Featured Hottie Number 23

Another truly beautiful hottie!

This one is by Ingrid from Lottielulu. Ingrid's blog is one of the first craft blogs that I ever started reading all those years ago.... way before CurlyPops was even imagined in my mind!

 Everyone know that I love a good crocheted doily or tablecloth, so this is totally up my alley....

But the front is the bit that I love the most - the way that Ingrid has placed the crochet so that the pattern travels. Superb!

The homepage of The Hottie Challenge - lots more in the Hottie Flickr Group and the Hottie Exhibition Group

Sharing the stash with Mike....I forget which day

Today I'm confused..... it's hard to remember what on earth I'm doing. OK I know it's Saturday and so I think this is 'Sharing the Stash Day 5' and 'Blogtoberfest Day 4'.

These ones are more fabrics for me....the fat quarters above, I bought at Amitie when I was at the last Mixtogether. They're destined to be a quilt top for the couch (one day when I finally get around to it). I'm thinking that I might just make a patchy top and then just use polar fleece for the bottom layer and some bias binding to attach it all together.

This one is a beautiful fabric that Ingrid sent me as part of her Pay It Forward challenge. I absolutely love it and I think that I might have to make myself something kitcheny to take advantage of the lovely print. I'm thinking maybe a table runner for a tea party.

Anyhoo..gotta be quick today....3 prospective buyers booked for today and 1 for tomorrow so far...eeeeek, have to do a clean check!

Giveaways and new blogs...

There are lots of fantastic giveaways happening in good ol' blogland at the moment, so you should do yourself a favour and check out these fabulouso blogs, and enter while you're there...make sure to say "hi" from me too!

Lino Forest - Beautiful owl brooch
Big Cat's Emporium - Blogtoberfest launch
Daisy Chain - 100th Post - Win Baz
Hanging with my Nomies - Vintage CWA teatowels
Lottielulu - Vintage Patterns

Here are another couple of great new blogs too...

The Crafty Librarian
Foxylocket

and last but absolutely not least....you have to head over to Poppalina for this post....

Eeeeeeeeekkkkkk!

That was the sound of me squealing with delight when I arrived home from Brown Owls lastnight. For some strange reason, I didn't check the mailbox yesterday, so when I came home there were two lovely packages waiting for me.
The first one flew in all the way from Canada. I won a fabulous giveaway on Kyla's blog. There's a vintage Golden Hands book, vintage patterns, vintage Vogarts embroidery transfers, lovely stickers, and McCalls recipe cards from 1973 (including a recipe for coconut chocolate cake...yum)!

Beautiful fabric, a lovely handwritten card and a sweet little embroidered postcard with Kyla's motto.
....and vintage zips and some floss and some twill tape and buttons! Thankyou so much Kyla for such a wonderful gift.

In the second package was a fabulous pay it forward that I signed up for on Ingrids blog not long after I started blogging. There's is some gorgeous fabric (I'm thinking of making something kitchen related with that one), vintage buttons and ric-rac, and gorgeous gift tags!

.....a beautiful handmade card and two vintage books. Sew Presents from Scraps (1974) has some great projects and templates and Cotton Cat and Martha Mouse (1966) is the most wonderful story about working together and sharing....

It has beautiful illustrations too.....

Thankyou so much Kyla and Ingrid....you made my day, actually you made my week!