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FOF Chrissie Probert Jones is giving away a medium sized tablecloth or set of placemats (you choose!) to 5 lucky FOFs. Her company, Doodle by Stitch, features a line of products that you can draw on, wash and redesign all over again! Enter to win by answering this question in the comments below: Which would you most like to win?
Chrissie Probert Jones has held many job titles, including editorial positions at the prestigious Vogue and Marie Claire magazines. A graduate of the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where she studied costume history, Chrissie started a textile company of her own in 2006. “My whole life, I wanted to design,” says Chrissie. “One night I was sitting up in bed writing a list, and I thought it would be so cool if you could just use your bed like a gigantic notepad.” In 2008, Chrissie but her idea into motion. “I bought a single white duvet cover and marked it up like graph paper,” says Chrissie. “I drew it all by hand, then did it digitally on the computer.” Chrissie started interviewing manufacturers at trade fairs, as well as online manufacturers and manufacturers in China to find someone to create her product. She began researching the best materials to use. “We spent a long time finding the right pens that would wash out completely,” says Chrissie, “and we had to get the safety testing done. I was very aware of safety regulations. And as a mother you want everything to be safe.”
Chrissie’s line, Doodle by Stitch, officially launched in October of 2010 with her first product, the Doodle Duvet. It won the best new gift award at the Top Drawer trade fair in London that same year. From there, Chrissie began expanding the line to include tablecloths, placemats, pillow covers, wall stickers, and aprons. The Doodle by Stitch tablecloths have become a popular item for business meetings, too. “We just had an order from the Scottish government for some tablecloths,” says Chrissie, “As well as the Google [offices] in Dublin who are using them for brainstorming sessions.” Doodle by Stitch is sold online, as well as in retail stores throughout the UK and US, including Francesca’s and Paper Chase, and has been featured in major magazines such as Good Housekeeping.
“The whole concept is about being different and individual,” says Chrissie. “I hate to have the same old stuff. I always want my home to look different. You can also personalize your life. You can write your friends a nice note on their placemat, its really quite nice.”
Enter to win a medium sized tablecloth, or set of placemats from Doodle by Stitch by answering this question in the comments below: Which one would you most like to win?
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Five FOFs will win. (See all our past winners, here.) (See official rules, here.) Contest closes October 11th, 2012 at midnight E.S.T. Contest limited to continental U.S. residents only.
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christy smith says:
I would love the tablecloth. sounds beautiful thanks
Jill says:
tablecloth, how fun!!
leo39 says:
If I can win a table cloth – it will be soooo cool
Aggie Pearo says:
I would love the tablecloth. My family is so concious about where they sit at the Thabnksgiving table, it would be great to be able to write their names on the place where they should sit. Let them disopute that! LOL!
Ruth Bammel says:
I’d LOVE to have a table cloth that I could write, draw, and doodle on! What a fantastic idea for you to put out! I too write lists in bed or at our table and always find I want to leave notes as I walk out the door in the morning and never have a notepad and pen handy. I could keep the pens by the table which is right by the door and write away! thanks for the chance to win! Ruthie
Sarah Yurga says:
placemats, please!!
Stephanie Linza says:
Placemats 🙂
Vikki Billings says:
I would love to win the table cloth
susan smoaks says:
i like the tablecloth
Laura Emerson says:
I would most love to win the placemats.
amy deeter says:
the tablecloth
Patrice says:
I would like to win the placements.
Melanie Montgomery says:
The Placemats.
mandrada says:
The set of placemats, please, they are so personal and yet fancy. Great idea and brings a smile to people getting them…close and personal!
Dorothy Campbell says:
I would love to win the tablecloth!
Jenny says:
I would love the placemats
susan varney says:
i’d like the medium sized tablecloth
Melissa JN says:
I would love to win the tablecloth! This is such a cool product!
Auri Lae says:
I would choose the tablecloth! 🙂
Myrna Kasick says:
Placemats please
Jaclyn Reynolds says:
Would love to win place mats!!
kathy pease says:
id love the medium sized tablecloth
Marilyn says:
set of placemats
jdmimi at gmail dot com
Heidi says:
I would love to win a tablecloth!
textbookmommy (at) gmail (dot) com
juliette m. says:
i would like to win a tablecloth
Richard Hicks says:
would like the tablecloth!
brich22 at earthlink dot net
tarheel4ever says:
I would love to win the set of placemats! I like the idea of personalizing each one for who would be sitting there at the table. Thank you! 🙂
travelgirl says:
what a great idea Chrissie! I really like both items, so it would not really matter to me which one I get if I would win.
Although perhaps the placemats could be used at other places, rather than just at my table. I could see using one in my office at my desk for sure! I love to doodle while on the phone – or even just for making daily notes on it!
trinity babichuk says:
the placemats. they are adorable!
Carey says:
I’d like to win a tablecloth – I think doodling at dinner would be such fun!
Karen Gonyea says:
Tablecloth 🙂
Debra Hall says:
tablecloth
barbara folkman says:
I love ur ideas and the doodle pad!!! I love fashion and style, beauty products that make me look better, i am gluen free and have to be very careful what I eat!! But I am finding it very difficult to make dinners for my husband and myself!! I need help!! I also weigh about 127 lbs. and want to stay that way!! so its hard when he comes home from work… i feel stuck!!! Oh, I am 5’8 and have always weighed this much even after having 3 kids MANY years ago.. my oldest will be 44 this month…. OMG! Where has the time gone!!!I am so tired after having to move over 10 days, sick all summer with kidney stones, then had altitude sickness, then coming home to find dog pee and an d poop , our sitters didn’t do very well, and we paid them upfront…then a week later we get an eviction notice!!! We own a home in Washing state, but our daughter and her family r living their and want to buy the house… “sometime” when their credit is good???? So we can’t buy and we really want to get the heck out of Las Vegas!! Well, after coming home to that mess, we had two days to clean and repack to go and visit two friends in New Mexico…. I got altitude sickness, almost died!! it took us 3 weeks to get home!! We spent so money on hospital bills, and hotel rooms that we hadn’t planned on so now, we have found another rental, thank the LORD for good friends to help us move!! We got The key to move in on Sat. nite at 6pm. We moved all night and all Sunday, we r in , but what an mess!! Another thing is that we drove from Seattle in 2 days, my left flank was hurting so bad… then we had some good days with the 5 kids and 16 grandchildren. WE left and drove the whole way to Las Vegas in 2 days… I was miserable!!! Had to call my doc, gave me some pain meds, muscle relaxers, but then to turn around in two days to go to New Mexico was just way tooooo much for me!!! Then when we get their I was agitated, confused, disoriented, went to a clinic, they called the paramedics, I end up in a hospital, then they had to transfer me to another hospital.. my O2 saturation was about 82 percent… so then we learned that for every 1500 feet we had to stay in a hotel for 2 days!!! It costs us a fortune just to get home…and then after 2 weeks, we had to move!!! I am a RN and have seen a lot , but when ur the pt… it’s terrible !!! Then yesterday afternoon, getting out of my car, we haven’t done any landscaping yet.. and there are rocks everywhere!! I got out on the passenger side and I was really trying to be care when, my foot rolled on a rock! I fell right on my tailbone, just missed a huge cactus thank the Lord he was there to help me up!! Talk about a very hard few months, my husband is stressed , worried about me, I’m worried about him!! WE really need a vacation!!!!! Thank you for all of your’e listening and caring and for this wonderful web site! God Bless you in all u do, with much thank fullness and humbleness Barbara Folkman
Tiffany Hearn says:
Cute 🙂 I would like the tablecloth.
Lynn says:
I love the tablecloth. I think it would be a great way for the family to write their “what am I grateful for” thoughts and then we could compare them as the weeks & days go buy!
This is a great idea & the designs are awesome as well.
Nicole D. says:
Placemats!
omiobabbinocaro says:
The placements would be fabulous. A group of us do a birthday lunch and we have a special placemat and napkin for the birthday “girl”. How fun it would be to have these to have a placemat for each…and allow our imaginations to design for each event!!!
Kathy Greaves says:
If I won, I would choose the placemats. What fun this would be!
Desiree Dunbar says:
I’d like the Placemats.
Diane Baum says:
Love the placemats
Jessica Rose says:
The Placemats!
msortet says:
tablecloth – what a cool idea!
Marge Preston says:
I would love to win the placemats. What a wonderful treat!!! thank you for a chance.
Glenna Bilberry says:
I would love the placemats
alison k says:
I would most like to win a set of placements from Doodle by Stitch. It would be nice to see the kids create their own masterpieces & own it. Thanks
Stephanie Larison says:
Would like to win the tablecloth
Denise says:
I’m unsure if the tablecloth would fit our table, so I’d go for the placemats. Thx for the giveaway!
Kathi says:
Definitely the tablecloth, what a Great Idea!
Deana C says:
I would love the placemats. Thanks for the chance
Mary Somerville says:
I would like the Tablecloth!
jessica says:
the tablecloth 🙂
Casey Everidge says:
placemats
Susan Chester says:
Fun idea! I would most like the tablecloth.
smchester at gmail dot com
Pat Smith says:
Placemats!
Christine says:
like the tablecloth
janet lindsey says:
TABLECLOTH
JAMES LYNAM says:
Definately the TABLE CLOTH is my choice.
Basya says:
It would be such a fun to win the Doodle by Stitch tablecloth. My child is big enough not to do it, but he will be happy to “ruin” my tablecloth anyway.
Basya says:
I would love to win the Doodle by Stitch tablecloth. My child is big enough not to do it, but he will be happy to “ruin” my tablecloth anyway.
sweeteepie965 says:
I would love the placemats
sandy says:
i’d love to win this. there is a celebrity ( i forget who) but they had a new white tablecloth every chirstmas and all the guests signed it. signing was mandatory. the signatures were then embroidered andthe tablecloth framed . it was history and art. what a fabulous idea…
i’d love to do something like that… with 5 great nieces and nephews, that would be a memory
renee walters says:
I would love to have the tablecloth! Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway!
Reneewalters3@yahoo.com
Ginger Hinson says:
I would love to win the table cloth. My family is a bunch of doodlers, so it would be perfect.
Kelly H. says:
I would choose the tablecloth – how fun!
Nancy M says:
I thinkt the table cloth would make for some fun when the family comes over!
Chrissy Nestor says:
I would choose the placemats.
chrissylea1979 (at)gmail(dot) com
Kai W. says:
Doodle by Stitch table cloth would be great especially for children and even for me. Yes, I do tend to doodle when I’m bored.
Diane says:
The table cloth.
Shannon Baas says:
The tablecloth
WLONGMAN says:
What a great idea! For me the placemats would be perfect–I use the same old boring bamboo ones every night–these would be so much fun!
Min says:
I’d like the placemats.
Cindi Decker says:
I would love to win the tablecloth. I’m sure my grandchildren (and me!) would have lots of fun with it.
Karen Transue says:
I would loveeeee these placemats what a brilliant invention!! we would so love to win these!!
MGABBYB says:
I would love the placemats. So fun when my niece and nephews come over!!!
Sher shepps says:
definitely the Doodle by Stitch tablecloth as my husband and friends love to draw plans for projects they are talking about doing together and this would be great – and such a surprise!
beth says:
I would love the tablecloth for a dinner party, it would be so much fun!!
beth says:
I like the tablecloths, it reminds me of the restaurants that had the white paper tablecloths you drew on and I know for a fact my friends would have a blast drawing all over this one at a dinner party, so fun!
svlockwood says:
I PREFER THE PLACEMATS. WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!
AJB says:
The placemats
Helen Chun says:
I would like to win the placements. They’re more personalized
Patty says:
i would love the place mats
maria says:
Looks like a really cool conversation item to have at a dinner party.
Debra S says:
the Tablecloth would rock! What a great tradition to have- the kids could decorate it and it would be “THE” holiday cloth to use forever, and pass down.
cindy says:
I love placemats — they add to my table decor….
Ianete says:
What a wonderful idea. I’d love the placemats. No more stopping at the stationery store to purchase place cards. Again, coolest idea.
Phoenix says:
Probably the placemats. Cool idea.
Suzy Reschke says:
That would be a great idea for my friends grandson! He is a doodler from the word go!
Char Moser says:
I would love to try the placemats. I know these are probably meant for the little ones but I’m 64 and I would love to doodle especially when my husband is doing his raving. LOL
smfsprout says:
I would love to win the tablecloth. We always come up with items that need to be written down during dinner and now everyone at the table can get in on the task and have some fun at the same time.
Widom says:
What a fun giveaway. Now that the wehtear is cooler, I’m sewing pants for my boys. For the baby, a couple pairs of Quick-change trousers from Anna Maria-Horner’s book, and for the almost-4-year-old, a pair of pants from a Japanese pattern book with Kokka helicoptor fabric, and a pair of long pants adapted from the Oliver & S Sketchbook Shorts pattern. Nothing for myself right now maybe next season! 🙂
roch4tc@aol.com says:
What a cool idea! I would like the placemats. It would be so entertaining to my guests while waiting for their food! It would also encourage conversation among the guests!
cathylwood says:
I adores the placemats — perfect to inspire creativity in my four-woman book club!
shyeyes says:
I love to win the tablecloth, it would make lots of fun at a family gathering or party! Have everyone doodle on it, way cool. What a great idea.
KatieQ says:
What a fun idea! The table cloth would be perfect for family holiday meals.
betsy cortez says:
a set of placemats
Sue Garner says:
Even my teenaged boys would enjoy this.
Ida says:
Such an unique idea! Love it! I would really love to win the Doodle by Stitch medium sized tablecloth. My kids would be happy to be allowed to do this:WRITE AND DOODLE ON the table!
liliMarlene says:
Hey I love to doodle too!! I would use the tablecloth
and the mats!!
suerae01 says:
Love the concept, doodling at restaurants is so much fun now I can do it at home. The place mats would really neat, as we tend to use them more then table cloths. But hey both are great.
Audrey Skinner says:
I would love to win the tablecloth.
eddyrobey says:
The placemats would be more fun for me.
ktpotat says:
placemats
Judy Brenner says:
I would love to have the tablecloth! My family is nothing but a bunch of big kids!!!
sharon910 says:
My grand children would to doodle on this.would love it.
ellen schull says:
I would love the tablecloth.
edith greene says:
I would love the tablcloth it would be fun for the grandchildren to doodle on at a picnic or family event.
Margarida says:
I would most love to win the Doodle by Stitch table cloth. The children can have something artistic to do while waiting for their meal.