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Today, I bring you a giveaway from SouleMama Sponsor, Alewives Fabrics. In their words:
"Alewives Fabrics is located in Midcoast Maine and is owned by Barbara Neeson and her daughter Rhea Butler. We specialize in an eclectic mix of hand-picked fabrics: everything from tickings and toiles to large scale florals and contemporary prints. We also carry a great selection of yarn, ribbons, buttons, battings, notions, patterns, books and more!"
You can follow along with Alewives on Rhea's blog, or on Twitter and Facebook.
SouleMama: How long have you been in business?
Rhea: Alewives Fabrics has been in business since 1978! We've changed a lot in the past few years, but a lot of things have stayed the same. We still draw our ads for the local newspaper by hand (a different one each week!) and we still use our original cash register. One of the biggest changes came about a little over 2 years ago when we added our online shop. Now we sell our fabrics all over the world!
SouleMama: What does a typical day at work look like for you?
Rhea: One of the things we love about our job is that there is no typical day and you never know what to expect. Just last week we had customers from Germany, the Netherlands and Italy, we waited on Lobstermen buying special scissors to cut their nets, we were vendors at a local quilt show and we received lots of new fabrics in the shop, which is always the best treat. You never know what to expect!
SouleMama: Is there a special place that inspires you?
Rhea: The old red barn that houses our business inspires us! Vintage details like a set of stairs you have to pull down from the ceiling, stained glass sidelights, creaky wooden floors and the gorgeous view from our cupola make this fabric store like no place else in the whole world. Yes, the building has some funny little quirks (don't even THINK about using the iron and the microwave at the same time!), but we love our barn through and through. It still gives us a little thrill to turn the key in the door every morning!
For today's giveaway, Rhea and Barbara at Alewives are generously offering the following to one winner:
~ a Sense and Sensibility fat quarter set!
(This collection of 30 fat quarters was hand-selected by Rhea and includes historical reproductions and prints from designers like Amy Butler, Kaffee Fassett, Melissa White, Libery Arts...even some Marimekko! The fabrics in the set are both old-fashioned and a bit wild at the same time: they will speak to your traditional design sense but also to your modern style sensibilities!)
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Thank you to Alewives Fabrics!
To enter today's giveaway, please leave a comment (one entry per person, please) in today's post. I'll close comments by 8am EST on Sunday, and announce the winner(s), chosen via Random Number Generator, shortly after.
Comments closed! The winner is...
really romantic and pretty! thank you
posted by: michelle