Wowzers! a winner!

First off, can I just say "WOWZERS!!!!" Huge thanks for all the lovely comments I've had regarding the giveway.  and if you are a new follower, thanks too for adding me to your probably long reading list.  I'm just sorry I didn't get a chance to answer everyone personally.

The sewing machine has been running really hot this week but unfortunately I can't share much as most of it is destined for under the tree.  Instead, I'll announce the winner for this weeks giveaway.  My bloggy friend Helen (aka Archie the Wonderdog) used her dog Archie to choose her winner, so I followed in her entertaining footsteps and used my blog muse, Felix, to do the honours. We devised a convoluted random number selection plan, involving these jigsaw pieces and this classy bag.

Since I had 275 entries, I needed three digits...so for step 1, I put the numbers 0,1 and 2 in a bag and asked Felix to pick...

It was tricky, but she got the hang of it in the end and picked 0.  I on the other hand was too busy laughing to get a picture to prove it!

We repeated the process for the second digit (this time with the numbers 0-9) and Felix picked 8, before emptying the other numbers everywhere.

(sorry about the blur, as you can imagine this was a rather frantic exercise!)
And finally for the third digit we gave up on the bag and let her pick from the face down pieces, and she picked 5 (please I actually managed to snap this moment!)

So, without further ado...the winning entry is 085

So congratulations....to Jessica from a Quilty Habit!!!! - You win a made to order zippy make-up bag, plus the Melody Miller, Lotta and IKEA fabrics...Congratulations! I have emailed you...

Back tomorrow with some of the christmas makes that I can show you :)

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1 year / 18 month giveaway!

Cor blimey, how did that happen?   My little blog that I started after Felix was born, was actually one year old on the 8th of December!! Now, I can't even boast 100 posts cos this post is my 95th according to my Google dashboard, but still, I'm pretty proud that I made it this far...and since today is actually Felix's 18 month birthday, I thought I'd do what is customary and have a little giveaway.

The prize?  Hmmm..I've been thinking about this and because some of you like homemade and some of you like fabric (don't we all!) so I've decided to give away a two-pronged prize!

Part A) one of my make-up bags - like one of these..

I'll make this part of the prize to order so you can have some choice about what you get!

And part B - fabric!
- A generous fat quarter of  Melody Miller's Ladies, from the Ruby Star Rising Line

Two fat quarters of Lotta Jansdotter's line, cos I just ordered it from M is for Make and it's yummy!

Plus a half yard of this funky IKEA flower power fabric which is great for bags.

So, no hoops to enter, just leave a comment, and I'll pick the winner by some kind of random method after the 16th December. International entries welcome and followers get an extra entry if they like, just to say thanks for reading my waffle, but please don't feel obliged!

Oh, and as the timing is perfect, I'm also linking up with SewMamasew's giveaway day, so a big hello and welcome, if you're visiting from there!

Thanks for sticking with me/ visiting my blog!

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A big thank you....and sorry Mum!

Firstly, an apology.  Apparently, I swore in my blog post yesterday...and Mum was NOT happy, as I am not setting a good example for her granddaughter, so sorry Mum, it won't happen again... :)

Secondly, I got some lovely post this morning...yes, it was my giveaway prize!  The host of this giveaway, the lovely giraffe-loving Jan, who blogs at Isisjem - the creative life and times, had a 1st blogiversary giveaway.  Look what I got!

This delicious Kath Kidston tea towel, which is going nowhere near our dishes/grotty fingered children!  I'm going to make something with it, but no idea what yet...

AND this fab huge selection of scraps, some from Jan's own collection and some from Fabric Rehab.

I totally love scraps!  They inspire me and are brilliant for the Ticker Tape cushions I've been making recently, so this is the perfect prize for me!

THANK YOU so much Jan!  Very chuffed to be a winner :)

If you get time, do pop over and check out Jan's blog - as you will see from her blog header, she is a hexie genius who also takes brilliant photos!

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