Day: September 29, 2013

I am happy to be participating in Purse Palooza this year with a special bag sewing pattern review! Here’s how the event works:

1. Every weekday from September 30th – October 25th, there are at least 2 amazing guest bloggers on the Sew Sweetness site scheduled to share with you a purse sewing pattern review. None of the purses reviewed from the event last year are being reviewed again, so these will be fresh sewing pattern reviews! Each review will contain detailed information about what the reviewer thought about the sewing pattern, modifications made, what kind of interfacing used, and more! There are a few technique and product review posts sprinkled in as well.

This is a great way to get inspired to make the bag you have always wanted to make. Having a buddy really helps. Remember when Pam and I did the Petrillo Bag-Aong?

Aeroplane Bags

2. Even more exciting…THERE WILL BE A GIVEAWAY EVERY WEEKDAY DURING THE EVENT! That’s right, 20 GIVEAWAYS! 

3. At the end of the event, you will get a chance to show me your purse in order to win some amazing prizes! Of course, international entries are welcome too!

September 30

• Kim – Kim’s Krafts (Charlie’s Aunt Anglia Bag)
• Jaye – Art Quiltmaker (Oliver+S Day in the Park Backpack)

October 22

• Penny – Sew Take a Hike (Patchwork Bag by Akemi Shibata)
• Corinna – Another Thing Off the List (Amy Butler Belle Bag)

October 23

• Teresa – Crinkle Dreams (Drop Top Messenger Bag from Stitch Magazine)
• Natasha – House Full of Nicholes (Dog Under My Desk Daytripper)

October 24

• Kaye – Miss Print (Amy Butler Birdie Sling)
• Terri – Sew Fantastic (Michelle Patterns Inset Zipper Clutch)

October 25

• Emily – Mommy’s Naptime (Duffle Bag)
• Julianna – Sewing Under the Rainbow (Studio Kat Gadabout Bag)
• Technique post from Indygo Junction

Contest Rules

1. Check out all the purse pattern reviews throughout the month and get inspired to sew up a purse of your own!

2. Link up your completed purse on the Purse Palooza 2013 page BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 30th AND NOVEMBER 11th. Your purse must be created and photographed between those dates; purses made prior to September 30, 2013 will be disqualified. The purse may be of your own design, or made from a sewing pattern. You can link from Flickr, your blog post, or wherever else you host your photos.

3. There is no limit to how many purses you may enter, as long as they were made between September 30th and November 11th. Only one link-up per purse please.

*Note: Besides bags and purses, for this event also acceptable are clutches, backpacks, wallets, etc.

Greenbacks Wallet Trio

Prizes

This year, there will be 1st-4th prize winners chosen from all those that submit a purse during the event. There will also be a randomly-drawn winner out of everyone who enters!

1st prize – 4th prize will receive an AWESOME prize pack courtesy of Pat Bravo, genius fabric designer extraordinaire! The prize packs will each include 3 Pat Bravo sewing patterns (La Boheme Skirt, Barcelona Bag, and Capri Bag), a pack of Pat Bravo Aurifil Threads (thread pack may vary, as there are 3 different packs), and 10 Pat Bravo fat quarters (fat quarters may vary).

In addition, the 1st prize – 4th prize winners will also receive a copy of Sara Lawson’s new book, Big-City Bags!! The book releases November 5th, and you can pre-order your book now!

Retail value of each prize pack: $127.

There will also be one randomly-drawn winner out of all purses entered, and this winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Sara’s publisher, Martingale (as well as a copy of her new, not-yet-released book, Big-City Bags!).

Retail value of prize pack: $77.

Judging

Purse Palooza will be judged this year by Kay Whitt of Serendipity Studio. Kay writes the most stylish and fun-to-sew clothing patterns and bag patterns out there.

Thank you to all of the wonderful sponsors that are supporting this event!

Pat Bravo  //  Bari J.  //  Emmaline Bags  //   V. and Co.  //

Chris W. Designs  //  Betz White  //  Amy Butler  //  

Artsy Crafty Babe  //   Charlie’s Aunt  //   Noodlehead  //

Dog Under My Desk  //    By Annie’s  //  Studio Kat  //  

Handmade with Mrs. H.  //  ModKid  //  Made by Rae  //  Indygo Junction  //  Melly & Me  //  Serendipity Studio  //  Anna Maria Horner  //  Martingale Publishing