Choose My RED, WHITE, and BLUE Fabric

I'd originally planned to do purple this week, finishing out the rainbow, and then do patriotic colors next week in honor of the 4th of July. But, seeing as we'll be getting ready to go on vacation next week I figured I just go ahead and do them now, and then we'll have a little break for a couple weeks while I'm on vacation. I may still do some blog posts, but the Great Fabric Destash Challenge series will have to wait until I get back home to all my fabrics. :-)

Oh! Also, after several requests I've decided to go ahead and open up the voting to my Canadian friends to the north, since shipping costs are fairly similar. Sorry to all my friends overseas, wish I had the money to open it worldwide!

So, you know the drill, tell me which fabric you like best. Whichever fabric you help me pick (I'll choose whichever gets the most votes), I'm going to have to use it ALL up...that means NO leftover scraps like I usually have. Most of what I make will likely end up for sale in my Etsy shop.

Once I've used it all up, I'll choose something I made with the chosen fabric to give away! Here are this week's fabric choices:


Click on the image for a closer look! I've included a quarter to give you some sense of scale.

The first is the leftover of a fabric I used to create a border on a custom skirt I'm still in the process of finishing, there's not a ton left of it, less than a yard. The second is a great big kind of flowery check pattern, so fun! I have a good 3 yards of this so I have some big plans if this one is chosen. The third medallion-like print is a little bit of a cheat because that's all I could find in my stash for this theme! It does have red, white, and blue but it also has some gold in it, I think I have about a yard.

All you need to do to enter the giveaway is:
*Leave a comment with your VOTE on which fabric I should use up this week or which one is your favorite, and

*Include an EMAIL ADDRESS where I can contact you should you win, (US and Canada residents only, sorry!). You can do this either by

1. Making sure your email is available through your blogger profile. (See here for help with that)



2. Leaving your email address in your comment.



3. Emailing me at mllevaleur (at) hotmail (dot) com with your email address, subject line "Giveaway email"



4. OR if I know you from a forum somewhere, leave your SCREEN NAME so I know who you are!

If I can't find a way to contact you, I'll just have to pick someone else, so make sure to do one of the above! :-)

I'll choose the winner randomly from among those who voted for the winning fabric, since I'd hate to send someone an item made from a fabric they don't love!

Please submit your vote before Sunday evening at midnight (central time). I'll update this post with the winning fabric on Monday, and then get to work! Check back at the latest on Friday to see what I've made, and of course to see who has won the giveaway and what they won!

Choose my fabric! :-)

UPDATE: The people have spoken, #2 it is! With 3 yards to use up completely, I have my work cut out for me! I may be a little later this week with all the fabric to use up in the midst of packing for the trip, so I'll shoot for Saturday. Thanks for voting!

Blue Fabric Creations and Winner!

Alright, it's all used up! First up, the giveaway item....


I enjoyed making the tissue box cover last week so much that I decided to make it as a giveaway item this week. :-) It's reversible this time as well, same as last week's version.


There's also one for sale in my Etsy shop.

With the majority of the rest of the fabric, I made a milkmaid apron!


The one I made for the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway was just purchased, and so I was inspired to make another one because, well, I just loved seeing pics of it in my shop, lol.



It's up for sale here.

And finally, with the scraps I had left...you thought I was going to say I made some tissue holders, didn't you? ;-) Can you believe I didn't make any this week? Instead, I made some fabric stickers!


I had a lot of fun deciding which shapes to cut out, I printed out some ideas from the computer and went to work.

I made one set of animals - kitties, birds, and butterflies...



And one set of fashion-y type stuff, with dresses, a dress form, and some cameo ladies...



I think the ladies are my favorite!

And finally, for the winner of the giveaway...

NaDean! I'll be contacting you shortly, congrats!

I'll be listing the next choices of fabric on Saturday, so be sure to check back soon! Thanks for your continued participation, I hope you're all enjoying this as much as I have been. :-)

Choose My BLUE Fabric

This week we'll be looking at blue fabric, we're almost done with the rainbow! But don't worry I have a lot more groups of colors and patterns to get through. ;-)

So, you know the drill, tell me which fabric you like best. Whichever fabric you help me pick (I'll choose whichever gets the most votes), I'm going to have to use it ALL up...that means NO leftover scraps like I usually have. Most of what I make will likely end up for sale in my Etsy shop.

Once I've used it all up, I'll choose something I made with the chosen fabric to give away! Here are this week's fabric choices:


Click on the image for a closer look! I've included a quarter to give you some sense of scale.

The first is a blue toile-like floral on a very light blue background, the second is a blue and cream scroll, and the third is a kind of paisley like pattern, it's close to a decor weight fabric and says it's stain proof!

All you need to do to enter the giveaway is:
*Leave a comment with your VOTE on which fabric I should use up this week or which one is your favorite, and

*Include an EMAIL ADDRESS where I can contact you should you win, (US residents only, sorry!). You can do this either by

1. Making sure your email is available through your blogger profile. (See here for help with that)



2. Leaving your email address in your comment.



3. Emailing me at mllevaleur (at) hotmail (dot) com with your email address, subject line "Giveaway email"



4. OR if I know you from a forum somewhere, leave your SCREEN NAME so I know who you are!

If I can't find a way to contact you, I'll just have to pick someone else, so make sure to do one of the above! :-)

I'll choose the winner randomly from among those who voted for the winning fabric, since I'd hate to send someone an item made from a fabric they don't love!

Please submit your vote before Sunday evening at midnight (central time). I'll update this post with the winning fabric on Monday, and then get to work! Check back at the latest on Friday to see what I've made, and of course to see who has won the giveaway and what they won!

Choose my fabric! :-)

UPDATE: And the winner is #1, check back by Friday at the latest to see what has been created with it, and who won the giveaway!

Aqua Fabric Creations and Winner

Ok, finally I'm able to post the aqua creations! I had a few technical difficulties yesterday, half of my pictures were eaten by the computer. :-P So that set me back a little on time, but it's all good!

Alright, so the giveaway item this week is....


a rice therapy pack!







It can be heated up in the microwave or stored in the freezer. I made some with lavender oil, and some with vanilla mint, mmm! The winner can choose which scent she'd like, and all the others are in my Etsy shop.

On a side note, I got a little stamp from VistaPrint this week (it was free, yay!) and started experimenting with it a little, as you can see here...


Way cool!

Next up, I'm totally in love with this next project because it was SO easy but the result is just TOO cute!


A tissue box cover. :-)



Do you just love those bows?? And the best part is....


It's reversible! How cool is that? I think I'll definitely be making more of these in the future, super quick and easy and gives me immediate gratification, which I love, lol. I have 2 available in my shop!

I also made another grocery bag dispenser.


And some tissue holders.


A couple of my smaller scraps weren't even big enough for a whole tissue holder so I decided to sew some coordinating fabrics together to make it large enough. Love the result!


And now for the winner....

STEPHANIE!! No, not me, the other Steph in Texas. ;-) I'll be emailing you soon to ask which scent you'd like and get your address.

Thanks everyone, I'll post the next fabrics tomorrow and you'll have through the weekend to vote. :-)

Choose My AQUA Fabric

Quick update: I retook the pics because some people weren't seeing the aqua color in the third fabric, hopefully it's better now! :-)

So we're going to take a slight detour from the rainbow, and look at aqua fabrics today! Seeing as it's kind of in between green and blue, I thought it would be a good time. I have a ridiculous amount of aqua colored fabrics, apparently I'm drawn to the color. So I'm excited about this week's choices, can't wait to see which one y'all choose!

So, you know the drill, tell me which fabric you like best. Whichever fabric you help me pick (I'll choose whichever gets the most votes), I'm going to have to use it ALL up...that means NO leftover scraps like I usually have. Most of what I make will likely end up for sale in my Etsy shop.

Once I've used it all up, I'll choose something I made with the chosen fabric to give away! Here are this week's fabric choices:



Click on the image for a closer look! I've included a quarter to give you some sense of scale.

The first is a fun floral on an aqua background, the second is an aqua and white damask, and the third is an aqua damask print on a green background.

All you need to do to enter the giveaway is:
*Leave a comment with your VOTE on which fabric I should use up this week or which one is your favorite, and

*Include an EMAIL ADDRESS where I can contact you should you win, (US residents only, sorry!). You can do this either by

1. Making sure your email is available through your blogger profile. (See here for help with that)



2. Leaving your email address in your comment.



3. Emailing me at mllevaleur (at) hotmail (dot) com with your email address, subject line "Giveaway email"



4. OR if I know you from a forum somewhere, leave your SCREEN NAME so I know who you are!

If I can't find a way to contact you, I'll just have to pick someone else, so make sure to do one of the above! :-)

I'll choose the winner randomly from among those who voted for the winning fabric, since I'd hate to send someone an item made from a fabric they don't love!

Please submit your vote before Monday evening at midnight (central time). I'll update this post with the winner on Tuesday, and then get to work! Check back at the latest on Friday to see what I've made, and of course to see who has won the giveaway and what they won!

Choose my fabric! :-)

UPDATE: Alright, so #1 it is! I already have some ideas for this one, so I'll get to work! Thanks all. :-)

Green Fabric Creations and Winner

Green fabric creations are all done! Since the fabric is green, I decided to go with a "green" theme.

First up, the giveaway item...


A reusable grocery bag. :-) Paper or plastic? Neither! Fully lined with a nice unbleached muslin inside. I made two, one to give away and the other is up for sale in my Etsy shop here.



Since they were pretty large bags, I didn't have a whole lot of fabric left over. With what I did have, I made some cute ruffly cup cozies! Save some trees and use these instead of cardboard ones.


They're up for sale here.

Finally, in the interest of being "green" by using every last bit, I had just a small amount left and made one lone tissue holder from it.


Don't recognize that green fabric? Take a peek inside. ;-)



This one is for sale right here.

And now for the winner of the giveaway...

JOLAN!! Congrats, I'll be contacting you shortly. :-)

Thanks everyone, I'll be posting new fabric choices tomorrow...I'm excited about tomorrow's color, it might not be what you think. ;-)

Choose My GREEN Fabric

Continuing down the rainbow, we're going with green fabric this time! Green is one of my faves.

So, you know the drill, tell me which fabric you like best. Whichever fabric you help me pick (I'll choose whichever gets the most votes), I'm going to have to use it ALL up...that means NO leftover scraps like I usually have. Most of what I make will likely end up for sale in my Etsy shop.

Once I've used it all up, I'll choose something I made with the chosen fabric to give away! Here are this week's fabric choices:


Click on the image for a closer look! I've included a quarter to give you some sense of scale.

The first is an earthy olive, the second is a springy green with flowers and chandeliers, and the third is a cream and green damask.

All you need to do to enter the giveaway is:
*Leave a comment with your VOTE on which fabric I should use up this week or which one is your favorite, and

*Include an EMAIL ADDRESS where I can contact you should you win, (US residents only, sorry!). You can do this either by

1. Making sure your email is available through your blogger profile. (See here for help with that)


2. Leaving your email address in your comment.


3. Emailing me at mllevaleur (at) hotmail (dot) com with your email address, subject line "Giveaway email"

If I can't find a way to contact you, I'll just have to pick someone else, so make sure to do one of the above! :-)

I'll choose the winner randomly from among those who voted for the winning fabric, since I'd hate to send someone an item made from a fabric they don't love!

Please submit your vote before Monday evening at midnight (central time). I'll update this post with the winner on Tuesday, and then get to work! Check back at the latest on Friday to see what I've made, and of course to see who has won the giveaway and what they won!

Choose my fabric! :-)

UPDATE: #2 it is! I'll use it up by Friday, and announce the winner of the giveaway when I post what I've made. Hopefully I'll be a bit more punctual this week, don't have nearly as much going on so I should be. ;-)

Thanks for your votes, everyone!

Yellow Fabric Creations and Winner(s?)

Phew, what a week! I'm going to keep this short and sweet so I can get back on track.

The giveaway is a gathered clutch with the combination of the 2 fabrics several people suggested in the comments.







With about half of the fabric I made a Regency Inspired apron, combined with a black check so it reminds me of a taxi, lol. For sale here.



Next is a notebook cover, again with the combination of the two yellow fabrics. I ended up using up nearly all of fabric #2 as well, so that's a bonus! :-) In my Etsy shop here.




And finally, some tissue holders, but with a twist...


RUFFLES! I don't know why it took me so long to add ruffles to a tissue holder, but I love the results.



They're up for sale here and here.

Now for the winner of the gathered clutch...drumrolllll....

RAMONA! Congrats, I'll be emailing you shortly. :-)

Now I have a surprise! Since I was so late this week AND since I ended up using pretty much all of the #2 fabric, I decided to pick a second winner from those who voted for it. They'll be receiving a ruffly tissue holder. That winner is...

JANE! Keep an eye out for an email from me.

Thanks all! Hopefully I'll be able to catch up a bit on all I need to do this week, stay tuned for the next choose my fabric post.

I'm Still Here!!

Sorry for the delay, this week has been crazy! Got to watch my little brother graduate from high school (he's the last one out of the nest), spent time with family, and tomorrow I have a friend's wedding to attend which, of course, I need to make a gift for tonight. ;-)

I'm nearly done using up the yellow fabric, I'll post the winner and the yellow stuff tomorrow, and I'm going to push the next fabric choice to Sunday and Monday.

Thanks for your patience! :-D