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March 12th, 2008 | Christina Loff | Craft, Home

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Amy Butler ‘Sew Inspiring” Contest Winners!

And the winner is….

First off we want to thank each and every person who entered the Amy Butler Sew Inspiring Contest. We had an overwhelming response and Amy Butler was just thrilled with all of the entries. It took her a long time to pick the winners and it wasn’t easy, what a talented group of people! All of us at Chronicle Books were completely inspired by the entries and personally I’m inspired to take another sewing class!

The grand prize winner is kimmersk9 who created the lovely Tremendous Tote:

Congratulations Kimmersk9! You will receive a Janome Memory Craft 6600P Sewing Machine with a retail value of $1999, Amy Butler Fabric, Amy Butler’s Midwest Modern (published by STC), Amy Butler’s In Stitches, and the Sew-It Kit (both published by Chronicle Books).

And the 5 runner-ups who will receive a copy of Amy Butler’s Midwest Modern, Amy Butler’s In Stitches, and the Sew-It Kit are:

lulaballou who created ‘Spring Day’

velouria73

girldesvignes who created the ‘Spring is Coming’ Messenger Bag

ditty pop

Elissa.Elliott who created the ‘Yummy Mummy Bag’:

Congratulations to all of you and thanks so much for participating and showing us your amazing talent!

Christina Loff
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1. March 12th, 2008 at 10:04 am | Posted by Karlene

   Kimmersk9 was the obvious choice! Does she make these to sell? Think of the color combos! Congrats and keep them coming!

   
   
2. March 12th, 2008 at 10:26 am | Posted by Beth

   Beautiful Bags. Good job to the winners.

   
   
3. March 12th, 2008 at 11:39 am | Posted by Lisa

   Congrats to all the winners. The bags look wonderful.

   
   
4. March 12th, 2008 at 12:07 pm | Posted by Kate

   Blown away by the talent - and sheer volume - of all the entries!

   
   
5. March 12th, 2008 at 12:19 pm | Posted by leese

   Congrats to all! The SPRING DAY bag is FAB. All of these folks should be selling their creations.

   
   
6. March 12th, 2008 at 12:39 pm | Posted by hoganfe handbags

   Congrats to you all!
   Mary

   
   
7. March 12th, 2008 at 2:23 pm | Posted by tc

   alot of the bags at the end i really loved, i actually really liked the bicycle (environment friendly) one. particularly envious of that bag. i would love to hear an interview from amy of how she chose.

   
   
8. March 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm | Posted by Christina

   That’s a really great idea! Thanks tc. I’ll see if Amy is interested in sharing how she picked the finalists and possibly have a post on it here!

   
   
9. March 12th, 2008 at 3:50 pm | Posted by Erika Cass Designs

   Congrats to all the winners! There were sooo many gorgeous bags in this contest. So many I want to buy too! :oP

   
   
10. March 20th, 2008 at 10:49 am | Posted by TrilliumDesign

    I can only imagine how difficult it must’ve been to choose. I know I adored most of what was submitted. Plenty of talented sewers in that pool. I loved looking at all the pics and they have served well as inspiration. Congrats to the winners.

    
    
11. March 21st, 2008 at 8:25 am | Posted by Janie

    Congratulations to all of the winners!! They’re all beautiful!!!

    
    
12. June 11th, 2008 at 10:58 am | Posted by kimmersk9

    Thanks for all the warm wishes regarding this contest. I know it’s been a while, but I’m now selling the Tremendous Tote! Check out halcyongreen.etsy.com. I’ve got more information at halcyongreen.blogspot.com as well. Thanks! Kim