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AllFreeSewing Giveaway: Monaco Bag Kit

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Monaco Bag KitYes, sewing your own bag from scratch is an exciting and rewarding challenge, but sometimes do you feel like you need a little help? I do, at least. Whether time doesn’t allow it or I’m plumb out of ideas, sewing a bag is sometimes infinitely more doable when I have a kit to work with.

Recently, I attended a wedding that demanded a new bag (I mean, that’s what weddings are for, right?). Rather than wrack my brain for a dynamite purse project or drop a ton of cash on a new bag, I opted to sew a classic and easy style from the Monaco Bag Kit, courtesy of Art Gallery Fabrics.

While I consider myself creative, I’m not always superb at thinking up my own patterns, especially on a deadline. I loved how the Monaco Bag Kit was all-inclusive. In an evening I was able to sew together a fabulous purse without hitting up my local craft supplies store or scrounging online for different techniques or instructions.

I didn’t have to think about the fabric, coordinating zipper, chain, thread, inner lining, or even a decorative pin, it was all in the kit! Left to my own devices in the fabric store, I know I wouldn’t have had a clue as to which print to pick, but with this kit Art Gallery Fabrics did all the hard work for me.

Even weeks after the toasts were made, I’m still using my Monaco Bag. It’s perfect for days when I want to gussy up my typical jeans and tee-shirt look. The perfect size, I can stuff my phone, wallet, and keys into this purse without dealing with extra space and movement. I’m not tempted to save useless coupons, receipts, or subway cards because I know the work that went into this bag (plus, it looks too cute to fill with junk). My new go-to fix for instant glam, the Monaco Bag is one of my favorite purses, and I made it myself!

Want the Monaco Bag Kit?

Until September 16th you can enter once a day, every day to win the Monaco Bag Kit from Art Gallery Fabrics. Read the full review of this stylish piece here and enter to win now!

Where would you tote the Monaco Bag?

FaveQuilts Giveaway: Box Bag Kit

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Quilt a floral tote bag all on your own with the Dainty Blossoms Box Bag Kit from Riley Blake Designs. This box bag kit comes with all the materials you need to make a feminine quilted bag that can go everywhere. Use it as a work tote, diaper bag, lunch bag, or everyday carryall. You’ll be proud to tell all your friends that you made this bag yourself!

This Box Bag Kit provides the fabric, embellishments, and pattern you need to make the bag shown. All you need are some basic sewing and quilting tools like a rotary cutter, scissor, a ruler, a sewing machine, etc. The fabric provided in the kit includes fusible fleece and fusible web, as well as floral green fabric from the Dainty Blossoms line by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs. Pattern designer April Cobb has create a bag pattern that expertly showcases the beautiful fabrics.

FaveQuilts.com is giving away one Dainty Blossoms Box Bag Kit to one lucky winner. It could be you!

Learn more and enter to win here.

Box Bag Kit

Contest ends January 8, 2012. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

AllFreeHolidayCrafts Giveaway: Kringle and Co. Kit from American Crafts

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If you want a kit or collection that will answer all of your Christmas crafting needs, you have to check out the  Kringle and Co. line from American Crafts. The most striking feature of this collection is its versatility. Whether you like traditional or whimsical holiday crafts, you’ll find the designs you’re looking for in this collection. You’ll also find materials for an assortment of different projects. Whether you’re wrapping gifts and making cards leading up to Christmas or scrapbooking memories after the holidays, you’ll find the papers and embellishments in the Kringle and Co. collection indispensable.

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The Kringle and Co. paper line has an eclectic feel that lends itself well to all kinds of Christmas craft projects. You can find bright floral pages full of poinsettias or subdued, neutral pages with tiny prints of reindeer. Abstract patterned pages like candy stripes and chevrons that mimic the texture of knit fabric form the more basic papers in this collection. Pages of text feature lines from The Twelve Days of Christmas and The Night Before Christmas, giving the line a touch of nostalgia. One of our favorite papers in this collection is the letter to Santa template, addressed to Kris Kringle in the Christmas Village at the North Pole. This would be a perfect for way for parents to immortalize their children’s Christmas wish lists in a scrapbook.

AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com is giving away a Kringle and Co. Kit to two lucky winners. You could win!

Learn more and enter to win here.

Kringle and Co. Kit

Contest ends November 20, 2012. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

AllFreeHolidayCrafts Giveaway: Designer Christmas Card Kit

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This Designer Christmas Cards Value Kit from Arnold Grummer and PSX Design has everything you need to make six gorgeous, winter-themed Christmas cards. The kit includes six pieces of blue cardstock already cut to the shape of a window card, six matching envelopes, and a slew of snow-themed stickers to keep you busy crafting. The kit also includes an Arnold Grummer Cotton Linter Casting Square in the shape of a snowman. Using this mold and leftover paper, you can make three-dimensional paper squares to fit inside the windows of your cards.

AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com is giving away a Designer Cards Value Kit to one lucky winner. You could win!

Learn more and enter to win here.

Designer Christmas Cards Value Kit from Arnold Grummer Designer Christmas Cards Value Kit

Contest ends October 30, 2012. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

FaveQuilts Giveaway: Animal Print Cuddle Quilt Kit

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Step into the wild side with this Animal Print Cuddle Quilt Kit! With this easy strip quilting kit, you’ll have a luxuriously soft, animal print throw in no time at all. Just use the quick flip-and-sew method to make this stylish striped quilt.

The Animal Print Cuddle Quilt Kit makes a cuddly throw about 60″ x 72″, just big enough to toss over a sofa arm or lay across the end of your bed. The kit comes with all of the fabric you will need to make this plush quilt that draws inspiration from the animal kingdom. The Animal Print Cuddle Strip kit includes 17 strips of coordinated cuddle fabrics cut to 5″ x 58″ strips, so you can make a striped quilt without doing any measuring and cutting. The Cuddle Backing Quilt consists of a 2.6 yd. piece of chocolate brown Cuddle fabric, which is the perfect size for the back of your wild and crazy Cuddle Quilt. All you need to buy to complete your quilt is batting, binding, thread, and of course, sewing supplies.

FaveQuilts.com is giving away an Animal Print Cuddle Quilt Kit to one lucky winner. It could be you!

Learn more and enter to win here.

Contest ends September 4, 2012. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

Bernat Mosaic Afghan Kits exclusively by The Crochet Crowd

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Bernat Mosaic Afghan Kit by The Crochet Crowd for Creativ Festival
In cooperation with Bernat, The Crochet Crowd will have mosaic afghan kits available at Creativ Festival.

At Creativ Festival on October 21 – 23, The Crochet Crowd will go live once again. This is our 3rd time going and we are more serious than ever with providing our followers with ground breaking deals on the show floor.

As advertised by Creativ Festival, we will have Bernat Mosaic Afghan Kits at the show. You can see all the swatches of Bernat Mosaic selections; we will not have every colour at the show. Based on a random poll to our audience, we selected the top 6 preferred colours.

The Bumble Berry Afghan that I presented is a representation of what each kit will do. This afghan took a certain amount of balls to achieve this. Using 100% of the same colour but due to the slow transition of colours, it really comes out to be a show piece at the end.

When making the above sample picture, I realized that if I would have raised my hook size up to 6.5 or size K, that I would get fewer squares out of my skeins but my afghan would have been much bigger. However, my kits are put together to accommodate getting yourself a complete afghan done just as you see in the video. The creativity in the end is really up to you.

So what’s in the kit?

  • You are going to get all the balls to complete an authentic afghan.
  • You are going to get a free written pattern to follow along to make this afghan.
  • We are throwing 2 complimentary gifts inside the kits that are practical and you will, in fact, use.

So Here’s The Deal!

  1. The total value of this kit as it stands just under $100. We don’t expect you to pay that.
  2. We don’t expect you to pay for all of the yarn either. This kit has been priced low so that the you are receiving free yarn balls.
  3. The two complimentary gifts are indeed free with your purchase.

You will be saving about $25.00 if you were to purchase everything at full retail price.

So what’s the catch? 

  • We have only the top six colour choices on hand.
  • We have only a few of each kit on hand.
  • Once gone, we don’t have the power to re-stock at the show.
  • First come, first serve.
  • No holding or shipping will be done with our afghan kits.

See you at Creativ Festival on Oct 21 – 23rd.

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