spring fabric giveaway

Ah, Spring!  The days are noticeably longer now and the sunshine makes such a difference, doesn't it?

So does pretty new fabric in Spring-inspired colours.

Simply Sweet Fabrics has done it again with these gorgeous new Atsuko Matsuyama fabrics.  I love love love this print with bouquets spilling out of hat boxes and little love letters. 

And these ... darling little wreaths. 

I decided to make a simple bag to show off the hat box print to it's best advantage.  Three fabrics (plus lining), a bit of lace and a label.  Done, done and done! 

I made this bag for my daughter's music books, but instead of walking the 10 steps from my sewing room to the piano to actually measure a book, I just used a craft book that was within arm's reach to make my template.  Unfortunately, this bag ended up just a smidgen too narrow for said music books.  Guess I'll have to keep this pink one for myself and make her another one.  It's just as well.  She prefers the blue.

Simply Sweet Fabrics would like to give one of you ALL SIX of these Atsuko Matsuyama fat quarters (these and these).  To enter for a chance to win, leave me a comment describing your most favourite/successful craft project ever.  This giveaway closes Sunday April 13th and I'll announce the winner shortly after.  Happy Spring!

Comments

[Lisa McGriff]

My most successful craft project would be building a 3/8" frame to roll cookie dough in. Makes my life so much better!

[Carol]

My most successful crafting project ever....would be...Dress Up Clothes wardrobe I made for my children on year for Christmas....a steamer trunk filled to the brim! Pirates, cowboys, princesses, fairies, you name it...

[Dee]

I love the handstitched sampler quilt I made for my Mum in law. It was three years in the making but well worth it because I know she enjoys it every day.

[Carrie P.]

oh, that is the sweetest fabric. My most favorite craft I have done is to make my daughter in law a pillow cover a month. It was so fun to decided which cover to make each month. I then gave her the stack of covers last Christmas.

[BamaCarol]

My most successful project was modifying my dresser drawers to have dividers to store my needlepoint threads in. Always love a unique and useful storage project!

[LINDA]

HELLO, quilting is my favorite,but in crafts I really like the little gray mouse made of flannel with Christmas red ribbons around there necks! They were about 6" tall and stuffed with poly-fil, with stiff gray button-hole thread for whiskers.
Thank You for a sweet giveaway !

[Hayley]

My favourite this year has been a sewing machine cover that I've been making with my five year old. Slow going but were having lots of fun.

[Christina]

This is hard to choose but probably my daughter's crib quilt. The first quilt I ever made, and I still love it.

[ange@heartofcharnwood]

My hexy quilt, it was more than 2 years in the making and gets used every day! Fab giveaway, thank you :o)

[cynthia]

My favorite project would be a quilt that I made for my mother many years ago--the hand-quilting is tiny and the envy of my older self who can't do those teeny stitches anymore. The quilt is made of a patchwork butterfly appliqued to background squares which I did "quilt as you go" . It also has lots of memories since some of them I quilted while on the move from California to Europe.

[Emily]

Not sure if it's my most successful, but certainly my favorite. I made a quilt for my daughter (originally intended to be given to her after birth, but ended up being her 1st birthday present). The colors and design just make me happy and she loves it too.

You can see it here! - http://bebrower.blogspot.com/2013/09/georgias-quilt.html

[karisma]

Currently my favorite project is the most used project: my lunch bag that I made from Ayum's tutoral (pink penguin). Thank you so much for the chance to win!

[Gunilla]

My most successful project, at least for me, was making City sampler blocks from Tula Pink. Through that I learned quilt math and a scant 1/4 inch seam! So for me learning new things has been wonderful and made other projects possible!

[Gill]

My favourite is a wedding quilt I made for my niece in 2012 using my precious Joell Dewberry 'Heirloom'

[Debbie]

It's hard to pick just one, but I needed gifts for the lovely people who helped with my daughter's wedding. I embroidered butterfly squares, and then added strips around, log cabin style, and then quilted the whole thing. with a backing and stuffing, I had the most wonderful pillows to gift, and the recipients love them. Yay!

[Denise]

My favorite project is a cross stitch antique-style sampler that I began when my oldest child was a toddler (she's now 14!) and I'm finally about to finish it as a surprise that I'm going to frame for my husband for Father's Day. It was my first project stitching on linen, and I got delayed a few years (just a few!) when I could no longer see the weave. This spring I discovered and purchased a Mighty Bright floor light with magnifier and I'm now stitching away again and will hopefully finish it soon. I consider this sampler a success as my husband has always loved it and encouraged me to finish it, and I still love it myself as much as the day I first started it. I have to tell you, I LOVE THESE FABRICS. Thank you for the chance to win.

[barbara woods]

I recently made a Christmas table runner, thanks for the chance

[Angelia L.]

My favorite project is the crochet clothes pin angels I make for Christmas ornaments and give as gifts to family and friends. I crochet the dress, wings and halo with fine crochet thread and put them on round clothes pins. My hairdresser still talks about the one I made for her 3 years ago. Absolutely gorgeous fabric!! Thank you for sharing!

[Kathleen in Troon, Scotland]

My favourite project is my first quilt. I made it 11 years ago, its massive and still warms us up in the winter cos its never off the bed :)

[Rue]

The crochet ripple blanket in colours of the sea that my son wraps himself up in every night

[Carol Cervello]

I am pretty proud of the result of the last mystery quilt I participated on. That was a little size quilt which I am currently hand quilting. It takes some time, but the result speaks for itself :)

Thanks!

[Kelly]

A little zip pouch, I overcame my fear of zippers!
Those fabrics are so wonderful!

[Barbara s.]

I am recently finishing a quilt that I put away at least five years ago, I have recently started collected floral fat quarters

[Lee]

A lovely project! My best was for my two boys - a glove compartment folder to hold their proofs of ins. and car registration, papers in! Keeps them very organized ! Thank you for the lovely giveaway!

[Diane H]

I'm so proud of myself for making a queen size 'quilt as you go' for our bed. Thank you for a chance.

[Sonya]

Quilts I make for other people. I think I try extra hard to make them perfect!

[jackie]

I made some pillows for a friend out of an old obi. rich and lovely fabric, she loved them!

[Heartsdesire]

What beautiful fabric this is. I think my most favourite project is a red and white quilt I made for my daughter several years ago. I had trouble parting with it, I liked it so much.

[Sonja]

When I made my daughter her First quilt and Bumper pads and Curtains,I used a calico print and solid(Lavender) 4x4 blocks and it came out so pretty,I gave it to her when she had her Daughter (McKenzie Lee) when she was 20 ,It will be passed down again or redone to suit my Great granddaughter someday!

[shelley]

love the envelope and hatbox fabrics!! my favorite craft....a 4 pumpkin table quilt I made several years ago...a free pattern from Better Homes and Gardens....and thanks for the chance to win

[Kathy Davis]

My most successful project has been my I Spy quilts. I have made one the last five years for our local Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser. They always go for a high price and I love making them and finding just the right fabrics.

[anna dorothy]

Hmm my favorite craft project would have to be a knit doily rug...i love it. I need to make another. Love those fabrics!

[A Little Blue Dragonfly]

What gorgeous fabrics! And what a happy accident on the music book, huh?!

My favorite craft project ever is always the one I just completed. Truly! So today, that would be the Berry Sweet Bag from Fig Tree & Co. If you want to take a peek... thingsherelately.com

[Deepika]

I love recycling things...any thing that involves recycling materials gives me lots of pleasure. I love cute prints and sometimes I draw and colour in my sketchbook. Thanks for this wonderful giveaway.

[Desi]

I'm relatively very new to sewing and I love it; so I will tell you my most favorite craft is counted cross stitch and has been for a very long time. I love the fabrics! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Desi

[Beth]

What lovely fabrics!!! Your bag design is super sweet - lucky you get to make two!

My favourite project is usually what I am working on at the time! I have been hand piecing a diamond quilt on my way into work on the train in the mornings. I love seeing it grow and watching the patterns emerge.

[Rina]

My favorite craft project was a Christmas stocking I made for my niece. I make elaborate stockings from brocades, satin, metallic sheers with a hand sewn embellishment on the front. My niece wanted a bright yellow stocking so I set out to find the perfect fabric. After much searching found finally found bright yellow fabrics. When I gave it to her she loved it.

[Susie]

A quilt that was too 'florally' that I made for my baby - turned out to be a boy. - but he uses it as a lap blanket every night on the couch. It's his 'blankey'

[rosa]

My favorite craft ever is gift lap quilt to my mother.Thanks for the chance!

[Hayley]

I made a quilted pillow for a swap and had to make something else because I loved the original so much I couldn't let it go! Bad, huh?

[jo]

Such pretty fabrics. I made myself a travel bag for a trip to my sons house so I could just carry everything onto the plane with me instead of having to check luggage I did it qayg with Melody Miller fabrics, I love how it came out I guess my DIL did also because it did not come home with me.

[Patricia M.]

I don't know if it is my best ever, but I am VERY happy with the sewing machine cover I designed and made recently.

[Liz N.]

Of all the quilts, garments, ornaments, bags, dolls, and you name it that I've sewn or otherwise crafted over the past 25 years, my favorite is still my oldest son's Halloween costume from when he was four. He wanted to be a scorpion (what? I don't even know; he was four), and I had no idea how in the world I was going to come up with such a thing. I ended up stuffing brown paper lunch bags with newspaper, folding the tops over, and stapling them together so they fit together like a scorpion's tail does. We made the rest from papier mache and craft paint. He even had claws. To this day, he remembers helping me make the thing, and how "cool" that costume was. I remember praying that it wouldn't rain on Halloween night!

And the pink wreath fabric is too, too much! Sooooo pretty!

[Becky]

I made a marriage sampler back in the 1970s for my sister-in-law. It is one of my favorite embroidery projects and it is still hanging in her home!

[Marcia]

Love your projects & fabrics you use. My favorite project was finding a neat fabric with sheep on it and sewing knitting project bags for my knitting group.

[Joan]

I made a cute, zippered bag that holds all my embroidery thread. All my thread is so nicely organized now. I had found this pin at Pinterest and it was a fun project to do. The fabric is so pretty and your bag is gorgeous. Thank you for the generous giveaway.

[Audrea]

The fabric bundle is precious!
I have just finished a cute pillowcase/pillow sham from a free pattern from Amy at Nana Company. I'm very pleased and excited about it.

[Tracey H]

I haven't been sewing very long, but made a baby size quilt.

[Miranda Raymond]

My homemade duvet cover has been my most successful project to date. I love it.

[Karen Ann]

A hand pieced and hand quilted hexie quilt....such a rewarding process!