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What a great book! Thanks for the chance to win it and of course some great fabric!
Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing Giveaway
Some of us in the Spoonflower office are very into pretty dresses--especially the vintage kind--so when we realized this morning that Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing, the much anticipated title from talented sewist Gretchen Hirsch and author of Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing, had fina...
I'd love to sew a dress using the Cambie pattern! Of course I'd love to choose fabric from Spoonflower! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sewaholic pattern and fabric giveaway
The kids are back in school this week and while I haven't been counting down the hours 'til the kids go back to school, I have to admit that I have a lot more time to think all of a sudden. And when I have time to think, I often think about projects I'd like to make for myself that maybe I p...
What a great giveaway! Thanks so much!
Virginia Odien big fabric bundle giveaway
This week, we're really pleased to be bringing you a virtual chat with Spoonflower designer, Virginia Odien, also known as Vo_aka_VirginiaO. Viginia's been with Spoonflower since almost the very beginning, has nearly 200 designs available in her Spoonflower shop on which to feast your eyes, an...
What a great pattern and a chance to win some lovely material! Count me in! The hardest part will be deciding which material! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Meg McElwee Ashland pattern giveaway
We're absolutely thrilled to have collaborated this week with fellow North Carolina resident, pattern designer, blogger, and author Meg McElwee to bring you a great giveaway. For those of you who aren't familiar with this talented sewist, Meg has written two very popular sewing books, Sew Libe...
This would be a wonderful book to have! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sewing Made Simple book giveaway and Famous Frocks winner
This week's giveaway is for another beautiful sewing title from Chronicle Books. Tessa Everlegh's Sewing Made Simple is one of those books we'd really like to hold onto ourselves at the Spoonflower office. It's geared towards the sewing beginner and, while some of us are past needing a sewin...
What a great book and extra goodies! I'd love to give those patterns a try! Thanks so much!
Famous Frocks book and dressmaking notions giveaway
As an unapologetic lover of pretty dresses, I was really intrigued to have a copy of Famous Frocks land on my desk recently, courtesy of the kind folks at Chronicle Books. In this book, authors Sara Alm and Hannah McDevitt have curated a collection of 20 dresses ranging from the 1930's (Bette...
I think both patterns are great and would love to make them! I'm leaning toward the tunic. There are so many fabrics you have that I love I'll have to really work on narrowing it down to just one! Thanks for this great giveaway!
Wiksten pattern and fabric giveaway and quilting notions winner
I've often joked to my more sporty friends that summer is my indoor season here in sunny and humid North Carolina. It's hard for me to get motivated to even open the front door when temperatures are in the upper 90's and 100's as they have been lately. The garden gets super weedy for a couple ...
I use the long tail cast-on mostly. When I'm doing socks I like to bind off using Jenny's incredibly stretchy bind off. Thanks for the giveaway!
Cast On Bind Off Book Review and Giveaway
When it comes to casting on and binding off I have basically done it the same way since the day my grandmother taught me. Except for one of them. Grandma was a basic knitter. When she cast on to knit, she did the backward loop method. This is super easy to teach to people first learning to knit....
What a great set! Thanks for the giveaway!
Quilting Notions Set Giveaway and Happy Home book winner
Happy Fourth of July to all our American peeps! This week's giveaway is being brought to you from the beautiful Smoky Mountains in Tennesse where Stephen and I are visiting family this week. Despite record-breaking hot temperatures (and no air-conditioning!) we've been keeping cool in an ic...
What wonderful scissors! I'm doing a lot of summer sewing and could sure use these! Thanks so much!
Fabric8 Collection Giveaway winner and a giveaway of things you shouldn't run with
Gingher 7-1/2-Inch Pinking Shears, 8-Inch Knife Edge Dressmaker's Shears & 4-Inch Featherweight Thread Clippers We're big fans of quality sewing tools around here. There's nothing more ruinous to the happy experience of creating something you're excited about than working with shoddy tools --...
What great material! Thanks for the giveaway!
laurahughes at charter dot net
Crafterhours I Spy quilt squares giveaway and Denyse Schmidt book winner
Spoonflower I Spy Assortment: Alloy Set, from Crafterhours I normally think of spring as my dress sewing season, not my quilting season. The weather is staying warm now, my garden is in full bloom, and the idea of pretty printed cottons against my skin is mighty appealing. Uncharacteristical...
I am in need of organizing!
Out with the old so there's room for the new!
LauraHughes at charter dot net
Tidy '12
Does anyone else besides me enjoy taking the holiday decorations down almost as much as putting them up? It's probably pretty grinchy of me to admit, but I've always enjoyed a good de-cluttering session, and the post-holiday one is the grandaddy of them all. After hauling the tree to the curb...
What a great finale! This has been a fun giveaway! I've looked forward to it everyday so far. Thanks so much!
(laurah3 on spoonflower)
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Twelve: Two $100 credits for creating custom fabric
We made it! Today brings us to the twelfth and final installment of our 12 Days of Giveaways. Whew. Our last prize will consist of two $100 Spoondollar credits, to be awarded tomorrow morning to two fine folks. The winners will be able to use the credit to create their own fabric or to shop...
What a great giveaway! I'd love to win this book and the material! Thanks!
Spoonflower name: LauraH3
Spoonflower's' 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Nine: Colette Sewing Handbook + 3 yards cotton silk
Day nine in our holiday giveaway series bring us to one of my favorite new sewing books, The Colette Sewing Handbook by Sarai Mitnick, owner and designer of Colette Patterns. This beautifully crafted handbook features vintage-inspired patterns with simple and elegant details. Each of the ...
Beautiful material! Thanks for these fun giveaways!
lhughes5(at)me(dot)com
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Seven: Fabric Collections from Much-Loved Spoonflower Designers
We've reached the seventh installment of our twelve days of holiday giveaways, and today we offer three winners fat quarter bundles by three beloved Spoonflower designers. One winner plucks a bunch of fabrics from Bloem by Heather Dutton of Hang Tight Studio. In citrusy greens, calm blues a...
These would be so great to win! Thanks for the giveaways!
lhughes5(at)me(dot)com
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Six: Win a set of Spoonflower Color Maps & Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Welcome to Day Six of the 12 Days of Giveaways in which we eschew geese-a-laying in favor of something much more practical: color maps. We're offering a full set of Spoonflower color maps, one on each of the different types of fabric we offer. A color map is an essential tool for using a d...
What fun! This would be great to win and learn to use it! Thanks for the great giveaways!
lhughes5(at)me(dot)com
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Four: Win a Wacom Bamboo digital drawing tablet
For Day Four of our 12 Days of Giveaways, we've decided to send one lucky person a Bamboo Capture digital drawing tablet, a tool that allows artists to draw and create directly on the computer easily as well as to manipulate and correct digital photos and scans of hand drawn artwork. Comme...
Thanks for the giveaway! Fun!!!
lhughes5(at)me(dot)com
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways: Day Three -- Win a surprise holiday fabric bundle from our favorite designers
To celebrate Day Three in our twelve days of holiday giveaways, we're giving three lucky fabric lovers surprise fat quarter bundles in holiday-inspired fabrics designed by some terrific Spoonflower designers. Printed on our limited edition cotton poplin fabric, these mixed bundles feature de...
I think this is so cute! I'd like it on linen cotton! Thanks so much! laurahughes(at)charter(dot)net
Giveaways and Free Shipping Day reminder
Thanks to the many folks who entered the giveaway for a big ol' bundle of Patty Sloniger's Backyard Baby and Spoonflower fat quarters last week. The winner, selected by Random.org, was Annie Kitzman, a photographer and owner of Lolly Posh, an online children's clothing boutique. Conratulations...
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