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Handmade Getaway, a book by Karyn Valino & Jacqueline Sava

Created by Jacqueline Sava

A project-based book that guides you through planning and creating a perfect sewing adventure filled with fabric, friends and food. This book has a matte laminated soft touch cover and French flaps and a tear-away pattern sheet at 100%. Pre-order your copy of the book now. After reaching our Kickstarter stretch goal, our First Edition exclusively for Kickstarter backers will be printed in a Hard Cover edition.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

3 days left + stretch goal = new rewards
about 6 years ago – Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 10:35:01 PM

What a month we’ve had. We’ve got three days to go and we are working so hard to reach our stretch goal. 

We are so thrilled with how our community has pulled together to bring this book to life. We need your support to get us over $75000. Please share our Kickstarter video with all of your friends, family, and local shop owners. We’ve got the video posted on our Facebook page, and on social with #handmadegetaway.

Stretch Goal
Stretch Goal

In case you haven’t heard, we are aiming to reach an extra $25,000 so that we can print this First Edition as a stunning hardcover. We think this will truly make your special First Edition copy a treasured keepsake. If we can reach this goal together, then each copy you have ordered through Kickstarter will be from this limited edition hardcover run. 

For the last week, we’ve had some amazing pledge options available. In addition to more Reliable irons, Double Time Quilt Tool Kits and Insider Information rewards, we’ve got more opportunities to take the Meadow Quilt Class, and go to Makers Luck. 

Did you know you can increase your pledge to a higher reward level? 

If you want two rewards, you need to use two emails, or add the value of the second one to your existing order, and send us a quick note.

Imagine an exclusive sewing getaway with you and your friends! We've made a list of a few of our top reasons we're excited to getaway to Makers Luck : 

  • Sleeping in Late 
  • Morning Coffee (by the pool) 
  • Uninterrupted Sewing Time 
  • Cake For Breakfast 
  • Hanging out with Friends 
  • Large Cutting Tables 
  • Adventurous Cocktails 
  • Beautiful Sunsets 
  • Campfire Nachos + Margaritas 
  • Plenty of Space to Spread out and Work 
  • S'mores + Red Wine by the Fire Pit 
  • Night Swimming 
  • Roasted Butternut Squash and Burrata Pizza 

Ready the full story here in our getaway journal

Makers Luck
Makers Luck
Meadow Quilt Class with Lizzy House
Meadow Quilt Class with Lizzy House

 

      

For the final days of our Kickstarter campaign Lizzy House has offered to do two more Meadow Quilt classes for you. We can't wait to see which shop or guild snaps up this amazing opportunity. Lizzy House will come to your shop or guild for an exclusive Meadow Quilt Class. This includes one six-hour session for up to 15 students. She'll hand-deliver your 15 first edition copies of Handmade Getaway, as well. 

INCLUDES: 

 
  • Meadows Quilt Class for 15 people 
  • First Edition Handmade Getaway Book (x 15) 
  • travel and lodging for Lizzy within the continental USA

Read the full story about the Meadow Quilt class here. 

Please visit our Kickstarter Campaign to show your support! First edition books will only be available to our Kickstarter backers and our exclusive Retailers.

Thank you again for being part of our community. We are overwhelmed with love and support for this project. We look forward to printing and shipping every single First Edition book.

Thank you for making us a part of your community. -Karyn & Jacqueline.

$75,000 Stretch Goal to Print a Hard Cover First Edition!
about 6 years ago – Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 03:40:02 PM


We hit our funding goal on day 10. You made this happen and we still can't believe it! We couldn't be more excited that Handmade Getaway is going to print because of your overwhelming support and enthusiasm.

When you create a First Edition book with all the bells and whistles, it’s hard to imagine something even better. Each Handmade Getaway book you order through Kickstarter will be hand-stamped and numbered, with foil printing on the cover and a tear-away pattern sheet at 100%. What more could you want? We’ve been dreaming of stretch goals ever since we tipped over $50,000.

We have set our stretch goal at $75,000. As of today, we are $21,000 away from this new number. If we meet this new target, we will print our First Edition book run in hard cover. That means all our backers will receive hard cover first edition copies of Handmade Getaway. This is a bonus we're excited to give our community for making this dream project such a success. We never thought a hard cover version was possible, but you have inspired us to keep reaching further. Thank you!

The second edition of Handmade Getaway (all books printed after this Kickstarter campaign) will be soft cover, making your First Edition a truly special keepsake.

In addition to our stretch goal, we are excited to add a second opportunity to escape to Makers Luck! We hope a second group of friends will scoop up this ultimate getaway. We are already starting to plan dates with our first lucky group who grabbed this special retreat. 

If you were thinking of upgrading your pledge, check out our tool kit rewards. We’ve got more Pathway Ruler kits and Reliable Irons up for grabs. We love sharing our favourite tips and tools with you. 

Shop owners can also join our handmade getaway by pre-ordering books on Kickstarter through our retailer packages. Please share this book with your favourite indie shop owner and encourage them to help us reach our stretch goal. Only shops who pledge via Kickstarter will have First Edition Handmade Getaway books for sale. You can see a current listing of our exclusive retailers here.

If you'd love to see this book in hard cover, we hope you'll continue to share the campaign using our tags #handmadegetaway and @handmadegetaway. You can download one of our images to share here too!

14 Days to go! Let's make this hard cover Handmade Getaway dream happen together!

101% Funded in 10 Days!
about 6 years ago – Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 02:46:28 PM

We did not expect to reach our goal in just ten days! We can't tell you how much this means to us after all the hard work we've put into this project. There are still twenty one days left in our campaign and we hope to continue to raise money for this project. The more money we are able to raise, the more books we can print and the more we can offer you. If you didn't get a chance to pledge yet, you can still grab one of our awesome rewards and join our community. 

Right now we are planning some 'stretch goals', extra bonuses we can add in for our backers if we hit our next targets. We will be announcing those goals this week. In the meantime, we popped a bottle of pink bubbly yesterday and toasted this wonderful moment! Thank you so much, Handmade Getaway is going to print because of you!

Cocktail of the day
about 6 years ago – Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 07:54:59 PM

104%. We’ve got 20 days to go and lots more to do. Karyn and I are busily working on stretch goals. We’ll have them up by the end of the week. In the meantime, we’d like to introduce you to another great Kickstarter project, MMS

As you may know by now, our getaways include a magical time of the day, called 'cocktail of the day'.  

Cocktail of the Day
Cocktail of the Day

Each day, someone prepares a  pre-dinner beverage for everyone to enjoy. MMS is also about crafting great cocktails. It combines measuring, mixing and straining into one simple tool so you can make drinks exactly the way you like them. 

You know how much we love our sewing tools, so it’s no surprise that we love MMS’s simplicity and multi-functional design. 

MMS
MMS

 

Also of interest, the project is part of a school project by Jaime Freedman, and her class at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Design. Check out this Kickstarter blog post about their entire class.

We love everything about this project because it’s about learning, community and good design. 

MMS has offered to create a custom Drinklet, (drink recipe booklet) as part of our stretch goal- to help you get started crafting cocktails, and to inspire you to pledge for 1 (or 6, like Jacqueline) of their great tools. MMS is sure to keep your cocktail packing to a minimum on your handmade getaway. 

More details to follow in our stretch goal update, later this week. Please check out MMS, and support this great project. Thank you again for joining us on a handmade getaway. 

Don't forget to check out our new rewards, you can always upgrade your pledge!

Have a lovely day! -Jacqueline and Karyn

New Level- 2 First Edition Books- local pick up (Toronto)
about 6 years ago – Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 02:53:48 PM

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