HOT POTATO!!!

It's what you have all been waiting for... the chance to be the next one to have this pattern for a month!

This is how it works:

I won this pattern from Vicki from Tozz's Corner. The deal was that I could have it for 1 month, then had to pass it along in a giveaway to someone else. They then could also have fun making these quick, easy and cute wallets, before they once again passed it on in a giveaway within a month, etc, etc, etc.....

So, the rules are as follows:

1. You must have a blog to be in it.

2. Once you receive it, you must pass it on to another blogger via a giveaway within 1 month! It will be great to see where it goes around the world......

3. Add your name and blog address to the card provided which will also be passed on with the pattern.

If you agree to have it made and to pass it on within this time frame, please comment on this post! I am happy to post anywhere in the world. Only one comment per person please!

I will randomly select a winner on the 1st of November.

Doctors Orders and other Business

I went to the doctors today and not to go into too many details, I need bed rest for a while. Nothing serious, just to do with my wound not healing from the operation. So... I need to do some business announcements before I disappear from the blog world for a while....

Firstly, Finishing Stitches Ladies, keep finishing till the end of this month!! Remember, there are two charm packs to win!!! I won't be putting up photos of your finishes, but please let me know at the end of the month how many you have and then we will find a winner :)

Secondly, Fruit of the Spirit BOM finishing instructions are NOT going to come out for another month at least. When Alice and I started the BOM at the beginning of the year, we didn't envisage major operations and moving countries... please accept my humble apologies....

Thirdly, the HOT POTATO!! I will put up a post tomorrow with the details and pick a winner on the 1st of November. I will keep that post up until then... so no one will mis my blogging because it will be a fun post to keep at the top :)

And that's it folks :) Thanks so much for your friendship and I will be back :)

Sorry I've been AWOL

It's been pretty hectic at our place.... Cameron finished work a couple of weeks ago and has been busy doing jobs around the house to get ready to go to Saudi. I've been helping out, not doing much, but hopefully being generally supportive!

And then a few days ago I got sick... ugh.... flu I think. I haven't felt this bad for a long time. So, please excuse me for being absent in blogland....

It has been lovely having Cameron home everyday. Since we will be apart for at least 3 months, we've had a few special "dates" :) A few nights ago he took me out to dinner, and one Sunday afternoon we went out for a coffee in a nearby town. There was a craft shop there where I picked up a few bargains. These magazines were a dollar each:


In one of them I really LOVE these pouches:


I think I am going to have to make some. They look very similar to the Hot Potato loyalty wallets, so I think I can manage them.

I also found these:


For a zip-a-holic you may be wondering why on earth I bought these. I couldn't help it, they were only 50c each... so my frugalness overcame my fear and I bought 20.... what was I thinking?

You will be proud of me, I already used one :) I bought this pattern online:

(Click on the photo to see where I bought the pattern.)

I don't seem to have a photo of the finished clutch - it will have to wait for another day. It was quite a good pattern with lots of pictures and step by step instructions. And I managed to put the zip in... phew!

So, that is a bit of what has been happening around here.......

Fall into Fall Winner!

THE WINNER for my Fall into Fall Giveaway is:

Patty from Mom Loves 2 Quilt !!! Congratulations!!! I have sent you the pdf patterns and as soon as I know you have received them, I will delete them from my computer :)

Thank you to all who entered and visited my blog! It has been a fun time of meeting new friends and blog visiting, hasn't it? Many thanks to Debi for hosting this. Can we do it again for Christmas?!

In the meantime, come back in a week or so to have a chance at winning the Hot Potato from the previous post! I am just making a few more and then I will be passing it on to someone else :)

A Hot Potato in my Mailbox!

My Hot Potato arrived on Monday!! That evening I cut out the pattern and Tuesday morning I had one finished:




Now Vicki included this cute card with the pattern:


And in it she wrote this:


Do you see the bit where she says she bets I can't make JUST one?

She was right.

That afternoon I decided to brew up a pot of tea and have it in my sewing room. I put the little wallet with the teapot for inspiration:


By the time the teapot and cup were empty, the wallets (and scraps of fabric) had multiplied:


Hnmmm... if that is how quickly they sew up in one day, imagine how many I'll have done by the end of the month?! They really are cute and quick!

Don't forget that in a month I will be passing this hot potato on again! You too could have little wallets multiplying in your sewing room!

October Finishing Stitches

I think our little challenge went very well last month, don't you? I enjoyed the extra block challenge, since it was fun to work on existing projects in bite size pieces... and also get a few ufo's done... So, for October, we will do it all again :) I am going to give these two Christmas charm packs away :



I'll be picking a winner from both part A and part B - but I am warning you in advance, I shall rig it slightly.... ie if the winner from part B has already won part A, I will choose someone else. I want two winners this month, not one person to win both. I think that makes sense.... (it is late..)..

So, the challenge details:


Part A - Finish a UFO that has been lying around for more than a month. Really, I don't care how long it has been a UFO - whatever your definition is, is fine by me :) I just want us all to get things done that we have started. Just finish a UFO - big, small, made of paper, wool, fabric, paint, whatever.

Part B - this is only for quilters I'm afraid. It is to finish a BLOCK for ANY quilt (UFO or just started). The idea is to finish the bigger projects, we divide them into smaller goals. You can work out what your definition of a block is. Small block, big block, stitched block, applieque... Again, just as long as you are finishing....

Please let me know when you finish something for either Part A or B, by leaving a comment on any post or sending me an email, and either send me a pic or point me to a pic on your blog that I can pinch.

You can join in on one, both, ... um... er... of course none if you so choose :)

Leave a comment on this blog post if you want to join in or email me. If you've already finished something (Yvonne!), just let me know :)

Here's to another productive month!!!

Winner for September Finishing Stitches!

The Winner is:

Terry from Terry's Treasures!

Yay! Congrats Terry!! Please send me your snail mail address and I will post the Civil War Charm pack to you :)

Come back tomorrow to see what's happening for October - there will be TWO charm packs up for grab :)

Fall into Fall Giveaway!!!

AND THE WINNER IS:

Patty from Mom Loves 2 Quilt !!! Congratulations!!!

And thank you to all who entered and visited my blog!

Today is the big day! Over 140 blogs are joining in around the world to bring you this fun giveaway! If you have come here from the Fall into Fall blog, welcome! I hope you will look around while you are here :)

I am giving away two fall pdf patterns:

This pumpkin wallhanging

And a trick or treat tote bag!!

I will be giving both of these pdf patterns to ONE lucky winner :) To enter my giveaway, just leave a comment on this post. You don't need to become a follower, or jump through hoops :) You must however have an email address where I can contact you, so if you are set to "no reply", please leave your email address in the comment with (at) instead of @ and (dot) instead of . , if that makes any sense!

I will be randomly drawing a winner on the 15th of October. Now go check out the other blogs for their giveaways!!! I suggest you grab a cuppa... :)