Week #26 SBS Giveaway

Week #26 SBS Giveaway

Each Friday, throughout the Sewcial Bee Sampler sew-along, which Maureen Cracknell and I are co-hosting, will be a Giveaway Friday. We've coordinated special giveaway prizes with our amazing participating sponsors for each and every week! If you've happened to miss any of the Sewcial Bee Sampler posts, take a look back from the first post The Start of Something Sewcial to get caught up to the present. Feel free to start sewing with us at anytime--it's never too late to join in, and it's free! 

 

TODAY'S FEATURED SEWCIAL BEE SPONSOR IS Circa 15 Fabric Studio!

Circa 15 Studio is an extraordinary fabric shop for the modern sewist located in Kirkland, Washington. They carry a variety of high end, high quality fabric and notions, including many of our favorite manufacturers -- Art Gallery Fabrics, Cotton + Steel, Free Spirit, and Moda, just to name a few! Circa 15 Fabric Studio goal offers the most gorgeous fabric as quickly as they can! 


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For this week's Sewcial Bee Giveaway, Circa 15 Studio is offering the winner a generous TWENTY-piece fat quarter bundle including prints from Maureen’s Nightfall and Garden Dreamer collections for Art Gallery Fabrics! You can find these pretty fabrics available for purchase in the Circa 15 Studio shop, HERE! 

In addition, Circa 15 Fabric Studio is having a wonderful SALE on ALL Maureen Cracknell fabrics available in the shop with an additional 20% OFF! There is no coupon code needed and the sale runs now through Sunday night, enjoy! Visit Circa 15 Studio HERE.

Enter to win!

Here's how, since Maureen and I will be taking turns hosting Sewcial Bee Giveaway Fridays, this week I'm sending you to the Maureen Cracknell Handmade blog to enter! 

***Attention Kathryn Laposata, you were the winner of last week's Friday Giveaway on my blog but didn't leave an email address as a way to contact you. Please contact myself or Maureen with your email information so we can get you your winning gift certificate from Needle and Foot.***

A BIG thanks to all joining the Sewcial Bee Sampler sew-along and to those who enter our Giveaway!   

xx Sharon

Week #24 SBS Giveaway

Week #24 SBS Giveaway

Each Friday, throughout the Sewcial Bee Sampler sew-along community event that Maureen Cracknell and I co-host, we've lined up a special giveaway with one of our amazing participating sponsors! If you happened to miss the launch of our Sewcial Bee Sampler you can follow this link for all the info to start sewing and catch up in chronological order - it's never too late to jump in and the PDF downloads for the the sampler will remain up even after the SBS ends.

TODAY'S FEATURED SEWCIAL BEE SAMPLER SPONSOR Is Lady Belle Fabric!

Lady Belle Fabric is run by husband and wife team, Rob and Brooke. In their shop you'll find both bundles and single cuts of hand-picked fabrics that are fresh, modern, and fun! Designer fabrics include many of our favorites -- Art Gallery Fabrics, Cotton + Steel, Free Spirit, and Moda, just to name a few! Lady Belle Fabrics goal is to offer the most gorgeous fabric as quickly as they can! 
   
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For this week's Sewcial Bee Sampler Giveaway Friday, Lady Belle Fabric is offering the winner a Summer Nights Maureen Cracknell Mix Up Bundle. This beautiful bundle includes eight fat quarters curated from Maureen Cracknell's Fleet & Flourish, Nightfall, Garden Dreamer, and new Soulful collections for Art Gallery Fabrics!

This beautiful bundle is also available for purchase. Look for the Summer Nights Maureen Cracknell Mix Up Bundle from Art Gallery Fabrics in the Lady Belle shop. Now through Monday, July 17th at midnight, Lady Belle has a sale with an extra 20% off all bundles and an extra 25% off all Christmas bundles!

ENTER TO WIN! 

Maureen and I have taking turns hosting Sewcial Bee Giveaway Fridays, so this week I'm sending you to the Maureen Cracknell Handmade blog to enter!

A BIG thanks to all of you who are joining the Sewcial Bee Sampler sew-along and to those who enter our Giveaway! 

♡ Sharon

Paper Lanterns Table Runner

Paper Lanterns Table Runner

Paper Lanterns Table Runner by Sharon Holland

Paper Lanterns Table Runner by Sharon Holland

I had the greatest pleasure of sewing with Maureen Cracknell's new Soulful collection. Soulful is inspired by nature, handmade goods, and vintage finds celebrating the gentle spirit of makers. The sumptuous collection just released in May and is Maureen's newest fabric line for Art Gallery fabrics.  

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As you remember, both Maureen and I attended Quilt Market last month and both had booths to show off projects made from our newest collections. I created a table runner for Maureen's booth and finally have the pattern written so you can make one as well! Find the the free download for my Paper Lanterns Table Runner on my Free Patterns page. 

I love table runners and have several different looks that I rotate throughout the year. This runner is a large size of 21" x 69". If you need one larger or smaller, simply make more or less of the blocks. If you make a runner exactly the size as the free pattern then you'll have 8 extra A shaped pieces leftover. These leftover pieces are intentional because the A shape is an A and an A reverse type of shape. Having an extra piece allows for you to play with where the prints go and the orientation of the shape in the block. 

After I had completed my runner I was playing with the leftover A shapes and found I could turn those into a cute pieced zip pouch!

I sewed the 8 leftover A and A reverse shapes together to make a rectangle. I used flannel behind the pieced rectangle and machine quilted 1/4" aways from the seams in all directions. You can you all or just some of the leftover pieces, depending upon how big you want your pouch.

Once the quilting was done I squared it all up and cut a lining to match the pieced exterior size. From there you will want to follow your favorite pattern for making zip pouches. I do not have a pattern for this but can point you to some blogs that have some nice tutorials:

The Sewing Chick

Jedi Craft Girl

Missouri Star Quilt Company

Be sure to watch for the upcoming Soulful Lookbook by Art Gallery Fabrics. The fantastic virtual magazines published by AGF for each fabric line is a feast for the eyes and loaded with sewing inspiration! You'll even see my Paper Lanterns table runner among the beautiful projects. 

Check out more of what Maureen is doing by stopping by her blog. 

Week #20 SBS Giveaway

Week #20 SBS Giveaway

Each Friday, throughout the Sewcial Bee Sampler sew-along, which Maureen Cracknell and I are co-hosting, will be a Giveaway Friday. We've coordinated special giveaway prizes with our amazing participating sponsors for each and every week! If you've happened to miss any of the Sewcial Bee Sampler posts, take a look back from the first post The Start of Something Sewcial to get caught up to the present. Feel free to start sewing with us at anytime--it's never too late to join in, and it's free! 

Today's featured Sewcial Bee sponsor is Maureen Cracknell!

That's right, my SBS co-host is offering the winner a generous fat quarter bundle of her Garden Dreamer collection for Art Gallery Fabrics! This bundle will include a fat quarter cut of each of the TWENTY prints that make up this pretty collection!

Square Peg block #18 by Maureen Cracknell using her Garden Dreamer fabrics from Art Gallery Fabrics

Square Peg block #18 by Maureen Cracknell using her Garden Dreamer fabrics from Art Gallery Fabrics

You can find this collection available in these Sewcial Bee Sampler sponsor shops: Circa 15 Fabric Studio, Fat Quarter Shop, Lady Belle Fabrics, Needle and Foot, Needle in a Fabric Stash, and Llama Fabrics who's offering 30% off all fabrics with coupon code: LLAMA30!


Enter to win! 

Maureen and I have taking turns hosting Sewcial Bee Giveaway Fridays, so this week I'm sending you to the Maureen Cracknell Handmade blog to enter!

A BIG thanks to all of you who are joining the Sewcial Bee Sampler sew-along and to those who enter our Giveaway! 

♡ Sharon