Apr
22

Craft Corps Giveaway Day 15: Amy Butler Gift Pack!

PDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS:

Mandi Barham!

Please e-mail your snail mail address to: contests@vickiehowell.com within the next week to receive your prize. Congratulations!

Name: Amy Butler

Gig(s): Amy Butler Design (Fabric, Patterns, Home Decor & More)


Excerpt from Craft Corps (Chapter 1):

“VH: Sewing, as a trend, experienced a long dry spell in popularity. Although the overflowing fabric stores that were around when I was a kid are now few and far between, sewing itself, is experiencing a resurgence. What’s different, do you think, about this wave of stitchers from the last?

AB: It’s interesting, and I really can’t quantify this, but I don’t think the spirit behind crafting is different at all. I think maybe the intensity and passion might be turned up a few notches. I think about what women’s lives might have been like a long time ago. The world is a very different place now. A lot of us raising our families have a passion for craft and might even want to start a business. That’s a lot to balance. In almost every household, both partners have work. When I was growing up, my mom and grandmother didn’t work, and women crafted for the joy and pleasure of it, but but wasn’t a stolen moment. Now, I think women and men who craft have even more passion for it, because it’s their sole outlet; it’s their stress reliever. It adds so much meaning to life and helps them define it. Crafting is not just a pastime, it’s soul food.”

Today’s Giveaway: HUGE Amy Butler Goodie Package Containing:
  • Copy of Midwest Modern
  • 4, 1/2 yard cuts of Amy’s Fabrics
  • 2 sets of file folders from the Aqua Collection
  • Liverpool & Sweet Harmony Sewing Patterns


How to Win:

POST A COMMENT HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS (BY 8AM ON TOMORROW). Poster’s will be chosen via drawing at random.

Rules:

Please be sure to include your real name (not just your screen name) on your post. Winners will be posted on this blog every few days with instructions on getting me your mailing address. Prizes unclaimed will be put up for grabs at the end of the Craft Corps Give-Away-A-Day in May.

Craft Corps: Celebrating the Creative Community One Story at a Time hits shelves May 4th. Be one of the 1st to get a copy by ordering today from BN.com!

Don’t forget to share your story on the Craft Corps website and become a Craft Corps fan on Facebook--fans will be eligible for additional prizes!
Craft.Rock.Love,
Vickie

Psst! Come back tomorrow for a giveaway from Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo!

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217 Responses to “Craft Corps Giveaway Day 15: Amy Butler Gift Pack!”

  3. Bonney

    Holy Cow!! What a fantastic giveaway! Amy Butler is always an inspiration. She has a great style!

  7. Kerry

    My next Mission of the Week is going to be to work on being more crafty– this package would certainly help!

  9. Chris

    I have been wanting this book for so long – just love the whole package!!!!
    Chris Aiton

  10. faith nezovich

    Holy Crow! what an amazing give away! Amy’s designs and fabric are to die for!
    xoxo

  11. Simply DIYgal

    I absolutely adore Amy Butler’s patterns! I’m not all that great with sewing, but she is one reason I want to change that! Her fabric designs and patterns are just the inspiration I need to brush up my sewing skills.

    <3 Kelly Demaree

  12. Sarah Daniluk

    So true, crafting does help define us. I’d love to win this prize!

  17. Paula L.

    What a great giveaway! Please count me in, thanks!
    ap_lemos at yahoo dot com

  20. rkeele63

    I would love to have this, I haven’t heard of this before so thank for introducing her site to me. I love the design’s (they look great)!

    Rhonda Keele

  23. The Crafteelaydee

    I do so want to make some gorgeous bags, the fabrics would be so unusual for what I could get in this area! I would love to win this package.

    Lynn Corona
    San Antonio, Texas

  24. Anonymous

    I really love Amy Butlers stuff…..would really love to win!!!!

  25. Miriam

    Ohh, this would be what I would love!! I hope I win this giveaway! Thanks so much for doing this string of giveaways.
    Miriam Giles

  30. Cat Kessler

    I LOVE Amy Butler! My mother made her Birdie Sling bags for all my bridesmaids, and they are fantastic. Please pick me!

  35. Loopy

    I love Amy Butler’s style! So happy! P.S. did you use her fabric for the pincushion ring you just posted? Faboo! -Esti

  47. Jenny

    myself, like many others, i think came to the designer fabric would via Amy Butler. She makes some truly beautiful things. Thanks for my chance.

  52. Beth

    So exciting! This is quite a giveaway. Thanks, Vickie and Amy!

    Beth Brooke
    🙂

  61. dawn

    oh, i see now 😀 i want to win! my great friends just found me a thrift store sewing machine that i oiled up and is working well … i never knew how rock-n-roll crafting could be!
    dawn cheairs
    vox, bass, guitar, mom, marathoner, crafter

  65. AmyB

    I love the colors Amy uses! And I love my big craft bag made by her, too! So handy and beautiful! Hey Amy, why not make someting with your initials, as I have the same ones! LOL
    Amy Bagnall, a big fan!

  72. NoviceKnitter

    I’m so intrigued by the hat in Midwest modern! I’m not much of a seamstress but those patterns and fabrics are just so inspiring; sign me up!!
    -Jenessa Keller

  73. Kaye Prince

    Oh my gosh, yes please! I adore Amy Butler (I’m really hoping I can meet her at Market) and would love to win this awesome pack!

  76. Deb Forbes

    I would love this since I am just getting into sewing again deb forbes

  78. Nikki Kirkwood

    What an amazing prize pack. It is so inspiring to see all of the crafters you feature are so generous to their crafting community and fans. Look forward to receiving my pre-order!

    Nikki Kirkwood

  79. Alana

    Vickie, Vickie, Vickie – your website’s like a quickie. Once a day is just enough – and keeps my craft list full of stuff. Things to make and stuff to do – all dressed up pretty – just like you.

    Wink, Alana Mace

  81. Ruby Sundquist

    I beg of Mr. Random to pick me!!!!!

    — Ruby Sundquist

  82. Eleanor

    Wow, looking at all the fabrics is like taking a walk in a garden, only you don’t have to worry about allergies. This would be a great way for me to get back into sewing.
    Eleanor Gona

  88. BlondiKnits

    Amy Butler’s sense of color is so refreshing — and within her fabric lines, things compliment each other without being too matchy-matchy. I’ve made several bags from her patterns, and they’ve become my favorites.
    Marti at mdyerall at gmail dot com

  89. Turtle

    Blowing out my birthday candles wishing hard on this one! I luv Amy’s patterns and designs! She seems to know my personality and designs it for me better than i could!

  90. BlondiKnits

    I love Amy Butler’s fabrics — they compliment each other without being too matchy-matchy. I’ve made several bags using her patterns, and they’ve become my favorites. mdyerall at gmail dot com

  91. TamaleyDiva

    Good Morning Everyone!! The Amy Butler Prize package ROCKS….I love amy’s patterns and fabrics…crossing my fingers and toes for this one!!

  100. miktha

    I love Amy Butler.. I love this giveaway..
    I hope this is my turn to win..
    Thank you,
    Miktha sirlaela

  104. barb

    I’m looking forward to collecting my prize 🙂

    Love giveaways – especially of thinks so special as Amy Butler collection.

  110. Anonymous

    LOVE Amy Butler and Midwest Modern! Thanks for the giveaway, and Happy Earth Day y’all!

    Julie Buchhol

  111. LoveCrafting

    Amy Butler is a rock star caliber designer. Everything she designs has such beauty and a fresh spirit. I’m so happy for the opportunity to play along for a chance to win some of her goodies! Thanks Vickie!

  112. Danielle

    wow this is an AWESOME giveaway! I hope I win (of course). Thanks for this opportunity!

    -Danielle Harris

  115. Sarah Hardy

    OMG – Amy Butler I love you! Fabric, books, patterns oh my! This is why I love sewing 🙂
    Sarah Hardy

  120. Brandy

    I have never tried any of her patterns or fabric, so this would be great!
    Brandy Klotzle

  122. sharon ribarics

    i would love to win this!!! please enter my comment in the give-away. thanks for the chance.

  124. Germania

    My semester is almost over and I can’t wait to sew again. Exciting give-away.
    Germania Solorzano

  130. Tracey Carlson

    I actually have only recently heard the name Amy Butler and am really interested.

  135. Amanda S

    I love her fabrics!! I am a begining sewer and just love her stuff!!

  136. MLJ1954

    These items are truly beautiful. I love sewing but only more creative and beautiful things.

    I would thoroughly enjoy winning this one.

    Mary Lynn

  137. jg.crews

    Oh, how I would love to win this giveaway. I love everything that is Amy Butler.

    Thanks for the chance.

    Gail Crews

  138. refibered

    I “Love” my Amy Butler fabrics! My collection is growing as we speak (having just ordered a new pattern and a few more yards of Love! lol).

    kelly orr

  140. Heather

    I love her fabric and her patterns. I’ve made 3 different bags from her patterns and loved each one of them!

    Heather Unruh

  144. Anonymous

    I love crafting and sewing is my latest venture into the craft world. Love Amy Butler fabrics!
    Jean Garcia

  146. jo90

    Am I eligible, I am in the UK? Just looking at this give away makes me want to start sewing now!!
    Jo Batey

  149. Breanna S.

    Breanna Sackrey

    Those file folders are awsome I have never seen such cool office supplies. I also love the bag pattern, I enjoy sewing purses and bags for different seasons.

  157. Anonymous

    Me! Me! Me! I’m over here, standing on a box, waving my hands. Choose me!

    Susan Bishop

  158. thehardings

    Oh Vickie, Amy Butler is amazing and a really, really lovely lady. I was lucky enough to meet her when she visited Australia 18 months ago. I would LOVE to win this pack.
    Thanks for all the great giveaways.
    Sally Harding 🙂

  161. Cherie

    What a wonderful giveaway! It’s an awesome way to encourage interest in crafting and fostering creativity. Thanks for the opportunity.

    Cherie Sartori

  165. Mimi

    Love Amy Butler’s fabric and patterns – they are awesome and this giveaway is priceless!
    Michele Timms

  169. ArtistikDiva

    Amy Butler is the reason I started sewing again. I love everything she does but cant always afford the designer fabric, so I save her fabric for very special occasions. Winning would be SO awesome!-
    Kimberly Robinson

  173. Christina C.

    This is awesome. Amy’s patterns seem modern and hip.

  176. Betty McCane

    Amy is amazing and so are you for all these wonderful opportunities to learn about other crafters and win! Thank you for all your work!

  179. Darrah Rippy

    What a great prize! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I win! 🙂

  183. Beth Grace

    I absolutely love Amy Butler designs! I also never win anything, but it’s worth a shot.

    -Elizabeth Glidewell

  185. kat

    ooh, i have been gifted a pattern and some of her fabric, but would love more amy butler! you rock vickie! —kat lugo

  186. Anonymous

    Yes, making crafts is soul food. I love learning something new. Practice is never drudgery. Just so glad I took that first class years ago at Open University in Washington, DC on loom weaving. Thanks for sharing! Art saves lives.

  189. MamaKnits2Much

    Wow! What a great giveaway. Please put my name in the hat. I’ve really been wanting to make that bag. 🙂
    Becky S

  193. Amy

    What a talent! What an inspiration…Pursuing the traditional in non-traditional ways. Count me in…

  198. Createology

    I have loved Amy Butler and her Patterns even before she was known! I would be honored to be part of this fabulous giveaway. Happy creating…

  199. mab

    What fun, fun patterns! I’m such a fabric nerd that today I saw a man walking his baby son — who was wearing a bib made of Amy Butler fabric — and I nearly stopped him to comment on the Garden Maze pattern. Then I realized that he wouldn’t care. But I do!! 🙂 Thanks for the chance to enter!
    -Mandi Barham

  210. Anonymous

    My name is Tabitha Morey, and I have been following your blog for months. I was very excited to see that you interviewed Amy Butler in the craft Corp book! Her bright, colorful patterns, make it so fun to sew!

  215. peggy mcdevitt

    Love Amy Butler’s designs and fabrics. Purchase them in Granville where she lives. Pick me, pick me. thanks for the opportunity to win. Peggy McDevitt