Tuesday 26 March 2013

Doing the Happy Dance

I am almost afraid to tell you all this, but a little while ago I won another bloggy giveaway prize. Only this time it was like the grand lottery of all giveaway prizes. Jump up and down and squeal good prize.

The lovely Kim - My Go-Go Life - writes a great blog, makes beautiful things and writes great tutorials. If you don't read her already you should. If you need incentive then look at this amazing block that she has a tutorial for -

Photo from Kim's blog.
Viewmaster tutorial can be found here.
I was completely gobsmacked when Kim emailed me and told me I had won. Well, wouldn't you be if you won this?!


You can hear me swooning from wherever you are in the world right now, can't you? Two of my most favourite things - Heather Ross fabrics and Auriful thread. Could a girl get any luckier than this?

The thread card is such a brilliant thing to have. No more guessing games in the thread ordering. Besides which, it is just mesmerizingly beautiful to look at. Kim chose the three larger spools to match the Heather Ross prints perfectly. Surprisingly for me, I love the brown. Maybe that's because it is such an excellent chocolate shade.


And the Heather Ross! What can I say? Other than the night before I found out I won, a very close friend emailed and asked if I had any of two particular HR prints that I could spare. Exactly these two prints. Serendipity! I will be sharing with her as she is as much a Heather Ross fanatic as I am. And it would be cruel and unkind not to make her smile as much as I am.


So life is good in this household today. Despite the child still being ill. And the car coming home from the garage with a hefty price tag. How can all that get you down when you have these wonderful things to cheer you up?

Susan

40 comments:

  1. Congratulations, what a fabulous prize to get! No wonder you squealed.
    I would love to get my grubby little hands on some of this fabric as we have two lovely goldfish. Maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to find some.

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  2. This prize had your name on it even before the number was drawn. Lucky you and well deserved.

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  3. Congratulations! The prize definitely went to the right person! Hope the child is better soon xx
    P.S. You do realise we'll all be asking for thread consultations before we buy, don't you?!

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  4. Yay for great prizes and deserving winners!

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  5. Wonderful winnings, and perfectly you! Keep smiling! Jxo

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  6. Congratulations - what a fabulous win!!!!!

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  7. Congratulations. If I couldn't win that prize, I'm glad you did ;-)

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  8. Knew I should have offered to go to the post office for you xxx

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  9. That fabric is amazingly adorable :D
    Congrats!!

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  10. Those winnings were meant for you. Congratulations

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  11. You are so lucky! Well done, they are fantastic!

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  12. Are you serious!?! This is amazing! I'd be doing the happy dance too!

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  13. Fabulous win and so kind of you to share! Well done :)

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  14. Fab wins. Love the fabric! So cool!

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  15. AAARRGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! *squeal*
    :D

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  16. Kim is so amazingly generous, I've also been a lucky HR recipient in the past (although shamefully I haven't got as far as turning them into the thing I planned yet)

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  17. Lucky you! I love when my friends have good news, so...go stitch with your winnings and whip up something brilliant!

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  18. Couldn't have been better suited to you really! Just need child to get better and hefty price tag to disappear or be offset by lottery win and it would be a perfect week!

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  19. It's serendipity! HR fabrics and Aurifil - it had to come to you!

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  20. Congratulations...you'll have a blast with those threads and fabric!

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  21. Happy dance, happy fabrics, happy threads...that calls for a happy quilt!!

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  22. That's a thought - a thread consultation business!!! Congrats on your win- well deserved. Can't think of anyone who would love that fabric more. And good for you for sharing!!

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  23. hooray!!!!!! What a lovely prize :-D

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  24. Squeee! goldfish in bags! Having seen your recent HR cushion in person, I just know you'll do something fab with these :) x

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  25. Eek!! Goldfish envy over here. But so perfect for you, with your known love of these prints and also the fish addiction I've seen coming through some of your recent projects. Plus all the thread!! Omg, best prize EVER!
    E xx

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  26. Fab prizes!!! I was just thinking earlier I never win anything. Until I remembered I haven't entered anything for ages. So behind with blog reading and you have to be in it to win it. Hope car and child are fixed soon.

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  27. Congrats on a fab win - how could you not love those wee goldfish in a bag? Enjoy playing with them!

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  28. Oh you lucky duck! That prize definitely went to the right person! When I saw the goldfish and the orange thread it just screamed your name! The colour cards are great, I have the RK Kona Solids one and I couldn't be without it now. :o)

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  29. Squeals from here too!
    We had a GF once, it's name was Edwina. Such googly eyes!
    Fabric fishies are much easier look after....cant wait to see how you look after these cuties.

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  30. Those are perfect for you, also two of my all time favourites. The thread and thread card are also the best, enjoy!

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  31. Thanks for the intro to Kim who I haven't come across before (where have I been?) and congrats on your win - perfect for you!

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  32. Excellent win! I entered that one but I suppose you can win it, lol. Very kind of you to share it with a friend.

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  33. Oooh, lovely fabric winnings

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  34. Serendipity indeed. It couldn't have gone to a better home!

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  35. Just what you need to divert from the trauma of the car bill! :o)

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  36. Oh wow, such a fabulous prize, and for such a lovely person. It's about time you had some goodness come your way!

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  37. Hmmmmm YOU win a giveaway? Surely not!
    Imagine my shock!

    :) Lovely prize though!! :)

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