It’s Friday.. with a giveaway
This little beech tree in the corner of the garden is doing it’s best with autumn colour now…
Golden colours in the low autumn sunshine
The squashes have been harvested….
Butternut Squashes
I’m so proud of those butternuts ….
The leaves are definately falling… and burying the garden… and the chickens and anything else that stands still for long.
Something else which is burying me at the moment are the number of pieces of fabric that get left at the ends of bolts that aren’t exactly any particular size and I’ve loads of them….loads and loads.
So, time to for a sort out and I thought I’d have a giveaway on my blog every Friday until Christmas. Sometimes, it’ll be a set of fat quarters (because I’ve some new fabriccy news to share next week), sometimes it’ll be a ‘large-ish’ collection of fabric remnants. It’ll include the cuts that get left at the end of bolts, so 6 inches or so wide cut across the width of the bolts, sometimes there will also be fat eighths and fat quarters. So, quite a lucky-dip, fabric in a mixture of sizes and from a mixture of designers. I’ll also include some useful solids…
Pretty fabrics from many different designers.
This collection includes some Heather Bailey Pop Garden and Bijoux fabrics, some Amy Butler Midwest Modern, some Lotus and Belle fabrics, spiced up with a little of Amy’s home dec fabric. Plus, there are some pretty Moda fabrics, which I wish didn’t disappear so quickly and some glorious Anna Maria Horner Garden Party fabrics. (You can click on the pictures for a closer look.) Useful bits and pieces for those little projects and useful colours and designs for applique. Some of these fabrics are current designs, some have now been discontinued and others have been discontinued and are about to make a comback due to crafters demands. (Being re-printed as we speak…)
If you wish to join in then please just leave a comment on this post and I’ll announce the winner next Friday when I’ll post the next giveaway.
1philippa
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 12:55
Oh what fun, I love lucky dips!
Wonder what you news may be? I have seen a lot of wonderful new fabrics being launched in the last few weeks, so fingers crossed it may be something to do with them.
2Talia
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 13:13
OOooh, pretty fabric! I can never say no to a giveaway where something pretty is involved!
Looking forward to seeing all the new fabrics that are on offer too!
3Jackie
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 13:22
I love fabric bits – jut making a pile of pin cushions for pressies. What fabrics?? I’m waiting for the new Amy Butler fabric & patterns to appear…
Jackie
4gtlady (Jane Platts)
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 13:26
What fab squashes, what are you going to do with them all??? I made some gorgeous squash muffins last week, but I think i’d be at a loss with that many!
5Amy Lane
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 13:42
Wow, another fab giveaway! I love all the fabrics you stock – they’re so pretty. I’m making all my Christmas presents this year so fabric offcuts would come in very handy
Amy x
6Karyn Elder
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 14:03
Ohhhhh……you have such pretty fabrics and such beautiful things in your shop.
Butternut squash works really well to make pumpkin pie by the way, which is lovely if you like cinammon and cloves. Its a real North American dish (I’m from Canada originally) and its not autumn without pumpkin pie to me!
7Apryl
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 15:37
wow the butternut squash look fantastic! were they difficult to grow? I might try some next year I love butternut squash mashed with butter and brown sugar.. yum
very pretty fabrics too!
8gill
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 17:34
count me in please julia!!
glad to hear in a previous post that your chooks are laying – mine aren’t!!!!!
gill
9Judith
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 17:37
You must be really proud of those squashes. One good thing about them is that they keep for months so you should be ok for lots of yummy dishes through the winter. A great giveaway. Thanks.
10MARIANNA
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 20:32
Nice butternut squashes indeed, it’s fair to feel proud. I’m in this country for some days more, so I could be lucky this time.
Thanks
11Michelle Best
wrote on 30 October 2009 at 21:57
Wow, I’m impressed with the squashes and of course, the fabrics are delightful as well!
12Nori
wrote on 31 October 2009 at 8:20
I’m drooling over your fabrics! I’d love to win them.
13Penny
wrote on 31 October 2009 at 9:31
What a wonderful crop of squashes. I grew some by accident this year – seeds thrown into the compost germinated but unfortunately a little too late for them to grow large enough and to develop. Maybe I’ll try some intentionally next year. Thanks for the great giveaway, count me in please.
14Rachel
wrote on 31 October 2009 at 15:53
Great squashes and fabrics!!
Not really sure what you do with them though!!
15Stephanie
wrote on 31 October 2009 at 17:57
I would love to be in for a chance to win lovely fabrics – thank you x
16Andrea
wrote on 31 October 2009 at 19:37
The butternut squashes look great. love eating them but I have never grown them. This coming year, once we have finished the kitchen a veg patch will be born, hopefully. lovely fabric Julia, I can only sit here and keep everything crossed!! have you have a good half-term?
17Thahera
wrote on 31 October 2009 at 19:46
Id love to win those pretty peices, lovely butternut squashes by the way!
18Jenny
wrote on 31 October 2009 at 21:20
I’d love to go in the draw please!
19Emma
wrote on 1 November 2009 at 19:59
Ooooh count me in too! I’m looking to gather bits and pieces of pretty fabric for Christmas presents, so your timing is superb.
20Amanda
wrote on 1 November 2009 at 21:21
Ohh pretty fabrics, please enter me. I love the picture of the beech tree too, autumn is my favourite season.
21Woollywotnots
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 13:57
Wow those butternut squashes are to die for! I love your photo. Oh what yummy dishes to look forward to! : ) I’d love to be entered in this lucky dip draw too. : )
22Kelly
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 15:52
what a lovely give-away,
23Nicole
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 17:21
Oohh looks like a lovely bundle of fabric for a giveaway so I want to join in…the squashes look great too!
24Helen
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 17:29
I am feeling lucky! Count me in.
25Louise
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 18:52
ooooooooooo My horoscope tells me I’m in for a small winning, maybe this is what it meant!!
26Kaye Prince
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 20:04
Oh yes please! I could definitely use some remnants to add to my stash (although I have a feeling my partner would not agree)! Your squashes look great – I may need to run out to the market to grab one for myself for dinner.
27Jenny
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 20:11
I’d love to be entered in the giveaway – your fabrics and designs are lovely. Your picture of the butternut squashes makes me want to make soup!
28Tia Webb
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 21:04
Me too!!! Can I play?? I love scrappy bits of goodness and if these are as lovely as the pics suggest (which I don’t doubt they are) someone is in for a real treat!!!
I love butternut squash but my partner and kids hate it so I don’t get to eat it all that often, so rather jealous of your “stash of squash”!!! Perhaps if I grew some next year I’d have more of an excuse to eat it!! Mmmmm…..Yes……, this may be a solution to my squash famine forming!! Need to go and plot some more!! Hee,hee!! Is it easy to grow?
29Wild Rose
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 22:57
Lovely fabrics Julia. I am certain that you are going to have a huge response to these giveaways.
Marie x
30Sondra
wrote on 2 November 2009 at 23:17
I love a good giveaway. Ohhh the many uses for all those bits of fabric!
31Helen
wrote on 3 November 2009 at 0:18
Love the squash photo! Looking forward to the ‘fabriccy news’!
32Bec Clarke
wrote on 3 November 2009 at 12:06
Oh you are very generous, I would love an entry into this draw please
33nic
wrote on 3 November 2009 at 13:44
I’m in a very patchwork mood at the moment, and am still building a stash, so this giveaway sounds perfect. Thanks so much.
34Nadine
wrote on 3 November 2009 at 22:59
Please enter me for the give away. The only thing I have ever won was a toilet seat cover at the school tombola.
35Jessica
wrote on 4 November 2009 at 13:05
thats a good giveaway – hope I win
36ruth
wrote on 5 November 2009 at 18:00
Love all your butternut squash, we didn’t manage to harvest any pumkins last year so I gave up this year, whats the secret?
ps, would love to be entered into your giveaway too.