Look what I have here!!!…I have a block in the book and my name is on the cover! Page 59…Quiltmaker sent me 5 copies…and I am going to give away 3….so lets see…the first three people who can comment me with a guess of what my Dad did for a living wins a copy!!! None of my employees can win and they better not tell…I will post a pic of my block with the winners….The issue goes on sale November 19th.
I will guess that he was a mailman!! And congrats on being on the cover.
I thought your dad worked at the foundry.
I’m guessing your Dad worked on a dairy farm.
I will guess he was a craftsman of some kind.
I’m going to guess a cheese maker.
I think he was a auto mechanic.
Shirley
Good Morning- I think your dad was a farmer.
Your dad was a superlative car painter. Best in the Fox River Valley – second to none.
Carpenter
Didn’t see if this was posted or not – your dad was a auto painter – best in the Fox River Valley! Awesome dude.
Wasn’t he in construction?
I think he was a carpenter. Congrats on the book!
I’ll guess your dad was a plumber? And congratulations!
Well, I’m interested in the answer. Don’t think that I am right, but will say that he built cabinets. Congrats!
I think he was a farmer.
Was he an electrician?
Preacher
Congrats Lisa
Was your dad a soldier?
I have no idea, but will guess that if your family is from WI, that he was a farmer. If I don’t guess, I can’t win, right??
Your dad was a brick mason.! (Stone mason)
Bricklayer
I am thinking your father was a salesman .
Carolyn B
A teacher?
Policeman? Thanks for the chance.
I have no idea, so I’ll guess what my dad did, installed floor coverings?
I guess he worked at the paper company
A stone/brick mason!
He worked in the mills.
My guess he is a carpenter. Thanks for the chance to win and congratulations on getting into a great magazine.
Mary
A preacher man!!!
These are good answers so far….you are in the vicinity, he was a blue collar worker….but none of these 19 comments are correct yet!!!
Hmm
I believe he restored and painted cars.
Congratulations Lisa!
I think your Dad was a mechanic. He was also the love of you life.
Red
Lisa, Congrats on your block. Was you Dad a milkman?
Was he a painter? Love 100 Blocks, glad to see you have a block in it this time.
Railroad?
He was a great Dad who raised a great Daughter. Nancy P.
I need to change my answer … your dad “painted cars, he loved cars, he bought smashed up cars and lovingly brought them back to life. Your father loved what he did.”
Red
Did he deliver fuel to farmers like my dad?
I think your dad was a fireman
Perhaps he worked in a paper mill
I think your dad worked in the steel manufacturing
industry
I think he was a musician
Lisa, Congrats on making the cover! Besides your Dad being your hero, did he work as a building contractor?
Was he in the Navy? He was obviously a loving and caring Dad!!!
Your dad was a mechanic and loved working on cars.
I am guessing mechanic — congrats on the cover!!!
Since you’re in Wisconsin maybe he owned a dairy farm and made cheese curds! That’s one of my favorite memories as a kid going on vacation to Wisconsin and getting a bag of cheese curds!
I think your dad was a carpenter.
Congrats on being in the magazine and on the cover!!
Nancy8
Was your dad a security guard?
Paulette
Congrats Lisa! Your Dad worked for an automobile company, either GM, Chrysler, or Ford!
Was your Dad a factory worker, maybe at one of the big auto mfg companies? Congrats on making it into the book.
I’m going with working in a paper mill.
My dad was in the US Air Force – From an Airman to a maintenance officer
.
Your dad was an automobile painter, congrats on the cover!!
Or maybe he worked at the candle factory?!?!?
Was your dad a truck driver?
Your dad worked in the paper mill.
Enjoy your day. 🐝
farmer…I’m married to one…makes us pretty creative!!!
I never win anything. I would love to win but I could never guess what your dad did because I guessed everything already listed and you denied all of those. But what I do know is that he was a good dad because look at you ! your accomplishments show that he was loving , giving, and was a good example for you to follow. Your name on the front of a magazine ! not everyone can say that. Your fabrics, your patterns, your QUILTS ! Wow ! your many followers. Congratulations Lisa ! I appreciate that you want to share that will off of us ^;^. Pam, Dexer, MI.
Whoops sorry that is Dexter, Michigan.
Did he work for the postoffice?
Congratulations on making it on the cover! Your dad cabinet maker.
Congrats,cover girl!!Carpenter,I married one!
He may have been a sawyer.
Your dad was an ironworker.
A truck driver
I believe he was a letter carrier. Don’t ask me why, just a wild guess!!
was he an iron worker?
Your dad was a great dad and I thought he was a auto mechanic. Congrats lisa
A mill worker?
Auto Body Repairman
Just a Guess, but did he work at the paper mill?
Your dad painted cars. I remember you telling the story when you spoke to our guild. It was before respirators were required. See….I was listening 😉
a furniture maker
Chief
Worked in a cheese factory?
Debbie
I think your Dad was a truck driver. Congrats on the block.
I think he restored cars
I am going to guess that your Dad was a fisherman. I know…that is far fetched, but you do live in the lakes area.
I think your dad was a carpenter!
Auto worker?
Lisa, I believe your dad was an auto body repairman and painted cars. I love that you are on the cover and that I can say you are the most unaffected personality I have had the pleasure of knowing. .
I believe you dad worked as a carpenter.
Was your dad a fireman?
Policeman?
I will guess your dad was in the dairy business. Maybe as a milkman.
Was he a firefighter?
Worked in a paper mill?
Was your dad a farmer?
Welder?
Auto body painter
Lineman for the power company!
I’m guessing a police officer
I really don’t have a clue but a guess is an accountant. maybe? love your website and projects. Will look forward to the book! Thanks for sharing it. Helen
Woodworker.
Policeman
On the job in an automobile factory?
Last guess, did he work for the Menasha packing company.
Debbie
Congratulations Lisa!!! That’s wonderful. Did your father build guitars?
I think he restored vehicles.
logger
I have no idea but will take a wild guess. He worked in the dairy industry.
Not that I know, and I am a very bad guesser so I could say a janitor – like my dad, or a lineman – like my husband.
Congrats on the book – love to win
I am thinking that you Dad worked for the railroad.
Looks like several people knew he was a car painter. I’ll go along with that but I think he also loved and worked on motorcycles. Congrats on the magazine.
Car salesman???
First of all, congratulations on being on this great magazines cover!
Second, only guessing. My hubs is from Wisc. where cheese & beer brewing was once huge. May I say in a broad guess that he may have worked in either of these industries? 🙂
How about owned a hardware store?
Congrats on the magazine! I will guess that he was a carpenter.
Policeman??
Just a guess but was he plumber?congrats on being on cover
Congrats on the block published. I would guess he was an inspector for dairy farms
I am going to say a farmer which makes you the farmer’s daughter. LOL Thanks for the giveaway!
A dad. 🙂
Postman. Congratulations on the block, I enjoy your blog!!
your Dad was a farmer!!
I think your dad worked in one of the paper mills. Electrician or machinist
How about him being a dairy farmer!
Your Dad was an ice fisherman.
I think your dad was a milk driver. Jude L.
I think your dad was a milk driver.
Congrats, fun to see your name in a cover and I bet you get a cool coffee mig with your block too! My dad was a civil servant but loved tinkering on his motorcycles and when younger raced flat track. Guys love their engines and cars….perhaps yours too?
Can’t wait to get this book. Congratulations! I think he was a mechanic.
Lisa- your dad was a truck driver, a commercial fisherman on the side and sold cars in his spare time! How’s that for a guess? Congrats on making tthe book – you continue to be awesome! It was nice to see your booth busy in Houston.
I guess he was a fisherman ! Hope I win !
Woo hoo!! He worked at the Neenan Foundry for 30 years! (found his obit on a genealogy site).
I believe I heard he was a fisherman….hope so!
I;m going with restoring cars……that occupation like quilting requires great patience, skill and knowledge to create a true work of art. I know, my husband is restoring his 65 chevelle and I tell him all the time it is like building a quilt. Congrats on the magazine…I need to buy this magazine…only if I don’t win. HEHEHEHEHEH
Butcher; baker, candlestick maker? Or foundry worker? ♡
I am going to guess he was a race car driver.LOL but congrats on being on the cover.
You are really correct too! He was the figure8 champion and won many races in a row one year …..do you know what figure 8 is? Where they can crash in the intersection!
I’m guessing he was a fishing guide and caught a lot of fish.
I’m going to guess that your dad was a house painter. Can’t wait to see the magazine!
cowboy
Hi Lisa. Your dad was a mechanic and did some body work.
Your dad painted cars!
My dad was a plumber… so that is what my guess for your father! Congrats on the new book!
Hi Lisa – congrats on your success, well deserved! Your dad was a factory worker, machine operator.
Teacher? Just a guess.
Many people from Little Chute have ancestors from Dutch origin. There names are sometimes corrupted. Probably yours is too. Nevertheless I think your father had no typical Dutch profession. My guess is pizza maker or airbrush painter of big trucks.
Many people from Little Chute are from Dutch origin. There names are sometimes corrupted. Probably yours is too. Nevertheless I think your father had no typical Dutch profession. My guess is pizza maker or airbrush painter of big trucks.
Hi Lisa, i guess that your dad worked at a paper mill and enjoyed hunting.
He worked on a dairy farm!
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