Giveaway!!

I missed it when it happened but a couple of weeks ago I reached 100 followers!! Yay!
Having lovely followers and people leaving comments makes me smile, as it means this little blog is a part of a community. It amazes me how a comment can lead to a new blog find, a swap, a new idea, a new friend!!
I really appreciate each and every comment and always try to respond to them, unless you're a no reply blogger then check here for that!!
So in appreciation of all this I am having a little giveaway ~

Everyone can enter - willing to post internationally!
Leave me a comment for one entry, become a follower and let me know for another entry, tweet or blog about it for another entry (let me know as well so I count all your entries!!)
I'll then use the random number thingy to choose a winner.
Giveaway entries will close on Monday 20th August. Have fun!!
*Giveaway now closed ~ winner announced soon!*

Yummy new fabrics!

Here are all the lovely fabrics from the Intrepid Thread unwrapped and ready to drool over!!! Unfortunately my photos don't really do them justice as they are so lovely!!

The Birds & the Bees in Mist fat quarter bundle by Tula Pink and a fat quarter bundle of Solids and circles ~

La Dee Da by Erin McMorris in Aqua ~

Vintage Modern Hopscotch, Quilt Blocks Ringlets in Shade and Pezzy Print in Aqua ~

Too much yumminess!!

Fabric organisation

So I've been busy organising my small, but ever growing fabric stash, as it was not looking too good and I'd forgotten (well actually couldn't see!!) some of the lovely fabrics that I had hidden away in my little unit! What you can't see is the lovely collection of fugly fabric hidden in the bottom draw at the back - they are beauties!!

I also needed a bit of a tidy up as I knew that I had a lovely new stash of fabric winging its way from the US due to this post!
Here is the lovely new stash of fabric just waiting to be unwrapped having just arrived from the Intrepid Thread thanks to my little old bag being the wild card winner of the Summer Sewing Contest at Ellison Lane Quilts!! Thank you to Jennifer at Ellison Lane Quilts for organising such wonderful and exciting contests and Julie at the Intrepid Thread for the wonderful prize!!

You'll have to wait until tomorrow to see the wonderful new fabrics!!

In the Frame Purse Swap

I've been lucky recently to be taking part in "In the Frame Purse Swap" organised by the wonderful Helen and Nicky which has been so much fun!!
It was a secret swap which made it even more exciting! So after a few weeks of stalking my partner on Flickr and hopefully getting a good idea of what kind of purse to make I finally put together this little package.

Luckily my partner has received the parcel and yay it looks like I got it right!!
The finished frame purse ~

 The front ~

The back ~

Side view ~

The lining ~

And open wide!!

Sewing spools

This morning I had a plan, I was on a mission, I wanted to QAYG!
What is QAYG I hear you ask?! 
Quilt As You Go ~ I'm a complete newbie to this method but have been wanting to give this ago for ages.
I knew exactly what I wanted to sew, had a pattern to use and I am loving the end result!

The pattern is "spools" from Thimble Blossoms by Camille Roskelley. It is an absolutely adorable pattern (I used the pdf version) and is very easy to follow. I was planning on only producing one spool block and made a few changes to frame the spool. So here is the end result ~

I love it! But now what to do with it? Making the full quilt is definitely on my to do list but for now I just want to use the one block. I think it would make a wonderful sewing machine cover if I didn't already have a gorgeous one received from the Urban Home Goods - a modern swap!

So I need to get my thinking cap on! A bag, mini quilt ... all ideas welcome and appreciated!
Linking up here today!