closing down sale

Things have changed for me over the last couple 

of years and I have changed too.

After much thought I have decided to close my pattern business.

My circumstances have changed and I will soon be 

moving to a much smaller home

so I thought this was as good time as 

any to make some life changes.

All of my remaining patterns in my bigcartel shop

will be half price until sold out.

I won't be reprinting any.

I will only be posting within Australia.

I have some new ideas for my shop that I hope to

get going once I settle into my new place.

Something I hope that will bring a little sparkle 

back into my life and hopefully into yours.

My blog will stay as is as I still need to craft

even if I do have to put on a brave front.

Thanks to all who have supported me and sold

or made my designs it has been so much fun.

Thank you xxx

getting down to business

 

My computer is on the way out.

 

I've had a terrible fear of losing my photos

and of course they aren't backed up.

So I have been saving files and photos to usbs.

 

 

I thought I'd treat myself to a businessy usb from Vistaprint.

 

 

It looks pretty good!

 

To make the postage worthwhile I also got myself

some new business cards and magnets and

gift vouchers!

Very excited about these gift vouchers !

Available in my shop right now.

hanging in there thanks

 

Just popping in very quickly to let you know

I'm still hanging in there.

 

My little family have been amazing

and I have started on some sewing yeehah!

 

I hope to be back in the next few days to show you what I am making.

 

As a thank you to you for hanging in there with me

my little shop is having a sale.

When you buy two patterns and put the code THANKYOU

in at the checkout you will receive your second pattern at 1/2 price.

 

Thanks again so much for all your kind words of support.

 

See you in a couple of days xxx

 

PS The sale ends on Friday.

 

 

celebrating 551 posts

 

Hi again !

I have a very busy week this week so I thought

I would announce the giveaway now before

I get lost again .

 

As I mentioned recently the book and threads and

a few other bits giveaway will only be open to Australian

followers as it is a heavy book and is chock full of great

stitches and information .

 

Because I think that sounds a bit mean I would really

like to thank my loyal friends from overseas too so

I thought (always thinking ) maybe they would like

one of my patterns , win win !

 

If you are from over the sea please just pop into

my big cartel shop here and select

a pattern and tell me you are from

far , far away but would still like to win that pattern .

 

Does this sound fair ?

If you wouldn't mind please tell your friends .

Even after 551 posts I still love having visitors , thanks .

 

 

 

g'day hoo roo

 

Say g'day to Hoo Roo !

The pattern for HooRoo has finally made it into my bigcartel shop .

 

 

Hop over and check her out if you like .

Have a great weekend !

 

Wholesale enquiries are welcome .

If your local doesn't stock my patterns just say

" excuse me please could we have Clare's Craftroom patterns here "

oh flock !

Yes finally I have a flock of flying ducks !

Try saying that 3 times really fast .

There are a few sets left in my shop

but you'd better be quick before they fly out !

I have to admit I love these ducks , love !

blog sponsors call out

Hello there !

I'm just popping in quickly to say hi

and let you know that if you would like to advertise here

well , you can !

When you get a sec just have a read through the details on the

advertising tab at the top here .

If you have any more questions contact me , I'm happy to help .

clarebower@bigpond.com

While I'm here though I'd like to thank my very first sponsor

Nic from Yardage Designs .

Your designs are just beautiful and a little too hard to resist .

See you on Sunday with something new and exciting !

book giveaway winner

I'm so sorry it took so long to get back here to let you know who the winner is.

It has been a very busy time here in The Craftroom as I'm

working on a few new things and I'm hoping to have them in my shop this week .

Actually I really am quite nervous about branching out and selling

pre made stuff and not just patterns .

Anyway the winner of this fabulous book is ....

Gail from Miss Nance !

Congratulations Gail please send me your details so I

can send this beautiful book to you .

clarebowerATbigpond.com

Thanks to all who visited and entered .

 I'll be back in a few days to show you my new things .

Wish me luck x

1/2 price sale

Hi ! Are you enjoying the school holidays ?

This is just a very quick post to let you know that tonight

(Wednesday 4th July 2012)

I am having a 1/2 price sale on ALL patterns and vintage sewing notions .

As the State of Origin is on tonight the sale will be on at the same time .

1/2 price on everything between 7.30pm and 9.30pm AEST .

Just enter the code FOOTY at checkout .

Shop here .

Thanks for visiting , seeya soon !

pattern sale

Hello there just a quickie post to tell you that

for 1 1/2 hours only tonight

you may purchase 1 of my patterns at RRP and receive

another for 50% off !!!!

Please just enter the code WINTER at checkout .

All patterns + post .

Bargain !

Where ? In my bigcartel shop .

When ? Tonight (Saturday June 2nd ) only from 7.30pm to 9.00pm . AEST

Seeya there , thanks !

welcome , farewell and congratulations .

I really hadn't forgotten about drawing a winner from the last post.

I've been a bit preoccupied with normal family life.

Our dear old male cat named Flower in the photo below

had been very sick and died last week .

I adored this cranky old thing and miss him terribly .

I even miss him stealing the cat food and making a mess .

My daughter went to work the other day and just so happened  to

find this little ginger cat that was living in a shed at the back

of one the pubs and was supposedly feral.

I'm beginning to have my doubts that it was really feral as she

is the most laid back kitten and has just fitted in here so easily .

In keeping with the weird cat names here this little girl has been named Wally.

                               We also have another female cat named Stinky Ralph because

well just because she lets off a big stink .

Anyway I had better let you know who won the copy of Zoom

it was Sas , hooray !

would you please contact me at clarebower AT bigpond.com with your details.

If you are disappointed you didn't win you can find my patterns here .

Thanks to everyone else for flying over xx

oops I should have had a giveaway

Silly me it has been a busy few weeks and time has just flown by .

Recently I released my softie pattern for Zoom , had my wedding anniversary

and my 450th blogiversary and didn't even think about a giveaway .

So better late then never ~ this is a giveaway post , hooray !

To win a copy of Zoom you just need to leave a comment on this post .

You don't need to follow this blog , you don't need to live in Australia .

I would really , really love for you to blog , facebook or tweet about this

so much so that I'll give you extra entries .

If you would like more details on Zoom or any

of my other patterns look here in my shop.

I'll draw the winner on Thursday .

Thank you for your interest , this giveaway is now closed .

leap

Happy Leap Year !

To celebrate the occasion when you visit my bigcartel shop

and purchase any two patterns you will receive

29% off !

Offer ends midnight tonight AEDST.

Just enter the code word leap.

That'll make your heart leap !

hop to it

Just hopping in here very quickly to say hello

and to let you know I have a few

Funny Bunnies in my bigcartel shop .

I'm working on some Easter tutorials

so I hope you can hop back soon.

Have a great day !

tilda book giveaway

It's a bit odd that someone who crafts for a living

has nothing crafty to blog about .

I've been busy streamlining my business and

trying to make it a bit more manageable .

I have opened a bigcartel shop to sell my patterns from.

What an easy set up , it's clean and tidy and I hope

to add some one off handmade things this year .

So why am I boring you with all this ?

I would like you to visit my new shop and

have a look and maybe tell me what you like

or what new design you would like to see there .

You won't need to take a cut lunch or anything

just click here and then come back here with your

wisdom and enter by leaving a comment

and you just may be the winner of this Tilda book .

It is open to everyone .

PS There is free post on all patterns in Australia

until Thursday in my shop

Thanks very much xxx .

Thanks for your interest but

this giveaway is now closed .