FreeSpirit-Rowan 10&10 Series: Great Giveaway with 10 Winners!
THIS GREAT GIVEAWAY CLOSED 02/28/13. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.
Ten collections. Ten designers. And now... ten winners! Each time we do a Great Giveaway with our friends at Westminster Fibers, the makers of FreeSpirit and Rowan Fabrics, the prize packages seem to get bigger and better. For today's Great Giveaway, they provided two-yard cuts of every fabric we used over the past four weeks to create our one-dozen projects. Plus, we also got TWO 18-spool thread gift boxes courtesy of Coats & Clark. We cut each fabric in half to yield 98 one yard cuts. We then dug into our own stash for two additional yards to make it an even 100 one-yard cuts. So now... that's 10 collections, 10 designers, and 10 winners of 10 yards of fabric.
We'll draw 10 winners at random from all the valid comments posted on this article as well as the other articles within this 4-week series. Our first two drawn names will be our "first place" and "second place" winners; these two lucky ducks will each get one of the thread boxes along with a mystery grab bag of 10 yards of fabric. The remaining eight winners will each get just (Ha!!! JUST!!!!) the ten yards of fabric.
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THIS GREAT GIVEAWAY CLOSED 02/28/13. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.
1) Leave a qualifying comment that meets the criteria of the giveaway.
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Qualifying Comments: Take a look back at all the FreeSpirit-Rowan 10&10 projects
To enter, take a few minutes to look back through the Series. Then, let us know your own 2013 sewing resolution. Plus, tell us who is your favorite FreeSpirit or Rowan designer. Pick from of the designers we used in our 10&10 series or write in another. We'll tally all the results, and may use your recommendations for future series.
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Clasp Clutch in Joel Dewberry/Notting Hill
Closet Hanger Safe in Tanya Whelan/Petal Sateen
Lush Fringed Pillows in Anna Maria Horner/Field Study
Unisex Urban Shoulder Bag in Tula Pink/Salt Water
Patchwork Floral Throw in Philip Jacobs/September 12 Collection
Long Ruffled Scarves in Valori Wells/Novella Rayon
Ruched Tootsie Roll Pillow in Jennifer Paganelli/Happy Land
Gathered Round Cushion in Jennifer Paganelli/Happy Land
Square Ruffled Pillow in Jennifer Paganelli/Happy Land
Elegant Runner, Napkins & Ties in Victoria & Albert/Godwin
Farm Girl Reversible Apron in Felicity Miller/Charleston Farmhouse
Fabric Box-Baskets in Jenean Morrison/In My Room
All of these incredible collections arrived online and in-store late over the last several months. Check out our Sew4Home Marketplace vendors, as well as the Westminster Fibers Retail Locator for shopping options.
Remember, not all shops take delivery and/or display fabrics on the same schedule, so actual in-stock dates may vary. Also, you can always ask your favorite local independent fabric retailer to special order fabric for you. And, you can try Googling the fabric name along with the designer's name or the design house, for example: "Notting Hill" and/or "Joel Dewberry" and/or FreeSpirit Fabrics. Prints from earlier collections can sometimes be found on Etsy or eBay. If you love a fabric, get it while you can. Because, like fashionable apparel, popular fabrics come and go; at some point, even the most amazing fabrics are no longer in stores or online.
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Our thanks again to Westminster Fibers, the makers of FreeSpirit and Rowan Fabrics, for sponsoring this very popular Series and for supplying enough fabric for such an amazingly generous Great Giveaway prize! It's our biggest drawing ever!
We will draw TEN people at random from everyone who posted a qualifying comment on one or more of the twelve 10 Designers & 10 Collections project articles as of midnight PT February 28, 2013. No purchase necessary to enter. Void where prohibited.
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Anna Maria Horner is my favourite :). My goals for the year are to become more proficient with my quilt sewing, and to begin replacing my bought clothing with nicer quality pieces I have made, as a more responsible consumerism (in addition to continuing to shop resale...I do feel that is the mostresponsible method, but I also feel that handmade goods last longer and because they are made with love, become more cherished and that we tend to mend themrather than to discard them, because of this). I would also like to mend items in my home using some of these fabrics. Thank you for the chance to win. Alainn.aingeal (at) gmail (dot) com
I like Jennifer Paganelli the best. Her colors are so bright, cheery and feminine! This year's project is to use the squares and strips I cut from last year's resolution of cutting up my scraps. I have finished one quilt already, have one in progress, and 3 more planned and laid out!
Jennifer Paganelli has such cheerful designs and her fabric line Happy Land has fun & pretty colours! I like her style and her sense of colour combos! My sewing resolution this year is to be bolder with my fabric selections and to try different techniques. I will be trying to work with the many new "bright" colours and whimsical fabric designs that are coming out this year to sew up some great projects for family and friends!
My favorite designer in this group is Jennifer Paganelli. My resolution for this year is to try more of projects, and learn some new skills... So far I have tried and successfully finished 2 projects from the sew4home site! Thanks for ideas and help!!
Love all these clutches!!!! I've bookmarked this porject!!!
My 2013 resolution is to sort out, proritize, actually use my stash and implement at least 3 of the projects from my to-do list!!! One quilt, One handbag/may be this clutch and one skirt (yes want to start with a simpler one)! I've bookmarked so many projects and have bought many books on quilts, handbags, dress making and home decor in 2012.
Picking one favorite designer is really hard.. I've collected fabric lines from Joel Dewberry, Ty Pennington, Jennifer Paganelli, Paula Prass, Sweetwater, Tanya Whelan and just love all other designers for their creativity!!!
Okay, if at all I've to pick one now, I think it is Joel Dewberry :)
My 2013 resolution is to machine quilt at least 5 of my UFO's. I have the batting purchased, so I am good to go.
I don't really have a favorite designer, but I do like Amy Butler, Joel Dewberry and Anna Marie Horner.
I plan to make at least 4 baby quilts for our church quilt ministry this year. My favorite designer is Tanya Whelan.
So many good projects and amazing designers, "Sewing once a day keeps insanity at bay!" Anna Maria Horner rocks!
My resolution is to quilt my very first King-sized quilt I started in January and it's almost done! See my progress at my blog www.RocknQuilts.blogspot.com
My mom had a sewing machine (along with many many other crafting tools) and I have finally decided that it is time for me to get back to the art. Additionally, we are moving into a new house this year, so my 2013 resolution is to furnish my new house with beautiful sewing. I am so glad that I found sew4home because it is exactly what I needed - I had started to get a bit lost on the internet with all the different articles and patterns of varying quality...
I also loved looking through the FreeSpirit and Rowan sites to get inspiration from their beautiful collections! I think my favorite designer so far is Jenean Morrison with the Picnic Parade swatches. They have such vibrant colors and patterns!
I am starting to sew again this year and the Clasp Clutch in Joel Dewberry fabrics is my choice for creativety.I can see me making it larger adding a chain or making one larger and smaller to match.I would make gifts which to me is making things that are personal.I am starting asap!
I do love these, Sure wish I could win them.
I am a fabric addict, and am seriously craving some of Jenean Morrison's In My Room and Joel Deberry's Notting Hill fabrics. I cannot pick one above the other as I love both designers fabrisc.My fingers are itching to get going on making some new home furnishing and children's clothes this year. I was drooling over the Joel Dewberry collection in Liberty yesterday, and got some very odd looks from security; they just don't understand the pull of great fabrics for addicts, lol. Both I and my bank manager would be very grateful I could get some of them for free. Thank you.
PS. Notice that my craving has gotten even worse since I saw your great giveaway, so much so that I commented twice by mistake; can't think straight for thinking about all that yummy FREE fabric. Lol
I am a serious fabric addict, and am seriously craving some of Jenean Morrison's In My Room and Joel Deberry's Notting Hill fabrics. My fingers are itching to create things out of them. I was drooling over the Joel Dewberry collection in Liberty yesterday, and got some very odd looks from security; they just don't understand the pull of great fabrics for addicts, lol. Both I and my bank manager would be very grateful I could get some of them for free. Thank you.
My favorite designer is Philip Jacobs for Rowan. The colors and diversity are beautiful. I think the farmgirl apron would be so fun to make w/ his September 12 collection. My 2013 resolution is to finish a project before I start another. I'm a registered user.
My goal for 2013 is learn more about sewing clothing And I love all the designers but having to pick one it is Jenena Morrison.
Wow, what a fab giveaway!!! Since I was lucky enough to become a mother of twin girls in December, I would love to sew up the softie bunny and kitten published here at Sew4Home (once I get a couple of minutes to myself.....). I think that the Notting Hill collection would be the perfect choice for the softies - I love Joel Dewberry! As most crafters, I do have a long list of projects that I would like to get to. On the top of the list right now are: redress my kitchen chairs, sew up a couple of basket liners for my new laundry baskets, and make cover for my sewing machine. We'll see how much I get done... LOL
If I am one of the lucky winners, please contact me at jenny_hilding@hotmail.com.
I have to choose just one of the three Free Spirit designers whose work I adore? That is so incredibly tough. To have to choose between Jenean Morrison, Jennifer Paganelli and Tula Pink is impossible because I love all three for different reasons. OK, if pushed it would have to be Jennifer because she has such a superb eye for colour. Then it would be Jenean for pattern and Tula for detail and whimsy.
Tanya Whelan's closet hanger safe is wonderful. The fabrics are nice; the idea fantastic!
My resolution is to finish some of my 'projects'. I have so many started and close to finishing.. but not there yet. I love the felicity miller fabrics and would love to try the reversible farmgirl apron.
I am hoping to get started on the box seen here: http://www.sew4home.com/projects/storage-solutions/freespirit-rowan-1010-series-fabric-box-baskets-jenean-morrisonin-my-room#comment-34432 . This is probably the best turorial I have seen in a long time.
I have 2 favorites...Dena Designs and Valori Wells of Free Spirit. Love the fresh patterns and colorways. I really love the ruffled scarf tutorial using the Valori fabric. My 2013 goal is to update my family room with new pillows, an ottoman slipcover and a matching quilt. If I should be so lucky as to win, I can be reached at jen.ris@hotmail.com. Thanks for the opportunity.
My resolution is to make a skirt! My favorite designer is Jenean Morrison. Her fabric baskets really caught my eye! Practical and pretty!
Beautiful fabrics! My resolution to complete my boomerang swap quilt! I'd love to make at least 6 quilts this year. I teach elementary school, so it's hard for me to get much work done during the school year, but come summer vacation, I'm basically locked in my sewing room!
Oh, and my favorite designer is Valori Wells! bellsandunicorns@gmail.com
“I am salivating at the thought of these fabrics--simply gorgeous!”
jenefer1202@bigpond.com
My resolution is to complete every project I start this year. My favorite designer is Valori Wells and I loved the scarf pattern. That makes a scarf that is beautiful to wear for work.
I really don't like resolutions, unless they help me to achieve a goal that I need that extra push. My resolution is to find time for me and no guilt. If I buy some fabric and I get total enjoyment from just looking at it and feeling it, than good for me. I really don't care about anybody else's goals or accomplishments. I am happy for them and I will focus on what brings me contentment with my own creative endeavors in my own creative time frame!! YAY!!! Tula Pink rocks!
My resolution is to concentrate on one project at a time and sew more efficiently by using your tips. My favorite is Jennifer Paganelli and the Happy Land line of fabric.
My 2013 resolution is to sew (and finish) at least one thing per month. So far so good! A bag, a clutch, a fabric basket and 3 aprons. I love the look of the Felicity Miller fabrics.
I would love to win the fabric it would help me so much thank you
Im not very good with new year resolutions. But I did try to not buy any new fabrics for a month after Christmas.....I failed! Does that count. I love the chocolate and tangerine ofthe jenean Morrison collection. Handbagsbyhelen@gmail.com
I adore Jenean Morrison due to the vibrancy of her colors. My resolution for 2013 is to contribute more quilt blocks for the Quilts of Valor Project.
Well, since one of my goals is to get my sewing room organized, the fabric baskets are one of my favorites.
My resolution is to free-motion quilt an actual quilt (not just practice or small things!). My favorite designer is Janean Morrison. Love her!
My email is kgeraci [at] gmail
My sewing resolution is to master inset zippers and improve my binding skills. I think I have to go with Valori Wells as my favorite designer, although I love Jeaneen Morrison so much, too.
moxiescloset@yahoo.com
Sure would like to win this.I love Anna Maria Horner as a designer.Dose matrials are so beatiful.
Oh my gosh, I don't think I can pick just one- I like them all! Closest I can narrow it down...Jenean Morrison, Joel Dewberry, Anna Maria Horner and Philip Jacobs...but the rest are gorgeous too! My sewing resolution this year is to finish at least three projects, one of them being a queen sized quilt (my first). Also, I'd love to be great at binding, it's something I've been struggling with.
angelger28 (at) hotmail (dot) com
My sewing goal for 2013 is to spend more time in my sewquilting quilting. Being a Memphis girl, I have to go with Jenean Morrison! I love her fabrics & sweet personality.
10 yards of gorgeous fabrics would be an amazing addition to my tiny little fabric stash! I can be reached at windylou at gmail dot com if chosen! Fingers crossed!!
Hard to choose but my favorite is Tula Pink. l resolve to finish all I have started.
I love the Jennifer Paganelli Happy Land collection. It reminds me of Mexican oilcloth that I adore. My sewing resolution is to make my own clothes, within reason of course!
This year my resolution is to continue finishing the UFO's as I did last year with GREAT success and also to make MYSELF a quilt. I have it all cut just need to get busy putting it together. My favorite designer is Phillip Jacobs. Though I have to say I really really like several others!!!
This year's resolution is to create useful, eye-catching, whimsical, beautiful fabric items; sell them locally and on etsy. That's a big resolution for me, but something I have been contemplating for at least two years. I am on my way, working, experimenting, even failing, as I play and evolve in my choices of style, color, fabric.
My favorite designer in your list is Victoria and Albert Museum's Godwin by Rowan (love their yarns too!), tastefully shown in the table runner, napkins, and ties. Beautiful! Kaffe Fasset and Amy Butler are also awesome designers!
(I am registered with your site.)
My favorite designer is Denyse Schmidt. My goal this year is to not start projects and leave them unfinished. I have a really bad habit of that. :( teatly at gmail dottt com
My goal is to sew outside my comfort zone and learn new things this year. I've been trying bags and pillows. My favorite designers are Joel Dewberry and Jennifer Paginelli. Thanks!
Gosh I have to pick just one designer? Can't. Love Victoria and Albert, Phillip Jacobs, Jennifer Paganelli, Kaffe Fasset... My resolution for 2013 is to finish a quilt for my son (Children's Delight) and make as many gifts for Christmas and birthdays handmade as possible.
My favorite designer is Tula Pink. My resolution is to make a Cathedral Windows quilt or maybe just start out small and just make a wall hanging.
My resolution for ths year is to make more quilts and to branch out to try a few art quilts. My favorite if JenniferPaganelli. I love the bright colors in the Happy Land line. plyoung57@aol.com
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