Monday 10 June 2013

Something Lovely Has Just Happened!

A lovely bit of news, 
my brand new, haven't made a mess of it (yet!) sewing blog 
has been nominated for a Leibster Blog Award by the lovely Amy at sylkotwist.



Thank you so much Amy for the kind gesture.  It's lovely to get a wee mention on your blog and it is a great way of finding other bloggers.

As Amy said in her post - it is a way for discovering blogs with under 200 followers where the nominated blogger answers 11 questions and gives 11 random facts about themselves they then nominate a further 11 bloggers setting new questions to help promote their blogs.  I would just like to say that being new to everything I am not sure how everyone follows everyone else (it's a bit confusing!) and if my nominated blogs actually have over 200 followers I apologise but I wanted to mention your lovely blogs any way!

Thankfully for me and my fellow nominated bloggers Amy only did half of everything (thank you, I couldn't have managed 11 either!) and she gave me 5.5 questions to answer, so I presume that means I can do the same?

My very good excuse is that I am extremely new to blogging and what with working full-time and cooking and washing and cleaning, never mind the garden and seeing to the family !☺!
I don't actually know that many bloggers yet!

Well I think I've sorted that out so I'll carry on with answering the questions Amy kindly set:


1.  If The National Gallery offered you a painting free of charge for your lounge, which one would you take?  I love going to art exhibitions and especially seeing the paintings close up so that you can see the brush strokes but I think it would have to be something bright for the living room so "Sunflowers" by Vincent Van Gogh would be lovely thanks!

2.  If you could have a me made fashion show, which fashion designer would you take to share the cat walk with?  My me made clothes at this precise moment are a blouse and a skirt (skirt just finished tonight, so will be here pretty soon!) and as they are both Tilly's designs I would choose Tilly!

3.  You have discovered a time machine under your sewing machine (just behind the scrap bag).  With clothes in mind, which year would you go back to and why?  I would definitely go back to a year in the 1920's.  Modern fashion really started in this era and I love all the gowns, cloche hats, lots of feathers, sequins and flowing fabrics.  I find it fascinating to look at the gowns and accessories of the 20's.  (I've got a few(!) pinboards on Pinterest where I can indulge myself!)

4.  You have been given a bolt of your dream fabric and with the help of Patrick Grant to make a dress.  What pattern would you choose?  Mmm, this is a hard one - at the moment the only patterns I am aware of are Tilly and the Buttons patterns (!).  I think I would have to let Patrick take full control of the proceedings!

5.  If you had a free flight to anywhere in the world, where would you go? and a half - if you could bring back one item of clothing ....  I would love to visit the USA.  I've seen it on the TV so many times and it would be lovely to experience it for real.  I would love to bring back a proper pair of cowboy boots.

Five random facts about me:

1.  Like Amy I also like to name my cars, my current car is called Flavia.
2.  I like to eat my corn on the cob one row at a time.
3.  I LOVE After Eight Dinner Mints and can't stop eating them when I start a box (I love the wee envelopes).
4.  I can't get to sleep unless I have socks on.
5.  I have started carrying random bits of material and a measuring tape in my handbag to match up colours (everyone does that, don't they?).

The five inspiring and lovely blogs I would like to nominate are:

1.  forgetmenots blue - FB has a lovely blog full of crochet, flowers and handmade lovelies.  I am very jealous of her new typewriter!!

2.  Curious Pip - I just love Sarah's blog.  She makes amazing handmade dolls inspired by vintage loveliness, showgirls and old Hollywood.  I am always amazed at the detail she puts in to the costumes and of course the flappers are my favourites.

3.  Seams so easy - Aliza's blog is very interesting she sews, she fabric prints and I'm looking forward to her unveiling her new project - soon please Aliza!

4.  The Little Things - Ali's lovely blog is very creative.  Her blog is full of crafty loveliness.  I love her crochet slippers and her textile course looks very interesting.

5.  Recyclara - I discovered Eva's lovely blog through Pinterest.  She has excellent tutorials for recycling, upcycling and restyling of used clothes and other materials.  Again a very inspiring blog.

Here are my five questions for the bloggers I have nominated:

1.  If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for?
2.  What jobs have you been procrastinating?
3.  What is your favourite flower?
4.  What is your dream job?
5.  What is the best blogging tip you could ever give?

I would like to thank Amy at sylkotwist again for this wee chance to link up with other bloggers and I hope my nominated bloggers enjoy doing it too!  I look forward to seeing what happens!


5 comments:

  1. Hello. Thank you so much for nominating nominating me. so lovely of you, I will try and do a post later in the week. What is it I need to do?x

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    1. Hello again you are very welcome you have a lovely blog - just follow the layout I've got above adding in the links etc and copy and paste the award in to your post and that's it, do you want another 6 questions to get back up to 11? I think the taking part is the fun I have seen some leibster blog awards on the web with 5 and even 3! It's good fun and look forward to your post! - let me know if you need any more info :-)

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  2. OH I think the 5 will be fine thank you :)
    I will do my best...I'm not brilliant with computers but I'll definitely have a go.
    Thank you again for thinking of me x

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  3. Hello sorry to comment sooo late! I'm so happy you found new blogs through doing this, there are so many out there! I love your answers, corn on the cob, one row at a time! After eights are a favourite for me too! Apologies for all the exclamation marks!

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    1. Thanks for dropping by - it was good fun! :-)

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