So many goodies in the mail!

You may remember that one of my two entries at the Sweet Contrary Mosaic contest over at Rachel's blog Stitched in Color managed to make it into the top 10 for voting and then ended up 2nd place, which meant that Lark Cottons sent me my winning bundle. And it arrived today!

I really did a happy dance when seeing that I had a package from Lark Cottons and look at how pretty these are!

I also received this months (April actually) bundle of the Color Me Happy FQ Club from Sew Lux Fabric. I have a thing for grey at the moment, as you probably could tell ;)

Now what to do with all of these? I have no idea yet, but I'm sure it won't take me long to decide. Sometimes some fabrics are just waiting for their perfect moment to be used.

I'm also desperate to reveal the goodies that I made for my swap partner at the Secret Fabric Basket Swap that I joined last month. I shipped the basket off to it's new home a while ago, and even though the recipient resides within Europe and shipping shouldn't take this long, it doesn't seem to have arrived yet.

I know she's a follower of my blog, so I can't reveal too much, only the picture that I've also uploaded to the swap's group on Flickr :)

And talking about secret swaps, don't forget to sign up to my Secret Tote Bag Swap, if you haven't already. 

Sign-ups are open until the end of May (the 29th to be exact) and there are a couple great prizes for you to be won. Maybe you could help get the word around a bit, so that a few more people might join in ;)

Next project on my list? Catch up with several paper-pieced Sew-Alongs and BOM's.
Will keep you updated on that, it's a long weekend for me and I'm intending to use it to get a much needed sewing fix, so expect a new post soon! 

Hope you have a fabulous weekend yourself and I'll see you next time!

xx Lia

And we have Winners! Plus an update on the Secret Swap!

I'm happy to announce the winners of my Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway. Unfortunately we once again had several no-reply bloggers who did not include their email addresses in their posts, but luckily I didn't need to redraw as Mr. Random decided to solely pick followers of my blog! :)

So without further ado.

The winner of the $20 gift certificate for Superior Threads is Tami C!  

 The winner of the tote bag in coral colours is Calikisses!

And the winner of the tote bag in tangerine colours is Dee!

Congrats to the winners and of course everyone who joined in on my giveaway and also decided to become a follower! You're incredible! :)

I will be contacting the winners via email now to get their details. If there is no reply within 48 hours, I will redraw, so please check your inboxes.

I'm also delighted to give you a little update on my Secret Tote Bag Swap. We now have almost 50 participants, and there's also another sponsor willing to contribute another prize for this swap. I can't reveal too many details yet though, but keep your sign-ups coming.

So far we have many, many entries from the USA, also England, Canada, Australia and we even have participants from Israel, South Africa, Sweden and me...from Germany lol!

You have until May 29, 2013 to sign up for this swap, that's another 2 and a half weeks time and it would be awesome if we got past the 50 participants and maybe closer to the 100 mark, although that may be wishful thinking on my part.

We'll see...

I will be opening a Flickr group closer to the end of the sign-up phase, so you can start brainstorming a bit on styles and bags you like :)

See you next time!
xx Lia

It's Giveaway Time! Plus a shameless plug for my Secret Swap...and a big WOOHOO for 100 followers!

Sew, Mama, Sew is hosting another Giveaway Day and since the last one was extremely successful, I decided to join in on the fun again.

So to everyone who is new here, a big and warm welcome! Have a look around my blog and maybe you like something that you see and want to become a follower and catch up in the future. 

And while you're doing that, make sure you check out the Secret Swap that I'm currently hosting. It would be great if you'd join up, as there are some great prizes up for grabs and we already have over 30 sign-ups from all over the world!

But now onto the reason that you're most likely reading this post for, the giveaway. So here's what you can win!

As a very special to all my lovely followers, old and treasured and also brandnew, and to celebrate that I reached 100 followers, I'm giving away a gift certificate worth $20 that was sponsored by Superior Threads.  

This gift certificate can be used anywhere in their shops or online. They have a great range of quilting threads and their variegated thread is beautiful. I'm sure you won't be able to resist, I know I wouldn't! ;)

Please note, you can only win this gift certificate if you're a follower!

But that's not all!

Since I just promoted my Secret Swap, I will stick to the theme and give away these tote bags made with lovely spring colours and charms of Kate Spain's Honey, Honey collection. I adore these fabrics!

 

There are 2 tote bags to give away, one in tangerine and one in coral colours.

In order to win one of them, you have to do the following:

1.) For your first chance to win, just tell me wich one of the two bags you'd prefer, tangerine or coral.

Easy, right?

2.) For an additional entry and the chance on the gift certificate, become a follower of my blog for example through Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' (links can be found to the top right of this blog) and comment that you did. 

Of course all of my awesome, existing followers get this extra entry too! ;) All you need to do, is tell me that you're already a follower.

This giveaway is open until Friday, May 10, 2013 - 5 pm PST / Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 1 am GMT. International participants are highly welcome.

Please note that I reply to all comments that I get. So if you don't receive a reply, that means you're a no-reply blogger. 

Comments from no reply bloggers will be deleted unless there's an email address stated within the comment that you left, so make sure I have a way of contacting you! If your email address isn't displayed in your blogger profile or you're unsure wether or not it is, just add your email address to your comment, because if I have no way to contact you, you can't win!

The winners will be picked with the help of Mr. Random and announced here on the blog within 24 hours of the end of this giveaway.

Good luck everyone and thanks for stopping by!

xx Lia

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Update, May 11, 2013

And we have the following winners: Tami C ($20 gift certificate to Superior Threads), Calikisses (coral tote bag) and Dee (tangerine tote bag).

Winners have been notified via email :)

Thank you!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! To each and everyone who voted for my entry at the Sweet Contrary Mosaic contest over at Rachel's blog Stitched in Color, because you pushed me to the second spot, which means I won my mosaic bundle!

Yay!!!

I'm so stoked about that. And also, there's a limited amount of the winning bundles available at Lark Cottons, who were the sponsor for this contest. So if you want to get your hands on some of these fabrics, you need to be quick as there aren't that many bundles :)

This is not my only reason for a thank you post, though.

I'm 3 followers short of 100, according to my blogger and GFC stats, and all that in less than 6 months!

That's an even bigger reason for me to join the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day on Monday, May 6.

I will have a few prizes for you, so check back on Monday for your chance to win ;)

Many thanks to everyone for all your support!

xx Lia

The Secret Tote Bag Swap - come and join!

Ok, so I already mentioned a few days ago, that I was planning a swap and here it is now, going live.
I have created an extra page for this, which you can find either by clicking HERE, or for future reference, it'll be in the top row under the Secret Tote Bag Swap - Tab :)

All information regarding this swap is posted on that page and of course if you have any further questions, you can also ask either here on this post or over there.

I hope that many of you will sign up, as there are also several prizes up for grabs, thanks to the following, amazing sponsors!

      

Come on over and check it out! :)
xx Lia