Giveaway winners...

Thank you all for entering my giveaway and thank you all for your such kind comments about my Hourglass Quilt. I absolutely loved making it and thrilled at how it came out and for it to get the feedback it has makes it even more special.

Anyway enough about me...you want to know if you won the giveaway...

First number that the Random Generator pulled out was...

19...Rachel, that's you! 

Just let me know your shipping address and one copy of the mag along with the scraps is on its way to you!

Next number out of the random generator was...

56...Helen! 

I have your address so the other copy will be on its way to you!!

Thanks again for entering and watch out as there are more giveaways coming very soon...

Giveaway...

Issue 10 of Love Patchwork & Quilting is probably the best issue ever...full of all sorts of gorgeous summery projects.

To be honest Issue 11 is probably going to be the best ever...and then Issue 12...13...let's face it this mag just gets better and better!

And lucky for you lot, I have 2 free copies to giveaway!

All you need to do is be a follower of my blog, leave a comment, whatever you would like to say...maybe your favourite project to date...maybe what you would like to see in future issues...oh and please make sure you have an email address I can get you on if you win.

For the first lucky name pulled out of the virtual hat there will also be a scrap pack of Cloud 9 Fabrics' divine Grey Abbey by Elizabeth Olwen that I made the front cover Hourglass quilt with...not quite enough to make the quilt with I'm afraid...but certainly enough to make something splendid.

And because I want to spread the word of how wonderful this mag is the giveaway is open to everyone, wherever you may be. I will draw a winner sometime Sunday evening GMT.

Good luck!

aurifil giveaway winner...

fantastic response to the aurifil giveaway although i am not surprised...i'd want to win it too!

but again only one winner i'm afraid...

 Katy said...

I've not been sewing long enough to have a huge thread stash, but I bought a variegated spool (code 4666) of 28 weight to hand-quilt one I made as a pre-birth present for my niece, and I really liked the feel of it. I keep meaning to try it for piecing too. Thanks for the chance to win some.

thank you for entering and well done, Katy.

 Please email me your mailing address and i 

will send off your aurifil goodies. 

x

Giveaway winner...

thank you all for entering the giveaway to win a copy of Lu Summer's fantastic book Quilt Improv.

Of course there can only be one winner and without further ado...

number 69 is Debbie from South Dakota!

"This book looks so exciting. I would love to have it."

well done Debbie and thanks again to all of you for entering. and if you didn't win i would highly recommend you get yourself a copy...either follow the rest of the tour (see dates here) or if the worst comes to the worst...just go out and buy it!

lucky number...

thank you all for your feedback on hoop-la and glad you like it. it really is a gem of a book so if you do get it i am sure you won't be disappointed.

and with no further ado the winner of the mix tape screen printed hoop is...

jenny!

I love the great ideas!! It would be so great to win!! Thanks for the giveaway! 

well done jenny and thank you all for entering.

and the winner is...

a huge thank you for all the comments you left with regards my forth coming fabric club.

they really were very useful. some of the things you have said you will see i have taken on board and am able to offer within the club. some of the things confirmed what i had in mind, so thank you for that!

and without further ado the winner, who receives a thank you pack of some of my fabrics, is number...

which only goes to show that sometimes it pays to be late...as Colette was number 49 out of 49 entries ;-)

well done Colette and if you could let me know your mailing address some goodies will be on their way to you.

and for those that loved the idea of my fabric club, watch this space for launch details and info on how you can join...and receive as a pressie this xmas!

belated presents and a winner...

i had been a bad bad aunt...

until i had seen amy's fantastic make from gwen's fantabulous tutorial.

my niece and nephew were turning 7 and 5. let's correct that...my niece and nephew had turned 7 and 5 and i had been a little negligent in getting presents to them on time.

then i saw amy's super cute pencil case and knew they would be perfect.

gwen's tutorial is extremely straight forward and goes together like a dream. what's more it uses scraps for all the little extra pieces.

i even had some little pink cloud 9 flannel pieces to make the eraser fluffy and even more lifelike!

not as a result of how i interpreted the pattern but as a result of how awesome the is pattern in the first place, i can hear the squeals of delight from here when Anastasia and Luka open their gifts and think i may just have been forgiven for being late.

talking of being late and hopefully being forgiven...

i am a couple of days late drawing the winner from my giveaway from last week, but hopefully the winner at least will forgive me...

and so the winner is...

number 29...

swathi from the saffroncrafts!

congratulations swathi, there'll be a bunch of goodies off to you!

a huge thank you everyone for entering. 

i really appreciate the support and the fact that you wanted some of my things...free or otherwise!

and now if i can just remember what swathi has bought from me in the past so i can send you something different...

sun sea and sand...

sun sand and sea?

it's not quite looking like that from where i am sitting today but i am really liking the sun sand and sea charm pack created by a lovely customer.

i love how you lovely peeps out there see things and add your input into my designs.

i think i'll be creating something myself with this charm pack...

you can too as i have listed a few sets in my Etsy shop...go here if you are tempted by a little sun sand and sea.

don't forget to enter my giveaway if you want a chance to get your hands on some of my screen printed fabrics. 

go here for a chance...but be quick...it closes tomorrow 

a huge thank you to those that have already entered x

giveaway time!

 as a thank you for sticking around these parts and putting up with my ramblings here, on Twitter, IG and wherever else i may ramble i wanted to offer you a giveaway.

the giveaway may include some fabric panels...

it may include some scrap packs...

it may include some 5" charms...

but it will definitely include some of my new silver in some shape or form.

you can enter up to 4 times by doing the following...

1. leaving a lovely comment here...

2. liking blueberry park facebook page and coming back here to tell me... 

3. following me on IG and coming back here to tell me...

4. following me on Twitter and coming back here to tell me. 

i will pick a winner this time next week!

good luck and once again

thank you! x

p.s. the giveaway is open to one and all no matter where you live but you must have a link to your email so i can contact you.

a Glimma of a giveaway...

 Have you come across Lotta Jansdotter's latest collection Glimma yet?

You may have seen sneak previews posted around the internet recently.

It is to die for.

 Maybe I am seeing it with rose tinted spectacles, as it is no secret that Lotta is my absolute idol in the world of fabric design. As far as I am concerned everything she does turns to gold.

And I defy you to disagree.

The new collection, due to be released by Windham Fabrics in April next year is even better than the 2 previous collections we all fell in love with.

The colours in this collection are a little more subdued than both Echo and Bella and I think that is what I am liking.

As well as the collection being crammed with her trademark quirky Scandinavian designs, there are also some coordinating solids, which I think will make the collection as a whole a real hit.

 I have been lucky enough to get a couple of charm packs of Glimma and have been having a great time playing with them. I have decided that this year's Christmas hand sewing project will be using Glimma and at the weekend picked this design using Lynne's Lozenge template.

 It is a really pretty design to use and I think Glimma is shown off beautifully with it. The only trouble is the rate I am going I don't think there'll be much left to do with it over Christmas.

 Being the impatient soul that I am where beautiful fabric is concerned, before I had decided on the above EPP project I just had to have a quick play with just a little piece of Glimma. I had to double check I liked it. You know, just to be sure.

It's ok I do...

If you read the title carefully by now you will be itching to know what the word "giveaway" is doing in there...

as a thank you for all your support throughout the year following my blog and leaving your lovely comments (I do so love reading your comments) I am giving away to one lucky reader, wherever in the world you may live, one of my precious charm packs.

That's how much I must love you ;-)

All I'd like you to do is leave me a comment telling me what you would do with the charm pack should you win. Oh and please make sure I have a way of contacting you to let you know you have won.

That is all. I will pick a winner on Friday in the hope that you have half a chance of receiving the pack in time to join me in having a play over the holidays.

x

giveaway result and an overview...

I left you with a giveaway last week while I disappeared off to Harrogate for a few days for the Country Living Fair - more on that in a mo.

So were you lucky? Have you won your choice of Mimosa bundle?

Drum roll please...

 The lucky winner is Irene Garcia Diaz! (email me your address and your choice of Mimosa!)

If you weren't lucky enough to win a bundle, you can always go here and treat yourself to some anyway. You really will want to give it a try.

So Country Living Fair...how did it go?

It all started last Wednesday with my good friend Mr D helping me set up. His help was invaluable. The less said about Mr L having work commitments taking him to London, despite having it in his diary for months, the better.

Pretty swiftly we had it looking like this. All set and ready for the onslaught of predicted visitors.

Four effortful, exhausting days later and I rewarded myself with this...

quite honestly it wasn't really a question of reward...I wasn't capable of much else last night!

On balance I had a fantastic few days. I met up with a lot of buddies that I only see at fairs - Catherine and her lovely Mum were a couple of stands in one direction, Charlotte was a couple of stands the other way and Manda was diagonally opposite, although to be honest why the organisers put a stand in the way to block our immediate view I have no idea. We will have to have words. Rachelle and Tracy were a little far away for too many chats (more words needed) but it was definitely a highlight to finally meet this fab pair. Of course meeting up with the massive support network of the Soupers in person was fantastic too. As for all you wonderful peeps that were visiting and came by to say hi, bringing me cups of water, tea, loo breaks or just to introduce yourselves, I really appreciated it so thank you.

As for the fair itself as a business success? The jury is out as to whether it is an experience I will repeat. It is a very stressful time of year with busy online sales and keeping up with stockist top ups, not to mention remembering to say hi and feed my children. Getting ready for CL added to the stress at this time and I'm not convinced that the end result justified the chaos we have lived in over the last few weeks and indeed months.

Having said that, I'm very keen to look into Glasgow for next year...just shoot me now!

green bee giveaway...

I have a great giveaway for you this week!

Annie of The Village Haberdashery is offering one of Alexia Abegg's new Green Bee sewing patterns to one lucky (UK /Europe based) reader.

Alexia is one talented lady and with talented hubby Rob Bancroft about to bring out his debut fabric line microMod with Cloud 9 fabrics, they are one hellava force to be reckoned with.

Annie has just done a wonderful interview with Alexia. If you haven't seen it yet, pop over there to read all about it.

In the meantime back to the patterns and the giveaway...

Annie is stocking 4 of the quilt patterns and 5 of the dress-making ones. They are all stunning, with fantastic and clear instructions, but I am particularly drawn to the diamond ring quilt pattern, which I am so putting on my To Make list and if I still had little people I'd certainly be drawn to Anya.

So for the giveaway and the chance to win one of these stunning patterns...you know the drill...4 ways to win...

1. Leave a comment here to say you'd love to enter and which pattern you would choose if you won (see the full collection that Annie is stocking here)

2. Go 'Like' The Village Haberdashery on Facebook and come back here and tell me you've done it.

3. Go sign up for The Village Haberdashery Newsletter (scroll down to bottom right) and come back here to tell me you have.

4. Go tweet about it and yup, you guessed it, come back here to tell me you have ;-)

Good luck! you have until this time next week Weds 21 November.

Apologies again for non European peeps...will have a fab giveaway for you very soon ;-)

Also PLEASE make sure you leave a valid email address...no email address, no entry...simples.

number 13...lucky for some...

A day late but here we go...the winners of a copy each of 20 Crafty Makes are...

Lucky Number 13... the lovely Helen of Archie the Wonder Dog

and then Wivi, who am sure is equally lovely!

Thank you all for entering and supporting this wonderful cause and if you would like to still have a copy you can support the cause by buying a copy (or more!) from here.

(Helen and Wivi...email addresses please and your books will be on their way!)

giveaway winner...drum roll please...

Giveaway for Courtney of Seamstar's generous solids bundle giveaway is...

Helen from The Fabric Laboratory!

Well done Helen! Your chosen bundles will be on their way to you and if you missed out but would like to order some, please go here.

Thank you all for entering and another giveaway on it's way later this week.

x

bribery winner...

Thank you all so much for your valuable comments I really do appreciate it...but there can only be one winner...

Emma said...

"they look great, and so professional! I love the scruffy daisies and the frozen berry colour line. In terms of the pouches, I like the make-up bag sized ones and the tiny coin purses. I agree with an earlier comment that the ones with pleats don't look quite as neat, but they are still lovely. I think my favourite colour is the pink, but all the berries are lovely. Best of luck with selling them :)..."

Thank you, Emma, there will be some goodies sent over to you, so let me know your address!

All gushy...and a winner...

Can I first get a little bit gushy and thank you all firstly for taking your time to go into such detail into your favourite pouches. I now have a spreadsheet on the go to see if there is any pattern to all your suggestions. I'll let you know when I have worked out what it all means!

Secondly I was really overwhelmed by your kind and complimentary comments about my work. Honestly, your words make me feel all tearful. It is very easy working on your own most of the time to have a lack of confidence - it is for me anyway - and especially when I am self taught and trying to play amongst the big boys. So thank you, seriously thank you x.

Aside from the gushing we have a winner for the M is for Make generous Field Study giveaway and the winner is...

Mrs L said...

"mmm..difficult to choose but co-ordinates in plum is grabbing me."

So, Mrs L, congratulations, and off you go to choose your favourite 6!

Thank you all for entering and if you still haven't given me your opinion - and a little gushing - on my pouches, please do so here...

Have a great weekend x