GIVEAWAY!!!

This giveaway is a copy of this magazine from Australian Quilters Companion called 'Quilts from Precut Fabrics' complete with DVD called "Learn to use specialty rulers and templates".
It is still in its wrapper because I bought one at the shop, not realising it was part of my subscription - so now i have two! duh!

so if you want to win it - just leave a comment to this post!  you don't have to be a member, you don't have to post about it on your blog, you can live anywhere, you just have to leave a comment to let me know that your name is in the draw.

Ill use random.org to choose the winner, and you have until the 27th of June 2011 at 6pm Central Australian Time to leave your comment!

spread the word - you've got to be in it to win it!

pugs and kisses
xx

p.s. 10 sleeps to go until puglet comes and joins our family.  i CANT wait!  very excited to have a new addition, and looking forward to the end of the pregnancy and the beginning of being a mum of 2.  see you on the other side
xx

winner winner winner!

hi all!
just a quick one to let you know that Cheryll of Stitching Cubby Hole is the lucky winner of the magazines!
random.org picked out number 6 for us - thanks random.org :)

cheryll, they will be on the way to you asap
xx

FNSI report

hi all!
i was very happy to get some good sewing in last night for FNSI.  I did it all on the couch due to aforementioned little human injury :) but still got some good hand work done

i finished all the blanket stitch around the puglet's jungle quilt animals.  i still have the lettering to go, SO fiddly!  but all good.  i haven't bothered with pictures because i haven't attached any more fabric or anything yet, so they don't look exciting :)

but i did manage to attach all the binding to the little human's first quilt to be used as a quilt!  this is it - he 'picked out' the fabric at our LQS and then just added some green triangle print to break it up (he wasn't keen at all when i cut into his beloved fabric!!! but he came around when he saw the quilt top finished)

here it is all finished!  we are preparing to transition him to his big boy bed sometime after puglet arrives (we have a bassinette in the meantime) and i am hoping that a quilt made with love from mum will help (fingers crossed!)

anyhoo, hope you had fun too

pugs and kisses
crafty
xx

p.s. don't forget to have a look at this link http://craftypug.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-craft-then-story.html if you want to be in the magazine giveaway!!! open to all
xx

some craft, then a story with rewards....

hi all!
we have RAIN in adelaide today - actual proper rain, not just mist that makes everything muggy!  it is lovely - little human and i have already been out to stand in it - ah!

well, as promised by the title, first some craft....

i have long promised the most favourite of all creatures, duckie, a quilt.  little human picked two fat quarters from my 'kids' tub in the stash, and this is the outcome.

little human had to make sure duckie was ok.  i made it double sided and machine stitched the binding on for hopeful added strength :)

i also used some of my winnings from Shauna's giveaway (thanks again!) to make this dolly quilt and pillow for the little human's friend Morgan.  her 3rd birthday party is in a few weeks. (the model is the little human's dolly, known as baby)

and yesterday, i was lucky enough to get this gorgeous block from my swap partner for this month in the Christmas swap - Fiona.  isn't it lovely!!!  and complete with handmade christmas tag too

if you haven't been to the Christmas swap blog site in a while, head over there - there are some winnings to be won!

also, tonight is FNSI!!!  check it out at Crafty Vegas Mom

i haven't found time to make my way around the blogs much lately - very disappointing. i hope to be inspired by everyone's creations soon!!!!

now to the story.....

i love my little human - i do.  he is nearly 2 now, and is growing into a lovely kid with a good heart and a sense of humour.

but sometimes, the two year old comes out in him, and he is a cheeky monkey

you see, on wednesday, i was at the shops with the little human. he is now at the stage where the pram is apparently for babies and so he walks along side, holding onto the safety strap. when he gets tired he sits down and rides for while. all good. he occasionally gets distracted and lets go and wanders off a few metres, but is usually pretty good at coming back when threatened with having to sit in the pram!

so on wednesday, all is going as usual. in fact, he has been so good that when we have done all our jobs, i say that we can go to the shopping centre playground for a run around. great - he runs around like a crazy thing, jumping, sliding, climbing. runs in and out to me for hugs, all normal.

then, for some reason that is unknown to me, he decides that he should run out of the enclosure and down the mall at full speed without looking back.   he gets about 10 m from me before i realise that if i don't get him, he might do a Forest Gump and just keep on runnin'.  so i leave the pram, my handbag, the shopping and sprint after him.

thankfully i get him before he gets hit with anything or smashes into a little old lady etc, and i carry him back to the pram, strap him in and head for the door.  he realises at this point that the play is over, and he goes into meltdown - 'more play, more play' at the top of his lungs, in between screams, sobs and cries.  i calmly repeat the mantra - we don't run away from mummy, so no more play.  we are going home.  this of course does nothing to calm him down, everyone is staring at us and he is hysterical for the next 1/2 hour

eventually we get home, get playing something else and all is well.  i smile my mum smile and laugh a little mum laugh at toddler behaviour.  ha ha ha

i then realise that i am in EXTREME pain in my lower abdomen, and work out that i must have pulled muscles whilst in hot pursuit.......apparently the 6 month pregnant body is not designed to be quick over the 50 m dash.

so, i have spent thursday and today on the lounge, feet up, with the lovely hubby home from work and looking after the little human.  the pain is getting less, and i am sure by the weekend i will be back to my normal self (just no running!)

the reason for telling the story - one, so you can laugh at me! and two, while resting, i have been having a look over some old magazines, and enjoying the different projects in them.  i also realised though that i have quite a few, that while interesting, are full of things i will never make.  and so.....

A GIVEAWAY IS IN ORDER!

the prize is 3 Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazines, complete with pattern sheets, delivered to your door (well, postal address anyway). for those interested, they are vol 18 no 11, vol 19 no 1, and the latest edition vol 20 no 1.

there are a few ways to enter the draw and have more than one chance to win....

entry one, just leave a comment to this post and say you would like to be in it to win it!
entry two, let me know you are a follower, or become a follower and let me know
entry three, make mention of this giveaway on your blog and then post that link in a comment

that easy really! open to all, and open until 5pm Sunday 27th of February 2011 ACDST (ie the time in Adelaide, SA, Australia). winner will be picked at random using random.org based on comment number

well, back to the couch to put the feet up again.....hope you get a chance to aswell at some stage today

pugs and kisses
crafty
xx

Two very exciting announcements!

Number one exciting announcement
THE WINNER OF THE CRAFTY PUG GIVEAWAY IS............(drumroll)
Sue of Quilted Hugs and Other Nonsense
i asked random.org to select me a number and it chose 9 - well done Sue!
Your prize pack will be in the post this arvo.

Number two exciting announcement
CHRISTMAS QUILTING BLOCK SWAPS AUSTRALIA is up and running!
The above mentioned Sue also runs Quilting Block Swaps Australia and it has been so popular she has done me the honour of asking me to run a new Christmas Swap

people are already joining up, so please check out the blog and join in the fun!  it is a group blog, so people from all over the world will be showcasing their christmas creations!

pugs and christmas-y kisses
xx

who is the winner? - me!!!!

lucky lucky me - i popped over to Linda's blog when my side bar showed the title 'who is the winner?' as her latest post.  when i checked - it was me!!! wow!!!

this is my prize.... 8 x 1/2 yards (45 cm) of this fabric!

what a lucky puggy i am!!!!

THANK YOU LINDA!

don't forget to leave a comment at this post if you want to be in my giveaway - closes on Monday!

pugs and kisses
xx

crafty pug's first ever give away!

today i opened the mail box and i stood in confusion for a moment, until my neighbour yelled hello to me, which snapped me out of it.

i had been waiting, waiting, waiting for my Homespun magazine to arrive, which it did last week.  i have already chosen the projects i'll do (one day!) and entered the competitions (you've got to be in it to win it!).

 but here was another copy.....

so i called the distributors, who said that there was some issue with the mail out for Homespun to SA and that i should keep the spare mag, or pass it along to someone else....

what a great idea i thought!  that calls for a giveaway!

the prize is this month's Australian Homespun - The Pink Issue.  Also 4 fat quarters of Hedgerow fabric by Lynette Anderson for good measure!

to enter all you have to do is leave a comment so i know you want to be in! followers and non-followers welcome, and you can live anywhere in the world that Australia Post will take my money to get it to you (im pretty sure that is everywhere!).

competition closes 5pm SA time (which by then will be Daylight Savings Central Standard Time for Australia) MONDAY 4th OCTOBER 2010.

winner will be selected by Random.org, the judges' decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into (ive always wanted to say that!).

so let me know that you want to win it!

pugs and kisses
xx