Vintage Fabric

This is a vintage piece of fabric that I'm holding on to, waiting for the right project to come along.

It's a beautiful, sturdy cotton canvas in the most outrageous autumn colours and dates from the 1970s.

It's a vivid combination of brown, orange, black, burnt orange, brick red, muted light green and some white.

It sure is eye-catching!

And I love the close-ups.

Tassel Inspiration

 Having fun looking looking through old craft magazines and unearthing 'mythical treasure'....

Etsy Favourites - November Grey

baby bunny suit - tinydinobaby

paper snowflake garland - TRRP

be kind t-shirt - wear2me

striped linen scarf - linenbees

evil eye pillow - soulmadehome

Giveaway Day Winners!

The winners of my two Sew Mama Sew! Giveaway Day giveaways are as follows:

1. The fabric giveaway winning comment belongs to comment 41 and is my blogging friend Zina from EfZin!

2. The set of 2 handmade flower boutonnieres winning comment is number 29 which belongs to SisterlyLove.

Congratulations, girls! I'll be contacting you shortly.

The fine print concerning One Perfect Day giveaways:

1. I like to draw my giveaway winners randomly. As far as I'm concerned, any and all answers are equal. There is no merit system to determine a winner and there is no answer that will 'win' a giveaway. A simple comment is needed and then luck takes over as I rely on the Random Number Generator to draw the winners of a giveaway in a totally impartial manner.

The only reason for a re-draw is if the first winner does not respond to my email within a couple of weeks. 

As I do not pick friends to win any 'prize', I also definately do not exclude them from winning. If a friend is chosen, it's as due to luck as if a total stranger was. I'm happy for them both!

2. After the winners are drawn, I email them with the announcemant and wait for their reply. If there is no reply within a couple of weeks I may re-draw to find a new winner.

Giveaway Day - Sewing and Craft Supplies

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

It's Giveaway Day at Sew, Mama, Sew!

And I am very happy to be able to take part in it again this year with a little selection from my personal stash of fabric and sewing notions.

So, the winner of this little package will receive:

- a 22.5cm x 1.46m piece of white plush fabric  (I don't know what the proper term for it is but it's soft and lovely like synthetic velvet or a plushie with a short pile. Anyone who feels like informing me what it's called can just tell me in the comments.)

- a 80cm x 39cm piece of synthetic sequined gauze type fabric with paisleys and lots of orange

- a 72cm x 13cm piece of extra large lace trim

- a 1.5m long pice of vintage trim (which you can't realy see in the pictures but it's lovely!)

- a vintage satin ribbon that measures approximately 85 cm

- a 1.3m long eggshell white cotton ribbon

- a handmade golden star ornament made out of clay

- the sparkly sequins in festive gold, bronze and black that you see in the pictures.

Shipping is international.

Giveaway is open until December 12 at 5pm PST.

Winner will be notified by email so please make sure that I have a way to contact you if you win.

To enter, just leave a comment telling me what your favourite winter accessory is.

It's as simple as that.

Would you like an additional entry?

Then just do any -or all- of the below and make sure you leave a seperate comment for each extra step taken.

1. Follow this blog - in any way.

2. Visit my FairytaleFlower accessory shop on etsy and heart an item.

3. Visit my OnePerfectDay shop on etsy and heart an item.

4. Follow me on Pinterest.

Best of luck!

Make sure that you visit Sew Mama Sew where there are lots of lovely giveaways you can enter.

Fabric Delight

 Glorious new fabric from Canton Village Quilt Works! I got this a few days back and have been gazing at it lovingly since.

Just look at it! All green and blue and lovely!

Only a fellow fabric maniac can understand the measure of a fabric affliction -which gives me hope because I know there are so many of you out there....

So, I write this post to you who will understand my happiness at having all this lovely cotton arrive at my doorstep.

I just love these prints and the quality of the fabric is great. It's nice and sturdy quilting cotton and I can imagine how easy it will be to work with. 

I will definately be following up with what I do with it.

My Creative Space - Old Lace and Happiness

This is part of a newly acquired stash of wonderful vintage lace that I just had to share...

The joy of having this lot drop in my lap unexpectedly can only be appreciated by other manic makers, I'm sure. (Isn't that right girls?)

 Can you see the mustard yellow lace? It's a much deeper, yellower colour than the pictures and absolutely fabulous!

The large pieces of white lace are equally impressive but the sheer novelty of the colour does make it stand out.

There are also all sorts of trims in various sizes and designs....Some hand crocheted.

I can't wait to start on these! 

Ah, the possibilities are endless....

Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day - Fabric and Vintage Lace

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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

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It's that time of year again!

Time for the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day -which, as you probably know by now, is actually a whole week!

So here is the first of the giveaways I'll be joining with.

This is a selection of some of my favourite spring fabrics -thus the abundance of stripes and the obligatory polka dots- plus some lovely vintage lace and daisy trims that were recently given me.

They're all wonderful, natural cotton except for the red one which is a luxurious linen-cotton blend.

The dimensions of the pieces vary and so does their thickness.

Here's a birdseye view of the fabrics laid out.

If you would like a chance to win this little bundle of fabric, please leave a comment below telling me what your spring sewing plans are.


Just in case you'd like an extra entry or two, you can like my flower accessories shop Fairytale Flower , my fabric accessories shop One Perfect Day or you can even follow this blog.
Please leave an extra comment saying that you did one -or all- of these and they will be counted as extra entries.
(Please make sure there is a link to your comment where I can reach you if you win.)

International entries are welcome.

Giveaway ends on May 10 and post will be updated with winner by May 12.

Thanks for participating.

You can see the numerous other giveaways on the Sew, Mama, Sew blog and please come back to see the rest of the giveaways I'll be posting soon.

The BIG CHRISTMAS Choose Your Own Accessory GIVEAWAY

-THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED-
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Winner No.1: Gloria Grahame
Winner No.2: Breanna Bigby-Sackrey
The two winners have been contacted via email. If I do not hear from them over the next couple of days, I will redraw a name/names on Wednesday.
Thank you all for participating!!
I'll be holding another big giveaway for the New Year which will also be two year anniversary of this blog!! Hope to see you again then.
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It's just about that time of year. 
The most wonderful time of the year as far as we're concerned around here.
So it must be just about time for a big Christmas giveaway.

Two lucky winners will get their choice of accessory from one of these two shops:

One winner will choose a handmade fabric  accessory from OnePerfectDay.

The other winner can choose any organza flower accessory listed in Fairytale Flower.


This giveaway is international and ends on December 7 at 5pm PST.
There is only one mandatory entry -a comment on this blog- and many more easy options to earn more entries if you wish. Just follow the rafflecopter prompts.

a Rafflecopter giveaway


This giveaway is linked to Giveaway Day at SewMamaSew where hunreds of giveaways with free handmade goods and supplies are linked for the whole week.
Why don't you head on over and try your luck?

Monday Moodboard - Softest Grey

1. Skrynka

2. KarmologyClinic

3. Lea'sStudio

4. SilksByUmf

Monday Mooodboard is a game played by the members of the European Etsy Team every Monday. The moodboard is a selection of items from the team that reflect your mood on that particular day. Anyone in the team can join in. Just link your very own moodboard to the host of the game Star Of The East.

EST Fabric Swap

Last month we had a fabric swap over at the EuropeanStreetTeam, arranged by the lovely Diana.

This is what I got.

Thank you Eva! They're all very special!

Eva owns and runs the etsy shop The BlueRabbitHouse that makes the prettiest pouches, purses and accessories. Be sure to check it out.

Umbrella Prints - Trimmings Competition 2012

Umbrella Prints, for those not in the know, is a textile house in South Australia run by Amy Prior and Carly Schwerdt, filled with delightful fabric of colours and design that you can easily fall in love with.

As it happens, Umbrella Prints has been running a Trimmings Competition  for a couple of years and it's now time for the Trimmings Competition 2012.

This is my Trimmings Pack with the wonderfully colourful Umbrella Print fabric -which, unfortunately, did not photograph that well in the intense May sun we've been having so you can't quite see how thoroughly delightful and bright and addictive it is in real life.

I've just completed my first project with the neon selections of the pack and I'm terribly excited about it.

I hope to have pictures of it tomorrow to post.