2 December, 2009

Today is Giveaway Day!

2009-12-07T01:04:39-06:00Everything Else, Freebies & Patterns|298 Comments

Welcome to Blog Giveaway Day.  I am participating, along with eleventy-seven other bloggers, to give away fun handmade and crafty stuff via the Sew,Mama,Sew blog.

Here’s what you need to do to enter.

1.  Make a comment on this post answering this question:  What is your favorite handmade object?

(Don’t worry if your comment doesn’t show up right away.  I have to approve it first.  I will do that whenever I can throughout the day.)

2.  Make sure I can contact you. Enter your email address in the comment form.  There’s a place for it.  It will not be published, so no one but me will see it.  I will not send you spam.  But I do need a way to contact you if you are a winner.

What is my favorite handmade object?  My collection of handmade Christmas ornaments.  I have ones made by my mom, sisters, aunts, neighbors, me, my husband, nieces & nephews and friends.  Every one has a story.  Every one is different.

What can you win?

Three random winners will get a custom alphabet ornament. You tell me the letter you would like and your favorite color.  I will make it custom for you.  (Those in the picture are keytags, I will put a long ribbon loop on your ornament.)

One random winner will get a copy of the new book, One Yard Wonders! I am a contributor to the book, so I am already a big fan and I have an extra copy.  See my post from a few days ago for a tour of the book and my projects.  I will sign it for you if you want me to.

The small print.

If you don’t answer the question in your comment or I can’t contact you, your entry is disqualified.

I will ship internationally.

Contest is open until Sunday December 6 at midnight CST.  Anybody who comments before then is entered.

Comments are now closed.  Thanks for entering.  I will announce winners soon!

28 October, 2009

One Yard Wonders

2009-10-28T16:13:09-05:00Freebies & Patterns, Sewing & Design|1 Comment

One YardThe official release of the book is today!  For anyone that missed me talking about it before, I have 2 projects in the book: a laptop sleeve with a dog applique and a bear-shaped pillow.  To celebrate the release of the book and to celebrate Halloween, I have a freebie for you!

My laptop bag has a dog applique that you can add on.  Rather than trace and enlarge the pattern from the book, I made it easy for you.  Click on the graphic above and download a printable version of my little daschund with bonus costumes!  You can put him on other things too!  Make a weiner dog t-shirt!  When I was making the sample project for the book, I had this great fabric with airplanes on it to use for the sample.  I kept thinking of Snoopy and the Red Baron and really I wanted to give the dog some aviator sunglasses.  Now you can!

21 June, 2009

Pattern Freebie – Snaggle Tooth

2009-06-21T16:46:27-05:00Embroidery, Freebies & Patterns, Sewing & Design|Comments Off on Pattern Freebie – Snaggle Tooth

For your crafting delight, I decided to put together a pattern for my Snaggle Tooth onesie.  With a nephew getting his first teeth in and a very grown up friend who is losing his baby teeth already, I decided there are plenty of reasons to celebrate snaggle teeth.  Click on the cute dino above for a .pdf of the pattern and some ideas about how to use it to make your own snaggle tooth fashions.

25 November, 2008

Winter Animals Patterns

2008-11-25T01:17:00-06:00Freebies & Patterns|Comments Off on Winter Animals Patterns


This week I am giving away a free “Animal Outlines Pattern” with any purchase from my etsy shop. This is a special set of Winter Animals: polar bear, reindeer, snowy owl, cardinal, snowshoe hare and dove.

11 March, 2008

Prizes!

2008-03-11T00:05:00-05:00Freebies & Patterns|4 Comments

Thank you to everyone who participated in my blog roundup through the comments or email! Now it is time to award the prizes! Drawing names out of a hat…

Boogie Woogie Shimmering Sheep Pin goes to…. dale-harriet!

and Fiber Fiend Magnet Set goes to… trek!

(Sorry for the delay – images weren’t working on blogger.)

4 March, 2008

Housekeeping!

2008-03-04T23:17:00-06:00Freebies & Patterns|16 Comments

Hi Readers;

I have 2 favors to ask. First, if you subscribe to this blog with a blog reader, can you let me know if I have broken anything. I am putting together a class all about how to start a blog and I was double checking all of my settings and I want to make sure I didn’t break anything.

And then, please send me your favorite links! I need examples of blogs used in many different ways – used as a journal, a shop, a portfolio, a tool – anything really! I would like to have several good examples of specific ways blogs can be used to do different things.

AND, by way of a bribe to encourage your assistance, if you leave a link in the comments or email it to me by the end of the day Saturday March 8, I will put your names in a hat and draw some fibery art prizes and give them to you! (note: I edited this to extend the deadline because Chris @ Stumbling Over Chaos is going to help spread the word.)

Love, Becka

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