A week off

This past week i was lucky to have off work so i thought the best thing to do would be to catch up on all the sewing i wanted to get done.
As you may or may not know I am currently a live-in nanny, but in the near future i shall be moving out to my own apartment!! I am quite excited as this will be my first apartment, I shared with someone a few years ago but it ended badly. Anywho now i am moving out on my own and i can't wait. I already have my colour scheme picked out for my rooms, i have done for a few months!! And when my friend and i bought some chenille squares to make a quilt i thought I would get some to make pillows. I really like yellow and lilac at the moment so decided that would be for my living room and here they are:

Will keep you up-to date on moving.

Next I made something for a swap i am taking part in. It is called a little fabric, a little chocolate swap and you can find it over at flickr. I had taken part in it a few months last year but had taken a break. Then I was browsing a while ago and i saw that it had been a year since it had started and since i had taken part in the very beginning i could not say no!!! My partner had left a note on my flickr page saying she liked this fabric so thought i would make her a bag. I just love the sayings on the fabric, it is made by an Australian designer called Aunty Cookie and you can find her here www.auntycookie.com.

Then i wanted to finish a quilt. A long long time ago i was an exchange student in the States. I stayed with an American family and attended senior year at high school. I had an amazing time and still keep in touch with the family. At the time their two girls where 4 and 2 and now the oldest is going to college in the fall!! Time really does fly! So for a graduation/going to college gift i thought i would make here a quilt. I have been reading Oh, Frannson's blog for a while and loved the quilt along that she had done. I also liked the idea of using primary colours as you can't go wrong with someone elses taste is you have every colour in the quilt!! I think it came out very well an i am quite proud of it. Now i just have to figure out what i'm going to put on the back!? Any suggestions would be great. She is having a party in a few weeks so don't think i will get it all finished for then, but think i will show her the top just so she knows i got her something. Plus i love seeing peoples reactions when i give them things and don't think i could wait!!

Oh forgot that on Wednesday it was Canada Day so me and some friends went to the states and did some shopping, very patriotic!!! We had a great time and had some excellent food. We went to a Japanese Hibachi restaurant, the food was excellent and it was very entertaining. All in all a good week. Will be back soon with an update on Sheridan's block swap.

The Workroom

Thought i would share with you some lovely fabric that i just bought a few days ago. There was a shop i had been wanting to go to for a while, it is called "the workroom" and it is in Toronto. I had planned to meet a friend on the Sunday in Toronto but unfortunately she got sick and we could not meet. So on the spur of the moment i decided to go to The Workroom. I am sooooo glad i did, it is now one of my favourite stores (only have one other favourite store and that is in Niagara on the lake) Look at all the lovely fabric i bought and they also had some Heather Ross fabric so now i have the backing done for my Heather Ross quilt!!!:

So so so lovely. Here is there web address if anyone would like to go and i would highly recommend it www.theworkroom.ca.

Will be back soon so you can see the back of my quilt.

the other two winners are!!

Here are the two other runners up, they will get two fat quaters from my stash and some other little things:

Here are your random numbers:238
Timestamp: 2009-06-01 18:41:44 UTC
Ahfat was the first runner up


Here are your random numbers:198
Timestamp: 2009-06-01 18:42:29 UTC
And Tanya was the second


Well done ladies. I will be in touch shortly. I wish i could send a little something to everyone that entered but i just can't :( I do have to say that i was a great load of fun and i am sure i will take part again.

Oh and I should have asked for people to leave an e-mail address so that i can get in touch as i can't seem to find a way to get in touch with the winner. Afraenia if you are out there please get in touch so i can send you your goodies.

and the winners are

So i had the idea that i would put every ones name into a hat and then get the children i look after to pick out a name, but that was when i thought i would only get a few entries!! I have gotten 422!!! Can you believe it, I can't!!!! Thought it might take me a few days to write every ones name on a piece of paper and i know you all want to know if you won, so then found a good idea on another blog where she copied and pasted every ones name and then printed it off, but trying to be as environmentally aware as possible and didn't want to waste paper. Then i decided to use the random generator, i have seen it used on a few other blogs so thought that would be the best way. After a little while of trying to figure out how to use it here is what number it gave me:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:114
Timestamp: 2009-06-01 17:36:05 UTC

I didn't know how to get the exact image up so i just copied and pasted it. So the winner is:

Afraenia
"wow that is some really cool stuff. Love the fabric colors, I haven't seen reversible fabric around here."

Congratulations!! Will be in touch to get your mailing address.

Will be back later today with the two other winners. This is taking longer than i thought and the kids i look after are desperate for attention. So will be back once i have finished work.

update on giveaway

I have become quite overwhelmed at the number of comments i have received for my giveaway!!! And they have all been soooo nice. It felt like i was on the computer all day yesterday entering giveaways, leaving comments and moderating my own!! Hopefully by the end of the week my fingers won't have stuck in a typing position!!
So i have decided to have two runners up prizes. Not sure what they will be yet but i'm sure i will think of something!!! So that is three prizes up for grabs, enjoy.

Will be back later with some other giveaways that are going on in blogland (this way you get more entries and so more chances to win!!!)

Other may day giveaways!

As promised here are a few other lovely giveaways that are going on. The first one is from Brooke. I love the tank top just wish it came in my size!! I had one when i was small and i remember it being one of my favourites, I am sure i will find someone who will fit into it. At least if i win i can keep the necklace and brooch for myself. If you would like to enter go here:

http://www.theartofindecisionblog.blogspot.com/

Next is Cheryl, she is giving away an Anna Maria Horner basket filled with lovely goodies, to see more photos and to enter go here:

http://thestitchinchicken.com/

Then there is Amy, a fellow Canadian blogger. She has a wonderful purse to give away and other things that she will adding over the next few days. Again go here to enter.

http://www.craftydame.blogspot.com/

I have entered quite a few giveaways and i haven't been to every ones blog on the list yet!!! Hopefully i will get to them all over the next few days, there are just too many wonderful blogs to read! Well good luck to everyone and here's hoping we all win something!

Mayday Giveaway!!!!!!

It is a day early but doubt i will have the time to write this tomorrow so doing it now!!!

So here it is the big giveaway day!!!! I'm quite excited and hope that i get a few comments from people that would like to win my items!! So here they are: the first thing is a set of fat quarters, a range of browns, blues and greens:


The second things are two fat quarters. Trefle by Kokka, they are super super soft and wait for it...... reversible!! French writing on one side (must be a recipe but for what i do not know!)


And on the other side some ladybugs, some flowers and some letters,

And finally a small basket i made from a tutorial i got from Pink Penguin, http://www.ayumills.blogspot.com/ I love this fabric and what it says "Everyone has a pleasant weekend".

So that is it, I hope you like what you see and that you will enter. I will probably add a few more little things by the end of the week so when you get your package it will be an extra surprise. So just leave a comment below and you will be entered!! Then I will pick out a name from a hat on the 31st of May (will leave it open until 9pm Toronto time) I'm an international girl and so will ship to anywhere in the world. Thank you soooooo much for stopping by and reading my blog. Good luck and i'm off to enter some giveaways myself.