WOOHOO!! MY TEDDY QUILT CAME SECOND!!!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who voted for my Teddy Quilt!!!! Second Prize - a lovely fat quarter bundle of Christmas fabric. The Teddy Quilt contest was sponsored by the Fat Quarter Shop ...... you can see all the great new christmas fabric here.

This contest was such fun!! Thanks for all of your lovely comments on my Teddy Quilt!

Once the fabric has arrived, I'll make another bag for a Christmas give-a-way ... so stay tuned! I suppose the fabric should arrive here in Australia in a few weeks, just in time for Christmas!!

If you want to know what the next contest is, just click on the Quilters Gallery button in my sidebar. Anyone can enter!

Happy Sewing!

HELLO DOLLY!

Our darling little Chloe (my great-niece) is turning 5 next weekend - I'm making her a doll (same dolly I made for little B.B.) and also a bag which I haven't even started yet. It's very cute, in the shape of a ballerina costume.

As you can see, the dolly hasn't got her stuffing as yet! I love how these dolls are put together - you build the whole thing BEFORE you do any stuffing. The pattern was in a Patchwork and Stitching magazine, the designer is Toni Alexander. If you click on Toni's name, you will be taken to the Pattern page on her blog.

Today my friends and I went to a Quilt Show. The Quiltsitters group have their Quilt Show in a lovely old hall out at Brookfield. We had a lovely time, even though it was very hot today - it's only early Spring and it already feels like Summer!!

Next weekend I'm going to another Quilt Show - my girlfriend is taking me out for my birthday!

Tomorrow it's forecast RAIN so I'm planning a day of sewing!

I mentioned that I had learnt a few lessons about running a give-a-way ..... I won't cover everything in this one post, I'll do it bit by bit.....

1. Many bloggers don't list their own blog in their Profile page.

2. Many bloggers have a totally different BLOG name to the name they use in their emails and comments -- sometimes with NO link to each other.

3. So many bloggers are a "no reply" email address - very annoying unless they really don't want to be found! I suggest starting up another email address which you can use for blogging -- that way you don't have to use your own personal family email address.

Happy Sewing!

ONE YEAR OF BLOGGING AND ONE HUNDRED POSTS!!

COMMENTS NOW CLOSED

Well, it's finally here...... my one year blogiversary and my one hundredth post!! I've had a fantastic year. I just love blogland and all that comes with it! There are so many talented people out there and it's so wonderful that they share their knowledge and ideas.

Now, I know you are all waiting to find out what my give-a-way prize is,

so............... TA-DAH!!

Of course!! it had to be a bag!

with a matching tissue holder, tea/coffee wallet and coaster

plus a nifty Envirosax (the original designer reusable bag)

the other side of the bag

See the coffee bags and tea bags?

or you could use it for rewards cards or store cards!

The bag pattern is the Pick-a-pocket purse from allpeoplequilt.com, Designer: Monica Solorio-Snow of Happy Zombie (thehappyzombie.com). Thanks Monica!

The tea wallet pattern came from The Sewing Calendar 2010, September 27,28 & 29. Designed by Christy Hemby - christyscreations.com. Thanks Christy! (the huge button on the front is extremely old, probably an antique)

The tissue holder is made using a great super easy tutorial I found at Melinda Quilts Etc. Thanks Melinda!

The Envirosax shopping bag is so cute, it's ethically made, waterproof, fully washable - won't fade, tested for strength & safety and super strong, will hold 20Kg (44lbs), also carbon offset by planting rainforest trees AND it's fashionable & fun! I purchased this one at my LQS - Thanks Liisa!!

I decided to make the pick-a-pocket bag, as I really love making this pattern and also, I had received so many lovely comments on the bag in my header but I was not able to purchase any more of the same fabrics but I think the fabrics I have chosen are very similar!

Now, how to run this give-a-way........

It's pretty simple, just be a follower who leaves a comment on this post! Really, that's it!!

....and I think I'll use Lynda's method of Random Generator - Yep, the old hand in the bowl method, works every time!!! Go check out Lynda's blog - oh yes indeed..... ANOTHER GIVE-A-WAY!!

....and when will this bundle of goodies be drawn I hear you ask??!!

AUGUST 28th

(which could be August 27th where you live!!!)

so you have one week to enter. Of course you can tell your friends!! Of course you can blog about it and of course you can grab my button, but that won't get you any more entries in the draw... sorry, but I'm trying to keep this simple, O.K. people???

Oh, and one more thing..... you can enter if you live across the street from me or across the Pacific or anywhere else in the world!!!

As I have a week before the give-a-way closes, I could even add a few more items into the parcel!!

So thanks everyone! It will be one exciting week! I will be posting during the week if I have any show and tell, so until then........

Happy Sewing!

23/08/10

A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM HELEN:-

I'm receiving comments from "no reply" emails, so I won't be able to contact you if you win! You have to enable your profile otherwise I can't find you!!!

So far, these are the names with "NO REPLY" for their email....

JOKE, CONNIE204, DOMESTIC DIVA, FLYING BLIND, MIMI, TESS, ERILYN, ITS JUST ME, JAN

(some of the above I know the blog name, but not all!!! SO PLEASE ENABLE YOUR PROFILE TO SHOW YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND THEN SEND ME AN EMAIL TO LET ME KNOW, THANKS!!) IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX YOUR PROFILE SETTINGS, AT LEAST SEND ME AN EMAIL FROM A "REAL" ADDRESS!

28/08/2010 - comments now closed!!!!!

98, 99..... 100

O.K. it's Post # 98 today! I've been busy trying to put together the give-a-way parcel for my 100th post.

Here's a hint... it will be made using these fabrics

and inside will be a few extra items! now, what can it be????? You will be able to enter soon - my 1st year anniversary of blogging comes up August 21st (only a couple of days to go) and this is now post # 98, so I'll do another post tomorrow and then the big one on Saturday and THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN ENTER!!!

So, what else is new?

Not much, seems to have been a busy week with absolutely nothing to show!

Here is a pic from the Ekka Day I did at my Mum's Nursing Home....

and here is something new I'm working on....

I don't do many "boys" quilts, so thought I would work on this one and have it as a "spare"!

I love the pattern - it's from the Summer 2010 QUICK QUILTS and it's called KEEP MOVIN', designed by Karen DuMont. I was so lucky to find almost ALL of the fabrics Karen used in her quilt - Windham Fabrics Presents Traffic Jam by Allison Jane Smith - at my LQS Peppermint Stitches. Once the Applique is finished I then have to stitch a "road" of black ric-rac under each car and truck - so cute!

WWI - check out Stephanie's blog and read all about me!! Thanks Steph for featuring my "interview" in your "MEMBER SPOTLIGHT" segment - hello to everyone who has found their way over to my blog through Steph's!! No exciting news to report on the weight loss .. MH is still unwell, so no gym, no walking - no loss, no gain and as usual, those jeans are still fitting :-)

Have a great day!

Happy Sewing!