FREE Bag pattern giveaway and a stash clear out ...

Hi all

Massively busy over here at the moment, more markets coming up and after doing two in a row last weekend I am tired but happy and yet ... OUT OF STOCK of hairclips.

I wont be posting much this month so in the in between here's something for you!

A pattern for 2 bags (one bag is in 2 sizes) from Dragonfly Studios
and
a pattern for 3 bags in varying styles from McCalls.

All you need to do is leave a comment here at the end of this post with your contact details and if you don't already follow me then join the follow me crowd in the left scroll bar.
This giveaway is running until 30th September - Good Luck!

If you like to sew, knit, embroider, glue stuff, cut stuff up or generally make stuff head over to my e-Bay store whilst I clean out my stash ... I have SO MUCH stuff going in there will be new stuff added at least once weekly. I still have to list some vintage 50's patterns and some current season patterns too ...

Kitty Boo Boo's Attic

This is a growing monster because I have been 'collecting' fabric, patterns, crafty stuff et al for over 10 years. I need a big overhaul so my sewing room is more like a studio and less like a shipping container.

Hooroo ...

First Projects ... Crazy Patchwork Quilt

Okay ... so I had been sewing for a few years but I had only made a handful of kooky clothes for myself ...

* like the electric blue velvet tutu skirt attached to a black and silver corset
* or the big sunhat I made covered in black lace and ribbon (it's a goth thing)
* the spiderweb leggings
* the purple satin swing dress

etc etc,
I think you get the picture.
Never with a pattern and always sewn by hand.

So after I bought my first machine I use to make bags. They were pretty popular with my family (you have to love your biggest fans!) and I think my sisters and mum still tote some of these around! Then I found it easier to make clothes but I missed the hand sewing so explored embroidery for a while.

First Quilt Project 2002

When I was due with Erin I decided to make a quilt. It's not very attractive but it was the first project I explored out of my depth. It was a crazy patch quilt.

I used only recycled fabrics and made the patches from old garments and linen from my childhood.


Some of the pieces are maternity clothes of my mums and some maternity clothes of mine. The backing is an old cot sheet of mine and the buttons are all vintage. The threads were also the legacy of one of Pete's great Aunts.


I was very proud of it but then it was washed in the WASHING MACHINE by a 'helpful' person and it shrunk in all the wrong places. Sad but I still have a soft spot in my heart for this little number ...


There are nine crazy patches. Each made with the same fabrics but embellished with different coloured trims and stitches. Blue, Black, Red, Green, White, Yellow, Brown, Purple and Pink.

What was your first adventurous project?

1 week for the giveaway ...

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GIVEAWAY Hairclips ...

gorgeous Pink and Yellow Heart clippies for you or someone special in your life ...

all you have to do is leave a comment or create a link back to this little giveaway

that simple

entries close Sun 22nd March

good luck