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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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  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.

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  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!

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  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.

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  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!

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  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…

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  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! ^-^

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  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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Learn All About Sewing Velvet Fabric

 

I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store.  So much texture!  And the way the fibers catch the light!  But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think.  That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl.  That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction.  That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared.  And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet. 

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects.  Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter.  Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long. 

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success.  There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid.  She describes the different types of velvet available.  And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric.  Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric.  There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric. 

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

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