My Patterns
Week 2 Drawing and Big Kid Charlie Tees
A little late, but finally done . . . the drawing for Giveaway #2. Allen got to draw this time, wearing his new Charlie Tee Hoodie:
And the winner is . . .
Lisa! Congratulations! I’ll email you and get your information so I can drop your prize in the mail.
Lisa and about a dozen other moms are testing out the Charlie Tee in sizes 5 to 14 this week. (The testers for sizes 12 months to 5T finished up last week.) Here are a few pictures that I’ve taken of the different variations on my big kids.
The Basic Tee in Stripes:
The Ringer Tee:
The Colorblock Tee:
The Basic Tee in Solid:
And, of course, there’s the hoodie which Allen is wearing in the top picture. The pattern should be all finished and ready for sale within the next two weeks!
Prizes for Friends & Family and Week 3 Giveaway
I’m so, so very late posting this week, so I’ll leave the random drawing up a little longer than last week. There are only a few days left to enter your photographs in the contest! The deadline for entries is this Friday, July 31st at midnight central. Quick, dress your little one in your favorite Fishsticks Designs outfit and start clicking! Click here to see the all the specifics about the contest.
The winner of the Friends & Family category of the Fishsticks Designs Photo Contest will receive four prizes. First is the winner’s choice of one pdf pattern from Little Lizard King.
Second, from Cathy at Wondrous Woven Fabrics, a set of five fat quarters.
Next, from my stash of sewing tags, a set of 10 Mama Made hang tags.
Finally, from me, a $10 Gift Certificate to SewZanne’s Fabrics.
This week’s random-drawing giveaway is for a set of 10 Mama Made hang tags and a set of five fat quarters from Wondrous Woven Fabrics. There are several ways to enter. The first way is to enter a photo in the contest–each photograph will earn one entry. The second way to earn an entry is to leave a comment on any post this week. The final way to enter is to blog about this giveaway or the photo contest (just drop me an email with the link to your blog post). All entries must be made by 10 p. m. central time on Sunday, August 1st.
Off to do last week’s drawing right now! I’ll have the winner posted shortly . . .
Prizes for On My Own and Week 2 Giveaway
Keep sending in those photos! I’m loving seeing how much your little ones enjoy the clothes that you’ve sewn for them using Fishsticks Designs patterns! Click here for all the details on the Fishsticks Designs photo contest. Here are a few more exciting prizes: Today’s prize listing is for the On My Own category, check back next Friday to see the prizes for the Friends & Family category. Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for this week’s random-drawing giveaway. Remember, you don’t have to enter a photo to enter the random drawing–you can also enter by leaving a comment or blogging about the contest!
The winner of the On My Own category in the Fishsticks Designs Photo Contest will receive four prizes. First up is a yummy bar of handmade Kitchen Coffee Soap from Rikki at RikRaks.
Second is your choice of sewing patterns from Made by Rae.
Next a set of sewing tags designed and donated by Becca of Night Owl’s Menagerie.
Finally, from me, a $10 Gift Certificate to SewZanne’s Fabrics.
This week’s random-drawing giveaway is for a set of 5 “Handmade Rocks” & 5 “Happily Handmade by Grandma” tags from Night Owl’s Menagerie and one handmade Kitchen Coffee Soap bar from RikRaks. There are several ways to enter. The first way is to enter a photo in the contest–each photograph will earn one entry. The second way to earn an entry is to leave a comment on any post this week. The final way to enter is to blog about this giveaway or the photo contest (just drop me an email with the link to your blog post). All entries must be made by 10 p. m. central time on Thursday, July 22. The winner will be announced on Friday morning, July 23.
Week 1 Random Drawing Winner & a Peek at the Charlie Tee
All ready for the drawing . . .
Jamie got to do the honors.
And, the winner is . . .
Valarie! Congratulations, Valarie! I’ll email you with the details about how to claim your prize!
You may have noticed that Jamie is wearing a hoodie in those pictures, in spite of the fact that it’s in the triple digits here. He’s actually insisted on wearing it everyday since I sewed it up three days ago. Soon, you’ll be able to sew up one for your little guy or gal, too! It’s one of the options to my next pattern release, The Charlie Tee!
I’m excited about all the variations that this pattern offers. The options include a basic tee . . .
. . . a ringer tee and two colorblocked versions . . .
. . . and that fun hoodie!
My pattern testers will be working hard to help me finish it up and have it ready for release soon!
I’ll be posting this week’s random drawing along with the prizes for the On My Own category of the photo contest this afternoon.
Prizes for Baby Steps and Week One Giveaway!
We have a few photo entries already! I’m looking forward to lots more coming in over the next three weeks. Click here for all the details on the Fishsticks Designs photo contest. The prizes for each category are awesome. Each Friday during the contest, I’ll list prizes and offer up a random-drawing giveaway. Today’s prize listing is for the Baby Steps category, check back next Friday to see the prizes for the On My Own category. Read all the way to the bottom for this week’s random-drawing giveaway.
The winner of the Baby Steps category in the Fishsticks Designs Photo Contest will receive four prizes. First up is a beautiful custom-made minky diaper donated by Melanie at Canadian Cloth.
Second is a set of 10 adorable Mama Made tags for sewing into your handmade items.
Next, from Alison at Avi & Tali, your choice of one of her individual sewing or knitting patterns.
Finally, from me, a $10 Gift Certificate to SewZanne’s Fabrics.
This week’s random-drawing giveaway is for a set of 10 Mama Made tags and one of Avi & Tali’s patterns. There are several ways to enter. The first way is to enter a photo in the contest–each photograph will earn one entry. The second way to earn an entry is to leave a comment on any post this week. The final way to enter is to blog about this giveaway or the photo contest (just drop me an email with the link to your blog post). All entries must be made by 10 p. m. central time on Thursday, July 15. The winner will be announced on Friday morning, July 16.
The 2010 Fishsticks Designs Photo Contest
Are you ready to get started? I’m so excited about this contest! I hope you will all submit lots of pictures! We’ve had fun snapping pictures the last few weeks on our vacation and here at home.
I’ve had lots of great prizes donated by some amazing work-at-home moms . . . fabric, tags, handmade soap, patterns, even a custom-made cloth diaper. There will be prizes for several category winners that will be voted on by readers, as well as weekly randomly-drawn prizes.
I’ve set up a flickr group for you to add your pictures of the clothing and bags that you’ve made with Fishsticks Designs patterns: Flickr Group. You can start adding pictures right away, and you can add any pictures that you’d like of your creations to the group. Please give your picture a title before adding it to the group, ie A Kiss for Baby Brother orPeek-a-boo in the Walnut Tree. If you’d like for your photograph to be included in the contest, post to the flickr group, then send me an email at fishsticksdesigns@gmail.com. By submitting your photo and emailing me, you agree to allow me to publish your picture on my blog, my website and/or my store.
Pictures should include at least one item sewn from a Fishsticks Designs pattern. Alterations to the pattern are acceptable, as long as the item is still recognizeable as the original. The item does not have to be sewn by you in order to enter, but if another sewist made the item, please let me know in your email. Please limit submissions to two pictures of the same sewn item. (Except for the total entry limit, there’s no limit on how many pictures you can submit of one child, just pick your favorite two of each outfit.) Items should be modeled, but faces do not have to be shown. Each entrant may submit a total of six photographs.
Pictures must be your original work. You must obtain and submit to me written permission to use the image of any child who is not your own. For the protection of the children in the photographs, modeled pictures of the Little Fishies Undies pattern will be discluded.
I’m looking more for good quality, gorgeous photographs that show creativity than for perfect sewing skills. Composition of the photograph is important. Try following your children around with the camera while they play rather than posing them against a wall.
Winners will be chosen in three separate categories: Baby Steps (pictures of little ones age 12 months and younger), On My Own (individual shots of children over 1 year) and Friends & Family (group photographs). Finalists will be chosen by a panel of judges. Winners will be chosen by popular vote.
Submissions will be accepted through July 31st. Finalists will be posted and voting will take place during Photo Contest Week August 1-7, 2010. Random prize drawings will be held once a week during the contest period beginning this Friday, July 9.
Vacation Fun and a Photo Contest Update!
The Fishsticks Designs Photo Contest plans are coming along well. I sewed up this stack of Patrick Curved Raglans for my youngest four before leaving home last weekend. I’m working on getting some fun pictures while we’re traveling.
We’re having a grand time on vacation. We spent yesterday afternoon roaming around downtown Mayberry (officially Mount Airy, NC).
Waiting for a famous pork chop sandwich at Snappy Lunch:
A few kids in Opie’s Candy Store:
A game of checkers . . .
. . . after a visit with Andy.
When we finished downtown, we hunted down a couple of letterboxes before heading back to some well-deserved air conditioning.
This morning, we drove up to the mountains of West Virginia where we’re visiting Ray’s hometown for a few days before we head back home to Texas this weekend.
Baby Simeon in the Little One Layette
Is he not adorable? Simeon is the little guy that I sewed and knitted a shower gift for a few months ago. He’s such a big boy already. Here he’s modeling one of the soakers that I knit for him with a lap-tee that his mom, Michelle, sewed for him using my Little One Layette pattern.
And, here are a few pictures of him as a newborn wearing a gown that his mom made for him also from the LOL pattern. I love the cute little feet sticking out!
There’s a Contest Coming!
I love seeing the clothing and bags that you’ve sewn from my Fishsticks Designs patterns, especially when they’re modeled by your little ones! I’ve been thinking on this for a little while, and I’m working on putting together a photo contest. More details are coming soon, but until then start snapping photographs of the things that you’ve created with Fishsticks Designs patterns in action.
I would love to offer several prizes, so if you’re a reader and you’d like to donate a prize for the contest, just click here and drop me a line!
Handmade Christmas – Christmas Pajamas
Just one more Christmas post before I move on to other things. It has become a tradition for me to make our kids new Christmas pajamas every year. I love having the kids in matching pjs on Christmas morning, and since my kids range in age from almost 20 to 2, I really have no choice, but to make them! I used several different patterns this year, some of my own and some purchased.
For my youngest two boys, I used my Patrick Curved Raglan top. I did modify Jamie’s to add cuffs to the arms. For Jamie’s pants, I used my AJ Bottoms pattern with cuffs added the same way I did the shirt. Allen’s and Samantha’s pants were both just traced from a ready-to-wear pair of PJ pants. (Knit pajama pants are very forgiving and tracing a pair that you know fits well works great!) Samantha’s top is my Emmy pattern which is her favorite.
For Morgan and Sean, I used Kwik Sew 3144. Morgan asked for a long nightshirt, and Sean wanted the v-neck style top. (I did modify the top a bit to make it more masculine for Sean. I just made the sleeves a little wider and longer and squared off the bottom and hemmed it.)
I always try to get the tops done as early as possible so the kids can get as much wear as possible out of them. They wear them with jeans to Christmas parties, get-togethers and, of course, to visit with Santa.
