Patchwork Underground

And the winner for the Fall 2009 Vintage Magazine Giveaway is…….

Commenter number 19!!

That’s Melanie! She said:

“As much as I enjoy knitting.  I also use vintage to decorate, so I would have these framed! Don’t worry I wouldnt harm them in any way! haha.”

Congrats Melanie!  And a big thanks to everyone who participated.

I get so excited about having giveaways I might just have to arrange for another one real soon.  If you want to be alerted to my giveaways, feel free to join my little mailing list (there should be a form on the top right hand corner of this page).  Don’t have to worry about being drowned in emails - I send out no more than one e-mail a month.

Onwards to another crafty day!

P.S.  I’ll be going to the Northwest Quilting Expo tomorrow so keep an eye out for my report back over the few days.

Too many scraps of patchwork experiments + random vintage scraps = crazy quilt top?

I think I like it!  (Excuse the wrinkles.  I’ve had it folded up the last couple days.)

This old school car cross-stitch finding has never looked better…

All together now:

It’s a good lap sized quilt right now but I’m thinking that I might want to keep adding onto it as future scraps present themselves. Who knows what it’ll look like in the end? I think I like not knowing. My favorite part of this quilt is the awesome double-breasted button placket towards the bottom. I cut it out of a stained free box vintage dress I adopted a while ago. I had visions of embroidering over the whole dress with black and white floss in a random pattern but then decided that was insane and that I was never going to get around to it.

By the way, don’t forget that today is the last day to put your comment in for my vintage knitting magazine giveaway! I’ll be closing comments tonight and announcing the winner tomorrow! Many thanks to folks who have already entered. I’m excited to find a new home for these little gems. GOOD LUCK!!!

I’m going to be at the Northwest Quilting Expo tomorrow - probably all day. I’m so stoked to get to see this year’s quilts. There’s going to be a few patchwork celebrities I want to see in person and more than few vendors hawking all sorts of quilting-related stuff. I might even invest in a class or two and support fellow sewing instructors! Admission is $9/day or $25 for all three days. Seems like most classes are around $10. Keep an eye out for my pictures and report back….

I’m back from Oregon Country Fair and WE HAVE A WINNER!

Congratulations, commenter number 14 — Aileen Rickie-Adams!

Now you’re wondering…. So what the heck what that thing, anyway? Remember I had folks take guesses at what this thing was?

Well, Cassie F. guessed right!!!!!

It’s the funkiest hairpin lace loom in the entire world. I just had to try hairpin lace one night and I whipped up a workable loom with stuff I had in the junk drawer. It works…but it ain’t pretty! Don’t know what hairpin lace is? It’s a neat-o variation on crochet done with a crochet hook and a “hairpin.”

I found this hairpin lace pic from Ladylinoleum’s blog, Monster Crochet. You can read more about her (more dignified) hairpin lace adventures here.

So yeah….don’t expect a tutorial from me on how to make my janky hairpin lace loom, because I made it the dumbest way possible. I did find some good ideas about how to make smarter-looking ones here and here, though. The second one actually uses glue sticks. Sweet.

Thanks for making this giveaway a success, folks! Keep an eye out for more on the way. Later this week? The promised recycled leather tutorial!

Xoxoxo
Erin

I’m back from camping and it’s giveaway time!!!!!

The lucky winner will get all this awesome stuff shipped to them for free.

You get all this crafty craziness:

• A giant spool of vintage tri-lace
• A mini-journal hand block-printed and hand-bound by yours truly
• A felt flower headscarf (also made by me….you can see more of them at my etsy store)
• The latest issue of Stitch Magazine (SUUUUPER CUTE stuff in here…also an article by me about how to make a Biker Wrap Skirt)

To enter, comment on this post and tell me what you think this contraption I made last week might be used for (hint: it’s something crafty….)

Don’t worry, you don’t have to guess right to win. Have fun with it - you just have to comment on this post. The winner’s comment will be chosen using a random number generator on Wednesday, July 15th.

Alright. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!