We Got Winners!

Wow, you guys are quick! And seeing my rum punch recipe so many times makes me feel like an alcoholic. I'll have to whip up a batch this weekend and invite the neighbors over. If you're in the area, stop when you see the palm tree lit up on the deck. You can see it from Francis Wyman Road. All the neighbors know that when the tree is lit (remember that line in Auntie Mame, "There now.... is everybody lit?") that cocktail hour is going on the deck.

So the lucky winners are....

Dawn in Alaska
Becky in Alabama
Michael in Perth, Australia
Jill in Michigan
Carey in Illinois
Carrie in Georgia

And guess what? I came across one that I had left upstairs, so there was a bonus 7th, which goes to Stacy in Kansas.

I was very democratic in the magazine selection. I closed my eyes, stuffed each one in an envelope and closed it up before addressing them. So I have no idea who got which. Thanks to everyone for participating! If I find any more, you can be sure I'll put them up.

Oh, and just so everyone can make their own if they so choose over the weekend, the recipe, lifted from "Invasion of the Party Snatchers is

1 part sour
2 parts sweet
3 parts strong
4 parts weak

translation for a crowd of partiers:
1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon and/or lime juice (I like to use both)
2 cups simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water boiled together for 5 minutes, then cooled)
3 cups rum (or 2 1/2 cups rum and 1/2 cup coconut rum)
4 cups ice (you can also put 2 cups orange and pineapple juices in and 2 cups of ice)

Stir all ingredients together, add bitters to taste, and garnish with a scrape of nutmeg. Enjoy!

Happy sewing!

Another Giveaway, Kittens!

I was going through my magazine cabinet (every Threads issue since 1989, how scary is that?), and I came across a bunch of Modellina and Patrones. Some of these were gifts from friends, and I feel a little guilty about giving them away. But I feel worse that they are moldering in my cabinet, unused and unloved, so...

Here's another contest! To win one of these fabulous magazines, you gotta answer this question -

How does the poem/recipe for Ann's World-Famous Jamaican Rum Punch go?

Email your answer to ann "at" gorgeousfabrics "dot" com, with your mailing address. The first six folks who get the correct answer will find one randomly selected yet utterly fabulous magazine winging its way to your door! The answer is somewhere in the past posts. And the story that goes along with it still makes those of us who were there chuckle.

Happy hunting!

And the Winner Is....

Leora!!!

Thank you all for your guesses on when the 1000th order would come in. It actually arrived with a time stamp of August 26 at 9:30PM EDT. Leora was the closest, with Kris literally just a few minutes behind and JoyJean a close third.

So congratulations to Leora! And thank you all so much again. Let's do it again at 2000!

Mmmmwwwwaaahh!