Giveaway Winner!

I am pleased to announce that Mr Random Number Generator has chosen ...................

 SHEILA!

Sheila said...

Well done Judith, have just been to register for the newsletter.

10 October 2011 21:44

Congratulations Sheila on being my 100 followers giveaway winner!  These 2 lovely charm packs will be winging their way to you shortly!

Lastly, I forgot to show you yesterday the full picture of the mugrug I made for Karen (Listen to the Birds Sing) for hosting our lovely Kind Stitches day.

Hope you all have a great start to the new week!

Judith xo

Giveaway Celebration!

Hello peeps!

I haven't been blogging for a few days because I had a lovely friend from England over to stay the weekend.

And guess what happened last week when I wasn't looking?  

I passed the 100 followers milestone!  Yippee!  Thanks everyone for hanging in there with me through the moans, groans, successes and disasters!

To celebrate I've teamed up with the lovely Julia from Gone to Earth to offer my wonderful peeps some yummy goodies. 

Gone To Earth offers all the latest designer fabrics, as well as yarn, sewing & knitting patterns, tutorials and more!  Well worth a visit.

So take a look at what you might get:

View the full collection here.

And .....

View the full collection here.

So, to be in with a chance of winning BOTH of these charm packs here's what you need to do:

1. Pop on over to Gone To Earth and subscribe to their newsletter.  Then come back here and tell me you did.

That's it - painless, wasn't it?

I purposely don't ask folks to become followers just to enter a giveaway, but if you are genuinely interested in my blog, then I'd love to have you listed as a follower and I always try to revisit the blogs of my followers.

I will choose the winner on Monday 17th October with the help of Mr Random Number Generator.  Please check if you are a 'no reply comment blogger' on your blog settings as I won't be able to reply to you.

Best of luck everyone!

A day of Blessings!

Yesterday was definitely a day of blessings!

While I was rushing around like a headless chicken getting ready for our 2nd gathering of Bee Blessed, Mr Postie delivered a sizeable package, all the way from Galway.

As I was opening it I was thinking 'it can't be; it can't be!' and it was!

...my 2nd Small Goodie Swap from none other than super swap Mama Cindy (Fluffy Sheep Quilting)!

Cindy very wisely ditched the colour criteria I had given way back at the sign ups stage, and went with her gut.

She quickly realised we both liked a lot of the same things, so she made these gorgeous items which she loves just as much as I do!

Aren't they adorable?  My eldest daughter was with me when I opened Cindy's parcel and immediately fell in love with this snap closure pouch!  And the mugrug is so clever because it is reversible!  And as if that wasn't goodie enough, I also got this cute brooch in an even cuter wee box, a yummy fq of Amy Butler (not in pic) and a box of tea (Cindy knows I like my caffeine in the form of tea)!

Thank you so much to my new bloggy friend Cindy, for making for me, wrapping them all so beautifully, and organising a super small goodie swap!

If you've never visited Cindy's blog, I'd highly recommend it - she makes the loveliest things and is running a series on 'Start Your Own' on Thursdays, where guest bloggers who've set up their own businesses share ideas and inspiration.  Well worth a look!

Another blog well worth a look is my blogging buddy Susan (Canadian Abroad).  Susan not only writes hilarious posts, she makes gorgeous things and is currently doing a giveaway of 8 Punctuation fqs.  Hop on over for a chuckle and a chance to win.

Finally, a huge blessing came yesterday in the form of our gathering of Bee Blessed.  10 of us squished round Sarah's dining room table to turn all the amazing wonky star blocks that have been donated into cot sized quilt tops.

No.1 Girl Quilt

No.2 Girl quilt

No.1 Boy Quilt

No. 2 Boy Quilt

This last quilt top was kindly donated by Susan, which was quilted yesterday.

If you don't happen to see one of your stars in these quilts, don't worry.  We had a few left over which we are going to keep and either make up into cushions or another small quilt, so absolutely nothing will be wasted.

The team worked liked trojans yesterday - thank you all of you for investing in this project.  Next time we will get these lovelies quilted, bound and washed, ready for handing over to their new homes.  

For those of you keen to get started on another block, I will be posting details soon - watch this space!

Momo Free Bird Giveaway Winner!

Well I'm delighted to announce that Mr Random Number Generator picked number 17, who is Leanne (She Can Quilt)!

(I'm afraid I couldn't work out how to copy the Number Generator widget into my blog post so you'll just have to trust me!)

Congratulations Leanne - 10 fqs of Momo Freebird coming your way!

I'm privileged to call Leanne a blogging friend, and she makes the most amazing things!  Check out her wonderful blog and admire her recent makes.

Thank you to everyone else for taking part, and especially for signing up to the River Fabrics Newsletter and supporting this local business.

River Fabrics Giveaway!

I'm so excited to be able to host a wonderful giveaway, thanks to River Fabrics.

Yesterday I spent a lovely morning with Janette from River Fabrics, an online fabric shop.  Janette is a very down to earth mum, passionate about quilting and yummy fabrics.  She has been running River Fabrics for over a year now, and working v.hard to make this small business work.

I hadn't realised how hard it is for UK fabric shop owners to make a business from selling fabric.  In the US, shop owners can buy fabrics directly from the manufacturers, but not in the UK.  UK buyers have to buy from a distributor, a 'middle man', which is why in the US fabric can be bought and sold much more cheaply than here in the UK.

Janette stocks only top quality fabrics, lots of familiar designers, and has a lovely range of Kona solids too.

She has very kindly given me 10 fqs of Momo Freebird to giveaway, and I'm going to let you choose which ones you'd like.

No. 1 Brown Colourway

No. 2 Green Colourway

No. 3 Blue/Orange Colourway

So here's what you need to do to win, each step is a separate entry:

1. Tell me which 2 bundles you'd like from the numbers above e.g 1 + 3, or 1 + 2.

2. Visit River Fabrics website, check out the gorgeous new England Swings collection and sign up for their newsletter by clicking on(top right hand side of screen).  Then come back here and tell me you did.

3. Blog about this giveaway.

For a bonus entry, visit River Fabrics on Facebook, click 'Like' & tell me you did.

This giveaway will run for one week and a randon number generator will draw the winner sometime on Friday 9th September. International entries welcome.

Do be careful to leave your email if you are a No-Reply Blogger. You can check if you are or not following this tutorial.

Let's support our local small businesses!  Best of luck everyone!

Fabric Giveaway at Lily's Quilts

There's a gorgeous new range of Happy Zombie fabrics out called Happy Mochi Yum Yum!

Lynne is hosting a giveaway, curtesy of the Fat Quarter Shop - hop on over to be in with a chance to win one of these gorgeous fat quarter bundles.

(P.s. Trying to update the look of my blog page.  Bear with me as endless 'tweaking' is inevitable!)