2010 Challenges giveaway!

So for you who want to participate in this meme- welcome!

I have a givaway for you!

You dont have to participate in Janurarys meme.

All i ask is that you pop the button into your blog.

In case your wondering, its an apron.  My sister and I are quite large busted, so we dont really give it much justice in the photos (but I will be making myself one!!), and also the fact that I had just got out of the shower.  Its made to fit from about a size 10 to 16 I recon, maybe even smaller or bigger.

The apron is made with love, not perfection.

To post the button in your blog, go to "Layout" (you can get here when you do a post).  Go to "add a gadget", press on "add HTML" then add the code into that.  The button will take you to the original post.

Please leave a comment and make sure that there is a way for me to contact you (ie email or where you are from)

Now for the Janurary sign up!!

ETA this wil be drawn on the last week of Janurary

just to clarify...

I will be putting a post up soon (once I finish the givaway) to sign up for Janurarys challenge.

But just to clarify Febs cahllenge, its aiming at sewing with knit fabric (stretch fabric).

I will post some tips for this come Feb.

2010- Come and blog with us!

Welcome to my blog where I post at random intervals to brag about something that I have made, tell you about my family, whine about something that bugs me or just generally ramble!

For 2010 I thought that it would be great for us who sew to be challenged a little or a lot- depending on what takes your interest.

So each month I will be posting a challenge. Each month you (the blogger) can sign up for the challenge. It would be fun to blog about your challenge thought the month, but its not essential.

You can participate each month, or just for one month, depending on what your life is throwing at you at the time.

The first sign up will be in the first (starting the 1st) of each month, and ‘presenting’ your projects will be in the last week of each month. (again there are no rules)

But remember… it is to challenge you. So if you think “oh no I cant insert zips” maybe that’s the month that you sign up so that you can learn.

At the end of the month blog your project, even if its still a WIP. There will also be a flickr group HERE so that you can scroll through projects quickly- or if you want to join in but dont have a blog.

I will try and include free patterns and tutorials to help you along your way. Im still learning too!

There will also be some free giveaways at random times!

The challenges are:

January: something for me

February: something in knit

March: softie

April: something lined

May: enclosed zip

June something self designed or drafted.

July: something with pleats

August: hand embroidery/ smocking

September: bag

October: refashioned (visit your op-shop and create something new!)

November: Something for the Christmas tree

December: sharpen your skills on one of the challenges!

Thank you to Romi for the button and to Tracy and Suzanne for being a sounding board for the challenges. 

So... Would love for you to be involved as little or as much as your life can take. Feel free to send me an email or comment if you have any questions or ideas.

Buttercup bags

Pattern from Made by Rae, L O V E  I T!
easy and quick.  limited only by your imagination.

just watch out of the feet when your taking your brag picture LOL!
This one ended up in the posession of my husbands 11yo neice.  I hope she likes it.

Happy 5th Birthday Tyler

rom birth to 5yo, this young son of mine has been such a delight. 

He sure does keep me on my toes, but I figure that this is a sign that he is fit and healthy.

 

He is a climber, he asks why at every turn (why is that car blue? why is he driving a truck? but why!?)  he loves to help is brother and sisters, he loves cuddles, and he loves cricket.

 

He is a typical boy, loves his vegitables, and has a very cheeky look about him, that suits is actual personality.

Happy 5th Birthday Tyler, its been an absolute honor to be your mum!

[and yes I did have him on boxing day, the little one decided to come 2 weeks early. 

I was woken at 7am needing to go to the loo, got up to find I really didnt need to go.

 Came back to bed and my bed got wet!  Told my husband who just grunted!  Told him again and he jumped into action! I didnt go into labour right away but was by 3pm. 

Went into hospital and requested an epidural as my prior labour I had blamed not progressing due to stress so I wanted to try the epidural.  My husband sat watching the cricket and my mother knitted.

 After a while I was checked and a few more efforts were made to try and increase my labour.  After a little while the babies heart rate began to drop, and while the Dr watched the cricket and discussed Chirstmas lunch he had cooked he also got me to sign the papers for a c-section LOL!!!

So little Tyler was born into the world! And he took to the breast like a duck to water!  They wanted to make the video out of it he did such a good job. 

I was a little woozey.  my haemoglobin was very low and had also a rough labour, despite not feeling any of it due to the epidural.

But here he was, such a healthy little boy, so ready to meet the world and has not stopped since! (and our older Mitchell was just 15mo)]

Generous givaway on Blog

over HERE there is a very generous little girly give away, so if you have a little girl, of know a little girl, or want to bless a little girl, then get on over and enter! (well dont as I have 2 little girls and would love to win :p)

More Backpacks

here we have 3 more backpacks.  2 using the Indietutes backpack pattern.  They are made out of denim with feature stitching.  One is indigo and the other is blue.  They are both to give away.

The other is the Made by Rae toddler backpack.  Again in blue denim, but this one has a zip as well as piping.  If anyone has any ideas of how to do piping neatly around tight edges please feel free to let me know, as if I can figure this out I might put my finger to selling these!

I really enjoyed making these.

on to the Buttercup bags that I have cut out!