All other entries are optional.

Don't Forget All The Optional ENTRIES

Extra Entries :  Comment on each that you do
  These are optional entries. You do not have to do any of them but your welcome to do all of them.

2.  Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect (GFC)  The Learning Curve~Quilts and Such  (can only do this once)
3.  Follow me on Twitter  @jeannegwin  (can only do this once)
4.  Follow me on Facebook The Learning Curve~ Quilts and Such (can only do this once)
5.  Follow the sponsor/sponsor's  of the day on their blog/etsy/shop/etc..  Watch for link each morning.  (Can do this for each sponsor)
6.   Follow the sponsor/sponsor's of the day on Facebook and leave a comment on their page and here.  Watch for link each morning, if there is no link, they are not on facebook.  (Can do this for each sponsor)
7.  Follow the sponsor/sponsor's of the day on Twitter and leave a comment on their twitter and here.   Watch for link each morning, if there is no link they are not on twitter.  (Can do this for each sponsor)
8.   Tell me what you want the most for Christmas this year. (can only do once)
9.   Show a picture of your newest made item. If you can't get the picture to post, send it to my email and I will post it for you. Uh-oh, nothing new?  The last thing you made is your newest, right?  (Can do this once)
10.    Leave me a comment each day to let me know you are paying attention. Who knows I may slip in a gift that you only have a few hours to enter to instant win   :)  (Do this everyday if you want)

EXTRA ENTRY:

For every friend you send and they follow my blog and tell me in a separate comment that you sent them, I will give you each an extra entry.

You have lots of opportunities to win.   Visit my blog every day, there may or may not be surprises.

Be sure you read what I write about each sponsor, without them there would be no gifts to put in the stocking.  Maybe just drop by their Facebook and say I sent you and thank them for their generosity.  

My sponsors have gone above and beyond with what they have done.

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