Michele Made Me

One birdie's attempt to figure things out. Oh, and crafts.

Spacey Stitchy GIVEAWAY!

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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you to all who entered!
Hello! Happy Monday!

Is today a glorious day for a giveaway? I think so. I have stuff that is in acute need of a new home. Curious? Well… along with Sherrill Kahn‘s book “Stitched Collage” (which I reviewed for you in my Friday post), the lucky winner will also win this little me-made wallet inspired by some of the stitching ideas presented in Ms. Kahn’s book.
Yes, unfortunately there is only one prize… But, chin up! Even if you don’t win, you can still make yourself a tiny wallet like this one. Why, sure. The very simple, well-written 19th Street wallet tutorial is brought to you graciously by Insatiable Need. I used the tutorial as written but made the wallet one-of-a-kind-unique by embellishing the top piece my way.
I started by freezer-paper stenciling my swirl design onto the top piece as below. If you’ve never tried that, check out this freezer-paper stenciling tutorial. Or google it. It’s easy, it’s fun, and it’s everywhere. Note that the full-size space wallet swirl design is available for you right here as a PDF.

And then I went “at it” with some french knots and running stitches.

I sewed the whole thing together as per the 19th Street wallet instructions and a new little cardholder wallet was born. Here’s the inside. I used only scraps to make this nebulous little guy: the perfect stash-busting project seeing as it’s small and easy and quick.
I typed my name and the date on the inner piece so the winner will not forget who made it for her. Peek-a-boo, I made you!
And here’s what the finished wallet looks like! Spacey, no?
So the prize package consists of: Sherrill Kahn’s “Stitched Collage” and my little space wallet!

Now, if you’re a living, breathing Earthling, you can enter this giveaway. Aliens need not apply. Just leave one comment on this post telling me what your name would be if you were an extra-terrestrial, and be sure I can reach you by email. I’ll randomly pick a winner on Thursday, April 7th at 6 pm EST, and announce said winner in my Friday post.

Oh, and in case you were curious, my extra-terrestrial name would be Meelchi from the planet Dameem. By the way.
Live long, prosper, and best of luck to you!
Notes:
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you to all who entered!

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  3. CREATIVE MIND says

    What a nice package..lovely..
    I enjoy your writing most..whats the meaning of dameem?or you write randomly
    in my national language,the World is called by saying Zameen.. World=Zameen
    so the both are similar in my view..

  5. Anne P says

    How pretty! Even if I don't win, someone will be lucky enough to carry their foreign space currency in your wallet.

    Okay, my ET name is lcshtaz (pronounced ow) from the planet 00003 in galaxy bue. Maybe you've heard of me? I'm a famous doctore…

    ajp2020@charter.net

  6. Melissa E says

    That is so cute! Thanks for doing such an awesome giveaway! I would have to steal my name from one of my favorite, yet not so well known characters from the Hitchhiker's Guide Series…"Wowbagger, the infinitely prolonged"

    intheshortrows (at) yahoo (dot) com

  9. BubzRugz says

    OOOoh gosh – wouldn't it be SO COOL to win the wallet and the book….. in the meantime I have bookmarked the tutorial – thanks for the link…. have a wonderful week….
    Hugz

  11. Saraccino says

    How could anyone resist this little, beautiful wallet? Definitly not me!

    Mh… I have gotten a strange nick name from somebody (the partner of a dear friend of me and yes, a lot of my friends are like me a little bit odd ^^)… somehow it suits here although nobody is sure what he means by it 🙂

    Sneyk.

  12. Melissa says

    French-knot – nuts…impressive and very sweet. I need a new card wallet as my old one (of many, many, many years is wearing out).

    Miranda…

  13. Briana Shepley says

    Cute! As a child, I once volunteered to work a science fiction convention and was forced to come up with a name of this sort and I believe I came up with something along the lines of Meeeelika. So that's what I'll go with today 🙂

  14. Deede says

    I loved the french knots!!
    In my planet they are called "little balls".
    By the way, my name is Denise in this planet or in mine. 😉

  15. Carol says

    I really love your spacey wallet, what a brilliant design, it looks like you really enjoyed making it.
    Thank you for the link to the wallet tutorial.
    If I was an alien I think I'd be Happyface, because I do like smiling!
    Carol xx

  16. Whitney B says

    I just started watching firefly this weekend, so this space theme rocks, and even though Inara is a person and not an et persay, I'm still going with that as my name!

  18. Michelle L. says

    WAAAAAAAAAANT IT. Michele, that design is absolutley stellar. (Boo! Bad, Michelle, bad.) I am just, just…I will use the words of our friend Lisbonlioness, I am gobsmacked.

    My actual name is The Great and Glorious Bah. Michelle is only the name I use while I am here organizing the coming invasion of the people of…ahem. Look at the time. Gotta jet!

  20. Lauren says

    This wallet really captured my attention. I absolutely love it!

    Sincerely, Birdienerdie from the feathered planet of Quill.

  22. Anna says

    I want to win! My space name is really hard to type in the limited alphabet I currently have at my disposal. There are a lot of clicks and whistles.

    aasinanna (at) gmail (dot) com

  23. rebecca says

    haha. so cute. i would be called revbee. no idea why, mix of first and middle name. hmm. they should have a way to do this like they do for everything else (jersey shore name, stripper name).
    rwvanvoorhis at gmail dot com

  25. Caren says

    bLOB-A-BOO-boo 3000 (I had to ask the resident alien expert for help picking a name. He's 4. "All aliens must have a number!"). My son just loves anything space-related 🙂

  31. Sparrow says

    Well, my favorite alien would have to be Paul Atreides from the Dune series, but I'm a girl… I suppose if I lived on another planet though, Paul could conceivably be a girl's name, I mean, why not? So I'd be Paul.

  33. Allie says

    Oh this is wonderful! I'd be named Nosilla because it's my name backwards. 😉

    Also, would you be selling others like this? it's beautiful!

  34. Valerie says

    Wow Michele! I LOVE what you did with my simple wallet tutorial! Your french knots and space theme totally elevated it into the realm of art. Thank you for using my little 19th St wallet! 🙂 Also I've never tried that freezer paper technique, looks like fun!

  35. Little Treasures says

    ohhhhh …. gorgeous stitchin'!! French knots – I am crazy about them and this makes it even more special!
    I loved your review and got quite curious about the book .. and now you are giving it away??!!! with the cutest wallet??!!! Fantastic!
    As for the name I'd go by Arwena (yeah, yeah I know) from the planet Purpuria!
    Over and out!

  37. Mascottblog says

    Can a small teddy bear enter ????Or a do you have to be human … a French person who can NOT make a French knot …And I will tell you that the D in my intials means … Danielle …not from a planet , but a place called Rocbearon ..

  43. Gayle says

    What a fun, fun wallet! I love that it's a one-of-a-kind – and the french knots add so much color and movement to the whole thing! I hope I'm lucky!

  49. feelincrafty says

    The wallet is out of this world! 🙂 hehehe. No really, I do love it. I was looking yesterday at some email flying around with pics from a space stations and was totally inspired to make something based on those pictures! I think my alien name would be Lubededo Arcd.

    louise at da-atis dot com

  50. Debra says

    Just call me Terror Firma.

    I love this card case! I could make one myself, but I would want it to look exactly like this!!! Perfection.

  54. Girly Girl Moments says

    My name would be Chumbackway.
    I've actually discussed this with my friends before and we all decided what our names would be.
    My real name is Chandler Ackerman so it would be Chumbuckway Ackandee