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    Giveaway Day 11

    ByHeather Bailey

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    All three of my kids are at home sick today and I'm having a very
    difficult time sneaking away to write a giveaway post, so I'm going to
    get right to it before there's more medicine to dose out or 'messes' to
    clean up.

    With a $35 value, today's prize
    is THREE Heather Bailey sewing patterns—Flutterby Pincushions, Boho Cloche Hat and Marlo
    Bloom Handbag    —enough variety to keep you busy well into the fall and perhaps cover you on some holiday-gift sewing as well.

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    Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email
    address
    so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
    address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
    field on the comment form; I can access that info from behind the scenes.

    Today's giveaway will close at NOON PST on Monday 8/12/13. (I'm
    extending the deadline whenever a post goes up later in the day.
    Sundays will likely be tricky for me all month.) Watch for the winner to
    be announced within a day or
    two at the bottom
    of the post. For more info on my August giveaway madness, click here. Please
    share the word. Check back every day.

    My actual birthday is tomorrow, so watch for a big prize in the morning. And some even bigger ones later in the week.

    Good luck!

    xo—Heather


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  • The Tuxedo Clutch & Fresh Style Magazine

    ByHeather Bailey

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    There’s a fantastic new magazine out this summer called Fresh Style. The debut issue oozes with luscious color, decorating inspiration, fashionable crafts, and more, including interviews with me, Amy Butler, and Ashley Ann Campbell of Under the Sycamore.

    To celebrate the magazine’s launch, I designed a pattern to include with the article: The Tuxedo Clutch. Instructions for this fast and fun purse are found in the Summer 2011 issue — available at newstands through the end of July. Other projects featured in this issue include an apron made from men’s dress shirts, a chic ribbon headband, custom-bleached shirts,and a super-cool pallet bed. (I love the ceiling decor above the bed too (p.75). Ooo, and I just spotted a Happy Stacker in the basket next to the bed — Ashley Ann, is this your house?)

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    The Tuxedo Clutch packs a big punch of style, yet it is simple to make. My design is inspired by the ruffled front of a funky men’s dress shirt. Think 70s prom. (Whoa, not exactly 70s, but check out this ruffled shirt.)

    The blue brooch? I picked that up at a vintage hoo-hahs booth at Quilt Market a year or two ago. I couldn’t resist. It’s old and a bit skee-wumpus, which has me loving it even more.

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    For more info about Fresh Style, visit their blog at freshstylemag.com. And here’s a handy link if you wish to place an order through Hoffman Media. I think they carry back-issues too, in case you miss the July deadline.