close enough

 

I got home from work one day and this was on the bed.

The husband must have been feeling the cold.

 

Stinky Ralph who is actually a girl but really does stink

seems very happy with the new blanket.

 

So it looks like it is finally finished.

 

Lucky I have lots of wool leftover to start a new one.

 

The winner of the book Blogging for Bliss is

Michelle Sheehan!

 

Quilt Kitty won herself a gift certificate to my store.

 

Thanks so much for entering.

Would you please email me with  your details

so I can send your prizes off.

 

while we're waiting let's have a giveaway

 

While we are waiting for me to finally finish the biggest

granny ripple in the world I thought I'd have a giveaway.

 

I have been trying to get a copy of Mollie Makes Blogging

but it has sold out everywhere but luckily

I have a copy of Blogging for Bliss by Tara Frey

for one lucky Australian blogger.

It really is a great read and very inspirational.

 

If you are an Australian blogger or are looking at

starting your own blog just leave a comment on this post.

No I won't make you blog, facebook or tweet about it

but it would be so nice if you do!

 

 

Because it's always a bit sad to only have one winner

we'll have two with the second one winning a gift certificate

from my shop.

I can even send the gift certificate directly to your friend

if you would like.

 

 

I'll be back in a few days with the winners

and hopefully a finished blanket......

 

This giveaway is now closed but

thanks for your interest.

 

 

 

 

 

a couple of days later

 

Well yes it is a bit more than a couple of days later

since I said I would come back and let you

you know who was the winner of the

Amigurumi World Seriously Cute Crochet Book but....

 

I've had the most dreadful flu.

 

I haven't sewn or crocheted.

 

I haven't glued or painted.

 

But I put some little bells in plastic eggs and strung

them up from a pretty food cover

 

and then I went back to bed.

 

The winner of the book is ....

Melody!

Please email me Melody with your address.

Thanks everyone else for entering I do appreciate it.

 

Now I'm going back to bed.

601 posts amigurumi book giveaway

 

Do you crochet?

I do but I can't follow a pattern no matter how much I try.

 

This cute book full of seriously cute creatures

would be just the thing to up my game.

 

If you are a Australian follower of this blog and would like to win

this book just leave a comment here, so easy!

 

I'll draw the winner in a couple of days , good luck!

 

This giveaway is now closed but thanks for your interest.

winners are grinners

 

Sorry it's taken so long to get back with the winner

of the $20 Bookworld voucher it's just that

it has taken me so long to decide on my Christmas gift

books from there, decisions , decisions.

 

Anyway the winner is ~ Jess from Scrappy n Happy.

 

Congratulations Jess, Bookworld will contact you

and pass your voucher on , thanks for entering.

a strange giveaway

 

Strange for me anyway as we don't do Halloween at my place.

 

Strange that quite a few months ago an American magazine

asked if I would be interested in doing a Halloween project for them.

Of course I said yes and bought a few bits and pieces

and started planning a project for them.

 

As some of you know I became very sick and all work

was put on hold.

 

Anyway although all of this post is a bit strange you might be

 happy to know that as I can't really use this fabric

I'm giving it away!

 

Because this is already such a strange post I need to tell

you that the giveaway is open to Australians only

and as Australians we aren't as into Halloween as other places

this is extra strange!

 

If you would like to spread the word about this strange giveaway

go for it and give yourself an extra entry.

 

Just leave a comment here and say BOO!

 

I'll draw the winner on Thursday night , Halloween .

 

BOO!

 

 

we have a winner

 

Yes that's right we do have a winner or two !

Hooray and congratulations to Sedef in Australia  

who receives the lovely book and gorgeous Cosmo threads.

 

From a land far , far away (well Canada anyway)

the winner is Sandra .

Would you both please contact me with your addresses to send your prizes to .

Thanks to everyone else for entering .

 

 

In other world news I am going to have a go at

The Umbrella Prints Fabric Trimmings Competition .

 

If you visit Amy's and Carly's  blog you will find links where you can see

entries from previous years .

 I'd better get a move on if I want to have anything made to enter .

 

Thanks for popping in , see you soon xx

 

You can find the pattern for Perky Penguin here .

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 .

 

 

 

well hello dolly

 

Hello there !

I've been thinking about a little giveaway but was also

thinking I'd like to turn it into a bit of a game .

 

What I was thinking was I'd put a linky thing on here

and get you to do a post about your doll .

 

It could be your first doll , your last doll , your favourite doll

your daughters favourite doll .

It could be a doll you made or a doll you really hate.

It could be a doll in a toy shop or a doll you always wanted.

It could be about a doll collection or a doll maker .

Anything about dolls .

 

What do you think ?

 

I can't do this without you as I don't want to put

a linky on here and have no one link up I would just look daggy !

 

Would you play ?

Would you help spread the word ?

 

I'm thinking I'll put the post up on Friday night and leave

it up over the weekend and use a generator to pick a winner

of the fabric on Sunday night .

 

Thoughts please would be much appreciated xxx

collage couture book giveaway

I've always wanted to do more collages and ones like these are so inspiring.

Have you ever wanted to try these?

This book has all the information to get you going .

128 pages of full colour fun !

It has 22 super pretty projects with easy instructions .

I have one copy to give away to one Australian reader .

All you need to do is leave a comment , so easy !

Please leave some way I can contact you if you win .

I'll be back in a couple of days to let you know the lucky winner .

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 .

are you lucky ?

Were you lucky enough to win the Tilda book ?

Thank you all so very much for taking the time

to visit my new shop and giving your opinions .

I really appreciate it and believe honest feedback

and constructive critisism

is very important and useful .

(Nasty old anonymous didn't make an appearance

on the last post either which is always a good thing)

Anyway were you lucky ?

Well guess what Lucky was lucky !

Yes Lucky wins the Tilda book .

Please send me an email with your address please .

I'll be back with a back to school project very soon

but in the meantime you can find me pinning at pinterest.

Or facing books at facebook.

Thanks again , have a great day x

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 .

the mystery of the missing head

Yes I think my head is missing !

I have been a little distracted lately and having

just a bit of trouble staying on track .

This poor softie that I have been working on

has been sitting on my workbench for oh um

about a month, headless !

I've worked out the body but just can't get

my act together and get the head right .

I did say a few weeks ago I was going to have

a new pattern release and a giveaway so

I'll kill two birds with one stone ,this is just

a saying please don't call the R.S.P.C.A.

See if you can guess what my new softie is and

I will draw two winners to receive

one of the books below .

The fabric used in the mockup won't help you

I only used brown because I know I don't have to keep it !

vintage sheet fabric giveaway

Doesn't this print just make you smile !

I found these in my local Vinnies the other day ,

two single bed sheets in beautiful condition .

To be really very honest with you I have enough

trouble cutting up one sheet let alone two so

I thought I'd better give some away to

someone who can really use them .

This will be the first time there is going to be

a catch to one of my giveaways , are you ready?

I would like you to tell me what you would do

with a metre of this fabric .

There are 2 pieces being given away so 2 of you

can have some , yay !

I can't wait to hear what you would make with this .

All welcome , I'll tell you the winners in a few days .

a little message and a giveaway from the girls

I was so excited about my hanky score in my last post

I totally forgot to wish everyone a Happy New Year !

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Better late than never .

To kick off a great year the girls and I are having a giveaway .

Would you like a copy of Sew by Cath Kidson ?

Silly question I think .

If you would like a chance to win please

just leave a comment on this post .

Open to all , easy !

Thankyou for your interest , this giveaway

is now closed .

Come back soon for a pattern giveaway .

Who's going to be sewing up Christmas gifts ?

Who is going to make this lovely breakfast set ?

I could not for the life of me get the random thingy

pasted into my blog to show you the winning number .

Being the creative girl I am I am going to show

the number from the page in the book .

The winner of  the book is .......

Little Ted Canvas !

Would you please email me with your details .

I have one more giveaway planned for

 the year and it's going to be big !

P.S. Don't forget Tuesday Treasures Tomorrow

because it's , you know, Tuesday .