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Sewing To Sell // Book Review & Giveaway!! **GIVEAWAY CLOSED**


Hi friends! I'm taking a bit of a break from my blogging hiatus (have you noticed??) to share something I find very useful and am pretty excited about!

When I was asked if I would like to do a review of Virginia's (of Gingercake Sews) new book, Sewing To Sell, I jumped at the chance. You see, I have this little Etsy shop. It's tiny, but I am rather fond of it. But I opened it without a clue. And even as I continued on in the little adventure most of the questions I had about an online shop lingered. Well let me tell you, after reading this book I feel very enlightened and inspired! 

I sat down one afternoon to "start" reading the eBook and ended up not quitting until I was at the end! I found it to be very inspirational. I mean, I constantly get an "I should make and sell this certain thing!" idea, but what's so awesome about this book is that Virginia includes 16 patterns that are there for you to use exactly as written or tweak to your liking and you are free to sell any items made from them! This is a rarity in the blogging community. It is so generous of her to share her hard work in the book.

And not only does it include the patterns, she offers a wealth of advice from getting started, to the business end of things, tips on sewing your products to save time and fabric and even tips on how to photograph your items for online listings.

I decided to go ahead and give the Two at a Time Oven Mitts a try because I thought they were super cute and my kitchen drawer is in serious need of some new oven mitts!

I'm in love with the result!

**Be sure to read to the end for a chance to WIN your own copy of the book!**

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review



Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

I had fun with adding some cute personalized tags. The next set of mitts that I plan to make I'm going to try out a hang tag so these pretties can be hung and displayed in the kitchen and also add my shop tag to it. I would very much like to add these to my shop in the future!

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

And just in case you thought you needed a professional photo setup for nice photos of your products, I'm showing you this pulled back shot just for fun. :)

The light in the nursery is always lovely in the afternoon so I set up a little display using a white folding table and the pale blue walls (newly painted, I might add. Woohoo!) as the background. You'll notice the covered up rocking chair looking mighty fine in the corner. I used the step stool to get some shots from above.

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Oh and I baked muffins. Just for the photoshoot. And maybe for us too ;) But really, who doesn't like food photos? And since oven mitts are used in BAKING... I had to.

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Two at a Time Oven Mitts - Sewing To Sell eBook Review

Giveaway: Now that you know how awesome this book is if you are looking to open an online shop or if you already have one, like me, and just want some great guidance, wouldn't you love to win a copy?? C&T Publishing and Virginia Lindsay are generously giving away 1 copy to one of you, my lovely readers! If you would like a chance to win, leave a comment on this post. Please make sure to include your email address so I can get in touch with the winner. If there is no email given, sadly I will have to skip over your comment :( The giveaway is open to US residents only and will run until 10pm Monday, January 26th. Winner will be announced Tuesday, January 27th! Good luck!

UPDATE: The Winner is Jessica. Congratulations, Jessica!

29 comments

  1. those oven mittens are seriously the cutest.
    I need some!!!

    also, ktbcullen@gmail.com :)

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  2. Heidi- I am so impressed by you! I love your blog, everything you sew is beautiful and high quality, and you even have an etsy shop! I want to be just like you when I grow up! 😉 I'd love to enter the drawing- gidgetsloan@gmail.com

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  3. those oven mitts are super cute! I need to make some to replace the burned/stained Christmas ones my mother in law gave me a few years ago...
    katenatiewalker@gmail.com

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  4. These are beautiful!! I'm so impressed by that wavy quilting too, did you just wing it?

    Excellent photos too. I'm swooning over those freshly painted baby blue walls. Sigh.

    Great job!

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  5. Love the oven mitts. Would love to sit and chat over muffins and coffee! :)
    Behappy016@yahoo.com

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  6. love the oven mitts! this looks like an interesting book!
    jesshea@gmail.com

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  7. Those are so pretty! I have got to practice machine sewing binding. Mine is never that pretty! misc.christina at gmail.com

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  8. As if I didn't think I needed this book enough- you made me want it more!! And I love your oven mitt tags!
    Veronikagraper@gmail.com

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  9. Your pot holders are beautiful. Great job. The book looks great. Thanks for the chance to win. (debbie at wowilikethat dot com)

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  10. I checked this book out at my library and it's great. I have it on my list to buy. It would be great to win. Have a great day.
    dawnm1993(at)gmail(dot)com

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  12. Such beautiful work. I would love this book. I want to sew to sell. rinebird@gmail.com

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  13. Beautiful! Thank you so much for the giveaway. sarah@forrussia.org

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  14. I would love to win this for a friend! Thank you. amberkw24@gmail.com

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  15. These oven mitts look like a wonderful project.
    rsgrandinetti (at) yahoo (dot)com

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  16. This book looks like a great resource. Thanks for the opportunity to win. Blessings. spinninglight@gmail.com

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  17. Thanks for the chance to win!! sam.mccreery@gmail.com

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  18. Gutted that I can't enter because I'm not in the U.S! :o(

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  19. I really need to improve my photography! Finding the right light is hard - never thought to visit the kids' bedrooms for it! Would love a copy! (I'm in VA)

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  20. I would love to win this book - sounds like exactly what I need (carmen99 at asimplehomestead . com)

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  21. I would love to win this book. grecomara at gmail dot com

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  22. I would love a copy. But not for me. I just got my copy today! I will give it to a friend. darineghazal@gmail.com

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  23. This might be the push I needed to finally open my small business.. thanks for the giveaway
    srilatha26 at gmail dot com

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  24. what a lovely giveaway! Thanks for the chance, I'd love to read all that this book offers! ~chunkybugdesigns@yahoo.com

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  25. I would love to win this, I've been wanting to start and etsy shop with some fun items! Thank you for the chance! :) amber.crawley@gmail.com

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  26. The mitts look great! I'd love to win a copy of the book. kdcd22 @ aol . com

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  27. I'd like to read it! msumartini @ hotmail.com

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  28. I dream of opening a shop now that I am done having babies... I would love this book!

    Jen.ballif@cox.net

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  29. The book looks Awesome!! :)

    Megamora16@yahoo.com

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