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September Giveaway

Sep 1, 2011 by quiltjane 140 Comments

The giveaway is now closed

The winner is ………

Rosa-Munda said…

Earlier in the year I organised a charm square swap with some online friends in the UK. They had to cut up some of their old, but pretty, summer dresses and in return they received 50 new fabrics to play with! I cut mine into logs, alternated them with white and made a lovely vintagey quilt! Ros x

Spring has sprung here in the southern hemisphere and to celebrate I will be giving away to one lucky blogger a design roll (29 – 2.5″ x 44″) by Dena Fishbein for Westminster fabrics called Kumari Garden.

This weeks ‘Desperate Housewife Quilt‘ block is about changing the old to make way for the new. To enter, leave a comment about –

‘Something old you have revamped to make new. ‘

Competition ends 30th September 2011 AEST. Please leave a way for me to contact you.
Good luck!


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  1. Jeanette says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 22:34

    I had several stitcheries i finished early 2000's & put them in wooden frames. They were getting damaged being displayed like that so recently i took them out & put fabric borders around them. They are old but look like new again. Happy Stitching,

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  2. d8196d96-434e-11e0-9f48-000bcdca4d7a says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 22:41

    I am currently revamping a TV unit into a play kitchen for my granddaughter! I got the idea from Pinterest and am loving this process and the results so far! But this jelly roll would make a beautiful quilt for anyone on my Christmas list!

    Reply
  3. Narelle says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 22:51

    So gorgeous and fresh for spring!

    Last week we were going camping and the bag that holds the tent poles needed replacing. I had an old pair of jeans handy so I sewed across the bottom of each leg and hey presto a new bag for the tent poles…sorted and stored in each leg.

    Reply
  4. Rebecca says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 22:53

    I've taken a couple blouses I didn't wear anymore and turned one into a top for my daughter, and another into a skirt. They look much cuter now!

    Reply
  5. Kristi says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 22:55

    The something old would be our 100 year old home we moved into two years ago in our small town. We are painting fixing it up and will eventually start remodeling some of the rooms. Would love to have a quilt (or 10) in every room. *smile*

    Reply
  6. Sharon - Lilabelle Lane says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 23:03

    Hope this qualifies but I have an early 1900's cane baby bassinette that has had a revamp and is now used to show off one of my Reborn Babies! Thanks for the chance

    Reply
  7. Jessica says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 23:08

    I redid a bulletin board! Replaced the fabric, ribbons, and everything – to give to my friend as a gift (it's what she wanted 🙂 )

    Reply
  8. 819545a0-663d-11e0-88c0-000bcdcb5194 says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 23:22

    Spring is such a wonderful time-new growth, freshness! I just revamped an old counter in my kitchen with a patchwork combination of marble tiles, wood flooring tiles, stones, and small tiles. Thanks for the chance to win some incredible fabric! VermontPines@aol.com

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  9. Sharon says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 23:36

    That Desperate Housewife Quilt looks like fun. Great blocks!

    My most recent revamp that I can think of is cutting up an old tablecloth & turning it into a lampshade. Thanks for the chance!! 🙂

    Reply
  10. Mommarock says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 23:43

    My mom had given me an old broken pearl necklace years ago this year I fixed it and gave it to my daughter to wear in her wedding. I added some crystal beads in champagne to match her dress. It looked great!

    Reply
  11. yorkie mom says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 23:45

    I have an antique sewing rocking chair (no arms and has a sewing drawer). I painted it light pink to match my new sewing room and reupholstered the seat with pink and cream fabric in a twister pattern! Love it!!

    Reply
  12. WandaFish says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 23:46

    I love your latest Desperate Housewife's block and it's great fun how you play around with the finished blocks!

    Kumari Garden is such a beautiful line. I would be so excited to win this – thanks for the chance!

    I recently made a Babushka doll for a little friend and just couldn't find anything in my stash that I was happy with for the main fabric. Then I remembered some cute little baby trousers my daughter used to wear with little Cossack Dancers printed on. I cut them up for dolly's body and am really pleased with how she turned out.

    Reply
  13. ♥Duff says

    Sep 1, 2011 at @ 23:57

    awesome sauce! One of my favorite planters cracked so I cleaned it out and now it's a pen holder on my desk at work. love it!

    Reply
  14. SoSarahSews says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 0:06

    I've repainted an old whitewashed entertainment center and it's looking good!

    Reply
  15. Wendy says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 0:27

    Love this line!

    something old, eh? Well, this week I revamped one of my husband's old (large) tee shirts into something that I can actually wear in public and look cute.

    Reply
  16. supersara20 says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 0:30

    I have used broken stained glass pieces to make a mosaic table top for my summer patio.

    Reply
  17. Dianne Giles says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 0:39

    I re-use fabric bread bags to make into quilts. I have made seven so far! Thanks for the chance, Dianne

    Reply
  18. Sarah Craig says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 0:59

    Recently I turned a table-top spool chest (display case for new threads around the turn of the century) into a desk!

    Love Kumari Gardens!!

    Reply
  19. Patty C. says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 1:01

    We just took a fancy dining room table that we had no room for and cut the legs off making a large – & wonderful coffee table for our family room – Lots of room on it for decorations – We love it !!

    Please include me in the Giveaway for that beautiful fabric – You can never have enough of a good thing 😉
    Thank you !!!

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  20. Happy Cottage Quilter says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 1:10

    Redid an old chair that belonged to my hubby's grandmother. My friend helped reupholster with new fabric, and it looks great! Thanks for such a generous giveaway.

    Reply
  21. Melody says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 1:14

    For Christmas I received a paint spray gun, some thing I've always really wanted. So I've been changing a lot of our pine furniture to cream. I'm so happy with the result.

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  22. Karen says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 1:25

    That's a very pretty fabric roll! Very much in keeping with Spring.
    A friend recently needed a plastic bag holder for her pantry. She was also throwing out some old, worn shirts. I simply removed a sleeve, hemmed the ends and added elastic and a drawstring. Nothing flash but very practical.

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  23. Monica says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 1:38

    Right now I'm working on recovering an old foot stool using home decorator sample squares and some fresh paint.

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  24. Linda says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 1:58

    I bought a chair at a garage sale for $1. It didn't have a seat and it had been spray painted white. I painted it to look like bamboo and made a new seat for it. It turned out to be one of my favorite chairs!

    Reply
  25. robin says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 2:13

    The only thing that comes to mind right now is my "new" sewing machine, a 1951 or 1952 Singer 401J that I recently purchased for a song. She was kind of stiff, and stitching was not good at first, but with some cleaning and oiling and adjusting, she's sewing beautifully now! 🙂

    Reply
  26. Deanna says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 2:39

    What pretty fabric! Repurposing is a favorite pasttime around our house. Sometimes it is as simple as filling an old jar with new contents, like my daughter's button storage, or more extensive like cutting a wardrobe into a series of memory quilts for a bereaved family. It is economical and rewarding to re-use objects.

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  27. Ella says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 2:44

    I'm repurposing some fabric salvaged from a school wall/board as a wall quilt back. (Of course, I've only gotten to the design stage so far.)

    Reply
  28. Cass says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 3:43

    I've been revamping myself! Slowly but surely removing the old negative stressed thoughts and replacing them with new happy ones. 🙂

    Reply
  29. Janet says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 4:46

    I am in the process of revamping my old self and making something new. No more working with very troubled clients means more energy to care about my friends and family. It is a work in progress though.

    Reply
  30. Kathy MacKie says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 5:03

    Does looking in the mirror and putting on some makeup qualify. I took many pairs of old denim jeans and cut them into 4 1/2" squares and pieced a quilt for my son's bed.

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  31. Heather A says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 5:04

    I've been sorting through my college age son's old sports shirts with the intention of making him a t-shirt quilt.

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  32. Grace says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 5:07

    Something old that I have made new would be the printer's drawer I got from a garage sale; I fixed it up and made it a little shelf 🙂

    Contact info:

    http://www.homespunhandmaiden.etsy.com
    http://www.calledtocreativity.blogspot.com

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  33. Catskill Quilter says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 5:22

    Well, Quiltjane, sure wish I had a unique project to tell you about! This is probably pretty mundane; I hunt out sheets at yard sales and after carefully washing and drying them, cut them up into square foundation blocks to use to sew fabric strings on for donation to a wonderful charity guild.

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  34. Peggy says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 5:35

    I took a large Victorian tiger maple bureau with mirror out of my bedroom, cleaned it up and put it in my living room as a display piece and storage for linens and decorative items not currently being used.

    Love the giveaway Beautiful fabrics.thanks.

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  35. Martina says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 5:42

    I have just painted and renewed an old small coffeetable.Thanks for the lovely give away!

    Reply
  36. Glenys says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 5:45

    I've not revamp anything yet but maybe an old box I have which really needs it.

    Reply
  37. The Patchwork Heart says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 6:34

    I cover old calico (bags the freebie kind you get with adverts on) and make them into patchwork creations. Take a look they sell well!

    http://thepatchworkheart-heather.blogspot.com/2011/04/thrifty-week_26.html

    Please count me in your gorgeous giveaway! I will post a link to you on my sidebar 🙂

    Heather x

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  38. Sunnybec says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 7:11

    When we moved to this house there was an old table in the cellar, we sanded it down and painted it and it's now in my sewing room as my cutting table! Thanks for the giveaway. Linda

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  39. gill says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 7:15

    Following an idea I'd seen somewhere I turned an adult T shirt into a childs's top
    Thanks for a great giveaway!

    Reply
  40. Linda Coleman says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 7:34

    We got a new counter top in the kitchen and my husband kept the old one and made it into a table for my sewing machine.

    Reply
  41. Fiona says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 7:37

    It is wonderful to have Spring around.. and perfect weather to start it off….
    I have been trying to revamp my old self but nothing is making me new…. I tried new clothes, new hair colour, new eyes ….. next will be the new teeth and maybe a hip…..
    I did have success revamping a chair… stapled a new cover on the seat…..
    Hugz

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  42. Patchwork and Play says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 8:13

    Great fabric! I can't bear to part with pretty biscuit tins, so I am always finding new uses for them!

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  43. Joy says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 8:56

    Oooh those are pretty! Thanks – I'd love to be in the draw :o).
    I have some old treadle drawers that are now little chests of drawers – not done by me – but definitely something old with a new purpose :o).
    Hugs,
    Joy :o)

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  44. Kathy says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 9:43

    I took some of my husband's old work clothes and made a quilt in a mystery quiltalong at

    http://erikhomemade.typepad.com/erik_homemade/2011/08/its-our-3rd-birthday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ErikHomemadeCoffee-breakWeblog+%28Erik+HOMEMADE+Coffee-Break+eZine%29

    That's MY quilt top on their sidebar!

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  45. Dana Gaffney says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 11:27

    I'm always looking to reuse and redo. I think my favorite was an old dry sink that I refinished, taking it from old and dark to bright and cheerful. Thanks.

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  46. Henria O. says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 11:29

    Taking a couple of old tees and turning them into a ruffled skirt for my daughter! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  47. Marjorie's Busy Corner says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 11:40

    my latest revamp would be taking old jeans and turning them into a bag for the beach….fun bag and you can't hurt it…lol

    Reply
  48. QuilterLaura says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 11:59

    My favorite old "revamped" thing is an old wooden egg tray that I have hung on the wall and it holds all the cards I get in the mail that I just cant throw away. I keep filling it up all year and at the end of the year I take them all out (save them of course) and fill it up again!

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  49. Jessica says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 12:10

    I am really bad at revamping. I have good intentions but I seem to get half way and run out of steam. My inlaws had an old dining suite with cool old chairs and I wanted to repaint and upholster one for my sewing room, I got the old fabric off and sanded the frame but then it sat around for months while I tried to decide on colours etc. Needless to say some heartless fire-bug of a man through it on the fire heap, it was a sad day.

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  50. AlyceB says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 12:44

    My husband and I revamped an old bedside table and 2 small cupboards to make a toy kitchen for our 2 year old son! He absolutely loves it 🙂

    Reply
  51. jane p says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 12:47

    I don't know what spring is like but I believe the fabric will help me figure it out!

    Reply
  52. Stray Stitches says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 13:36

    Not long ago we totally stripped an old desk and repainted it to give to our grandson. He love it and it makes him feel so grown up now that he is in kindergarten 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway!

    Reply
  53. Bev C says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 14:34

    Hello,

    I love finding old wheelbarrows at garage sales and vamping them up with some flowers and vegies.
    Happy days.
    Bev.xoxo

    Reply
  54. Sara says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 14:35

    My hubby and I have revamped some furniture to include a dresser and headboard. We added stained glass to the top of the dresser with plaster of some sort and glass square tiles to the back of the headboard. Both were painted in blue and white. We get a lot of compliments on it too;)

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  55. Lisa Marie says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 16:39

    I bought some old wooden chairs with upholstered seats at a second hand store. I spruced up the wood finish and reupholstered them to match my living room.

    Reply
  56. Marcia W. says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 16:41

    We call the dump the "pick n' save". One find I revamped were some old two-by-four tables. I cleaned them up and put them in my mother's plant canopy area. She can sit on them to water her plants and keep her balance, or sit her "stuff" there as a sit-down potting bench. Lots of our quilts have fabrics from old cotton dresses or apron string cut-a-ways. Still, I would like to make my first jelly roll quilt by winning this jelly from you! Thanks for the chance.

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  57. James-Linda says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 17:05

    LOVE YOUR BLOCKS!
    THANKS SO FOR SHARING A VERY SWEET GIVEAWAY!

    jldouglas@wispwest.net

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  58. Sheila says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 17:45

    I once made a denim skirt into roll up picnic placemats , they were just sweet. I love trying to make something new from old.Thanks for the chance to win.

    Reply
  59. Diane H says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 18:02

    I revamped an old coffee table into an upholstered bench for our bedroom. Thanks for a chance.

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  60. Mimi says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 18:49

    I always try to recycle items and an example of this is making a small dog bed for my Sheltie from a single bed foam mattress. My little guy just loves it!! I also cut two baby bed fitted bed sheets and sewed to size to cover his dog bed!

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  61. Cathy says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 18:58

    I took a old patch quilt I made my husband 22 years ago and ripped the polar fleece backing (what was I thinking) and put on a new cotton backing. It looks new and I love it.

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  62. jenna says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 19:12

    I recently revamped 2 antique (or at least old) chairs that I got off Craigslist. Reupholstered and stained. They are so nice and bright now but still have an aged look to them from the wood.

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  63. Pam says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 19:24

    Love the fabric. I remade a pair of jeans into a hobby horse.

    Reply
  64. JanetK says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 20:27

    My favorite revamp project was the chairs we have in our kitchen breakfast nook – I used some old thrift shop chairs and it was my first big spray paint adventure. 4 different color chairs, then I used a colorful laminated cotton to recover the seats an tie them together – very cool!

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  65. Mary Ann F. says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 22:19

    My hubby and I took a very nice vertical TV armoire and cut it apart and used the pieces to make a new, low horizontal media center for our new widescreen TV… what a project!!! I also use old jeans to make totebags, that's fun!

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  66. Georgette Mitchell says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 23:36

    When my daughter moved out to attend college she left her childhood furniture here. So I decided to refinish it, put new hardware on the drawers and make it new to hold my fabric, threads and tools instead of buying something new.

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  67. anne says

    Sep 2, 2011 at @ 23:40

    I made a quilt for my son some years ago with old cotton clothes. I have asked him many times if he wants another quilt made as it is looking a bit tired.
    No thank you is the response I receive. I guess he really likes it toooo much to give up.

    Reply
  68. hennies.pennies says

    Sep 3, 2011 at @ 0:14

    My favorite redo was taking an old oak podium that my grandfather inherited from his days as President of the Danish Heritage Society in Maine and turned it into a TV Stand/Book Shelf. It makes me feel close to him even though he's been gone now for over 12 years.

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  69. Viv says

    Sep 3, 2011 at @ 0:39

    I love to re-use/ revamp things, it gets me a big bang for my buck. When I worked at an elementary school I rescued a full set of large (8" X 10" ) flash cards from ending up in the dumpster. I use them as covers for journals (made with recycled paper), I have also found them very useful at Christmas to make small gift boxes or templates for things that I am making multiples of.

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  70. Mary C says

    Sep 3, 2011 at @ 2:05

    My husband's mother made a quilt many years ago. The quilt was put together by hand and over the years, it had fallen apart. Pieces were missing and my husband wanted to through it away. I took the quilt apart, repieced the missing sections and quilted it onto a new backing. Added binding and gifted it back to him. He had tears in his eyes when he saw the remake.

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  71. Debra says

    Sep 3, 2011 at @ 5:35

    I am currently working on some painted furniture, trying to find the perfect yellow!

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  72. Marga (MarPie) says

    Sep 3, 2011 at @ 7:45

    I am a receptionists on a steel company and when men come to my desk and they are wearing a lovely/funny shirt {mostly they a brand new} I ask them if I may have that shirt when they want to throw it away. Made already 3 quilts from old shirts and love to make them. Thanks for doing this.

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  73. quilary says

    Sep 3, 2011 at @ 8:03

    My daughter grew out of a really cute layered skirt and I put a zippered lining into it, added a strap and it has become a much loved handbag for her…(blogged about here: http://quilary1.blogspot.com/2010/10/springtimeblogtoberfest-2010-day-17.html).
    Thanks for the chance 🙂

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  74. Julie says

    Sep 3, 2011 at @ 8:57

    I am working on some Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks that my great, great grandmother made. She made the blocks and that is as far as she got so besides putting them in a quilt I am framing some in old picture frames. Thanks for the give away.

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  75. The Vintage Hobby House says

    Sep 3, 2011 at @ 21:24

    Love your beautiful fabric giveaway .At the moment I am recycling my daughters little baby and toddler dresses and making them into large pretty cushions for their beds,but they keep stopping me and saying wow I remember that.Thanks for the giveaway X Manda X

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  76. Quiltin' Sandy says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 0:42

    Hi Jane- lovely giveaway. 🙂
    I am in the process of getting together some wadding etc to make an ironing mat/board. I have a square shelf unit from one of those little tv/vcr cupboards so decided it will be just the right size for keeping on my sewing table.

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  77. Margarita says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 1:03

    I have made a lovely quilt that I keep in the car from jeans and for the backing flannelette shirts. Also totally strip paint off old furniture and make it new again.

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  78. Colleen says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 1:07

    I made two almost identical baby quilts for two cousins having unkonw gender babies in October. For the center of both quilts I took two of the appliqued blocks I scavenged from my grandma's house. She made the youngest grand kids(now in their twenties and thirties) quilts and I found 12 she never got to use.I put scrappy elongated star blocks surrounding each quilt. Now they will have a bit of their late great grandma

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  79. Shasta says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 3:26

    I had a lot of jeans that my daughter and I had outgrown, so I cut them up and made them into a very comfortable faux cathedral windows quilt.

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  80. frog cottage designs says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 6:46

    I had a favourite dress that was starting to show signs of wear, so took it apart and made a wonderful skirt with the good bits, now tis my favourite skirt 🙂
    thanks for the chance to win a jellyroll 🙂

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  81. Zoe says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 8:02

    I inherited some of my grandmother's cane furniture, which I have stripped and repainted, and sewn new covers for… I also inherited her fabric stash – lucky me!

    zoewilesmith[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  82. Stitchin' time says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 9:54

    I revamped a favourite cotton checked dress my eldest daughter wore as a child into a colourful shopping bag and gave it to her. She was delighted with the transformation.
    Cheers,
    Robyn

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  83. annmarie says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 13:57

    I saw a picture of a weird skirt in a magazine once & made one for my niece (she's weird too – lol!). I went to the local thrift shop & bought 4 skirts of different fabrics but the colors went together. I then cut each skirt into 3 pieces horizontally, chose the best chunk of of each & sewed them back together to create a new skit. She loved it.

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  84. sarahp says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 16:31

    Whenever we have jeans that have worn through, I remake them into a denim skirt for me. Even my hubby's jeans which he's at odds about!

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  85. poppyinpink says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 18:30

    A rather dull-looking bookcase in pine had been stained chocolate brown. It had some interesting features of turned feet and small drawers at the base and so I stripped as much of the stain as possible and restained it in a deep turquoise and then varnished with high gloss so the colour glowed. The feet were painted gold and then treated with a crackle finish..the result was a unique piece of furniture and much easier to enjoy and use.

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  86. memmens says

    Sep 4, 2011 at @ 20:44

    I've turned old jeans into soft books for baby's! I love them!
    thanks for a great giveaway

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  87. debijackson says

    Sep 5, 2011 at @ 1:37

    I use clothes my kids have grown out of for quilts, doll clothes, crafts etc. Our quilt from old levi's is our fave
    debbie jackson
    djackson1958 at hotmail dot com

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  88. Sam says

    Sep 5, 2011 at @ 3:17

    I scavenge old broke-down dining chairs from the side of the road and hand paint them lovely colors and select beautiful designer upholstery fabrics to cover the seats. I'm using one as a sewing chair now and have one half done in the garage.

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  89. jill says

    Sep 5, 2011 at @ 10:13

    Hi,I have made cushions out of my sons old football t shirts that he can not bear to part with,and little cushions out of my grandsons first little vests and tshirts for my daughter as a keep sake.Please count me in with your give away,I have a very old quilt that belonged to my grandma that needs some work doing on it and the fabric would come in very usefull.Thank you for letting me read your blog.Love Jill xx
    billylloyd2005@aol.co.uk

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  90. Zegi says

    Sep 5, 2011 at @ 13:11

    I am working on reupholstering a couch with denim fabric. It has been interesting…lots of staples in a couch!

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  91. Dona says

    Sep 5, 2011 at @ 16:50

    I'm revamping mini messenger bags for my gdaughters to use at school – something that will just hang over their shoulder and across their chest that holds gum, phone, and glasses. They have to be 'cool' for middle school and 'cute' for elementary!

    Dona

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  92. Sharon Pernes says

    Sep 5, 2011 at @ 17:06

    I just 'repurposed' my boys room from a bedroom to a sewing room. Out with the old and in with the new.

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  93. Kerry says

    Sep 6, 2011 at @ 4:59

    Old t-shirts or other stretch items make great dish cloths. I cut them to size, double layer, and overlock around the edge. Who could tell???

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  94. Red Heads says

    Sep 6, 2011 at @ 8:00

    I found an old linen table cloth that my mom had. It had quite a few stains here & there on it. I managed to get most of the stains out & cut into blocks. I am embroidering on the blocks for a long table runner. The linen is soo soft & takes the threads very well. Mom would be impressed. Thanks for the chance for your draw. Dianne.

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  95. Gale, Ky quilter says

    Sep 6, 2011 at @ 10:58

    I took an old pair of camo cargo pants and made my little great nephew a back pack. He loved it!

    Lovely giveaway!

    gale

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  96. Frances says

    Sep 6, 2011 at @ 12:24

    I would like to say ME, new haircut, fitness regime, healthy lifestyle – all major improvements on the past but in all seriousness old magazines into flowers!!!

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    Frances

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  97. Paula says

    Sep 6, 2011 at @ 16:18

    I do that all the time! Old towels become bathroom mats, an old embroidered linen table cloth became several pin cushions, and lately I've been making coin purses using scraps of fabric from old sheets. And my first quilt was made from my husband's old shirts 🙂
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    ap_lemos at yahoo dot com

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  98. LindaB says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 4:42

    thanks for the chance to win…..I am collecting old embroidered doilies, some are from my grandmother and great aunties…plans are to put them into a snuggle quilt and I think of them…LindaB
    linda@stationeryworld.net.au

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  99. Cheryl Greenleaf says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 6:36

    I have worked really hard to change my old habit of being a perfectionist into learn and then practice, practice, practice makes more and more perfect.

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  100. Needled Mom says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 13:58

    That is a gorgeous line of fabric.

    One of my revamps was taking my wedding dress and cutting into it to make ring pillows for my daughter's wedding.

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  101. Melissa says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 14:08

    Being cheap, revamping is a way of life for me!! I love to buy second hand clothes and add embellishments and embroidery to them to dress them up. I also like to get old napkins and table clothes to make into quilts. Cheap, pretty, and keeps them out of the landfill!

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  102. Mini MNM's says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 14:23

    I actually took an old pair of my scrub pants (from work) and turned them into the inside lining for some winter hats for my boys!

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  103. Melissa @ Happy Quilting says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 14:27

    We just recently finsihed painting the house. What am amazing transformation to taking something that looked outdated, add a splash of color, and Wha La, everything looks new and fresh 🙂

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  104. Robin (RsIslandCrafts) says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 14:42

    We are always revamping things. I love changing bookcases top something useful. Lately we have been reworking towels and pillows.

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  105. Pat V. says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 17:22

    My latest fascination is finding old 100% cotton men's shirts at thrift shops and yard sales to deconstruct and use in quilts. Thank you, Bonnie Hunter!

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  106. Deb says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 17:48

    Something old turned to something new: I'm collecting old dairy milk bottles and using them for luncheons. The mouth is small so I use a straw for sipping. I saw this on a blog and wish I knew where to give credit. debgiro at wildblue dot net

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  107. quiltzyx says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 18:10

    I made a pillow for my new couch using an African Folklore Embroidery piece I had done a few years ago for the front, and an old cotton, snap front house coat for the back. The snaps on the back are fun & even a bit of the pocket ended up there too! 😀

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  108. Michelle says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 19:24

    I like taking old clothes and turning them into quilts, new clothes, pin cushins, you name it. I like to redo old furniture too. Thanks for the great giveaway and the chance to win.

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  109. Sallie says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 19:57

    I used a tablecloth to make adult clothing protectors. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  110. Shannon says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 20:34

    Those fabrics are so pretty!! Something old into something new…I just cut up about 15 boxes yesterday to make fabric boards to wrap my yardage around. I have seen the ones you can buy but I get two of these boxes every two weeks so I decided something old into something new. Thank you!

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  111. Christine M says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 21:01

    I made an apron out of an old souvenir tea towel. Thanks for the chance.

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  112. Rosa says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 22:16

    Painting our house and replace buttoms from an ol coat,old towel become a bathroom mad.

    Fun giveaway and lovely fabrics

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  113. Val Laird says

    Sep 7, 2011 at @ 23:10

    Thanks for a great giveaway. One of my favourite recycling memories is when I made a gorgeous blue dress for my (then) little daughter out of two men's shirts.

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  114. Jo says

    Sep 8, 2011 at @ 4:27

    Something old made new, huh?? Well I have made quilts and totes out of tee shirts and I have cut up scrubs to make pillows and totes. I actually also have a project I make out of mens knit fabric boxers but I buy them new to use them so I am guessing that would not count. Thanks for holding the giveaway.

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  115. hueisei says

    Sep 8, 2011 at @ 6:10

    Thanks for the lovely giveaway!! I would love to remake my maternity clothes to a skirt or blouse 🙂

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  116. Barbara says

    Sep 8, 2011 at @ 6:12

    Repainted the lettering on a sign that had faded and become unreadable.

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  117. mary says

    Sep 8, 2011 at @ 6:52

    I work at a local quilt shop and a youn man came in with a old quilt that was in need of repair so i took and the old tie yarn off put new backing and retied it. the binding was done the way my grannie did it to the front.

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  118. Snoodles says

    Sep 8, 2011 at @ 16:17

    Recently I got quite tired of how stained and worn my ironing board looked, so my daughter and I took off the old cover and used fabrics from my stash to make new covers! She picked a springtime look, and I made one for the winter! Now I can post tutorials without embarrassment!
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  119. LethargicLass says

    Sep 8, 2011 at @ 16:28

    I used a dress my mom used to wear when I was little to back some placemats I made her for an unbirthday gift!

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  120. Rosa-Munda says

    Sep 8, 2011 at @ 16:33

    Earlier in the year I organised a charm square swap with some online friends in the UK. They had to cut up some of their old, but pretty, summer dresses and in return they received 50 new fabrics to play with! I cut mine into logs, alternated them with white and made a lovely vintagey quilt! Ros x

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  121. Kathy says

    Sep 8, 2011 at @ 23:32

    Thankyou for the chance to receive this beautiful jelly roll.

    My latest efforts reusing/renewing include felting old jumpers so they can be cut up for projects and scouring the op shops for gorgeous vintage notions and fabrics.

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  122. Teresa Felgueiras says

    Sep 9, 2011 at @ 5:32

    Thank for the great giveaway.

    My last revamping was my sewing table. I hadn't one so I used my old kitchen table, sewed the legs to get it lower and turned it into a great sewing and cutting table,too.

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  123. Maria says

    Sep 9, 2011 at @ 9:03

    Thanks for a chane to win this lovely giveaway.
    I am busy doing up an old trike for my great granddaughter.

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  124. Wendy B says

    Sep 9, 2011 at @ 13:44

    had a set of kitchen curtains i started applique-ing on many years ago. They lived in the cupboard for just about forever and I 're-found' them, changed some of the appliques and now they hang perfectly in my sewing room….something old, now something new, never borrowed but yes, they're blue!
    thanks Jane
    sugary hugs
    Wendy B :O) X

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  125. lisawith4 says

    Sep 9, 2011 at @ 18:31

    I like old things, so I don't change them much. I did use an antique window frame grid to hang on the wall as decor.

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  126. Marsha says

    Sep 10, 2011 at @ 1:39

    I'm revamping my 33yr old daughter's desk that she use when she was 9 yrs old to go into my sewing room.

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  127. Gloria says

    Sep 11, 2011 at @ 15:57

    Have revamped a CD holder rack to hang my quilt blocks on. Also cut some old jeans and made soccer bags out of them for my twin granddaughters.

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  128. Peggy says

    Sep 11, 2011 at @ 16:17

    I found a nice plastic box at a garage sale and covered it with self-stick shelf-paper in a beautiful sunflower pattern. I use it to keep my assorted buttons/embelishments I use in my crafting.
    Thanks,
    Peggy
    http://keepmeinstitches-peggy.blogspot.com
    peggy_verdongibbs@att.net

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  129. admin says

    Sep 12, 2011 at @ 6:17

    On behalf of Charmaine

    I love those colours, they really suit spring don't they?? For some reason or other I can't leave a comment, so I thought I would try it this way? Not sure if that works for you though… I have had a chenille dressing gown for 18 years (was brought for me to go into hospital to have my first child) which I recently turned it into a cushion backing. Looks divine!

    mountplumbing at bigpond dot com

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  130. Judith says

    Sep 13, 2011 at @ 7:07

    I had a whole load of old dresses, baby clothes, shirts and the like so I gathered them all together and started making a hexagon quilt. It is so full of memories. Anyway after many, mnay years it is now a finished king size quilt top. Just got to get it basted and quilted then we can start using it. Thanks for the chace in your lovely giveaway.

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  131. Carrie P. says

    Sep 13, 2011 at @ 18:18

    Very pretty fabrics. I am here via the house on the side of the hill blog.
    I just revamped my kitchen with new paint, curtains, etc.
    thanks for a chance.

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  132. Nona says

    Sep 14, 2011 at @ 1:41

    I turned our boy's playroom into my sewing room after our nest became empty. I love my space and love this fabric giveaway.

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  133. Mitchgreen says

    Sep 14, 2011 at @ 11:43

    I've used several of my children's old cardboard books, recovered them in beautiful scrapbook papers and created albums for them both. Love using something old to make it new again.
    My best friend loves my glass tealight holder that I found at an op shop – tells me it's actually a sugarbowl just like the one her grandmother used to have!

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  134. Indianna says

    Sep 14, 2011 at @ 20:26

    I used a 1970's quilt cover to recover a large bean bag chair. The patterns are now bak in fasion as it is similar to the Bliss fabric!

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  135. Natalya Hoak says

    Sep 16, 2011 at @ 1:38

    Picture frames, old furniture, clothing into new clothing (like dresses into skirts or. . . pillows!) Love to find new uses for things 🙂

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  136. Hope says

    Sep 16, 2011 at @ 7:26

    Ooh, lovely. I've used old shorts and shirts to make a quilt, and am making a hexagon quilt with old clothes at the moment. Not thrift shop buys, but unwearable clothes I've been hanging onto for ages. Does that count?

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  137. Carla says

    Sep 17, 2011 at @ 6:10

    I got 2 older desks off of freecycle that looked really bad. We sanded them down & we painted them with the colors the kids picked. The desks look almost good as new! And our kids love them. Thanks for a great giveaway! 🙂

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  138. shez says

    Sep 20, 2011 at @ 7:27

    Hello i have just recently made a large bag out of an old skirt of my grownup daughters,thankyou for a chance to win this lovely prize

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  139. Britta says

    Sep 22, 2011 at @ 8:20

    My mother died in July 2011, 72 years old. Going through her stuff I found photos (from when she was 2 years old and until 2011), poems she wrote, notes, songs, postcards, covers from the music she liked and so on. I have copied and printed some of it on T-shirt transfer sheets, and have started to make a "Memory Quilt". Lovely Giveaway!!!

    Hugs Britta, Denmark

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  140. Rachel D @ Just Sew Y'all Know says

    Sep 29, 2011 at @ 6:19

    I changed an old halter top into a strapless shirt!

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