Wow!  Thank you to all who left comments on my giveaway post last week.  I now have the most lovely and diverse holiday reading list.  I’ve made a list of the books so you all can benefit, too.

State of Wonder – Ann Patchett

The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss

Jeeves & the Feudal Spirit

The Serpent’s Tale

Deaf Sentence – David Lodge

Pure – Andrew Miller

An Assembly Such as This – Pamela Aidan

Emma – Austen

A Place of Quiet Rest – Nancy leigh DeMoss

Assassin’s Prayer – Ariana Franklin

The Time in Between – Maria Dueans

The Black Box – Michael Connelly

The Music of the Spheres

Transit of Venus – Shirley Hazzard

The distant hours – kate Morton

Healer’s Manual – Ted Andrews

Broken Open – Elizabeth Leser

You can heal your life – Louise L Hay

Praying the Names of God – Ann Shipley

Inner Voice of Love – Nouwen

The truth about style – Stacy London

Evolution of Mara Dyer – Michelle Hodkin

Make your own Dress Patterns – Adele P. Margolis

Warmth of Other Suns

Dragon’s Kin – Todd McCaffrey

This will keep me busy for a while.  Thank you so much for sharing your reads, everyone!  And now on to what everyone really wants to know:  who gets what fabric.  Well, there’s 3 random draws, and I’ll be using the Random Number Generator.  I made a list of all participants for the respective fabrics, cut and pasted from Word, so you get to see what the stupid spellcheck didn’t like!  First up is the silk chiffon:

And the winner is:  Symondezyn!  Yay!  Hearty applause all around!  Ok.  Drum roll for the next randomly drawn winner of the poly knit:

Woo hoo!  Dina gets the knit!  Congratulations, Dina!  And last, but certainly not least, the lace….

…. goes to Tulle & Tweed!  Yay for all the winners, and don’t forget to send me your mailing addresses via email at onlymezzo [at] yahoo [dot] ca.  Thanks, everyone, for playing along and making my December birthday so much fun.  I’ll pop off your packages as soon as I get your mailing addresses, and, God willing, you should have an extra prezzie under your tree.

TTFN!

I did this the old-fashioned way again.  What can I say?  Maybe I just like handling paper and writing out names and then the “tactileness” of picking a winner out of the bowl!

I had two separate bowls – Patterns and Paisley.

And the winners are… Drum roll, please!

Tina at retrorabbithole!  She wrote: “I’ll cast my lot for the patterns.  As for clothing I’ve made, it depends. If someone has expressed an interest in said piece of clothing, I am more than happy to give it a new home. If not, it some times gets taken apart and re-purposed. Often, unfortunately, pieces tend to languish in the back of my closet!”  Congratulations, Tina!

And the paisley goes to Carla G, who shared this:  “I usually remake into clothing for someone in our household or into some other project like bags or whatever I need fabric for.”

Thank you to all that answered my question and entered my giveaway.  I’ll send off the packages just as soon as I can!

Because they’re hosting a Giveaway Day!  I must confess that I have never heard of this spectacular day full of giveaways until I spent a very productive morning visiting, reading, and discovering new blogs!  What a great way to spend a morning.  The sewing blog world is limitless.

And, because I’d like to join in the fun, I thought I’d host another giveaway.  You have two packages to choose from.

First, a set of dress patterns (12-14-16).  These are all new and uncut.

The second is a length of cotton, similar to Liberty tana lawn, but not a Liberty print.  It’s 2 1/2 yards and 60 inches wide.

So, to enter the giveaway you need to answer the question below and tell me which lot you’d like (patterns or fabric), and you must include your email address so that I can contact you if you’re the winner!

You don’t have to follow my blog/subscribe but it would be lovely if you do.  Tell me you’re a follower in your comment for an extra entry.  International entries are welcome, and I’ll pick the winner through a random generator (how original!).  Entries close December 16, 2011 (Friday) at 5:00 p.m. EST, and I’ll make the draw on December 17, 2011.

Here’s the question:  What do you do with clothes or items that you’ve made that you end up falling out of love with?  They can be items you make for yourself, or things you’ve made for others.   Do you remake them? Use them for scraps? Give them to your local thrift store, or give them to someone you think will appreciate them? I’m curious to know!

Oh, and to browse the six pages of giveaways, click on the logo below to get back to the list!

Well, I almost didn’t get this post up and written because the HD on my computer started to corrupt itself, and I have almost CRIED with frustration trying to reinstall everything on the new HD.

No, I don’t pay anyone to do this.  I’m a chronic problem-solver, and I will. win.  So, just in time my system is workable enough to let you all know who will have an addition to their stash. I included everyone in the draw, even those of you who are overseas, since it’s Christmas and chiffon is not so heavy to mail.   And I did it the classic way – little pieces of paper with each person’s name on it.

And the winner is…. Liz, over at He Cooks…. She Sews, who wrote, “Happy birthday for yesterday. Great to hear that fabulous dress got an outing!  Thanks, too, for your very generous giveaway offer. I don’t know what I would do with that lovely fabric but I’d be very happy to have that challenge…”

I’ll pop the little Christmas package in the mail as soon as I can!  Happy Friday, everyone!