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31 January 2013

A book giveaway

Hi, I am Lucia. I am a fabricholic.
I still buy and buy, but a sewn wardrobe is beginning to materialize, yay! Here is to keeping that up!

While doing my Christmas shopping on Amazon last month, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy something for myself as well...

Yup, Vintage Couture Tailoring is now part of my library and I'm very happy about it. The book is chock-full of detailed photos and explanations on every step of making a tailored jacket. It has 4 pages and 13 photos on Ironing techniques alone! I'm in heaven... The focus is all on technique and not at all on design, so there are no other jackets than the one in the cover. The point hopefully is that once you learned the techniques you can apply them to any tailored jacket design you want.

And now, the exciting part: Amazon sent my order in two separate shipments and they mistakenly included a copy of the tailoring book with each shipment, so I now have two. I obviously don't need two copies so this is my very first giveaway!

I think only a handful of people read my blog, but just to be fair in case more than one person wants this book here's how we'll do it:

  1. Leave me a comment on this post saying you would like to win the book.
  2. On Friday February 8 at 10pm Amsterdam time I will run a random generator to select the winning comment.
  3. I'm happy to ship anywhere in the world, so don't be shy and let me hear you want that book!
Good luck!

12 comments:

  1. I'd love this book. Thanks for sharing your good luck!
    -Sewingelle

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  2. What a fantastic giveaway!! Thank you, Lucia! Please add me to this giveaway.

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  3. Lucia, you are back?? And with presents? Please count me in for this one. My technique for a tailored jacket only reaches Burda instructions standards, so go figure! So it would come in handy. So nice to have you back!

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    1. Yes, nothing like a little bribe to help people love me again... :-)

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  4. You've been away for so long and I'm glad you're back. Who wouldn't like this book? You can add me to the 'handful' of loyal readers. Oh and add my name to the random generator please. thank you

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    1. Hi Ruth, thanks for the welcome! My reader says you've been busy so I'm heading over there to see what you've been up to.

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    2. Well, you've certainly caught up Lucia! thanks for all the comments.

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    3. I certainly did! Sorry Ruth for the comment-bombing. It's just my way of getting back into the swing of things.

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  5. I hope I don't post this twice....I think the first one disappeared. I just found your blog today. I like the style of it, and the things you are making. I am a beginning sewer, but I like to read about sewing. Please enter me into your contest. Thank you!

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    1. Hi Leigh Ann, welcome to sewing! And good luck in the giveaway, I'll post the winner tomorrow night.

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  6. Please add me to the drawing. I've read about that book. I enjoyed looking at your blog. And the stash! I'm afraid to add up the yards in mine.
    Marty S

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    1. Hi Marty, thanks for stopping by. You're in the draw, good luck! BTW, wonderful beading in you blog(s), wow!

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