Quick Project and A Give Away

Yes, I am going to have a give-away.  But first I'll show you my quick project and then you'll know the background of what I'm giving away.

In 2005 I went to China.  I went alone, but I was on tour.  One afternoon I ventured out in Beijing by myself and found a fabric store.  Not a tourist trap fabric store, but a real fabric store where the Chinese shopped.  Things were still fairly inexpensive in China, so I bought enough fabric to fill an extra suitcase for the trip home.  It was so much that I had to stop and rest and rearrange my purchases on the way back to the hotel because the bags were so heavy.  And what did I spend?  Some where between $400. and $450.

I've gotten a lot of mileage out of all that silk, but I still have a box full.  Today I got out the box and made this scarf out of some that I had used to line a jacket, but still had piece left over.

The scarf is made by cutting two pieces of fabric 16 inches by 33 inches.  With right sides together, sew along the short edges, then finish the seam so that it is finished on both sides.  Hem the unfinished edges.

That's it.  The scarf loops over the head twice.

Here's a picture of it full length.   

Now the give-away.  It's a piece of my Chinese silk.  

This is a close-up.

This is most of the piece.  It's 40" by 56" and I have hand-stitched the edges so that it can be worn as a scarf.  It's sheer with embroidery and sequins.  But feel free to make it into anything you want, if you win.

Now the rules.  You must be a follower of my blog and leave me a comment to let me know you want to win it.  I will ship it anywhere in the world that the US Postal Service delivers.  I'll do a drawing for it a week from today, Feb. 11th and notify the winner by posting it here on my blog.  The winner can then email me with shipping information.

Good luck to all who enter!