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.

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enigma@mv.com said:

the laminated cottons (oilcloth) and seersucker are fabrics i haven't used/seen in ages. so many projects for those in my home!

Mary Lou Rounds said:

the diaper fabric! and the PUL fabric could be used for so many applications! If I were to win, I would make outerwear and picnic table topper with this!

vivianandruby said:

I LOVE michael miller's ta dot fabric and want to make the apron featured recently with one of those...fun, fun, fun!

Crafty Betty said:

Oh my! Immediately I fell in love with Cool Brittania! I see mounds and mounds of pillows. Some long and rectangly, some round and tufted, some big and square with ruffles. I would cover the couch!

dschreffler said:

Polka dots, gingham, dotted swiss and eyelet were my favorites. I love fabric.com and believe they have the best selection and pricing. I have always found whatever I wanted on that site and the free shipping is great too. My mother used to make all of my clothes and in the summer, I got beautiful seersucker sunsuits. I learned to sew on my mom's Singer treadle machine and in her later years, she went back to her first love of quilting. She made some beautiful quilts and, to this day, can still see some of those sunsuit fabrics.

pawhee02 said:

I would make a seersucker quilt with ruffles around the border for my soon to arrive granddaughter

martha said:

I am a big fan of Fabric.com

My forgotten find would be eyelet. I love dresses made with eyelet and I would make my granddaughter a dress

QuietGraces said:

I'd grab some linen (love it for pants!) and I'd grab some of that Radiance Silk/Cotton. It's such a beautiful forgotten fabric!

RitaJ said:

Love, love, love Fabric.com. My current favorite forgotten find is pastel gingham, I remember making my daughter's dresses and now have an opportunity to sew for a new grandbaby.

Jolara said:

OMG, I've never been to fabric.com before and I'm SO EXCITED to find the Lakeside Camping by Quilting Treasures. I've been searching for a year and a half now for some buffalo plaid like this collection has so I can make a quilt for some very dear friends of ours who have a cabin in the woods. I'm so excited I can finally make them the quilt that will suit their decor and give it to them this holiday season!!! Thank you Sew 4 Home for bringing this website to my attention! smilies/cheesy.gif

*happy dance*

April S. Hurley said:

My go-to place to buy fabric from!!! I have been working a quilt for a while but ran out of fabric to complete it. Was searching on fabric.com and ran across the line (Nicey Jane by Heather Bailey) and remembered the WIP!! And best part was the fabric was on sale...so yes I had to place an order!! Can't beat free shipping!

Vally5583 said:

I would love to win! I would use the seersucker fabric to make some cute rompers for my little girl.

tenino62 said:

I can see a quilt made with the California girl collection. They have some beautiful fabrics that would compliment any room in your house.

ASH said:

I like the toile fabrics but have been afraid to try and use them. Maybe the time has come.

Nancy D. said:

I found the greatest text fabric - Pinochio, Snow White and Peter Pan. Sweet! I like to use it on the back of pillows.

icouldbefake said:

I love the Kaufman 21 Wale Cool corderoy. Of course I would make the back to school bag for my daughter, from right here, which I printed a long time ago, just never found any fabric I liked. the owls and whales are so cute, and perfect I think for a pre-teen

adjohnston81 said:

Velveteen

Bettie F said:

Love the seersucker for the linens! Also novelty prints for a sewing room project. Fabric.com is great for value and service. Love to win.

lisavh said:

I have always loves toile fabrics. They just seem so sophisticated and yet homey at the same time. I would love to make some accessories for my new craft room - sewing machine cover, chair clipcover and maybe a matching sewing tote.

bh15727 said:

I love the seersucker! I have recently started making clothes for my daughter and would love to make her a cute dress with the beautiful seersucker fabrics!

ella52 said:

Fabric.com is one of my favorite places to find fabric. I've had my eye on some lime striped seer sucker to make a shower curtain for our new house.

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Bettie F said:

Love the seersucker for the linens. Also love the new novelty prints for some sewing room projects. Love to win! Love fabric.com. They have great value and service!

kdschafer said:

Love the gingham and the seersucker. My mom used to make us such fun summer dresses from both, ususally with smocking at the top. I'll have to hunt thru the old photos to find one to show my kids. I'd love to make a blouse from either.

Andee Harston said:

Fabric.com is my favorite fabric store. If I were to win I would make a quilt from "EU-041 Moda Puttin' on the Ritz Terms of Endearment Stone"

Wendy Asher said:

Love the seersucker!! Would make awesome summer bedding!!

kds said:

Like many others, your projects with seersucker brought memories. My grandma had a Sunday dress made out of blue & white seersucker. The front pockets were trimmed in crisp white Rick rack. I would make a shirtwaist dress for myself with seersucker. I have enjoyed the old is new again series. Thank you!

Wendy Asher said:

I love fabric.com!! Just got a box from them yesterday, in fact

I think seersucker would be amazing for summer bedding!!

Teresa Ross said:

I was happy to find organic/eco-friendly fabrics!

cjsrs523 said:

Just in case I did this wrong... A forgotten fabric I found on fabric.com is the seersucker, without a doubt. 2 little girls in pink seersucker dresses, and a little boy in a blue seersucker romper = one happy momma! Love fabric.com SO much. Can't beat free shipping with $35 purchase!!

Lynda H. said:

It would have to be this http://www.fabric.com/ProductD...f42eab4eb6
It's the closest thing I could find to the material my favorite child hood dress was made of. I adored that dress!

MarilynYoder said:

Ummm Seersucker. I would redecorate my bedroom for spring with new curtains, duvet cover and pillow covers. And do it in peach tones. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win this. Love all your easy to follow tutorials, keep up the good work.

cjsrs523 said:

My favorite forgotten fabric is the seersucker, without a doubt. 2 little girls in pink seersucker dresses, and a little boy in a blue seersucker romper = one happy momma! Love fabric.com SO much. Can't beat free shipping with $35 purchase!!

CarolK said:

I really enjoyed looking at the toiles, then polka dots oh my. I'll be sewing new grand daughter clothes this summer and some of the old timeless fabrics would be fun to design with.

tybrousseau01 said:

As I was looking thru the web site for the first time I came across the Timeless Treasures Fleur collection is my forgotten find. I was reminded that I have always wanted to do a stained glass medallion type of quilt, or wall hanging. The florals in this collection would work perfectly in the quilt that I have in my mind's eye. Thanks for reminding me about something I have always wanted to do I think in the back of my mind I was just waiting to find the perfect fabric! Now I won't have an excuse anymore.

dlk3265 said:

My favorite current forgotten fabrics are anything dotty -- polka dots, Stella dots, Ta dots and most especially those pin dots. Those pin dots reminds me of the old days (40+ years ago) where mother used some of those fabrics. I love them. Thank you for a chance to win.

Chris Huth said:

I smiled when I saw the seersucker fabric! One of my favorite summer outfits when I was a teenager was a yellow seersucker blouse & short set - I wonder if I could recreate it now?! I believe I'll try!

Mimi's Creations said:

My forgotten fabric is searsucker. I would LOVE to get my hands on some of this to make my only granddaughter some cute summer things. I remember having dresses of this fabric when I was little! I LOVE fabric.com and would love to win! Thanks for the opportunity!

Debbie Boswell said:

I was inspired by the Crochet Lace Ivory to make my grandaughter a cute dress

Deborah Arvin said:

A Seersucker outfit for my soon to be 4 year old grand daughter, maybe a new foot for my new janome machine and lots of fabric for learning on my new sewing machine I so need to win this! Sewing again after about 30 years of working & not getting to makes me so happy! smilies/cheesy.gif

dlarvin@windstream.net

Kathie M said:

Seersucker is my forgotten fabric. I would make summer outfits for the nieces and nephews.

PickleSoup aka Peggy said:

I love the look of this item: 'Kaufman Waterford Linen White
Item Number: FF-364'. I adore linen EVERYTHING! But this looks like it would make some really nice handkerchiefs. I might hand roll them, but more than likely I'll do it by machine and then trim with some tatted edging.

Fun!!

StephanieP said:

My forgotten fabric is Dotted Swiss. 40 years ago my mother made my wedding gown out of Dotted Swiss with a flower trim on the sleeves and neck. Very 60s/70s hippie wedding gown. My 40th anniversary is this September and I'd love to make something out of Dotted Swiss in honor of the original wedding dress.

Carol88 said:

I love all the fabric and would love to make dresses for my daughter and myself along with window treatments for the home. They have really nice fabric that would make a really nice dipper bags for my friends babies and purses for them!

allthingsbeautiful said:

I love the nursery basics organic speckled sky. I would pair it with some pink or red to make a cute baby outfit for my daughter.

MKP Design said:

Seersucker for sure! Summertime....My neice can always use a coordinating shorts outfit, jumper, or just about anything.

nb05144 said:

Love fabric.com. Great fabric, great prices.

Kathyatemily said:

What a great site. Easy to maneuver. I would have to go with seersucker also. Grew up with that. Aunt made me lots of outfits for the summer that were cool to wear and always looked neat. Also love the dots. Would incorporate dots into quilts. Gotta get some ric rac too! Old time favorite.

Michelle Bryant said:

My forgotten fabric... is Gingham I use to make my daughters dresses with this for summer and would love to make them for my 7 granddaughters. My granny use to make me dresses of gingham and seersucker adding lace. My mom made dresses in dotted swiss. oh the lost memories to be found....

ChristinaP said:

I could use http://www.fabric.com/ProductD...070a093044 to make anything from a bag, to bed linens, an apron or pillow shams. Either way, I'd probably make something for my mom, because she would like this pink toile.

idnaoj80 said:

Oooo... This is such a great giveaway!! I would choose the seersucker! Its so cute but I never use it.

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