Welcome everyone playing along in this wonderful day!!!
I love it when Sew mama Sew puts on the giveaway day, don't you?
I am so glad you found me on that big long list of great links!!!
It is bright and shiny today…pull up a little blanket and sit for a bit.
Now, before I go and check out the list for myself– let me tell you what you can win:
Since I just posted about finding better alternatives for her cute ponies…I thought that I would give one away:
Smappy Baby + her little smap!!
And, because I am the posse boss/owner/president of an online sewing group
{over 14 exclusive patterns + Talented designers}
I am giving away 1 FREE MEMBERSHIP!!
{$38 value}
*clickety click the button above for more info–
april Quilt Soup shared a pattern and next month is Chitter Chatter Designs turn!!
RULES:
- Leave a comment—
- Tell me what your favorite sewing book is {any subject is good}
- Where are you from?
- and, or sewing pet peeve
- Vote on the side bar for Focus Friday next month {upper right hand corner} one click girls- easy.
- Have a great day & come back and visit often— if you would like you can sign up for the newsletter too {free pattern, updates on the blog- fridays, and a monthly little newsletter + discounts on goodies}
- Please, Please– leave an email, blog, website something….so I can find you!
- The giveaway is available to all people, everywhere! Worldwide.
- Winner will be notified on May 21st!!! Yay for you!!
Just in case you are intersted you can 'play along' with us:
{i need reviewers for this month's theme!!}
pst– you can buy an epattern for Smappy baby here. $5 Great easy pattern for beginners and use your scraps to make the patchwork crafts too.
pst-pst– Since I didn't delete the post you can still buy a membership to the sewing group for a discounted price here. I'll leave that open until the 20th too. We meet online so everyone worldwide can be a member!!
I Love TheHIVE
What a great giveaway! My favorite sewing book is Sew Cute!
(I voted).
Oooh, Smappy baby is sooo cute! My current favourite sewing book is Cath Kidston's “Sew!” I voted on your survey and I am from Melbourne, Australia.
Deb
My mother says our baby needs dolls to teach her compassion and caring. I say “no” because dolls are creepy. This absolutely adorable doll would take care of all our needs!!! And my sewing pet peeve is the fact that I never have the time or energy to DO it.
I just lost 1/2 hour looking through your shop! How cute! Have voted in your poll, and here are my answers…my favourite book is Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross, because it inspired me to start sewing and now I'm hooked! I'm from Western Australia, and my pet peeve is that my skill level does not equal my minds' 'I can do that' level ROFL! But luckily I have a fantastic grandmother in law and a close friend to attempt things that scare me too much!
my favourite book of the moment is Sewing Clothes Kids Love to Wear
I'm from Australia and my peeve would be people that insist on lots of rules and are not willing to think outside the square or see that there are no mistakes in sewing only opportunities
Okay so awesome giveaway. I voted for Material Obsession as I have just got a copy! My favourite sewing book – seriously how can I pick???? I am a sewer of clothes, crafts and some quilting so I go all over the place. I think today I will pick 49 and 1/2 skirts as that's what I looked at today. I'm from Christchurch NZ, beautiful city and very inspiring place to live. My pet peeve is having to mend things I would far rather make a whole new top than sew up a hole in the underarm. I am going to love being inspired by your blog and I HOPE I win!
i am from NZ but live in vienna.
i don't really use sewing books as there is so much great info on-line, plus i like to learn by experimenting and making mistakes!
sewing pet peeve: zips
please also check out my giveaway at http://www.cheekyapple.com
mail(at)cheekyapple(dot)com
my favorite sewing books are the pretty little – aprons, potholders and cozies.
Thank you for the nice giveaways and great blog.
pet peeves – mending!
Love the doll – she is so cute with the ponies
I love one yard wonders!
I am from Utah
My sewing pet peeve is unpicking!
My favorite sewing book is The Reader's Digest Sewing Book. After 20 years of sewing, I still refer back to it for technical help.
I'm from Kirkland, WA
Greetings from Mallorca Spain, we would really love to give that little cutie a good home here in the sunny med! One of my favorite sewing books is sewing clothes kids love to wear, delish!
My 2 fave sewing books (at this moment) are Sandi Henderson's Sewing Bits and Pieces, and Sewing Clothes Kids Love by Nancy Langdon
My favorite sewing book is Bend the Rules Sewing by Amy Karol. Its great.
I'm gonna be honest.. I've never picked up a sewing book and was entirely self taught.. but if you know of any sewing books that are good, I'd love to sharpen my skills!
I'm from Ontario, Canada and biggest sewing pet peeve… running out of bobbin thread
Hi – My current favorite book is One Yard Wonders, probably because I often buy 1 yard cuts to add to the stash. My biggest sewing peeve is when I cut too short by accident. Oh, and I'm from Montpelier, Vermont.
I have been making things form sew me, love me a cute book for sewing stuffed animals
I live in Kingston On Canada
and my sewing pet peeve the needle breaking
One Yard Wonders is my current favorite sewing book (working on a bird mobile right now), I'm from Montpelier, Vermont, and I HATE it when I cut too short! Great give away – thanks
My current fav sewing book is Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray. I am from New York State and Hmmmm pet peeve?……..wet toilet seats!
I'm burnin' up in beautiful (but hot) Tucson, Arizona.
Great giveaway – thanks!
jmhamlin826 AT yahoo DOT com
What a cool site. I love sewing forum sites. I always get so much out of them. My pet peeve for sewing is when my carefully cut out pieces just don't line up right after they have been sewn together. I hate when one ends up bigger than the other. It shouldn't do that when you are using a pattern right?!! My fav. sewing book is “fabric savvy” by Sandra Betzina. It's like the encyclopedia for fabric.
Hi! I love One Yard Wonders right now. I'm from Lansing Mi and I hate hate hate washing my fabrics before using them….off to vote. Thank you for the chance to win such a great prize
my favorite book of the week is kaffe fassett simple shapes
My favorite sewing book lately has been SewU – a nice little overview of lots of aspects of sewing and pattern designing. I'm from Tucson, AZ and my sewing pet peeve is definitely have to rip things out to fix them – ugh! Thanks for the chance to win
I love that name, Smappy, that's going to be rolling around in my head all evening!
Favourite sewing book: Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross.
My favorite sewing book is Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross. A close second is Last Minute Patchwork Gifts. I am in Portland, OR but originally from San Francisco. I don't know if I have a sewing pet peeve. If I do, I cannot think of one right now. Thank you for the lovely giveaway!
Hmm my fave sewing book right now is called Invasion of the Plush Monsters! by Veronika Gunter. I'm in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada and my sewing pet peeve would be …. I hate running out of bobbin thread 2 inches from where a seam ends. What a pain!
My favorite sewing book right now is probably Simple Sewing for Babies by Lotta Jansdotter. I'm in Calgary Alberta Canada and my sewing pet peeve is definately running out of bobbin thread!
…well, right now my favourite sewing book is a forthcoming one, “The Artful Bird: Feathered Friends to Make and Sew”, written by Abby Glassenberg, I can't wait to have it!
Thanks for this generous chance, I'm Antonella from Italy…hugs! ;o)
My favourite sewing book (right now anyway) is Rashida Coleman-Hale's “I Love Patchwork”! I hail from Toronto, Ontario Canada, and my sewing pet peeve right now is having to pull out quilting (I just had to pull it all out on two of my Quilt Market quilts and it is very frustrating)!
Fun giveaway! I love both books by Amanda Soule because I am a beginner and her stuff is beginner friendly. Hopefully you'll be sending that sweet smappy to me in San Diego!
How absolutely adorable! I am from Florida, and my favorite quilting book is 40 Fabulous Quick Cut Quilts. Thanks for entering me
My fave sewing book is about quilting (techniques)!!!!, I love to read those because we almost can't get them here where I live, I'm trying to get a bunch, just in case someday I'd forget about something, lol, and also to learn new things. I'm from Costa Rica, and May 21st is my birthday
, yay for me, really, lol
Sewing Green by Betz White. I haven't done much with the book yet, but I love it. I am from Northern California and I hate when my sewing machine seems to get mad at me and just quit working. I'm sure it needs some kind of maintenence, or just for me to quit procrastinating so much, but still…
Wowee, great giveaway! And I love the dollies! My daughter and I will have hours of fun with these if I am the lucky winner!
My current favorite is One Yard Wonders, cause well I'm a beginner and it's chock-full of easy ideas to get some practice on!
I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, within walking distance to our beautiful Lake Michigan!
I'm off to go vote on your focus friday now! thanks!
HI, my favorite sewing book is bend the rules sewing. I live in central Missouri. My sewing pet peeve is that I can't find the fabric I want in my town. teachloveread at hotmail dot com
Oh, she's so darling!!! Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite sewing book is 'Bend the Rules Sewing'. I rented it from my local library and it got me started on my sewing journey! And my biggest sewing pet peeve is ripping back, but isn't that everyones?
eleanorbeasley(at)gmail(dot)com
http://www.unfamiliarceiling.com
I love Wendy's Sew U series. I've got the first two (Sew U and Sew U Knits) and I'm craving the third one.
She is really cute! My fav sewing book is Sewing Green. It is really inspiring and I love all the fabrics and colours in the book.
Favorite book: More Softies Only A Mother Could Love
I'm from crazy, beautiful CA and voted for the Stitched Toys book.
Pet Peeve: the price of Jelly Rolls (Great colors! I wish they were a tad less costly, though.).
How adorable! Fave book: Bend the Rules Sewing
I live in MI
Peeve: I finally got a serger and even though I love it I HATE threading it!!
skooksplayground[at]gmail[dot]com
I think my fav book on sewing is the better homes and gardens quilting manual.
thanks for the giveaway
atchisonsteph@gmail.com
love your giveaways. the doll with baby would be especially helpful in explaining the new baby that is coming this fall to my son. and the patchwork posse is intriguing. i've bookmarked your site to return and spend more time exploring – especially your great tutorials. i think my biggest pet peeve would be when i'm working out a new pattern and i just seem to have everything right and then some disaster happens and i get pulled away before i even have the chance to write anything down so that when i go back to the project i have to start all over again – so frustrating. thanks for the chance to win.
How cute! I love Bend the Rules
Smappy is adorable! My girls may want to play with her, but I may keep her for myself. Because the best reason to have kids is to play with their toys…. The book I return to more than any other is Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson. I'm from Texas, but live in New Orleans, and my biggest sewing pet peeve is trimming threads. They only seem to multiply!!!
Thanks for the chance to enter!
I love your little baby doll! I don't know any sewing books, but a great book to inspire homemade dollhouses is Green Dollhouse – Creating a Doll's Eye View of a Healthier World. I'm from rural New York State (USA), but have lived all over the place (4 different continents).
I voted on the side bar for Focus Friday next month, as you requested!
I hope YOU have a great day!
thevanandthecart[at]gmail[dot]com (my email contact)
I actually only have one sewing book (gasp!) and it's only so-so. I'm in Ogden, UT and I hate unpicking. Hate hate hate! I guess that means I should try extra hard not to mess up. =)
Count me in for your giveaway!
If you haven't already, check out my fabric giveaway at http://pitterputterstitch.blogspot.com.
Oh my, your giveaway is super cute! I would love to win that little doll! Thank you for the chance. My fave craft books are japanese craft books!
I'm Kelly and I'm from Ontario, Canada.
My fave book is Seams to Me by anna maria Horner
I recommend always ironing your fabric before starting a project.
great giveaway! thanks for the chance to win!
crossing my fingers!
I'm Bonnita from Oregon, by way of Chicago and California.
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Bend the Rules Sewing is one of my favs so far.
Pet peave? The cost of those Japanese fabrics.
Im from NZ, and love Bend the Rules Sewing! Pet Peeve: the cold cold autumn days we've been having lately…
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