So much has changed since I made that first blog post 3 years ago, it took me ages to pluck up the courage to hit the publish button and I wondered if anybody would read it? Would people follow me!! Oh the pressure and all I wanted to do was share my makes, as I had no friends that liked knitting or handmade stuff.
I didn't really have any grand plan with how the blog would be and I think it has changed and evolved with me and my making, moving from just crochet and knitting to a lot of sewing and quilting and still a bit of knitting.
I think I pretty much blog as I speak, which may not create the best grammar or flow to a post, but it is just how the jumble of words come out of my mouth/fingers and get onto the page in the short space of time the children/house/job/cleaning/oh and sewing gives me!
I made loads of things, some have been shockingly bad and some have been really shockingly good, I've made clothes that I actually love wearing out and have had some lovely comments on.
I've been inspired to try, make and do so many different things by this lovely blogosphere and more importantly I feel like I have made some real friends, some that I have had the pleasure to meet at FQR and some that I would love to meet, but for now email will have to do.
So, anyway, what is a blogiversary without a giveaway!! I am offering you lovely lot, for sticking around here listening and commenting on my waffled posts the choice from two prizes.
drum roll please……….
No.1
This months copy of Love Quilting & Patchwork Magazine
And these f8th's.
Or No.2
A handmade cushion, made by me.
Now I might be slightly bonkers, but I've loved seeing the recent spell of handmade giveaways, so I was going to let the winner pick a cushion for me to make from any of the ones I've churned out over the years, heres a small selection of them or you can hit the Cushion tag to see more!!
I've made quite a few!
For a second entry, leave me another comment letting me know your a Follower old or new I don't mind, just let me know how you follow,
I didn't really have any grand plan with how the blog would be and I think it has changed and evolved with me and my making, moving from just crochet and knitting to a lot of sewing and quilting and still a bit of knitting.
I think I pretty much blog as I speak, which may not create the best grammar or flow to a post, but it is just how the jumble of words come out of my mouth/fingers and get onto the page in the short space of time the children/house/job/cleaning/oh and sewing gives me!
I made loads of things, some have been shockingly bad and some have been really shockingly good, I've made clothes that I actually love wearing out and have had some lovely comments on.
I've been inspired to try, make and do so many different things by this lovely blogosphere and more importantly I feel like I have made some real friends, some that I have had the pleasure to meet at FQR and some that I would love to meet, but for now email will have to do.
So, anyway, what is a blogiversary without a giveaway!! I am offering you lovely lot, for sticking around here listening and commenting on my waffled posts the choice from two prizes.
drum roll please……….
No.1
This months copy of Love Quilting & Patchwork Magazine
And these f8th's.
Or No.2
A handmade cushion, made by me.
Now I might be slightly bonkers, but I've loved seeing the recent spell of handmade giveaways, so I was going to let the winner pick a cushion for me to make from any of the ones I've churned out over the years, heres a small selection of them or you can hit the Cushion tag to see more!!
I've made quite a few!
1. Cushion called Fred!, 2. May Cushion, 3. Nan Cushion, 4. Nan Cushion, 5. Union Jack Cushion, 6. Adventure Time Cushions, 7. Greetings from Antarctica Cushions, 8. Greetings from Antarctica Cushions, 9. Greetings from Antarctica Cushions, 10. Greetings from Antarctica Cushions, 11. Boo Cushion, 12. Boo Cushion, 13. Little Apples Spring Carnival Cushion, 14. Little Apples Spring Carnival Cushion, 15. I need a hero....or two!!, 16. Pink Portholes Cushion, 17. Reverse Applique Pillow, 18. Reverse Applique Pillow, 19. London Spinning Star Cushion, 20. Pete the penguin, 21. HoHoHo Cushion, 22. Purple Swoon, 23. Purple Swoon Cushion, 24. Swoon cushion, 25. My Swoon cushion
Of course, you could say, they are rubbish and can you make me one like this……… giving me some guidelines of size, theme and colours and I'll try and make you one to your description!!!!!
To Enter
For one entry all you have to do is leave a comment telling me which prize you'd like, supplies or handmade and if it's the handmade one, which cushion you would like.
either by Google Friend over there ☞
or Bloglovin here
or by email
or by another blog reader?!?
So, two chances to win. I will post anywhere in the world that has an address, just please please please make sure I can contact you with an email (if you are a no-reply blogger it can be really hard to track people down, if you don't get replies from any comments you leave here, you might be a no-replier, as I always try and email a reply to comments!!)
I'll leave it open until 1pm next Tuesday, the 30th September 2014 (UK time), good luck and thanks for sticking around for the last few years!
I'll leave it open until 1pm next Tuesday, the 30th September 2014 (UK time), good luck and thanks for sticking around for the last few years!
✼ ✼ ✼ GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!! ✼ ✼ ✼
I would love to enter the giveaway, how thoughtful!
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And I would love to win a handmade hohoho cushion
Handmade please as I already have the magazine. My daughter would love the hero or two.
ReplyDeleteHappy bloggy birthday!! I'd love a handmade prize, I just need to decide whether I'd like a penguin or a polar bear. Hmmm...penguin...polar bear..penguin...polar bear...no, I give up! Please can you choose for me, if I'm lucky enough to win?!!
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ReplyDeleteHappy 3 year birthday! Thanks for such a wonderful and generous giveaway. I'm in love with Pete the Penguin! What a handsome guy and that would be my pick should I be the lucky winner! akronne17 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteWwwwww.....llongyfarchiadau! (Congrats) I'd love a handmade prize but would prefer it if you picked the pattern, I love to have little bits of other peoples work and taste around me if that makes sense? (And I've never not liked anything you've made so can't loose!)
ReplyDeleteI'm an old follower via bloglovin x
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the 3 years, well done! And I'd love to win a copy of Love Patchwork & Quilting, my favourite magazine & really hard to find here in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI follow on Bloglovin, thanks again!
ReplyDeleteAnd I follow on bloglovin :)
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Very nice to read a post from you and I think you are VERY creative (all the things you made!!). I was a follower already and I am a fellow blogger :) If I would be so lucky to win something (what are the odds) I would prefer the fabrics (a dolls maker always loves that!) they look so beautiful! What I also love are the Antarctic cushions :) Warm greetings, Annasoer ;)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blogiversary! I'd love to win the magazine, although it was a close call with your adooorable penguin cushions. :)
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog in my rss reader! :)
ReplyDeleteCongraulations on your 3rd anniversary. I enjoy your blog so much. Your cushions are super (I love the Union Jack I won!) but this time I might have a couple of projects that need the fabric more.
ReplyDeleteI follow on Bloglovin
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win one of your cushions - the penguin????
GFC follower!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations lovely lady! It would be so nice to hang out again! I would love the swoon pillow!
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ReplyDeleteI would love to win the handmade cushion- the one with the patchwork Christmas tree- so adorable!
ReplyDeleteI am a follower through bloglovin.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your three year anniversary. I need supplies since I made all the Christmas gifts for my grandaughter and two nieces
ReplyDeleteI already follow on bloglovin
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your 3 years blogging. If I was a lucky winner I would have to go with the handmade gift and my choice would be the Union Jack pillow.
ReplyDeleteI follow you through Google Friends Connect.
ReplyDeleteHello. I am a new quilter-my twin sister is teaching me how to quilt. I am a new follower--as I am just doing quilt google searches and am finding interesting quilting blogs in a serendipity style. I am, therefore, a new follower. Although I would dearly love to win one of your cushion delights (#8), I think I'd choose the other prize as it would give me some instruction and fabrics to try out! thanks for a chance to win! kmassman gmail
ReplyDelete#1 entry I am a follower
ReplyDelete#2 entry congrats on your anniversary and your great blog and If I win I would like your "MAY" pillow except with my name "SAM" instead.....love the colors you used in the May one also. This is exciting! Thank you! I remember when you blogged about the May pillow...loved it then and love it now!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your anniversary! I would love to win your penguin pillow! My granddaughters would love it! Thank you for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower via Bloglovin.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your anniversary. I love handmade and would love to win your swoon pillow.
ReplyDeleteI have been following with GFC.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderfully generous way to celebrate your Blogaversary! You are so sweet. I love your cushions, but I also love the sewing fabric. I'm planning to make a cover for my sewing machine, so I would pick the fabric. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower via Bloglovin. Thanks so much for the inspiration! I love all the color you use in your beautiful quilts.
ReplyDeleteI follow you through Bloglovin.
ReplyDeletewigglypup2 ( at ) yahoo ( dot ) com
Happy Blogiversary! What a wonderful giveaway! I would choose the supplies/fabric. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Congratulations on three years! I really love the fabrics you have up for grabs so I'm going to pick supplies but that Lego cushion is so awesome!
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Bloglovin.
ReplyDeleteYay for 3 years! I'd love the supplies! So many fun things to make.
ReplyDeleteYay and congrats! I would love your cushion called Fred! Thanks for the opp
ReplyDeleteI've been following on bloglovin for some time!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I would love to win one of your pillows! I really love the Union Jack pillow! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I follow you by email! Thanks
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Many congratulations :-) You know I love your blog - you make fun stuff and have a sense of humour! If I won I would love the handmade cushion - probably the Union Jack, but I am not ruling out the superheroes at this point!!
ReplyDeleteI follow on Bloglovin :-)
ReplyDeleteOooh happy blogiversary! Here's to many more (I really enjoy reading your blog)! Very generous giveaway too, and I'd love to win one of your pillows (especially the one with the funny penguins) (and I see I'm not the only one)...
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ReplyDeleteOption 1- I have been following you for a few months and could really associate with your comments on this post. I have found the sewing community very warm and wonderful. I have just completed my first year as a sewing enthusiast and blogger and I am delighted I have found my true passion in life. Thank you for the chance to win and ...keep on making and sharing.
ReplyDeletehappy blogiversary! I'd be happy with either prize (though I've already got the magazine so perhaps not that bit of the prize!) and if I won the cushion I'd ask you to make me one with a bunny on it!
ReplyDeleteI would love the magazine and fabric.
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ReplyDeleteHappy Bloggy Birthday and thank you for the giveaway. I'd love the magazine and fabric prize if I were a lucky winner.
ReplyDeleteFollowing with Bloglovin (mag/fabric)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. I love that bundle of fabrics so I would like that if I won. I like your flower cushions, they're really fun.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 3 years! I love the bundle of fabric and magazine. The pillows are so very cute, but I can't resist the fabric. Thanks for thegiveaway
ReplyDeleteI follow via Bloglovin.
ReplyDeletewhoops--i accidentally combined my entry; so here is my second entry-i am a new follower by GFC!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the anniversary! I'd love a cushion, and while they're all great, I think I'd have to go with the Ho Ho Ho cushion.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 3 years blogging! Tough choice, I think supplies however those Adventure Time pillows are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI follow with bloglovin
ReplyDeleteI love your pillows but would like the supplies, just because it looks like we have the same love.....making pillows!!!!!!!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteI follow you on bloglovin! (teatly at gmail dott com)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! Lovely giveaway and as much as I'd love a cushion my husband might kill me (especially since I'm planning a making two more and he already thinks we're swimming in them!!), so I will say number 1 please :)
ReplyDeleteI love following your blog on bloglovin!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 3 lovely years. I'd love a cushion as I believe I have 'enough' fabric, I'd love something from your creative hands. thanks
ReplyDeleteI follow via feedly - thanks
ReplyDeleteI would pick the supplies, there are a couple of prints there that would be perfect for a sewing themed quilt I'm stashing for. :) Thanks for the chance! Congrats on your milestone!
ReplyDeleteI follow on bloglovin', pinterest and instagram. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteNo. 1 please thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI'd love the chance to win the supplies!
ReplyDeletepippirose59 at gmail dot com
I follow you via Bloglovin (Pippirose)
ReplyDeleteAm already a Follower thru GFC...so on Bloglovin as well! :) I would choose the Supplies...only cause I loooove the fabrics! Your cushions are Awesome!!
ReplyDeleteOops..kinda didn't do 2 comments..sorry!
ReplyDeleteAm already a Follower thru GFC...but also follow thru Bloglovin!
HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY TOO! YAY!!!! :)
I would pick the supplies. Such cute fabrics.
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I follow on bloglovin.
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I'm a new GFC follower.
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Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
I would choose the fabrics - they are so cute.
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Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
Congratulation on your anniversary! I really enjoy your great cushions, especially the red Swoon one which would be my choice if I happened to win.
ReplyDeleteI will be following you by email.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the supplies.
ReplyDeleteAll the best!
I would love the handmade gift and if you are feeling really generous something like one of your cross-stitched ones, like the granny square Super Stitched or the Whistle while you Work birdie, since I don't know how to do cross-stitching, but I realize those are really, really time consuming so I also adore your Little Apples Spring Carnival Cushion, so cute like it is or in a rainbow of colors.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway, I am a bloglovin' follower!
ReplyDeleteHappy blog birthday.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower, found you today via I'm a Ginger Monkey's blog.
If I had beginner's luck and won, I would love the fabric because my daughter really likes the geisha print.
Thanks, renie
Happy Blogiversary! Three years is great! I would love to win the supplies pack -- dolls and sewing are both my faves, so those fabrics are just calling my name! But I love your pillows -- especially Pete the Penguin!
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ReplyDeleteI follow you via Bloglovin'. Congrats on 3 years. I made my first post yesterday. Thanks! notwendy gmail
ReplyDeleteHandmade is fabulous. I really like the fussy cut trees in the hexagon pillow. Just lovely! thanks! notwendy gmail
ReplyDeleteI would love the Supplies prize! ighmeg at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteI also follow you on Bloglovin' ighmeg at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 3 year celebration!!! I love those fabrics that you are so generously giving away!!!
ReplyDeleteI am following you via Bloglovin'!!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I would definitely choose your Christmas Penguin cushion because I love it and remember seeing when it first popped out in blogland!
ReplyDeleteI'm a happy new Bloglovin' follower !
ReplyDeleteim a new bloglovin follower
ReplyDeleteWould love to win prize #1 though your cushions are lovely too. Thanks for the chance!
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I'm following on Bloglovin' (Paula Lemos)
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Happy Bloggiversary, I want a Pete please!
ReplyDeleteI follow you though Blogger
ReplyDeleteId love the supplies!
ReplyDeleteI love the cushion covers!! I adore the Union Jack or Pete! thanks!
ReplyDeleteI follow already with Bloglovn!
ReplyDeleteHappy bloganniversary.I would love the magazine and fabric!!
ReplyDeleteI`m following by email.Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the supplies. Those fabrics are adorable! :)
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog via bloglovin
ReplyDeleteAs much as I adore your cushions and how creative they are, I'd love to win the supplies so I can make my own! How awesome of you to ask!
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog on Google Friend Connect (GFC). Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really want a copy of that magazine but not enough to want it over something you made yourself. I would let you pick the cushion that you thought you wanted to make for me. Happy Blog birthday, I love reading your lovely blog, even if I often don't have time to stop to comment.
ReplyDeleteI follow you blog via feedly and probably in bloglovin too.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary. Time surely flies by when you are having fun. I would chose the supplies if I won though Pet the Penguin surely has my name on it.
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Happy anniversary! I follow you via email.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a cushion! How sweet of you! If I'm lucky enough to win, I think I will let you surprise me because I think it will be more fun for both of us. :) I'm leaving a link for my flickr favorites in case you want to get an idea of what I like. My favorite colors are gold, pink, maroon, plum, and chocolate, and I like low volume and scrappy mixes.
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Thanks for the chance to win some loveliness!
Oh my goodness, I'd love the goofy Christmas penguin - adorable!
ReplyDeleteI follow along with GFC.
ReplyDeleteLove the magazine! If I win I would like the supplies - fat eighths please.
ReplyDeletePauline
perry94022 at hotmail dot com
I follow on Bloglovin' - Happy Blogiversary!
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perry94022 at hotmail dot com
Love your cushions, so cute. If I won I would be a supplies person. I can see a little quilt for my niece. I want to see the magazine. I will have to go shopping.
ReplyDeleteI follow you on BL.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the supplies :)
ReplyDeleteI follow you on bloglovin username shroomfrog
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteI am a magazine addict, so the magazine and fabrics too cute would be my choice! Thanks for the opportunity.
LeeAnnaPaylor at not afraid of color email leeannaquilts at gmail dotcom
Congrats on your blogaversary, I hope you have cake for your self with a candle. I would love a Swoon cushion in shades of duck egg please. Thanks for a great giveaway. x
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ReplyDeleteI would choose the magazine or the fabric.
ReplyDeleteI follow by Bloglovin
ReplyDeleteI love your Pete the Penguin cushion - such a fun winter friend!
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower on Bloglovin - thrilled to find you!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great give a way. Thanks I really love your pillows. If I get to choose, I would choose #10 the cute penguin with the santa hat. so adorable.
ReplyDeletecongratulations, now following on Blogloving
ReplyDeletecongrats on a very nice blog. I follow via bloglovin and I like prize 1
ReplyDeletelove the fat eights, thank for the chance
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the fabric.
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Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
Woweee - I'd love one of your adorable cushions! Either Little Apples or a Swoon cushion. Actually, any of your cushions - they are all wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI follow via Bloglovin'
ReplyDeleteBoth prize are very special! So I would leave it to you to choose!! All you pillows looks so nice and fun, love the penguins!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe pillows are beautiful (I love the penguin ones ♥), but I'd like the supplies :)
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I follow via bloglovin (Chiaralps)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely giveaway! I am a relative newcomer to your blog since FQR this year (and I kind of fell off the blogging planet afterwards for a while so only catching up now). I'd love a cushion if I was lucky enough to win - love those Christmas ones, the penguin is my fave!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower on Bloglovin :-)
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