A little thank you from me....

Something completely amazing happened last night, I stormed through 3000 likes on facebook...can you believe that.  I am so happy I could burst.....thank you!!!! In the past I have done a Giveaway to celebrate, although I am always a little sad that only just one person gets to win, so on this occasion, I'm doing something a little different.

I've decided to share one of my embroidery patterns that I developed a couple of years ago. The Berry Fairy is one of a series of little fairies that I drew and then stitched after recuperating after an operation, mainly for me to make into pretty things for my daughter.  It does look lovely framed in an embroidery hoop as shown or alternatively print it off and simply give it to a little one to colour in, which is what we did as fun activity at my daughters 4th fairy themed birthday party.

♥♥♥ YOU WILL NEED ♥♥♥

Pattern
Embroidery Thread (Floss)
Embroidery Hoop
Needle
Transfer pen/marker or a disappearing ink pen
Fabric

♥♥♥ TIPS TO GET YOU STARTED ♥♥♥

·       Trace the pattern onto your fabric by your chosen method - Either place your fabric on top of the pattern and trace the design using a disappearing ink pen (this is how I do it).  If you need a better light source, you could also hold both the pattern and fabric up to a window or use a light box. 

·       Place your fabric securely in to a hoop.  Make sure your fabric is nice and tight, my Nan always told me you should be able to tap the fabric like the skin on a drum!

·       You’re now ready to start embroidering! Take a look at the Stitch & Colour guide, which is just that, a guide!  Feel free to use your own stitches and colours. 

·       Oh and one more top tip from my Nan, make sure your embroidery thread (floss) is no longer than the distance from your fingertips to your elbow, this will stop your thread from knotting and will keep the thread in tip top shiny condition.

 

♥♥♥ STITCH & COLOUR GUIDE ♥♥♥

 

You will need 5 colours of Embroidery Threads (Floss).  I used the following Anchor shades:

Red – 1025

Pink - 1023

Green - 238

Flesh – 1012

Brown - 936

But feel free to use your choice of stitches, colours and brand of threads!

All are stitched with 3 strands of Embroidery Threads (Floss) unless otherwise indicated.

To print this pattern, highlight the picture above, then 'Right' click on your mouse, then select 'open in a new window' and then print using the keys 'CTRL' and 'P'

 

 

 I hope that you enjoy stitching this pattern and please do send me a picture, I would love to see what you create.

 

Finally, just a little note, this pattern can not be re-sold or reproduced and is intended for personal use only.  Commercial us is Prohibited.  All designs are © Sarah Edgar 2013

 

 

Thank you and enjoy!

And the winner is.........

Sorry about the awful photo, I couldn't get my screen capture button to work...how annoying! Anyway....drum roll......... and the winner is......

number 12, which is the lovely Jenny Arnott!  Yay!!!!

Jenny, please send me an email with your address and I'll get your bunting in the post on Monday!

Thank you to everyone who entered and for your support of my little shop both here, on my website and on Etsy.

1000 Like Giveaway

My goodness, I can hardly believe it, but this week I reached 1000 likes on Facebook....eeeek! As a huge thank you I am going to have a Giveaway here on my Blog

Up for grabs is this pretty bunting, hand appliqued with hearts and love birds

HOW TO ENTER

There are 2 ways in which you can enter to be in with a chance to win this pretty bunting:

1. Leave a comment on this Blog post

and

2. If you are a follower of my Blog or become one, you can leave a second comment

That's it, nice and simple.

I will happily post worldwide so everyone, from everywhere, is welcome to enter!

RULES

Strictly a maximum of two comments per person and I must be able to contact you through your comment. The Giveaway will close TOMORROW that's Saturday 3rd March at 8pm (UK time) & the winner will be announced shortly afterwards.

Good luck everyone and thank you once again!

UPDATE - The Giveaway is now closed, thanks all for entering xo

500 Like Giveway - NOW CLOSED

Ok then, who's ready for a Giveaway! As you all know I am tickled pink, chuffed and ever so happy to have reached the 500 Like mark on Facebook thank you so much you super people! To celebrate I would like to giveaway one of my brand new Tilda Party in Box

Your box will contain a sweet cake bunting like this one

12 Cupcake Flutter Flags

and a 10 Flag Bunting

HOW TO ENTER

If you would like a chance to win this box, there are 4 (****see update***)  ways you can join in the fun:

1. Leave a comment on this post

2. If you are a follower of my blog or become one, you can leave a second comment

3 & 4. Please like and share the link to this post on Facebook

 ***** UPDATE ******

So I now know you can not see everyone who is sharing the link, so everyone who 'likes' the link relating to this Giveaway will be entered into the draw twice...think that's the fair thing to do xo


I will happily post worldwide so everyone, from everywhere, is welcome to enter!

RULES

I will combine all the entries here on this blog and those names who like and share the post on facebook. The Giveaway will close on Friday 20th Jan 2012 at 9pm (UK time)

& the winner announced shortly afterwards.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. We hereby release Facebook of any liability 

This Giveaway is now closed

Ok lovely people that's it, thank you sooooooooo much for all your lovely comments and likes...I am thrilled.  Back soon with the winners name xo

 

And the winner is........

Thank you to everyone for entering my Giveaway and I'm delighted to announce that the winner is:

Lakota [Faith Hope and Charity Shopping] said...
Lovely! I'd like to enter please.

Congratulations and I'm sorry that everyone can't win, but I'm happy to say there will be a new Giveway soon, so please do check back often!

Roll up Roll up I'm delighed to announce .....

Can you see me smiling, it's the biggest happiest smile ever.......... I can't quite believe it but I'm chuffed to pieces to announce that my :

Etsy Sales are at 303

and my

Facebook Likes are at 100

So I would like to announce that it is time for a

GIVEAWAY

as promised!!!!!

Up for grabs for the lucky winner are 2 Buntings

Each bunting has 7 double sided flags, each flag is backed with the same gorgeous fabric, which means that they can be hung across rooms, your garden etc and will look delightful from behind too!

The first bunting is a lovely timeless combination of spots, dots and ginghams in aqua, green and red

and the second a mix of candy coloured Cath Kidston pastels

The winner, as all Little Kitten Homemade customers do, will receive their buntings, wrapped up in tissue and tied up with string!

HOW TO ENTER

If you would like a chance to win both of these pretty buntings, there are 3 ways you can join in the fun:

1. Leave a comment on this post

2. If you are a follower or become one, you can leave a second comment

3. Please visit me on Facebook and "LIKE" my Page (Using your personal page not your Fan Page as it won't count). Leave a comment on my wall and then return here to tell me you did so by leaving your third comment under this blog post. If you have already "LIKED" my page leave a comment on my wall and return back here and tell me you have done so :)

I will happily post worldwide so everyone, from everywhere, is welcome to enter!

RULES

Strictly a maximum of three comments per person and I must be able to contact you through your comment. The Giveaway will close on Tuesday 28th June 2011 & the winner announced shortly afterwards

UPDATE - Tuesday 28th June 2011 - This Giveway is now closed. Thank you to everyone for entering!!

GOOD LUCK!

Remember this.....

This was the field behind our house back in April, thankfully the yellow rape has long gone and thankfully with it our Hay fever!

This is how it looks this morning, lush and green and sprinkled with Red Poppies, what a delight!

On the home front, hopefully (everything is crossed and I hope that I am not tempting fate!!!) Andy should be home Sunday evening, so that means we have 2 more go to beds to go, hooray

LKH has been as busy as ever and my little hands have been sewing lots of pretty hand appliques for Custom Orders and my Sewing Machine has been sewing at full speed putting them all together. I did however spend a couple of hours to tidy LKH Headquarters (and yes it really did take that long) I am not quite sure how it happened but it had got into a dreadful muddle. I like my fabrics to be in a certain order and they were all over the place, buttons were in the wrong place and I had lots of lovely new fabrics to put away so enough was enough.

Here's a little peek of where the action happens

Just one of the run of shelves I have stacked full of lovely fabric and my Felt Rainbow

To the right of this I have, just some of my bias binding rolls. In the top Ikea storage box and the one directly below are my ribbons and trims, sorted by colour and type. The retro sewing basket has patchwork squares and hexie's waiting patiently to be sewn together ( one day! ) The other Wooden Box has just some of my embroidery threads. My main stock of those are stored in the chest of drawers below

in plastic boxes, in colour order. I won't show you exactly how many I have, but believe me it's a lot!

On the other side of the room ( which is not big! ) I have yet more fabric and in the White Chest of drawers and the Printers Block Chest which you can see more of here , I store pre cut Bunting Triangles

Call me sad, but sometimes I just sit and look at my fabric


and this is my trusty sewing machine, which has sewn many a mile. It sits on a table top, that Andy built for me in a bay window, so I have lots of light. It's where I cut out, take my photo's, wrap and pack and I should do my accounts (eeekk, must get up caught up on those)

and as for what Bunting do I have, well I must confess to have a changeover every now and then, but currently it is gorgeous Mini Bunting in Liberty Blues.

I hope you like the little tour :)

Update on the GIVEAWAY

1 more sale in my Etsy Shop and 3 more Facebook fans to go

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Counting down

As I write, 3 sales on Etsy and 7 Facebook Fans until a ......

GIVEAWAY

Drum Roll

Thank you SOooooo much for entering the Giveaway, now for the big announcement......... and the winner is.......... (and for the eagled eyed amongst you, yes, there were 13 comments, however, comment #10 was removed )

which was this

2 Vintage Buntings are yours, I'll be in touch in a moment!!

Sorry that I can not send one to each of you for entering, your comments were so nice and made me smile, thank you so much.

'till next time

Sarah xo

A little something just for you

What an exciting week, I've reached 200 Sales in my little shop on Etsy, thank you thank you thank you!! To celebrate I've decided to have my very first GIVEAWAY

Remember this pile of Vintage Sheets, well I've been hard at work and they have now been turned into a delicious new selection of Buntings. They have their very own section, VINTAGE LOVELIES. Now for those of you familiar with my shop, I like to give each of my buntings a name. I've been thinking long and hard, I wanted the names to have a vintagy feel and to have an obvious link to the fabrics and colours. I've tussled with song titles, considered films and after many a sleepless night ( yes sad I know!) , this is what I've come up with

Remember those tiny little sweets you use to be able to get, I use to buy them by the quarter. They were tiny and were pretty pastel shades, this selection of flags seemed so reminiscent

Tutti Fruity, brightly coloured and ooo they were so chewy! I 'm sure there was a drink of this name and with the colours it just HAD to be Lemon Drops were hard on the outside and all sherberty and fizzy inside, yum Can't you just imagine drinking a refreshing glass, lots of ice and plenty of sunshine a necessity. What do you think? Now for the GIVEAWAY, the first part up for grabs is this very pretty 10 flag bunting in yellow, green and a little touch of pink. To go with this a Hand Appliqued LOVE bunting in Lemondrop Just take a look at this button which I added from my extensive collection, isn't it just fabulous! HOW TO ENTER If you would like a chance to win both of these pretty vintage fabric buntings, there are two ways you can join in the fun: 1. Leave a comment on this post 2. If you are a follower or become one, you can leave a second comment I will happily post worldwide so everyone, from everywhere, is welcome to enter! RULES Strictly a maximum of two comments per person I must be able to contact you through your comment The Giveaway will close on Monday 18th April 2011 & the winner announced shortly afterwards GOOD LUCK! Sarah xo (Sorry not quite sure what has happened to my signature xoxo) UPDATE - This Giveaway is NOW CLOSED, at comment #13, thank you to all who entered, I'll let you know the lucky winner soon! xo