And the winners are...

I'm very technical here so the names were written on pieces of paper, all folded the same amount of times and placed in teacups to choose the winners for the pattern and pompom ring competition.  Here's the proof:

The John Rosher teacup on the left had the entries for pattern number 1 and the Habitat tea cup on the right had the entrants for pattern number 2

View from above showing the folded pieces of paper inside

Pulled out winners after swirling tea cups to mix round the entrants names

Opened up pattern number one winner

Opened up pattern number two winner

Dianne from Marguerite Designs wins pattern number one and a red pompom ring as requested!

Winnie from Scruffy Badger Time wins pattern number two and whatever colour ring she chooses!

So Pattern Number one goes to Diane at Marguerite Designs and Pattern Number two goes to Winnie at Scruffy Badger Time!  Congratulations!  I'll be emailing you both shortly!

Giveaway!

I've been so lucky with competitions and giveaways lately I think it's about time I did a little giveaway of my own to keep the good karma going.  So here it is, you can win either one of these two patterns, please specify in the comments which pattern you want to be entered for, they're two different sizes of what is practically the same shirt dress pattern but printed years apart.  They are both in good condition and all instructions and pieces seem to be with them.  I'm also offering to go with each pattern a pompom ring of your choice from my Folksy shop.  Go over and have a look and tell me what colour you would like.  I also have them in mustard, red and mauve but at the moment unlisted.  If none of them are your bag tell me what colour you'd like and I'll make one up for you specially!

Pattern one:

Pattern one

Pattern one

Pattern one

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 So as you can see pattern one is Simplicity 6787 multi size 16, 18, 20 Euro 44, 46, 48.  I initially thought this one was uncut but it's been cut with such precision at a size 20 that it looked uncut.  It doesn't affect the smaller sizes and the pattern instructions are there.

Pattern two: 

Pattern two

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Pattern two

Pattern two

 This is Butterick 6617 size 14 bust 36in 91cm, again with this pattern I initially thought it was uncut but one of the views has been cut but very neatly and all instructions are intact.

So to the nitty gritty, the rules are:

• please be a follower of my blog to enter
• please make sure you have an email address attached to your blog profile so I can let you know the good news
• open to international readers
• if you want an extra chance you can tell others about it on your blog/facebook page/twitter and come back and let me know
• closing date is midnight GMT Sunday 6th April winners will be announced on Monday 7th April
• one small caveat, if you win a pattern and have finished with it please don't sell it, put it up for grabs again for someone else to have the joy of it.  Thanks!

Good luck everybody!

Normal service will resume shortly...

I can't thank everyone enough for how kind and supportive you have all been.  It really lifted my spirits when I was very down.  Thankfully my arm is back to nearly full working order, just in time for my next round of treatment next week! haha!  It should be fine though.  I have been taking things very slowly so have been working on a dress in my sewing class which I'm pondering whether to show you whilst it's in progress or to wait until it's all done and do a big reveal as this is probably my most favourite thing in the world at the moment.  I've probably jinxed the hell out of it now but hey ho! 

I'm also working on bunnies.  I have two fairs coming up and would like to Easter theme them as I love bunnies, everyone should like bunnies in my opinion, and flamingoes and llamas.  I saw a bounty advert last night where there was a woman eating a bounty on this beautiful desert island with clear blue seas and white sands and lush vegetation and I said to J 'that would be perfect, I love bounty's now all it needs is some flamingoes and llamas and I'm set!'  I do wonder sometimes why he hasn't put me in a straight jacket and asked the men in white coats to take me away...

But I digress...I was telling you about bunnies and stalls.  Well, the first one will be at the same place I had my very first stall and the second is the new date for the one that fell through back in February.  I'm slightly scared about this second one as it's in the middle of a shopping centre thoroughfare and I'm slightly nervous that I wont have a wall to put my back against and it's in the town I work in and not very many people in work know what I do outside of work and I like that so it's a bit scary.  I'm sure I'll be fine but there's still that little niggle of scaredy cat!

My other fantastic news is that I've won not one but two giveaways!  It came on exactly the right day too, I was having a bit of a bad week with work and family life and this just brought me some much needed sunshine!  I 'won' well sounds like it was rigged to me, and for that I am so very very grateful, Marguerite Designs Amy Butler pattern and pin cushion giveaway and the Sweet Paul Lotta Jansdotta washi tape giveaway too!  I met Diane from Marguerite Designs on the Sew Weekly UK meet up in May last year, she's such a talented and modest seamstress and always has a lovely smile in all the photos she takes!  I am bowled over by her kindness in giving the prize to me after the original winner failed to claim it as she thought I needed cheering up.  It couldn't have come at a better time and I get quite choked up when I think about it.  And then to see further down on my emails that I'd won the washi tape too I was astounded!  I love reading Sweet Paul as the pictures are to die for, the recipes are yummy and there's always something fun to make too!  I have no idea what I'm going to use the tape for yet, but it's so pretty it's not going to bother me if it sits there looking prettily at me while I ponder a project for it!

So that's the sum total of my news at the moment.  I will hopefully have some finished bunnies to show you soon and will try and get some pretty photos if I venture out today and it doesn't continue to rain.  Typical, wall to wall sunshine when I'm in work and now it's raining! ;)

Thank you all once again for all your support, it really did help me heaps! x