Giveaway

Lucky me won a giveaway at Kelani Fabrics To Inspire - a $10 gift voucher to spend at this weeks Craft and Quilt Fair in Melbourne.

Unfortunately, I am a little bit laid up at the moment following a little op I had on Friday, so as to not waste this voucher, I thought someone out there might like to use it and take advantage of this generous voucher donated by Alyssa from Kelani Fabrics.

Just leave a comment and let me know what you would love to buy or make from the great range of fabric and patterns that Kelani has on offer. I will pick a random winner sometime on Wednesday and then email you the voucher. You have to be able to attend the Craft and Quilt Fair to be eligible.

Kelani Fabrics will be at Stand G28 !

Make sure you leave me your contact details too, so I can contact you if you win.

Good luck and have a great time at the Show. Wish I was going.

New Patterns and a Giveaway

If you go on over to visit Audrey and Maude they are having a giveaway to celebrate the launch of two brand new patterns!

See you over there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the Winner Is ..........

I have finally got around to pulling a name out of the comments for my one year giveaway, and the winner is:


Sarah of Choccy Bangles


So Sarah could you please send me your snail mail address and I will post some goodies off to you.

Thanks so much everyone for actually taking the time to read my blog and of course for leaving all of your comments. It has certainly been so much fun reading all of your comments, just wish you would leave them all the time.

I have just been so flat out with overseas visitors and camping over the Easter break with three boys , and then being snowed under with so much washing and the weather is so cold and rainy and not very good for drying.

It is also school holidays here and as my children grow older they are also getting bigger and so are their messes. I am so over housework and washing. There has to be more to life than cooking and cleaning. I haven't even had time to sew or do anything remotely creative, although my mind is constantly working on something.




You may remember this pile of fabric I bought from Amitie a while back, well, it has finally turned into this quilt for my sister's 40th Birthday. I was really happy with the way it has turned out. I am now officially in love with Liberty fabrics, they are so beautiful to work with and have such vibrant colours. The quilt pattern that I used was 'Aunt Bec's 9 Patch' which is from Amitie. A very simple and easy pattern and extremely quick to make up.

This week of I have so much to do and my mind can't get round it. I think I will have to do a 'To do List' otherwise I will just end up doing absolutely nothing.

Oh by the way, have you been over to Ric Rac's blog to see her gorgeous cowboy, Isak and his gentle and faithful steed, Marzie!! Yep, that's right, named after me. Woo Hoo!!!! So if you have a brilliant idea and can't really be bothered making it yourself, or you would just like to pester Jodie over at Ric Rac, go check out her blog - it is very entertaining to say the least.

By the way Jodie, how is my little Indian coming along, maybe a little tee-pee to sleep in too!

Until next time, have a great weekend, and if you are in Melbourne - stay warm!

It's Miss Marzie's First Birthday

It's hard to believe that I have been blogging for one year. It has gone so fast. I have been amazed at the blogging community. How so very generous and kind every body is. I just love catching up with 'old' friends and love meeting all the newbies. I have learnt so much from reading about all the lovely ladies and their families all over the world. I have found blogging to be very therapeutic and when you read other peoples' troubles you realise you are not alone.

I have been inspired by so many things I have seen in blogland and I now feel so much more confident than I ever did with my ideas. I am now not scared about giving something a go. Hey what is the worst thing that could happen!!!

I have made some wonderful 'cyber' friends from all over the world and some of those wonderful 'cyber' friends have become 'real' friends who live in Melbourne, who I probably would never have met if I didn't have a blog. I now have a fantastic job working for Jenny at Amitie which all came through blogging!!! That is where I am meeting many fellow bloggers who are just a delight (hello Fi) and of course, meeting and working with my wonderful friend Louise.

Not only are Louise and I working at Amitie, but we are also taking a big step into the world of developing patterns for the beginner sewer to the more adventurous.

We are going to be on the Living Creatively stand at the Melbourne Stitches and Craft Show this week from Wednesday until Sunday. We are not quite sure what exactly we are going to be doing, but if you are going, please, please come down and say hi to us, we would love a chat. We will have a few of our finished articles there, but as this has come about so quickly, we haven't yet done all the finer details as to the actual patterns. So we are there for the chat and for any feedback you can give us, and of course a giveaway. Louise and I are both very excited about this new venture (which is completely foreign to us) but we have great supporters who believe in us (thanks Jenny). So we really would love to see you. We will be in the company of many inspiring women like Jenny from Amitie, Kristen, Kris, Angela, Pip, Fiona, Bianca, Justine, and many more.



By the way, do you like the name for our pattern venture?

Audrey & Maude

Now, because it is my blog's first birthday, it only seems appropriate that I give you a present. So I would love to hear from all the people that read my blog, yes, that means all you lovely lurkers, come and leave a comment and I will pick one at random on Saturday and send you a lovely suprise. Maybe something from the 'Audrey and Maude' range!!



The photos are some of the new 'Audrey & Maude' range of patterns.

See you at the Stitches and Craft Show!!!!