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Giveaway: Free pattern of your choice from Brassy Apple

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Brassy Apple is giving away a free pattern of choice to not one, not two, but THREE lucky Craft Gossip readers.  Wowza!   

Their Kitschy Corset apron is certainly not your mama’s kitchen apron!  If you’re going for a more sophisticated look, try the gathered neck of the Lucy Apron for an easy elegance you wouldn’t expect from an apron.  The Bunchy Scarf combines fashion with comfort to create a long skinny ruffled scarf that is totally on trend!

To enter, go to Brassy Apple and check out all of their very cool sewing patterns.  Then, come back here and leave a comment on this post telling which pattern is your favorite and why.  I’ll choose three winners at random, and they’ll receive the pattern they mention in their comment. 

Deadline is Tuesday, February 2 2010 at midnight CST.

Want to keep up with everything they’re creating over at Brassy Apple?  Check out their blog here, or follow them on Twitter.

[photos from Brassy Apple]

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Comments

  2. I love the Lucy apron. I wish that I could wear it for myself. I have been blessed with the inablity to see my feet for the last 26 years due to my busom. I know that my three sisters and two sister-in-laws would love to get Lucy dirty.

    Thank you for sharing yet another great pattern website.

  3. I’d go for the 10 different scarves patterns because more choices are best. Those look like great gifts.

  4. I love the Lucy apron. It looks like you could wear it anywhere not just the kitchen. The gathering at the neck is gorgeous and i love that it covers more than a regular apron does because boy am i messy in the kitchen!

  9. I just Love Lucy! The pattern is cute, modern, and still manages to be very functional. What’s not to love??

  18. I gotta tell you I really love the Lucy apron — the possibilities are endless 🙂

  19. I love the Bunchy Scarf pattern. I bought a scarf similar to this months ago and wish I would have gotten it in every color. Just figured out how to sew and this is difinitely on my to-do list.

  28. The Bunchy scarf is my favourite pattern – it’s utterly gorgeous and infinitely fashionable!

  29. I would love to win the Bunchy Scarf Pattern couse it is adorable! I love scarfs, but I don’t have any like this in my colletion 🙂

  31. I love the lucy apron. I love to sew and craft, but don’t have a lot of time. This looks like a pattern my daughters and I could work up quickly, but still have a great product for our efforts!

  33. The Kitschy Corset apron is adorable, I can definitely see myself wearing it! Thanks for the chance at the giveaway.

  36. I’d love the bunchy scarf pattern. My wardrobe needs some pizazz & I think this just might do the trick!
    thank you for this great giveaway!

  42. Oh wow! The Kitschy Corset apron totally makes me LOL. I Want It!!!

    I also am seriously considering their Mosaic Jeans tutorial e-book… I have a weird sense of style I guess…

  43. Oh to win the Kitschy Apron Pattern! It has the classic lines and sophisticated simplicity that make for sweet sewing bliss! Oh me Please! ^-^

  45. I just love the Bunchy Scarf Patterns! I’m not sure I’ve got the “brass” to step out in a huge riotous scarf…but I would totally rock one I made myself!!

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