THIS CONTEST ENDED 5/11/12. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.

What fun we've had during the past three weeks of our Everything Old is New Again series, sponsored by Fabric.com! We brought back some of the old standards of the fabric world: candy colored seersucker, delicate eyelet, rich linen, traditional toile, flirty little floral prints, and crisp white cottons. By unleashing our imaginations on these "forgotten fabrics," we applied their old-fashioned goodness in new ways in eight great projects, and provided you with some tired-and-true sewing techniques as well, such as shirring, fagoting and hemstitching. To help celebrate all these terrific and trendy ways to use classic fabrics, Fabric.com has provided us with a $200 gift certificate. That's right: TWO Hundred Dollars!

One lucky Sew4Home fan will be going on a dream shopping spree. To sweeten the deal even more, we're adding a S4H Bonus Bundle: several generous ½ - 1 yard cuts of Clover Mini Iron II, which we reviewed during the series. For a chance to win, simply take a few minutes to browse the Fabric.com site, then leave us a short comment about your favorite "forgotten fabric" and what you would make from it.

We encourage you to give these great classic fabrics a try. Fabric.com has a wonderful selection of all the options we used throughout the series... as well as many, many... many more. Always at great discount prices and always with free shipping on orders of $35 and more.

Take a look back at these 11 projects, tips, and product reviews:

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: Seersucker Ruffled Square Pillows

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: Seersucker Flanged Pillow Shams

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: Seersucker Trimmed Bedsheet & Pillowcases

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: How To Do Shirring

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: Shirred Sundress

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: Basic Heirloom Stitching by Machine

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: Linen Heirloom Placemats

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: Toile Tote

Everything Old Is New Again with Fabric.com: Mom's Favorite Apron

Entering to win the Fabric.com $200 Shopping Spree (with a S4H Bonus Bundle) is easy!

THIS CONTEST ENDED 5/11/12. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.

A very BIG Sew4Home THANKS to everyone at Fabric.com for sponsoring our Everything Old Is New Again series and for supplying such a generous Great Giveaway.

We will draw one person at random from everyone who posts a qualifying comment about "a forgotten fabric I found on Fabric.com" on this article as of midnight PT May 11, 2012. No purchase necessary to enter. Void where prohibited.

To enter, take a few minutes to visit Fabric.com, especially if you've never been before, and take a look at all the great stuff they offer. Then come back to Sew4home and post your comment here. Let us know what fabric you were excited to find there and what you are inspired to make with it.

We will contact our random winner by email to confirm and to coordinate shipping the $200 Shopping Spree gift certificate to you as well as the S4H Bonus Bundle.

NOTE: Due to complex contest legal restrictions and customs requirements that differ from country to country, we are currently able to send prizes to a USA postal address only (cannot be a P.O. Box). Good luck to everyone!

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MargaretG said:

I am pleased to see they still have some of the Innocent Crush velveteen.

Susanne Osborn said:

Thanks for the great ideas and giveaway! I really like the Moda California Girl line of fabric - especially the blueberry twigs that you used for the apron. In fact, I could use a new apron - my old one is about worn out.

Emma said:

I have been wanting to make something in seersucker or gingham for my girls. cotton pjs for my son? A "forgotten" fabric I found on fabric.com was cotton twill. I have been using quilting cotton for everything lately ( I am a sucker for Riley Blake prints for the kids)! DO knits exist anymore? I would love to get some again.

gamomto2 said:

I would love to make precious little seersucker rompers for my niece with my new-to-me Janome machine. I just bought a used MC9700 yesterday and I'm so inspired by all the fabulous projects on your site! Here in the deep south, seersucker is a timeless classic and summer baby rompers would be a perfect project

Kari S. said:

I would buy lots of fabric for my new son. He is using most of his brother's hand me downs, so I would sew him something of his very own. Dr. Suess prints are always good, but some of new modern prints with trucks and other boy stuff are so cute!

button2 said:

Fresh strawberries by Jane Shasky for Robert Kaufman Fabrics,would look very nice in my dining room. I could make some runners , place mats ect. with the fabric.

Beverly Hodges said:

I just got into quilting, I bought a Janome 9700 that I love dearly, and sew everyday. I'm all ways needing fabric and this site looks like they have some great looking material. I could spend a $200 dollars easily here.

Ahren W said:

I love the Dr. Suess fabric. My son is turning one in a few weeks and he is having a Dr. Seuss themes party. I would love to make him a quilt as a keepsake to celebrate his 1st birthday.

Valery said:

I really like the Modern Meadow collection- especially the acorn & herringbone print. They'd make for some cute aprons or skirts

DeniseMarie said:

I love Orange Crush by Alice Kennedy for Timeless Treasures. I've been dreaming of a pink to orange quilt for a while - that might be the fabric to do it with!

TAMfamily said:

I haven't thought of seersucker for years. My mother made me a pink seersucker dress when I was a little girl. Seersucker is such a great summer fabric, and the bedroom set is a great idea!

jmdsf said:

We just moved my daughters into a room together and the Richloom Trixie Crocus fabric I found this morning is going to be perfect for the lined drapes for their window. The colors go really well with what they already have for bedding!

Margie said:

I found some awesome Jay Yang decorator fabric on sale that I would use to make some accent pillows and a valance.

cekfraun said:

I love the "groove on" paisley by Marie Osmond, and would make some cool pillows with it! Or I would love to make an old fashioned looking baby quilt out of the Moda Salt Air collection. So retro and pretty!

MermaidInstructor said:

The Heirloom sewing options for bed linens is AWESOME! What a great personal touch for a wedding or anniversary gift, let alone a great touch up for plain boring linens in my own closet!!! Can't wait to start!!! smilies/grin.gif

Michelle Balletti said:

I just found Pernilla's Journey Parrot Jungle Licorice from Free Spirit in the clearance section...what a gorgeous fabric!! I would love to make either a little wallet or business card holder!! If I won the shopping spree, I would literally jump up and down screaming like I won the lottery!!

Jan Stuteville said:

I love the Waverly Bliss. I would use it for home decor projects. Everything old would be new!

Chicktar said:

I loved the heirloom stitching tutorial/article from the series. I never thought about using my double needle with the decorative stitches on my machine! I am really excited about the idea of trying that, so I think I'd buy some of the great linens on fabric.com and do a placement or pillow project to try that.

Susan PJ said:

fabric.com is the BOMB!!!

Jill R said:

I would make some super soft pillow cases from the cotton lawn fabrics. I can just feel them on my face now!!

klord said:

I would love some of the vintage fabric to make kitchen curtains for my new house. We are closing at the end of the month and I can not wait to have my very own sewing room and not have to move my stash for every meal. Pesky kids like to eat three time a day. lol

ejkaiser said:

Terry cloth fabric to make a swimsuit cover up. My teenage daughters found an old one of mine and stole it! they thought it was great!

Janice37 said:

I would buy Michael Miller Sweet Flower Faries Panel Rose for a wall-hanging. It is so cute.

glenndag_44 said:

I would go with the P Kaufmann Scenic Toile Twill in Crayon! I want to make the toile tote!

sydnie said:

Eyelet!! Especially for spring/summer - I love the light, pretty, airy feel of it for skirts, blouses, pillows...

MWag said:

Love Fabric.com, they are my supplier of all of my quilting cotton currently. Browsing the apparel fabric, I found many different eyelet fabrics. It reminds me of a dress my mom made for me when I was five. It was my Cinderella dress as I called it with a pink ribbon around my waist.

rethahase said:

I'd like a yard or two of the Celeste Stretch Rayon Blend Jersey Knit Fuchsia to make a shirred skirt or top! Love Fabric.com!!

p01jk@yahoo.com said:

I was just on Fabric.com last night looking at vinyl (as I must make the black/white bag).

rethahase said:

I'd like some of the Celeste Stretch Rayon Blend Jersey Knit Fuchsia so I can make a shirred skirt! What a sale too!!

p01jk@yahoo.com said:

I was just on Fabrics.com looking at their vinyl as I MUST now make a bag, or two as depicted in your tutorial. The black & white will be my practice bag which I'll slow very slowly, then I am branching out to - and this is where it gets tough, polka dots (?), wild red flower prints (?), hmmm. If I won, I could get them all smilies/wink.gif

JMull said:

I love fabric. I love to look at it and touch it which is the only problem I have with online fabric shopping. When I am in a fabric shop, I am constantly touching the fabric. I want to get into diaper making for the new babies coming into the family so I would really like to get the diaper fabrics and gorgeous designs for the covers.

rosalitarocks2 said:

I really like that "green fabric" that is available and I want to get the Ecospun Rainbow Felt. I am starting a sewing business and have been creating patterns of little soft animals and dolls, and this will help make them unique. :0)
rosalitarocks@netscape.net

Rose OK said:

I love the Cotton Jersey Knit Paisley Brown/Blue. It is perfect for a top. I love paisleys and they are hard to find.

Sharron said:

I want to make the shirred dress for my grandaughter.

JaniceD said:

I would love to get Country Quilt Spring Scenic Panel (for me) and Michael Miller Sweet Flower Faries Panel Rose (for my great-granddaughter). Also need white fabric for a scrap quilt. I love fabric.com and have purchased from them several times.

carol_j_scott@yahoo.com said:

I enjoy shopping at Fabric.com. Moving around inside there website is very easy and convenient. They offer so many choices but my favorite is Moda. Winning a $200 shopping spree would be great, I could get started on Christmas!!!

Carol

Michelle Shook said:

I've been hunting for a suede skirt this year.....have you seen the gorgeous fabrics Fabric.com has under their Vintage Suede line??? I think I've found my solution. Now, let's add a top made out of their rayon blend rib knit (which I didn't even know you could buy in fabric till I saw an add from Fabric.com) and I'll be styling for next fall!

sndt91 said:

I love batiste and all cotton fabrics, would love to win to buy some of the designer fabrics like Riley Blake, Robert Kauffman, Michael Miller and many more.I would make with them beautiful girl clothing. This would help me a lot with my home base small business. Thanks for the opportunity to participate.

KarenL said:

handkerchief linen - seafoam, for my little kitchen window!

kmlangham said:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE fabric.com!!! We move around a lot(Military) and I no longer fret being able to find good fabric now that I have found Fabric.com!!! I am in Love with seersucker right now. I love making coordinating outfits for my kids!! Plus, I'm a quilter so....there are several collections I'm in love with and can't wait to get my hands on....I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!

quiltdeb said:

I don't even know where to begin. All the fabrics are so beautiful - I see a dozen collections that i would love to have. I do like the seersuckers! They remind me of the dresses my mom made for my sister and me when we were little - matching of course!

Vickie LaRae said:

I would definitely like to have the seersucker fabric! In my local fabric stores they only carry a couple of colors. I would LOVE to get yellow, lime, and orange!

Larki said:

Homespun chic brings back memories of my youth. My mother wore these dresses n the 50's. She was so smart and always wore gloves and a little hat to complete the outfit.

Charlotte H. said:

I love the seersucker. I would make some summer outfits for my grandchildren.
I really like browsing the fabric.com website.

Jmcnulty said:

I love the California girl fabric...that just makes the apron look so cute. It is so bright and I love the flowers.

Kira said:

I would love to make a shirt dress in some Dublin shirting I found in a lovely shade of pinky,

kdsquared said:

I just delivered a beautiful baby boy 6 days ago on the 13th of April and we didn't know "what" he was going to be until he got here! So I've got all sorts of boy-centric projects I've been itching to get started on. The first one will be a swaddle minky with the Mar Bella fabric in blue and brown. I love the quality of that minky and have already purchased from fabric.com many times in the past. Thanks!

Emily47 said:

I like the paisley fabrics because they remind me of my mother. They were her favorite.

Vicki F said:

Mine would be chintz, or polished cotton. It had nice body.

ewm50 said:

Would love the Giveaway! Just started a purse business and could use the items in that. All I did was make one purser and now I have 3 places that want the purses! All within just a couple of weeks. Many thanks. smilies/cool.gif

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