Merry Happy!
Merry Christmas to you and yours today! Hope you have a wonderful day. (And maybe sneak in some sewing?!)
Sequined Mini Tote Winner!
It’s not often that I post two winner posts back to back! It’s so much fun giving things away!
Before I get to the winner I’d like to say how amazing it was to read through everyone’s favorite Christmas memories! If you need some Christmas Holiday inspiration head on over to the post and read through the comments. Really… ! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who entered.
The winner of the Sequined Mini Tote (as picked by Random.org) is…. #156 – Crystal who followed on Facebook. She said: “My favorite memory is santa bringing me a doll house! It was the best 😀” Watch your email Crystal!
For everyone else, check out the Sequined Mini Tote-torial – you can make one using your favorite fabrics!
Studio Fabric Shop Winner!
It’s been 7 days since the end of the Studio Fabric Shop giveaway and we have a winner! It took us a few extra days to find someone who qualified, but I’m happy to announce that entry #2 has won!
Fran commented: “I really like the Mod Dot in Nude by Alexander Henry.” Congratulations to Fran… and great choice I like the polka dots too!
Here’s a reminder of the lovely fabrics available at Studio Fabric Shop (and what Fran has won).
Don’t be sad if you haven’t won… there’s another giveaway going on and it’s over tonight (Friday 13, 2013) at 5pm PST – so hurry and enter! You could win this cute Mini Tote bag made by me!
Giveaway! Sequined Mini Tote Bag {*giveaway closed}
Happy Monday to You! Today marks the beginning of the 11th Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day and I’m excited to be participating this year. I took some time over the weekend to make up a cute mini tote bag! It’s handmade by me and I would love to keep it… but I love giveaways and appreciate my readers even more (Thank You!) so I’m giving it away! And… even if you don’t win, you can make one too because I will be posting the tutorial for it later on today for Made By Me Monday. *Update: The Mini Tote tutorial is here.
About the prize: (Just picture a lovely lady’s voice from the Shopping Channel…) This lovely mini tote is made using camel-toned fabric with a chocolate velour floral print. It has a stunning sequined stripe on the front and gold corded dupioni silk handles. The lining is made from Rashida Coleman-Hale’s Koi fabric line – Pennants Waving in the Ivory colour-way. It is 9″ wide, 10.5″ tall and 4″ deep. The handle drop (from top of handle to the bag) is 8″. This bag is perfect for that quick trip to the grocery store or fancy enough to dress up a visit to the mall with a friend. Holding all of your necessities and more, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it!
Okay, I am half kidding, but it got the information across and hopefully made you smile. (yes?!)
Here are the details: This giveaway is open internationally (hooray!), and will close at 5pm PST (8pm EST) on Friday, December 13th. The winner will be chosen randomly and I will be posting their name by Dec 15th and shipping the tote bag to the lucky recipient by December 20th.
Here’s how you win:
- Comment on this post and let me know what your favorite holiday memory is. That’s all there is to it!
- If you would like a second entry – Follow Thread Riding Hood in any of these places: Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Bloglovin’ or Feedly. Let me know you did in the comments!
Thanks for entering. If you are interested in more handmade giveaways you can visit Sew Mama Sew for the other giveaways being held this week. If this is your first time visiting – Welcome, thanks for dropping by! If you like what you see you can get more Thread Riding Hood by following on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Bloglovin’, Feedly or by RSS feed. If you like to sew, be sure to come back to check out the free tote bag tutorial! *Update: The Mini Tote tutorial is here.
Don’t Miss Out!
Just a quick reminder that the Studio Fabric Shop giveaway and discount code end Friday night (Dec. 6th)!
Devorah has made an amazing giveaway bundle from Kaffe Fassett, Anna Maria Horner, Heather Bailey and Liberty fabrics! Wouldn’t it be fun to get these 10 fat quarters in your mailbox as a surprise Christmas gift?! Make sure you enter the contest on this post using the Rafflecopter widget. Aren’t they pretty? And, just in case you don’t win – be sure to use the discount code “taketen” to save 10% on any fabric you might want to buy (discount ends Dec 6th too). Happy stashing!
A New Look! {and work in progress}
I’ve been fiddling with my website this week and I hope you like the new look. I thought it was time to introduce a more streamlined layout, and I’ve got some other projects planned for whenever my husband can fit them in! I benefit greatly from his ability to work with/alter and re-code WordPress websites. Problem is, I feel bad asking him to do anything here because he’s generally been doing the same thing all day for our business!
We’re busy getting ready for the holidays. Life feels a bit rushed, but thankfully still manageable. I’ve decided to scale down on the handmade gifts this year (EhEmm… I heard your gasp!) so I’m planning a few small things supplemented with purchases, maybe from Etsy? Though I think my shipping time will not allow me to think about that much longer! What are you planning for the holidays?
When my life gets busy I find the need to clean my house to stay sane and I’ve done a lot of that this week so I now have a tidy sewing space that I think I will retire to. I’ve had projects that I’ve been excited about, but unable to get to – almost literally – the floor was covered in fabric! I don’t know about you, but I feel energized in a clean work space – now if it would only fit that way by itself!
I’ve included a few shots of projects I’m working on in this post…. maybe you’ll spot them coming up in the next few weeks. (I hope so or I’m behind!) In the meantime – follow me on Instagram to catch more regular updates – it’s so much faster to photograph than it is to blog! I hope your holiday preparations are going well. What are you sewing?
