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STC Craft | Melanie Falick Books Fall Giveaway!
Ah, October! Time to cozy up with a great craft book and learn something new! This season’s books from STC Craft| Melanie Falick are just the thing to scratch that creative itch! We’re especially excited about Heather Ross Prints, the new offering from creative powerhouse, Heather Ross.
Prints is an empowering resource, walking you through the fascinating steps of creating your own digital textile designs. Heather uses her trademark humor and whimsical sense of style to thoroughly explain the process of using Photoshop to design unique prints. She also includes easy–to-follow instructions for twenty awesome projects, from custom wallpaper, to notebooks, to nightgowns! Plus, the book comes with a DVD (for both Macs and PCs) which contains the artwork to reproduce 50 of Heather’s most beloved prints on your own. Heather is a great teacher with a real gift for demystifying sophisticated projects, making them approachable and fun!
STC‘s other exciting titles this autumn include Kaffe Fasset Dreaming in Color, a behind-the-scenes autobiography of the beloved knitwear and textile designer, and Gertie’s New Book For Better Sewing, a fabulous reference book for garment sewing packed with lessons on couture techniques and customization. You’ll love the vintage fashion and Gertie’s spirited, modern style!
In celebration of this inspiring line-up of new books STC is generously giving away a library of fall releases to one very lucky Purl Bee reader! To enter simply leave a comment on this post telling us what you would make with your own digital textile design. Leave your comment by 5pm est, Friday, October 12th 2012. Be sure to enter your email address in the email field on the comment submission form so we can contact you if you win. (Don’t worry; we never publish or share email addresses!) The winner will be chosen at random to receive Heather Ross Prints, Kaffe Fassett Dreaming in Color, Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing, Comfort Knitting & Crochet Babies & Toddlers, and Knitting from the Center!
Thanks so much to STC Craft | Melanie Falick Books for this great giveaway and good luck!
Update on 10/15/2012
We have a winner: Janessa! She hopes to use her new skills to design a “modern geometric piece” or a “vibrant blue floral.” A big thank you to everyone who entered and shared their great ideas, as well as to STC Craft|Melanie Falick Books for making this fun giveaway possible!
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A duvet cover with some matching pillow cases, mmmm….
I would love to whip up some custom pillows! I'm hoping these books will inspire me to get my crafting desk back together!
I would probably make a bunch of cute pajamas for my little guy! this is such a great give away!
I would make fabrics and more fabrics and design note book covers! Thanks for the chance.
I would dearly love to design custom fabrics for my daughter's bedding. And all of the other books sound very inspiring – theoretically a person could sit on a sofa with custom upholstery while wearing a couture dress and knitting or crocheting when not reading Kaffe Fassett's book.
How inspiring! With a new grandbaby on the way I see beautiful baby outfits!
I sew soft toys (owls and dolls), and have started making them for sale–what fun to create some with fabric of my own design! Thanks for the chance to win.
Oooh, I've had my eye on Heather Ross' book since I spotted it the other day on a blog. I think I'd make something from my home, maybe pillow-covers or a lap quilt. Oh, the possibilities!
wow! What a fun and generous prize. I would love to make a wear a dress with fabric designed from patterns i see on my walks in the city. i am often photographing things that have amazing patterns, color, and texture and would love to turn them into textiles!
thanks for the opportunity to share my idea.
Vanessa
I would design fabrics for pillows and placemats and maybe redo the chairs in our game/pool table room. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Heather Ross makes me swoon.
I'd reupholster a chair and ottoman….maybe several chairs.
Oooh…something very special and then feature it in a wall quilt!
I would love to make my own printed fabric to make some blankets for my friend's new babies. It would be fun to embroider some of her designs too. Thanks for the opportunityy!
What an amazing giveaway! I would design fabric and then use that to try my hand at garment construction. Hopefully to be able to pass those skills down to my children. I think being able to make my own garments with my own design would be fantastic!!! What great books to be the guide! Fingers crossed!
I would love to design fabric for my wedding next summer. I would use it to make napkins, table runners, and gift bags for our guests!
There are so many things I could make with my own printed textiles. I would love to make curtains and new pillows and a cover for a futon mattress for starters. If I could print onto a heavier weight cotton fabric, I would make a sweet suit jacket for spring!
I would love to make vintage looking dresses with my own fabric designs. That would be so much fun.
I would make a duvet cover with a crazy kid design for my step-son! Thanks for the great blog!
I'd love to make fabric with favorite family quotes, use it to make a quilt with it. Fantastic giveaway!!!!!
Oh my what a treat, I think this may be coming just in time for my bathroom refurbishment, so whimsical wallpaper, some co-ordinating towels and perhaps a daring shower curtain, with little red houses and squirrels on it !
What a fantastic giveaway! I'm thinking a new purse would be nice. Nobody else would have it!
I love skirts, so I a new skirt with self-designed print will be just a perfect new project for me and my mom for the long winter evenings!!! =)
Please open a store in Atlanta!!
I would love to design my own fabric to make all sorts of things – blankets for my kids or bags for myself and others. I don't get hardly the amount of sewing done that I'd like, but I love doing it!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Rae Lynne
What exciting new books! (I have been crazy for new craft books lately, so I hope I win!) I would love to design fabric and make a new lap quilt for our living room, for us all to fight over during the upcoming chilly evenings ahead. 🙂 (Maybe I should make up a few – coordinating, of course).
love you, purlbee!
xo!
What a lovely giveaway 🙂 I would make cushions with colourfull prints to brighten up the sittingroom in winter.
Wrapping paper! With Heather's help, I would try my hand at creating wrapping paper and move on to design fabric. Thanks to STC, Melanie Falick, and The Purl Bee for this amazing giveaway.
I would like to try my own design for upholstery fabric. I like to imagine how will be look some old sofas or chairs with new covers.
thanks for chance to win these adorable prizes!:)
I would make curtains and throw pillows. Boring yes, but I move every 2 years or so for work (military) and I'd like my beige rental home to look like home.
What an exciting giveaway! Lately I've been loving scanning fabrics in my collection and printing them onto paper– doesn't exactly make sense, but I love seeing the same colors and movement in paper form.
oh my goodness what an amazing give away!!!
i would make a textile for my son's room for curtains. i am having a really hard time finding a whimsical fabric with snakes and other reptile-y creatures.
What a fabulous giveaway! I'd make custom fabric with our family's names in it to use in a quilt for my foster daughter to take with her wherever she ends up.
I would make a personalized print for my girls and then use it to make poufs for their play area!
If I win the library (or when I purchase the books for myself) I would use them to design my wedding. I would make invitations, cloth napkins, and other wedding decorations. It would be a wonderful help to be able to know how to do a lot of the design work myself and I would love being able to have such a crafty-handmade wedding!
I would love to make some wallpaper with my (or heather's) digital designs
I would love to design fabric that I could use to make bedding for my fun and energetic toddler.
Any of these books would be so great to own! I've been wanting to learn how to make my own textile designs for a few years, but I've been too busy with other projects, and didn't really know where to start. I'd like to make zip pouches and totes for knitting projects, to sell along with my knitting patterns and kits.
Does it get better than Heather Ross?!
I'd love to try my hand at creating some wallpaper….
My son is about to move to his first "big boy bed" and I would love to use Heather's designs to make him a duvet cover and some pillow cases. I absolutely love her fabric, and am excited to get my hands on her book!
I have been wanting to make a table runner and placemats for our large turquoise dining room table with Heather Ross prints. I also have a number of other sewing projects on my winter to do list – these wonderful books would come in VERY handy!
I'd love to make curtains for a nursery with my own textile design – maybe printed on some semi-sheer voile? Sigh, that would be lovely!
What a great giveaway! Each of those titles sound like a great read 🙂
I would design my own kitchen/entertainment linens! Tableclothes, napkins, towels, casserole, etc./covers, hostess gift containers . . . the list would go on and on!
First I would have to just frame a piece so I could always look at my digital work! Then I would make hand puppets and pillows galore!
Pillows! I would make so many pillows.
That's so great!!! I think I would make some curtains with my own design!
Wow! I would love to win this giveaway! What would I make with the Heather Ross digital textile design? Good question. Probably a quilt. Thanks for the chance to win!
If I made my own digital print, I would probably make a quilt for my little guy. I'm not really sure what I would make on the print, there's so many options!
I've been itching to learn how to knit, so maybe I would start there.
Wow what an amazing giveaway – thank you! I think I'd use my design to make matching pj pants for my husband and our one year old son for Christmas.
I know it's terribly unoriginal, but I would make some tote bags with my original fabric, which would probably feature sea turtles.
I am thinking perhaps a two piece outfit – a simple top made of my digital design and then a skirt or pants made of the same design with the colors reversed. What an exciting idea to design your own fabrics! thanks for the chance to win such great books!
I'd make a signature print to incorporate in ALL of the things I make, from blankets and clothing to canning labels and paper goods. Even the wrapping paper.
If I had my own print I would be making some cute jackets to put some fun in my work wardrobe and a dress or two to wear to events.
Love all of the books! I'm a former graphic designer from the old, pre-computer days and would love to update my computer graphics skills. The possibilities are endless! The Heather Ross book is just what I'm looking for. I would enjoy creating fabrics for tote bags and aprons, as well as a family heirloom recipe cookbook I'd like to have printed.
Fantastic giveaway, thanks for the chance to win a wonderful array of books. With my own digital textile design I might make up a fabric in four different colourways and make four different duvet covers, one for each season. There are so many possibilities. Thanks again, Melanie.
I'd love to sew a dress out of self-designed, unique fabric 🙂
Ohhh I see a much needed redesign in my small but comfy family room!
What a fabulous giveaway! I would probably do something of a 'messy paint canvas' type of idea with my children's artwork. Extremely colorful on a white background. If it makes great wrapping paper…. 🙂
Sarah M
Thank you for the chance! I'd like to furnish and embellish my psychological practice!
As we are living fall, I would design fall inspired textile prints – rowan berries, apples, mushrooms, leaves etc. in fall colours
Oh, I could have so much fun making dresses and skirts for my little girls with my fabric…
What a great giveaway – thank you!
I would make placemats and coasters. Maybe a couple zipper pouches too.
I would make prints/projects for my baby's nursery (due in February – running out of time!) and for the room my two older kids will start sharing soon. Anything fun and colorful and reflective of the kids' personalities (which are pretty fun and colorful, now that I think about it…)
I would get my husband to re-upholster the ugly wingback chair we've got sitting in our living room, and I would make some matching cushions!
such a cool giveaway! i would make bottom weight fabric with my own print because it's easy to find beautiful fabric to sew tops and dresses, but if you want fun pants or shorts or a tough skirt it's hard to find anything exciting. i'd bring back psychedelic in the form of some mean skinny jeans, how fun would that be? thanks for the chance to win such a cool collection!
I would love to design my own fabric for a quilt that I am making for my fiance as a wedding gift! It would add the perfect personal touch!
I would make a playful sundress with prints of kittens and balls of yarn and knitting needles. I can't find such a print anywhere and I LOVE sundresses!
I make funky patchwork bags and purses and totes and backpacks for friends, and have often thought of designing a "signature" lining but have always been daunted. So that's what I would do!
Thanks for the giveaway. I love your store (I'm lucky enough to live in NYC and be able to visit you often) and love the Bee!
Cheers,
Tracy Kahley
Oh, great! I would start making prints our of my little scribblings….
I would love to wear something with my face printed on it. HA!
Those books look great! Would love to slipcover some dinning room chairs, and update some curtains with some new fabric.
I would make a duvet cover for my son's room of Bright greens, warm grays, with a hint of black and shiny yellow.
I would love to make a couple of throw pillows or pillow shams or maybe a lap quilt for my daughter's wheel chair.
Fantastic giveaway!! Love to add these books to my collection!
With my own digital textile design I would create fabulous fabric for a quilt for my son.
What a fun giveaway! I hope I win!
I would love to make some curtains.
I'm not sure where I would start — I need to read the books first!!
I would make a skirt for me, or a dress for my little girl. Or maybe both!
We are having our first snow up here in Canada which makes me want to hunker down and craft! I would love to design fabric for duvet covers for the whole family. Fingers crossed!
A book is encouragement for me to take care shut out my chatter and get to being creative. Love to freshen up my kitchen with curtains. Thanks
We've not had curtains since we moved in! I would love to make some fabric to make adorable, light curtains that keep privacy but don't make our living room look like Dracula's lair. 😉
Slipcovers for 2 adorable chairs
I would use prints to make wonderful clothes for the next spring/summer season. Prints are sticking around. I would also use them as handbag linings as a simple surprise inside.
I would love to use the prints to embellish the bedroom: pink curtains or blanket would go just right with the white furniture!
I would make pillowcases! No better way to refresh your bedroom than a brand new pair of pillowcases.
I think this is a great giveaway! I would probably make myself a new dress or bed linens with designed textiles. I have rather eclectic tastes and it's difficult to find what I like.
I'm getting married next year, so I'd love to make a small-scale feminine design for my dress. But, really, if I'm going to jump into fabric design, why stop there?!
I think I'd start with a nightgown. Something sweet and simple, made more lovely by the fabric.
Awesome! I've had this idea for a jacket fora while and I would love to seemy vision become reality!
I would love to make a floral print that would be used for a jacket.
Something like 6 months ago, i decided that i was working too hard to give my money to people such as H&M who got far too rich by "employing" far too poor people. They don't care about people and their designs are kind of boring. So i decided to make all my clothes ! I am already quite good at knitting jumpers, scarfs and hats, as well as sewing squirts and dresses but i still have a lot to learn!
So if i was to win, i'd improve my skills and make myself the wardrobe of my dreams.
Thanks for the inspiration and this great giveaway !
OOH I would love to make some bags with special prints I've created. Holidays are just around the corner too!
Beautiful! How much fun would it be to design your own wallpaper…maybe for a bathroom or a nursery?
I would design purple lambs – miniatures of my daughter's favorite stuffed animal. She would love it! I've already began embroidering him places.
I would make dresses, blouses and shirts – lots of them! This is the best giveaway!
Thanks for the giveaway!! I would desing colourful oilcloths for the kitchen and peaceful light blue prints for our bedding. I was in your shop in New York during my holidays but it was closed due to labour day, so I will have to plan another trip from Spain!
Fabulous giveaway! I'd like to design some wallpaper for my boys' bedroom!
OHHH with my own textile I could make custom bedding for the boys! They would LOVE it…maybe I should do that 🙂
I would love to print fabric to make knitting project bags and maybe some cushions. This is a GREAT giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity!
How fun would this be to win! Wow, the ideas are all so inspiring. I actually would love to make some fun curtains and accent pieces in my room. Pillows, lap blankets. Just love all these new inspirations and patterns!
I would attempt to produce a print to custom frame in walnut from a fallen tree on my friend's old tobacco farm. This would fill the empty wall space above the living room couch. I'm intrigued!
Wow!. I would make two things: an amazing and personal fabric in as many colour ways as needed to line all my knitted items with, and, shoes. I love shoes that are as crazy as can be and this would be the perfect conduit to that. Fingers crossed. Eek. Does it matter that I am in Australia?
I would definitely design a wallpaper for our kitchen which is in desperately need of a makeover. Surely Heather Roos' tips would be very appreciated!
What a fantastic giveaway! I would make a quilt and of course frame some for my sewing room.
I just found my mom's old sewing machine that she used to sew some of my favorite childhood clothes. I'm a knitter, not a seamstress, but I'd like to try my hand at sewing some couch pillows this year!
I would love to make a outfit for myself using a subtle pattern that wont take over my body.
What a super giveaway! I have a number of these books on my wishlist, so winning them would be a dream! I would use my own design to make a fun mid-season three-quarter-length coat, because it's never very cold where I live, but I also do need new curtains for my bedroom…
I would try to design some quatrefoil-esque pattern on some thick upholstery fabric to recover my dining chair seats! Love the look of these books. Thanks!
I would love to make my daughter a bedding set out of self designed fabric. Thank you so much for the awesome giveaway!
What a wonderful collection of books! I would love to design a print for a fun quilt–what a cool way to make it even more personal and handmade. I'm picturing a design of a favorite city or hometown, with cute illustrated buildings and a city map!
Thanks for the chance to win a great new book!
My first grandchild is due next week and I have been knitting, but I intend to make some little dresses or shirts and pants, maybe some jackets….. how wonderful to be able to use a fabric design that was unique and individual. The idea could run to nursery soft furnishings too! What a great book to own, I'll buy it if I don't win.
Wow! I would love to experiment with some kind of fabric wallpaper made out of a one-of-a-kind wild, unique design. (and quilts and skirts and and and!)
I would love to design some fabric for throw pillows on my couch!
I would like to make some clothes for my self and my brother's baby. Keeping my fingers crossed 🙂
What a fabulous giveaway! I'd make throw pillows for every season!
I think I would use my digitally printed fabric to make project bags for myself and friends. I love having awesome project bags to hold my knitting projects 😀
I'd love to design fabric to make something cute for the baby I'm having in April. And maybe something for its two big brothers, too.
Love, love, love!
I'd make a really whimsical print skirt in clean, modern lines.
I would love to make my 2-year old some fabric with his favorite animals, vehicles, etc., and then create a whole new wardrobe for him. Either that, or I'd have to attempt some wallpaper. Either way, what an exciting idea!
Bags! Or quilts with weird surprising prints . . . that would be fun 🙂
I would most likely design the prints/fabrics for the purses I make. I would also use some to make blankets and/or a little bit of clothing for myself, like skirts. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks -Sarah A.
I'd love to print up some Heather Ross hard-to-find prints, and try my hand at my own. Pillow cases seem to be a fun, easy way to use lovely prints!
I would use my own textiles for bed linens and curtains. Thank you for a fantastic give-away.
I would make a fabulous dress and would use the left overs for piecing into a quilt. Thanks for the very generous give-away!
Oh my what a amazing giveaway! I would wall paper my daughters wall with the horse pattern from Heather Ross! So amazing that she made this book!
Well, I would definitely gift the prints book to my daughter who is a wonderful quilter and we all look forward to her gifts.
The Kaffe book just for me, and of course knitting for 2 toddler grandsons is something I would love to do.
I'd love to make prints of the herbs in my garden. They's make lovely aprons.
I would make fabric for a headboard for my bed, in my newly rearranged bedroom.
What a fab giveaway. Oh, the choices are too many, but I'd start with something from Gertie's book. She is crazy-spectacular modeling all her "projects." 🙂
I would use the designs to make knitting project bags for holiday gifts and to make my 6 month old niece a pair of pjs.
I love that unicorn print, so it would be wonderful to make a print of the actual unicorn tapestries that are hanging up at the Cloisters. I'd love a single accent wall in my craft room of just the Unicorn in Captivitythose are some of my favorite childhood images.
The idea of making wallpaper from your own textile design, as done in the Heather Ross prints, is genius! I can't wait to own my own walls so that I can one day try it.
My family and i have recently moved to a country home with literally one store to shop for clothing in. I have taken to making my children's clothes and I would love the opportunity to design the fabric for them! Thanks so much to The Purl Bee, STC and Melanie Falick books for this amazing giveaway.
Wow. Winning any of these books would be great, and I would definitely get some wallpaper made if I won the Heather Ross book.
Wrapping paper, placemats, all sorts of little lovelies.
What a fantastic giveaway. So hard to choice just one or two projects… I'd want to make them all.
I'd use it to make bags. Purses and buddhist bead bags. I like the idea that the fabric would be personal and evocative.
As goofy as it may sound, I would make iPad cases. I love to be able to make the case match the person who is to receive it. Having a custom fabric print, would make that a snap. Thanks for all you share.
Tote bags, so many bags for lunches and all of the little projects I keep getting mixed up.
Oh, I've been lusting after a copy of Kaffe's book ever since I saw it!
I love pretty fabrics. TI use them for small craft projects as well as delicious gift wrappings in Japanese style.
I can't wait to get my hands on both of these books! If I was able to make my own digital print, I would use it to make clothes for my rad nieces and nephews.
I would make some paper that I can fold into custom envelopes.
i would sew a dreamy, airy summer dress from double gauze… and wear it year round! i can never get enough of soft textiles.
Bags, purses and totes!
I would make new fabric to re-upholster my couch!
I would love to create designs using complementary colors for baby quilts for my friend who is pregnant with twins…or, knit some cute baby gifts!
I am totally smitten with Heather Ross' book about pattern design! I'd love to design a fabric based on my watercolor paintings, then make a beautiful sundress or blouse… a girl can dream!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I would design fabric for clothes for me (I'm very particular about color) and maybe upholstery fabric for the living room and dining room chairs I inherited. Then I'd collaborate with my sister to design fabric for her- she would have great ideas, and then her husband would sew custom skirts and whatnot for her.
I would cover the house in new, fun pillows and re-do our dining room chairs in a fun, exciting print!
I would make curtains for my teenage daughter's freshly painted PINK and white bedroom! And fabric bunting! And pillows!
So much goodness here! I would use my custom fabric to make a dress for me–I can't find the right fabric to sew up a vintage dress pattern (b and m fabric stores very limited!). Oh, and some pillows, too! Thanks for hosting such a fab giveaway! Fingers crossed.
I'm dying to redo my bathroom, and was thinking about doing one wall as an accent with some sort of a fun and funky print. Making a graphic design stencil of some sort with these would be too much fun!!
I can never find a cover for my bed that I love. So maybe this book could help me make one, yippee!
I like the idea of making curtains for my full-height windows with a printed fabric I designed myself…
What a great range of crafts in this set of books! Thanks for the chance to win them.
i would make custom wallpaper for my sewing room! i'm craving some natural-world inspiration for my sewing adventures – so i would transform the room into a forest – the wallpaper would have trees and woodland creatures.
I'd make co-ordinating bedding and curtains for our bedrooms, with a retro-feeling print, a kind-of 60s abstract in dark blues and off white.
Custom wallpaper?? Amazing!!
Ohhh I'd love to create my own fabric print and then make a dress out of it! It would probably be something whimsical, unique. This is probably the best giveaway ever 🙂 I've been wanting to get Gertie's Book for Better Sewing ever since it came out!
I would love to make some custom notebooks and see what other unique office items I could come up with. 🙂
New throw pillows… and probably 100s of other things.
I would be delighted to learn how to make custom prints so that I can design the PERFECT fabric for my chair cushions! I want a statement fabric that isn't too much and is a color scheme I can design. But I would definitely use all these books combined to work on my 70% handmade wardrobe goal — I want to have 70% of my wardrobe handmade (knitted and sewn) by the end of 2013!
I WANT TO MAKE crazy pattern pillowcases!
I love the idea of making pillows or linens for my bed!
I have been wanting to make an Uzbek Chapan for a long time, but have never found fabric with the appropriate pattern. Being able to design my own would make for such possibilities! ~Syshe
So many ideas! My daughter is really interested in costuming, steampunk in particular, it would be great to work with her to design some fabric for her own steampunk outfit. I'm a children's librarian and tons of other ideas come to mind wrapping paper crafts, book and card making all sorts of ideas. Personally I'd love to get my hands on Knitting from the Center.
I would design a fabric to use for a lining in handmade leather tote bags!
I've been coveting these books! If I were to design a textile I think I would make a colorful repeating floral, or perhaps a feathers (trendy, I know). I
I'd love to make some home dec projects out of my own prints (tablecloths, curtains, etc.). Love Heather Ross!
What an awesome prize!
Thanks so much!!!
I would love to use the Heather Ross images to make my daughter a quilt.
Wow, what a great giveaway! I would make a print for a new duvet cover for the master bed!
WOW! My bedroom needs a makeover after 25 years of the same decor so I would make a duvet cover with a large print and reupholster my headboard with a smaller print, maybe some tailored valences with the same small print. Oh yes, with the remnants, a dress for my granddaughter!
My sewing list is pretty long, but I would love to put some pieces together for a family quilt. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I would make alphabet, number, and fairy tale friezes for my boys!
I would make a little dress for my 18 month old daughter!
What a generous giveaway!!! I'm thrilled to be entered… Fingers crossed!
I'd love to make a print for my girls' room. It would be fun to have something completely different and pretty.
I would make a quilt for my son.
I love making things for around the house, especially kitchen!
I would create a digital print of my friend's engagement ring and make her a cute, pleated skirt!
I can think of about a hundred different things I would make using my own printed textiles. At the top of the list: curtains and a quilt for my new sewing/guest room space.
A playmat for my new baby.
I would make a print that had symbols of all things good to me, and make a pair of jeans and a matching journal cover. Then , when I am feeling blue, I would put on my jeans, look down at my journal and perk up.
i would make a dress or a tunic with my own print
I would make tote bags and pillows and then maybe a lap throw from a digital design. OK I would be lucky to get through tote bags but I would have a list at least to work from.
I would design material to make the kitchen cafe curtains that I've been dreaming of for 8 years!!
Fingers crossed.
Jill
I have so much to learn and know these will be a great addition to my little library.
I'm another who would definitely try her hand at wallpaper! If we sold our house, I would include a clause that it couldn't be removed by the new owners. Is that going too far?
I'll make something warm and cosy like a quilt. Should be perfect for a cold fall day.
I love Heather Ross!! Fantastic giveaway.. many thanks!
This book looks like so much fun. I'd definitely like to create my own gift wrap paper for wrapping hand knit gifts. And a quilt made from my own fabrics would be next…
Thanks for the creative inspiration!
If I had my own textile design I'd make myself a beautiful 50's style dress where the bodice is lovely and fitted with a full swirly skirt to show off the pattern in all it's glory!
I would make a shower curtain because I just moved in with my boyfriend and the shower curtain is the one thing I dislike!
And then I would use all the remaining leftovers for a mini quilt and/or coasters!
I would make a quilt for my little girl. She is always stealing her big brother's quilt. She needs one of her own!
I would work with an artist friend to create an image of a bicyclist holding an umbrella as she pedals, so that I could then use the print to make bags or badges or something for all the bikers who don't let the rainy season deter them from their human-powered commute!
I really want to get into sewing, and I really want to make myself some classic, custom-fit tops.
Oh the thought of all the potential goodness amidst those pages! I'd begin with curtain fabric for my very own room. Because while I firmly believe that ALL mamas deserve a room of their own, crafty mamas' needs are perhaps more felt by everybody in home on account of all the in-progress projects strewn about.
I don't have girls and I don't sew for myself, so I would have to say a quilt or home dec project. I would LOVE to win these books — thanks!!
I'd design fabric to make personalized "room dividers" around my two boys' bunk beds. One loves hedgehogs and the other loves space, particularly Saturn. What fun!
Since I have a bag fetish, what would be better than designing my own fabric to make a bag from!?!
Ooh, I'm thinking of a new contradancing dress. Yes! And if I was going to be getting married, it would be a dancing wedding dress, maybe with a matching bowtie or vest for him.
How fun! For starters, scrub caps galore! One of the few ways to bring personality into the sterile operating room. Shout out to all those healthcare/OR workers who craft on the side (or vice versa!).
I'm a big fan of fabric covered buttons. But what I'm missing often in current fabrics is that their patterns are too big to be covered by that one tiny button. So with my own digital textile design I'd make mini-patterns, fit for buttons and smaller sewing projects.
Thanks for the give-away, hope I win!
I would love to win these books!!!
I was just in the Purl Soho shop in NYC for the 1st time this weekend, what a joy it would be to have these books and have new project inspiration.
If I had my own digital textile design, I would create a signature bias binding for my quilts and apparel projects.
Oh, wonderful! Thanks for a great giveaway! I would design a ultra modern geometric piece, or a vibrant blue floral that i cant seem to find anywhere! Thanks!
How inspiring! I'd create all kinds of stationery, wrapping paper and fabrics to decorate our 19th century house. Then I'd take lots of pictures, send them to Purl Bee, trying to convince you to open a shop in Antwerp, Belgium and take me as your shopkeeper. 'Cause I daily regret NY is so far away I can't just pop in your wonderful shop. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us, readers all over the world!
What a lovely gift!
I think I would use my own print as wallpaper!
I would love to try out designing the fabric for my first quilt.
Oh the blankets… so many blankets for home and away. Thanks.
What a wonderful resource! I would make sheets, blankets and dresses with all the designs I came up with!
Bedroom curtains! I've been searching for my perfect curtain fabric and have yet to find it.
I would love to design some funky prints for my boys and make them some bean bags.
If I could design my own fabric I'd make it into lovely tote bags for all the women in my family as Christmas gifts–and if I had the time I'd make them for my best pals too.
Lovely! I would make placemats and napkins for the dining room table in my new house!
Rose
I would be really excited about making my own prints for fabric for clothing. It always takes me forever to find just the right fabric for unique skirts, it would be easier if I could just make my own! 🙂
I would love to make myself a shirtdress with my own print!!!
Love the look of this book. Thanks for the chance
What a generous giveaway! I would love to design some fabric for clothes for myself and my children, what a lovely idea 🙂
I may be to busy skipping with delight with this libaray, but I would start with some cloud style print to sew into an oversized mobile for the nursery.
oh, my fingers are crossed! i would love to incorporate my children's scribbles and drawings and make clothing for them using their funky designs! thanks for the opportunity! xx
So many possibilities! I would definitely do something in an unusual color combination. I love playing with color and it would be great to create something in one of my favorite combinations.
A special quilt for my toddler <3
Throw pillows, a skirt or little pouches to carry the small stuff in my tote for shopping!
I would start printing some of my husband's drawings for the kids' rooms he does. He's quite amazing!
What a great giveaway. I'm a novice at sewing but I would love to be better at it. I would make some clothes for my spunky 3 year old. She loves whimsical prints and bright colors.
thanks for the opportunity.
Wow! Such great books! I can't wait to get them.
I am inspired by purlbee, I hand knit and check in regularly for tutorials, the books
look very interesting. I plan to teach myself at home to make my own clothing in the future so I especially like the coture, vintage sewing tips !!!
Thanks for sharing craft information, great visuals, and easy to follow tutorials : )
I really need to win this!! I had a baby girl 3 weeks ago and I could use it to help design her nursery!!
I would make a pillow cover!
Oh my what an awesome give away! I would make a new quilt for my bed. Nothing better the. Waking up to something that gives you inspiration
I would probably use my own digital textile design to create a coat. Coats are usually solid and boring… why not jazz it up a bit?
what a fun giveaway! I'd make stationary and I'd love to wallpaper a wall!
I would totally revamp and recover my sofa which is tired and boring and desperately needs new covers and cushions (pillows), with digitally designed fabric I could make cushions to co-ordinate!
I would make collage wall art for my six kiddos. I've collected some beautiful and unique vintage fabric pieces so far. It would be awesome to make my own one-of-a-kind fabric prints as keepsakes for my children.
I'd love to make purses, bow ties, and stickers! What a cool giveaway! Thank you!
I love making ornaments and garlands
I would love to make custom fabric for my patio cushions and umbrella. Living in a neighborhood that everyone tries to keep up with each other, it would make me a superstar!! It would definitely be a conversation starter!
Curtains for the nursery we are getting ready for January!
A baby quilt for my little boy coming in February!!!
I'd make cushions to brighten up my living space.
Such a beautiful bonanza! Several of these books are already in my "Stash" wish list. My 17-yr-old daughter has inherited a multi-generational penchant for crafting and design. She's already planning personalized scrapbooks as end-of-high school gifts for her friends. Covering these in self-designed fabric would be spectacular (epecially for a budding Art major). For me – I'd print unique fabric to stitch her an "off-to-college" quilt.
I would use my own digital print to make the fabric and then turn it into a skirt. Once I got going I might not know how to stop… bags, curtains……
Wrapping paper & crib sheets!
i would make wallpaper for the nursery of our twin girls, arriving this february! with two big brothers, it would be nice to make that room "girly" just for them.
Would love to win!
I have a little painting of polar bears I made for my daughter's bedroom. It would be fun to print it on fabric and make a tote bag for her to take to the library. 🙂
I would love to win! I would make cushions and
New books about creating get me soooo excited! Eeek! I'd make some fun tea towels.
Hello! What a fabulous give-away! I would make the recently posted Purl Bee burp cloths with fabric designed especially for the new baby and her family. This is something I had not thought of ever doing, and it is intriguing!
i am in need of some serious curtain make-overs…so i think i would love to design my own fabric to make one of a kind, fabulous curtains for my living room! what an amazing giveaway…thanks for the chance!
I'd love to make something for my soon-to-be-here baby!
Dreaming of winter and all the sewing that will happen. i would love to make a fabric with prints from my water color drawings of seeds and pods!
Love these prints. Reminds me of my favorite quote, "Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn!" I want to be a unicorn, the Heather Ross Prints will help.
I would use my own digital print to make fabric for curtains all over the house – over the top of the kitchen window and in my quilting room especially! What a great collection of books – fingers crossed!
Wow this book looks so wonderful. I'd love to make some skirts and dresses for myself. Now that I am finished having kids I'm ready to build a slightly nicer wardrobe. I'd also love making more clothes for my girls.
I would make some items for my expectant baby (December) perhaps some fun pants/bibs. I would also make some breast-feeding friendly shirts for myself…something that would make me happy during a grey Canadian winter!
I love the dish towels she has in the book. Also, lots and lots of notepads for everyone.
Awesome giveaway……thank you!
I would love to make some cute novelty fabrics to use in a quilt…it's so hard for me to find fabrics like those where I live!
ooh the possibilities…. duvet cover, shades to match, outerwear, skirts….. the list… too many to mention…..
open a store in boston. please??
Skirts! I can never find cute patterns that I like in the stores.
Even though I haven't sewn clothes I would probably make something to wear with digital prints. My Mom sewed all of our clothes when we were growing up so even though it's not what I do now, I have the background and I know I could do it.
What a fantastic giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
I'd make a dress for me, something a little retro with a full skirt!
I would make curtains and fabric seat covers for our mismatched dining room chairs. And some new crib linens.
What a great giveaway! I've been wanting to make my own prints for a while now. My sister and I make plush bears to donate to the children's hospital. It would be great to use some custom prints for them.
I am a quilter and would love to print some fabric that I could stitch up into a quilt. That would be beyond cool.
I would make a forest scene print and make forest animal toys with them.
My husband is super picky when it comes to prints for our house. I'd design a new duvet cover and maybe some pillows 🙂
I would make something with birch trees and gnomes…. and then use it to make a comforter for our bed (the gnomes would be creatively hidden! 🙂
I would design a charm pack to sew tote bags or pillows.
Exciting!! Love Heather Ross!
What a great giveaway. The Kaffe Fassett is definitely one I've been coveting!
I would love to design my own fabric to make bed coverings for my children's beds. There really are so many options! I love the wallpaper idea too. I Have looked into doing this in the past but would love some more clear cut direction for that. Thank you!!
Purses! Pillows! Pajamas! Recover my furniture! I just adore Heather Ross 🙂
Love the idea of creating your own prints … I can do my very own project runway challenge. Create a one of kind print and make something fabulous with it. I can't wait to get the Gertie's book on sewing.
I would love to design custom fabric from my fathers amazing and whimsical artwork to create a one of a kind duvet + shams, and possibly make some playful cushions for my dining chairs 🙂
What great prizes – thanks for the chance! I am dreaming of making something for my horse crazy daughter with the print of the ponies from one of her early collections – maybe a tote bag or something.
I just was IN NYC and got to the store! What a thrill and it is beautiful.
A few skeins of yarn and other lovelies were packed in my suitcase upon leaving.
I saw that Heather makes notebooks in her book. I would start there and then find something to make to curl up under and dream .
I'd definitely make some graphic clothing, perhaps a blouse or panel dress. I'd also like to design some fabric to coordinate with some of my embroidered projects. I'll keep my fingers crossed, thanks for the chance!
I'd probably make something functional, yet cute, like a bag or a wallet!
I'd definitely make a tablecloth and nicely contrasting cloth napkins. Something light and neutral for the tablecloth and perhaps the same pattern in brighter colors for the napkins. Perfect for hosting a casual brunch get-together with friends!
I would make a quilt or curtains….
More linens-I love making my own napkins, placemats and pillowcases.
I would love to have this collection! Thanks for the opportunity!!
What a fab giveaway! I would love to make some sweet clothes for my adorable niece, Penelope Sue. A few kimono tops, maybe a dress or two… she'd be the most stylish baby around!
It would be hard to come close to Heather's beautiful prints, but I love the cityscape fabrics I've been seeing and would like to try my hand at that.
I'd like to design some fabric to make a dress for my 3-year-old daughter.
So what DON'T I love to sew?! If I could create my own digital textile designs, I would probably make a skirt, to begin with. Pretty much all I wear is handmade skirts, so that's probably where I'd begin. Then some pajamas for my kids. Tea towels for the kitchen. Pillows for the couch…..and on and on.
I would go NUTS with this book! First on my list- homemade curtains, baby.
I would make more unique fabrics, printing on prints to use as lush additives for old and vintage skirts. I would create new pockets and embellishments, making them colorful, fun and edgy!
I would love to find a way to make a print using some of my children's artwork- they could each have a new little pillow for their beds- that would be wonderful, but I need a kickstart!
I would probably design a textile I could then use for my daughters' clothing and bedding. The thought of designing a fabric is so appealing! Plus, I just love Heather Ross' style. My family loves "Crafty Chloe"! 🙂
Baby quilt, baby quilt, baby quilt! Pretty please!
What an exciting giveaway, without a doubt , I would sew a new backpack out of my own fabric for all to see and enjoy.
wow! what a giveaway! i would design a paper to line the inside of an old wardrobe–it would be a fun surprise every time i open the doors.
Such a question! I'd have to say some kind of fun print skirt or dress, but I can't commit to what of kind of print yet!
Lovely giveaway! I like making bags and pillow cases. Thanks for the chance to win
Inspiring books1 I would go for a wonderful slipcover for my 'in-need' couch. Cheers!
Hmm, what would I make? I'd start with designs for wrapping paper and cloth napkins. After that? Who knows!
I already knew what I would do; heather ross wall paper for my son's bedroom and a heather ross step stool for my new grandpaper. love her designs
With my own digital textile design, I'd make two distinct quilt covers for my two distinct daughters.
I've been making so many clothes for my kids … I think I would make something for myself – a skirt or make my first attempt at a dress. Thanks for the give-away opportunity!
Lovely!
What would I not make?! It'd be fun to make some pretty dresses for my girl or a nice purse or maybe some pillows.
How beautiful! What a lovely give away. I just opened my own business in Brooklyn and I would print my own fun bags and wrapping paper for the store! Thank you for this. I love your store and blog!
I would love to design a fabric to make a dog bed for my greyhound because I shamelessly spoil her.
We just finished painting my daughter's room in a "big girl" palette. A quilt made to showcase a personal textile design sounds like the perfect compliment to her decor to me.
I think I would probably design coordinating textiles for my daughters' bedroom. Thought my oldest is 4 years old, this is the first time they've had their own room (before, we lived in a one bedroom). I'm excited at the prospect of decorating a nursery, finally and designing curtains, pillow sheets, and blankets would be so sweet!
I would definitely put it to use for baby stuff for my niece or nephew that's arriving in January. Quilts, bibs, clothes, etc. 🙂
I would make church dresses for my 5 and 7 year old girls!
My daughter is getting married next September so I would design fabric to make a wedding quilt as a wedding gift for them.
What an exciting give away! I would love to create fabric inspired by my adult children's childhoods. The fabric would portray snippets of events important to them. I would use the fabric to create quilts for each of them. Sort of "living quilts". I need those books to get started!
I love quirky fabric and would especially like to learn how to make my own, as I would use it to sew fantastic vintage style dresses but with a decidedly modern and off-beat touch. Thanks for hosting this fun giveaway.
An APRON! Perfect!
What a lovely giveaway! Thank you!
I think I could use self-designed fabric for pretty much anything. From my clothes to purses, pouches, anything…
I would make a button up shirt, I think they are so versatile and pretty.
What would I make? Ties for my guys, and a bow for my girl. I've taken so many goofy decorative bows off of those little girl shirts, and put her in so many of her big brother hand-me-downs, that when she had a dress with a bow this summer, she was pleased as punch to have a bow like Papa's bow. His bow-tie. So, a round of bows all around. And cloth napkins, because then you get to enjoy them all the time.
I'd make tote bags. thanks for the chance to win!
I would make printed fabric that looks like chunky knitting and make it into curtains for my craft room.
Amazing giveaway, thank you!!!
I love the idea to make printed fabric by myself and I can image all sort of ideas for them! But the most exciting idea for me is designing fabrics to cut and sew soft dolls, cute little animals and carachters to decor my home 🙂
I love to make my own clothes, and clothes for friends – so I would love to use my own digital textile design to make a collection of clothes that were uniquely me (and for me!)
hello, I'm quite new in sewing so the book would be perfect to learn new sewing techniques. I like also fabrics with print textiles but here in Italy is not so easy to find them so it would be very useful to design my own print (for a skirt or a jacket or jeans for example). Your website is always crowd of nice ideas. Thanks!
I would LOVE to make wrapping paper or to print fabric and then make my son pyjama pants : ). Those books look AMAZING.
Hmmm, Autumn brought out the need for many a craft project! We've been rebuilding the production location for a small company owned by a group of friends. I'd love to get creative with print for the final touches… and offer us a totally 'home-crafted' lounge corner for lunch breaks! Thank you for the chance to participate :))
I have always problems finding the right fabric for the projects I have in mind, so maybe designing my own fabric will help… I'm very excited about the book from Heather Ross and can't wait to read it.
I would love to make myself a bag ! I love Heather Ross prints .
I'd love to make a cute dress out of self-designed fabric : )
What a wonderful giveaway! I have two adorable girls and would sew nice and colorful dresses for them.
The ideas are endless, first I would start with pillows, and bedding. Then note cards for everyone I know! These books look fantastic! Can't wait to see them.
xoxo
Lani
I would make some beautiful pillows for my baby girl 's room and curtains for the family room. Thanks for the giveaway!
I think I would like to try making a design for a soft fabric shawl or scarf.
first I simply would like to meet people who create fabricdrawing! it's fascinates me since such a long time. Who invents this , where do they choose inspiration, why they make such beautiful things to day
and afterwards i create a wonderfull fabric and make this wonderfull quilt with it..
I would make a large-print design to slipcover my wingback chairs.
Wow, it would be so fun to design your own fabric, but I have to say that the idea of wallpaper would be a blast. So fun to think about scale and repeats and the way a whole room or wall would look! Totally fun!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Great giveaway! I would make tea towels and pillow covers to give as gifts.
curtains! or baby blankets…
what a neat book! I'd like to make custom printed flannel for baby stuff (sheets, burp cloths, little pajamas!). i'm making my first person right now, so that's where a lot of my creative energy is focused.
I would design unique fabrics to make fabulous holiday presents for friends/family members–gotta get started soon before time runs out!
I think I would go for a skirt!! Thanks for the chance!
I would like to create my own printed fabric to make gifts for my family in a design reminiscent of nature and our rural Minnesota roots.
It would be great to make a really fun dress or skirt . I would especially love to make something beautiful for all the ladies in my life .
I would love to make pillows! I need so many pillows.
Fun new seasonal pillow covers & wrapping paper! What an awesome set of books:)
You are hjighlighting some great books. I've been thinking of making placemants inspired by my father's signature floral design that he painted on his pottery. He died last year and this would be a wonderful keepsake for my family.
I have just moved to a house with plain white walls everywhere so I would make wallpaper, cusion covers, table cloths…the list is endless… and as the nights draw in wrapping paper and cards to boot!
If I could design my own fabric, I would use it to make outfits for my new baby brother!
First I would make a mouse pad for my desk, A new sewing machine cover and a couple of project books covers to begin with so I'd have it around me every day.
Making my own desingn..uhhh…it would be great to create my own complements: bags, purses,…
I have a design company and would love to use these designs for wallpaper.
I sew mostly garments and have been playing with silk screening. I would love to be introduced to HR's design process with photoshop. I think a horsey skirt is in order though. A unicorn on what side,worn out jeans on the other pic-nic blanket would be on my list.
I would love to make Heather Ross wallpaper to cover things from walls, to furniture… I also find Kaffee such an interesting person, his use of patter always inspires me to make outside my boundries. I am sure the book would inspire a new view point as well.
I'd love to design some fabric to work into a quilt, but maybe make a new purse for myself with lots of pockets to keep things tidy.
Ooooh! I would make a quilt!
What an amazing giveaway! I could think of many projects to make with my own created fabric. The first I'd have to make is an e-reader cover for my dad using one of his drawings (the trick will be getting it without him knowing so I can surprise him!) Thanks for the chance.
I would make a sarong. Not so good at sewing.
Is it an international giveaway? I live in Europe!
Custom fabric: Pajama pants for everyone!
Hmmmm…what would I make? Likely a winter quilt for my son's loft bed…fun and whimsy on one side, and practical, warm, felted wool on the other!
Of course, if I don't win (and with over 350 comments ahead of me, chances are, I won't), I'll purchase the Heather Ross book anyhow. So it's a win-win, as far as I can see!
How generous! I just got married this past May and we are working on making our new home very welcoming and cozy! I'd love to make some bedding and curtains:) Thank you very much and best to all as the seasons change!
P.S. PurlBee is quite possibly my favorite site to visit. It's so beautiful!
Oh I have a bunch of fiber crafts going at one time so If I made a digital design right now it would be for fabric to make project bags! This would be so cool to win!
It would have to be a duvet cover for our masterbedroom – sunk a chunk of cash into a Tempurpedic mattress and it sits naked right now – sad 🙁
Lately I've been sewing dresses and tunics for myself, so that was my first thought. I think if I were going to completely design my own fabric though, I'd be thinking about bed linens. I can never seem to find any that are calm but fun. I have some ideas, but I don't really know what to do with them. Now I know!
If I had the opportunity to create my own digital textile design, I would first print some of my favourite quotations and pictures I like in silhouette fashion and arrange them to my walls. Second, I would start with my curtains and blinds: From outside the window you would see a different design than indoors.
OOOO! This would be so fun!! I think some pj pants for my girls would be super cute in a print- if I could make one good enough! 🙂 Maybe with some help from Heather's book!
I think that I would try fabric to incoporate more prints into my apartment's decor. Maybe something to upholster a chair or ottoman.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Thank you for the giveaway…I wish I lived in NYC to fully explore the store. In the meantime, I am resigned to online shopping.
I would make my own fabric so I can truly personalize my kids' rooms with duvets, pillows and curtains. What fun to use their own names in clever ways with illustrations or designs that they love. A splended Christmas Gift!
i always seem to be sewing for my kids, so maybe something for me for a change! 🙂
I would love to make a self-designed dress out of one of a kind fabric!
Curtains, printed on belgian linen. Blue and green and gold- with nasturtiums. Wouldn't that be pretty?
I would make myself a new bag. And maybe a skirt.
Thanks for offering this!
I would print my own fabric and sew it into matching PJ bottoms for the whole family for Christmas presents. I have always wanted to do this and my own fabric design would be wonderful inspiration.
I would love to make wraping paper, walpaper, even just poster prints to fill my walls with LOVELY inspirations!
So many beautiful books to choose from!!!
Probably to start off I would make wrapping paper for all the Christmas gifts I am just starting to make. Then fabric for the oft-promised quilts for my 5 nieces and nephews…
I would definately make a shirt. A really cool casual Friday kind of shirt. Something a little edgy… like dinosaurs in business suits. Perfect work attire.
I would make something wonderful for my new neice or nephew!!
I would love to design fabric for a comforter cover. Cold nights are arriving and the tower I live in is already getting chilly.
I would love to create some baby dresses with a print of my own design! This book looks fantastic.
A new duvet cover! I desperately need one but I'm so picky. This way I could make one perfect for me! But I can also imagine tons of project applications… It really gets my creative juices flowing!
I love block printing my own fabric already – if I designed my own fabric based on Heather Ross's guidance, I would make a wardrobe of sweet baby clothes for my boy who's coming in January.
I would use my son's drawings for the design, and make something for him with the fabric.
Thanks for the giveaway.
What a wonderful give away! I would love to design my own fabric and make cozy pillows and blankets for women's shelters. To have something pretty and comforting would be a blessing for them.
Wonderful giveaway! Thank you! I would make prints for clothes for my daughter and son, fun, classy kid friendly!
Thanks for this great giveaway. I would use my own digital textile designs to make things for my daughters, or to make unique personal linings for the bags I like to sew for myself, friends and family.
I would love to do wall paper … as silly as it may sound I never thought it was a possibility!
I would use my design in a quilt. Love your blog thanks for the giveaway.
i think i'd make a quilt for my son's room. thanks for the great giveaway!
What an incredible giveaway, but STC has always been generous like that. While the wallpaper is amazing, the scope is pretty daunting right now. Realistically, I would probably be making custom notebooks to give away during the holidays.
I would make a dress for me and romper for my little one! What a great giveaway.
I finally got a quilt done and now I want to learn proper clothing sewing and my daughter wants to knit – so this would be an amazing package!
I would live to turn some of my sketches and doodles into fabric! Perhaps for embroidery and even garments.
Lovely books! Fall is for reading – and crafting.
Hmm I think it would be really neat to create a bunch of complementary custom designs and make a quilt!
I would sew custom drapes and cushions in my own textile designs as I have the hardest time finding patterns and colors in stores and online that appeal to me and my quirky taste.
What a wonderful giveaway!!!! I really need a new shower curtain… plus possibly I might need a new comforter/duvet cover. I'm sure I would have lots of inspiration!
oh how lovely! what a generous and beautiful give away. i am a traditional printmaker and would love to learn about digital surface design.
thanks for the opportunity
blessings
~nicole
I have considered teaching crafts to nursing home patients or young children when I retire, and think it would be neat to design special shirts or smocks for the students to wear in class.
I would make a quilt for my bed and new covers for my chairs. And totes. I can never have enough totes.
I would love to make my own wallpaper for my future pantry. Oh this could be fun.
I forgot to post what I would make! I would start off with new curtains for the kid's room. Something goofy but not babyish. Then a new duvet cover and shams for my room. More subtle and soothing. So many ideas, so little time!
I would make fabric storage boxes with customized prints for my little boys to store their stuff.
Would love to have these great books. Thanks for the giveaway!
Incredible give away!! I would love to make pillows, great way to change up a look in a room.
how lovely!
For a long time I wanted my son and I to wear clothes made with original prints, mainly tops. So I would use the book to design fabric for both of us (but i wouldn't make matching outfits, I promise).
I would love to create a custom print – I'm inspired by the extreme close-ups and unbelievable detail in nature. I would sew everyday wear items for kids – they need to have excellent style too!
Thank you so much for this amazing giveaway! I wish that I lived in NYC to visit your beautiful store – sadly, am on the opposite coast.
Currently I don't have the skills to do this, but I'd make myself an enormous ballgown printed with dinosaurs! Or cakes. Or both!
What a fabulous giveaway!
I Would make a quilt to hang on my kitchen wall, or dresses for my little girls.
I would make a bucket load of aprons to give as Christmas presents this upcoming holiday season!
I would absolutely love to design a fabric panel to make a children's book out of! Wouldn't that be a wonderful way to meld my love of writing and my love of fiber arts? 🙂
Fantastic and inspirational set of books! Fall is a wonderful time to think about new projects for long, dark, winter nights!
Definitely sew dresses again!
A new skirt, of course (especially if I can use that unicorn print from the Met's tapestry collection!).
I would love to make some unique fabric for some clothes for my girls.
I would make custom curtains of my own design for my dorm room!
I would make a lovely dress! Thanks for the opportunity!!
Oh, I think I would go mad making canvas tote bags with my own digital prints. I also have some super cute nieces and one nephew and think they'd like book bags and sun dresses ….
I would love to create my own fabric range and lovingly stitch a quilt for my own bed. A quilt which would become a family heirloom. I've made so many things for other people, designing and seeing this come to fruition would be a long-dreamed for treat!
I'd love to design a print inspired by the flowers at my wedding, then use the fabric to make a flowy blouse.
I've been searching for the perfect print to make a dress forever! That's what I'd make!
I quilt, and with some self-designed, digitally printed fabric I could personalize my projects for gift giving this year. I'd also like to try sewing some clothes for myself.
Thanks for such a great giveaway! I would like to design my own fabrics to make a quilt for my daughter's bed 🙂
I'd like to be able to design good quality cotton prints for quilting! Something that isn't all flowers – I like the more modern stuff! 🙂
I need new curtains and would love to try designing my own print for them.
I would like a new purse in my new self-designed fabric!
i'd design a whole collection & make a new quilt for my daughter.
oooo — I'd love to make my own print to cover my gram's old chair that's sitting in the dining room window needing to be covered! (but I'd give the Kaffe Fassett book to my mom for Christmas, I was already thinking of getting that for her!)
I sew, knit, crochet, quilt, do origami etc. Needless to say. every one of these books appeals to me! I guess I would read Kaffe Fassett's book first since I have big a big fan of his gorgeous color and design sense for years.
Ooooh, some funky jammies for my kids! Or a dress for… any of us. or a shower curtain? (I am in trouble…)
i would love to say that i would make wonderful colored throw pillows for my bedroom … but it always comes back to clothing. I would probably find cute vintage buttons and use beautiful prints to make a wonderful little dress for myself or one of my children.
Super awesome! I would make prints for clothing as well as textiles for around the house!
Just learning to figure out the process of textile design would be rewarding, in and of itself. I would love to make a dress for my daughter or a skirt for myself. Thanks for an amazing giveaway!
What a cool giveaway! I'd make gifts for the holiday
This sounds wonderful!
I would use some of my own drawings, perhaps botanically inspired, and make fabric for clothing of my own designs: skirts, dresses, scarves…
Ooh, great giveaway! I'd design something classic and make some new pillows to spruse up my couch.
This might be a bit boring, but I think I'd make some nice throw pillows since I can't find a fabric I'm in love with. Alternatively, I'd use my 2 year old's drawings and make him a quilt.
Thanks for the giveaway!!
I would love to design a fabric that complement a knit I've made: sweater & a dress or skirt. Or maybe something for a grandchild???
Oh gosh, I've have so many projects that I need to make for the house. I would probably start with either some throw pillows or curtains.
Ooh, how gorgeous! I've just moved into a place with a nonfunctional fireplace, so I would love to use a Heather Ross print to construct a pretty fabric screen for it!
I would make cutsie, science-related fabrics and make bags out of them! 🙂 Thank you for the fantastic giveaway!
I would design fabric to cover the world's most hideous chair – which just happens to reside in my bedroom!
Oh, I wish I could tell you what I want to do but it's too unique and has to stay a secret for now!
But once it was done, I would sew madly for all the children I know and more…
Fabulous site by the way, it makes my week, thank you.
I think it wiould be really neat to make my own wallpaper for some of those sad walls in my house.
You guys are always so inspiring!!
I'd love to make my own textile designs using everyday items in rifs on 50's/60's atomic-ish prints (frying pans, mugs, wine glasses . . .). I see placemats and napkins mostly, although if i really got going maybe some fabulous big squares to tie up into turbans. What a fun fall giveaway!
I would make custom dish towels with the perfect colors!
I'd make some girly robot fabric for my daughter's wardrobe. Finding non-boy space and robot fabric is like pulling teeth!
I would LOVE to make my own wallpaper… and journal covers…. and dresses, and scarves, and a fancy, whimsical collage perchance? The list goes ever on. I would also just love to get on a first-name-basis with photoshop
i would love to design some fabric! the first things i would make would be some napkins, then maybe some duvet covers for my daughters or a shower curtain instead of our very sad plastic one.
I would make tons of fun stuff … curtains, bedding, quilts, bags, wallets … the list goes on. Such a great give-away!
These books sound full of crafty goodness. I'd probably make bags or skirts or some really cute bedding…
I would really play with roses and come up with a unique design. Then from the fabric I would sew a simple v-neck top that is hip length (which looks best on me empathizing my longer than average torso!
wow, great giveway!I love sewing I' ll make clothes for my girls, totes and lovely things. I just adore your shop. (Could I enter too? I'm living in Italy.)
My son is just starting in professional theatre/ production – I'd love to use this design software (and my sewing skills) to make fabric for costumes and interiors. Love your blog Purl Bee – inspiring take on patchwork. Thank you.
I would probably make tons of clothes from my own prints… I've already designed a few simple ones on Spoonflower using my own illustrations, but I really want to learn more about it! It's a great way to combine my two biggest passions (drawing and sewing)
I've started on a dressmaking spree lately and Gertie's book will be a great source for inspirations and technique references. And Heather Ross's prints are always so dreamy. I'm constantly on the look out for the underwater sisters line on Etsy.
I would love to ma e a quilt out of my own fabric designs–that would be the best!
Thanks for the giveaway!
If I designed my own print I would love to make a dress from it. Oh! Plus this skirt from Megan Nielsen http://megannielsen.com/collections/sewing-patterns/products/kelly-skirt-sewing-pattern quite cute!
I would design fabric for a quilt.
What a fun giveaway! It's already a grey, chilly, rainy October weekend, and a few new craft books would perk it right up! Thanks for the chance to enter!
I want to make pillows with the textile design to add my style to places like my bedroom.
Throw pillows for the family room….where we can enjoy them every day.
I have two projects in mind – perhaps an apron or a cheery dearie tea towel
I would give the books to my very creative daughter in law who is expecting her first child. She will come up with wonderful things for the new baby. Then I will borrow the book(s)!
If I were to dream such a thing I believe I would like to make some of my illustration works into large print that would span a skirt, shirt, dress or line a jacket.
Would so LOVE to win this one! Would love to make a skirt, but sure I could pull off a tote bag.
I would reupholster our entire sofa in heather ross' whimsical prints and it would certainly become one of my favorite places on earth (second perhaps to purl soho which i pilgramaged to this summer – the highlight of my trip to nyc !
Heather Ross is my absolute favorite! All of these offerings are so exciting. Fall is the time for crafting!
I'd love to make fabric in order to make fabric covered buttons which I'm completely obsessed with!
What a great giveaway! I'd make throw pillows for my 2-year-old grandson in France!
Oooh – what a great giveaway. I'd love to design my own textiles – I'd use the fabric in a quilt and to make project bags for my knitting. And they'd be as colourful as a Kaffe project – would LOVE to read his memoir.
What would I make? Curtains, and quilts, and clothing, and so much more. I love, love, love craft books. 🙂
What wouldn't I make? Although I'm in need of curtains so I'd probably start with a pretty set of those and maybe some throw pillows.
I have been wanting to make a quilt for our bed. I am sure these fabrics would be perfect! Someday I would love to visit your store…it looks amazing.
I would love to try so many new things and these books would give me that opportunity. I am a quilter who would love to broaden her horizons!
I'm moving to my first real place in a few months, so I have TONS of projects coming up that could use one-of-a-kind fabrics, but my most immediate need will be creating slipcovers for some inherited couches that are making the journey with me.
I have a very old heart backed chair that was my nana's favorite knitting spot. Would love to make a clever slipcover!
I would make curtains in different floral and leaf prints that I would change with the seasons. I love the idea of billowing curtains in Lily of the valley, or yellow daisy , or autumn leaf patterms bringing the outdoors in. For winter I would make a design of stark branchest with red berries . I would love the collection of STC books. They are my favorite craft publisher. Thanks. LIZ
I would love to be able to design fabric to recover the cushions on the captain's bed in my apartment… oh and a dog bed cover to match… maybe a slipcover for the chair… how about a dust cover for my computer… and one for the flat-screen upstairs… too many ideas!
I am desperate for some Photoshop design knowledge. I would love to design my own fabric for the little blouses I've started to make. Please help me get started!
I would love to make a slipcover for my nana's favorite heart backed knitting chair
I'm inspired! I love all your book choices.
What a brilliant giveaway, thanks so much!
I would surprise my friend with a custom baby play mat for her baby that's on the way!
I have an army of women in my family who need bags made with a textile I would design. What a wonderful and personal way to say "I love you"!
I owul love to design my own sheets and pillowcases as well as curtains. I have attended Heather Ross' workshops and find them to be very inspirational.
I teach a fully integrated Grade 1 program in a Fine Arts School overlooking the Pacific Ocean. My goal this year is to make digital learning a big part of our program. We are drawing, writing stories, and creating puppet plays on iPads at the moment. I am imagining sea creature inspired prints that we could use in a seaweed dance we are creating together. . . ooooooo. . . . very exciting just thinking about it! Thank you!
What beautiful books! I can imagine so many possibilities: tote bags, aprons and fabric designs for a family heirloom recipe book I'd like to print.
I would love to make vintage style aprons for my girlfriends. Thank you for hosting such a wonderful giveaway.
What wouldn't I make with my own digital print? First I would love researching the history of an era of textile print, and then I would use my research to design an original pattern that could fall into an 1800's time period. I'm not sure which decade I would pick yet, but 1820, 1860, and 1890 are probably the frontrunners. Then I would select an intriguing dress pattern from that time and make my fabric into a historical costume that is detailed to look exquisite and original. It would be sew exciting! (I couldn't resist the pun… 🙂
I would design my very own scooter bag. I love to ride my scooter, and I made a bag, but there doesn't seem the right fabric out there yet 🙂
Wow! What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance.
I am a newbie sewer so I would make an apron!
What a great way to start fall!
I would love to design my own bohemian fabrics and make bedding for my kids
Thanks for the giveaway! I would make high-waisted full skirts, shirtdresses, and bags with the digitally designed printed fabric.
I would make a custom fabric to include in my quilts in place of adding a label or embroidering. I would love to make something subtle and pretty! I would also love to use my daughter's drawings in a fabric design.
I love all things knit, and lately one thing I've been dreaming of creating are home linens with knit prints.
I would love to design my own fabric to reupholster the breakfast nook chairs!! Thanks for the great giveaway.
I would make a pattern of my own rendition of stardust. I took an astronomy + physics at art school (yea, I know). My 4' 8" professor with his famous bright purple polo shirt walked in the very first day and said, "We are all made of stardust!" That was 4 years ago and has stuck with me ever since. I want to make stardust for my new baby girl.
Oh the possibilities!!!!!
My mother sews vintage reproduction clothing. I would love for her to have these books.
And if she were able to design her own fabrics the sky would be the limit!!
My mother shops for vintage fabic and ends up with a lot of small pieces or pieces with age and damage. While these pieces are inspiring they are not always usable. I would love for her to have the ability to create exactly what she wants.
First I would probably make a bag of some sort – because i love purses/totes/wallets/coins purses etc… Then I would make a quilt – because that is my comfort zone. However, i would embellish that quilt and the fabric with some of the new embroidery techniques that I am currently studying/learning. Oh, to one day have time to learn to knit. So many wonderful crafts, so little time to do them all in….
Great giveaway! I think that if I was to design a print, I would use it to make quirky bedding for babies. I find baby linen to often be uninspired and exuberantly expensive.
All the best,
Christina
One of the first things I'd probably make are panels of wallpaper for my bedroom. It just needs a little punch of pattern and color. 🙂 After that I'm sure the creative juices would be flowing and there'd be no stopping me.
I would make some cute flirty skirts and some cozy blankets!
Love these beautiful prints!
I would make a new camera strap with a digital textile, I am thinking tiny turtles. I also need a fun new comforter cover in a fun print to snuggle in this winter.
Wallpaper and wrapping paper…that is too cool!
Pillows, pillows, more pillows!
Thanks Purl Bee, you're the best!!
Oooh, so many lovely possibilities! I would love to make throw pillows for my relatives' housewarming gifts.
I'd make new bed linens for the family — even the animal beds!
I'd love to design fabric for window coverings in my apartment, I have yet to find the perfect design!
Wallpaper!! Wallpaper!! Wallpaper!! I have been looking to use some in my bedroom but have not been able to decide. There are so many choices but nothing stands out for me. It would be lovely to create my own!!
Good luck all,
Jessica N xxx
OH MY! What a great giveaway! Thanks for sharing!
I need a creative boost and this would give it to me!
Since my body has moved further and further from the fashion industry standard as I've aged, I have been wanting to learn to make my own clothes. I think it is the only way to get clothes to fit.
I would love to make some paper for the covers of some hand made books.
what a fantastic give away! your gorgeous blog is at the top of my blogroll, and i often find myself looking through the archives at projects i've seen many times now, and find a continual delight! Well done!
Wow, thanks a lot for offering these books. I'm already dreaming of the wonderful things I can do.
I would make it in different color combinations and frame it. It would be nice Christmas gift for all my friends. Thanks for wonderful site "the purl bee" Viera
love both the books! they look extremely interesting. just what we need to get those creative juices flowing.
i'd make a dress for sure. i'm a big nerd and i love finding new ways to let my geek flag fly… and this would be a great chance! geeky spaceship fabric? amirite? 🙂
I would make pillows for my living room!! I can't find fabric that is similar to what I have in mind. To make my own fabric would be awesome!
I've been thinking a lot lately about customizing clothes for my new daughter. I would love to add a custom print as trim for her dresses, lining for her pockets and insides of satchels, and appliques. I` love the idea of creating small, everyday surprises for her.
I make hand-bound journals and mini notebooks, so I would use the prints for the covers of my books.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to design some fabric to make some cute clothes for my kiddos.
I would make tea towels for all my sisters using our Mom's and Nana's hand written recipe cards
Skirts, skirts, skirts! Can't make enough of them.
I would use Heather Ross’ Prints to make awesome fabric designs for my niece and nephew.