Hmm, where to start?  If you’re looking for something genuine in blogland, you can be sure that genuine is what you’ll get with Vanessa.

She’s one of the very few bloggers I’ve meet in real life, twice no less!  She truly amazes me.  Her creativity truly comes from within.  It’s really refreshing to be around her and hear her stories.  We had a blast (okay, maybe it was just me) putting on binding on her’s daughter’s quilt.  She was so funny, she’s not one to follow someone else’s rules — she makes her own.  Sorry if this sounds sucky uppy or whatnot, it’s really what I realized about her after we last met, and that’s really cool.  So this is her book, and I feel really honored to be able to give away a signed copy of it right here, today.

Make it Sew Modern has a ton of great projects that you can make your own.  If I had my choice, I would have made this lovely pleated pillow, I know the magic of a good pillow.  Do you?

To enter:

• one winner will be chosen
• Just leave a comment! It would be fun to hear if you have any fun plans for the summer!  One entry per person.  Please leave your email address in your comment. You can leave it in a format like this if you wish: anna [at] gmail [dot] com, it’s up to you though, if you have your email listed in your blogger profile, that works too!.
• Open to US entries only please!
• Giveaway ends Wednesday, June 20th at 10pm (central time).

I got distracted last night sewing some kids clothes for Elsie Marley’s Kids Clothes Week Challenge.  Hopefully will be blogging about those successes tomorrow.

And the winners of the Ottobre Magazines are:

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Tara-ComfyandPrettyBlog who said…

thatmoxiegirl who said…

It’s spring cleaning here and I went through my personal stash of good stuff and figured it would be a great time for me to share some Ottobre love with you all.

What’s Ottobre you say?  Well, it’s a Finnish magazine (written in English) that is loaded with patterns for kids from baby up to those tween years.  They also have a women’s version, but both are published quarterly.

The awesome part is that the patterns are loaded with details, you could probably learn every garment sewing technique if you sewed your way through these magazines.  I’d say there for an intermediate type sewist, or someone who isn’t afraid to try new things!  I had subscribed to the magazine a few years ago and have yet to complete a garment from the magazines, so I figured they might get a lot more love from one of you!  These magazine retail for almost $14 dollars a piece (and if you’re curious you can purchase some here at Pink Chalk Fabrics).

Oh, and if you’re digging the fabrics they use in the magazines, you can buy some at their etsy shop, they have a few magazines listed, too!

Please tell your friends to enter, tweet, blog, pin, facebook and spread the word!! 


Ready to enter?

• Two winners will be chosen, each will pick two (2) of their choice as shown (yep, I’m keeping one for myself, just for fun).  The first winner I draw gets first pick.
• Just leave a nice comment!  One entry per person.  Please leave your email address in your comment. You can leave it in a format like this if you wish: anna [at] gmail [dot] com, it’s up to you though, if you have your email listed in your blogger profile, that works too!.
• Open to international entries.
• Giveaway ends Wednesday, April 25th at 10pm (central time).