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Friday, December 21, 2012

Day 10: Finger Pincushions

It's the shortest day/longest night of the year! Considering how close to the holidays we are, most people could probably use a longer day. :) 

Here's a quick-stitch project: finger pincushions! This simple little hand sewing project by Linda Leathersich and Stephanie Sheridan of Stitched Together Studios is perfect for charm squares or scraps, and all of your quilting friends will love them!


Click here for the pdf pattern to make these finger pincushions. 

Have you seen Maria Kalinowski's Needles and Pins line for Kanvas? (You might recognize it from our blog header.) These bright and modern sewing themed prints would be idea for making finger pincushions.


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Win a fat quarter bundle!
Today's 12 Days of Christmas question:
How many prints in Nancy's Holiday Favorites have holly in them?
(Hint: Find the answer on our website.)

To enter the giveaway, leave the correct answer in the comment section below this post. 

The winner will receive this fat quarter bundle of Nancy Halvorsen prints!


Details: This giveaway is open through Saturday, December 22nd at 11:59 EST. On Sunday, we'll randomly draw a name from the commenters with the correct answer, and we'll post the winner's name here on the blog.


Good luck!


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Here is the answer to Day 8's question: 

Which Michele D'Amore collection features vintage sewing motifs?


The answer: Make Do and Mend

Congratulations to Patricia, the randomly chosen winner, who said: 



Patricia, please email us at sewinlovewithfabric (at) gmail.com with your mailing address. Thanks!


(Note: Each day, we make a numbered list of everyone who answered the question correctly. Then we use random.org to select a number from the correct entries, and match that number up to the numbered list of names. 
Just so you know how we're choosing the winner.)

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18 comments:

  1. 7

    Pauline Gudas
    pgudas@roadrunner.com

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  2. I see SEVEN -- six very obvious, the other a bit tricky! ;)

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  3. This is such a great collection, and 7 have holly in the print. Great gift idea, too. I need to make some! Thanks again!

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  4. Lucky number 7!
    roadtnr272@comcast.net

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  5. I love holly, so I should say "not enough". But, you have 7 beautiful prints with holly.

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  6. Yes! 7 prints with holly in them. I love the whimsy of these Christmas prints

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  7. I'll go with 7 unless I can't count anymore. Judyhc62@windstream.net

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  8. 7 but all are very nice jotenijo@yahoo.ca

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  9. I love Christmas prints with Holly in them. I found 7 of them.

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