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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Billie Kretzschmar said:

Who won this contest?

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:

We have an article post coming up very soon (within the next few days) announcing not only this lucky winner, buy four other Great Giveaway winners.

Debkb said:

Since I finally have a nicely fitted pants pattern I'd love to get several pieces of the Sophia ponte knits.

Debkb said:

Since I finally have a nicely fitted pants pattern I'd love to stock up on several Sophia ponte knits.

Heather K said:

Oops, wasn't logged in before. Anyway, so happy to have found some Modern Meadow on Fabric.com! I was planning a project, and had much less that I thought. Thanks!

Heather K said:

I was excited to see that they still have some Modern Meadow! I was planning a project, and have precious little left.

Cjbrawn said:

Definitely pnk with tiny black polka dots for some retro aprons!!!!

Michele0704 said:

So many choices!!! It would be either linen or seersucker !!!!

carlay said:

Thanks for the giveaway Fabric.com and Sew4home, your paisley fabric would make some adorable summer dresses for my girls.

Suzie Riggin said:

I love linen for punch projects and knits for skirts.

mary1979 said:

I would order linen, I don't know what for yet. I would like some linen curtains in my kitchen but I also love it for clothes for myself.

Ellen Ban said:

I'm really liking linen and would love to get some Essex linen!

jacquievi said:

Now I'm registered! Sorry about the repeat! I love fabric.com and shop there often. There are two fabrics that I'm loving and can't decide which one to pick! First it's Michael Miller's Peacock Lane Menagerie yellow - would love to make a robe for myself! And there's the Echino Ni-Co Cotton/Linen Blend Canvas Fabric line - so pretty for some tote bags! Too tough to choose just one!

Jacqueline V said:

I love fabric.com and shop there often. There are two fabrics that I'm loving and can't decide which one to pick! First it's Michael Miller's Peacock Lane Menagerie yellow - would love to make a robe for myself! And there's the Echino Ni-Co Cotton/Linen Blend Canvas Fabric line - so pretty for some tote bags! Too tough to choose just one!

BettyClark541 said:

Hello, I'd never visit the Fabric.com site before and what a great place. I'm looking forward to shopping there now. Sounds like a great contest and a wonderful way to get people to take a peek.

logsz said:

I want organic cotton fabric for making clothes to my son

Jeanette said:

I love working with fleece. I would make a nice comfy pet bed for my kitty!

Derbs said:

I followed the link on your Heirloom sewing (by machine) article and rediscovered sheer voile. I'd love to a shadow quilting project using the voile as an overlay. Using bold colors underneath the overlay mutes them, making the finished piece look so dreamy. Some of the new, bright colors in Whistler Studios', Spin Swirl might work very well for this project. smilies/wink.gif

SharonS said:

I love eyelet. I'd probably get the floral and make cool, breezy blouses for me and my granddaughters!

Karillia said:

I would love to get some linen for a summer bag, maybe the Amy Butler Midwest Modern Martini . I love Fabric.com and have been very pleased with my orders from them.

PennyOO said:

I just want to win! Would love some new material instead of yardsale finds and goodwill stuff.

ily said:

I just love the Premier Prints collection especially the dottie candy pink/white, the Ikat dots in red, and the oxygen dots in candy pink. Polka dots is one of my old time favorite and fabric.com has a very nice variety. Cant wait to make the matching polka dots pijamas my daughters has asking me to make them. Fabric.com is an awesome website the way the shipped the fabric is incredible.

ily said:

I absolutley love the Premier Prints especially the Ikat dots in red, the dottie candy pink/white and the Oxigen dots candy Pink. My daughters already ask me to make them matching polka dots pijamas but I am just waiting till I can buy the material. It will be awesome if I can make them for them. We just love polka dots and fabric.com has a wonderfull variety. Love to buy from them.

Angela Bruce said:

I would use the New Premier Prints Home Decor Fabrics collection, particularly the Premier Prints Madison Black/Denton fabric as my primary fabric and Gotcha Summerland Yellow, Gotcha Summerland Grey, Brook Summerland Citrine/Natural, Key West Village Blue/Natural, Gotcha White/Chartreuse, Ozborne Lipstick, ZigZag Lipstick/White and Loni Chartreuse/Candy Pink. I just bought a new “old” house, circa 1980, and need new curtains, valances, throw pillows,trims, etc. I would love to create and decorate my new “old” home in this vintage inspired print collection.

kandiss said:

The fabrics I would rediscover if I won this would be the Modern Whimsy Organics. They are SO gorgeous but I've put them on the back burner due to cost. Would love to use them for baby projects!

lost40 said:

Seersucker! Can't wait to make myself a summertime dress. Should be great for gardening.

TimelessKreations said:

I would buy some flannel and make recieving blankets and then some apron's to give to my friends.

teresa L said:

Just found some great oil cloth called stella cherries blast. It would make a cute waterproof bag for the pool or beach.

sewingnovice said:

I would get some seersucker to make a cute skirt for my daughter. I would also choose home dec weight fabric to try...I love making bags and have yet to try home dec fabric for them. Thanks for the giveaway!

Cassandra M said:

Forgot to register and log in smilies/wink.gif

I also just found the double sided quilted fabric that would make a lovely backpack smilies/cheesy.gif

Cassandra M said:

I just found the tissue jersey knit fabric!!! Very on trend for layering T's that I love smilies/cheesy.gif

Also the printed minky is to die for and we have a bunch of expectant Mommies in the family.

Michele Reed Van Epps said:

It is so hard to choose, but I love the children's book fabrics -- My daughter would love a "Brown bear, brown bear" quilt! and I have wanted to make something with the Girl Scout fabric for a long time --

Easier said:

We recently move so I'm slowly but surely replacing the cheap white miniblinds on EVERY window of the house. Right now, I'm looking at Fabric.com's uptown embroidered raw silk suiting as a potential window treatment. The prices at fabric.com are always excellent

JF3 said:

I order from Fabric.com all the time. Wonderful, fast service. Great prices. Have never been disappointed.

MN2NM said:

There is this great cassette tape novelty fabric - very 80's - that I had seen elsewhere and I forgot about it because I couldn't find it and there it was on fabric.com! Love shopping there!!

firegirl said:

I reciently got a lovely shabby chic fabric from fabric.com for making your retro apron and also some adorible chicken fabric for making some potholders for the kitchen. Love all their fabrics.

LindaKay50 said:

I shop fabric.com all the time and love the fabrics and service I've recieved over the last 15yrs or so that I've shopped with them...
What I'd like to buy would be the decorative fabrics and make purses and pillows and cover my ottoman with them...
I also really need to make my honey a handymans apron out of some durable fabric either a great print canvas or duck weight fabric..
Oh and me, I'd love to have a silk blend lounging dress. smilies/grin.gif

Laura R. said:

I would buy quilting fabrics and some of the seersucker fabric. I love the look of the pillowcases with the seersucker edges. Thanks for the idea. Laura R.

BillieBee said:

I really like All that Jazz. How fun is that! smilies/grin.gif

aniusti said:

Loving Amy Butler's Gypsy Caravan collection - great for a new handbag!

aniusti said:

Love AMy Butler's Gypsy Caravan! Great for a new handbag!

javacurls said:

I'm new to sewing & just discovered Fabric.com through your site. The range of fabric and sewing/craft items is really impressive. Being new to sewing my fabric selection is pretty small so if I won I'd love to splurge and choose a natural colored European linen. I love linen... so classic and simply gorgeous. Linen seems to go with so many fabrics. I'd coordinate the natural linen with a mix of fabrics from Riley's "Apple of my Eye" collection. I'd use these fabrics to make a cover for my sewing machine with a matching pincushion, needle case, and a little bag to hold all my essential sewing items.

janmacwill said:

I too love Fabric.com. They have great prices and great service, and free delivery when you order more that $35, and that is easy! I am eying the linens for the placemats. I have some good ideas for using with my embroidery machine.

kitkabbit said:

I found a great tutorial for recovering and refreshing old umbrellas with oilcloth or laminated fabric. i think that would be a great way to experiment with that type of fabric- I've never sewn with it before. However, I don't have any idea how well my machine would take to it, usually I use quilting weight cotton or flannel.

Lana T said:

I love the vintage look in several different looks but cherries are my most favorite!!!!! Toweling is awesome!!!! Pick Meeeee!

wordygirl said:

A forgotten fabric that caught my eye was ticking stripes. It reminded me of the mattresses at our grandmother's house. Perhaps it would be fun to make a comforter as a "wink".to the happy memories of sleepovers at Grandpa and Grandma's.

Kathleen Ann said:

Michael Miller Plain Jane! The daisy print reminds me of some fabric I used to have way back when I was learning to sew, only mine was a navy background with white daisies and red centers. I remember the fabric but can't remember what I made! Well it was a LOT of years ago!

Dani A. said:

My mother in-law is teaching me how to reapolster an antique sitting room chair and I think UN-358 Premier Prints Indoor/Outdoor Jamestown Toile White/Black would be the most perfect fabric for the chair. Wonderful source of fabric, thank you so much for the introduction.

skmooney said:

I love fabric.com mainly because they really work out for those of us that are budget conscious. I love the white fabrics lately because I can blend it with anything and come up with a beautiful quilt. They just make the quilts seem so new, even when using older fabrics.

Rebbecca Folmar said:

A forgotten fabric I found on Fabric.com was the Micheal Miller Pretty Bird collection. I love that collection and would love to make my daughter some light summer dresses out of it. The prints and colors are great. The fact that they coordinate will insure great results. Of course, I'd have to get some Riley Blake pom pom trim or some Riley Black crocheted lace trim too!

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