3rd Giveaway of Christmas

I have the wonderful opportunity to not only get to host a fabulous giveaway this week benefits to Sandra over at Foot Loose and Fancy Free. She has the most adorable patterns for your pretty little princess, but I have also had the opportunity to review her wonderful Pillow Case pattern with the underlay.  Sandra has been wonderful to work and with and I hope that everyone gets a chance to check out her many stores on Etsy. If you don't have a sewing machine never fear she also sells her creations finished. I hope you enjoy working with Sandra as much as I have.

On to the review, I had to decide whether or not to do the stylish pillowcase dress or the standard one and I have to say as much as I love the standard pillowcase dress pattern I loved the couture look of the stylish one, so with my little diva I had to whip up and outfit for thanksgiving. We are having friends down for the holiday so I decided to make C's friend Bella a matching dress, they are going to look so cute on thanksgiving.

The pattern is very informative and detailed, not only are there many pictures to follow but Sandra breaks down each option and then has an example picture of each option so if you are visual person you can you can see what the finished project will look like. The versatility of theses wonderful dresses makes them a wonderful compliment in any season in the fall and winter months you can compliment the dress with Sandra's underslip pattern that can be worn by itself or partnered with the dress. I also whipped up Sandra's  "Sew Fun" Skirt. It looks adorable over the UnderSlip .

 So on to the Giveaway....

 Sandra has graciously offered one of my blog followers the wonderful opportunity to get some last minute Christmas projects done by winning 3 of her wonderful patterns.  

HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

This giveaway is offered to US & Canadian residents only.

Mandatory Entry: Follow Cuddle Fly Creations and Foot Loose and Fancy Free on Facebook, and go to Foot Loose and Fancy Free and let me know what 3 patterns you would pick if you won.

if you already follow Cuddle Fly Creations and Foot Loose and Fancy Free on facebook just leave a comment stating that your already a follower.

Please make sure you include your email address if you are not already a friend via google friend. This will make it easier to contact you if you are the winner.

NOTE: If you skip the mandatory entry, none of your entries will count for the giveaway.

Extra Entries (please leave separate comment for each entry)

Grab my Blog Button for the 6 week Sew-A-Long Challenge (3 entries)

Grab my button (1 entry)

Follow Me at Sew Happy Sew Crafty (or tell me you already do) (1 entry)

Link to this giveaway on facebook (2 entries)

*HINT* link via facebook each day and receive 2 entry points per day

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Follow Me (sew_N_time) on Twitter (2 entries)

Blog About This Awesome Giveaway and Grab 12 week Giveaway button and post on your sidebar with link back to your page (4 entries)

Show some etsy love by adding  Cuddle Fly Creations and Foot Loose and Fancy Free  to your favorites and receive 5 entries per store.(5 entries)

Giveaway closes November 19th@ 11:00 pm (EST) Winner will be picked November 20th by Random.org and notified by email, a post will follow. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email otherwise a new winner will be picked. 

REVIEW Whimsy Couture

Pattern Review

Denise over at Whimsy Couture is bringing the vintage styles that all of us sewing mamma's are falling back in love with. I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with her on a review for an adorable Strappy Dress or Top.

This adorable dress has so many different options from a halter style strap top, to a bubble top or dress, or button straps in the back. The options are endless. When I first received this pattern I wasn't sure what I was going to put together with C's red hair and summer approaching the only thing I could think of was fruit... Maybe I was hungry. Anyways, the thought came to me that with Farmers Markets opening how cute would this top be paired with some matching carpi's. I started out thinking the bubble top....HMMM this is going to be difficult but Denise's pattern is not only easy to understand but is extremely detailed with step by step directions and detailed pictures along the way.

This particular pattern also came with an additional options page with more detailed instructions on sizing for the bubble top, verses the dress and how to alter the pattern accordingly. The instructions were not only easy to understand, but Denise kept in constant contact with me to make sure that i didn't have any questions, and to make sure when printing patterns that I didn't scale the printer settings. She was a joy to work with on this project and has offered a great giveaway to one of my readers stay tuned this week for more details. I can not wait to share this wonderful opportunity with you all my friends and fellow sewing junkies. Stay tuned for more details to come .

Review Trotter Sweet Peas

Pattern Review

I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with Melinda over at Trotter Sweet Peas, she has the most adorable patterns for that little princess in your life. I find myself browsing Etsy, eBay and many other sites when looking for new whimsical patterns for my little one. She is such a diva so I try to not only make items that fit her personality but are also function able. Melinda is awesome she has been such a joy to work with on this review, The e-books came via email within minutes of speaking with her about the review.

The Halter Dress

The Halter Top

The first impression I got from the e-book was not only were they well written, but they were written in a way any level of sewer could understand which is a huge PLUS. My second impression, Melinda takes pride in her e-patterns, because not only were they well written, detailed instructions,but she has multiple photos to explain and show you were you should be each step of the way. This allowed for quick turn around on each pattern. I would highly recommend these patterns for any level of sewer, I have attached a few pictures of the items that I created with these patterns, I was able to do the dress in 2 hours start to finish and the top took me a little under and hour and half.

The Halter Top

This is the Top that I made and paired it with a cute pair of matching capri's, it was so much fun to make and my little Red looked so cute in her Skull Outfit I just love this fabric from Alexander Henry. I'm so pleased with how this outfit turned out.

The Halter Dress I made

This adorable halter style dress was not only easy to make but the directions for adding the double ruffle were so precise and detailed. This dress took me 2 hours from start to finish. I love the Michael Miller fabric that I used.

Happy Hapa

I wanted to add a quick shout out to my Friend and fellow blogging buddy Sharon over at Mama's a mess has recently taken the plunge and Finally became a WAHM and has opened her etsy store, Happy Hapa. If you get a free second stitch on over and check out her awesome listings of Aprons give her some Etsy Love and follow up on her site because there is more awesome products to come soon. Good Luck Sharon I'm so proud of you.