In Stitches Redux
Dear In Stitches Participants,
Hi there! Wiping your brow? Exhausted? Sipping margaritas sewing machine-side after a brutal two-month assignment? We hear ya. We know the patchwork bag wasn’t easy, but hey! We learned a thing or two. For example? Make sure your lining is going the right direction before you sit down to sew that sucker in by hand. This is a mistake that will make you angry at yourself for days. And patchwork looks much, much better once you sew all those suckers together. OR, once you throw it in the trash and start over with a single piece cut to size because you are a patchwork loser. In pieces on your kitchen table? It pretty much always looks like a disaster in the making. Hell, some even skipped the patchwork (see, “some”, not just Finny) and plodded forward with beautiful pieces of fabric as is. (Hence the new mantra for the September/October project: Cheaters never win? Nah, Cheaters Finish Bags.) Ha!
But you did it! Many of you completed the bag and learned right along with us. Bravo to you! In celebration of your fabulous tenacity, we are rewarding every patchwork bag submission with a prize because that is how we roll around here - pressies for everyone, even people who hate patchwork. Please email us with your mailing details by November 10th to claim your fabulous prize: africankelli at gmail dot com, finnyknits at gmail dot com
If that wasn’t enough good news, we are sending a handful of submissions during the last year to Ms. Amy Butler herself to pick a few grand prize winners. Ms. Butler will be sending along fabulous goodies from her line to reward a lucky few for their sewing prowess. We are thrilled! (And we will be super jealous if she sends you some of her new fabulous patterns. Hello, Spring wardrobe.)
November/December will once again be a two-month project with the holiday time crunch in mind. It’s dealer’s choice: pick any project from the book and share your mad sewing skills in our Flickr pool. Make it a holiday gift or not. Make a dozen, or just one. It is totally up to you!
Thank you again for playing along. We are excited to announce our new 2008 sewing monthly project January 1.
xoxo,
Finn and Donk
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You two are way too cute and generous. I don’t know if I can pick my own project, it’s been nice to have someone pick for me! And I agree, Amy Butler’s patterns are fabulous. Thanks again, and I’m sending you an email right now!
November 1st, 2007 at 6:43 amAh, curses! I didn’t even crack the book for that one. Woe is me. Que serra serra. Thanks for inspiring us, you generous girls!
November 1st, 2007 at 7:27 amMornin’ sunshine - I personally am glad to have the freedom to do something ANYTHING that does not require patchwork. Or, at least, can be “altered” to avoid the patchworking.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:50 amYou two are too much fun! And pressies for everyone? Hmmmm, shouldn’t we be making something for you since you make this sew along so much fun to participate in? Can’t wait to see what everyone makes for Nov/Dec.
November 1st, 2007 at 11:08 am~mjanice12
What a generous gift for the Patchwork Handbag survivors–you both are so wonderful! I get to make anything at all I want for Nov/Dec–oh, how fun.
November 1st, 2007 at 11:44 amWOOHOO all the way around! Prizes and a cool new theme and something to look forward to in ‘08 — I’m burstin’ I tell ya! Burstin!
November 1st, 2007 at 4:42 pmcan’t wait forn the new theme. maybe i’ll stop being such a lame-o and join in on the fun!
November 1st, 2007 at 6:53 pmYou guys are so cute. I need to get that book, just have been putting it off.
November 2nd, 2007 at 5:57 amHi,
I’ve never read your blog before until yesterday. I read Rosalicious every day b/c she’s my friend from childhood. I saw that you had written a comment to her about dreaming that the two of you got in a fight. I thought that was funny so I followed the link to your blog and read all about your triathlon (awesome!!) and some other random stuff. Anyway, last night, I dreampt that you and I met and I was asking you about your time in Africa and you were telling me about your plans to adopt an african baby soon. Weird. But funny.
I love Africa. Maybe that’s why.
I like your crafts. You should check out my friend lauren, in Blacksburg, VA : http://laurensnotboredyet.blogspot.com/
Cheers!
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:46 amjessica
[…] Speaking of as good as done, here’s one of my InStitches Sew Along submissions for Nov/Dec: […]
November 7th, 2007 at 6:22 pm[…] Dear Finny, Long time, no chat about our happily successful sew-along. Can you believe we’ve received more than 300 submissions in the last 11 months? Even more incredible, can you believe Ms. Butler herself is reviewing these and picking two grand prize winners? Holy moly. I just cannot get over this. And yes, I am fully aware what a dork it makes me when at happy hour someone asks me what the highlight of my week was and I head straight into, “Well, I’m in this sewing group and this super talented fabric and pattern designer actually emailed me! Can you believe it? Oh my gosh. And she is going to judge our little pool of photos…” Such conversation, which ultimately always results in the person walking away, rolling his eyes or simply zoning out is man repellent, as my brother so aptly puts it. On the other hand, we have WWF, the latest Mac Leopard/Tiger/Liger details, or football stats. If I can listen to you explain yet again the difference between a linebacker and a tight-end, then you can at least pretend to be alive when I rarely ramble about all things domestic. At least my conversations come with baked goods. Anyway, for all you In Stitches sew-alongers, I hope your November/December challenge is going well. I am busily sewing a dozen different Christmas gifts and while I’ve thought about what I am doing for this project, it has yet to move past my thoughts into a sketch. Fin, how fun would it be to receive mail from Amy? I’m sure it would come with a pretty note on her new stationery. And the prize… one can only imagine. It is going to be so fun to announce the finalists and winners with you later this week! […]
December 4th, 2007 at 7:24 am[…] As a reminder, we’re still working on our November/December project. Safe to say I’m ripping off this awesome idea. Meg is so darn crafty and the men in my life don’t read this blog. I’m pretty sure my dad still calls this my blob, actually. So, patchwork bags transformed into dopp kits it is. When we announce the winner(s) for this month’s entry, we’ll post our 2008 project too. Thanks again for playing along and man, I can’t wait to see what Amy sends our winners! Thanks to Amy and her awesome staff too for their generosity. […]
December 7th, 2007 at 7:57 am