A few days away from vacation last summer, Little Girl was trying to figure out how to carry her spending money. Off to the sewing machine I ran! Not really, but I did make her a little "wallet bag." The requirements were simple, a strap long enough to go across her body (hands free), at least 2 pockets (one with a zipper) and an easy closure. Wallah! The Happy Travels Wallet is born! Hop on over the Sew Mama Sew! for the full tutorial. I hope you make one…
or two…
or three…
So (sew) I thought I would have a fun freebie in conjunction with this tutorial unveiling. How about a vintage fabric kit to make your own Happy Travels Wallet? Here is the pink one…
And here is a vintage mint/peach kit too…
And, a completed (also vintage) Happy Travels Wallet made by yours truly WITH an adjustable strap…
AND, how about I throw NINE vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bags in the mix too?
To enter:
•LEAVE A COMMENT, IN THE COMMENT LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THIS FORMAT: name(at)something(dot)com it is important to spell out DOT and AT so you don't get spam, if you DO NOT leave an email address, you will not be entered in the freebie.
•In your comment tell us which of the following prizes you would like to win (we will do our best to honor requests and we don't want to send a kit to someone that does not sew!):
•pink vintage wallet kit
•mint/peach vintage wallet kit
•Completed Happy Travels Wallet
•vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag
•12 lucky people will win fun things!
•DEADLINE FOR THIS FREEBIE IS 10pm(CST) Friday, June 29, 2012.(winners will be posted here & notified by email no later than June 30)
Don't forget to leave us your email!
Many thanks to Sew Mama Sew! for posting the tutorial & all of you for entering! Best of luck--Teresa
International entries are welcome.
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I'd like a shopping bag! Robyndadler (at) yahoo (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI like the completed travel bag...sew cute!
ReplyDeletebeautiful sewing too...
suzstuff(at)gmail(dot)com
I would really like one of the beautiful shopping bags!
ReplyDeletemamame(at)xl-online(dot)com
LOVE THEM!! I'd love to have either of the kits. LOVE THEM!!
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carol
maplecreekracing(at)comcast(dot)com
I would love a completed travel bag but the sewing kits are fab too! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteEmilysalvi(at)comcast(dot)net
Would love the chance to win the vintage fabric Green Lady bags! I am lucky enough to have one in my life, which gets used all the time. Wouldn't it be nice to have another? Or I could share with my mom, too (probably that's a better idea, isn't it??!!)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the mint and peach kit:) Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteMGARRT(at)hotmail(dot)com
would you please send one of your shopping bags my way? I'm in Australia. Would love to have one here.
ReplyDeletesilverpromidi(at)promidi(dot)com(dot)au
thanks heaps if I can :)
Kerry
Bags of old cloth potryasayuschie.Mne would like to win it to give my grandmother a birthday!
ReplyDeletelelik260182@mail.ru
I'll be happy to win sumku.Hochu to please his girlfriend.
ReplyDeletekiruyha230674@mail.ru
I'm interested in cross stitch and I would like to get your bag to carry it in their crafts.
ReplyDeletewolna888888@mail.ru
Wow, I love these. One of those would be perfect for my little daughter who's starting school in September. Right, where is my fabric and sewing machine...
ReplyDeleteI would love to get one of the travel wallet kits - they look great. Thanks for a another lovely giveaway jorobexeter(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI would love one of your vintage shopping bags. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeletesunnybecwildfern(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love either
ReplyDelete•Completed Happy Travels Wallet
•vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag
Such a cute and useful little wallet!
blondie19012k(at)hotmail(dot)com
I would love the completed travel wallet or the pink kit or one of the gorgeous shopping bags!
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Hello my dear!I want to "pink vintage wallet kit". I love to sew! Soon I will send you my picture :) oyu37 (at) mail (dot) ru
ReplyDeleteMore goodies! I'd love a green lady bag (autographed, please! LOL). Thanks for another giveaway. Kmcassie (at) gmail
ReplyDeleteIt's cool!!
ReplyDeleteI would love the completed travel wallet! Thanks for the chance!
helen.serbina(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to sew the mint travel bag as it would be my first zipper project! I love the vintage green lady bags too. Thanks
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Hey, these bags are lovely! clue1[at]gazeta[dot]pl
ReplyDeleteI'd like to win either the pink kit or a vintage shopping bag. Korianne koratheexplora(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win the I like the completed travel bag or the shopping bag.
ReplyDeleteThanks ^^
Hueisei(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd love ANY of the prizes.
ReplyDeletemadameugly(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thank you for the giveaway and link to a usefull travel wallet. I would choose because I sew the mint/peach vintage wallet or the premade as I love purple! thanks!
ReplyDeletebutler83ataoldotcom
I would like to pink vintage wallet kit.
ReplyDeleteetomoye(at)gmail(dot)com
I would be happy to receive vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag
ReplyDeletetchernogorlova (at) gmail (dot)com
Good morning. I like Completed Happy Travels Wallet
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Hey. I'm here for the first time. I hope you're lucky. really like it mint/peach vintage wallet kit
ReplyDeletehomemyland(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd like a kit, that way I can figure out how to make a bunch more! ebthorn(at)gmail(dot)com.
ReplyDeleteI'm totally in love with the completed travel bag. It looks so cute!
ReplyDeletecdsopticalfiber(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to win the completed Happy Travels Wallet or the vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag since I don't know how to sew. Thank you - your website has inspired me to learn how to sew. Thanks for all you do for Nashville and the world! Keep it up :) whereisthebeach(at)me(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI would like a vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag!
ReplyDeletetgl_lady(at)yahoo(dot)com
I'd love the completed travel wallet, but the shopping bags are great, too!
ReplyDeleteprhill54(at)gmail (dot) com
Thanks for the chance to enter!
I'd love the pink wallet kit but any of the prizes really, they all look wonderful!
ReplyDeletegifac1262(at)gmail(dot)com
These are lovely, I sew so I'd be delighted with any of the prizes, they are all great.
ReplyDeletemary(at)emmens(dot)co(dot)uk
I would love the vintage peach/mint kit please but would be thrilled with any of the prizes.
ReplyDeletemomik97(at)aol(dot)com
It so nice, I love it.
ReplyDeleteAle
Costa Rica
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They all are so beautiful and pretty!
ReplyDeleteI would like to win a vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag.
Thanks a lot.
asbo82(at)mail(dot)ru
Thanks for the tutorial! I would love one of the floral vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bags but of course any of the other prizes would be great, too, I do sew. ;)
ReplyDeletelorepuckett at verizon dot net
I would love the travel kit in mint!
ReplyDeleteswahlmann(at)hotmail(dot)com
I,M new to sewing and those seem like a fun and nice project to add to my list!
ReplyDeletekaboz(at)me(dot)com
I would love to win either the
ReplyDeleteCompleted Happy Travels Wallet or a Shopping Bag! Thank you for the chance to win. :-)
appieb77 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Thanks for the free pattern and having this giveaway. If I win, I would like one of the shopping bags.
ReplyDeletesarahannwong(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd love the mint/peach kit. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeletedtwinter2001(at)gmail(dot)com
What a wonderful freebie!!
ReplyDeleteI think I can sew a wallet by means of tutorial! And as I have no Green Bag I would like to win one of Vintage Fabric Bag!
Very generous Teresa.. Thank you in advance.
Maria
marian_nak(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thanks for the fantastic pattern! I love the way you packaged them into kits to give away. I'd be thrilled to win either of them! Thanks for the chance! tiapass(at)me(dot)com
ReplyDeleteHow cute! Love the wallet bags. I, sadly, do not sew, so a bag or the wallet would certainly be prefered. Although I do have plenty of sewing friends and family that I could give the kit to. I'm open to whatever!
ReplyDeletesjmbreen(at)gmail(dot)com
I just found your site through Sew, Mama, Sew. The wallet looks so cute.
ReplyDeleteI'd love the vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag.
So cute. I want to make a wallet myself too. Thank you for a great giveaway. I would love to win one of the vintage shopping bags because a girl can never have too many bags.
ReplyDeleteks(dot)eyles(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Thank you for the pattern and the inspiration. My college roommate works hard to encourage people to use cloth bags. I will inquire if she has heard of your project. I would love one of your shopping bags for her.
ReplyDeletepaaslesen2(at)gmail(dot)com
So awesome! I'd love any of them but I really like the
ReplyDeletepink vintage wallet kit
and mint/peach vintage wallet kit
Thanks for the giveaway
Kristin
k_l_turner123 at yahoo dot com
(and I really would love to know WHAT IS THE MUSHROOM FABRIC IN THE FIRST PICTURE??- omg I am in love!)
I would love the vintage pink...so cute! clclark2000 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win any of the prizes!! And of the kits to complete, I prefer the peach/mint over the pink. Thanks for a chance to win! :)
ReplyDeletebcgeates at netbistro dot com
I love the mint kit but would be happy with anything! My son is about to go abroad on a school trip so I definitely need to make him a bag!
ReplyDeleteThey're adorable. I'd like to win the mint/peach vintage wallet kit.
ReplyDeletecstoops(at)cox(dot)net
These are so cute. I would love to win one. Appleblossem4u@yahoo.xo.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I would so love a GBL bag! I think what you do is awesome Teresa, thanks for another great giveaway x
ReplyDeletechloe.longley(at)gmail(dot)com
I think the travel purses are darling.
ReplyDelete& I love love love the fabric line for the totes.
Thanks cathy antone
cjantone@frontier.com
cjantoneatfrontierdotcom
I would love the little wallet already made. I think it is AWESOME (and I sew better when I can see the finished product. I have trouble following instructions. Even if you send me to the mall and I know where that is!)
ReplyDeleteBUT. I am still coveting one of your shopping bags, so I'd love one of those because there won't be enough wallets to go around!
coachmaria
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Thanks so much.
Wow, thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteI would like to win this kit:
mint/peach vintage wallet kit
Greetings,
Tina
mailantina(at)gmail(dot).com
I love the tutorial thank you somuch. I am new to your blog but I believe in reusing handmade bags in groceries and stores. You hav an awesome blog ..thanks for sharing..
ReplyDeletesgriff57(at)comcast(dot)net
If I should win please just chose one I do not have any of your bags, kits or have not made the tutorial yet but I intend to....
It's really hard to pick a favorite because they all look great, but I think I have to say the pink vintage kit is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteesfunayama(at)gmail(dot)com
A shopping bag or actually anything else would be great purple.potatoes(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteHI! These little wallets are adorable! I'd love to enter for the mint and peach wallet kit. my email is catt(dot)eddleman(at)yahoo(dot)com
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! I'm so glad I found your blog! I saw the article on Sew Mama Sew's blog. =)
I would love to win one of your beautiful vintage shopping bags.
ReplyDeletelaura84watt(at)gmail(dot)com
Hi.
ReplyDeleteI`d like mint/peach vintage wallet kit. I really want it.
Thanks for the chance!
mexxovushka(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow! What a generous giveaway! I love sewing so my favourite gift would be the pink vintage kit! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteigarciadi(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to win one of your travel wallets, and the already completed one would be my choice. you are awesome.
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i am natali\!Hello, I would like to get one of your beautiful bags)
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natalbel (at) meta (dot) ua
What a nice giveaway! I would be very happy to win one of the bags and I'd use it at the local food co-op. :)
ReplyDeletejaners41(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would love a Green Bag Lady bag, but who wouldn't? I can think of many uses for sure!
ReplyDeletesue2earth(at)msn(dot)com
Thank you for another fun contest!
Sue
I would LOVE one of the kits so I can make it with my daughter who got "sewing lessons" from mom for her seventh birthday earlier this month. She likes both pink and peach.
ReplyDeletesherid94(at)gmail(dot)com
This is a great project! Thank you for the tutorial and the giveaway. I'd love a completed wallet or one of the kits.
ReplyDeleteThank you,
suzannebuy (at) ybles (dot) com
Great little pattern.
ReplyDeleteI'd be more than happy with the pink kit or one of your vintage shopping bags.
Thank you.
taswege(at)internode(dot)on(dot)net
The wallets are really nifty. I'll be making one in SF giants colors for my son to take his $$ to the ballpark . . . I'd be thrilled with either the completed one of either of the kits.
ReplyDeletelinda(dot)penngrove(at)gmail(dot)com
Oh, I'd be thrilled to win any of it!
ReplyDeletemirandaevans01(at)gmail(dot)com
Ooh, I'd like either of the kits. I would love to try making one of those cute wallet bags. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteclemahinay(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love, love, love the peach and mint kit.
ReplyDeletesuebee12(at)gmail(dot)com
Thank you for the giveaway!!!
Hi Teresa! I like mint/peach vintage wallet kit most of all. I love to sew and I think it'll be very useful for me!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
My email: belladonnaellas(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thanks for all you do! Anything would be fine! cyarnell(at)mindspring(dot)com
ReplyDeleteOooo! I would love to try the mint/peach kit! I love a giveaway. So much fun! Thanks!! And thanks for the PDF on sewmamasew.
ReplyDeletejm_nicurn(at) yahoo(dot) com
I would like to receive the completed travel bag so I can use it to hold my passport when I travel to Spain in August.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win.
Virna from Craftmates
craftmatesetc (at) gmail (dot) com
As always, what a cool giveaway! I would love to win a vintage fabric shopping bag. I think I am addicted to the Green Bag Lady creations! If the bags are not available, I will be just as happy with the completed travel wallet. Thank you!
ReplyDeletegaiana(at)comcast(dot)net
I would love a vintage fabric Green Lady bag! What a cool giveaway
ReplyDeletenwilcox95(at)comcast(dot)net
Any of those would be a delightful surprise! Thanks for the chance to enter.
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Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteAzAndee (at) cox (dot) net
Hello everyone. I would love any gift.
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ReplyDeleteNICE!
ReplyDeletefirilama(at)gmail(dot)com
I would like a shopping bag. I don't have one yet...
ReplyDeleteturtle3717 (at)yahoo (dot) com
Found this blog through Sew Mama Sew and I must say I really admire your initiative. <3 So far I already try to use my own re-usable bags for shopping (Ikea one's, but still...), but yours are really cute. <3 I would love to win a real "Green" Shopping Bag! Thanks so much for this blog & contest! <3 jolien_848 (at) hotmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteYour work is distinguished by unique design and unusual. Gladly would the owner of the pink vintage wallet kit! Thank you for the opportunity and good luck to all participants in the lottery!
ReplyDeleteI would love the chance to win the vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag!
ReplyDeleteDeb
ladara(at)cfl(dot)rr(dot)com
All are beautiful. My choice would be the completed travel bag.
ReplyDeletecarriemak(at)aol(dot)com
I would love a famous Green Bag Lady bag! Teresa, thank you for making the world a better place. knackj(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI would love one of the kits. That way I can learn how to make them and make more for my friends.
ReplyDeletePat K.
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I like the bags and the peach wallet:)
ReplyDeletethehappycrochetchci(at)yahoo(dot)com
I absolutely love the bags and the mint wallet.
ReplyDeleteathena2minerva(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would like to get one of vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bags! They are really wonderful. Thank you very much.
ReplyDeletekatrin_yzvnsk(at)mail(dot)ru
I'd love anything - keep up the good work!
ReplyDeletecaroleav(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would love a vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag. Email: bianca_question AT yahoo DOT com
ReplyDeleteMe like the vintage fabric green bag lady bag!
ReplyDeleteandri_chama(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would love the mint/peach vintage wallet kit for a nice challenge! Thanks! thedewdriesup(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI would love one of your bags or the completed wallet!
ReplyDeleteJteneback at hotmail dot com
Mmm... vintage bags are so beautifull! Hugs!
ReplyDeletebethanyperala(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI don't sew so I'd love to win one of the vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bags! :)
OH! How Cute!! I love the vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bags. *fingers are crossed!*
ReplyDeletejustinandmelodyadams(at)gmail(dot)com
Thank you for doing this! How generous. :)
Hello. I would like to win a vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag. Thank you for another fonderful giveaway.
ReplyDeletetintino4ka(at)yandex(dot)com
Have a nice day :)
First I shall pick my jaw up from the floor. These are ALL amazing. I would be grateful to win any. I can sew, but sadly don't get to as often as I would hope so probably either the already made wallet, or a vintage bag....so fab!!!
ReplyDeletenikkilawrence(at)hotmail(dot)com
Hi, just recently learned about this, what a great thing you are doing! I use fabric shopping bags too, but could always use another one, so I'd be thrilled with one of your lovely ones! Shauna
ReplyDeletehottecattleco(at)xplornet(dot)ca
I would be happy with any of them, but most likely the completed walled or a shopping bag.
ReplyDeleteberly(at)uw(dot)edu
I love the travel bag - so ingenious!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Anya
anyabyam(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd like some of your beautiful shopping bags :-*
ReplyDeleteSneginka_5@list.ru
Oh I'd like!!
ReplyDeletetmorton321(at)comcast(dot)net
Good day.
ReplyDeleteI would like to get your lovely bag, because I think it is a great idea to get it! Your bag are really wonderful!
Thank you!!!
My address: valeria.saenko@yandex.ru
I love how generous you are! I won a grocery bag a few years ago, would love to win another :) I hope that doesn't sound greedy. A vintage fabric Green Bag Lady bag would be so nice to carry a change of clothes and toys for my kids!
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pixie_shadow AT hotmail DOT com