Snazzie Drawers Giveaway!!
This weeks Giveaway is from Snazzy Drawers.
Snazzy Drawers has the most ADORABLE PDF Patterns.
Snazzie Drawers was founded by Joy.
Here is a little background about Snazzie Drawers from the Joy herself.
“I started sewing when four 1/2 half year old daughter was a little over a year old. My husband was still in grad school and i coveted everything I saw in the local boutiques and online. My daughter had grown out of all of the shower gifts we had received and I had so many ideas for clothes I wanted to make for her. I talked my husband into getting me a sewing machine and he told me not to get my hopes up because it would take me a year to make a dress. Well since I a little stubborn, I proved that within 24 hours I had completed my first dress and discovered that sewing was what I was born to do! I have sewed almost everyday since! My business has evolved from custom clothing made for shop owners all over the world to a pattern design business, which allows me to design more. I have so many ideas and I am working on getting them into patterns. I am a stay at home mom now to two darling little angels, Ava,4, and AddiKate, 16 months. My four and a half year old is now learning to sew and LOVES appliqueing for her sister. My passion with my patterns is to make beautiful design easy and for any level of seamstress. I create all of my patterns with a beginner in mind and have dozens of photos in each one to bring clarity to each step.”
I love when people find that they were born to sew, and have a true passion for it!
Now, Joy is giving away 2 patterns of your choice to 3 lucky ladies(or gents). So, 3 winners get to pick 2 patterns each!
Here are a few of her patterns.
Ooh La La Ruffled Skirt
Starlet La Fleur Vintage Rose Silk Flower
Ooh La La Birthday Applique Tee & Skirt
Lady Starla Owl PDF
Love, love, love them all!!
So here’s the drill. The giveaway will run till Friday.
You will have multiple chances to enter.
Each entry will be a separate comment or it will not count.
1). Go to Snazzie Drawers Shop. Take a peak at the patterns, and come back telling me what PDF’s you would choose. As well as what fabrics you would use to make them 
(MANDATORY)
2) Follow Snazzie Drawers Blog. Leave a comment telling me you do so.
3)Follow my blog w/friend connect
(if you already do leave a comment stating so)
4)Become a Snazzie Drawers Facebook Fan. Leave a comment telling me you do so.
Okay then go, go, go!!
&
Good Luck!
We’ve got some WINNERS!!
Thanks to everyone who entered the fabulous Izzy and Ivy giveaway.
I am so excited for our winners…all three of them.
Without further ado….
Winner #1
Comment 184
By Tracy in SW WA on Mar 5, 2010
Okey dokey – There are so many adorable patterns to choose from, but I’d have to go with Princess Bella and Farrah.
Winner #2
Comment 154
By Beatrix from Kindershop on Mar 3, 2010
I am now a follower of Izzy and Ivy’s blog.
and Winner #3
Comment 2
By Nicole on Mar 1, 2010
I love the Lola goes shopping bag and ava tie top dress! that dress is perfection!
Congratulations!!
Check back Monday’s for more fabulous giveaways.
I am going to try to have one once a week
Have a great weekend!!
Hedgehog Applique
Have you appliqued before? If you have, have you appliqued anything lately? I have! Woodland animals are very popular these days. It’s undeniable why…the cuteness!! I recently made a set of woodland animal glass tile pendants. Included in the set are an owl, deer, bird, and hedgehog. The hedgehog is just so cute. I HAD to make an appliqued tee from it. I searched the Internet high and low looking for a free hedgehog applique download with no luck. But I found a card with a hedgehog on it. So, I begged hubby to sketch it for me so it was big enough to use for an applique.
He obliged, and I made this!
I think it came out so cute.
Aside from the droopy nose..ha!
It was a really easy and fun project.
I used Amy Butler fabric for the body, and muslin for the face.
A ribbon rose, bead for the eye, and button nose were hand stitched on.
How would you like to make one of your own?
Click HERE and you can download the pattern for free
If you do use the pattern please link back, and show me what you did!
I also sketched a bird (myself) and will be trying that out next.
If it comes out cute I will definitely share.
Oh and a little shop update…
Some new colors for ruffle scarfs.
(which are light weight enough to wear through Spring)
Hopefully I will have some listed by the beginning of next week.
Winners of Izzy and Ivy Giveaway to be announced tomorrow.
Have a good night!!
Silk Flower Tutorial
These silk flowers are all over the web. I did not come up with the idea myself. But, I did figure out how to make them on my own. Do YOU want to learn? Of course you do. The flowers are so cute!
Silk Flower Tutorial
Supplies:
Silk or less expensive faux silk fabric
Beads
Scissors
Lighter
Thread
Glass of water (optional but advised)
How it’s done!
First thing you need to do is cut out 5-6 circles in several sizes.
You do not need to cut them into perfect circles.
Grab a circle and your lighter (and water in case you flower catches fire)
Hold the flower in the center
Begin the burn the edges
Continue turning the fabric in a circle, not staying in one spot too long.
The edges will start to curl.
Do this to all of the circles.
The next thing you want to do is stack them, from biggest to smallest.
Get you needle, thread, and beads.
Coming from the underside of the flower stitch a small X
Then come up from the bottom again, and start stitching your beads in place.
You should now have a purdy flower.
You can hot glue it to an alligator clip, or stitch it to a headband.
(sorry about the blurry pic, my model kept moving)
You can attach it to a shirt even.
The embellishment possibilities are endless!
Izzy and Ivy Giveaway!
I am so excited for this weeks giveaway!!
Here is a little bit about Izzy and Ivy :
Izzy and Ivy was founded by three talented ladies,
Jana Nielson, Shasta Parry, and Lauren Billingsley.
They started the company about a year ago.
They are all mothers, Jana has 6 children, Shasta has 7,
and Lauren has 2(so far).
They started Izzy and Ivy because of their children.
Since they were already making clothes, patterns, and teaching others how to sew…they decided to take it to the next level.
All three of these talented ladies LOVE to sew, and wanted to make it FUN for those who use their patterns.
Izzy and Ivy have the most ADORABLE patterns.
Here are a few of them.
Clothing for you girlies.
Jack & Jill Hat (I own this one)
Purses
Lola Goes Shopping (I own this one too)
Farrah Bag (I want this one)
They even have a quilt pattern, Poppin’ Posey.
How fabulous are they?!
Now, YOU have the chance to win 2 patterns of your choice.
There will be 3 WINNERS!!
You will have multiple chances to enter too.
(which means you could even win more than 2 patterns)
1) Go to Izzy and Ivy’s Blog to check out ALL of the patterns.
Come back and leave a comment letting me know which 2 you would pick.
(THIS IS MANDATORY)
2). Follow me on Friend Connect
Leave a separate comment letting me know you do so.
If you already do leave a comment that you already follow.
3) Follow Izzy and Ivy’s Blog
Leave a separate comment telling me you do so.
4) Copy and paste this:
RT @sevidesign @IzzynIvyJana Enter to win 2 Izzy and Ivy patterns, 3 winners!! http://sevidesigns.com
and Tweet it.
Leave a separate comment that you did so.
**The giveaway winners will be picked in Friday March 5th.**
GOOD LUCK!!
