A few of our favourite things

Wow, you guys love a give away don’t you? I love reading all the comments as they come through, keep them coming, there is still time to be in with a chance to win a lovely bundle of goodies from the Sew Hip offices.

I’m sitting here on a Sunday morning, surfing around some of my favourite fabric blogs and thought I’d share them with you. In no particular order here are a few interesting snippets and links I have in my current read list. Many of them are US so if you know of any equally inspiring UK links please leave them in the comments.

Bari J quilt pattern – I love the collage border on this, its something I’ve never seen before.

Anna Maria Horner and her lovely new baby boy. I’m so inspired by this woman and everything she does. She is talented, a great mother and really super nice as well.

Film in the Fridge. I’m obsessed with Ashley’s quilts at the moment, how does she make so many of them and so beautifully as well?

Matilda Jane blog. Some of the clothes are not quite my style but I love a lot of them and I’m fascinated by the concept of the company.

One Shabby Chick. Again, I love her quilts and her sense of colour and style. There is a quilt in her etsy shop that I’ve coveted for ages. Go and buy it quickly so that I don’t have to!

Weekend Designer. I love the tutorials and how this site makes pattern drafting seem so easy.

Cicada Daydream. I’ve been a big fan of Michelle’s blog ever since she sent us some of her lovely Dogwood fabric which we made into 2 projects for the magazine.

Giveaway

As you can probably imagine we have a lot of books, fabric samples, swatches etc in the Sew Hip office. Every day the postman arrives its a little bit like Christmas with all kinds of goodies being sent to us to review. We’re getting to the point when our offices are almost full to bursting with all the little piles of fabric and threads so we contacted everyone who has sent us samples and asked them for their permission to organise a giveaway to some of our blog readers, and they said yes!

To be in with a chance of winning an envelope of fabric, patterns, threads, needles and more all you have to do is to leave us a comment here with 3 reasons that you like Sew Hip. We’ll pick 3 winners on June 1st and your envelope of treats will be on its way to you shortly after. It is pot luck what you’ll receive, we can’t let you know in advance and you can’t choose. International people are welcome to enter however your envelope will be sent via surface mail so may take up to 6 weeks to arrive.

We’re going to be announcing a similar yarny giveaway on the Yarn Forward blog at some point this week as well, you are more than welcome to enter both. I can see a lovely tidy and spring cleaned office in our future!

ClothKits Doorstop

Here are a couple of pics of the new Sew Hip subscriber gift, Clothkits doorstop. All new (or renewing) subscribers will receive the fabric and instructions with the first issue of their new subscription, while stocks last. It’s a beautiful apple design by Jane Foster in a very recognisable Clothkits style and when filled with rice makes the perfect doorstop. We chose this pattern as its a good introduction to Clothkits products as well as being something that would have more universal appeal than say, a bag or item of clothes.

Our stock is flying out of the door really quickly so if you have been tempted with a subscription now would be a good time to start.