When Becky taught at Empty Spools last month, she split a set of special Vol 651 Blackwing pencils. This week’s winner, Ruth Buchanan, gets the remaining 9 pencils! 

They hold the same extra firm graphite as the Natural pencils and are suitable to use (lightly) on fabric. The Vol 651 pencils are a distinctive black and yellow striped design that goes with the story for this limited edition volume. Check out this story and others on our Blackwing page!

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!

Teri Weed sent me this lovely story:

A few years ago, when I expressed a desire to make Stars in the Garden, my friend Dot Murdoch gave me 8 blocks that she had appliqued when the pattern was first published, along with all the materials to finish it, because she wasn’t going to.  I did, and the attached photo is the finished quilt. She is an amazing appliquer, and I am privileged to be able to finish something she started.

Today is Dot’s birthday—Happy birthday to you! Thank you both for sharing the lovely quilt that you and Teri made together.

Stars in the Garden is still available as a digital pattern, click here or on the photo.

Maryann has won a bottle of Grandma’s Secret Spot Remover! According to legend, Grandma came up with the secret recipe to clean Grandpa’s work-stained clothes. Pretty soon, everyone, including Larry the local mechanic, was clamoring for it. However that may be, this toxin-free stain remover works on oil, grease, paint, make-up, grass, clay, inks, blood, spaghetti sauce, coffee, rust, pet stains and a whole lot more.

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!

This week’s winner, Joan Figlar will receive our curated set of neutral bobbins that are loaded with 50wt 2-ply Masterpiece cotton thread. These are perfect for hand applique or for an emergency repair (along with the Household Needle Assortment Pebble). You can shop all our bobbins, including the super bright and super soft sets, here.

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!

This little wheel is designed to easily add a 1/4″ seam allowance to any finished-size template. Simply put a sharp pencil (we recommend Blackwing) in the hole and run the wheel around your template. Sound good?

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!