Supporters of FLUFF

I am very grateful to share that Fairfield World has sent us a 25lb. box of polyester fiber in support of our FLUFF Project!!!!

 This is actually the second time they have done so, with the first being sent in April last  year when we first kicked off our project to provide stuffed friends for children in foster care. This incredibly generous donation will go a LONG way in helping us to continue to provide more!!!!

I have purchased and used Fairfield's quality products for years, but now whenever I am personally in need of batting, pillow forms, fiber stuffing and the like, their's is even more the label I look for! I am so incredible appreciative of their support and generosity!

Learn more about the products they offer on their website, Fairfieldworld.com .

 If you have a minute, I sure would appreciate you dropping by their facebook page HERE and giving them a virtual "high five" by saying THANKS for supporting the FLUFF Project at Hopeful Threads! 

A BIG THANK YOU to our September Supporters! A Sponsor Shout Out!

Hopeful Threads is able to do so much more because of the generous sponsors that support our Monthly Projects, as well as, the Hopeful Threads blog on a regular basis. For this, I am so very grateful! I'd like to ask that you remember these folks when you need to order, and be sure and tell them "THANKS!" for their support of our sewing outreach. :)

I just wanted to remind you of all the incredible gifts up for grabs for those sewing along with us for our September 2013 Create H.O.P.E. Designs Sew Along.

Aivilo Charlotte Designs is offering Winner's Choice of any 3 PDF patterns in her shop!

Find the Aivilo Charlotte Designs Shop here and facebook page here.

Patterns pictured - Pixie Shrug & Flora's Twirl Skirt

 

Cute Quilt Patterns is offering a Posy Patch Quilt Kit to create the beautiful quilt pictured below! 

Find the Cute Quilt Patterns shop here and facebook page here. 

Fishsticks Designs is offering Winner's Choice of any 4 PDF patterns in her shop!

Find the Fishsticks Designs shop here and facebook page here. 

Hopeful Threads (yep, that's me!) is offering an A+ Art Portfolio Kit to make one just like pictured!

Lily Bird Studio is offering Winner's Choice of any 3 PDF patterns in her shop!

Find the Lily Bird Studio shop here and facebook page here. 

The Mean Princess is offering a MASTER Pattern Bundle which includes one of each of her PDF patterns currently available in her shop!!!

Find The Mean Princess shop here and facebook page here. 

My Funny Buddy is offering a 5 Pack PDF Pattern Bundle! Winner's choice of designs!

Find the My Funny Buddy shop here and facebook page here. 

Seamingly Smitten is offering 2 WINNERS their choice of any 3 PDF patterns in her shop!

Find the Seamingly Smitten shop here and facebook page here. 

Petite Kids Boutique is offering Winner's Choice of any 2 PDF patterns in her shop!

Find the Petite Kids Boutique shop here and facebook page here. 

Eden Dress pictured here.

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Izzy & Ivy Designs is providing a GRAND PRIZE to one lucky seamstress that includes their Blossom's Garden Party Skirts Pattern Book, Monster Mash Pattern Book and Brooklyn's Boho Beachwear Pattern Book, +PLUS+ $100 Gift Card to Fat Quarter Shop!!!!!

Find the Izzy & Ivy shop here and facebook page here. 

To be entered all you have to do is....

* Sew a Create H.O.P.E. Designs pattern

* Add a pic of your Create H.O.P.E. Designs creation to our September Sew Along Album

* Winner's will be randomly selected at the end of the month from all participant photos!

Easy as that!!!

Additionally, all month long, My Funny Buddy is offering a special coupon for anyone purchasing a Create H.O.P.E. Designs pattern!!!! And, Butterfly Kisses Fabric is having a HUGE sale with an ADDITIONAL 10% off your entire purchase using code "HT10"!!!

Wow!!! What incredible generosity and support!!!!

Sure hope you all are as excited and grateful as I am! :)

Let's SEW! SEW! SEW!!!

All the Sew Along details here!

Fishsticks Designs PDF Pattern GIVEAWAY!

How about a PDF pattern bundle giveaway perfect for FAMILY project sewing???

That's what I've got from Fishsticks Designs to offer 2 lucky folks today!

The 2 lucky winners of this giveaway will get to pick their 3 favorite Fishsticks Designs PDF patterns! Fishsticks Designs patterns are not only professionally written and drafted, but they are all the most comfortable and wearable clothing designs you can find! And for the WHOLE family! :)

See some of my Fishsticks Designs creations here...

....here....

....and here.

Now....on to the GIVEAWAY!

To enter, simply follow the Rafflecopter prompts below. Open to all eligible.

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Winners will be announced here and emailed and asked to respond within 48 hours to claim their prize.

Good luck to all!
And a warm THANKS to Fishsticks Designs for your generosity and super cute sewing patterns!!

Birdsong Patterns GIVEAWAY!!!!

I just recently welcomed Birdsong Patterns as the newest sponsor at Hopeful Threads. I'm honored to have the support of this beautiful shop and know you are going to love all she has to offer!

Birdsong has long been known for her gorgeous hair accessory instructions, and now she is adding clothing and bag patterns to her collection!

Take a look at some of my favorites...

Today, you have the chance to WIN your own favorite bundle of amazing Birdsong Patterns!

Simply follow the easy-to-enter Rafflecopter prompts below.

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Open to all eligible. Winner announced & emailed 6/5/13 and must reply within 48 hours to claim prize. Full details regarding giveaways at Hopeful Threads on the Giveaways page at the top of the blog.

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Fans can also get 10% OFF any Birdsong purchase using code HOPEFUL13 in the Birdsong etsy shop! The code is good through June 6! Visit the shop here.

Thank you Birdsong Patterns for this generous giveaway! I look forward to seeing all the creative patterns you have in store for us!

Good luck to all!

Print Your Fiesta GIVEAWAY!!!!

Today you have the chance to WIN your own customizable party kit printable PDF from Print Your Fiesta!

Check out some of the fabulous party theme kits currently in her shop!

See our recent Print Your Fiesta party here!

To enter to win, simply follow the Rafflecopter prompts below. Open to all eligible. Winner announced and emailed 5/17/13 and asked to respond within 48 hours or an alternate winner will be selected.

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You can also receive 25% OFF your Print Your Fiesta orders now through Friday, May 17th by using code "INTRO25OFF" at check out!

Good Luck to all!
Thanks to Print Your Fiesta for this generous giveaway and adorable party supplies!

A Birthday Party with Print Your Fiesta!

This is such a fun thing to get to share with you all!

We recently celebrated the 3rd birthday of our youngest Princess, and got to use all kinds of fun decorating goodies from our sponsor Print Your Fiesta!

Print Your Fiesta is the newest creative endeavor of our friend Ceci, the incredibly talent design mind behind one of my favorite pattern companies, Lily Bird Studio. In addition to her stylish, easy to follow sewing patterns, she is now creating printable party PDFs. We are so happy to help her introduce this new addition to her creative portfolio!

We used the Ballerina Party Kit, and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy and inexpensive it was to create personalized decorations for our Lil' Miss' party.

 The PDF file is emailed to you and you can then edit it with the name, age or any other personal info of the birthday child. You can of course print at home, but I simply copied the file to my memory stick and took it to the local copy center. They printed it out for me on the spot on a nice heavy cardstock and it looked great! It was about $25 for all I had printed and it was a bunch! Cupcake toppers, cupcake wrappers, drink wrappers, candy bar wrappers, signs, banner....around 30 pages.  

 Once we got home with the printed pages I broke out my handy cutter from my scrapbook stash and my older girls and I went to cutting and prepping everything. 

I ADORE these sweet candy bar wrappers!

We sent one of these home with each guest as a party favor. 

Fun, personal, simple and chocolate....what more could you want? :) 

 Plus they made a really cute centerpiece on the table too. 

We tied our "Happy Birthday" banner with black tulle to make it even more ballerina like. 

 We also had adorable little signs to label things for our guests as well.

 We used the bottle wrappers on the matching pink plastic cups and they fit perfectly and provided a place for us to write the name of each guest as well. So much prettier than just an old black marker!

 My favorite of all....the ADORABLE cupcake toppers!

This little sweetie even looks like our daughter!

She LOVED it all! 

It was such a fun birthday for her....this pink blur is about all I caught once she started!

She made us keep up her banner for several days too! ;)

Print Your Fiesta currently offers a variety of party themes including the ballerina kit shared here, and others like a pirate theme, jungle theme, also clowns and teddy  bears perfect for toddlers!

If you are ready to purchase your own party kit, Print Your Fiesta is offering Hopeful Threads readers a special discount! Use code "INTRO25OFF" to receive 25% off your Print Your Fiesta orders from now until Friday, May 17th, 2013.

You also have the option of purchasing the complete kit or she offers many of the kit components individually if you are only in need of specific items. Be sure to drop by the Print Your Fiesta shop to see all that's currently available! Many more designs coming soon too!

Disclaimer: Print Your Fiesta provided this PDF for our party, but the opinions shared are all mine. We truly loved it! 

Be sure and drop back by tomorrow for your own Print Your Fiesta surprise!