The answer for the Week 1 Holiday Trivia Contest is…
The September/October 2002 issue was the first issue that the title Love of Quilting was officially used. Prior to that it was For The Love of Quilting. Many of you got the answer correct.
The week 1 winner of the 6″ x 25″ Omnigrid ruler is Faye.
Week 2 Holiday Trivia question…
What is the only living animal to be featured on the cover of a Fons & Porter quilting magazine?
If you know the answer, enter it in the comment section below. If you answer correctly, you will be entered into a random drawing for a Fons & Porter Heart Wrist Pin Cushion and Fons & Porter Crystal Glass Head Pins.
Your comment may not appear at first, but rest assured we have received it. Thanks for participating and Good Luck!




I think I remember a cat.
Camel
camel
A dog
I would say a dog.
answer
Jan-Feb 2005
cat
July/August 1996
July/Aug 1996. A camel
A cat
I believe it was a camel on the July/Aug 1996 issue.
Camel..on the July/August 1996 issue.
July/August 1996: A Camel! (On a side note, I enjoyed looking at all the back issue covers!)
camel
I’m in for a camel.
A camel that you were riding on July/August 1996
A camel
A camel
camel
A camel
Camel
A camel
A CAMEL!
A camel
A camel!
A camel…1996.
A camel. My 2 favorite quilters were riding a camel in the July/August 1996 issue.
camel
A camel…. sometime in mid 90′s.
camel
a camel
That would be a camel.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Must be CAMEL.
A camel!
Of course it was a Camel!!! and a pretty one at that…with big brown eyes and big soft lips…. oh…and a hump!!
A camel! That wasn’t the animal I expected to find tho’!
A camel!
A Camel!
A camel!!!
a camel
the camel on July/August 1996
Who could forget a camel?
a camel
It didn’t look very comfortable, but it was a camel!
A Camel.
a camel
Well it appears by all the previous answers and since I honestly don’t know, I will have to go with a big brown eyed camel and thank you for giving all of us this opportunity to win a sewing notion from our favorite Quilting teachers.
Must be a camel. I wasn’t a quilter back then……But, this is a nice chance to win. Thanks
a camel
The animal was a camel
A cat…
Well, I gues I was wrong…a camel? WOW!
camel
Has to be that beautiful camel.
Camel.. thanks for the fun
A camel! July/August 1996
camel
camel
A camel!
Camel
Camel!
a camel
I remember the camel.
A camel. I think I need to win because I have need something to entertain me while I am recovering from surgery that I am having 11/11/11.
A Camel
it’s a camel
A camel.
a camel
Has to be a camel!
A CAMEL
A camel
It was a Camel!!!
It was a camel.
A camel, July/August 1996
a camel !
A camel.
Camel
Camel
A camel!
I think it was a CAMEL. I really enjoy your mag. and show.
I think it was a camel.
A camel.
I think -a CAT
A Camel
camel….july/aug 96
camel of course!
A camel July/August 1996 issue.
Camel..and thanks for another chance to win something
camel
A Cat !
Must be a camel!
A Camel !
A Camel
A camel
Camel
A camel???? nooo it was a tabby pussycat
camel
I would have to say a CAMEL
CAT
July/Aug 1996 A camel with 2 lovely ladies sitting on it.
July/Aug 1996 A camel
July/Aug 1996 Camel
I think it was a camel.
a camel
A Camel
Must have been a camel! Thanks for the contests……
A camel!
It was a camel.
I remembered this one. A camel!
A Camel
A camel.
I feel like I am cheating at this point….so all the other ladies before me really deserve to win because they answered first! Thank you for the opportunity. And thank you for the awesome information in each issue. I am so excited each time I get my new issue. I am disabled and it is so wonderful to be able to share in making such beautiful quilts, and all other items!
Bless You, Debbie French
The first animal to appear on the cover was a camel.
A Camel!
I thought it was a dog but alot of good people think it was a camel and I trust their thoughts. Good luck to everyone.
A dog
I thought it might be a cow.
a camel
a camel on july 1996 cover
A camel!
A camel!!
A camel
Camel
a camel
It was a Camel!
A camel
camel
July/August 1996 – camel
camel
A Camel
A cat would be my guess.
A camel!!!!
Who says Quilters aren’t an adventurous bunch? It was a Camel!!!
A beautiful, fluffy camel.
A Camel.
A camel from July/August 1996.
It was a camel!!
A dog
Camel!!
A Camel
A Camel
a camel
I’m guessing a kitty. =oX)
camel
A Camel
A Camel on the July/August 1996 issue
It was a came on the July/August issue 1996. What a great picture of you on the camel!
Thanks for the contest
camel
A camel!
A Camel
A Camel
cat
I think it was a camel.
I would have to say a cat.
Camel
Human beings, members of the animal kingdom, appear very regularly! I would have to go with them as they appear most frequently:)
A Camel
camel
Camel
It was a Camel
a camel.
A camel
Hard to dispute the answer…Camel.
A Camel
A Camel !
cat
A Camel!
I think a cat
July/August 1996 – Camel (Such brave women – camels can have such a nasty attitude)
Took me a while to find it. But it is a camel.
camel
I’ll go along with everyone else-CAMEL!
It is just guess,but I would have to go with cat……
Camel!
camel
I’m going with the consensus – a camel!.
a camel
Camel
CAMEL!!
Camel!
It’s a camel.
Must be a camel!
Camel
I believe it as a camel.
How about a camel?
A cat
July/August 1996 issue was graced by a camel.
Camel is the answer. Thanks for a chance to win some prizes.
camel
it was a camel
camel
Not sure what a camel has to do with quilting…a cat makes more sense, or dogs, my dogs love to help me quilt….but we all know that it was a camel!!!! Love your publications…..would love to win!
camel!
Sorry, I wasn’t quilting back then, but it seems lots of your fans know the answer, it starts with a “c” and someone even says two people are riding it. GL to ya’ll. Enjoy the site.
a camel?
Is it a cat?
A camel!!
I do believe it is a Camel
A Camel…
I’ll guess a camel also
I’m pretty positive it was a camel
It was a camel.
A camel was on the cover of the July/August 1996 Sew Many Quilts magazine.
•Wacky Log Cabin Zoo Quilt showed a Camel in the July/August 1996 issue.
I remember the camel!!!
The camel.
a camel
It was a Camel. Thanks for your contests. I love your shows.
A camel. Thanks.
It was a camel.
It was a camel.
Wow a Camel it is!
A camel.
Maryanne and Liz on the back of a camel.
camel. I too enjoyed looking back.
camel
a camel.
I agree with most of the others. A camel.
Looks like a camel.:-)
Camel
a camel july/aug 1996
camel
Camel for sure.
camel
A camel
I guess a camel… who would have thought
It was a camel on the July/August 1996 issue.
A camel
a camel
It was a dog on the cover of the 2009 Premier Issue of Make-Ability. What a fun issue!
I will have to go with the ship of the desert…..the humble camel.
Cat
A Camel.
A camel!
CAMEL
A camel.
Camel
Camel it is!
A Camel!
A camel
Purrfectly sure…..;) Was it a cat? I think it was Liz’s cat? Hope so.
a Camel. It was on one of the first F&P “For theLove of Quilting” magazines.
My guess is a camel. I saw your show for the first time tonight and really enjoyed it!
camel
camel
Camel…it was so much fun going back and looking at old issues…thanks for doing the contest…I actually found a few patterns that I now need to try.
A camel
A camel
Just got my laptop back….but found the 96 issue and it WAS a camel!
A brown camel
It was a camel on the July/ August 1996 issue.
Animal on cover= Camel
I believe it was a CAT!!!
a camel
DebbieFrench, I don’t know if you can really “cheat” at this contest or not. There are a lot of disabled quilters. I am mildly disabled both physically and visually and I am recovering from surgery. I agree that it is fun to be able to participate in these contests.
A camel !
A camel–hard to believe, but I’ve confirmed it. My dad was in Morocco during WWII and he had a very low opinion of camels after that. How about you?
camel…two people riding it
Camel
It’s a Camel!!
Camel. (But a cat &/or dog *should* get a cover shot soon
camel
Je crois qu’il s’agit d’un chameau !
Camel is my 2 cents worth!
A camel.
Definitely a camel with 2 lovely ladies riding on it. Brave souls!! It was fun looking back at the covers of past issues.
A camel.
I believe the animal was a camel.
A Camel of course!
Yes.. I remember a camel!
It was a camel and I have that issue!
A camel! What a hoot!
camel
A camel.
It was a camel…..!
It was a camel
Good luck to us all!!
It was a Camel August 1996
A camel?
Camel on the cover of July/August 1996 issue. You were sitting on it.
a camel
camel
A Camel
A camel on the July/ Aug 1996
A camel!
July/August 1996
A camel.
It think it was camel also
camel
camel
a camel!
Could it possibly be a camel? Sounds weird but…. I guess it’s true.
A camel
Camel
A camel
A camel.
A camel is the answer.
Thanks for the giveaway and a chance to win.
usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com
I guess by the looks of your question, the almighty Camel from your 1996 issue . Just wanted you to know that I now have a computer, so I can keep up on all your e-mails and issues to come. You have a very awesome show, and your book are very interesting. Looking forward for the one. Thank you so much. Wanda
A camel
A camel.
Camel
A Camel
July/Aug 1996 – Camel
A camel (who woulda thunk that lol ?!?!?!).
It was a camel in July/August 1996. You guys looked too cute “in the saddle.”
A CAMEL!
Camel
a camel