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Spacey Stitchy GIVEAWAY!

April 4, 2011 by Michele

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:
  • Sherrill Kahn‘s book “Stitched Collage” is published by Martingale and Company.
  • Linking to: Today’s Creative Blog, Blue Cricket Design
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you to all who entered!

Filed Under: life and work Tagged With: accessories, bag, crafts, embroidery, freezer-paper, printable, stash busting, stenciling, wallet

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  1. 1717 says

    April 4, 2011 at 10:08 am

    Hi Michele,
    I like your unique works,
    you have great ideas!
    hugs:o)
    Magda

  2. Nunurina says

    April 4, 2011 at 10:18 am

    Lovely!

  3. CREATIVE MIND says

    April 4, 2011 at 10:59 am

    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..

  4. rachele says

    April 4, 2011 at 11:10 am

    There is no place for an Italian? ;P
    it's very fine!!
    a kiss
    rachele

  5. Anne P says

    April 4, 2011 at 11:26 am

    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

    April 4, 2011 at 11:37 am

    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

  7. Gwen @ Gwenny Penny says

    April 4, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    What a beautiful wallet, Michele. I can't believe how many French knots you added! Wonderful detail as always. My extra-terrestrial name would be Kelltore πŸ™‚

  8. Amy says

    April 4, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    You did a great job on that wallet! Fabulous design.

  9. BubzRugz says

    April 4, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    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

  10. deanna7trees says

    April 4, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    love your little wallet. my name would be Reebca.

  11. Saraccino says

    April 4, 2011 at 12:41 pm

    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 πŸ™‚

    Sneyk.

  12. Melissa says

    April 4, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    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

    April 4, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    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 πŸ™‚

  14. Deede says

    April 4, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    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. πŸ˜‰

  15. Carol says

    April 4, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    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

    April 4, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    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!

  17. Chris says

    April 4, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    What a one of a kind piece! I love all the details.

  18. Michelle L. says

    April 4, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    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!

  19. The Monkey's Mama says

    April 4, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    Sometimes i feel like i already am on another planet… so maybe my space planet name would be 'mom' πŸ™‚

  20. Lauren says

    April 4, 2011 at 3:22 pm

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

    Sincerely, Birdienerdie from the feathered planet of Quill.

  21. Ana JordΓ‘n Davia says

    April 4, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Es sencillamente preciosa, afortunado el extraterrestre que la gane por que merece viajar con ella al espacio!!!!!

  22. Anna says

    April 4, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    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

    April 4, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    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

  24. sbbrewerst@gmail.com says

    April 4, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    Very pretty! My ET name would be "Moezer". =)

  25. Caren says

    April 4, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    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 πŸ™‚

  26. Poppyprint says

    April 4, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    spacey indeed! I heart your wee wallet, earthling.
    Kleep.

  27. emarci says

    April 4, 2011 at 5:38 pm

    My name would be floryzub πŸ™‚ Thanks for the chance to win!

  28. Mrs A. says

    April 4, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    As I have been beamed down here for some time now I reckon I qualify. My name is Mrs A. (short for Alien).

  29. Linda says

    April 4, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    Nice! In honor of The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, my ET name would be MockingJay.

  30. KatieBug says

    April 4, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    Me wantie! So adorable.

    with love,
    loodaleeloo from planet Zaggedy-Hoot

  31. Sparrow says

    April 4, 2011 at 6:35 pm

    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.

  32. Heather A says

    April 4, 2011 at 6:58 pm

    How COOL! My alien moniker would have to be H … pronounced AAAAtch.

  33. Allie says

    April 4, 2011 at 7:00 pm

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

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

  34. Valerie says

    April 4, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    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! πŸ™‚ Also I've never tried that freezer paper technique, looks like fun!

  35. Little Treasures says

    April 4, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    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!

  36. Keely says

    April 4, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    The wallet is adorable. My ET name would be Yleek.

  37. Mascottblog says

    April 4, 2011 at 8:32 pm

    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 ..

  38. marula says

    April 4, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    Love it! My alien name would be Aluram πŸ™‚

  39. Mimi says

    April 4, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    I love this!! It is 'far out' hehehe! Never thought about what my alien name would be… maybe Elehcim.

  40. Hannah says

    April 5, 2011 at 1:21 am

    Beautiful and fun! I've been thinking all day about my alien name. How about FloopShloop? Because why not?

  41. Sandy says

    April 5, 2011 at 2:07 am

    Love your beautiful wallet! On my planet I'm called Whim. Cause I can't Whistle! πŸ™‚

  42. CraftCrave says

    April 5, 2011 at 3:04 am

    Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [05 Apr 01:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria

  43. Gayle says

    April 5, 2011 at 4:53 am

    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!

  44. Gayle says

    April 5, 2011 at 4:54 am

    My name would be Ferdie if I were an alien – it's a variation of my maiden name!

  45. Centi says

    April 5, 2011 at 5:12 am

    Love this cute wallet! If I was an extra-terrestrial my would be something like 34:90BS-23. =)

  46. Juliet A says

    April 5, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    As a Trekkie, I need a vulcan name – T'Jul. That would be the awesomest wallet in the United Federation of Planets!

  47. Pat K says

    April 5, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    What an adorable and cheery spring wallet. My
    alien name would be zogtog, why I really don't
    know!

  48. katiedidit says

    April 5, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    What a pretty little wallet. Love the stitching.

    Katiewonkenobee

  49. feelincrafty says

    April 5, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    The wallet is out of this world! πŸ™‚ 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

    April 6, 2011 at 3:20 am

    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.

  51. Tracey Lipman says

    April 6, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Love your blog πŸ™‚ I think my al(ien)ias would be Princess inmydrms from a planet fafaway πŸ™‚

  52. KJ@letsgoflyakite says

    April 6, 2011 at 10:58 am

    great stitching on this !
    my extra-terrestrial name – Princess KJ.

  53. BellsInSpires says

    April 6, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    you are SO CUTE! such an adorable wallet!
    i think my name would be amelaaa – i enjoy vowels. =)
    i love your blog!

  54. Girly Girl Moments says

    April 7, 2011 at 4:14 am

    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

  55. Hele says

    April 7, 2011 at 11:39 am

    it is very beauty!, I need it to keep all my visit cards arranged.

    I would be Mirinda (itΒ΄s an old Spanish soda drink, but it sound great as an alienΒ΄s name, doesnΒ΄t it?)

    Helena
    helenytroy@gmail.com

  56. JP says

    April 7, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    how lovely please count me in

  57. Ariane says

    April 7, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    Your wallet is gorgeous Michele!!! Love it!!!

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