Small stash Sewing.... a giveaway

I cut a great many fat quarters in the course of a week, but what exactly can you do with a fat quarter apart from admire it.

Well, I've found a book.... 'Small Stash Sewing 24 Projects using Designer Fat Quarters' written by Melissa Averinos with a Foreword written by Amy Butler.

It's all about using fabric... fat quarters... smaller pieces.... tiny pieces, your favourite pieces and incorporating them into sewing projects that you'll live with for a while.

Melissa is a fabric designer, she has a blog YummyGoods where you'll find links to all kinds of things especially her animated unicorn stories. (psst! They work well with the cushions.)

This book represents the way she loves to sew and her 'new' belief that maybe fabric is made to be used and not just to hoard.... this book is to get you over that paralysis that comes from gazing at beautiful fabric and not being able to decide what to do with it apart from drag it out of the cupboard to look at and hold. Beginning to recognise the symptoms of a little fabric obsession?

This is a light-hearted book, a can-do kind of book with instructions for creating belts, for modifying t-shirts, for adding fabric to trousers legs to either lengthen them or just to stylise. There are patterns for bags,

Lovely curved shape...

Cute unicorn and moon cushions ...

the perfect cushions to have adventures with..

sachets and braided fabric necklaces and even suggestions for prettifying a wicker basket with a 'Fancy Fabric Liner'.

I like the scalloped edges..

There are lots of ideas for using fabric to brighten up your home, your life and your loved ones.

So, to celebrate my blog moving home I thought I'd have a giveaway of this book. To join in all, you need to do is leave a comment on this post by Friday 30th July. I'll use the 'random number generator' to select a number and the lucky person that made the comment that corresponds with the number will be the winner. (Does that make sense?) I don't mind where in the world you come from so long as the struggling postie can get there :)

Comments

[Hollybirdbeads]

Sounds like a handy and interesting little book!

[Apryl]

ohh ohh ohh pick me pick me! *jumps up and down*

fab giveaway will tweet about it!

[quilary]

Is blog moving house easier than real house moving? At least you wouldn't have to work out which box goes into which room. Hope it went smoothly. Thanks for this lovely giveaway - it will help me 'move' some of my stubborn stash along!

[moira]

I have jut the fabric for that bag! Great giveaway - count me in :)

[Kaye Prince]

I would absolutely love to win this book! I had the pleasure of (finally!) getting to meet Melissa at Quilt Market in May but was unable to get a copy of the book. Melissa is just fabulous!

[Jennifer]

Ooh I loved the little promo video they made for this book. I'm not very good at using up smaller remnants of fabric from a project, my imagination always seems to fail me! As well as always eyeing up fat quarter bundles and thinking 'they're gorgeous, but what will I do with them?'

[Craft Matters]

Brilliant giveaway. I currently have an obsession about using scraps of fabric (because I have so many *shame*). So am keeping my fingers crossed! I've promoted it on my FB page too - hope people are starting to find you over here.

[Claire]

Oooh! I really need this book! Need lots of lovely inspiration to convince me to actually use some of my fabric hoard!

[Foxytigger]

I would love to be entered for this draw! I need a few exciting ideas! ;o)
Thanks!

[Cupotea]

I'm not sure if my comment posted (I seem to always have problems commenting on Typepad blogs for some reason) but I'd like to be entered into the giveaway xx

[maria]

Found your new home. Love the header.

[Julie]

That looks like a fun book! I love books like this for brainstorming and just generally flipping through for inspiration. Thanks for the giveaway chance, and I *love* your shop!

[Jules]

Thanks for the opportunity to enter. Love the new look to your blog.

[x vInTaGe VioLeT x]

ooh count me in - i've barely started on the FQ's i won - yo-yo's don't use much fabric!

[Talia]

This looks like a great book - just what I need to get my ever growing stash down!

Loving the look of the new blog too!

[Gina]

I have the "fat quarter hoarding disease" I'd love that book. Love the new blog!!!

[Vonnie]

Loving the new blog, Julia :)

This book sounds amazing - thanks ever so much for linking to Melissa's blog, it isn't one I'd come across before.

[Amanda]

I have so many little bits of fabric & a few fat quarters going spare - this sounds like an ideal book for me :-) xxx

[Jenny]

What a great concept for a book! xxx

[Debby Leaper]

Oh i love fat quarters, they are a marvell

[averilpam]

That looks like a lovely book :)

[Judith]

Please put my name in the hat. Good to see you blogging again.

[Fiona Pullen]

I've had my eye on that book - would love to win. Have loads of fat quarters that need something doing with...

Fiona

[Katherine]

Wow this would certainly help me do something creative with a lot of my fat quarters or scraps kickin about! Please put my name in the hat :)

[phyllis ellett]

Wow, would love this book, getting back into all things crafting and sewing etc after 20 year break,(blooming kids lol). So any help would be a blessing.