I hope all of you had a lovely Christmas! I'm still enjoying this holiday season by spending lots of time with those I love. {and very little time online}
Since I haven't done much sewing lately I thought I'd show you some of the things I made in 2010...

...it was a pretty good creative year if I do say so myself.

Little did I know when I started this blog how much fun I would have connecting with all of you crafty people from all over the world. Or how much time I would spend trying to take just the right pictures to post on my blog. And most of all how great it feels to read your lovely comments and emails! It's been such good fun!


So what's coming next year...?
I'm thinking about changing my blog name...
I will be working with friends on an exciting new project {yes it involves quilts!} wish me luck!
There will be a daschund popping up somewere, once at the very least.
I'm bound to swap a thing or two, there will be a quilt or three and some pillows, pincushions, mug rugs, handmade gifts and well you don't really want me to list all these do you? ;-)
And hopefully many more exciting new creative adventures to share with all of you!

I wish you all a very happy and creative New Year!

x Leila

Dear Mr. Postman...

...thank you for bringing me this wonderful package!

~Katie Jumps Rope in the Flea Market and then Sits Down~

Received from Lucinda isn't she amazing?! This was by far my favorite of all the little quilts in this swap soooo happy it's mine now :-)

Should you feel like starting the year off with a nice swap over on Flickr, the deadline for the second round is 31st of January. No sign ups, just finish a quilt and send in pictures to the swap host before the 31st.

x Leila

Boy Quilt {finished}

I feel pretty proud of myself that I managed to finish this quilt in time for christmas.!

It measures 44"x70" made with Urban Circus and Kona solids from Mandy's lovely shop
My little man didn't think too much of it at first, but after a quick feel of the soft flannel I backed it in, he said it was all right. I caught him pulling it onto the couch with him and cuddling up under it though, when he thought mummy wasn't looking of course!

I searched long and hard to find the right voile to back this quilt with. And although I found plenty of gorgeous {Anna Maria Horner} voiles all of them were much too girly. This flannel I found works perfect, it's the right colours not too heavy, no real pile and soft soft soft!

My little monster's found another christmas present early {I need to improve my gift hiding skills!}...

...boys will be boys so this is the one he really likes! It's starting to look a lot like christmas here :-)

x Leila

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 ;-)