Planning to make a jacket or coat this fall? Then you'll want to enter my third and final July giveaway for two yards of professional-grade unbleached muslin. This is a heavier weight than the muslin you can buy from the fabric chain stores, and it does an outstanding job of accurately mimicking (and predicting) your final garment. FIT and Parsons require their fashion design students to sew with this grade of muslin for their projects. I used this grade of muslin to make my faux-Chanel coat and my faux-Chanel jacket. A tad too heavy for a shirt or blouse, this muslin is perfect for jackets, coats, skirts and many types of dresses. I bought myself some of this good stuff recently and will use it for the muslin of the strapless dress I'll be making my daughter in sewing class.
To enter this giveaway, you must 1) already be a Google Follower and 2) you need to leave me a comment to this post indicating you want to participate in this drawing for the muslin. I will randomly select one winner from the commenters on 7/29/09. The winner will be posted on 7/30/09.
Congratulations to Crystal of North Carolina, who is the random winner of a sheet of professional transfer paper and tailor's chalk. Crystal, send me an email (my address is at the right) with your home address and I'll stick this in the mail to you.
Where I'd get these tailoring supplies? Many of you have asked me to please share my source for the items I've given away this month. It's Greenberg & Hammer, a supplier of dressmaking notions since 1919. If you can't stop by the store on Eighth Avenue when you're in NYC, visit their web site and download one of their extensive catalogs. G&H is working on getting their products online but you can always call them with phone orders in the meantime.
Wow, you guys really want to go to sewing summer camp! I was a little surprised at the number of comments and emails this post generated, but I guess we all love the idea of sewing with our friends at a relaxing location, like a lakeside camp or conference center. Now I am not saying I'm signing on to organize a sewing camp, because I've organized events professionally and it's A TON of work and I do have a day job I'd like to keep, but I will make some inquiries over the next few weeks into space availability at camps and conference centers and we'll take it from there. Okay?Have a great weekend everyone!
65 comments:
Oh boy, what timely giveaway! I am planning my first ever coat, for the fall, and was just going through my meagre fabric stash (I'm a beginner sewer) to find something of appropriate weight to make a muslin, since I know I will have to do fit adjustments. I didn't even know they made this in a heavy weight. Please enter me!
Your coat and jackets are phenomenal. I'd love to try my hand at making something as beautiful as a Chanel coat and this muslin would be a step in the right direction. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
Please enter me for your muslin giveaway. This would be perfect start for several projects on my to do list for this fall.
Boy, I would really like to have that muslin.
Sharon
This is another item I need! I'd like to be entered in the drawing also.
And I assume that this is from Greenberg and Hammer also -- I might need to place an order in the meantime. I've got a couple of super-fancy, super-fitted dresses to make, and the chain store muslin just isn't going to be a good stand in for the cotton velvet I'll be using for the bodices. I've been wondering what the heck to use, and it looks like this might be a good choice.
With a coat pattern in the queue this would be an awesome acquisition. I'm in!
I'd also be interested. A coat for me is on my long list of projects for this fall.
I've gotten my hands on some really high-quality muslin before and it was a beautiful thing. I'd like to be entered in this drawing for sure. Thanks!
Please put me into the drawing for the muslin!
oh dear i must admit i've never made a muslin,never needed to when i was skinny but now age and prescription medications have taken their toll and i know i must start doing this.I'm already a follower :)
Maybe that's why my muslin mockups never felt like they mimiced the final fabric, I used the wrong weight muslin. :O(
Please enter me for the drawing. I don't think that i have used professional grade muslin.
I am already a google follower, and I would love to enter this giveaway. Thank you.
Please include me in the giveaway!
Toss my name into the hat!
I need some heavier-weight muslin for a winter coat project. Thanks!
And I am game for a sewing camp too, but I refuse to go if we have to have swimming buddies in the lake. That really annoyed me at summer camp as I was a very good swimmer.
Enter me in please! This muslin is so much more professional than using old sheets!
Would love the muslin!
I would love to enter a chance to win that muslin! Thanks for having such a fantastic giveaway!
I'm planning on making a trench coat from BWOF this fall and would love to try this muslin. I never thought about the differences in weight but that makes sense. Thanks so much for letting us know about it and btw, I'd love to win this one to try it!
I'm planning on making the Barbara Trench Coat from Silhousette patterns this fall. I got some lovely fabric in Canada and can't wait to start it. This heavy weight muslin would be great for my practice. Please enter me in the muslin give away.
Wow! I'd love to be entered into the July Giveaway #3. I've never seen this professional-grade muslin and would love to try it.
Hi Lindsay,
I giving another trip from MD to NY for fabric shopping on Nov 7 and Greenberg and Hammer have agreed to open the store on a Saturday just for us. It will be our first stop! Thanks for your wonderful blog!
I'll take a chance at the muslin. The sewing camp sounds like fun. Wish I was at one right now.
I want to win the muslin.
Lindsay, I never knew there was professional grade muslin, but I'd love to win some. Where can we buy this muslin, since only one can win? Your Chanel jacket and summer-Chanel jacket are lovely.
Oh, yes please, I would love a chance to have that wonderful stuff! Thanks for exposing those of us with less experience (and fewer local shopping options) to all of these possibilities.
Ooh, oohh!!! Professional grade muslin!!! Sign me up!!!
Ooo... thanks for the opportunity for this muslin! I can't wait to hear more about the sewing camp, too!
Please include me in the muslin giveaway. I would love to have this muslin.Thanks
I think I would feel too guilty winning this contest to enter. I can walk to G&H on my lunch hour - they have simply everything!
Hi Lindsay,
Please toss my name into the hat.
Angela
Readers, I got this muslin from Greenberg & Hammer. Links to G&H are in the post. I'm picking up some muslin the next time I'm in the city, I love it so much.
I have done all of the tourist attractions in NYC, but never the garment district. Now I want to return!!!
Please enter me in the drawing!
Another great give-away. I'd love that muslin for some upcoming projects.
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I've not had the opportunity to visit the garment district in NY City, but I will in the near future. Every breaking moment I am on my sewing machine creating some apparel, or accessory, I love to sew. One day I hope to have my own little boutique, and I would love to be the recipient of any gift thats offered in the line of fabric or fabric accessory. Thanks for the invitation to win.
I would like you to throw my name into the ring for the muslin.
Thanks!
i would love a chance to win the muslin!
I love how you are doing your giveaways...i read all my blogs on google reader and rarely go the actual sites...i know that is bad.
I think, I entered. I'm not sure. I tried entering before but might have failed. How do I know that I entered the contest?
Have you any thoughts on where the sewing camp would be?
I've been to two ASG sewing retreats--it's like a little pieace of heaven.
To Anonymous who left a lengthy comment about muslin: I'm more than happy to post comments from readers who disagree with me and I readily admit I can be wrong. I have not had the benefit of attending FIT classes (yet) and I get most of my information from my contacts in the garment district, sewing friends and educators, books, etc. But I do ask that readers who post critical comments at least do so using a profile. I'll be happy to post your comments again in their entirety if you want to own up to them.
Please enter me in the muslin contest. Love these items you have been offering.
Quality muslin? I didn't know there was such a thing. That's something I'd like to win.
Wish I'd know about Greenberg and Hammer before I went to NYC.
I'm one of your followers and I would love to be entered in the drawing for the muslin. Thank you.
I would love to win this Professional-Grade Muslin as I have a piece of cashmere that I want to make a coat out of and this would be just perfect for the toile.
I'm interested! Perfect for the Chanel jacket.
I'll be making a Chanel jacket soon, so I'd love some professional-grade muslin. I have already purchased the wool suiting. I can't wait to get started!
Please enter me in the drawing! I am making a jacket this fall so this would be wonderful!
Lindsay
where do you purchase your professional tracing paper from
I have just started sewing,starting with the simplest kind,I just bought a pants pattern,can muslin be turned to a pants?
Put me in the drawing for the muslin. AND...I'm in for the sewing camp! There are lots of great conference type places in New England near lakes etc. Or upstate New York. There's a place in Vermont called Basin Harbor Club that bares looking into also. Thanks for doing the leg work on this and for coming up with the idea.
Marguerite
After reading your list of must haves for the retreat, I thought of Chatham Bars Inn at Chatham on Cape Cod. It has everything you mention but is on the ocean not a lake and is pricey. Other than that it's great!
Lindsay,
I found a sew camp....perhaps you're interested, perhaps not.
http://heatherross.squarespace.com/workshops-classes/
Count me in!!! Thanks
never comfortable w/o the muslin for the new pattern. please enter me in the drawing. thanks !
OOh, count me in, PLEASE!! After spending last weekend learning from Claire Shaeffer, I so want to make a Chanel jacket!! The muslin would be perfect!!!!
I would love to go to sewing camp and also to participate in the give away.
I have never worked with prof-grade muslin before. Thanks for the contest!
Please include me in your muslin giveaway drawing (along with the multitude of sewing blogers, but you never know!) There definitely will be a jacket and/or coat in my Fall sewing.
I'm tossing my hat in the ring for the muslin give-away. I follow your blog through Google Reader, and can't wait to make a trip to the garment district......this year????? Thanks for all the info you continue to share!
Oh Lindsay - I would love to win this. I am going to make my red wool coat this year if it kills me. So, I need this muslin before I cut into the wool.
Love the blog - not good about commenting - sorry. g
Hi Lindsay! I'm a new reader to your blog & am really loving it. I'm a part time fashion student living near LA's garment district, so it's been awesome to see whats going on in NYC. I have been sewing for a few years now, but have never worked with muslin. Thank you so much for sharing these giveaways with your readers! I'm super excited to have found this blog & am looking forward to reading all your future updates :)
I'd love to be entered for a chance to win the muslin. I've been wanting to make myself a trench!!!
Oh wow, I would love to have that muslin! I want to make the cape jacket from the August 2009 BWOF and I know I will need to do a muslin first. That real stuff would be perfect!
Hi Lindsay,this muslin sounds great, If I am not too late,or if I have already posted before (so please disregard this) please enter me into the drawing.Thanks!
Hi There long time no blog(from me that is,lol) Please enter me into your drawing.
Enter me in - I already follow
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