In the year since I have started sewing and crafting, i have been really blown away by the generosity of the online sewing community. There is so much support available, and everyone is so quick to offer help or advice and to share their own experiences with people that they have never met. Bloggers are also eager to share the joy of sewing through giveaways and swaps. Special mention must go to the lovely Dibs, who so kindly sent me a pair of suede flowers after i admired them on her blog. Thanks Dibs! Because I am rubbish I have yet to do anything with them yet - but I have plans, promise!
Such a huge part of my learning this year has been through tutorials and sewalongs hosted by sewists who so generously offer up their time. For example, Tasia of Sewaholic Patterns provides excellent sewalongs which are so packed full of tips and information. I had no idea of the wealth of information available on sewing blogs, but I am so, so (sew!) grateful for it.
This year, I am keen to give back to the sewing community. So for Sew Grateful Week, I will be hosting my very first giveaway! This gorgeous print is a cotton lawn which was bought with a Pendrell in mind, however at the last minute I changed my mind. I could stash it, but in the interests of stash-busting (another one of my aims for the year!) I am going to pass it on to someone else.
Hopefully you can see the print here. There is 2 metres of this fabric, and it is quite wide - my tape measure says about 55" which sounds like a slightly odd measurement to me but there we go..! It should be more than enough for a top, or maybe even a skirt. To enter this giveaway all you need to do is be a follower of my blog, and leave a comment below saying what you are grateful for by MIDNIGHT (UK time) on SUNDAY 12TH FEBRUARY. I will pick the winner with the help of a random number generator next Monday. Good luck everyone!
K xx
Ooh, what lovely fabric! Reminds me of the fabric I used for my Crescent skirt :)
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Ashley x
Aww, Kat, thanks for mentioning me in your post. Don't worry, when the time is right, you will be inspired to use those flowers. Please enter me for the giveaway. thanks.
ReplyDeletethats so great Kat. Im grateful for inspiration for amazing sewist in the blogland. Im also hosting giveaways, so don't miss the comments. xx
ReplyDeleteI don't usually enter giveaways (as my own stash is already an embarrassment of riches) but I love, love, love that fabric.
ReplyDeleteI have tons of vintage patterns set aside for giveaway, and have for months. I need to get to it!
I have way too much fabric Kat, but I can't resist entering this giveaway ;o)
ReplyDeleteI've just subscribed to your blog on Google Reader. I found it through a link on My Happy Sewing Place. I'm learning to sew with the ultimate aim of making clothes, so I'm really inspired to see what you've made after sewing for only a year. I'm so grateful for the support of my lovely crafting friends who've been answering all my annoying questions about sewing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for an amazing giveaway! I'm grateful for a wonderful sewing community in blogland - I don't have any 'face-to-face' friends close by that sew, so I'm very grateful for my online friends!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway Kat! I'm very grateful for all the inspiration and encouragement I get online.
ReplyDeleteI found your blog through My Happy Sewing Place :)
Hi There! I follow through google reader. I'm grateful for my husband and mom who are super supportive of my sewing :)
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Google Reader, and am also "sew grateful" for everybody's helpful sewalongs. I learn so much!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! I love florals!
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thevintagedame.blogspot.com
Lovely! I just started following your blog like two weeks ago and decided to make it official via Google Friends/Connect/Whatever-the-heck-it-is!
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Tina_crossgrove(at)hotmail(dot)com
retrorabbithole.blogspot.com
Hey, cool fabric. I love florals too, especially roses.
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I love the fabric! I am grateful for the wealth of sewing information that is available online.
ReplyDeleteoops! I forgot to say what I was grateful for! I'm so thankful for sewing blogs that inspire me and teach me things. I love that fabric!
ReplyDeletethank you for the giveaway! i love the fabric :) what i am grateful for is the generosity of the bloggers in the sewing community and how they share all of the information and tutorials with the rest of us, the novices.
ReplyDeleteOh this is SO pretty, I adore rose prints wiht black backgrounds. PLease do put me in your draw. Also if you follow my profile back to my blog, I am giving away some vintage patterns this week, a couple of which are really simple to make up :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for such a lovely giveaway! I follow you on Bloglovin' but thought I'd add my name to Google Friends as well just in case!
ReplyDeleteI'm grateful for the same as you really - this amazing sewing community. I don't have any RL friends who sew, so it's wonderful to be able to share my hobby with likeminded folk online!
Wow, stunning fabric!!!
ReplyDeleteI've got so many things to be grateful for, but to mention one, it has to be the fact that sewing your own clothes results in clothes that actually fit my obviously somewhat weird body measurements!
(I am a follower, however not as Miss Meetah but with my real name Maritha.)
Such a cute print. I can't resist florals! I'm 'sew' grateful for a lot of things, I have an amazing mother-in-law who also sews, and we regularly get to bond over what patterns/fabrics we've used recently. I'm also grateful to have my own sewing space now rather than a corner of the living room!
ReplyDeleteRight now I am grateful for my husband who is making supper as I am not feeling well. Found your blog though Debi's blog. No blog but my email is ruthanne-edward@rogers.com
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ReplyDeleteLovely fabric! I am grateful for the amazing generosity of the internet community ~ it seriously doesn't matter about age, skill level, locations, interests ~ people are so willing to help with advice or words of encouragement and I think that's amazing!
:D I follow via GFC
xox,
bonita of Depict This!
bonita{at}bdotdepictions.com
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I'm grateful for all of the friends I've made from the blogging world!
ReplyDelete~Ashley
bramblewoodfashion {at} hotmail {dot} com
Blogland is pretty much my number one favorite too...I've learned so much out here in the wide internet world. Supremely grateful.
ReplyDeleteI am grateful for the great big online knowledge base (that includes you and all the other wonderful sewing and knitting bloggers out there). I remember that as a child my mother had a great big sewing library and encyclopaedias of stitches and embroidery alphabets, not to mention descriptions of all the various skills one might use. I don't have to have that huge a library (which is good because I've moved internationally thrice in the past 10 years)... I have wonderful tutorials, examples and downright personal help all at my fingertips. So, thank you!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous fabric!
ReplyDeleteAt the moment, I'm grateful for rainy Saturday's, as it means I have a good excuse to shut myself up with my sewing machine for a few hours. ;-)
I'm grateful for my new Singer, bought with some birthday money!
ReplyDeleteIm grateful for just how much the sewing community has helped me develop my hobby - from something i would do to relax to something i think about day and night!
ReplyDeleteLovely fabric! - with 2 metres to play with, the lucky winner could even have enough for a dress, given the right pattern.
I'm grateful for the house my husband and I are buying - I will have my own sewing room! And I'm thankful for the wonderful ladies of the sewing blog community - a constant source of inspiration and friendship :)
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