Michael Miller Cotton Couture: Great Giveaway
THIS CONTEST ENDED 07/10/12. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.
It's been a colorful two weeks here at Sew4Home, as we put Michael Miller's 100% Cotton Couture collection through its paces: color selection - check, beautiful drape - check, silky feel - check, coordination with MMF prints - check. With the quality points in order, now it's time to share the rainbow. With Cotton Couture, that rainbow is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet... plus 83 more! You could win THREE specially-selected fat quarter bundles of Cotton Couture: 20 jewels, 20 pastels and 20 neutrals plus a Color Card - an over $200 retail value!
The good folks of Michael Miller Fabrics have provided THREE fat quarter boxes; each contains twenty 18" x 21" cuts. There's one in Jewel tones, another in Pastels, and the third is Neutrals. In addition, you'll get a Cotton Couture color card with real fabric swatches. Sixty generous slices of rich color for home décor, garments or quilting.
One lucky Sew4Home fan will get all three fat quarter bundles plus the swatch card to rev up her (or his) own color riot. For your chance to be that lucky winner, simply take a few minutes to browse through the 90 Cotton Couture colors, then leave us a short comment about your favorite color and why.
How better cotton fabric is made
Luxury cotton makers, like Michael Miller begin by choosing their raw materials the way a chef chooses his ingredients. This means selecting from varieties like American Pima or Egyptian cotton (which has several subvarieties), then from these varieties, buying only the better quality fibers.
During initial processing, the shorter cotton fibers are combed out, leaving only the longer fibers, which produce finer thread. These longer threads can be woven at a higher thread count. This is the basis of that luxurious feel we love.
After the thread is woven into fabric, but before it's dyed, it will be gassed, specially prewashed, and mercerized (which allows the fabric to stay soft and loose when washed).
The dyeing process is where a lot of cheap cottons get that stiff, rough feel. Regular dyes simply 'paint' the outside of the cotton fibers, making them stiff. The darker the cheap dye, the stiffer the fabric. Luxury cottons are given their color with 'reactive dyes.' Instead of just coating the surface of the fiber, these dyes actually permeate through to the core. The result is color that is deeper, more vivid, and longer lasting. It also means the darker colors are just as soft as the lighter colors and even the whites.
The most luxurious cottons are the solid colors. Because the process of making cotton prints is a lot like printing wrapping paper (the fabric is run through a printing press), it can never match the softness and colorfastness of reactive dyeing.
Finally, after dyeing, luxury cotton is further treated by calendaring (a process using heated rollers) and Sanforization (a process that fixes the fabric so it resists shrinking). Now it can be cut to size and delivered to your local candy shop (sometimes called a fabric store).
We encourage you to give these great Cotton Couture solids from Michael Miller a try, because high end cottons don't just look wonderful. They wear longer, wash longer, and feel better. Once you've worked with them, you'll never go back to anything less.
Take a look back at these NINE projects and tips:
Michael Miller Cotton Couture: Triangle Color Block Table Runner
Michael Miller Cotton Couture: Color Block Queen Bolster Pillow
Michael Miller Cotton Couture: Color Block Queen Duvet
Michael Miller Cotton Couture: Wave Tucked Preppy Handbag
Michael Miller Cotton Couture: Three Tier Ombre Apron
Quick Tip: Warp Speed Button Sewing
How To Sew A Corner (aka Mitered) Hem
Entering to win is easy!
THIS CONTEST ENDED 07/10/12. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.
First, a very BIG Sew4Home thanks to everyone at Michael Miller Fabrics for sponsoring our Cotton Couture Series and for supplying such a generous Great Giveaway.
Second, here's how to make it yours!
We will draw one person at random from everyone who posts a qualifying comment about their favorite color of Cotton Couture as of midnight PT July 10, 2012. No purchase necessary to enter. Void where prohibited.
There are 90 colors from which to choose your fave. To browse through them, visit your local independent fabric or quilt shop, find them online at the Michael Miller, or browse one of these shops with most to all of the Cotton Couture collection in stock and ready to buy/ship: Fabric Depot, Pink Chalk Fabrics, and Fat Quarter Shop.
Let us know what color you were excited to find. Was it Clementine, Periwinkle, Raspberry or... ??
We will contact our random winner by email to confirm and coordinate shipping of the three fat quarter bundle boxes plus the Cotton Couture Color Card.
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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All of the colors are amazing, but apple makes me excited!! I seem to have little of that amazing green in every room of my home!
All of the colors are amazing, but apple makes me excited!! I seem to have little of that amazing green in every room of my home!
I love Lipstick....the colors are absolutely beautiful!!
My favorite color in the collection is Apple :)
Do i ahve to choose just one?
So many beautiful colors, but my favorite is Lilac....or Mermaid....or Lagoon.
I would love to win so that I can make some beautiful gifts!
Clementine is my current favorite!
I love: Berry
It is one (of several) colors I just ordered from the Fat Quarter Shop in order to make the Michael Miller Three-Tier Ombre Apron. Really excited about making this apron! My comment to myself added to the pattern instructions stored locally on my PC: "This apron is very special. If I make just one apron in my whole life, please let it be this one!"
Wow, fantastic colors. Picking just one.....difficult but i'll have to go with Sun as I often search for that "perfect" yellow.
Fog is my favorite - unpretentious and supportive. Like the wonderful friend who makes all those around her seem smarter and funnier... and better. That is what Fog is to me. Thanks for the chance to win such a wonderful prize pack!
So many beautiful colors to choose from but my pick is Jade SC 5333.
This collection is awesome! It looks like they've made it pretty easy to come up with some great color combinations! If I had to pick one favorite color, it would have to be SC5333_Luna. It's a cool aqua shade and reminds me of Caribbean waters and is a calm, soothing color!
Wow. I didn't realize such color drenched solids are available. I have never used any of these high end cottons in projects as my husband thinks creativity shouldn't cost a lot. (but i still love him) I would choose Starfruit if I could only have one.
My favorite Cotton Couture color is mermaid. I plan to use it soon when I make my guest bedroom quilt.
Apple was wonderfully bright, and I would so enjoy to combine it with raspberry :) It's funny, I'm generally a subdued personality, but these beautifully vibrant colors speak to me!
I absolutely LOVE the shades of Clementine and Tangerine, but I would choose Tangerine if I had to pick only one. There are so many gorgeous colors that it is very difficult to decide, but I would be making something for the fall and those colors are so lovely and warm. Thanks for the chance to win a prize.
I love amethyst but fog was a close second!
So many pretty colors, so hard to pick just one. The Lavender just looks so calming, that's my pick!!!
I really love so many of them, but right now I'll pick Limeade!
Ooohhh, I love the Aqua....I would make something really nice for my newly remodeled living room/dining room!!!
They are all lucious . . . how to pick just one? Today it will be coral.
... and Clementine! What a pop of color!
The combination of Kryptonite and Clementine have caught my eye!
Beeing asked for a favorite colour is like beeing asked for a favorite dish, today I prefere Eggplant - for eating and as fabric.
I am trying to decide between Venus and Pastille - but I'm thinking today I will choose Pastille! I have this color everywhere in my home! Jamie V in MT
http://rem-nants.blogspot.com jamievowell@yahoo.com
I love Turq !
Pastille is my favorite!
Pastille is my fav.
Crocus is my favorite!!
Clemintine for me!
I'm partial to Venus. Not only is it the color of the sky right after a Michigan sunet, it has a great name!
I am another Luna lover.
Periwinkle is my favorite! It's a beautiful color, and periwinkle is just a fun word to say! These fabrics are gorgeous! thank you for the opportunity to win.
I love kryptonite! So fun and fresh! With a variety of colors it could make a pretty cool quilt!
I love Lipstick!!
Luna, Luna, Luna! I love it :) It would work so well in so many projects :)
I would choose the lipstick or pink. You wouldn't guess I like girly if you saw me but I really really do!
I just LOVE the Coral! It's incredible.
All are wonderful - I especially like the Luna Cotton - I want to make a couple of hospital scrubs for kids and think this color would be perfect!
Turf is definitely my favorite!
Tough choice but I don't think you can ever have enough white. (black either) I choose SC5333_SoftWhite
Cotton Couture. I hope I win.
I love all the colors, although mermaid is my fave!
Thanks!
The Peony is absolutely the perfect compliment to the pattern for my neices quilt! So many amazing ideas come to mind looking at this collection.
How can I choose with so many beautiful colors? I like Meadow right now, but also Luna, and crocus ...
Really?? I can only pick one favorite? Oh so tough! Well it came down to cinnamon and clementine but I think in the end, clementine is my fave. But wow, so many gorgeous colors!!
What beautiful colors. Would be a nice addition to all of the printed fat quatrers in my stash.
I love the Apple Green color!! So bright and cheerful!! What a wonderful giveaway!!! :)
I love the Luna!
I really like the apple. It is awesome and could see using it in my next quilt.
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