Monday, July 2, 2012

Grocery Bag Dispenser and GIVEAWAY!

See Giveaway below!



I had a lot of the fabrics left from the Ruffled Apron Swap, and a friend had asked me to make a grocery bag dispenser for her daughter. I love the bright, cheery colors of the fabrics I'd used, and they were handy, so I zipped on over to Moda Bake Shop because I remembered they had a very pretty patchwork, quilted grocery bag dispenser recipe there some time ago. I easily found the recipe, and whipped one up. Then I quickly made three more - sometimes when I make something I like, I just can't stop making more of it! My DIL, Autumn, was laughing at me because I showed her the first one I made - ok, actually, I MADE her look at it...I tell my kids they HAVE to look at my sewing stuff as part of the "rent" haha (since they don't actually pay any). She said "Is that going out the door?" I said yes...and she giggled and said "Umm...so YOU are going to keep using the grocery bag dispenser you have? THE PLASTIC BAG FULL OF PLASTIC BAGS, hanging on the pantry doorknob???"
My...ahem...grocery bag dispenser...
Red face, here....I guess maybe I should designate one of the other three to keep for myself...  At any rate, I LOVE the way these turn out! Years ago, I made the "regular" ones - one fabric, one layer...but these quilted ones have so much more form, and of course, being able to use more than one fabric is a quilter's bonus :-)


 Start with a stash of fabrics OR a Charm Pack...
Create a quilted, patchwork/batting/backing sandwich...
Add strips for elastic casings, and a hanging loop...
Easy-Peasy and Oh-So-Cute!!!

Now, here's the Giveaway - I cut WAY more 5" charm squares than I really needed for this project, even for FOUR of them! So I am giving away a 60+ pack of coordinating 5" squares from more than 30 different fabrics, PLUS a finished grocery bag dispenser!


Interested? Just leave me a Comment here...please make sure that you either have an email-enabled profile or provide your email in your Comment. I'll take Comments until 6:00 p.m. PST on July 10 and randomly select a winner!

7 comments:

Crazy Amy said...

Sweet Nadine! That is adorable! love love the colors and I can only cross my fingers no one else leaves a comment ! *Snicker* thanks for the opportunity!

Denise said...

HAHA Amy! I left a comment too!LOVE this cute little bag. I have the same plastic bag, plastic bag dispenser as the one you have hanging on your pantry door Nadine!

Regena said...

sweet giveaway. and my dispenser is some star trek fabric that I would sooooooo love to use for something else so a new bag holder would give me an excuse to upcyclemthe the trek fabric! that would make it a "win win" for me!

Unknown said...

WOW, I'm in!!! I haven't bought any new fabric in so long!! Please add my name!! Cute bags!!

Jody said...

I could really use the bag dispenser (mine looks like yours!!) and a quilter always "NEEDS" more fabric in any shape or form!! Thanks for giving.

CJ said...

I LOVE♥♥ your cute grocery bag dispenser, Nadine!! Thanks for the link and please enter me in your giveaway :) Thanks for the fun!! Hugz, CJ♥♥

CJ said...

I LOVE♥♥ your cute grocery bag dispenser, Nadine!! Thanks for the link and please enter me in your giveaway :) Thanks for the fun!! Hugz, CJ♥♥