Giveaway Day... Take 2... For the home

So exiting it is giveaway day and this is the second one for the day! Later this week (8th May) I am joining in    at Sew We Quilt's blog hop "It is all about the birds" and have a fantastic bird related project... and to celebrate the occasion I am giving away one of the items I made... but it is a surprise...so for now I am only showing a little sneak peak!



If you are intrigued or tempted by it you can join the giveaway in advance of the revelation in this post... or/and come back on Wednesday to see the project in full (with tutorial and downloadable pdf template). I will be giving away one handmade item between the participant's of today's and Wednesday's post.

Update: I have now revealed the project in the "It's for the birds" blog hop post, you can have a detailed look here, but they are... needle books!

Giveaway is open internationally to all the blog followers. To follow the blog either click on the "Join this site" button or Blogloving + button on my sidebar. You can also follow my Facebook page or Pinterest page. Only one entry per person. Make sure I can contact you back, if I can't easily contact the winner, another one will be chosen. I will randomly choose a winner on May 15th and announce it shortly after on the blog.

You can find more giveaways today following the button below

To see my sewing supplies giveaway click here. Good luck to you all!

Giveaway day... take 1...Supplies

What a great fun it is giveaway day! Today I, like most of you, will be visiting lots of new blogs, checking out their projects and getting inspired by all the creativity around! If it is your first time here, a big Welcome!

To celebrate I will be having two giveaways this week, the first one today... on this post...and the second one will be announced on Wednesday but you can see a sneak peak on the following post (here).

So what I am giving away... a kit for my very own first counted cross stitch pattern that I launched earlier this year...



The kit includes full colour printed instructions and chart, the stitching fabric and enough thread to complete the embroidery.

Giveaway is open internationally to all the blog followers. To follow the blog either click on the "Join this site" button or Blogloving + button on my sidebar. You can also follow my Facebook page or Pinterest page. Only one entry per person please. Make sure I can contact you back, if I can't easily contact the winner, another one will be chosen. I will randomly choose a winner on 10th May and announce it shortly after on the blog.

Update - the giveaway is now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

You can find more giveaways today following the button below

Good luck to you all!

Sneak peaks on my Fresh Sewing Day

So I had written the post for my normal Wednesday work in progress post and when I went to schedule it I realised... IT IS MAY! (yes super capital letters I did actually scream). So back I am doing a double work in progress and fresh sewing day post.

April has been a weird month for me, not a lot going on crafting wise, but a lot going on elsewhere... The puppy has been amazing, lots of work and lots of fun! We visited family and friends in the UK for Easter, egg hunt and everything and we did a very short trip to Lyon to see friends that were over... so as you can see not much crafting time...

Here's Feli, my Yorkie puppy, having a bad hair moring!

But I managed to make a lovely set of pouches (here) that were featured on Lily's Quilts as part of the Projects on a budget series. The red pouch was a birthday present for a lovely friend and the big one has become my WIP Pouch!

And also made Feli (my puppy) a toy basket (see here) matching his travelling cushion and coat set (for the coat pattern see here).

I have been working hard this week to finish some more projects one at a time... so first I finished the project for my birds blog hop that is coming next week (four in all)! Here's a sneak peak!

Also I am almost done with the baby blanket... maybe just one more line of crocheting around and it will be done... and as I am hiding the loose yarn and tidying it all up as I go, once I finish I am done... yey! Another sneak peak...

So what I will be working on next? The fabric is all ready, stretched and thread chosen to get started on my embroidery... I have some zippers ordered and on their way for a few other little projects... waiting for some pictures to arrive from the lab to work on a wall art for the corridor... getting an idea?

And If we get a few nice days (no rain is all I ask) we can finish getting the garden ready to be enjoyed in the summer... daffodils are almost all gone, tulips are lovely and peonies plants have started coming out... so what else can I ask?

                           

Linking up to Lily's Quilts Fresh Sewing Day and  Freshly Pieced.... don't forget to check out what all the other people that are linking up have been up to!