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Drawstrings {giveaway!}

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Today’s giveaway is from Wanda, the seamstress behind Drawstrings! You may also know Wanda from her blog, Re-inventing Mother. She’s a regular on the Yarn Along as well! She creates the most beautiful drawstring bags, and I have been lucky enough to receive a couple of them. They make perfect knitting project bags, and mine can often be seen peeking out of my Yarn Along photos each week. While I love using mine to hold knitting projects, Drawstrings come in many sizes and have many different uses. Wanda first introduced herself and shared the story of how Drawstrings was born last year.  Her business was originally inspired by my friend Elizabeth Dehority, who recently passed away.  I’m sure that Wanda agrees that sewing these bags is a wonderful way to keep Elizabeth’s memory alive.

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It’s been over a year since Drawstrings was born! I have been gifted with incredible people who have made this dream come true. Those people are you. Sales from Drawstrings have been awesome and I continue to marvel at the reviews.

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My oldest daughter, Elizabeth, continues to be part of Drawstrings, making this a team effort.  Elizabeth has a degree in Landscape Architecture from Texas Tech University and is also a certified Texas teacher.  She teaches Art to first through sixth graders.  Best of all, she is the mother of three of my grandchildren; Lilah, Evelyn, and Luke.   Her gift of color and design ( she has new ideas already!!) is another gift to the shop.  I’m grateful for her help as I am busy helping to plan the wedding of my youngest daughter!

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Together, our goal is to provide a custom bag that can be used in many ways. Many of you use them for your knitting and projects, but with all the varied sizes, the uses are infinite. From jewelry, rosaries, shoes, books,backpacks, dance, laundry, and gift bags, we provide a quality product that is custom to you. Our bags are not mass produced unless you order them. Your purchase is one of a kind! Quality fabrics are used in each bag and I am constantly searching for unique fabrics.

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For today’s giveaway, Drawstrings is offering one winner the small bag pictured above. In addition, they are offering a 15% discount on all purchases through April 30. Use the code Drawstrings at checkout to receive the discount. Mother’s Day is just around the corner and one of Wanda’s bags would make the perfect gift!

For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post.  Comments are closed and the winner is Betsie who commented, “I love them! Please?”

Thanks, Wanda and Drawstrings!


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  2. I love ‘pretty and useful’ items – this would be treasured. Fingers crossed. Thank-you. x

  11. These are just adorable – I would put my current cross stitch project in it – so easy to grab and carry! Thanks for the opportunity to win this.

  14. I would put one of these bags to good use,probably to have a project ready to go.Thanks for the giveaway.

  16. I love Wanda’s bags! I use mine ALL the time!!! count me in to win this beautiful one! I can use it for one of my knitting projects!

  23. I love these bags! I’ve given several as gifts and cherish the ones that I have –

  26. Can you ever have enough drawstring bags? I don’t think so! Yours are especially beautiful!! I would love one. I am not a person that bonds with my sewing machine so I am in awe of your wonderful talent. Quite a gift, I would say…

  29. I love to see and hear about small businesses that have a strong family grounding. I think people get the more personal touch that we miss so today. In my mind, it is these very stores and shops that we’ll should be spending our hard earned money…they are the backbone of the America I remember and have loved so dearly.

    Good Luck Ladies! I know ya’ll will continue to be successful!

  31. What beautiful bags! I need a new project sack. My TOMs shoes bag is giving way after years of stuffing various WIPs in it! 🙂

  32. I love the bag I purchased. I use it to keep the notes for the book I am writing with my sister. I would love another bag….everybody already calls me the bag lady and I might as well carry one with style.

  33. Oh I love her bags! I gave one to my best friend and one to her daughter for Christmas. They love them! I also ordered one for myself a little after Christmas. I use it constantly. In fact, it’s in a lot of my WIP Wednesday posts. The bags are very well made. My friend’s daughter literally stuffs hers asa full as she can get it, and not just with yarny things (books, iPod, etc), and it’s holding up beautifully!

  34. Lovely giveaway! I love my beautiful bag….usually have more than one project going, could use another 🙂

  37. Ooh, so pretty! I might have to hide them to keep my girls from using them for their treasures 🙂

  38. Beautiful combination of fabrics & ribbon ties! You can tell that each is lovingly handcrafted! Thank you for the drawing opportunity!

  42. I have quite a few Drawstrings bags in my favorites! I love my two and have projects in them now! Wonderful bags…fabulous family!

  43. Thank you for sharing this lovely story! Such a nice idea for wrapping up Mother’s Day gifts!

  48. I would love to have some of these for all my girls’ crochet projects. Thanks for the chance to win one!