I thought I would participate in the Sew, Mama, Sew May Giveaway Day 2011. Up for grabs I have one metre of Royal Wedding fabric which I bought from my favourite department store, John Lewis. The fabric was produced to commemorate the wedding of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton on Friday 29th 2011. I was going to make something commemorative for the Royal Wedding but never got round to it. Rather than leave it sitting in my fabric drawer I thought I would offer it to someone who might actually use it! It would make lovely summery bunting, a cushion cover, could be incorporated into a quilt or even just kept for posterity.
Sew, Mama, Sew fabric giveaway
Royal Wedding fabric
- the fabric is on a cream background and features a recurring pattern of lines of delicate florals and ribbons and a central panel showing the initials W and C within a garland, featuring the Union flag, the red cross of St George, the Saltire of St Andrew and the flag of Wales.
- measures 140cm wide, length 1 metre
- 100% cotton
- hand wash only
detail of central panel
Giveaway:
If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this lovely fabric simply comment on this post and tell me what you would make with it if you won.
Terms and conditions:
The winner will be chosen at random. I’m happy to ship worldwide so anyone can enter. The giveaway remains open until May 25 and the winner will be contacted by the twitter name or email address they enter by. The fabric will be shipped by May 30, one week from Giveaway Day. Good luck 🙂
110 Comments
Rhonda
May 23, 2011 at 1:53 amI would love to make my mom a quilt out of the fabric. She never missed a moment of the royal wedding.
Asta
May 23, 2011 at 10:40 amMy first idea was kitchen towels but it depends on the feel of the fabric. I also think it would look great as quilted placemats.
beccy ridsdel
May 23, 2011 at 12:15 pmThat fabric is awesome! I think I would use it as the backing for some crochet cushions – like a secret surprise 🙂
Sydney
May 23, 2011 at 1:00 pmI would definitely use it to back an England-themed quilt to commemorate my move to the UK from California!
Gina C.
May 23, 2011 at 1:05 pmI am in the UK, and didn’t buy that fabric when it came out. Wished I did though, so it would be lovely to win some of it 🙂
Victoria
May 23, 2011 at 1:09 pmI would make something for my 2 year old, to prove he really has seen a Royal Wedding.
Shola
May 23, 2011 at 1:42 pmOoh I watched it all from Thailand, I thought I wasn’t patriotic but I felt quite proud of the great show we put on for the wedding!
happyturtle
May 23, 2011 at 1:45 pmI live in the UK, but my 7 year old niece is American, and she looooves princesses! I would make her a little totebag out of the fabric, and if I had enough left over, a quilt for one of her princess dolls. 🙂
Patty D
May 23, 2011 at 1:55 pmI’d make a lovely pillow for my daughter’s room.
Lydia Stonely
May 23, 2011 at 2:05 pmI would make some long booster cushions for my mum, using the whole repeat, and she can chill on the sofa with them will watching reruns of the royal wedding. A quilt would be lovely but I have just made her one of those!
Michell
May 23, 2011 at 3:02 pmProbably make a table runner
trash
May 23, 2011 at 3:17 pmI would make a lap quilt for my brother as he is a) a rabid Australian Republican but b) lives with his talented quilt MIL and so would appreciate the work that had gone into making it. Oh pleeeeeeeeease let me win 😉
Millie
May 23, 2011 at 3:45 pmWhat cool fabric! I loved watching the wedding.
Millie
May 23, 2011 at 3:48 pmSorry, I would make cushion for my sister in Cornwall.
Skooks
May 23, 2011 at 4:29 pmHow fun! I’d have to touch it and let it speak to me . . . I’ve never seen it up close before.
Deborah in Atlanta
May 23, 2011 at 4:41 pmI think anything made with this fabric would be awesome. Thus far, I pretty much only make quilts. But I think this would be some fabric I would have to get in my hands and contemplate about before I make a final decision. I’d love to win it – such an awesome giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity to participate in your giveaway.
Sherri S.
May 23, 2011 at 5:28 pmOoh, love it! Might have to hoard it, but if not, definitely a pillow cover. I’m giving away vintage sewing supplies over on my blog, Foziewisp, if you’re interested. Thanks so much!
Kristy - Hopeful Threads
May 23, 2011 at 5:32 pmFabulous giveaway! I would make something special for my oldest daughter as she was smitten by all the royal wedding bliss! 😉
Thanks for the chance!
Deborah
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Rachel B.
May 23, 2011 at 6:53 pmI would make something for my mom. She has a Royalty room and would love this fabric. Thanks for the giveaway.
Emma
May 23, 2011 at 6:59 pmI would make a new tea cozy or cushion cover for my grandmother, she loved the wedding. Thanks for the giveaway!
Becky in Atlanta, Georgia
May 23, 2011 at 7:05 pmIt would be fun to make a bag for my knitting! Great giveaway! Many thanks!
andrea
May 23, 2011 at 7:21 pmoh wow-this is quite a prize!i would probably make some tea towels, a tea cozy or some mug rugs with it 🙂
Bonnie
May 23, 2011 at 8:17 pmI would have to make a small lap robe with it… there is a lady who was born in England in the nursing home where my daughter works… she was so excited about the Wedding of the Century and she just loves Kate. I would love to see the sparkle in her eyes if I gave her a quilt made with that fabric.
Lora w.
May 23, 2011 at 9:20 pmI would love to have this fabric to make a little lap quilt. I got up bright and early (4am our time) to watch the wedding festivities. Thank you so much for the giveaway.
jen
May 23, 2011 at 9:28 pmplacemats and table napkins! My hubs is from england and I think it would be fun
Louise
May 23, 2011 at 9:40 pmHello! The fabric is beautiful. Never seen it before. I think i’d finally get my sewing machine back out if I were lucky enough to win it and have a go at making a little pouch to keep the Royal Wedding wool shawl I intend to knit in it!
Best wishes,
Em
May 23, 2011 at 9:41 pmI think this would actually be quite fun incorporated into kids clothing.
Eve
May 23, 2011 at 10:19 pmI’d make some napkins/placemats for my British-obsessed sister0in-laws.
Cool giveaway!
Gemma Rathbone
May 23, 2011 at 10:34 pmAMAZING! I would actually give this to my friend – she goes crazy for royal things!
Gem
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Riel
May 23, 2011 at 10:37 pmCool fabric! I would likely make a pillow for my own little princess. Thanks for the chance!!
Binks
May 23, 2011 at 10:40 pmMan… I would hate to cut it up or something but I think I would make a pillow and embroider up some coordinating patterns for more pillows.
Sallie
May 23, 2011 at 11:12 pmI think I’d make a tablecloth with this. Thanks for the giveaway!
Staci
May 23, 2011 at 11:43 pmWell, first I would treasure it for a long while! Once I was ready to take the plunge and cut, I’d make some kind of wall hanging for my sewing room!
Thanks for participating in Giveaway Day!
Laura
May 24, 2011 at 12:34 amI ended up becoming a real Royal Wedding junkie & would love to win this fabric! I think it would be lovely bunting. And maybe something like a cushion cover too. hmmm…. Anyways thanks for the giveaway & I’ll be sure to tell you what I make with it if I win!
Tawny
May 24, 2011 at 1:06 amHmm it’s difficult to think about what I would make with this fabric. Something that would commemorate the occasion. Maybe a pillow? Better make that a “display only” pillow, not a “let the kids run rampant with it” pillow hehehe
Jenny Benton
May 24, 2011 at 1:10 amWe enjoyed our own Royal Wedding Party down here in New Zealand with guests from England (quilters too) and supper including a glass of bubbly! The fabric looks so pretty, perhaps it would look nice made into some for the kitchen, perhaps a table cloth or an apron? Then I could feel royal too.
Anna McD
May 24, 2011 at 2:00 amlovely…..thanks for a chance to win
Pam
May 24, 2011 at 2:09 amHello,
I am not sure what I would make with this. Might be a neat pillowcase.
camelama
May 24, 2011 at 2:24 amGorgeous gorgeous! Depending on the feel of the fabric, I might make kitchen curtains for the little tiny side window … or maybe a set of cute pillows for my friend’s daybed. She’s from the UK and gets homesick sometimes!
Jenica @ Pumpkin's Boutique
May 24, 2011 at 2:37 amHow cool is that!?! I think I’d like that as curtains in my sewing room 🙂
Stephanie Atchison
May 24, 2011 at 2:57 amThank you for the great giveaway. It’s lovely.
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oh I am not sure what I would make but the wedding was just beautiful. I was up at 5 am watching it. Her dress was amazing. I think I would make a wall hanging to commemorate the wedding.
greta
May 24, 2011 at 3:24 amMy heart raced when I saw this, I was tragically obsessed with the wedding! I would make lots of little things – a cushion, some detailing on a tote bag…
Janet
May 24, 2011 at 3:52 amOh lovely! I would make some cushions for my cousin who is an absolute devotee of the royals.
Mom C
May 24, 2011 at 3:54 amI was thinking a tablecloth or runner. I know several who would go crazy over that fabric.
cheri
May 24, 2011 at 4:16 amYeah, looks like I am unoriginal. Tea towels, napkins, placemats…. 🙂
Jocelyn
May 24, 2011 at 5:13 amGreat giveaway! I would love to make a tote bag and a tea cozy with this fabric. Thanks for participating in SMS Giveaway!
Paula Shimmel
May 24, 2011 at 5:23 amThat would make a great wall hanging. Just loved that wedding.
Alexis
May 24, 2011 at 5:54 amwhat cool fabric – i loved the royal wedding, shame that for me it coincided with pre-bath toddler meltdowns and bathtime (i live in singapore) i think i’d use it for a quilt back, for a baby quilt for a baby born in the year of the royal wedding. thanks for the giveaway.
Jessica
May 24, 2011 at 6:17 amSo awesome! I didn’t even know fabric like this was being made! I would make some cute pouches for my friends. We all got together and had a wedding watching party! We made scones and fascinators and dressed up! 🙂
Shaheen
May 24, 2011 at 6:33 amLovely fabric. Thank you for the giveaway!
Laura
May 24, 2011 at 6:35 amHow Cool. I am not sure what I would make. Possibly and awesome dress or skirt for my daughter. She is 7 and loved watching “the real princess get married on tv.”
Shannon
May 24, 2011 at 6:35 amI’d sew somthing for my dear 89 year old freind, once a citizen of the British Empire(british ghana), transplanted to america but never forgeting her mother land
Debra
May 24, 2011 at 7:03 amI think some lovely napkins are in order!
Jenelle
May 24, 2011 at 7:51 amI missed the royal wedding coverage because I was traveling that week, but of course I had to google the wedding pictures! I think some tea towels would be nice, with the monogram centered of course! A quilt would also be a fun project to make. Thanks for the chance to win!
Rachel L
May 24, 2011 at 9:07 amWow – what an awesome giveaway. I don’t know what I’d make with it – I’d be too scared to cut into it – it’s pretty special fabric – maybe a quilt, or napkins, or a cloth for the table. We are royalists in our family (New Zealand) – it would be amazing to win this. Thanks for the opportunity.
radiya
May 24, 2011 at 10:09 amit would be a quilt
Charlotte
May 24, 2011 at 10:27 amI’m sure that if I was lucky enough to win I would find myself facing the same dilemma I have with a blank notebook … too scared to use it and mess it up 🙂
For some reason I’m being drawn to kitchen goodies …. an apron perhaps? or table runner. I do have a plate from Charles and Di’s wedding so perhaps I could make a little shrine on top of my china cabinet.
wendy
May 24, 2011 at 10:44 amI’m thinking tea towels and cushions. My grandma-in-law and a friend from work would be stoked!
Nina
May 24, 2011 at 11:55 amThanks for the opportunity. I think it will be quilt
Nina Hudson
May 24, 2011 at 12:22 pmWhat gorgeous fabric, i’m cursing myself for avoiding John Lewis now (saving money). I would love to use that to make a quilt, hand quilting around all the details.
hueisei
May 24, 2011 at 1:43 pmThanks for the generous giveaway!
Lovely fabric… I hope I am the lucky one to win it..
I will need it to make reversible tote or a skirt for myself 🙂
Em
May 24, 2011 at 2:04 pmI have a friend Downunder who was a bit Royal Wedding mad…. I’d make her something with it. Perhaps a pillow cover. Thanks for the chance.
sandra parsons
May 24, 2011 at 2:50 pmThis is such a wonderful giveaway. I watched the Royal Wedding here in Australia. They are a lovely couple, I think he is very sensible and grounded, due in no small way to how his mother “Diana” raised him. I would love to win this fabric. I would, firstly, take an appropriate piece and frame it then the rest for a cushion or two depending on what was left. 🙂
paula
May 24, 2011 at 3:32 pmI’m make a lap quilt to treasure, I watched the RW on TV here in Argentina, and it was gorgeous! They’re so lovely and sooo in love.
Tks fr this wonderful chance of getting some 1 of a kind stuff.
Much love, xoxo
Paula
Melissa
May 24, 2011 at 4:10 pmThank you for the giveaway. I’d make some curtains for my sewing room with this.
Katrin
May 24, 2011 at 5:22 pmI’d make all my colleagues little pouches. We had so much fun watching the wedding together. We got hardly any work done that day!
Shana Putnam
May 24, 2011 at 5:43 pmI think it would be very pretty as the center of a quilt.
Shirley
May 24, 2011 at 5:44 pmI think I’d have a hard time cutting into it so it would be something with as few seams as possible.
meghann
May 24, 2011 at 6:12 pmWow – I have no idea what I would make with that fabric if I won it, but it is just lovely. I’d have to think long & hard about an appropriately lovely project for it… xo
Kari
May 24, 2011 at 6:43 pmThe wedding was lovely, but I didn’t follow it closely. However, I would love it for the symbolism of a great part of my family heritage (Welsh and English). I’ve got ambitions to make a quilt that contains symbols of my family roots. This would be perfect!
Anne
May 24, 2011 at 6:56 pmHow lovely! If I win, I will make pillows for my rocking chair, and I will make sure that everyone sees them!
Stephanie Granite
May 24, 2011 at 6:57 pmI don’t specifically know what I’d do with it but I’d make something for my friend Dez who is obsessed with all things royal!
Niina
May 24, 2011 at 7:03 pmFirst I’d hoard it for a few years and then use it as backing of a Union Jack- quilt.
Heather Jackson
May 24, 2011 at 7:30 pmHow fantastic! I got up early here in the U.S. and watched it–just lovely. I think I would make something whimsical out of it– like a full summer skirt, something of a conversation piece. Or possibly a few tote bags for some of my other Anglophile friends!
~Heather
Valerie
May 24, 2011 at 7:47 pmI think it would look lovely as patchwork, either a quilt or pillows. I’d be tempted to leave it as whole as possible, but patchwork could really highlight the center motif.
Lauren
May 24, 2011 at 7:50 pmhow fun! i’d use it to back a quilt.
Peggy
May 24, 2011 at 7:58 pmI would make a lovely pillow case out of it to put on the couch pillow. thank you for the chance to win!
Meagan
May 24, 2011 at 8:11 pmOh my! This has to be my favorite giveaway so far! 🙂 (I have entered many)
I am a bit obsessed with the Royals (to my husband’s dismay) and would love this!! I would prob try and make a quilt with it. I couldn’t bear to cut it up. I am now a follower of your blog! You can take a peak at mine (or become a follower too) 🙂 http://trendymegs.blogspot.com Then you can see my Royal Wedding Party photos. 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity to win something special!
Leigh
May 24, 2011 at 8:37 pmWell that is just super duper cool! I think it would become the back of a quilt because I wouldn’t want to cut it up!
Edamommy
May 24, 2011 at 10:01 pmI’d be tempted to keep it for posterity, as I was there for the last royal wedding (I’m an Air Force brat.) and have a little collection, but I’d probably end up making something that keeps the print “intact” for my Anglophile sister. Perhaps a in a quilt or a bag??
Taleah
May 24, 2011 at 10:09 pmI’d probably make a pillow! Will was supposed to marry me from when we were little… but he forgot to hop the pond and propose! (My birthday is the same as Kate’s!)
nadila
May 25, 2011 at 12:03 amI’m going to make a doll quilt for my daughter’s doll
mageenadilah@gmail.com
Becky
May 25, 2011 at 12:10 amWhat lovely fabric! I am not sure what I’d do with it exactly but should I win, I’m leaning along the lines of creating special covers for dream diaries for young girls. Or maybe tea time linens for a youngster to play “tea” with.
The possibilities are swirling.
RobynK
May 25, 2011 at 12:42 amI’d give it away as a gift in my quilting group’s Christmas bag as the lady I have as my secret partner is a great follower of the Royal family and would simply adore to have this!
Sandy
May 25, 2011 at 1:21 amI would love to make a lightweight summer lap quilt out of this!
lyn lewis
May 25, 2011 at 2:23 amIm in Uk and didnt know there was a fabric for W & K !
Id make a banner with it…….Im a Royalist I confess lol
Chacoy
May 25, 2011 at 3:02 amI would love to make a cute pillow or a cute framed wall piece.
Thank you for the opportunity!
Renee G
May 25, 2011 at 3:52 amIt’s hard to tell without feeling the fabric, but I think I would like to make an apron and/or pillows with it.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
Nancy Sue
May 25, 2011 at 4:03 amMy great grandmother came over to the US from England with her mother and sisters in 1892 at the age of 3. Her mother had 2 possesions- her bible and a rocking chair. I have the rocking chair now and it is need of new cushions on the caning seat and the back. I’d love to use this fabric to bring a bit of the UK back to the chair 🙂
fern
May 25, 2011 at 4:14 amI’d love to make something out of this!!! loved the royal wedding!
Joyce
May 25, 2011 at 4:19 amI would love that fabric. I do not know what I would make with it. Maybe a quillow.
Sandra :)
May 25, 2011 at 4:35 amI would surprise my sewing buddy/walking partner/neighbour Nancy and give her the fabric – she threw a party for the Royal Wedding even though it was on obscenely early in the morning here 🙂
Shayla Sharp
May 25, 2011 at 5:22 amPerhaps some backing to a double wedding ring quilt–after all, this is the second royal wedding in my lifetime.
Glenda
May 25, 2011 at 5:36 amI’d make a table runner probably. Great giveaway, favorite in fact.
Penny
May 25, 2011 at 7:22 amI think I would make a lap quilt. Love it. Thanks for sharing. Alaska
Lizw
May 25, 2011 at 9:02 amOh definitely a quilt – something with union jacks.
Many thanks for the opportunity! (& what a lovely blog)
Line
May 25, 2011 at 12:02 pmAs an English teacher, I’d love to win this commemorative fabric!
I think I’d first make a pillow cover using the central panel with the intials, and probably use the rest for some kind of small pouch and a very British mug rug! 😉
Thanks for the chance!
linedupuy(at)hotmail(dot)fr
Andrea
May 25, 2011 at 12:05 pmI would make something for my good friend Cait who was so obsessed with the Royal wedding I was tempted to just tell her to put a cork in it already! lol Although I think if I do that, I’ll just get another earful. ^_^
Zoe
May 25, 2011 at 2:06 pmWhat a gorgeous giveaway! I would probably make pillows out of it, for my very english friends 🙂
Marguerite
May 25, 2011 at 5:12 pmSeriously, fabulous fabric. I might break it up and use it to make a little lap quilt… or keep it entire and make a pillow… it’s so nice. Or, looking at other people’s suggestions, back a quilt, or apron… umm… if I don’t win… is it available online? Or for re-sale from someone? Don’t think I can get it in the US…. man, I miss fabric shopping in John Lewis. We used to do that all the time when we lived there…
Laura
May 25, 2011 at 7:25 pmIt would DEFFINETLY be turned in to pillow cases! My Daughter is ALL ABOUT keeping a scrapbook of the new DUKE and DUTCHESS of CAMBRIDGE
Elimeenah
May 25, 2011 at 8:32 pmWhat a charming fabric panal-although I’m all the way from across the pond, I’ve been awe struck by the Royal wedding and would love to fashion something up from that lovely piece!
elimeenah(at)yahoo(dot)com
Lisa Parnell
May 25, 2011 at 9:58 pmWhat a wonderful find. Pillowcases or a wall hanging would be fun.
Jo
May 26, 2011 at 12:11 amLike many people have been suggesting, pillowcases are a great idea!
jo.tee35 AT gmail DOT com
Jennie
May 26, 2011 at 2:16 amMaybe I’d frame it. 🙂 I’m a British expat in the US, so I got up at 4am to watch the wedding! My 5 year old got up on her own at 5am so she could watch it with me. Would be fun to win this fabric. Thanks for the giveaway!
Janine
May 26, 2011 at 2:18 amI would make pillow covers and zippy bags. Then I would cut out the main design like you have pictured and feature it front and center in a quilt block and frame a piece under glass. What a wonderful memory of that special day.
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Sharlene Carter
December 9, 2011 at 7:10 amThis has to be my favorite giveaway so far! Thank you for the giveaway. Love it.
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February 19, 2012 at 2:03 amThanks for the opportunity to participate in your giveaway. Well that is just super duper cool! Thanks for participating in SMS Giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity.