Blogtober Frosty Morning in Brighton Giveaway – And The Winner Is!

Well, using the old random selection itty bits of paper method – the winner is:

Jane

(go and check out her fantastic bags at projectsbyjane, btw!)

Yay! - Your cushion will be winging its way to Singapore at the weekend 

 … and here’s a little peek at what will be coming your way … !

hope you like it!

commiserations to everyone else  -
but you can still enter my pay it forward giveaway
here until 7th Nov!

Frosty Morning in Brighton Giveaway {Blogtoberfest #22}

3000 page views?  Well, whether you stumbled in here by total accident, or whether you are now a dedicated stalker, thank you!

My first post was only on 24th August (a month after my brother died – he was the whole reason I started sewing again) and I am amazed that ANYONE arrived here, let alone stayed long enough to leave a lovely comment.

And just look where you’ve all come from!

 

Amazing! 

So, to celebrate (and to keep our spirits up as we enter the final week of Blogtoberfest) I am going to do another little Brighton-themed Giveaway.

This one will be pretty much the same as the last one! Only the Brighton print will be different and the colourways may change.

(sorry for the lack of originality, but I loved that cushion and wanted to keep it, so I figure you might want another chance to have one like it?)


So, this time you have 3 chances to get your name in the pot: (Winner will be picked on 1st November)

1. Mention my giveaway on your blog and leave a comment here to say you have – remember, I’m a teacher, so I’ll check ;)

2. Become a new stalker (and comment to let me know)

Rainy Saturday in Brighton Giveaway – And the Winner is … {Blogtoberfest #16}

Apologies for the delay in posting this – just as I was uploading my internet died for the whole day :(
Drum roll please …

Congratulations to Emma Thomsen from It’s All About The Fabric!  (It’s a great blog – you should check it out!)

So, Emma, this collection of Brighton-themed goodies will be winging their way to you once I have your address.  Yay! 

I’ve also picked two consolation prizes of Brighton Rock for Julie Bull & Larissa – so please email me your addresses :) 



First Giveaway? Tick!  I enjoyed it so much I’ll definitely be doing another before the end of Blogtoberfest …

p.s. If you have a sweet tooth you should have a look at Suck it and Sea - it's the most fabulous LOCAL shop - I'm sure they'll ship internationally if you ask nicely :)

My Creative Space #7 {Blogtoberfest #7}

a little sneaky peek at my Brighton Giveaway in progress

Today I'm going to start to decide which print to use for my Rainy Saturday in Brighton Giveaway

(you've got until October 15th - please go to original post to enter!)

 

This is going to be a pretty little project when it's finished - whatever it is!  

It's a way for me to practise my straight line sewing - so apologies in advance to the winner, who is bound to spy a few wonky lines in there! 

Yippee!  I love a new project - and I have a deadline to finish this one!

pop on over to see who's playing along with kootoyoo & showing off their spaces of creativity here

Call Me Biased, But … {Blogtoberfest #6}

Today is brought to you by my joy of bias binding

Now, please understand me here: fabric is my “big crush” -  but trimmings! *Swoon!* – They’re my weakness. I can spot trimmings from 2 shops away.  My eyes lock onto any form of ribbon, tassel, piping or Bias Binding and I’m a gonner.

This has a neat parallel with my equally lifelong stationery obsession:

PAPER/NOTEBOOKS = FABRIC
PENS/PENCILS = TRIMMINGS

Now, I also understand that if I’m not making my own bindings out of the finely teased, spun & woven fibres of quality cotton fabric, and plenty of folding and pressing, I am not really a proper fully-fledged quilter.  But Hey! I am a stitcher!  For the moment, that will do me fine. 

When I do graduate to making my own bindings (and I know I will) you can bet your bottom dollar I’ll be here shouting it from the blogtops, but until that time, just let me revel in my little vice, eh?
 

I actually bought the black and white polka bindings to see if I could rescue the neckline of the work shirt I’m making (fast turning into Dinner-Ladies-Tabard) that lies in the UFO pile.  I was going to go with grey, as kindly suggested by some of you on the original post, but being a plain colour it didn’t really change the whole work pinafore look.

…. so … tell me, please: white with black spots OR black with white?

Seeing as I’m in Blogtoberfest mood, I’ll do a bit of a random generator on this and send {worldwide, natch} a stick of   (Brighton Rock) to a random comment that chooses the colourway with the most votes …

Then, I’ll promise to finish the sewing this weekend!

I’m guessing you might want a sneaky peek at the sewing part of my other giveaway? (closes October 15th guys)

… well … maybe tomorrow, eh?

Don’t forget to give your sweet tooth a chance and comment

and then pop and see who else is Blogtoberfest-ing.