Show us your stash!

If you hop over to Kat's blog at   http://macskakat.wordpress.com/, then you can see the stash of fabric I've accumulated over the past couple of years, along with a little interview.  There's also one fabric swap left - there was more but I've already swapped with Kat!  (The remaining swap in progress!)

And the Premio Award goes to ....

I have to award this to the 9 previous commenters, which I've done since I first mentioned that I'd been given this.  And they are:

Judith at  http://doobee64.blogspot.com
Judy at  sewblessedmaw.blogspot.com/
Charlotte at charlottesewfarsewgood.blogspot.com/  
Rachel at  houseofpinheiro.blogspot.com/
Adri H. at  adriprints.blogspot.com
Kat at  macskakat.wordpress.com/
Cathe at  http://amaryllislog.wordpress.com/
Kirsty at  the-reel-mccoy.blogspot.com/
Charlotte at  heartscottage.blogspot.com

All you have to do is pass it on to the last 9 commenters on your blog and say thank you to where it came from (ie: me!).  You can copy the badge from the side of my blog.  Enjoy!

Pine Forest Baby Blanket

Jane is a friend at work and when she told me she was going to be a grandma, I knew I wanted to make a blanket, especially from this pattern which reminds me of the Witney blankets that were around years ago. Not sure if they are still made??? I already had the yarn and it’s perfect as the nursery room is going to be green. Really enjoyed doing this which I could just pick up and put down without too much thought. Another friend Ruth made me the lovely stitch markers to put between my lace pattern repeats which really helped. I did make the odd error here and there but then that’s what makes me human!

Baby Anais arrived safe and well.

The pattern is available as a free download on Ravelry.

It's yours Taracat - Sew Grateful Giveaway 2013

Wish I could have given this to more than one person - over 30 replies!  I picked the winner (or rather my mum picked the winner) the old-fashioned way by randomly choosing a name from a hat.  Thanks for all the interest and also the new blog followers!  Hope you will enjoy and no doubt there will be more giveaways in the future to mark occasions.

Congratulations Taracat!

Sew Grateful 2013 Project

My sewing project carries on from Sew Grateful 2011 ...  I made a dress from a pattern I was given in a swap, all the way from Barbara of Croatia, through Sew Weekly, for which I wanted a knitted shrug to match.  My knitting coursework has meant that I'm very behind on finishing actual projects for myself, in that I've done lots of sampling and experiments, but I've managed to knit all the pieces and I'm at the sewing stage now.  There's very little to do and hopefully I'll be done in the next couple of weeks.

Sew Grateful 2013 Share

For this, I linked back to my Chevron Skirt Tutorial (which links in nicely with the giveaway too!).  It's the only tutorial I've done so far but hope to make some more in the future.  Hope you still enjoy it - just search on chevron skirt to find it.  It had nearly 400 hits a day when I first created it and I know it's still searched for on Pinterest.

Sew Grateful 2013 Reflection

Last time I took part in this, I was mostly grateful for the way that sewing gave me a creative outlet but this time I think I need to mention the sewing community itself for being such a great source of support.  All the positive comments just make me want ro sew more and it's so great to see what others come up with.  I've learnt such a lot too, finding out about the independent pattern companies that make such individual styles for instance.  Added to this, the blogger meet-ups, makes me realise I have a fantastic hobby!  Here's to another year of great sewing!

Sew Grateful 2013 Giveaway

This is what I'm giving away as part of Debi's Sew Grateful week over at My Happy Sewing Place.  There's a tin decorated with a 60's/70's style pattern cover which I've filled with a dressmaker's notebook, some shell buttons, glass headed pins, needles and a fabric length.  (Once you've used the fabric it would make a great sewing tin or button box).  I think the rules are that all you have to do is leave a comment for a chance to win it!