Winner of 1st Giveway & A New Giveaway!

The winner of my first giveaway is Linda M (Quayceetatter)! Congratulations Linda! I have sent you an email and as soon as I get your mailing information from you I will have this off in the mail. Thank you to everyone for entering!

Just a reminder that you still have until Wednesday to enter this giveaway for Creative Fabric Techniques! Scroll down and you will find the post where you can enter for that giveaway.

And now for the new Giveaway! This one is for a lace package and there are three bits and pieces up for grabs, all for a single winner.

First off there is a vintage embroidered doilie, some venise lace motifs, a battenburg lace doilie and a large crochet doilie. All of these will be great for use in crazy quilting or maybe making that boho bag you have been thinking of constructing!

The second item is a lace panel with hanger. This is a new item which would make a lovely gift for someone. All you have to do is remove the demo photos and use the sticky bits that are included to add three photos of your choice instead. How is this for an easy gift to stash away for next Christmas?! The writing on it says "FAMILY is a gift from God".

The last part of this package is three pattern booklets from 1961, 1972 and 1974 respectively. Don't you wish prices for patterns was the same now?! lol These cover crochet, tatting, hairpin lace and knitting patterns for doilies and edgings. If you don't do any of these techniques, you can always use the covers and pages in some type of mixed media project!

This one is simple to enter - one comment gets you the first entry - tell me if you can guess why I am doing all the giveaways - and one comment telling me you are a follower gets you the second entry. I will draw a name for this one next Sunday - April 8th.

Giveaway Day! (CLOSED)

I am very happy to be joining in the Giveaway Day through Sew, Momma, Sew . I have chosen to share one of my finds from a shopping trip, or treasure hunts as I think of them. This is an antique sewing box - I could not resist it when I saw it for sale! Were you able to guess the item from the sneak peek earlier in the week? The box itself is fairly small, 8 inchs X 6 inchs and 4 inches high (20 cm X 15 cm and 10 cm high). From my research it is of Asian origin. Inside the sewing box is lined with hand-painted silk. The inside of the lid features a neat little needlebook. In the bottom of the sewing box there are more beautiful hand-painted blossoms and an attached pincushion. I hope you are as charmed by this little box as I was when I found it and that you will enter my giveaway. I will be pleased to mail internationally so everyone is invited to enter. To enter, visit my Etsy shop and then come back and leave me a...

BAS - Week 81 - Sequin Flower with Tutorial

This Build a Seam (BAS) Challenge is a little different - not exactly a stitch per se. It is a technique for making sequin flowers which can be a wonderful addition to a seam treatment or motif. You will need cupped sequins for this - flat ones will not work properly - and some seed beads. Mark your fabric with a center dot and five evenly spaced dots around the outside. Bring your needle up through one of the dots on the outside and string on one sequin (cup upwards), a bead, another sequin and two more beads. Take your needle down through the middle dot. Carry on making another leg in the same way on each of the other four outside dots, always going down into the center dot which will be the middle of your flower. This is what you end up with after you have done all five legs - a nice little sequin flower! You can add a bead or two more in the center of the flower if you wish. You can also vary the number of legs depending on the size of t...

Giveaway! (Closed Midnight Monday!)

While packing my stash for the move to the lake I found duplicates of a couple books. What can I say? It must be really appealing to buy it twice! So, I have two books to giveaway. The first one is "45 Fine & Fanciful Hats to Knit". My knitting skills aren't up to this, I'm afraid - I wish they were because it is a gorgeous book! The second book for giveaway is "Tatting Doilies & Edgings", edited by Ruth Weiss. This is a good one because it has lots of edgings that can be tatted and used for crazy quilting. Of course, you could tat the doilies and edgings for anything you like! lol So, to enter the giveaway simply leave a comment with your email address and indicating which book you would like to go in the draw for. I'll draw names sometime on Monday. Thanks!

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