THIS CONTEST ENDED 12/15/11. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!

Our final Artist Trio Series with Free Spirit Fabrics , this one featuring Joel Dewberry, goes out with a BANG today with the most fabric cuts EVER in a Great Giveaway. This Artist Trio was short, running just over the past four days, but oh-so sweet! Joel Dewberry has always been one of S4H's favorite fabric designers. We loved getting to know him during our interview and working with his latest Heirloom collection for our Thanksgiving Traditions projects. Our friends at Free Spirit sent a super generous selection of gorgeous Heirloom fabric for one lucky Sew4Home fan: TWENTY-NINE one yard cuts of the quilting cottons, TWELVE one-yard cuts of the amazing laminates, and Joel's FIVE Eclectic Modern sewing patterns. Wowee Zowee, Batman... this is a super prize. To enter, simply leave a short comment below about a fabric heirloom someone made and passed down to you or one you are creating now to become a favorite tradition.

Here at S4H, we have loved every Joel Dewberry collection that has come down the pike. His talent for mixing traditional and contemporary motifs, then infusing those concoctions with just the right color combinations, is spot-on time after time. If you haven't already read our interview with Joel, take a look; you'll enjoy learning about his design perspective. And, be sure to try out one or all of our three Thanksgiving Traditions projects from this week:

Heirloom Apron

Heirloom Napkins & Ties

Heirloom Placemats

Our thanks to Free Spirit Fabrics for sponsoring all of our 2011 Artist Trio Series.

Heirloom is availabe in stores and online now. Check out the selection available from these Shopping Directory online fabric retailers:

Ribbon Retreat + Fabric

Look at what you could win in this fabulous Free Spirit-sponsored Giveaway

A selection of Heirloom quilting and fashion weight fabric in one-yard cuts

A selection of Heirloom laminates in one-yard cuts

Five Must-Make Eclectic Modern Patterns

Entering to win the Free Spirit Heirloom Gift Package is easy!

An incredible THANK YOU again to both Free Spirt and Joel Dewberry for sponsoring our Thanksgiving Traditions series and providing such an amazing giveaway for our S4H fans.

We will draw one person at random from everyone who posts a "my fabric heirloom was or is..." comment on this article as of midnight PT December 15, 2011. No purchase necessary to enter. Void where prohibited.

Is there a special tablecloth that comes out for holiday gatherings? Do you have a wedding quilt or dress that has been passed down through the generations? Are you creating a special set of Christmas stockings this year designed to become heirlooms of their own? Let us know what traditions beautiful fabric has inspired in your life.

We will contact our random winner by email to confirm your information and coordinate shipping.

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

Make it easy for us to notify you should you be our lucky winner. Simply register with us and login before you comment. Your email address is then hidden from view.

Remember, post your "fabric heirloom or tradition" comment below to enter.

Scroll to the BOTTOM of the page to find the comment window. After you post, your comment will automatically display at the TOP of the comments on the page.

THIS CONTEST ENDED 12/15/11. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!

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ErikaW said:

My grandmother is a quilter and has quilts that have been in our family since the revolutionary war. The quilts have been passed down through the generations. It is amazing to think of the stories each one carries.

The fabrics of today are amazingly bright and beautiful. I would love to create with these beauties.

bagsfromtheheart@yahoo.com

natalieianne said:

I have two favorites: I have a doll my adopted grandmother made for my sisters and myself and then one my mom made for me. They are both in my daughter's room now. And then I have a colonial girl quilt my mom made for me when I went to college and one she made for my daughter with the same pattern using fabric scraps from the dresses I had made for my daughter. I would love tis fabric stash!!! My daughter's favorite color is purple.

AnnieB said:

Crocheted doily from my mother in law

melissa m. said:

I know my chances are slim but my heirloom is a beautiful vest made by my maternal grandmother(who is more like a mother to me) for my first child. i hope and pray that it is passed on for generations.

gritsgirl said:

I have 2 special fabric heirlooms the first one is a baby quilt that my mother-in-law and 2 of my husbands aunts emroidered the blcoks for for my oldest daughter, she is now almost 32 years old and I am saving it for a future grandchild! Also have a quilt that my mother in law hand sewed the blocks and hand quilted that she started when my husband, now 60 was a baby, I hand sewed the binding and also helped her finish the last bit of quilting on it when we first got married, I guess my kids can fight over it someday! I divied up my mothers quilts between my children this summer when we cleaned out my parents home, very bittersweet event, but bearable knowing the items they have are loved by them now. I recently made a cross stitched prayer wall hanging that I designed for our oldest daughter to give to her at her commissioning ceremony when she became an officer in the US Navy last month. I stitched it with thread from both of her grandmothers. I'm hoping that will become a family heirloom in her own family someday, now to work on something compareable for the other 2 kids! I love the fabric being given away, it is fantabulous!

Christina C. said:

I have a quilt from my grandmother but my favorite is my great-grandmother's needle-pointed tea table cover. They used it to play cards on!

txballetmom said:

We also do not have any heirloom traditions. I'm working on making some for my children to keep and pass down. Soon though!

lmolin said:

My mother made a plush Noah's Ark, complete with pairs of animals, for me when I was a toddler. I now have this beautiful heirloom, and both of my boys enjoyed it as infants as well. I can't wait to give it to my grandchildren!

GmaAnn said:

My favorite heirloom is the christening gown my Grandma made for me. And I used it for my daughter and now my children will use it for theirs. I am going to be sewing a quilt this winter and one for my grand-daughter out of her baby outfits.
I am disabled and don't get out much. This fabric is soooo talking to me, here's to hoping I win

jacksoe said:

I am hopefully beginning my family's heirloom of a special quilt made for each child, grandchild, and great-grandchild. Joel Dewberry's fabrics are beautiful! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

button2 said:

My favorite heirloom is a yo yo quilt that my father made when he was 16 out of feed sack fabric.

Pam F said:

My Favorite fabric heirloom is the little aprons from the '30s that my grandmother made for my aunt and mother that were worn by my sister and me and then by my daughters. Every time I touch those aprons, I can feel the connection between generations.

Katie77 said:

I love to make quilts, it started when I was a teenager. I made my mom a quilt with hearts on it that she loves and now uses to keep warm when she has dialysis. Makes me happy to know she is using it. I make baby quilts for close friends and family members. I have a blanket from my grandma that she made for me.

Katie77 said:

I love to make quilts, I made my mother a lap quilt with hearts on it that she loves and she now uses that quilt to stay warm when she has dialysis. I make baby quilts for all of my close friends and family members.

Linda Sandusky said:

My fabric heirloom is a piece of lace that my grandparents brought over from Germany when they emigrated here in the early 1930's.

RebeccaMarie said:

My favourite family fabric heirlooms are the quilts I've made for my daughters and son; each of them has a baby quilt and twin size quilt from me now. I hope they have them in their own houses one day

THANKS so much for the chance at this generous prize, and yes, I have a US mailing address

ourbusylittlebunch(at)hotmail(dot)com

Brenda Turner said:

I have a yo-yo quilt that my mother-in-law and sister-in-law made many years ago!

shescrafty217@gmail.com said:

my fabric heirloom is a quilt that was made for my grandfather as a child and recently passed down to me. I love it.

Alice-Ann said:

My fabric heirloom was tiny and I mean teensy tiny doll clothes made by my mother's friend Gladys. She took some of my hand me down clothes (from cousins) and made several outfits for my Ginny doll. I must have been about 8. I'm sure from then on I thought Gladys could do anything!

Jenny121 said:

My next door neighbor taught me to sew. Thanks to her, I have smocked and hand embroidered many dresses that will become heirlooms. More importantly, I have taught my girls to sew so they can now create their own beautiful heirlooms.

carussell54 said:

I have a lace tablecloth (very fragile) that was from my grandmother.

Alice-Ann said:

I'm jumping up and down I love that fabric so much!

Andreia Schineanu said:

The last supper - this heirloom was made over 100 years ago and it is a 1.8m by 1.2m tapestry of the last supper by Da Vinci, and it took over 10 years to make as each stitch is less than 2mm in size, and over 150 different coloured threads were used. It was made by my great auntie, and it is absolutely stunning. I am so proud to have such talented ancestors and it spurns me on to create beautiful things.

MammaLill said:

My favorite heirloom is a holiday embroidered piece created by my husbands grandmother (now 95 years old!) when she was a young girl. This is a beautiful giveaway and I thank you for the chance!

BarbH said:

I made my husband a stocking the first Christmas we had together as a married couple. It comes out every year, along with a Christmas quilt.

Get Stitchy With Sarah said:

My grandmother made some quilt blocks out of my mom's baby dresses. She is gone now, but my mom and I are going to make some more blocks with 30's reproductions and finish the quilt.

Laurie C. said:

I am so happy to have heirloom quilts that were made by my great great grandmother

AnitaP said:

My fabric heirloom is going to be a quilt for each of my 4 kids, as soon as I get really comfortable with the top quilting part of it!! I am sewing lots of practice pieces now!!!

Vicky Lo from Argentina said:

Is a shame that you only ship within US, smilies/cry.gif

I would have loved to put my hands on those fabrics. Any how, my fabric heirloom are two aprons, one for my best friends, with her nana laces, that I hope she enjoys.

Best wishes to all of you!

Anita Pochop said:

I'm the first sewer/quilter in the family (that I know of!) so I will be the one to pass (hopefully, many!) things down to others that I love!!

TamS said:

My heirlooms are my MIL's recipes handed down from her relatives. My hubby LOVES the comfort food.
Plus creating heirlooms for my kids with my projects.

Susan Plum-Jones said:

I am making a quilt using fabric from all the nightgowns that my Gramma made for me and my cousins when we were little, on her shuttle machine with hand stitched buttonholes. She would have loved Joel Dewberry's fabrics!!

JoAnn Brown said:

I made my dad a quilt with pictures of our family past and present.
He just loves it. When he received it, he brought it over to his
brothers homes so he could share it with them. It now hangs in his
bedroom so he can see his family before he goes to sleep.
Thanks for the giveaway!

LucyL said:

I am planning on making a quilted bed spread to pass on to my kid.
Thanks for the great opportunity of giveaway! The fabric collection is awesome...

ggenevieve20@hotmail.com said:

My grand mother sew me a strawberry shortcake quilt for me when I was a child. This quilt have followed me everywhere. My mother just find it in her basement. It is coverted with holes but a plan to repair it and give it to my girl!

Love the fabric in the giveaway!

Gen

Bonnie/Va said:

Thanks for a wonderful give away opportunity. My heirlooms aren't all that old but well loved none-the-less. My grandmother made me doll clothes for two Madame Alexander dolls -- one big and one little. She made velvet coats, dresses and bathing suits from fabric left overs from the Los Angeles garment district. I loved playing with all of my dolls and still have them carefully saved. I can't wait until my grand daughter is old enough to play with me.

ggenevieve20 said:

My fabric heirloomis a strawberry sortcake quilt my grand mother made me when I was a child. My mother recently find it in her basement. There is a bunch of hole in it but I plan one day to redoit and give it to my girl!

I LOVE THE FABRIC of the giveaway!

ann.m said:

My grandmother had passed before I was born; however, I have a few of her white lace and embroidered hankies. I have added a few more over the years and this year have decided that my modern daughters would really rather have something from my hands.
I am making two all white Christmas stockings for them to display and treasure.
Thank you for this opportunity,
Ann M

vickit said:

My fabric heirloom is my Mother's baby Christening gown. It is absolutely incredible because my Grandmother hand stitched the entire gown.

I am also working on making my Grandchildren their own baby quilts which will hopefully become an heirloom they each will pass on to their own children's babies years from now.

FABULOUS giveaway. Thank you so much Joel Dewberry and Sew4Home.

MommyMel said:

I made a pillow for our 2nd Wedding Anniversary (cotton) and hand embroidered our family at the time. It shows that I was pregnant with my first child. I hope my daughter will treasure it like I do. What a beautiful prize.... fingers crossed.

maddymazestudio said:

What a fantastic giveaway! Thanks for all the great tips!

Amanda G said:

My favorite fabric heirloom is a quilt my mom's friend made for me when I was a baby. It is hand-quilted and embroidered with trains and animals. Both of my kids have snuggled with it and enjoyed all the bright colors.

bbaker4 said:

My favorite heirloom is a quilt my great-grandmother made. It hangs on the wall and I get to look at it everyday!

wanderingneedle said:

I have a baby quilt that my grandmother made for me completely by hand. She was a crocheter and the blanket is one of the few things she ever sewed. Would love to win these fabrics - so much color!

Jana Wright said:

Oh my goodness! I would love to win this fabric! One of my favorite family heirlooms is the quilt on my bed. It was made by my husband's grandmother.

radham said:

I have a couple of quilts, that my mom made using old saris of my grandma, I am now in the process of making quilts and knitted hats for my family, which will hopefully be preserved as heirlooms in the future. Love the fabrics!

WhenThePawn said:

my fabric heirloom is a fabric table cover my grandmother made. It sits on top of my dresser.

Deece said:

I have a quilt that my great-grandmother made. It is one of my treasures.
Thank you for the chance to win this prize.

deece at cutey dot com

sonoftsadik said:

I don't really have any handmade family heirlooms but I am working on starting a few of my own.

jamiev said:

No one in my family was a seamstress or quiltmaker - not my grandmas, nor my mom, or any aunts, cousins or sisters. I am the only one. However, when my grandma was a young woman she made one quilt (probably in early 1930's) - very simple, but beautiful, with many different fabrics. I have the quilt and display and use it everyday! jamievowell@yahoo.com

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A selection of Heirloom laminates in one-yard cuts

Five Must-Make Eclectic Modern Patterns

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