The Challenge
- Create a bag or accessory using any Sew Sweetness sewing pattern (this can be a pattern from my shop, one of my free patterns, a pattern from one of my books, or a pattern from a magazine)
- Bag or accessory must be made and photographed between March 21, 2017 and April 30, 2017. Any bag made prior to March 21, 2017 may not be entered into the contest.
- You may enter more than one bag or accessory, as long as it follows the criteria above
- The contest is open worldwide
Discounts on Supplies
I’m offering 20% off on all patterns from my shop using coupon code contest. Additionally, all orders totalling over $100 (before shipping) will be sent a FREE 18″ x 54″ piece of glitter vinyl (please leave note at check-out with your color preference for the glitter vinyl, otherwise I will choose a color for you). This code and offer will be good through April 30, 2017.
*discount/offer does not apply to purchases made on Craftsy or Etsy
Over $1,300 in Prizes!
- (Best Overall) – Janome DC2015 sewing machine from Pink Castle Fabrics MSRP $699
- (Most Creative Use of the Pattern) – $300 gift certificate to Sew Sweetness
- (New Bag Maker – less than 1 year of making bags) – $100 gift certificate to By Annie
- (Best Use of Cork or Glitter Vinyl) – $100 gift certificate to Sew Sweetness
- Random Drawing from all IG entries (use these two hashtags – #sewsweetnesscontest and #sewsweetnesspattern) – Amethyst Bag Supply Kit + $25 gift certificate to Sew Sweetness
- Random Drawing from all entries – Kismet Trinket Boxes Supply Kit
- Random Drawing from all entries – Aeroplane Bag Supply Kit
Explanation of the prize categories (categories will be judged or randomly drawn by Sara Lawson):
-Best Overall – I will look at visual appeal and final pressing/presentation.
-Most Creative Use of the Pattern – Fabric pairing and an element of surprise (or wow factor)
-New Bag Maker – I will be relying on your honesty in this category (please note in your linky tool entry if you have been making bags for less than 1 year with “NBM” and the name of your bag)
-Random Drawing from all IG entries – First, post a photo of your bag in the linky tool below, THEN post another photo of your bag on Instagram; I will be searching all of the #sewsweetnesscontest and #sewsweetnesspattern entries (must use BOTH hashtags on your Instagram posting) and choosing a random winner
-Random Drawing from all entries – randomly drawn from all linky tool entries
I hope you are excited about that Janome sewing machine prize – thank you to Pink Castle Fabrics for this amazing prize! I actually have this same machine (I bought it about 1-1/2 years ago). Since my main machine is straight stitch only, I use the Janome DC2015 for all of my garment sewing (don’t get me wrong, it’s fantastic for bags as well!). I love the stitch options as well as the ease for threading and sewing. It’s a fabulous machine and it’s safe to say that my sewing machine arsenal (I also have a serger and a Janome Coverstitch) is ready to work hard any day of the week!
Pink Castle Fabrics is pleased to offer the Janome DC2015 sewing machine at a sale price of $599. Purchase this sewing machine by April 30, 2017 and receive a bonus $60 gift certificate to www.pinkcastlefabrics.com. Looking for a different Janome machine? They have a ton of others in stock also, including this embroidery machine that I’ve been thinking about.
The Sponsors
Thank you so much to my wonderful sponsors, Pink Castle Fabrics and By Annie! Please show them some love by subscribing to their newsletters to stay up-to-date on their newest offerings!
- Subscribe to the Sew Sweetness newsletter
- Subscribe to the Pink Castle Fabrics newsletter
- Subscribe to the By Annie newsletter
To Enter
Please add one photo of your finished bag to the linky tool below. Remember, if you are using Instagram, also add the hashtags #sewsweetnesscontest and #sewsweetnesspattern to your Instagram post!
Is this open internationally?
Sounds like a great competition, is it open worldwide? Only ever made 2 bags, but love a challenge 🙂
Hi Sara, is this contest open to international entries?
Love you patterns!
It does say open world wide, so I’m taking that as yes whoop whoop xxx
Susanne
I want to make one bag for this contest. If I also post on IG with the indicated tags, does that mean it’s only entered for the IG portion of the contest or will it also be considered for grand prize, creativity prize, etc?
I guess I am a newbie in all this. I’ve made a couple bags, which means baggy. lol This will put some creativity to the test. I bought one of your crafty type bags to try this! Thank you.
I’m so excited to make a bag for a chance to win one of these terrific prizes! I made my first bags a few year ago, but I’ve been afraid to try anything as special as what you create. This contest is just the incentive I needed to try again. Looking forward to receiving my patterns and starting on this project!
I’m a NBM and will make your Dot Dot Dash Dash Bag. Wasn’t this a free down load recently?
I’m so excited I just bought a new machine and am just getting into sewing. I’ve never made a bag I can’t wait to see how it turns out.
This may be a stupid question but how do I get a pattern
The inlinkz does not open for me
I am really excited about this contest Sara, I love seeing all the great bags people have made in your facebook group and this contest is just awesome. Thank you for having it for your fans. I love your patterns! Thank you for offering the Baker Street Bag & the Kennedy Bag for us for free. They both are great patterns and having made both I can say I love them!
Deadline too late for me to enter, but would have loved to ! Too many sewing projects to finish for graduation . I like to create my own patterns/ ideas,. Is this not allowed here?
This specific competition is all about Sew Sweetness Patterns.
I don’t have time to do it. I’ve got things made hat are yours but this fibromyfaga has taken a role on me this last wintet
Sharon: I hope you are feeling better! I also have fibro as do so many others. Not much fun living with pain almost continually, but that’s another story. There are many support groups on Facebook which deal with fibro specifically. I belong to a group called:https://www.facebook.com/groups/218293151536881/?ref=br_rs. Fibro Friends & Support Group.
You are welcome to visit our page and join our group if you are interested. Hope you have a better day soon! Shelley K
I started making my bag, and when I was almost finished, I read about this contest! So I (accidentally) started and finished it on time 🙂 Thanks for this contest, fingers crossed!
Hi, have been making bags for about 6 months, teaching myself. I found the Kennedy bag and baker st bag as free downloads. Everything free goes into my file. Started April off by making the Kennedy then two more, I wanted a zip on top so tried the baker st. love all my bags. Yesterday I saw the competition. Great. Thank you.
I cannot remember all the numbers of the bags I adored above so a few are 12, 24, 30, 117 (and I forgot a bunch). So many appear to be professionally finished! Love the craft bags also. While I have purchased many of the SEW SWEETNESS patterns I have yet to actually make a bag. Thought I would be finished with daily babysitting by now, but births do happen. In another four years I will be able to dedicate more time to sewing – heck anything! Until then I will continue to be dazzled by everyone else’s accomplishments. Keep up the great work! Thank you for the fantastic patterns and ideas!
When does this end Sara? Thanks
Where do I find out who won the bag contest.
Hi Kay! You can find the winners here: https://sewsweetness.com/2017/05/sew-sweetness-contest-winners.html