Pincushion Winner

Congratulations Rachel of Shoes and Sewing. An email is on its way to you now.

Give away: Pincushions Anyone?

Don't you just love my new pincushion? I am in love with it. I can't wait for it to get into my little hands ( I am still to find someone whose hands are smaller than mine).

Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire B.Shaeffer Give away winner

Well well well, another day, another winner.

I am so glad that I am not the only one who is seriously thinking of improving their sewing skills this year. Without further ado, here is the result of the Couture Sewing Techniques book.

Sew Grateful Week: Lobster fabric and Pattern giveaway winners

The Sew Grateful Week is officially over now, and its time to do the draw for my giveaways.

So first up, the Lobster fabric:

Sew Grateful Week: Give away - Pattern of your Choice at Sew Direct

My Sew Grateful Week is well and truly on the roll.

Today, I am Sew Grateful to my mom, who pushed me to learn how to sew. 

When I was younger, I lived with my dad and my step-mom, and only started spending regular holidays with my mom when I was about 11. I went to an all girls boarding school so I had to share my holidays between my mom, my Dad, and my aunts and uncles (I was a popular kid in the family you see). So that meant in a year, I'd only see my mom for about 2 weeks, maximum a month. All that changed when I went to University because she lived in the same town.

Sew Grateful Week: Lobster fabric giveaway

Hi folks, today is the start of the Sew Grateful week hosted by Debi.

I have so many things to be grateful for this week..loads actually. What I intend to do, is to name 1 or two things that I am grateful for everyday of this week, and then follow it with Debi's plan. Debi wants us to :

• Host a giveaway: post by Monday, February 6th
• Create a tutorials or offer up a pattern: post by Tuesday, February 7th
• Write a reflection post (on what your 'sew grateful' for): post by Wednesday, February 8th
• Finish a sewing project: post by Saturday, February 11th

Book Giveaway: Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire B.Shaeffer

Hello folks, how goes the Sunday?

My sister and some friends came visiting yesterday, so my Saturday was a very happy one. I always love seeing my older sister, as she cracks me up, and being around her always makes me so happy. Yesterday she had me in stitches, and I felt so much better. Here's an old picture of us goofing around....

Now, about this giveaway.

Do you want this book?

If yes, read on.

You might be wondering why I am giving this book away just a couple of days after I wrote about wanting to engage in the art of fine sewing. I have not taken leave of my senses...oh no...all I'm doing is executing my still evolving plan of attack on fine sewing. I have been deliberating for some time now if I should get the revised edition of this book, and I have finally made up my mind to go for it. This means I will now have 2 copies of the same book, which translates into... I have to get rid of one.

This giveaway is the beginning of a series of sewing book related giveaways that I plan on doing this year. I love books. There is just something special about leafing through pages and pages of beautifully assembled papers.   For want of a better explanation of the Dibs-Books relationship, I'll say I'm a Book Addict. I don't like the term bookworm, because it brings a not very sexy image to my mind...and I like to think of myself as a sexy woman....yes I am....I insist I am.....well I am if I say I am....what? the bump? ........ahem....okay then, I am a sexy bumpified chica....got that?......now where was I? Oh yes, the giveaway.

As I was saying, I buy too many books, and sometimes I end up not using them, and they spend lonely nights on my bookshelve, the only exciting thing for them being having to fight for space on the bookshelf with Mr.Dibs's cooking books. Whats the point of having a book that is not used. I figured someone out there would probably give these books the proper attention they deserve. Don't get me wrong, I love these books, its just that I have not really taken the time to get some use out of them, and now I am trying to make space for more books, like Gertie's upcoming book.

You, my friends, have been so kind to me, with your lovely emails, and comments, and texts, so its only fair to pay you back in my own small way.

So, to stand a chance of having this book you need to full-fill certain criteria...... 

1) You need to be a follower of my blog.

2) Be a resident of planet earth. ( No aliens please...no not even you beauties of Pandora or spice addicts of Arrakis)

3) Be a member of the human race ( No hobbits, elves, and certainly NO ORCS).

4) Leave a comment about why you want this book.

This giveaway is open till midnight London time, on the 14th of February 2012.

Coolio. I'm off now. Mr.Dibs marinated some chicken last night with Nandos peri peri marinate, and judging from the sweet aroma wafting into the bedroom, I assume said chicken is being acquainted with the hotness of the oven.....aahhhhhhh exciting stuff.  

Pattern Magic 1 & 2 Winners

Well well well!!!

These are the winners of the giveaway. I tried to use the random number generator, but to show the results, I have to take a picture of the results, and post it on the blog. This computer I am using is a public one, and as such does not (for resaons unknown) have MS Word, or any thing to which I can paste said picture to edit it. I even tried saving it, and uploading it to picnik, but that did not work. So you will just have to trust me that I did this fairly, and all I have done, is copy the results, and pasted them here.

I have also decided to do two draws for the two books, as I think its only fair that as many people have a chance as possible.

Pattern Magic 1

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 14 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Winner: Minnado ( Minnado´s House)

Pattern Magic 2

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 2 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Winner: Louise (Here´s what I did today).

And I have a third winner, for a mystery present. I think I am getting carried away with this number generator thing. lol. So lets see who will get my unknown present.

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 20 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

 

Winner : Created by Eve.

I don´t know what I will give you yet, but I will let you know as soon as I am back.

Could the winners please let me know their email addresses please?

thank you.

Dibs

Pattern Magic 1 and 2

Hi everyone,

I have taken a few minutes away from sunbathing and drinking sangria to let you know that I shall be doing the draw for the books later this evening. I am presently on my way out to soak up more sunshine ( ain´t life sweet?).

I need to work out how to install the random number selection app and then choose the winners. I will only be able to post the books when I come back, which will be in about 10 days time. I´m so sorry for the extra time.

In other good news, I now have more than 100 followers. yay!!!!!!!

I´m so happy. Thank you to everyone who follows me, and who makes me feel like I actually do write sense. lol. granted I might not do all the time, but at least you seem to think I do. So I will be doing another give away when I come back to london .

I have not gone shopping for any sewing related stuff yet. Too busy drinking chilled wine.....you are permitted to get jealous you know......but I am hoping I do so within the coming days, when we rent a car and go down to Palma. Does anyone know of any fabric shopping places in Palma? I can´t seem to find any online.

right, off I go.

Take care everyone.

Dibs

Threads Magazine give away

In my overzealousness, I bought 2 copies of the current Threads Magazine. Not at the same time mind you. I bought one last month, then forgot that I had it, and bought another one last week. So I figured maybe one of you has not bought this yet. So if anyone is interested, let me know. I don't have many people reading my blog so its only a handful of you. I suppose it will be fair to give it to the first person who puts up their finger. So, if you need it, could you just drop me a note? or, if possible, could you raise a finger? lol.

Happy Easter

xoxo

Dibs