Have you seen this beautiful, bright, and cheerful book yet? Happy Home is the newest book from fabric designer Jennifer Paganelli and I’m thrilled to share it with you today.
Jennifer designs Sis Boom Fabrics with just the right blend of fun and chic girl kind of pretty. See for yourself…
In Happy Home she shares twenty-one sewing and craft project to pretty up your home with fabulous photos that will make you want to add a bit of fabric to every corner of your home.
You’ll find handmade projects from a sweet fluffy dog bed {dog lovers will love Jennifer’s dog…just sayin’} to beautiful bedding with easy-to-follow instructions.
These fabulous fabric covered boxes caught my attention.
I’ve been saving this candle box for awhile now not wanting to throw it away. This is just the idea I needed to make it beautiful.
I noticed I had a package of little notebooks all sad and not-so-pretty just waiting for a home. So, I started by covering them in beautiful fabric…now they are happy, don’t you think?
I used the same idea as my monogrammed felt notebooks and I think these would look great with initials added.
They make a great gift all bundled together!
But when you add them to my new fabric covered box {directions found in the book} they make an excellent gift for anyone you know…or yourself. 
This was a super fast project that packs a punch of pretty in minutes. A little glue, designer fabric, and a pair of scissors can do more than you might think!
For my next project I’m planning on making these lovely laundry bags for our camping trips. I LOVE THEM!
Happy Home has a wonderful mix of simple sewing and craft projects that will add to the beauty of your home with a little colorful handmade goodness.
I’ll share the details of this fun coffee mug in a few days, but we have other fun stuff to do right now…
One lucky Everything Etsy reader will win a copy of Happy Home!
Here’s how to enter…
Leave me a comment below telling me about something you’ve used beautiful fabric for while decorating around the house or about a project you have planned. {1 entry}
For extra entries just share this beautiful giveaway with one of our social media buttons at the bottom of this post. {1 entry each}
You can enter up to 5 times, but please be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.
**This giveaway has ended and the winner is Emily from Hope Ink! Congratulations! Thanks for all you comments! I loved hearing about your projects and ideas!
~Kim
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One project I want to do is add new pillows to my living room. I have the pillow forms, but I can’t narrow down fabric choices!
I just made some beautiful frames with fabric from an old swatch book.
I made a pocket wall-hanging to store our warm woolens. I love home-dec fabrics!
I’m hoping to sew up some new curtains soon as my rooms could definitely use the makeover. I’d also love to do some pillows in complementary (but not matchy matchy) fabrics!
I have used fabric to make front door wreaths! I am not a great sewer, but use the fabric to do “rag” wreaths and they look amazing!
I’ve made table runners and place mats for fun holiday decorating.
Kim I will just never get enough of you! With all of your followers you make time to say hello and encourage, retweet, favorite, I can never thank you enough for participating and creating such beauty from Happy Home. I love your spirit! xo Jennifer
Fabric is my favourite material and I’ve made a lot of things with it: cushions, quilts, frames…
I’ve got a few not so attractive notebooks I want to cover with some of my wonderful Sis Boom fabrics!
I’ve made tons and tons of decorator pillows with my sewing friend. I love beautiful and bright fabrics. Would love to win this book!
I shared on Pinterest. I’m embmimi.
I tweeted the giveaway. I’m embmimi.
I shared on FB.
I’ve used beautiful fabrics for my outlet covers and light switch plates. I just used Mod Podge!
I tweeted the giveaway!
https://twitter.com/EmilieProctor/status/210409719398014976
I love to use fabric all over my home, most recently with new throw pillows and lampshades and cloth napkins. They are a quick way to add freshness with beautiful fabrics. Thank you for the chance to win this book.
Most recently I’ve made new pillows and I’m working on my first quilt right now (almost done!)
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I did all the sewing for our nursery, used by all our kids…the curtains, quilt, bumpers, skirt, wall hanging, etc. Sadly, it’s about to be outgrown ;>) Thanks for chance to win this fun book!
I am planning to make some appliance covers for my kitchen, but still trying to find the ‘right’ fabric!
I covered some terra cotta pots with fabric! Now they really pack a punch and everything else on my windowsill is jealous of them
I have a variety of red & white print fabrics that I’m going to sew into curtains and a quilt for my white bedroom. It’s so pretty in my mind!
Shared on Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/pin/72902087688576502/.
I LIKEd your post on Facebook for this book giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win it!
I’ve framed fabric before to make a unique artwork.
I’ve been have lots of luck these days coming across vintage fabrics/tablecloths that I adore. The best I’ve come up with so far is hanging some on the walls of my studio or draping one over a boring chair. I’ve just set that studio up & I’m ready to starting MAKING THINGS.
First, I LOVE Jennifer (we recently “met” via Twitter) and Sis Boom EVERYTHING. My daughter and I want to make a banner with her name on it for her room (an idea we got from Jennifer’s time on Fox n Friends), and I’m just about done with a toddlers top created from the Crazy Love collection. Good luck to everyone!
love the look of this book! and I’m going right now to make fabric covers for some plain jane notebooks – thanks for the great idea, Kim!
I tweeted about the giveaway.
I pinned the giveaway.
I recommended the giveaway on Google +
I liked the giveaway on FB too.
I need to make a dog bed for our trips in my hubby’s new truck! Our dog needs a place to rest without slipping & sliding on the leather seats (or shedding his white fur on the black leather!). I also want to start sewing so I’m much better by the time we have kids!
Oh goodness, I don’t decorate my own house, but I have made dresden pillows for other people. :} Thanks for the chance to win!
I use a lot of scarves in my decorating. I’ve used them for tablecloths and curtains.
Ooh this book looks wonderful!
I’ve used some of my favorite fabrics to make a table runner, a sewing-machine cover and napkins, both for our home and as gifts. And then pillows, a door “snake” to keep the draft out, a cover for an ugly address book…and more.
i love mixing up the look of my home with pillows!!
I am planning on making my son a tooth fairy pillow….need to find the right fabric!
I “like” you on facebook.
I have just started sewing (on the most GORGEOUS 50 year old Bernina!), and have been collecting lovely vintage style fabrics to make bibs for all the babies I know. I’m completely hooked!
I love Jennifer Paganelli’s fabric. I use it often while making quilts for my home!
Love the colors on the front of the book! I have made 4 sets of pillow covers for my living room sofa and love seat – one for each season of the year.
Pinned it!
Tweeted!
I really love the colors and designs in your fabric. I love color! Want to make some fabric covered boxes.
I believe fabric makes the room. Have ideas for my grandson’s room including curtains, frames, fabric covered letters and storage boxes.
I just made some fun throw pillows for our family room!
Many thanks, Cindi
I pinned your giveaway ~
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Again, many thanks!
Cindi
“Tweet!”
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Merci, Cindi
I used beautiful fabric (Amy Butler) to make a duvet cover for my daughter when she headed off to college.
I tweeted the giveaway @lfrobom.
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Thanks, Cindi
I love to make fabric wreaths and flannel receiving blankets with crocheted edging.
“Google Plus!”
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Thanks bunches!
Cindi
Cindi Hoppes
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Ooh, this book is perfect!
Well, I buy vintage fabric at estate sales and I have made lots of pillowcases for sleeping on and also decorative pillows with lace, and a bed book holder, wash cloths, etc.
I would love this book for ideas with some of my other fabrics I have. I bought a box of vintage wool fabrics and I am itching to make things, but….I don’t know what yet. So this would be very helpful!
I made some pretty fabulous journal covers for my kids and grandkids!
I added your fabulous giveaway on my
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Many thanks, Cindi
Cindi Hoppes
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What a lovely book. I like using fabric to cover notebooks and make little bags to keep things in.
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Love Jennifer’s fabrics and books…I make lots of quilts.
Lovely book! I’ve shared this on Pinterest!
I’ve made quilts, pillows, and eye masks. Would love to make the fabric-covered boxes!
My latest project is fun slip-on potholders to show off in my kitchen, made from fabrics to match the aprons in our shop. Here’s a link to my potholder tutorial http://bit.ly/JNEPXh.
When I get some free time, I want to play with your wonderful fabric notebooks. Thanks as always for great ideas and for a great giveaway.
I am planning on making new curtains this summer for our bedroom and possibly the livingroom and then I really want to make a new quilt for our bed.
Wonderful book.
Thank you
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I pinned the giveaway – great book!
Thank you
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I facebook like the giveaway!
thank you
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I tweeted about the giveaway!
Thank you
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I am in the process of making sunflower-themed chair cushion covers to match my dining table cover.
I also made bright lime gr. & blue duvet covers for the bedroom.
I’m making some valences for my daughter’s bedroom re-do. I’ve seen this book & it’s beautiful – thanks for the chance to win!
I liked this on Facebook – thanks for the chance to win!
I’ve made some napkins and have pillows planned next!
I recently used fabric to decorate coffee cans for my 2 boys to save extra money for summer spending! Thanks for the chance to win.
I shared on Facebook
I pinned to pinterest.
I shared on google.
I liked on fb
I made a cute little tidy tray out of 2 pieces of layer cakes to put small items in. It’s on of my favorite items.
Oooh! I have several projects right now! First, i have an eyelet trimmed flat sheet from my bedroom during high school (23 years ago!!! Does that make it retro or antique? Lol) I’m going to use it to make a pretty little eyelet scalloped balloon shade in my new sewing room.
I made some wall hanging pockets with home decor fabrics. I would love to do many more home projects and could use some inspiration! Thanks for the giveaway.
I’ve been able to make curtains and pillows so far.
I tweeted about the giveaway.
Neat! thanks for sharing!
I would make curtains for our new house!!! And I would love new bedding for our bed…and new pillow covers for our couch…and I could go on and on!!!!
I liked this post through fb!
Oh wow! Jennifer Paganelli is my favorite fabric designer ever!! Would love to win!
I’ve made curtains, pillows, kitchen towels, aprons. You name it I’ve made it! LOL
Gina
There are some planters I would like to cover with some vintage fabric I have. Also with the help of my mother we finished the curtains for the sun room.
I tweeted the giveaway….https://twitter.com/ciaomjc/status/210562242259845120
I just made some fabric covered boxes for my daughters toys.
I shared on facebook
I shared on my fb page…https://www.facebook.com/mary.fanaracoleman
shared on pinterest
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I pinned it here….http://pinterest.com/pin/150518812516482329/
I have some lovely beige damask fabric which I plan to use to line the back of my kitchen cabinets. See, they’re glass fronted and thought the light tan might make the window panes of the doors “pop.” fingers crossed!
I sewed dolphin panels to make a quilt and shams for my king size bed.
I pinned it here http://pinterest.com/pin/221520875391684889/
I have made throw pillows, and recovered worn chairs, also made some book covers for journals as Christmas presents a few years back!
Thanks for a great giveaway!
I also google +’d it
My children and I recently moved, and I worked for a while to hunt down the right fabric for shades for their room. I also found some hand-carved wooden buttons for the shade tabs. Now, it’s just a matter of finding the time to put them together!
I liked it on FB
Tweeted about it here :
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Pinned it here :
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Liked on Facebook!
Shared on Google+
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I have a quilt that I have started. It is my first.
I want to make a quilt.
I tweeted:
https://twitter.com/donnak4/status/210574181283282945
I made my daughter a bedskirt and comforter cover out of red bandanas, old blue jeans, an old eyelet bedskirt, and a red plaid fitted sheet from the thrift store. It looks awesome! I’d love to win the book!
Here’s my Pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/282249101617064550/
I g+ this. Don’t know how to get the link, tho!
I have stretched fabric on canvases to make fun art pieces for my kids’ rooms!
And I tweeted the giveaway, too! @Jennyroo1
What an awesome giveaway! I love sewing up all sorts of things but most recently my favorite is a banner/bunting I have up in my sewing room and also an outdoor one for our patio cabana.
I “liked” your post/page/giveaway on FB
I “pinned” your giveaway on Pinterest.
I tweeted about the giveaway..
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I love to sew all the time and love all fabrics and lots of creative inspiration. I have recently finished a quilt for my eldest son. Thanks for the chance to win.
I’m working on my first quilt ever and plan to cover some empty shoeboxes with fabric for storage
I plan to make a floor ottoman with home dec fabric.
I have pinned the giveaway on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pin/181762534931377661/
I have shared the giveaway on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jowynj
I have tweeted the giveaway: https://twitter.com/jowynj/status/210658875454664707
I have google +1 the giveaway: https://plus.google.com/u/0/107067366245179228581/posts
I’ve covered cork board panels with fabric. Makes a fun place to hang pictures and notes.
I’m in the process of creating a “rawing table cozy”, yes I made the term up, I want my studio to look less like a utilitarian room and more like a sanctuary, covering my drawing table with mexican oilcloth will do just that!
Suzanne
I actually use fabric squares to wrap my soap in and I love the looK! Thanks for showing us this beautiful book!
I shared and liked the giveaway on facebook!!
I’d love to decorate some flower pots with designer fabric!
I tweeted the giveaway!
Always making new sofa pillows for each season and holiday occasion. Right now I’m looking for the right fabric to turn coffee table into over sized ottoman. Thanks for the chance to win. AJ@queenofmynest
Pinned on Pinterest. AJ@queenofmynest http://pinterest.com/pin/97320041918130058/
Tweeted about the giveaway… AJ@queenofmynest
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I shared on Goggle+. AJ@queenofmynest
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I bought a bunch of plastic crates from Walmart, covered each one with fabric, over mattress pad cushion, over plywood. (Hot glued this together.) Okay hard to explain, but easy to make, and I lined them up along my craft room. I use them for storage, and also a bench, to put all my stuffed animals on. Love them!
I’ve made pillows and i’m loving this fabric to make some fun no sew valances for my girl’s rooms.
I pinned this giveaway: http://pinterest.com/pin/16607092346426872/
I tweeted about this giveaway: https://twitter.com/Carol124Ann/status/210697412317167616
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Shared this giveaway and “Liked” on Facebook.
I made a quilt that we use in our master bedroom – love it!
Tweeted the giveaway.
https://twitter.com/AlphaBecky/status/210705956001169409
Pinned it, too.
http://pinterest.com/pin/243616661063546147/
Since fabric is my “thing” I use it all over my house. I have made wreaths, pillows, curtains, bags…I have even covered boxes for my daughter. I. Love. Fabric!
I bought a roll of vintage (1970′s) fabric in yellows and blues at a yard sale and redid a whole room. Comforter, dust ruffle, pillow shams, curtains, throw pillow and lamp shade cover.
I have used fabric to cover box tops or over stretched canvas to make a beautiful wall hanging.
I used fabric to cover cork board squares, pretty pretty bulletin boards now!
I pinned this!
I liked this post!
I tweeted 8^D
I G+ this post
I have made a couch cover out of a old bedspread and I then added extra fabric around the bottom and sides to add a pop of color. That was my most recent project.
I love fabric! Will definitely have to check out the book…. I am currently in the market for the perfect fabric to make a headboard for my bed. I think I know what I want, I just have to find it at a price I am willing to pay!
Wow,sounds like amazing book,thanks for lovely giveaway and for the chance to win it.I love fabric,colorful and since I don’t have sewing machine yet I only made dotty doll and bags.
I am planning to use fabric as a backdrop for my 20th wedding anniversary vow renewal ceremony to hang all of our anniversary cards to one another over the years! Also to help decorate our dessert table for the party afterward!
Pinned at Elliot McMahon. EllieSewSweet
Liked on Facebook. Elliot McMahon
Shared on G+ Elliot McMahon
I covered a cork board in my studio with my favorite damask fabric. It makes the room uniquely mine, and interjects a splash of beauty in the midst of what can quickly become chaos when dealing with large orders!
I’ve used fabric to make aprons and to line baskets, make potholders, and window toppers. I also did a table runner and some wreaths. I’d love to have this book! Looks like some really cool ideas.
You know I love giveaways! Shared on Facebook, so my friends will know about it, too!
I love to use beautiful fabrics as curtains for small windows, or for the valance with white, sheer, or no, curtains. Also, in the past, I have used fabric to cover boxes and picture frame mats for needlework. I just love these looks.
This giveaway is also on my Pinterest boards, under Great Giveaways!
My daughter got a hand-me-down dresser from her favourite aunt, but the top is all peeling. Just think what I could do with funky, happy fabrics and mod podge!
I love, love, love, fabric. I make quilts, comfort bags (bags with corn to hear or freeze), and I really want to do some boxes.
A book with more ideas would be awesome!
I Tweeted. Took me a minute as I don’t quite get all the how to’s on Twitter, but I did it.
i used fabric to make almost all of my christmas ornaments! i have so many more things i know could be spiced up with fabric!!
i pinned about the giveaway! “”rachel smith murrow”"
tweeted https://twitter.com/rachie327/status/210775032086003713
i shared on google +
One day I’d love to make a patchwork quilt – I love the idea of creating an heirloom.
I am desperately wanting to make curtains for our dining room – there’s a huge window that takes up half the room, and it just gapes open with no curtains or blinds!
I just finished up making some fabric blocks for my 10 month old grandson. I made them with different kinds of vehicular fabric and made taggies which I put in the seams out of some ribbon I found with cars on it. Now I am making some coasters out of fabric I found online. The store was having an one day remnate sale. They were all remnants from the same line and color in the line. I can think of several people on our Christmas list whose homes they would go well in. I keep all of my ideas in Evernote which is free. Unlike pinterest I am not going to pin something and then want to do it in several years only to find that they have taken down that blog post. Once I put it in Evernote it’s there to stay. I have tutorials from years ago.
I love fabric and I live to sew. My next project is covering my bifold closet doors. A little batting, a little fabric and I should have giant bulletin boards in my office! The book looks fab. I’ll have to order a copy.
I have decorated our living room pillow and curtain with the same fabrics
Tweeted – https://twitter.com/hueisei/status/210882677228838912
I am ready to try making some fabulous pillows for my sofa and my bed!
Here’s a pic of a fabric bunting I made from Sis Boom fabrics for my daughters room. Jennifer P is the best!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/backhomeagain/4285498998/in/photostream
I’d like to make some curtains for the house.
I pinned this giveaway – http://pinterest.com/pin/181269953722086108/
I liked this on FB
I tweeted about this giveaway – https://twitter.com/addibrae/status/210930587689693184
I shared this giveaway link on FB under my real name, which I will reveal if this post is chosen.
I love making anything girly for my little one, but am looking to brighten up the house with some fun pillows.
tweeted about the giveaway:
Rhonda Desgranges@wigglypup
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I have used fabric to cover journals, old books, & liners for baskets.
I pinned about the giveaway on Pinterest.
I posted about the giveaway on my FB page (Rhonda Gaines Desgranges)
I added some fabric to the blank rectangle on my fireplace mantel and it made the room seem so much more done and cozy. It is so amazing how fabric changes everything!
I tweeted about the giveaway! https://twitter.com/Mommy2kidsnc/status/211976256869249024
I pinned this! http://pinterest.com/pin/255368241341261105/
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I liked the giveaway on facebook!
I found some cute lime green, magenta, blue polka dot fabric (ok, really a flannel sheet) that I plan to use as curtains for my daughter’s room.
I need to re-cover a chair in my living room and then make pillows to tie my couch and the chair together
I liked on Facebook
I used some really nice Robert Kaufman fabric that i had left over from quilting, to make a journal cover and a corkboard cover/ for my “mail”
I pinned about this : http://pinterest.com/pin/109564203405015840/ Karrie Smith or ksmithrn3
I shared on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karrie.smith3
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I tweeted this: https://twitter.com/KarrieSmith3/status/212046138671505409
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I love her fabrics….ALL of them. I am going to make covers for my bedroom lampshades. I’ve had them for years and they are white and plain and need sprucing up!
I love the fabric over the notebooks. These would make great journals for the kids.
Unfortunely most of my projects are in the “planned” category, not the ” done” category. I have lots planned! My next project is going to be a slipcover for our ottoman made out of natural linen.
I’ve made pillows and curtains. They turned out quite nice (and colorful)
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I also shared there (Google name is Carol Ezovski)
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My big project I have planned is a quilt. Now to work out the details! Thanks for the giveaway.
Oh to win this book! It is not to be found in the Dallas/Fort Worth area right now! I use lovely fabric seasonally to change out pillows in my living room. Easy and fast. Thanks for the opportunity!