Indygo Junction’s Fabric Flowers Book Tour and Giveaway
by admin — 180 Comments » Lazies, Thank you for joining me on my day of Indygo Junction’s Fabric Flowers blog tour. My gorgeous flower is the Wool Daffodil and I adore it!. We are giving away a copy of Indygo Junction’s Fabric Flowers book & the Clover needle felting tools used to add the swirl embellishment to my flower. Details below.
Daffodil Flower
Here’s my flower in place on my jacket, ready to hit the town in style. I love the combination of textures, dimension and materials. It adds new character to my outdoor ensemble. I’ll just have to steer clear of my friend Karen S, whom I know would love this so much, she’d shamelessly wrestle it right off my shoulder. Karen – I’ll see you when the weather warms up.
Fabrics and Embellishments
Here are the materials I used to create this Daffodil. Three pieces of heavy cotton fabric and two colors of Clover’s wool roving. I couldn’t…ahem…locate my wool fabrics in my not-so-tidy studio, but I’m thrilled with the result using these heavy cottons I picked up on a trip to Japan.
Fabric Flowers Book
Indygo Junction’s Fabric Flowers book is packed with 25 beautiful and creative flowers to decorate your life. The directions were easy to follow and I plan to try more of the designs in this book. The daffodil from the Fabric Flowers book is shown here made in wool.
Clover Tools
I used Clover Needlecraft’s felting tools and wool roving. This is the first time I tried needle felting. It was easy and successful. I like the added dimension it brings to my flower. I used heavy cotton fabric for my base. To give it more structure like wool, I added our Sew Lazy Face-It Soft fusible lightweight interfacing on the back of the main fabric. The needle felting was successful through the cotton and interfacing.
Special Offer for Lazies
Indygo Junction is offering a special discount just for Lazies. Use code FFBK11 for 20% off your next IndygoJunction.com order (offer expires 5/1/13) – awesome!
The Giveaway
I’ll select one winner to receive:
– Indygo Junction’s Fabric Flower book
– Clover Needlecraft Needle felting mat, tool & roving
Enter To Win
– Enter by posting a comment below. Do you think my friend Karen S. will try to steal my beautiful flower? Do you like the book? Do you like my flower?
– One comment per person.
– Be sure you type your email address correctly so I can contact you.
– I’ll pick 1 winner using the random number generator.
– Enter by Friday February 22, 2013, 10 pm Eastern time.
– I’ll contact the winner via email.
Fabric Flower Blog Tour
A flower a day & 25 chances to win! Don’t miss a stop on Indygo Junction’s Fabric Flowers Blog Tour:
2/2/13 – Indygo Junction Kick Off Post
2/4/13 – Kollabora
2/5/13 – CraftFoxes
2/6/13 – Sewing Secrets by Coats & Clark
2/7/13 – Princess Lasertron
2/8/13 – Dollar Store Crafts
2/11/13 – Tater Tots & Jello
2/12/13 – Family Ever After
2/13/13 – This Mama Makes Stuff
2/14/13 – Amy’s Creative Side
2/15/13 – Today’s Creative Blog
2/18/13 – Lazy Girl Designs – You are here!
2/19/13 – Skip to My Lou
2/20/13 – The Sewing Loft
2/21/13 – The Crafty Cupboard
2/22/13 – Fishsticks Designs
2/25/13 – Taradara
2/26/13 – Diary of a Quilter
2/27/13 – Craft Gossip
2/28/13 – How Joyful
3/1/13 – Lindsay Sews
3/4/13 – Flamingo Toes
3/5/13 – In Color Order
3/6/13 – See Kate Sew
3/7/13 – Handmade Charlotte
3/8/13 – Sew Caroline
3/9/13 – Indygo Junction Wrap Up Post with BONUS Giveaway & Free project
Indygo Junction
Indygo Junction Inc., founded by creative entrepreneur Amy Barickman, is an established sewing and crafts business that offers stylish and timeless, easy-to-follow patterns and a variety of idea-rich project books. Amy continues to work with artists and designers from around the world to create unique projects, having sold over 2 million books and sewing patterns.
Amy Barickman
Amy will be teaching at the upcoming Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, WA on February 28th at 4:30 & March 1st at 3:30. Her class is called Fabric Flower Power! and will highlighted some of the methods featured in the book, show tools used, and teach some short-cut methods. With a fresh, fashion-forward style, IndygoJunction.com connects creative enthusiasts of all ages. Hint, Hint: LIKE them on Facebook
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I love this!
I am starting a new career, and think these flowers would make nice accessories for my new clothes.
Gorgeous flower! I think I’d try to steal it, lol! I haven’t seen that book yet, but would love to learn a new flower making technique! Felting looks fun!
Love the flower ! I have a friend who would steal it also !
Thanks for the great offer
I love your flower and I think you should make one for Karen so she doesn’t have to steal yours!
This flower is absolutely adorable. I am so glad that these are the new accessories that folks are wearing. Thanks for the giveaway!
Something to brighten up drab winter colored clothes. The book has so many great ideas to try. Thank you for the offer.
Love the flowe. I predict you will make a flower for your friend. It will be. Fun to win the vook and be able to make some different things!
Love this. I think u will make your friend a flower.
I love the flower, and I would stay far away from Karen until spring. Either that or you could make her one, which would be nice.
I love your flower, I can see so many uses for the book and the flower. We may all stand in line behind your friend Karen to try to take it from your shoulder.
Wonderful flower! Now I just need to figure out a way to wear it with a down jacket…
I would love having this book and if I were Karen I’d be after that flower!!!
If we all know how to make this wonderful flower, there will be lots of them popping up all over, blooming from one friend to the next. Love the giveaway!
I would love to win this book. Have been thinking about felting embellishments and have been researching books for instructions on fabric flower making. This would fit the bill on both counts.
I love your flower and your friend isn’t the only one you need to watch out for.
Thanks for coming up with new and fresh ideas, Joan.
This looks beautiful!
Wow… another project I can make for my grandgirls… they will love it.. could even put these in the hair….
Darling flowers. If I was your friend there the same thing would have happened. Can’t blame her!
I really love working with felted wool and the wool daffodil shown today is the best. I have to try it soon.
Joan you did a fabulous job with your daffodil. It is gorgeous.
I’d like to give the embellishments a try. Sue Baker
I think your flower is great. Love the color combination and the book appears to have many other fun ideas. As for your friend snatching your flower? Most definitely. I would be on the look out for her. She obviously has your same good taste. This is a great give away.
I really like your flower and I am getting ready to try to make one.
The flower is gorgeous! I’m sure your friend would be tempted! The book looks great with many wonderful ideas! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Karen will offer you a Benadryl for your cold you don’t have and when you fall asleep— whish your flower will be GONE ! Watch out.
Love all these flower ideas, can’t wait to get started making some for the granddaughters
Love your flowers that are shown on the book cover. I have never done
any felting but would really like to try it. Flower makes your blazer look
awesome. Thanks for sharing.
What a fun and cute project! Hope I win!
Absolutely love the flower! So happy to have found this place! Wish me luck….
If Karen didn’t try to steal your flower, I certainly would if I saw you! Thanks to all for the chance to win, so I don’t have to turn to a life of flower theft!!!
Well, I am sure I would try to get it as well as your friend, I can send you my addresse instantly! But if you feel like giving the flower to her, I would LOVE to get ny hands on the book as well as the tool, so I can make my own flower(s) – I don’t think I will be able to stop with just one! I can see this cute flower as an embellishment on a bag (what else, I am totally into bags, yours as well as the ones I design myself!) maybe in springcloros/springfabric!
I love your flower and I can’t imagine Karen not feeling the same. Thanks for a great giveaway.
Oh Lazy One, I am just learning about felting through knitting, and would love to learn this method too!
Love the flower! Would love to see your book also, as I have the winter blues and these flowers seem like a good tonic for that! (PS–you should make a flower for your friend so she can avoid a life of crime 😉
Now into my stash of roving ’cause I just have to have a new flower.
Daffodils are blooming in my yard on the So.Oregon Coast, love those happy bouncing, brave bobble yellow heads!
Yes, I do think your friend is going to try to steal your pretty flower, cuz I sure would!! I’d love to win your giveaway, thanks for the chance.
Pick me! Pick Me! Very pretty
Your beautiful flower wouldn’t stand a chance near me and my friends. The book looks great and I’m ready to get started making flowers. Thanks for offering the giveaway.
I love your flower! I do think Karen will try to steal it ~ who wouldn’t if it just gorgeous! Very interesting techniques with that felting tool . . . something I have never tried!
Thanks for sharing, can’t wait to see more flowers you do!
Bunny Vance
bunnyvance at gmail dot com
I am sure she will steal this flower, it is wonderful!! Would love to have the book and tools, such fun and inspiration!
I love the flower. The picture inspires me to create flowers for my jackets and bags. Thank you for sharing.
Just gorgeous. I am sure Karen will be after it, as who wouldn’t? Thank you for sharing.
Love, love your flower. And I would love to make one out of the wool…so cool.
I love the flower. Karen wouldn’t be the only one to try wrestling it off your shoulder. The book looks fabulous darling’. Would love to try the flowers.
Of course Karen would wrest that lovely flower from you, I would too!
This is really cute with the cotton fabrics. I do think your friend will try to steal it. Since it is so easy you should just make another for her!
Love your flower – thank you so much for sharing!
Such a clever idea – thanks for sharing.
Your wool flower is lovely! I would like to make one for myself. Thanks!
Very nice! Felting is such a great craft and so versatile !
Love the flowers they will make such a wonderful gift and to have for suits, scarfs it is endless
I love this!
What a precious idea! so very clever. I want to make some of the roses.
Very interesting. Would love to try and make these!
What fun ideas. I am sure I need another craft to learn!
I am sure she would not steal it off your shoulder, but she may ask you to make one for her shoulder.
Wow! Such a simple craft with stunning results!
I think I do need this book – so many great flowers! I love using them for pins and papercrafts and would love the additional ideas! I’d definitely keep clear of your friend Karen…although, it is always fun to share with a friend! Maybe she could come make one with you.
I love your flower and I am sure that your friend would like to find a way to get it from your shoulder to hers. I will be taking Amy’s class at the Expo in Puyallup, I am so excited.
I love this flower design u can use this design for quilting and knitting
Fave colors plum and military green (I wear a lot) are here so I love the flower. I sure need a felting tool–genius. Would love to win the book as well. It’s on my wish list.
Your friend will definitely swipe your flower. Thanks for the chance to win.
If Karen doesn’t wrestle it from you, I will give it a shot! Love the flowers.
I am sure your friend will try to steal your flower. I love making fabric flowers and would like to learn how to felt. What a fantastic giveaway!!!!
Spring has sprung! Lovely!
How adorable. I teach sewing to 30 young ladies who love making things like this with their scraps. It would be great to have for them to use making these cute flowers. They range in age from 7 to 13 yrs and I’m sure this book would be appreciated by them all!!! Thanks for the chance to win it!!!!
Oh, this would be wonderful! I’ve been collecting (read as HOARDING) wool pieces from the local thrift store for a couple years and now need to start DOING something with them!!!
Love your gorgeous flower! It would look great on my new jacket too. 🙂
Love Love Love this!!!!
Love it , looks like fun!
I am in love with the colors! Very woman around town!
OK, if I don’t win, I will have to purchase this!!! So stankin cute!!!
u should make her one. so cute she will love
This looks like so much fun!!!! Would love to have it!
I love the look of these flowers! Protect your shoulder and make another flower for Karen. Thanks for this opportunity.
I love the flower!! I love making fabric flowers!!!
I love the beautiful flower pin!
I love making fabric flowers so really could use the book.
Love the flower and would like to be able to make one. Would liven up drab looking winter clothes and get us in the mood for spring!
love the flower and the book is amazing!
What fun it would be if you and your friend started a mutual “stealing” group. She steals your flower, you steal her something something, and back and forth. You could have great fun, and perhaps your followers would join in “stealing” from each other. I enjoyed your post. Thank you!
If Karen S doesn’t steal it, I will. The book looks great. Lots of great ideas. The flower looks nice on the jacket.
This book is full of inspiration. Would love to win it! 🙂 Love the needlefelting!
I’m sure the flowers will be a nice addition to bags. I don’t think a friend would steal from you but you’ll have to make her at least one!!
The daffodil is beautiful!
I dont think she will steal it. She may “borrow” it and forget to return it :p
I think the book looks neat and I love the flower!
I love the flower and could think of a jillion things to do with the flowers from the book!
The first thing I thought was “NEAT” , i would be right there with Karen trying to wrestle it right off your jacket too! LOL , Love it
Your flower is adorable. LOVE it on that blazer. Gorgeous
Wow! Another craft that I’m likely to be addicted to! This looks like a ton of fun! Thanks for the opportunity to give it a try…for free! Love your products and patterns.
Kathy
Love these crazy flowers! I’ve done some wool felting but nothing like this!
I like your flower!
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I think your friend might try to “pick” your charming flower pin, let’s make it easy for her and gift her with a copy of Indygo Junction’s ‘ Fabric Flowers’. I love the pin and would love to needle felt up a few fabric flower brooches to gift to friends. Thanks for the giveaway!
Looks intriguing! I’d love to try these.
Thanks for the chance to win. Hope I can make these neat flowers.
These are super-cute. Mmmmm. So many possibilities.
Answers to questions 1, 2 and 3 … I do. I do. I do. 🙂
I have never done needle felting, but it might be time! I would like to try this with a blanket stitch edging too. I have a t-shirt knit necklace that I would like to pin it on!
Thanks for giving away a book!
Make lots and spread flower love to everyone!!!!!!! :0)
FLOWER WOW!!!!!!!
I think your flower is b-e-a-utiful and would definitely snatch it off your shoulder, but hopefully I won’t have to!
Loving your fabric flowers! I am dyeing (turned it into sort of a pun) to see how to make the pansy flowers!!!! LOVE THEM! Hoping I’m the random one! I haven’t felted yet, but I’ve sewn a few fabric flowers. 🙂
These are so beautiful, I can see them made a little smaller, for little girl’s clothes or headbands.
I love the flower. I think it would be really fun to learn needle felting.
She would be crazy not to steal it. It is so pretty. Thanks for this contest.
Love the ideas from Lazy Girl and hoping to win the book.
Love Lazy Girl projects! Keep up the good work.
Always looking for new ideas tospur the creative juice flow.
Love the flower! The book looks like fun. Hope I win!!!
I love what you’ve done with the flower….a great idea. Maybe it would be nice to make one especially for that good friend of yours!! She’d be forever grateful, and yours would be safe, too!!!
Beware! Karen has hired a hit man/woman who is lurking about just waiting for a chance to steal the coveted flower….watch your step! What Karen doesn’t know is that I’ve offered the hit man/woman a bribe so I’ll be getting this flower – UNLESS I win the book so I can make one myself 😉
I think the book is excellent; can’t wait ’till I get my hands on a copy. The flower looks absolutely fabulous on your jacket. As to your friend wanting to steal the flower… yep, I think she would. In fact, I would too, if I had the chance. 🙂
One of those flowers would look lovely on a tweed purse, your pattern, of course!
Looks like a wonderful craft to make for myself as well to make for gift giving!
Lucky Karen S if she bumps into you this winter. Would love a copy of the bok so that I can make it for our winter in Tasmania!
I’ve always wanted to try needle felting. Love this flower.
I love the idea of this book as I have many plain shirts and blouses. I love your flower and if your friend is smart, it’s already gone! 😉
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
This is a wonderful book! I especially like that you are including the needle felting tools along with it. I’d love to try to do this craft. Such fun. Thanks!
I love all dimensional sewing. THese floweres would look great on a bag, and wall- hangings as well as your shoulder! Great for stitching while watching TV too.
The flowers are fabulous! thank you!
Love the flower brooch! The choice of fabrics really compliments the wool roving, and the colors are beautifully coordinated.
You have inspired me, I need to do a few of these ASAP!
I love the flowers and patterns. I have one tartan flower that I purchased in Edinburgh last summer and wear it on my jacket, and would love to learn to make some for my coat and for my blazer – also for gifts. Your flowers are amazing. Thanks so much for the patterns and tools.
I love all your flowers! I would love to have your book! I have the Clover tools already- I just need inspiration on how to use them. Your book would be perfect. If I don’t win, I’m gonna buy it. Ack! Did I just say that out loud??!! 😉
I really like the flower. I think I could make one! Your neat book shows a lot of useable and fun projects. Your friend may steal the flower, but if it’s missing you’ll know where to find it!! Wouldn’t it take a truly lazy person to steal a flower instead of making her own??
Can I steal your flower? I guess if you I can’t I will have to make my own. Looks like so much fun. Thanks for the chance to win the book.
you really don’t have to worry about Karen – the rest of us will also try to steal this if we see you. – fantastic flower
Your flower looks really great on your jacket!
I don’t know how to make one but I’d like to learn. Book looks interesting.
Your flowers are wonderful. I would love to have the book and try to make some – for myself and for my friends.
I love the colors you used in your flower, very sophisticated!
Very interesting & different! Sign me up! Thanks for the chance.
the flowers shown are so creative and an excellent opportunity to “up-cycle”. -Denise
I love the book and your flower thanks for a chance to win
I love anything made of wool. My thing is recycling wool clothing. This flower would be great.
No doubt it WILL be stolen. The book looks yummy, so inspiring, and your flower is very cool!
The book is wonderful and the flower is lovely…..I know i would not steal it if I were yout friend, but I would try to get you to give it to me!!
love the use for scrap felt and fabrics! I can use this to make flowers for my daughter who is in parades
Love your flower. Hope your friend doesn’t steal your flower. Maybe you should make her one for her birthday.
Haven’t tried felting yet….I think it is on the near horizon tho….dil Gail loves daffodils….
Gorgeous flower! Thank you for the inspiration and the chance to win!
What a fabulous book. But, am I drooling over that Japanese fabric!!!
Friends steal often but call it ‘borrowing for a bit’.
If I were Karen, I would indeed steal your beautiful flower! Actually, I would be tempted to steal the entire book, except maybe I’ll actually win it. Alas, if not, I will buy it. Thanks so much!
WOW! Found this on my first visit to LazyGirl’s and hope I’m the winner. I would love to make a whole garden!
I want to try felting. This would be the perfect way to get a start on a new craft.
Would just love to get my hands on both the book and the tools!!!
Sandra B
I really would like to have the book. There are some really nice flowers. Thank you for the giveaway.
I think you will give your friend this gorgeous flower and make another for yourself 🙂 I love Indygo Junction patterns and would love to get my hands on this book! I’m also a long time fan of Clover. I’ve only just started doing a little of felting and really enjoy it! Even though I tend to put a hole or two in my fingers 🙂
I love all the Lazy’s patterns, products, and instructions, tips and I already have the book now all I need is the tools. I will probably purchase them also, I never win anything, so good luck to whoever does.
I would love to have this book. i love to make things and give them away and donate to auctions and fund raisers. i have lots of friends that i would give a flower to just because of who they are. i also bake lots of cakes to donate or just give away so if i win this book i could add a nice flower to the package. thats giving 2 goodies in one. thanks!!
This book looks real interesting!! I would really like to have this one for sure. Thank you for the giveaway.
I love this flower…..it is beautiful! I can’t wait to get my hands on this book…….either by winning or buying it.
So much fun! I love all of the flowers I have seen from this book. And I have been wanting to try needle felting for at least a year now 🙂
Your friend will ask politely if she can borrow your flower. I love your flower! I don’t have the book, so I will steal yours. 😉
I recently became interested in creating fabric flowers so this would be awesome for me to win! Thanks for the chance to win it! dennamerritt@gmail.com
These flowers look so wonderful, I am excited to try them.
Love the fabric flowers! Thanks for the chance to win the book and new toys!
thanks for the chance to win the book and goodies. love the flowers.
These look so fun. Thanks for sharing with one of us!
Looks like a fun, fast, project…..I would love to win!!!
Can’t wait to make these great flowers!
I love the flowers, they look great!
Cute flower! I’d love to own both the book and the needle felting supplies. That’s something I haven’t done yet that I’ve always wanted to do.
Seriously, I could see someone stealing your flower. I’d love to give making them a try.
Love the flower pin, hope your friend doesn’t steal it! Alway wanted to try felting!
I’m sure that someone will ‘try’ to steal the flower, these are so cool. Needle felting looks very interesting, and it’s something my granddaughter and I haven’t tried (yet). Thank you for this chance.
I love the flowers, I plan to make some of the flowers for bridemaids gifts out of the bride’s color. This will be a great reminder for the girls.
Peggy
Adorable Flower and totally “steal” worthy 🙂 Ive never tried Needle Felting but look forward to giving it a go…Thank You!!!
I wouldn’t blame your friend Karen if she did try to steal your flower! It’s lovely. The book is now on my wish list.
Beautiful flower!
Love, love, love this. I have many scrap pieces of wool and plenty of felting supplies. Can’t wait to get started on making flowers for cowls that I make.
Beautiful flowers! I want to make them all!
I love the flower you ceated! The colors are so warm together. I was just thinking about trying felting this weekend. Pick me PLEASE….. 🙂
Cool Flowers!!! Love making different kinds. Chose me if you do I ll make some and send it to you.
I love your flower, I think your girlfriend will love it too! I’d love to win the book and tool.
Love uour flower decor.
Lovely! Thanks for the chance.
Love the flower !
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I would steal a flower if Karen doesn’t. LOL. I saw this on Nancy’s show. Love to have this.
This looks like fun for a fiber enthusiast like me! Could combine it with quilting AND knitting!