Fab Freebie: Sew Sweet
***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Thanks to random.org, these three ladies are getting a kick start to Mother’s Day: Traci (who inherited her mother’s worrying skills!), April (who got her mom’s love of shopping, travel and new things) and Stacy (who inherited the gift of being a good cook from her mom).
Because becoming a mom has mysteriously given Sherry the urge to learn how to sew (more on that here and here) we thought we’d use this pre-Mother’s Day giveaway to dish out TWO fabric-tastic prizes to THREE lucky winners. And they won’t have to sew a stitch because it has already been done for ‘em. The first comes from City Chic Country Mouse, whose Etsy shop caters to those who want to inject a bit of chic to their chore list (not that any moms should be doing housework on Mother’s Day). Each of our three winners can choose from any of their colorful, graphic, and punchy ironing board covers, which will definitely cheer up any laundry room:
Plus those same three lucky winners get a double dose this week. A customized fabric wreath from a local Richmonder who puts her sewing prowess to work in her Etsy shop, Love Elaine is also on the agenda. While she’s got cool modern spins on aprons, quilts, and bags – her fabric wreaths are always a favorite. And yup, each winner gets to pick our their own colors.
- PRIZE: Any ironing board cover from City Chic Country Mouse and a custom fabric wreath from Love Elaine
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “SEW ME!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us one quality you’re glad you inherited – or wish you had inherited – from your mother (or other parental type figure). Are you grateful she instilled strong family values? Or that she passed down her sense of style / fabulous cooking abilities? Or do you keep waiting for her sewing skills to kick in like Sherry?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, May 4th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Three
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States and Canada
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday morning for the announcement of our winners. Good luck…
Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just like rewarding our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from City Chic Country Mouse and Love Elaine.
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The one thing I wish I had inherited from my mom (and my dad too, actually) is the capacity to remember things. They can’t remember tiny little details like dates or anything that I have ever said to them, but they can remember recipes, details about sewing things, like upholstery (my mom, not my dad), and the ability to recipe the most obscure relationships–like this person visited us in 2002, their sister’s husband’s uncle’s neighbor’s wife is our relative! How can you not remember them???
SEW ME! I got my mom’s decorating prowess – always moving around furniture and switching up art and paint colors.
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My mom is so talented and crafty…I got a few of her traits, but I wish I had inherited more :)
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i think my mom passed down her decorating skills to me!
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I wish I was able to sew like my mom too. She has one of those old crank-wheel kind of a sewing machine and has prettier hems than I did. Sigh.
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I wish I inherited my mother’s compassion. It is unparalleled.
Sew me! I feel blessed to have inherited my mom’s compassion. I strive to be like her everyday.
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My mom and I are both a Taurus, so we share a lot of the same qualities!
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I inherited my Mom’s desire to make ppl happy :)
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I totally inherited my mom’s cooking abilities and love fixing feasts for all our friends!
However, i did NOT inherit her sewing skills. I’m actually jealous of Sherry…..no way could i have done that banner! rock that sewing machine, sister!
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I inherited my granmother’s love of cooking and complete inability to follow a recipe! I will consider myself a luck woman if half of my dishes come out as good as hers always did.
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Glad I inherited her fun personality!
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I inherited my mom’s quirky creativity!
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I wish I had inherited my mom’s sewing ability…she has an amazing eye and does little sewing favors for friends on occasion (she actually made a wedding dress for a family friend when I was about 10 years old)! I can sew straight lines, and that’s about it! :-)
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I’m glad I inherited her values but which I was as artistic as she was.
SEW ME! I inherited a love of cooking and baking from my grandmother, and now I am getting to pass on her wisdom to my daughter. Wish my grandma were still here…
SEW ME! My mom is very active in the community and particularly in her kids’ lives as a scout leader. I hope to do the same someday.
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We did a sewing badge in Girl Scouts and that’s how I learned to sew (taught by my mother, the Girl Scout leader). The first things I sewed were a pair of culotte and an apron, I think. I sewed most of my own clothes all the way through high school and beyond. I haven’t sewn clothes in years as I got a little tired of it. I still have my Singer featherweight machine with a card table that goes with it. It was handed down to my sister and I by our grandmother when she went out and bought a fancy new machine. When she couldn’t master it, she wanted to trade machines and get her Singer back, but sis and I said no way!
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I am grateful for the strong work ethic I learned from my mom! She is the best and I learned how to be a great mom from her!
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I’m glad I inherited her love of family. She would do anything for us and we’re so lucky to have her :)
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My mom is awesome at making her pretty flower gardens bloom and herbs grow. Me…not so much.