Giveaway day is here!!!

For this year's Sew Mama Sew's giveaway, I've selected a beautiful, one-of-a-kind necklace.  I made this necklace using silver toned chain, with a center detail and pendant.  The hand wire-wrapped cobalt blue faux 'beach-glass'  dangles from a center detail of white glass tube beads and antiqued silver toned bead caps.  The necklace also contains accents of cobalt blue glass crystal beads and oval white glass beads.   The necklace is a flattering length of approximately 17.5 inches with a 1 inch extention piece, making the total length 18.5 inches.

So......here's what you have to do to win this....

1..... Leave a comment below telling me which season of the year is your favorite.  I'll pick the winner using a random number generator so your answers won't be judged, I just really like reading them! 

 

2.....Make sure you leave an email address so I can contact you if you win,  (I suggest something like this:  me (at) myweb (dot) com - it cuts down on spam) 

 

3.....Only one entry per person please. 

 

4..... My giveaway is only for USA entrants, I don't ship internationally, sorry. 

When you're finished, skip over to Sew Mama Sew's blog and enter a TON more!!

There's all kinds of things entered from handmade home decor to handmade items for kids and alot more!   And you might even find some new favorite blogs!

You have from May 6 - May 10 to enter. 

 

Have fun!!!!

 

I'm obsessed.....

   

Lately I've been really obsessed with finding free sewing patterns for babies and kids. So, I've decided to share some of what I've found . 



This little peasant bouse is so easy and can be make in one fabric or coordinating fabrics.  You can add ruffles, lace, rick rack...whatever your heart desires. You can find the directions and the pattern HERE

I've made two of these so far, one a simple white one to pair with jumpers or pinafores.  For the second one, I added to the length, added a ruffle down the front and used two coordinating fabrics.  I used a pink mini checked fabric for the sleeves and ruffle and band around the hem while the main dress portion is a yellow and pink floral. 

Here are some other interpretations I found.

Hopefully they will inspire you to try it!  To go to the websites, just click on the photos. Spend some time looking around, they each have lots to see!

                                                

 

Here are a few more ideas. I haven't made these yet, but I AM going to try some of them.

 

And, since I just realized everything I posted is for baby girls (that could be because of my new grand daughters) , here are somethings for the little fellas. I didn't realize how hard it was to find little boy patterns but here are a few of what I could find:

A word of caution about free patterns - some are made for sergers and the seam allowances are smaller than most commercial patterns.  Sometimes the designer tells you that, sometimes they don't.

Happy Sewing !