It's giveaway day at SewMamaSew, and I'm so happy to be partcipating. Thank you for popping over to check out my giveaway. I hope you will stay awhile and poke around. The main focus of this blog is saving money and it includes tasty recipes, sewing projects and lots of other goodies. I have a very popular weekly newsletter that you can sign up for at www.groceryshrink.com It is free and spam free too. Just for signing up I'll send you my favorite homemade cleaning recipes. They are tried and true, will save you a bundle in cash and are healthy for your family too.
I had planned the lovely things I would make and giveaway, but life happened to me again. So I hope you don't mind that I am giving away a sewing pattern that I made myself and sell over at my shop www.blesseddesigns.net/store This pattern is our #1 seller and is fabulous for nursing, but just as lovely if you are not. It includes pieces for a sleep bra, nightgown, cami, and tummy cover (which makes a nice curvy tube top too.) It is sized for cups A-C, but has simple instructions to make a full bust adjustment for our well-blessed mamas. It is soft with no hardware, but the fabric is designed to cradle you like an underwire. It is a printed pattern with full size pieces on large heavy paper.
To enter, leave a comment. I'd love to hear a frugal thing you do or an area you wish you could cut back. I will choose a winner on Sunday night at 8pm by random number generator and notify her by email. Good luck! I hope you win.
It’s so lovely for you do this giveaway, and I am signed up for your newsletter! One area I really need to cut back in is the amount of money I spend on the car! I drive wayyy too much and need to figure out ways to cut that down.
Something frugal I do is serve oatmeal (with frozen blueberries, cinnamon, bananas, etc) most days for breakfast because it’s got to be the cheapest breakfast meal and we love the variety of toppings! Way cheaper than cold cereal, which we reserve for days when we’re in a rush or for Dad when he has to be at work super early.
One frugal thing I do is to grow my own veggies in my garden. I follow your blog on bloglines and I subscribe to your newsletter.
I check your blog all the time and am a reader of your newsletter. Frugal thing. I save our bread bags and use them to pack my lunch in. I also save the plastic fruit containers that you buy spinach or strawberries in and use them when taking food to someone’s house so I dont have to worry about bringing it back. Hope I win! My husband and I are starting Financial Peace on Sunday. We are excited!
i always buy in bulk!
I NEED this pattern! Not only is it ADORABLE, but my sweet twin girls in my tummy will appreciate easy access to their all you can drink cafe!
One frugal thing I do for the babies is surf Craigslist. I managed to snag a Double Snap and Go stroller for $30 (it retails for $99!).
One of the frugal things I have done lately is started quilting….It makes me use up all my fabric scraps that I used to throw away. It is sewing for free!
cute pattern{s}.
something frugal we do…
we buy our meats at the butcher, and in big amounts.
then we come home, divide it all into meal portions and then we have meat for the month or months.
I love this pattern! I could have used this so many times in the past! Were have you been all my life! LOL
The most frugal thing I do is use coupons and shop sales. I try to plan my dinner menu every week by what is on sale and what I have coupons for.
Thanks for this great giveaway!
Love this! I was just thinking that I needed to make something like this!
To save the earth and money I use cloth diapers!
I am giving one away on my blog!
awesome patterns!
one frugal thing I enjoy is to shop for cheap overlarge t-shirts with neat designs on them at thrift stores/garage sales, then reconstruct them to look cute and fit properly – three of my favorite dressy shirts came from t-shirts ranging from 99 cents to 5 bucks.
Great patterns! Frugal things I do: shop sales, use coupons, shop thrift stores, and have shopping self control, great blog!
Frankly I’ve always been pretty frugal! I use coupons, shop at thrift stores, make a lot of mine own stuff, look online for deals, etc. Really anything I can think of!
I love refashioning clothes to save money! My daughter has a whole closet full of dresses made out her Daddy’s old shirts!
Love the pattern!
We go resale shopping a lot, we hardly buy anything new. Thanks for the great giveaway! Love the patterns!
My frugalness comes through a lot in my blog, as I’m always posting ideas for ways to reuse and repurpose items that would otherwise be thrown away. Just recently I came up with a use for those plastic mesh orange bags that come with 5lbs of oranges- I turned it into a beach bag! I love recycling as much as I can.
I love your site, I am going to have to take sometime and look around. the giveaway is so sweet of you too.. My friend sent me a site thats all about this woman doing yoga for free at places and all the cool leftovers and things she puts in her oatmeal. I’ll have to find it and send it to you. so cute..
thanks again!
Tricia
fabulous! I really try to make things from scratch, b/c buying the supplies in bulk is less expensive than buying a pre-packaged thing – whatever it seems to be. Granola bars are my newest creation…
One frugal thing for me is knitting, sewing and… Blogging (which is quiet recent)
frugal? I buy thrifted sheets for fabric instead of paying $20 a metre at the store (fabric can be $$ in Canada!)
i need to cut back on shoes!! i have way too many too count!!!
Oh, wonderful pattern! I was just wising for new nursing PJS, and here this is!!! We try to cut costs with my sewing sewing, but I’m not sure it really works that way…
to be frugal I use coupons when shopping.
Hi,
Cute patterns. I always make a menu every Tuesday after the ads come out then stick to a grocery list. We rarely eat out anymore except for special occasions and it has saved us a lot of $$.
Jill
Hi! What an awesome pattern. To be frugal, I make my own baby wipes. I refold paper towels to fit the wipe containers, then pour over a mixture of 3 c warm water, 1 TB baby shampoo and 3 TB baby oil. That makes enough for 2 containers. I buy the paper towels in a case on sale!
I buy 90% of all my crafting supplies on sale. I’ll wait until there’s a sale at one of my favorite store and will then stock up. My favorite is when cute patterns are down to $1.
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance! You can enter for my giveaway at
http://ratherbecrafting.blogspot.com
resale resale resale
Thanks for a great giveaway. I think my biggest indulgence at the moment and where I really need to cut back is the amount of fabric i buy. All lovely, but I need to start using up what I have first.
Yipes! What a great pattern! I would definitely love it as I need some nursing tops, but who wants to spend that kind of money???
I started using coupons about a year ago, and I am shocked at just how much money it has saved us! I stock up on good sales, and often I go weeks without grocery shopping.
This is a great pattern!
I guess my best cost cutter is to buy all our meat at Costco in large amounts, break it up in to smaller amounts and freeze for the month.
Oh I want this pattern! How pretty!
As to frugality, we do almost everything from scratch, but that is also because we have to avoid most preservatives and “unpronounceables”. I make up bulk batches of hot cocoa mix in both powdered cows milk and powdered goats milk due to my kids allergies. But it is so much cheaper that buying it ready made.
I also sew almost all of our clothes. That can be frugal or expensive, but I am pretty darn cheap about it.
What gorgeous lingerie!
Oh the frugal life I lead… I make my own baby food. I sewed my baby’s pocket nappies/diapers. I buy his clothes on eBay or charity shops. My New Years Resolution for 2009 was that I could not buy myself any new clothes (apart from a pair of jeans), only sew things or buy from charity shops. As a result the only clothes I have obtained so far is the pair of jeans. š
So awesome! I love to re-use coffee grounds to make a facial mask/mud/wash.
I would love to make any of these items!
Our family is living on the campus of the seminary that my husband attends. He is unable to work for the next 2 years and so frugality is a way of life for us! We shop double coupons, stockpile, and make our own everything that we can. There is a vegetable garden on campus which we love to work in and frequent.
to be frugal I try to make as much as I can homemade from food to clothing. Right now I’m working on some nursing tops. Lovw the site.
holy cow–I love that pattern!
We use cloth diapers to save money (I sew my own). It has saved us hundreds, or more likely thousands!
I’m giving all handmade gifts this year.
I started canning last year – and I think your blog will be great addition to my roll!
Oh, wow!!! I’ve wanted to get this pattern for such a long time! I can’t believe it’s the one for this great give away. I’m trying to cut back our food budget way, way, way back!!! I plan to make a menu plan & surf around for some new to us, but tasty budget meals. Thanks!
This pattern is great! I am pregnant right now and this would be fabulous. My husband and I have been working on being frugal – we planted a vegetable garden, started baking our own bread and making our own jam and other random condiments to save money.
What a nice pattern set! I’ve started a garden and compost pile this year. We’ll see how that goes. š
I love that pattern. I have been eyeing it for a while honestly!
We have cut back a lot in groceries. I use coupons, buy what is on sale, use only cash to pay, meal plan and cook more from scratch.
Love this pattern. I am prego and due in a couple of months and this would be perfect. We try to buy in bulk to save money on our staples.
I try to find a way to recycle nearly everything. This pattern is fabulous!
Hot dang! I AM nursing and though I am not an A-C cup, this looks like a nice pattern for me to learn how to do a full bust adjustment on. As for being frugal, I’m the queen of cleaning with baking soda and vinegar. I use it to clean laundry, the sink, the tub, the toilet…pretty much everything.
I’d like to enter your giveaway drawing. Thanks!
Wow, I’ve always wanted to make my own underwear. I think that if I’m not lucky enough to win this one I’ll make a purchase!
Great! I’m having a hard time finding bras that fit after I finished nursing my son. I never thought of making my own! I like to buy used clothes for my family as much as possible.
Cute pattern! I love to craft so I try to avoid the craft stores and look instead at op shops (Australian thrift stores) or at $2 shops for supplies. I only shop at craft stores if there is a sale or I can’t find what I want anywhere else.