Giveaways
The Winner of Stitch Giveaway #1
I know you want to know who the winner is. There were 96 comments and 13 blog posts & Facebook links making 109 total entries. Random.org chose entry number 91. Entry number 91 is Sheila! Sheila is an online friend of mine and the owner of the incredibly innovative cloth diaper: Hiney Lineys.
Congratulations, Sheila! I can’t wait to see what you sew up with the Stitch magazine and the bacon and eggs cotton interlock.
Stitch Magazine Giveaway #2 is coming tomorrow morning, and if all goes well, the Comfy Sleep Set pattern download will be back up by then, too!
Bacon & Eggs for Comfy Sleeping – Stitch Giveaway #1
Here’s the first of the collection of Comfy Sleep Sets that I have to show off. This cotton interlock is perfect for pajamas . . . even if the little guy wearing them is a bit away from eating eggs and bacon for breakfast!
The top in this set is so easy to pull on because of the criss-crossed top pieces, and the elastic-free waistband on the pants is great for comfortable snoozing.
This is the size 12 months on Charlie who wears between a 12 and 18 months in ready-to-wear clothes. You’ll have to excuse his poor little red nose. It seems that he’s been fighting a cold since winter settled in here.
Charlie’s wearing the pants over a medium AI2 cloth diaper in this picture, and the rise has enough room to cover the diaper well. (It does peek out a little when he squats down, but not enough that it would bother me at all.) The pattern fits perfectly over a disposable diaper, too.
On to my first Stitch Giveaway . . . everything you need to make your own Bacon & Eggs Comfy Sleep Set: one copy of the Spring 2011 Stitch Magazine with the pattern (and whole lot of other great projects), 3/4 yard of bacon & eggs cotton interlock and 1/4 yard of chocolate brown cotton/spandex rib knit for the trim pieces. To enter, just leave a comment here sharing your favorite thing about baby clothes. You can earn extra entries by posting on your blog or your facebook page about the giveaway, too. Just click on the Contact Me button right above my picture and send me the link to your post. This giveaway will end on Friday, 1/28/2011 at 10 p. m. central. The winner will be chosen by random drawing. Enjoy!
A Few Wedding Pictures & SMS Giveaway Winners
Whew! What a wirlwind of a weekend! The wedding was beautiful, and I’ll have lots of pictures to share over the next week or so. In the meantime, I know you’re all waiting for results from my Sew Mama Sew Giveaways!
Up first is the Charlie Tee pattern giveway and the winner is . . .
. . . Desiree of Wee Share.
And, the winner of the doll clothing from Sewing Hope for Asia is . . .
. . . Crissy of Crissybell’s Musings.
Congratulations to Desiree and Crissy! I’ll get an email out to each of you to gather your information so I can send off your winnings. Thank you so much to each of you who entered!
Now, a couple of family pictures from our oldest daughter’s wedding. I was so crazy busy that I only ended up with a few pictures from the day on my camera. These, of course, were taken by someone else since I’m in them. I handed off my camera to a friend of Morgan’s who snapped a few pictures while the professional photographer was setting things up. Here’s our family from left to right: Jamie with my husband, Ray, Me, Morgan, Allen, Sean, and Samantha holding Charlie.
We all look pretty much together, don’t we? I laughed until I almost cried, though, when I saw the next picture because I think this is how we really felt most of the day: “Huh? Did you need something?” . . . “Who’s stepping on my train?” . . . “Will someone please hold the baby for a minute?” . . .
Sew Mama Sew Giveaway #1
Another Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day has arrived, and it finds our household racing to finish up all the last minute details for our oldest daughter’s wedding in just five days! I couldn’t resist taking a few minutes away, though, to put together not only one giveaway, but two! You’ll find my Fishsticks Designs giveaway in this post, and be sure to scroll down to the next post to read about my latest project and check out the second giveaway, too.
I’m loving my new collection of Charlie Tee patterns, and because I hope you’ll love them, too, I’m giving away the winner’s choice of one Charlie Tee pattern. In sizes that stretch all the way from 6 months to Adult XLarge, you’re sure to find one that will work perfectly for you or your little ones!
My two youngest boys were having a blast dancing around the Christmas tree tonight, showing off their colorblocked Charlie Tees, and I couldn’t resist snapping some pictures to share. Each pattern includes instructions for a basic tee, two colorblocked versions, a ringer tee and a hoodie!
To enter to win, simply leave a comment telling me which version you’d most enjoy receiving–the infant/toddler sizes, the big kid sizes or the adult/teen sizes–and who you’d sew your first Charlie Tee for. The winner will be chosen at random on December 18th. (We’ll be a little busy with a wedding the night before, so it may take me until Sunday to post.)
Sew Mama Sew Giveaway #2
Handmade with love, each of the items sold at Sewing Hope for Asia’s new Etsy store represents the hope of new life for women in South Asia. One hundred percent of the proceeds from each purchase goes directly to the Asian mission field to provide women with sewing machines of their own, so they can create and sell beautifully stitched items to provide for themselves and their families.
I’m so excited to be a part of this new venture to allow crafters to create and donate items to benefit families in need in Asia. Sewing Hope for Asia has donated a beautiful handmade 18″ doll outfit for me to give away in Sew Mama Sew’s Giveaway Day to help spread the word.
The seamstress who created this outfit and the many others that you’ll find available at Sewing Hope shares her vision of using her sewing machine and her skills as a seamstress to bring hope to women on the other side of the world here: Madelyn’s Story.
To enter to win, simply leave a comment here sharing either who you’d love to give this doll outfit to or how you enjoy blessing others with your craft skills. The winner will be chosen at random on December 18th. (We’ll be a little busy with a wedding the night before, so it may take me until Sunday to post.) If you have questions about donating handmade items to Sewing Hope, please contact Gospel for Asia at 1-800-WIN-ASIA (946-2742) or email strategicgiving@gfa.org.
The FD Photo Contest Winners!
Are you ready to see the winners? I have a quite a few to announce.
First up, the winner for the Week 3 Drawing. Rather than having the kids draw this time, I assigned a number to each entry and used random.org to choose. The number that came up was number 9, and number 9 was assigned to brenda3boysplus for her photo contest entry! Congratulations, Brenda!
Next is the random drawing for those who voted for the contest winner. There were a total of 67 comments between the two posts. I numbered them 1 to 67 starting with the first comment on the the first round of voting. Random.org chose number 30. Comment #30 belongs to Sarah AJ. Congratulations, Sarah!
And, the winners that I know you’re most excited about . . . the photo contest winners!
Drum roll, please . . . .
In the Baby Steps Category the winner is Baby Mushroom by Suburbanbelle!
In the On My Own Category the winner is Cruis’n the Cul De Sac by emilyjohnson226!
In the Friends & Family Category the winner is Hanging Around by Sew Me a Garden!
Congratulations to all the winners! I’ll be getting in touch with you to get your mailing addresses so I can get your prizes out to you right away. And, a huge THANK YOU to all of you who submitted photos, commented, blogged and voted! I hope you all enjoyed the contest as much as I did!
Week 2 Drawing and Big Kid Charlie Tees
A little late, but finally done . . . the drawing for Giveaway #2. Allen got to draw this time, wearing his new Charlie Tee Hoodie:
And the winner is . . .
Lisa! Congratulations! I’ll email you and get your information so I can drop your prize in the mail.
Lisa and about a dozen other moms are testing out the Charlie Tee in sizes 5 to 14 this week. (The testers for sizes 12 months to 5T finished up last week.) Here are a few pictures that I’ve taken of the different variations on my big kids.
The Basic Tee in Stripes:
The Ringer Tee:
The Colorblock Tee:
The Basic Tee in Solid:
And, of course, there’s the hoodie which Allen is wearing in the top picture. The pattern should be all finished and ready for sale within the next two weeks!
Prizes for Friends & Family and Week 3 Giveaway
I’m so, so very late posting this week, so I’ll leave the random drawing up a little longer than last week. There are only a few days left to enter your photographs in the contest! The deadline for entries is this Friday, July 31st at midnight central. Quick, dress your little one in your favorite Fishsticks Designs outfit and start clicking! Click here to see the all the specifics about the contest.
The winner of the Friends & Family category of the Fishsticks Designs Photo Contest will receive four prizes. First is the winner’s choice of one pdf pattern from Little Lizard King.
Second, from Cathy at Wondrous Woven Fabrics, a set of five fat quarters.
Next, from my stash of sewing tags, a set of 10 Mama Made hang tags.
Finally, from me, a $10 Gift Certificate to SewZanne’s Fabrics.
This week’s random-drawing giveaway is for a set of 10 Mama Made hang tags and a set of five fat quarters from Wondrous Woven Fabrics. There are several ways to enter. The first way is to enter a photo in the contest–each photograph will earn one entry. The second way to earn an entry is to leave a comment on any post this week. The final way to enter is to blog about this giveaway or the photo contest (just drop me an email with the link to your blog post). All entries must be made by 10 p. m. central time on Sunday, August 1st.
Off to do last week’s drawing right now! I’ll have the winner posted shortly . . .
Prizes for On My Own and Week 2 Giveaway
Keep sending in those photos! I’m loving seeing how much your little ones enjoy the clothes that you’ve sewn for them using Fishsticks Designs patterns! Click here for all the details on the Fishsticks Designs photo contest. Here are a few more exciting prizes: Today’s prize listing is for the On My Own category, check back next Friday to see the prizes for the Friends & Family category. Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for this week’s random-drawing giveaway. Remember, you don’t have to enter a photo to enter the random drawing–you can also enter by leaving a comment or blogging about the contest!
The winner of the On My Own category in the Fishsticks Designs Photo Contest will receive four prizes. First up is a yummy bar of handmade Kitchen Coffee Soap from Rikki at RikRaks.
Second is your choice of sewing patterns from Made by Rae.
Next a set of sewing tags designed and donated by Becca of Night Owl’s Menagerie.
Finally, from me, a $10 Gift Certificate to SewZanne’s Fabrics.
This week’s random-drawing giveaway is for a set of 5 “Handmade Rocks” & 5 “Happily Handmade by Grandma” tags from Night Owl’s Menagerie and one handmade Kitchen Coffee Soap bar from RikRaks. There are several ways to enter. The first way is to enter a photo in the contest–each photograph will earn one entry. The second way to earn an entry is to leave a comment on any post this week. The final way to enter is to blog about this giveaway or the photo contest (just drop me an email with the link to your blog post). All entries must be made by 10 p. m. central time on Thursday, July 22. The winner will be announced on Friday morning, July 23.
Week 1 Random Drawing Winner & a Peek at the Charlie Tee
All ready for the drawing . . .
Jamie got to do the honors.
And, the winner is . . .
Valarie! Congratulations, Valarie! I’ll email you with the details about how to claim your prize!
You may have noticed that Jamie is wearing a hoodie in those pictures, in spite of the fact that it’s in the triple digits here. He’s actually insisted on wearing it everyday since I sewed it up three days ago. Soon, you’ll be able to sew up one for your little guy or gal, too! It’s one of the options to my next pattern release, The Charlie Tee!
I’m excited about all the variations that this pattern offers. The options include a basic tee . . .
. . . a ringer tee and two colorblocked versions . . .
. . . and that fun hoodie!
My pattern testers will be working hard to help me finish it up and have it ready for release soon!
I’ll be posting this week’s random drawing along with the prizes for the On My Own category of the photo contest this afternoon.
