You are all rockstars!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
And a big huge welcome to my newest readers, I really appreciate you all taking the time to click that follow me button,  I'm looking forward to getting to know you all :-)

But can I just say this...holy cow!! I didn't know what hit me when I got each and every one of your 408 beautiful messages in my inbox! I tried to reply to the comments as they came in but after about a 100 or so I had to give up as I couldn't even copy paste a 'thank you' fast enough to keep up lol!

As for the winner...{can you imagine that I thought I would  just write your names down and put them in a bowl...silly me lol!}

True Random Number generator in it's infinite wisdom has declared....

{no idea how to get that image up here so you'll just have to trust me on this}

Number 367 wich is Miss Muffin who said:

Ms Muffin said... 367 
Thanks for this great giveaway! Come by my blog and enter mine if you want to! You could win some handmade buttons .... Love Ms Muffin

Thank you all so much for playing!

x Leila

Give Away Day!

This Give Away is now closed, the winner will be announced tomorrow. Thank you all so very much for playing!

 
It's that time again....Give Away Day hosted by Sew Mama Sew is here- yay!

I can't wait to start browsing through all the blogs that are participating this time round. I love finding new inspiring blogs and getting a chance to win some fabulous goodies to boot :-)

So without further ado {ahem!} Here's what I'm offering up for grabs:

Katie Jump Rope {Mug Rug}

A mug rug made out of 1" hexies in mainly  Katie Jump Rope fabric by Denyse Schmidt{there's one Moda Freebird print in there too} What is a mug rug? you might ask, well it's simple really as you can see, it's a rectangular mini quilt that serves as a coaster for your favorite hot drink with room for something sweet on the side.

With the mug rug you will also win some Katie Jump Rope fabric to play with ~ yay!

I was lucky enough to get hold of some bits of this out of print fabric and want to share some of it with one of you. You will receive one fat quarter of the blue daisies, the rest of the prints are generous sized scraps {approx.8"x 10"} enough for a small project like a mug rug.

To Enter leave me a comment on this post including your email address before December 17th. I would love it if you'd become a follower of my blog, but you don't have to do so to play :-)
Only one entry per person please. I will announce the winner Saturday the 18th.
Good luck!

x Leila

Please check your profile settings, if you're a 'no reply' blogger and you don't leave an email address in your comments there is no way of contacting you should you win! If you're not sure what I mean by 'no reply' blogger read this Post it will improve your chances of winning anything, anywhere by a 100% I promise ;-)

St, Nicholas, Heather Ross & Ane Brun {it's a sorta fairytale}

On the 5th of December we celebrate "Sinterklaas" in Holland, he's a different kind of Santa Claus. It's mainly for the kids, they get lots of presents. But if you've been particularly good you might get lucky enough to get a pressie yourself :-)

I simply adore these prints. They're so delicate and pretty!
I must have been on someone's good list because not only was I spoiled with fabric I got some beautiful music as well! I'm really into these scandinavian singers lately..

Check back in soon for my first give away....!

x Leila

Zig~Zag Quilt Finished!

I finished this quilt a while back actually. But it has taken me a good long time to get some half decent shots of it. I'm honestly not the best photographer on a good day. But these dark and gloomy days have really thrown me off.

After reading every tip I could find on how to improve picture quality religiously I managed to create this rather fun mosaic to show off my quilt. Inspired by the fabulous pictures of Brooke, go have a look she's really talented!

So, a bit about this quilt:

Fabrics are Hope Valley by Denyse Schmidt I got mine from Raystitch and Kona Ash from Simply Solids. Rachel was lovely in replacing one of the FQ's wich had a manufacturing problem, it got here almost a day after I'd sent her an email! How sweet is that!? :-)
It measures about  56" x 70" {140x 175 cms}.

I used a wonderful tutorial by Crazy Mom Quilts for making this no triangles zig zag quilt. I tweeked it a little to make it work for me. I used fat quarters instead of the long quarters suggested, because that's what I had. Ten of them instead of 9 as well. I also added some Kona Ash to the top and bottom rows so as not to have to cut through the points in squaring up and binding the quilt. I can really recommend this, it's a little extra piecing but it looks much better I think. This is by far the easiest way to make a zig~zag quilt I can think of! It's so nice not to have to deal with all those bias cut half square triangles!

 

 I pieced the backing with some left overs and more Kona Ash, machine quilted on the diagonal. 

Meanwhile the snow here is melting during the day and freezing solid again at night. It's dangerous out there! Wich only means I've got a good excuse to stay in and sew some more :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

x Leila

Work in Progress Wednesday {Christmas Sewing}

How cold is it where you live?

I snickered a little when the weatherman predicted a 'Siberian cold front' yesterday. Thinking it's just snow how bad can it be? But he wasn't wrong,  it's flippin cold here!!

Perfect excuse to get some more sewing done ;-) As so many of you, I have decided to go for home-made rather then store bought presents this year. Trying to keep the costs down but I also really like home made gifts, especially for christmas they go rather well together.

For obvious reasons I can not show more than these sneek peeks.

Are you looking for some home-made gifts inspiration?
Head on over to Sew Mama Sew for The Ultimate Handmade Holidays Master List 2010

x Leila