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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sarah madsen said:

I am redecorating my room and need some material for a quilt!

Margaret Stone said:

I'd like to make a nautical quilt, so I'd love to have the chevron prints from Premier Prints. I'm thinking plaids, chevron, and some nautical fabrics would work well. There's so much at Fabric.com that I KNOW I could find what I need for this project. smilies/grin.gif

Dianne W said:

I would like to get some seersucker to make summer clothes for my granddaughter.

ochsenfarth-kasia said:

I love "the very hungry caterpillar" fabric and am looking at it for quite some time. My son loves the book and I would make some curtains, fabric bins, maybe a quilt and pillows with the fabric.
Thanks for the giveaway!

rezoma said:

I would love to get some minky fabric to complete my son's memory quilt that I am making for him to take to college.

Lin M. said:

I love all the beautiful colors in their dupioni silks fabrics. Hoping to make a few items for my daughter's wedding.

Gale @ Baby It's You said:

I would love to see more of the vintage children's cotton and flannel fabrics besides the ones @ Fabric.com Kind of like "Dick and Jane" style.

Tina C said:

oilcloth and oilcloth, to make lunchbags, regular bags, makeup bags, zippered pouches, maybe a table cloth...

Cinzia Allocca said:

There are so many Michael Miller fabrics that I would love to make quilts with!

Cheryl B said:

The Peacock Toile Chocolate tote from Monday got me energized to sew some pillows for my living room with that fabric. If I won the $200 from fabric.com, I'd purchase my pillow fabric and also some of the Azalea/Ivory ticking stripe fabric for bedroom drapes. I'm hoping to win!

lbmastiff said:

As soon as I get enough sleep to be trusted to sew again, I want to make coordinating spring sibling outfits for our first family photo with our new baby with this classic seer sucker! http://www.fabric.com/apparel-...white.aspx

Celeste Leinaala said:

I would love to sew seersucker and make some clothes.

shutterbugette said:

Oh, man. I'm just learning how to sew, so ANYTHING would be awesome to me! It's a fun, brand new world of fabric out there and I'm ready to explore it!

Carrie L said:

I dream about buying some Liberty of London fabrics. Those are definitely a classic that I would love to use!

Linciel said:

I love making aprons -- I have four to wear right now depending on the season, and I'm making them for my friends and family, too. I like them, not only because they protect my clothes from oil stains, but because they make me feel so lady-like. I'm all about women's rights and being able to work just as hard as a man, but there is something special about wearing an apron while preparing dinner for my husband that makes it all feel very homey. I love it when he comes home, smells my cooking, and kisses me on the cheek to say thanks. So, whenever I saw the article about "mom's favorite apron" it made me think about how other people must associate such things with home too. I went on fabric.com wanting to find some good apron fabrics that reminded me of the soft comforts of home, and I stumbled across the Heather Bailey Garden District Home Decor Fabric collection. I really like the Mockingbird Sateen series (especially the pink: Item Number EZ-398 ). I also looked up some toile fabrics even though I don't particularly care for toile -- or didn't until I saw the Covington Musee Toile Ebony/Ivory (Item Number UL-793). How gorgeous would that pattern be if made into a simple clutch purse? Especially if the lining was matching vertical stripes. So classy!

Roseann said:

Love Love Love Fabric.com! Seersucker is oh sew gorgeous!

Susan b said:

I would love to win i would make a quilt

Maryellen M said:

I love seersucker and eyelet and damask. I plan to make a few camp style shirts. Seersucker would be great, and a pretty eyelet is also nice for that. The possibilities are endless! Thanks

Alaskapsych said:

I can't even begin to tell where I would start! I LOVE fabric.com! I have made many purchases from them and $200 would allow me to replenish my wardrobe now that I've lost weight! Yay!

Judi Williams said:

I was particularly impressed by the Timeless Treasures, Shimmer coordinates. I am considering the beautiful Butterflies for a quilt for my Granddaughter. Thanks, Fabric.com.....for all you do.

Alyssa Lichner said:

I really like Michael Miller Gray Citron & Black, those colors are just so awesome. I would make a hexagon quilt with this!

emma55jean said:

I regularly visit fabric.com to look at the coordinated quilting fabrics to drool and dream. I am making mom's favorite apron for a wedding shower as we speak!

tremmerz said:

I would make one of those sweet shirred sun dresses with a nice cotton lawn fabric.

ladylush118 said:

Fabric.com always has a great selection. I would love to work with Toile to make a bag or even fabric bins. Thanks so much for the great inspiration, instructions and such a great giveaway!!

Judy S said:

I would love to do a sundress in gingham - haven't seen that used in ages, and I always think it looks so summery!

tpillepich said:

Oh, I would buy some of the lovely toile. The Peacock Toile in merlot would make wonderful cushions for my living room and then I'd also purchase some of the New Traditions Rose Toile in Ivory/Chocolate for a tote bag! Thanks to S4H and to fabric.com for the great giveaway!!

tlj said:

Seersucker is the fabric that I had forgotten about. I love the ways that this fabric was used in recent posts.

judychristo said:

I loved the Indian batiks. I would love to make a quilt from them--so lively and fun!!!

wiris said:

I have wing back chairs that I need to recover...would love the decor fabrics from Amy Butler. Definitely would put the $200 to good use.

~Michelle~ said:

Gingham! Lightweight & so so summery!

Lutra said:

Oh, the fabric! I don't know where to start... I think I would love the eyelet to make some summer dresses for the girls, just like the ones my mom made for my sisters and me! Lots of pretty cotton prints to make a special summer party dress for a summer birthday girl. Just don't get me started on the quilting fabric! I could fill a house with it! I would have a lifetime of quilts to make! So much fun looking at all the really cool fabrics.

Savitar said:

I'd have to agree with many about the linen as my favorite forgotten fabric that was highlighted. While not really forgotten, the projects highlighted how pretty this fabric is.

Linda V said:

I love Fabric.com Great selections and wonderful projects.

modernhomeec said:

I was eyeballing the plaid seersucker fabrics to make shorts for my boys. I'm a sucker for seersucker!

LaRae said:

I found free patterns at Fabric.com and I would want to make Bubbie's Apron with the beautiful fabrics from Fabric.com. I could make a few aprons with the $200.00 and give some for gifts! Thank You for the chance to maybe win this gift!

2griselda2 said:

Love the Cotton Lawn Fabrics, perfect for spring and summer dresses in sunny CA!

Piz16zolo said:

I love the Kokka fabrics - I used the Marine Lighthouse in navy for a tote bag and the Ruby Star Rising for a tea towel for my daughter-in-law. She loves it, and the two little grandsons love looking at it as it hangs on the oven handle and naming all the different images.

Sabrina Spicer said:

The fabric is not forgotten but the theme is: Bear Country for Moda! I loved the Berestein Bears growing up and would love to make a quilt for my little one to snuggle with while we read the books.

KatieE said:

I love the London Calling line for Kaufman fabrics. Such a classic pattern but with a modern twist.

sarahkate said:

A forgotten fabric I found on fabric.com is 100% linen. I forgot how good of a fabric it is to wear and to use in the home.

Linda G. said:

My favorite is the seersucker. It reminds me of days at a lake house our friends owned when I was little. Sitting out on the deck in lounge chairs with seersucker covered cushions. Seersucker to me is long days at a lake, lemonade, movie night and happiness. I would love to make something from seersucker soon. I probably would make pillow cases like the ones you demonstrated. They look crisp and clean and classical.

Linda J Smith said:

My facbric techinicall isn't a forgotten fabric but you did inspire me to go to fabric.com and as soon as I saw this red with white polka dot home decor fabric I knew it was just what I had been searching years for to use on an antique chair for our bedroom. I'm going to paint the chair a shiny black and cover the seat, cushion and back in the red/white polka dot. I bought some large white rickrack that I am going to use somewhere and the end result should look like a little girl with her cheerful dress and black patent leather shoes. Over the years I have bought yards of fabric to cover this chair but nothing ever inspired me. I am ready to go now thanks to you.

Trina@CraftAnyway! said:

I always forget about corduroy, yet it's such a fun fabric for making fall and summer clothes for children. The one that caught my eye was the Wale Cool Cords Ladybugs in Pink because it would make a cute little jumper for my daughter. Thanks for the chance to win this AWESOME giveaway!

vjcampbell said:

I love the toile with the little puppies. I have ordered it and am going to attempt the Toile Tote featured in Everything Old is New Again series.

hgr770 said:

I am anxiously awaiting the Superfly release by Sis Boom - come on Fabric.com - don't fail me now!! :-) Love their great quality service and products!

sew_aggie said:

I love all of the Kona solids they have. I'd totally make a quilt with some!

Debra Lee said:

Definately flannel. Need to make a warm quilt!

MicheleN said:

I'm loving the cotton print voiles and dotted swiss! I'd make a summery scarf from voile and a little girl's dress out of the dotted swiss.

fentonkmooney said:

I love Sani Henderson's Meadow-sweet and Kate Spains City line.

OrlandaM said:

Got to be the seersucker. It's such a summery fabric and perfect for granddaughter dresses!

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