Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns: Book Review and Giveaway!
Natalie Chanin’s latest book, Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns, brings her famous attention to detail to a whole new level, and this time it’s all about the fit! Every pattern in this gorgeous book is customizable to fit you and only you. And remarkably, it’s all sewn entirely by hand, every seam, hem, appliqué and reverse appliqué. This is grassroots sewing at its best!
Natalie is renowned for her singular sense of style, a neat balance between elegant and homespun, elaborate surface design and simple silhouettes. Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns expertly discloses the extraordinary workmanship and commitment to detail behind its beautiful creations. Combine this inspiration with a perfectly tailored garment, and we’re in some very special sewing territory!
To celebrate the release of Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns, Purl Soho is giving away a copy right here on the Purl Bee! Just leave a comment on this post before Monday, April 13th, noon eastern standard time, and we will pick a winner at random. Make sure to enter your email address on the comment form. (It won’t be published publicly and we won’t send you any spam!)Good luck and get inspired!
Update
April 13, 2015: Thank you so much to everyone who entered this giveaway! It was so wonderful to read all of your comments! A winner has been chosen and notified and the giveaway is now closed. Thanks again. -Purl Soho
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Oooh, I love these garments. It looks very difficult and time-consuming but would love to try some of these sewing techinques.
yeah! Making an Alabama Chanin is on my bucket list.
Such beautiful images! I’d love to win this! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love AC design work and appliques. I have been inspired by it for a while. Very excited about this book. Can’t wait to have a look!
Can’t wait to make the cover garment!
i would love to win this book! It looks fantastic! Thank you so much for the chance to win.
I love Alabama studio and would love to create!
Would love to win this – these patterns look beautiful!
I love sewing by hand, though I’ve done little for myself– this book would inspire me!
I would love to try some of these patterns!
What a fab way to inspire others to get into sewing…would love it 🙂
Beautiful book! Would love to win this.
Ohh la la! Fingers crossed!
This looks stunning! I’ve always been a little intimidated by hand sewing (the machine does it so much neater!) but I think it’s high time I got over that. Maybe this book would help me 😉
I love Alabama Chanin. The books are gorgeous too!
I would love to try the patterns and techniques in this book!
Heaps good. Count me in x
Such inspiration!
Looks like a lovely book!
This brings back memories of stitching doll clothes by hand from fabric scraps. I would love to make a hand stitched garment and would also love to share the craft with my daughters. Count me in!
I’ve been wanting to try an Alabama Chanin pattern! This looks fantastic!
Love sewing, knitting- would love to win the book
Such interesting patterns, I’d love to try them out!
Beautiful book. Would love to win a copy. Thanks for the giveaway.
I’ve had my eye on this!! Would so love to win.
Natalie is a true inspiration. Would love to own her book!
I’m pretty excited to check this book out for myself! Thank you for the review!
This is so inspirational! Thank you, too, for offering the give-away.
I love the idea of hand sewn clothing and I’d love to use the book for pattern ideas!
Would love to win this-I used to make my clothes -will inspire me to do so again.
I adore this look, lovely hand stitching and reverse applique. Gorgeous
Thanks for the giveaway~!
Wow, that embroidery is beautiful and would go quickly.
I absolutely adore Alabama Chanin. I am drooling over Natalie’s book ‘Alabama Studio Sewing + Design’ right now (from our local library). Winning the pattern book would be awesome!
Thank you for the chance to win. Good luck to all!
I have two of her books and would love this one as well!
This book looks amazing! I am itching to have a go at making some things. Thanks for the giveaway.
How creative – reminds me of a chic version of my grandmothers quilts which is incredibly, a wonderful combination!
Oh, I love how the clothing Alabama Chanin designs is so personal and the designs sewn in are flowing and beautiful. How wonderful it would be to own a copy of the book!
gonna get this book no matter what!
Totally in love with this book!
I would love to own this book. So much inspiration!
I’m a longtime fan of Alabama Chanin’s — so excited to see this release and giveaway! Thanks Purl Soho for celebrating such wonderful craftsmanship and style.
I want this book sooooo much!
yes this is really beautiful. An amazing cool design. Love to win such patterns ideas.
This is stunning!!
Beautiful! The dress in particular!
Beautiful! I began knitting three years ago, after not having done so for 40 yrs. It relieved my depression, and brought color and passion into my life. I have not sewn in 30 yrs. This bk just might inspire me…
I can’t wait to see this book. What a wonderful giveaway~!! fingers-crossed!
This looks like a wonderfully inspiring book…I would love a copy!
Just beautiful.
I am continuously amazed by Alabama Chanin’s creativity and sewing expertise while being a prime example of sustainability in the southeast. I want to make my own custom versions with this book!
I have been admiring her creations for awhile and have wanted to try to hand sew a skirt or a tank with the applique. Thank you for the chance to win the pattern book and maybe finally give it a try.
Wow! Beautiful patterns! Beautiful book! Making an Alabama Chanin is on my list!
I don’t know if this is open to UK readers, but if so I’d love to enter. These designs are brilliant and the book looks beautiful!
Looks amazing!
I love this style!
Lovely book.
I’d love this book; I need to learn more about fit!
It all looks so lovely! I would love to own this book!
can’t wait for this book! I love the a-line dress variations and am looking forward to delving into her signature style of embellishment.
I absolutely love Natalie’s patterns and have visited and met her! I would love to own this new book and Thanks for the giveaway!
I have been obsessed with Natalie Chanin’s designs, philosophy, and aesthetic for years now and have been waiting anxiously for the release of the new book. I’m looking forward to diving into some new sewing projects (finally) in the next weeks. Fingers crossed I win the book!
This would mean the world to me! Thanks for the chance.
Very talented.
I’d love to try these patterns with island fabrics!
lovely and inspiring projects! i need to get back into sewing…
I love Natalie’s work…in fact, I’m heading to Blackberry Farm this summer to take a workshop with her! I’m so excited, and this book would be a great tool to get me ready for the workshop!
so beautiful! i might actually find the patience to hand-sew something so pretty…
I really admire this style of sewing, not only does it look like something you’d buy at anthropologie, but with each stitch sewn by hand, the garments are far more special and unique. Truly some beautiful designs 🙂
This looks amazing!
I can’t wait to try these patterns! I especially want to make the coat.
I would love to have this book. I dream of having clothes like the picture on the cover.
Thank you for such a generous giveaway!
I would love to have this book. I am new to sewing and I would love to learn more. Thanks.
Everything that Natalie does is so inspiring and beautiful. I am sure this book is a special gem and I would love to win!
It is wonderful to see this return to the past technique of garment construction. It was a more gentle time. Her style expresses it, and it is inspiration for me.
The idea of handsewing one of Natalie Chanin’s beautiful designs never occurred to me. I thought it would be far beyond me. Would very much love to have the book as a guide! Thanks Purl Soho for the encouragement!
Making an Alabama Chanin garment is on my Dream Big (very long) To-Do List. I would love a copy of this book! Thanks for the opportunity!
Ooh! I’d love to add this book to my sewing library!
These patterns and the custom fit instructions are going to be very useful to those of us (maybe all of us?) who aren’t an exact match for commercial sizes.
I’m in love with hand sewing and can’t wait to get a copy of this book.
Gorgeous and very inspired. Love love love! Would be honoured to have the book on my shelf.
Looks like a great book filled with great patterns! Thanks for a great giveaway!
This looks so beautiful. I’d love to try a few projects. Thanks for the chance to enter
Inspiring work and it made me want to have a go. I love the naturalness of the designs and workings. A very talented lady.
Thank you for sharing her work.
Yesyesyes! I love her books and patterns! I would love to win.
Would love to get a great fit on one of the Alabama Chanin patterns. It can be very difficult to get a great fit if you are 5’10” and over 65 years old. This would be thrilling.
Thank you for the opportunity.
The book looks amazing. I would love to learn how to sew things that fit well!
Would love to have this!
These patterns are so beautiful!
This book looks amazing! I love Natalie’s work, style and GENEROSITY!
I would love to win this book and try Natalie’s patterns!
Thank you!
I love that these are all sewn by hand!
I am amazed by Natalie Chanin’s work and would really love this book!
I can’t wait to check out Natalie’s book! I’m sure it’s amazing.
xoxo
I’d love to add this to my library.
I am a recent returnee to sewing and would love to have this book to assist with custom fitting. The appliqué is something I’ve wanted to try for awhile. Thanks for the opportunity!
What an exciting new book! She always has such beautiful things.
What an inspiring and beautiful book. Can’t wait to get started!
so beautiful! I would love to make something like this. Please pick me to win!
I’m probably not allowed to enter because I live over the oceans, so let me just say that Nathalie Chanin’s been an inspiration for years in making clothes for me and my daughter. This book would be a great addition to the three I already have and use, though.
Hi Helene-
You’re allowed! Good luck and thanks for the nice comment!
Molly
The ability to tailor the designs for a custom fit makes this a book for everyone.
Natalie’s. Books are among my favorites in my library! I can’t wait to look through the newest one and queue up some projects!
Love this book, would like to add it to my collection. I have sewn 3 other garments from her other books.
Alabama Chanin patterns are so exciting for someone like me who is a little afraid of a sewing machine but doesn’t have a problem with needle and thread in hand!
I’ve adored Natalie’s books since they’ve been in print, and would be thrilled to receive this book.
This book looks amazing!
Absolutely gorgeous!
I’ve always loved her clothing, but didn’t have the budget to purchase any pieces. I would love to have the patterns and info to try making one myself! Exciting!
This is shockingly beautiful! I can’t imagine how to sew a garment entirely by hand, but I’ve recently taken up classical embroidery. I’d love to get this book and give it a try!
A beautiful blend of history & modernity in each design – so original.
have been wanting to try this out. what a beautiful looking book.
Natalie’s books have inspired me to pick up my passion for sewing again! I can’t wait to dive into this new edition and test my own skills.
Gorgeous! I’m literally drooling over these patterns… I’d love this book!
This book looks amazing!
Nathalie’s books and work have been a huge influence on me since I discovered them three years ago. Before that I always dreamed of being able to make my own clothes. Now I have a shelf full of things I loved making, I love wearing, and that have inspired a lot of my friends to join me on this creative journey. I’m so grateful to her and the staff of Alabama Chanin!
I’ve been sewing since I was 12 years old in Junior High school. These are very creative and inspirational sewing patterns/ideas! I’d be thrilled to win this book!
Is a perfect style for me, and I love it!
This would make a great gift!
Gorgeous book- would be such an inspirational addition for the shelves, especially for a knitter who’s always trying to dip a toe into the sewing pond.
I love Natalie’s elaborate and gorgeous surface embellishments and on her soft, organic jersey cotton it makes me never want to take the garment off! I have been waiting for this book to come out! Can’t wait to see it!
OMG, I have a beautiful navy dress made in the same technique and I wanted to learn it since I’ve got this dress! Would be great to have this book!
I am so drawn to these Alabama Chanin clothes and this designer. Really really want to take a class there in Alabama. Maybe her new book will have to do for a while. I love love the slow sewing and perfect fit.
Such a uniquely beautiful style.
Beautiful patterns!
What a beautiful book! I’d love to be able to give some of these patterns a try. Thanks for the inspiration, as always!
Nathalie’s clothes are so beautiful and creative. I would love to win the book. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love Alabama Chanin! I have her Stitch Book and Studio Design. They are gorgeous with what they teach and inspire.
This would be perfect for me since I don’t own a sewing machine!
So beautiful!
Nathalie Chanin is new to me. The book title sounds intriguing. I would love to see this book.
Alabama Chanin and Purl-what could be better? Will you ever stock the AC jersey? (Wishful thinking…)
It would be great to try one of these patterns!
Wow, these look absolutely incredible! I can’t wait to get the book and start sewing. I love the hand stitching and detail!
Lovely. So nice to see an interesting use of fabric to create beautiful patterns within patterns.
I love the Chanin style and hand sewing is very relaxing and beautiful!
I’m so excited about this book!
Such beautiful patterns!
Looks wonderful!
I am new to Purl Soho and Purl Bee and am loving all the new things it has to offer. This is the first time I have heard of Natalie’s work and would love to have the book to make my daughter and daughter-in-law some special gifts. I recently retired and would love spending some retirement time with this book.
One of the things that I love about Alabama Chanin is Natalie’s willingness to share her patterns and designs. I think it is a lovely ethos when others are pushing for tighter controls over copyright of intellectual property. I find her company inspiring for the beautiful things she makes and their overall mission. I can’t wait to get my hands on this book!
I would love to try her designs!!
Oh wow! What an inspiring book!!
I love the creativity and freedom that comes with this kind of individual creation. This is so very much connected to the purl bee/purl soho philosophy! Lovely xx
It would be so wonderful to relearn sewing and create tops that actually fit me perfectly. So many awesome designs in this! Thank you for sharing.
Exciting new book. Can’t wait to look at it.
Cannot wait to try the new designs!
I’ve along admired Nathalie’s work, and now finally a book for people like me who knit but don’t machine-sew. Thanks for the giveaway!
Yes! It looks like a wonderful catalyst to get me back into the beauty and zen of sewing.
Her work is beautiful! Looks so exciting!
Would love to learn more about this beautiful technique.
Oh man, to have clothes that fit and that I actually like! That’s a combination I can never find in the stores. I would love to win this book!
I became familiar with Natalie’s work thru Anna Maria Horners studio here in Nashville. I absolutely love her unique sense of style and would love to have her book.
Love the garments. What a great way to make beautiful cloths a part of sewing skills
Would love to win this book. Thanks for the opportunity!
This would definitely add style to my handmade wardrobe plans for this year!
I would love to try these and am looking forward to winning. “I hope”.
Looks very interesting. Would like to try my hand at making a piece of clothing from scratch with just needle and thread.
I would love to have this book and sew her patterns! They are so cool!
Stunning creations I look forward to creating for custom garments that are fashionable and timeless.
Been an Alabama Chanin fan & follower for years. Have the first three books & looking forward to the forth now that it is published. Always inspired by & impressed with Natalie Chanin. Amazing talent!
Natalie Chanin’s clothes stand out for their originality and determined hand sewn style. They have a Rennaissance charm about them and evoke a style of a gentler less technological era. Her book of designs would inspire a return to nearly forgotten sewing skills and creativity.
J’ai déjà fait certains de ses patrons et le résultat est fantastique.
Would love to receive this book and learn how to customize my clothes.
Very cool! Would live to expirememnt with this.
Just beautiful!
Love the quality and beauty of Chanin’s creations.
We’ve followed Alabama Chanin for almost 10 years since my daughter was introduced to Natalie’s exquisite work and ethical treatment of people while a textile major in college. We love that she’s grown her business keeping her unique esthetic and all the good she does in her community. We’d love to add this to our library.
Hello,
I really like the style, also i like to sew by hand, more than using a machine because of the tactile experience.
I hope to win this book, my birthday happens this month so… 🙂
So fun!
As a one-time avid seamstress (before kids!), I would love to explore this book. It looks like a perfect combination of art and practicality.
I would love to win this giveaway! Just the inspiration I need to jump start my sewing!
I have all 3 of Natalie’s previous books and they are among my all time favourites. They inspire me over & over again.
Oh how I’d love to make any of these patterns! But the black trapeze dress – oh my! I’ve always been so inspired by her. Thanks for offering this giveaway!
This is a fabulous opportunity! I have long admired Natalie Chanin and would love to get started on creating a beautiful hand sewn garment!
This looks gorgeous!
How exciting!! Would love to win this book!! I am getting back into sewing and this would be a great way to inspire me.
This looks exquisite!
Alabama Chanin makes home-made look so charming, and full of character. The clothes tell a story as if from ages past. Love to learn how…
This would be fascinating reading and making!
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity! I love Natalie Chanin’s work!
Wow these are beautiful. Would love to learn how to sew them. Thank you for the chance to win this book!
Love these techniques !
I adore Nathalie’s style and would love to be able to make the clothes for myself with a copy of this book.
This surely is inspirational! I need some new Spring clothing and a new sewing project . . .
These are the most beautiful patterns. I would love to learn how to make them to fit me.
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book! Thanks for the chance to win one!
Looks fabulous! Would love the chance to win this book. Thanks!
I luv the fringe/ruffle detail on the bottom of this blouse and also the easy, breezy vibe that it has. Pure perfection!
Made in America! Natural fabrics!
What utter beauty! These are so unique and fashion forward I would love to make one of these garments for myself.
This is exactly the kind of sewing I’d like to do. I love to sew. This book looks so inspiring!
Wow! What a refreshing looking sewing book! Please count me in on the contest. Thank you.
I’d love to try sewing some of these patterns! love them!
Magic happens when any of us recgonize our purpose and follow our dream. Natalie Chanins work is filled with the joy she has found in fulfilling her purpose and her desire to share and teach the rest of us.
Love her clothes! Can’t wait to try and see some! Gorgeous!
I love Natalie Chanin and have always wanted one of her books…Thanks for the chance to win a copy. I think either way I need to get this book! Looks amazing!
It may be aspirational sewing for me but a girl can dream. The perfect aesthetic for someone small who also liked surface detail, soft but with some oomph. Hope you post to Australia.
I saw the Alabama Channing video on Etsy a while ago, and it was SO inspiriting to find a company that depends on local women and their talents to produce amazing clothing. I mean, this is the definition of local, handmade, and beautiful. How amazing! Watch it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvv98JdiVLA
This book looks fantastic!
I love sewing and this book looks so inspiring.
Bravo to Natalie Chanin!
Learning how to customize creative clothing………..priceless!
Exquisite! Nothing better than creating something by hand…slowly and with loving attention.
Oh please oh please oh please pick me! I bought the other sewing book with my Christmas giftcard and have basically read it cover to cover. I would LOVE to own this!
Yes please!
This book would be great fun to own and work through the projects.
Looks like a great book to polish up my sewing!! Love the details on the tank!!
Wow! This stuff is beautiful!
This book looks wonderful and fascinating. I would love to own this book. Thank you for the fun chance at this give-away!
I love Natalie Chanin’s clothes! Can’t wait to see her new book.
I love that these are all made to be hand sewn, since I don’t have a sewing machine.
I should love to win this book
From the few photos I’ve peeped – the clothes look like what I have been looking for – fitted, feminine and not futzy. I’d really love to read this book and learn ways to improve my garment fitting.
This book looks AWESONE!
Thanks for the giveaway!
My mother used to hand sew beautiful clothing … I would love to win this book and be inspired to carry on a beautiful tradition. As well, I live in a rural area without electricity at the moment … in the midst of building a cabin … to be able to hand sew beautiful garments would be fantastic!
I love these patterns, the fit is great and hand-stitched embellishments are wonderful!
The Alabama Chanin books are real treasures. They have inspired me to start sewing again. Winning the newest would be sweet!
What beautiful designs! I love the layering of the fabrics.
This looks very intriging! I love making things fit well and look individual.
Beautiful detail. Individual pieces for the individual.
I would love this book! I just discovered this fabric technique on another sewing blog and here it is again!
ooooh – so feminine. I love that it’s ok to be romantically inclined when dressing. Loving long & flounced skirts
Her designs are so great! I would love a copy of this book! Thanks for the chance.
The stitches, the appliqué, the designs, the inspiration! That and more to love in all of Alabama Studio, Natalie Chanin books! Can’t wait to see this new creation!
Beautiful work, stunning patterns i would love to learn to sew like this! I am so excited to have a copy! Hope i can win.
Thanks Purl Bee
What a great book!
This book looks just fabulous in every way…homespun elegance!
This might be the motivation I need to start sewing again!
I’m very tall (6’1″) and as such love sewing clothes that fit me! It would be great to win this book to help me with my fashion repertoire!
My sewing machine and I have never been great friends. But sewing by hand…perfect! I recently subscribed to The Purl Bee mailing list…very happy I did!
This book would be ideal for my sewing needs, I prefer to sew by hand. The patterns look intriguing.
Lovely book and designs! Thanks for the opportunity!
The pictures of Natalie’s garments shown on your web site are beautiful! She is so talented, and her book sounds amazing. I would love to sew clothes that fit me perfectly, and looked beautiful. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy!
Thank you for letting us know about Natalie’s latest book and celebrating its release with a giveaway! I’m sure this book, like her others, will be an inspiration and treasure!
The book looks beautiful, and I would love to have a copy and learn to really fit patterns. Needles crossed! Please pick me!
I’ve been a fan of Alabama Chanin since I first ran across Natalie’s books. I’m so excited for the chance to win this new one!
Would love the opportunity to enter this drawing. I’m fairly new at sewing but would certainly appreciate a book like this.
Thanks so much for the chance to enter this drawing and for sponsoring it. 🙂
This book looks brilliant, though I’ll admit up front that there would probably be some machine stitching snuck in when I started making the pieces.
I love the way the clothes shown are embellished. And that they are made to fit. What could be better? Gorgeous hand stitched style!
I love it. Hand sewing is such a good idea. And the book looks great!
What are the chances?
I’m so glad Purl Soho is showcasing this amazing book. I’d be delighted to win but will get my hands on the book no matter what!
What a beautiful book!
This looks so intriguing! I’ve been teaching my self reverse
Quilting technique. Would love to learn this technique on
my sewn garments.
Her pieces are amazing!
I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this book! It looks amazing.
This looks like a really inspiring book!
Argh! Have just picked up sewing again after 6 years break and totally in need of some inspiration 🙂
I learned about Natalie Chanin a few years ago and have admired her work ever since. While I can’t afford her clothes, her work is inspirational. I’d love to have her book to inspire my own sewing and needlework.
Cheers to Natalie Chanin and Purl Soho for helping to keep the tradition of handcrafting with fibers alive and well in contemporary form. If only my grandmother were still alive to see that our generation has as strong and enduring an appreciation for and commitment to needle arts as she and her grandmother did. I’m looking forward to savoring every page of Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns.
WOW, gorgeous book! This could be my re-entry point into the world of sewing for myself.
I have 2 of Natalie’s books & would love to have this one. Her designs are incredible. She always inspires me.
I’d love to learn something new at my age – 75!
Oh my gosh! I was just looking online for these patterns & then checked my mail & here was this give-away! I would love to win this book. After years of sewing bags, quilts, & home dec I have decided to get back into clothing! I would love, love this book!
Love Purl and Natalie Chanin and would love to be able to dream through this book!
I have been admiring her work for years, would love to win this book.
Oh my goodness, I would love to add this book to my library! The things I could make…
I love this style of sewing by hand and creating garments I enjoy wearing.
Beautiful clothes inspire creativity. Whomever wins will inspire all who are around to create.
The look is so gorgeous! I want to get sewing now, especially to make something that will actually fit. I’m inspired!
Wow! I would love to sew something beautiful that actually fits. I am inspired!
Alabama Studio – sheer bliss. Imagine making such beautiful clothes. What a wonderful giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win this book.
oooooh perfect!! and i love that it’s all hand sewn!
Love the ideas in here. And I love the idea of making clothes that fit my daughter exactly how she needs them.
Love alabama chanin
I’ve been admiring her work for a while–I will keep my fingers crossed!
I’m so excited about this book!
I LOVE Alabama Chanin! I have the first book and it is so inspiring. Would love to visit the studio one day
I’m sew looking forward to winning this awesome book. Thank you for this contest.
So beautiful!
Would love to see and try Channin’s pattern!
This book looks amazing – can’t wait to see what’s inside! Love that everything is customizable.
Those clothes are both the new future and a renaissance!
I love what Natalie Chanin is doing for Muscle Shoals and Alabama. She is bringing together a community with her vision, her work, and her collaborations. I would be honored to win her book.
this is awesome. I’ve loved the Alabama Channing designs since I first saw a skirt a few years ago. I have been hoping to get a sewing machine and learn to sew for a while, but this is all handsewn?!?! I’m blown away and really can’t wait to dig into this book and create. Thanks Purl Bee!
Beautiful looking book! I love hand made designs, so I definitely want to check this out!
This book sounds amazing! I have her first. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win it.
So organically elegant! And this style of applique would look fabulous on little girls tunics or dresses. There is nothing quite like sewing by hand. Can’t wait to either win the book or buy it.
If all the patterns are as lovely as the cover, this book warrents taking a peek at!
Thank you for the constant inspiration and thank you for the chance to own a copy of that lovely book!
Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this book! Thanks for the opp to maybe win it 🙂
I am so inspired by Natalie’s patterns. Her clothing is elegant, unique, and to die for. I’d really love to have this book!
I am almost 70 years old and leaving much behind including stuff, old identies and stories, healthy movement, marriages and relationships; continuing the search through the struggle to find the final real me. Hand sewing a garment that fits me: how perfect is that. My colors, my movement, my feel. Yes, I’m ready for this book!
i fell in love with the hand sewn clothes you make. I read about and saw the beautiful garments your friends and neighbors were hand sewing. this is what i would love to do for grandchildren! thank you, look forward to the book!
i am a quilter but am starting to dabble in clothing. These patterns seem to feel similar (to modern quilting style) and not too daunting…that said, it’d be so neat to try to make something for myself that I created from yardage, what an accomplishment. here’s to the stitching journey.
I’ve heard about this book…
I’ve been waiting for this book…
and I would absolutely love to win this book!
thanks!!
I’m very interested in the book. I haven’t seen anything like it before in clothing. Relaxed, creative, soft and best of all handmade. As a seamstress, embroider and bead freak, I was made to tackle this challenge. I would love to win !!
I expect this book will be as beautiful as her others!
What a beautiful book of amazing handmade wardrobe and stitching! I would love to create such clothing. Thanks for the opportunity!
wow, a great book. wanna win!
Finally, styles that have beautiful handwork! It is so nice to not only be able to get a good fit, but to add interesting detail.
Thanks, Purl Soho for bringing this unique designer to our attention!
This book would be a great inspiration to using my new seewingmachine. You don’t find many of those books in Norway
Oh wow! Maybe if I won this book, I’d have the courage to try to make one of these garments — I’ve admire both the style and workmanship for quite some time. Very feminine, very beautiful!
Love her! She inspires less consumerism, while putting more love into what we make and give. Totally dig you, Natalie!
I just finished an Alabama Chanin top yesterday. I have been waiting for this new book and would love to win a copy 🙂
This clothing is beautiful and so different from most sewing patterns I have used. I would love to read this book and create one of these inspired garments. How incredible that it is all sewn by hand!
I loved her other books, and I bet this one is beautiful and inspirational as well!
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something I don’t know
to make my hands running
on coloured fabrics
and the rest is poetry
I like this style so much and would like to try the special kind of embroidery – it looks magic!
would be very happy to win this book
This Book Looks GREAT and i LOVE to sew things out of it!
Wow, so beautiful, love to win the book and make the clothes!
Thank you!
If the winner lives oveseas, is the book coming too? I’d really love ti have such an inspiration at home, in my bookshelf …
jana
Amazing to see how trendy the patterns look. I am a very interested follower from the Netherlands and I am impressed by the Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns. Therefore I would be over the moon when I win this book. I cross my fingers. 🙂
This I would love to win, to see and use to help give me back the opportunity to make stunning, unique and individual clothes again.
Beautiful book! I still have lots to learn, but this looks so inspiring! Thanks for the chance:-)
Oh man, we just got a sewing machine in the house, and I’ve been looking to start making and modifying some clothes! This would be so helpful.
This sounds the perfect book for me. I love a challenge and apart from knitting, crochet and painting, I have started making clothes which I am very proud of. Having this book would be ideal for me to take sewing to the next level of creativity.
What an absolutely beautiful book full of unusual and creative designs! I would like to make my daughter-in-law the beautiful top featured on the cover, for her birthday, and would love to be able to use the book! I will treasure the book greatly and will use it a lot I am sure!
Oh it would nice to slowly browse the pages of this lovely book.
Natalie’s books are always so inspiring, and I’m sure this one is even more so! Thanks for the chance to win.
I want this book!
Çok başarılı buldum.Tebrik ederim.Kitabın benim olmasını çok isterim.
I love that everything is sewn by hand! I would love to learn to sew custom designs from this book!
Fantastic – my next project!
I would love to win this book.
I gladly pay for the postal fee to Norway 🙂 🙂
Keep my fingers crossed 🙂
Lillian
FANTÁSTICO UNA SUERTE SI ME TOCA
GRACIAS
What a wonderful book!
…and I love the interesting fabric modifications!
I didn’t know anyone actually sewing clothes by hand! I’d love to learn how she does it and be able to do it myself.
A perfect book for yurt living.
I always loved Alabama Chanin style, also in home decoration. I will take seriously the challenge of hand-sew something from A to Z, thank you Purl Soho for the suggestion and let me say: siete bravissime 🙂
I am delighted to see a book that showcases fit and style. Can’t wait to get a copy
I love Purlbee nice to get on this site and find beautiful pieces that I can make whether knitting or sewing.
The hand stitching on the blouses inspires me to try new techniques!
this book looks amazing! i am in the process of creating a new wardrobe and the pieces in this book looks as if they would make perfect additions.
Alabama Chanin is part of my favorite pattern library. I have applied the techniques to numerous projects in making a unique one-of-a-kind wardrobe that is comfortable. I have been anxiously awaiting this new book to furfher enhance my skills. Best of all is the philosophy of Alabama Chanin in working to enhance community and home with a handmade quality of life.
I’ve been sewing for 50+ years, starting with my doll’s clothes! This is such pretty (and rare) handwork – love to see how she customizes the fit!
Alabama Chaning is such a beautiful way to handsew gorgeous clothes. I have done one garment–a simple vest, and want to do many more!! It is hand done, but moves quickly and is vey relaxing!!
I would love to add this sewing book to my collection. Thanks for the giveaway.
The combination of well fitting classical clothing with traditional hand work technique looks very promising!
I’m not so good at sewing but there must be a reason why I always buy beautiful fabric and needles and sewing stuff! Attracted like a magnet!
I would love to try these patterns
Beautiful book.
What beautiful designs!
I would love to try my hand at one of these beautiful garments– thanks.
Huge girl crush on Natalie and her work! Plus she’s a kindred Virgo. Have loved all of her books and don’t doubt that I will love this one, too!
Lovely clothes. I would love to win a copy of this book!
I have admired this book many times, but I have never purchased it because I felt that I was not a good enough sew-er to make such beautiful garments. It has been a few years, and now I feel that I could handle the challenge!
This looks like it is full of wonderful summer projects. I hope I get a chance to check it out!
Your designs are so inspiring! Great job Purl Soho team! I would be so glad to have the book.
I have been a fan for years. Everything she does is incredible. Slow art – worth every stitch!
I’ve been wowed! I’d love to win this book!
Just what I have been hoping for, an inspirational book.
I enjoy hand and machine sewing using natural fibers. Re-making small girls clothes from wool and cotton clothes has been a past time for many years now. Having patterns to work with would be a bonus.
I’ve been waiting for this book to become available, love her style!
Pick me !!
I can’t wait for the new patterns ! I used this technic and the result is quite nice.
I would love to have this book!
Alabama Chanin patterns and books are amazing. I have taken her class on Craftsy and she is my favorite artist. I would love to win her newest book. It’s one on my wish list.
I bought two of her other books for my daughter. I would love to win this for her too!
The clothes looks absolutely beautiful. I love the surface designs.
How to create special clothes – no problems with these book – a lot of dreams possible with Natalie
What a beautiful book! I would love to win this!
Great fit and style made with quality fabrics sounds good to me!
Wow! Here comes a summer project….
Oh my. It looks beautiful in every way!
I have admired the clothes they make and design at Alabama Studio for years. So happy to see them at Purl Soho!
Love Natalie’s work. I frequently check her books out from the library. It would be a thrill to own one of her books.
I love Natalie’s work. I frequently check her books out from our library. It would be a thrill to own one.
this looks so beautiful! I can’t wait to see what’s inside!
I love the skirt shown here, and the detail in the stitching. Beautiful!
I absolutely love the shape of the long skirt. It is narrow at the hips and then flares out so it would be flattering as well as a way to express beautiful artwork.
Oh my, such a lovely book! I’d love to win it!
I own Natalie Chanin’s other books and would love to add this one to my collection. Her books are visually stunning and a treasure, even if you don’t sew. Taking one of their workshops someday is on my bucket list!
Awesome! Someday soon I want to make these clothes!
I love Alabama Chanin’s message of sustainable practice and hand-making mindfulness. These detailed photographs of her work is incredibly inspiring!
Wow – this looks like an amazing and inspiring book! (Fingers crossed that I win.)
Oh, my daughter would love this! She is taking fashion design classes!
Love, love. Love the Alabama Chanin designs! My husband and I were just drooling over their design collaboration with Heath Ceramics.
I love hand-sewing! So charming
Beauty and inspiration between two covers!
The work of the Alabama Chanin crew is truly inspiring. They take simple fabric and a simple shape and turn it into wearable art. I would love to win this book!
Wow.. this looks remarkable.. stylish and beautiful! Love the handwork! Janet
These designs are unbelievably gorgeous!!
I would love to teach my grandchildren the beauty of crafting a garment. It’s such a pleasure to see that handwork is coming back.
Hi, 😉
Would be so great to have this book –
THX
Wow a book by Natalie Chenin showcasing her imaginative designs and attention to detail.
Wow. I need to look into this…
Enter me please 🙂
Fabulous book!
What a great give-away!!
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Natalie on several occasions, and love her iconic style. As a champion of slow fashion, she is helping bring this movement to the same level as the slow food movement. Congrats on the new book and wishing her continued success.
I would love to have this book!
I’ve been a big fan of Alabama Chainin’s style. Classy and timeless.
I love the hand stitched quality of Alabama Chanin clothes. Natalie’s books are fascinating and I would love to add this to my stash and make an organic cotton garment!
What a beautiful book and very inspiring designs!
I LOVE her clothing and would be delighted to win a copy of her book so I could make something for myself.
Hand made is always best!!
Since I don’t own a sewing machine, the inspiration and patterns in this book would be perfect for me!
OMG I’d be in heaven! I’ve been admiring Natalie’s designs and styles for years…and would quit my job this moment for a chance to work in her company. The premise of the slow design and employing local people…I bow to her!
What a fantastic giveaway. Thank you for the chance to win!
Can’t wait to to see The book!
I would enjoy making these clothes for my college freshman!
So her style.
I love the look of these clothes and would love the opportunity to win this book. Thanks for offering this!
Jennifer
Love, Love, Love Alabama Chanin! Always brings pleasure to my day 🙂
These lovely patterns make me want to get my sewing machine out!
Wow this looks so interesting! I would love to try it out.
Such beautiful patterns,
Just looking at the cover makes we want to get the sewing machine out and humming away. The intricate beading etc makes these designs just stand out. My kind of clothes.
I love the details in her clothing! Would like to learn about her techniques and try them out!
Nina
Can’t wait to get my hands on this book. Gorgeous patterns.
would love to be included in the drawing – the book looks inspiring!
Wow, her appliques are beautiful!
How I would love to win this! I’ve drooled over these designs for so long!
I love their other books. Amazing style and fit! Can’t wait to see what they show in this book.
Wonderful! Beautiful! Must have!
Such pretty things!
What gorgeous clothes- true artistry! I would love to own and use this book!
Sewing the garment and working all the surface design by hand?! I love that because I enjoy doing detailed handworks. Can’t wait to check this book!
Just a beautiful and unique style. Amazing handwork.
I have been sewing for a very long time. Out of necessity, I learned in the ’60’s while still in grade-school to sew my own clothing with my Oma and great aunts teaching me the basics. As I became more comfortable and excited with the understanding of creative personal expression, I added my own style making much of my own clothing. With the passing of time, I sewed ( knitted, and crocheted ) most of everything I needed from my husbands and children dren’s clothing, to household items and yard and garden accessories. Now, I have the pleasure and honor of sewing for my grandchildren. To me, Ms. Chanin’s hand work combines artistic creativity and individuality into beautifully made and fitted garments as unique as the person who is wearing them. I see her technique need not stop with clothing. What a wonderful joy and truly exciting personal expression and gift of love she shares. The possibilities are endless.
This book couldn’t be more timely for me. I am ready to step-up my sewing (and knitting) efforts to customize the fit of the patterns I am using. I can’t wait to read about the Alabama Studio method for doing so!
lovely
Natalie Chanin’s previous books are wonderful, so I am so glad there is another to add to the list!
I wish we had more of this in the UK, it is so original and exiting
Thanks for the chance to win a great book!
What lovely work – this is a beautiful book full of ideas I nee to explore more.
Her books are so inspiring! I love looking at them.
This caught my eye, I would love to learn how!
Oh my! I’d love to win! Thanks so very much for the chance!
Patterns to suit my lovely daughters….please include me in the drawing
Gorgeous! I would love to give this a shot!
What a great book! Looks like even a beginner like me (who is afraid of her sewing machine and ends up hand sewing — and kinda likes it) could use this.
It would be great to win this book. Thanks for chance to win.
Great combination of funk and style!
So beautiful, and by hand. What a wonderful sense of accomplishment that must be. I would love to make one of her beautiful garments!
The photos are beautiful. Sounds like a very interesting book!
What a great opportunity. I would love to be entered into the drawing.
Beautiful! Thanks for opportunity to win this fabulous book!
Those hand-stitched details are so lovely. Love this.
Looks like another great book! very exciting!
Lovely….it would be such a favorite to have!
How beautiful and feminine is this?! Love this.
I love that it takes you back to the roots of sewing, making something truly unique. It makes you slow down and requires love in every stitch.
Gorgeous! I would love this book!
I’d love to try some of the patterns in the book!
I’m so grateful to Natalie Chanin for introducing me to this beautiful & enjoyable way of sewing through her well designed books. I’m just finishing a long sleeve bolero from her Alabama Studio Sewing + Design book and I’m so happy with the process as well as the results. I’m looking forward to starting another project! Thanks for the chance to get her next book.
Cheers!
I love her work. Thanks for the chance.
Love the creativeness as well as conventional ideas combined
Have all of Her books. My grandma, who’s 100 , hand stitched a new nightie for me each year well into her 80’s. Now it’s my turn! Beautiful
Just looking at the pictures is so inspiring – I can’t wait to give some of these patterns a try. They look so amazing!
What a talented designer she is! I love her designs, they bring back that simple elegance that’s been missing for far too long from the world of fashion.
Great technique! love it.
Oh my goodness, I’d love to own the book and gosh, the sewing patterns as well! After too many years of not sewing a thing (though I’ve been knitting like crazy) I’m feeling totally inspired by all of the new books and patterns coming out these days. I just purchased an old Singer 600 off of Craigslist (just like the one my mom had and I first learned on!) and it was such a treat to stop into your shop last week to purchase some fabrics to get me going again 🙂
I really like her patterns on the fabric!!
awesome book!! Would love to win !!
My daughter is a big fan of Alabama Chanin.
wow this book looks lovely!
I would love to be included in this giveaway. Love her designs.
Amazing that these are all sewn by hand! Brava!
I had not heard of this designer….thanks Purl Bee!
Amazing that these are all sewn by hand– brava!!
Love the details and the fit. Also light and airy- some things look perfect for a hot and humid evening.
I am from Alabama living in Mexico and would love to win this awesome book!
Very inspiring. Beautiful work
Oh yes please!
Entirely sewn by hand?! I would love to know more!
This is a lovely book filled with lovely ideas. Thanks for a chance at winning this book.
I would love to win this book. I have wanted to make a blouse or skirt like this for a long time.
It looks pretty nice for sewing by hand!
Can’t wait to see the new Alabama Sewing patterns! Love her work!!
I would love to make some of the patterns in this book!
I would love to have this book. I already have two from her and they are vey inpiring.
this book is on top of my wishlist!
I’ve been following Alabama Chanin for a while now and love, love, love the style and innovation!
Gorgeous! Looks like some beautiful pieces for summer.
What beautiful and inspiring work!
Alabama Chanin is always so inspiring!! I can hardly wait to look through this amazing new book.
I love Natalie Chanin’s work, and would love to own this gorgeous book so I can make some of these beautiful garments!
Oh, bliss!
This sewing method, new to me, is so beautifully organic, fresh and totally authentic in our mass-produced world. Sew exciting! I would love to own this book of creative exploration.
This looks like a lovely book. Ms. Chanin is so motivating.
such beautiful designs, i would love to win
Lovely patterns and stitches, would love to win this book
Wait, I could actually make one of these gorgeous designs?! Everything else in my closet is starting to get very jealous.
Hand sewing is the best. Made with LOVE
I have Natalie Chanin’s other books, and they are great!
How marvellous! Have her first book: this one looks even better. Beautiful clothes.
I would love to win this book I have all of her other books and have stitched up several projects from them.
It’s a long time since I have seen everything hand stitched. How lovely.
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Love Alabama Chanin. Would love to win the book!
I love Natalie’s style and have made a couple of skirts from her first book. Would like to win the new book to add to my library!
Beautiful!
Ich habe 3 Bücher von Natalie Chanin und jedes Buch ist ein ganz besonderes Geschenk für ein ganzes Leben und vielleicht auch noch für meine Enkel und deren Enkel….DANKE DAFÜR
Ich habe mir ein Rock und den Shirt mit langen Ärmeln gemacht und sooft ich es will, es wird immer wieder anders sein, wie eine Reise, einfach schön.
Barbara Touati
I think that Natalie Chanin, more than anyone else, inspires me every day!
Absolutely beautiful and inspiring!
Can’t wait to add this to my AC collection!
This looks like such a fun pattern book! Thank you for always sharing inspirational items and making sure our in box is full of beauty!
Love Alabama Chanin from way back when!
These designs look lovely and it’s intriguing that they are all done by hand.
Inspired, indeed! Loved slow fashion before weven knowing about it…
What an interesting concept. I need new ideas to freshen my wardrobe. Looks very interesting.
What a great giveaway!
I love Alabama Chanin concept and cannot wait to see their new garments, stencils, ideas….
I’m anticipating loving this book as much as the others. Natalie Chanin’s generosity with her art is inspiring.
I have the other three books. I NEED this one too! And I am so grateful for Natalie’s generosity in sharing her patterns, designs and techniques with all of us.
This looks like her best book yet! I love all her patterns – thank you for the giveaway!
Yeah! ready for another book by NC!
Love the Alabama Chanin styles!
beautiful, inspiring, just finished my wedding dress after one of her patterns. each of the books is a piece of art! thanks for the giveaway!
i love Purl Bee and I love Alabama Chanin.
How wonderful to be to make clothes that really fit and look perfect. The attention to detail is stunning!
Love!
Wow, it looks so nice. Crossing fingers.
I absolutely love all of her books thus far! Looking forward to this one!
I have been waiting for this book and finally it’s here!
So exciting!
Gorgeous hand-sewn garments, love!
Fabulous!
nothing like a book in the hand…I could use a lovely present just about now!
another fabulous book!
Beautiful, artistic patterns!
This work is stellar!! I would love to attempt this because enjoy handwork! Thank you for sharing!
Love Natalie’s sense of style and sustainability. Just got her third book and this would be a welcome addition!
The patterns are beautiful, very creative, and they are making me want to start sewing right NOW!
I’m head over heels for all things Natalie Chanin! Pure Love <3
Absolutely beautiful designs! I’d love to try my hand at them!
Been waiting for this book! Yes, please!
I am so in love with Alabama Chanin’s designs. One item on my bucket list is to take the week long class at the Alabama Chapin Studio.
I have been waiting impatiently for this new book. I have become a bit addicted to making AC inspired garments. I just finished a couple of skirts made from organic cotton jersey which I dyed in natural indigo. What fun!
Goodness, what a thing of beauty. A girl would feel special in anyone of those items!
I want to be the lucky one!
I love all of Natalie’s work!
Lovely, inspiring.
Handsewing for me is meditation. I can’t wait to enrich it with such beautiful patterns!
I love her previous books, no doubt this one will be a hit too!
I love AC and I would love to win this book!
Natalie Chanin’s work is fabulous, and always makes me want to get out my sewing things!
How lovely and inspiring to see someone promoting ‘Slow sewing’ to join the other ‘Slow’ movements’, like Slow Food. Yay for people like Natalie Chanin who encourage customised clothing and hand-making – such a nice antidote to all the throwaway clothing that’s out there.
I live a long way from Alabama (in Australia), so I can’t attend any of Natalie’s workshops. Winning a copy of her book instead would make me very happy!
Looks quite interesting and I think I will try it out. I enjoy hand sewing and the designs are great!
so lovely!
Love Natalie’s work!
I love her style! I’ve been waiting for this release.
Gorgeous and very unique!
WoW looks interesting, can’t wait to have a look and try some of her patterns!
This is beautiful inspiration. Would love to win this book, and have a summer full of joy sewing these designs.
I love that it combines machine stitching with hand work. The results look beautiful! I love new sewing books.
What a lovely give away!
Love Alabama Chanin! Thanks!
beautiful!
What a wonderful way to celebrate Natalie Chanin’s new book!! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work with everyone, both Purlsoho and Natalie!
Beautiful hand-sewn clothes, like my Barbie wore!
Beautiful! Her appliqué technique reminds me of Hawaiian quilting. Can’t wait to see the book!
Natalie’s work inspires me.
Wow!
I love her aesthetic.
Love her work!
Wow! I could get hooked on this gorgeous stuff.
So beautiful! I can only imagine how long this would take….
Looks like a really lovely, inspiring read!! Thanks so much for the chance :-)!!
I am new to Purl Soho and Purl Bee and loving all the lovely things they offer. I am not familiar with Natalie’s work but would love to win the book in order to make my daughter and daughter-in-law some special handmade gifts. I recently retired and can see myself spending some retirement hours with this book.
I was fortunate to visit Florence, AL and participate in a weekend workshop with Alabama Chanin. Definitely a highlight of my life:-)
This book would be put to good use in my home. Thank you for the opportunity to win it.
Inspiring, lovely.!
Love her style–can’t wait to read the book!!
Love this sooooo much
Love to do handwork. Reduces stress at the end of the day.
What a wonderful gift for one lucky, lucky, AC fan! (Of course, I hope it’s me) 🙂
Regardless, thank you for this lovely opportunity, and best of luck to everyone.
Love your work and would love the book and doing Some stitching
So much gorgeous stuff so little time.
saw this yesterday and it flooded my dreams last night….
Thank you for promoting this talented artist. Her work is art that we can wear with pride.
I have just started to get into hand sewing and altering patterns for myself. What a happy coincidence this book should be printed now.
This book might make me want to sew again… haven’t in quite a few years as I became addicted to knitting.
Her work is amazing. It reminds me of home and my gramdmoma’s sewing. Such a wonderful blend of handwork with clothing.
Exciting! This book looks great and I love her style. Customization is my favorite thing about handmade projects.
This is so beautiful! Can’t wait for all the sewing inspiration in this book!
I am a huge fan of Natalie Chanin’s work and her whole ethos..community..slow fashion.. local …tradition..sustainability…hand sewing….and ‘loving’ your thread!
I’m a huge fan of Natalie Chanin, and all she is doing to honor handcrafted goods and the people who produce them. Thanks Purl Soho, for all your generosity!
This really looks like a different and interesting book. Would love to try…
Love the whole way that the designer and artisans create one of a kind wearable art! A great lesson and legacy!
sewing has become my mediation and these designs and garments are perfect for the thoughtful sewist.
This looks like a very interesting book. I love trying out and learning new stitches.
Love her books! I’m about to become unemployed and am hoping to make lots of stuff in the time before I find a new job. It would be perfect timing to have this in my hands during that time.
I just saw some of her gorgeous work in person and so look forward to looking at this inspiring book. Thanks for the chance!
What a lovely book! Can’t wait to check it out.
The inspiration I need to get back to sewing. Thanks for this opportunity!
I have been a huge fan of Natalie’s work since the first time I meet her and saw her collection at The Ogden Museum in 2004. It’s inspirational to see artists bringing handmade details of our ancestors to life again.
entire garment hand-sewn___how great is that!
Wonderful designs! Like wearable art!
I am a fan of Natalie and I love Alabama Chanin! I can’t wait to learn what Natalie has to teach about fit in this book.
This looks like a very interesting book. Tired of the fashion in the stores now. All the same.
I look forward to and love every book she publishes.
How gorgeous to see something so lovely and `Different`1Looking forward to making some of these designs
I am really excited about Natalie Chanin’s new sewing patterns book. I love the craftsmanship and creativity of her designs, and I have all the supplies to make a jacket with her hand sewing techniques. Thank you for encouraging dressmaking as an heirloom art form!
Intrigued by the thought of hand stitching a dress!
Dear Purl Soho,
I love your site, your designs, and hope to visit you in NYC. I have been a fan of Alabama Chanin since her first book came out. I hope to take a class in person some day too.
Thanks for all of your great ideas to create.
My best to all,
Denise BB
So lovely. Thanks for the opportunity
Love the style! Looks very inspiring!
Wow! The look is beautiful. And like one that had found from a much earlier era. The book must be exciting and inspiring.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this lovely book!
I love how Natalie is making handwork “cool” again! Nothing is more pleasurable than creating something with your own hands and hard work. Purl is my little corner of heaven here in NYC ♡
Thanks for a chance at this lovely book!
Love the texture and movement in the clothing.
Really wonderful new ideas to create a lot more personal style!
LOVE the new book!
I love the simplicity of Natalie Chanin’s designs. She is an inspiration!
I received the Alabama Stitch Book for my birthday a couple years back and have been in love with her Studio books ever since. I can’t wait to dive into this one!
I am overflowing with excitement to open the pages of Natalie’s new book of inspiration, her passion has opened a creative side of me that I am so grateful to have discovered and look forward to the next sewing adventure. THANK YOU PURL BEE for all of your amazing inspiration and ideas
Oh this looks so wonderful! I just started hand stitching my quilts and this looks great.
So beautiful! I’ve mostly use a machine for sewing clothes, but did some hand sewing last week for the first time in years and discovered I really enjoy it 🙂
Thanks for this opportunity!! I would love to win this book 🙂
I adore everything about Natalie Chanin. She’s a good egg! My friend in Australia and I spend hours text-conversing about Alabama Chanin masterpieces. I’d be tickled if I win a copy of her new book!
Wow – I would love to win this. Love Alabama Chanin
I love that there is so much interest in this book. Natalie is preserving, reviving and creating an appreciation for hand sewing techniques. Her designs are stunning.
This book looks wonderful.
I’ve been hoarding cast-off t-shirts for such an opportunity. Love her style. So inspiring. And hooray for Slow Craft!
I have all of her other books. They are great.
Incredible! This will be my next project, can’t wait.
Wow – so beautiful and inspiring, makes you want to sew, sew, sew!
I used to make hand embroidered and hand smocked dresses for my daughter. One day she decided she was too old for such things. So I have turned to making hand made clothes for myself. I have spent many hours poring over Alabama Chanin’s previous books. So very happy there is a new one!
Beautiful!! I haven’t sewn in a while…or done hand finishing. Just the cover makes me want to get the fabric and get working on the amazing top;)
Her other books are beautiful. Can’t wait to see this one!
I sew, I love to sew by machine, but I can’t bring my sewing machine into the den and sit on the couch with my husband and sew and watch TV. I always feel like I am wasting time “just” watching TV. I have never done hand sewing, but this book looks like the best opportunity to learn, and do it right! I would love to read this book and learn by an obvious professional.
Good luck to all everyone who enters this contest.
Love her style. So beautiful and current but vintage.
I love the texture of a design and this is at the top of the pile! Awesome, thanks for sharing…..
I can’t wait to customize the patterns to accommodate a real size bust.
So beautiful.
I’d love to win this inspiring looking read!
Like sculpture….
I can’t wait to drool over this book!
Beautiful!!
Such a beautiful signature style.
Such a beautiful signature style!
I can’t wait to read this!
The book looks amazing, her style is so elegant yet simple and charming!
As a novice in sewing I haven’t seen this lady’s books before but will definitely be investigating now. Just need a few more hours in the day to fit in the sewing in between the knitting and crochet x
exciting…beautiful…inspiring…
the creative inspiration that Alabama Chanin generates in me is Epic… I want to embellish everything and her patterns are so classic yet contemporary and pure…. It’s my love❤️
unique ideas. love it.
I love her books and work…so inspiring. I can’t wait to add this book to my library. Oh, and make a few things from it as well!
I’ve enjoyed trying a reverse appliqué tshirts. Would love to have stencils to use on another garment.
I’m excited that there is another book. The work of Alabama studio is inspiring to anyone hoping to give their fiber work more depth.
Thank you for the offer!
So excited for Natalie’s new book! Her efforts to keep the art of hand stitching alive are incredible. Her garments are something one must see, touch and wear to truly appreciate. I am looking forward to my next visit to New York to check out your incredible looking shop. Thank you for showcasing Alabama Chanin
Thank you for the opportunity to win this wonderful new book!
P.S. Really enjoyed my in-person visit to your store when we were in New York in January. 🙂
I love her style. Her other books are wonderful!
I love the books, I love the clothes and the whole philosophy. As a Southern girl I love all that too.
Cheers!
What a lovely book, yes please enter me in the drawing! Thank You!
I love Alabama Chanin and there is si much inspiration in all of her books. Love the dresses in this new one. Thanks for the chance 🙂
With technology and the speed of things nowadays, you sometimes forget the beauty and intricacies of handcrafted items. The simplicity of her work is beautiful and inspiring…wonderful works of art!
I have several of the earlier book and love them. I love the style and only wish I had more time to make even more items. I’d love to have a copy of this new book of patterns. So many things I’d just love to make or just drool over the possibilities!
The patterns in the Alabama Chanin books offer such inspiration for sewing as well as embroidery and appliques. In addition, the patterns are not just for small ladies, but for ladies of various sizes and shapes. Thank you!
I’m in love with Alabama Chanin…the clothes, the style; and Natalie’s emphasis on slow , organic, sustainable cloth and hand stitching.
Another lovely book for sewists!
inspire, create, joy
Looking forward to this book!
Cant wait!! Going to studio this week on way to SC. Absolutely love Alabama Chanin design and style
Oh, such a lovely book. I have her others and would love this one too! Thanks for the giveaway.
Creativity abounds!
I have all of the previous books…or, I did until my daughter “borrowed” them and I had to buy another set! There is something precious about the preservation of “homely” arts that we were, just a few decades ago, so anxious to shed in our pursuit of more cutting edge, fleetingly popular design methods.
Thankful for sustainable sewing. Remembering the saints of the family who practiced this for years.
Appreciate sustainable sewing. Remembering the saints of the family who practiced the same.
I love the pattern,everything is so elegant,a time gone by.and all very useable.
Lovely new patterns! I have the two previous books by Natalie Chanin and I am excited to try the new techniques in this book!
I have all three of Natalie’s previous books. And I would love to have this one too. She’s one of my heroes.
So proud that a designer from my home state is getting the recognition she deserves!