Give-away Winner & other bits . . .

Hello to you all dear friends & readers,

I have a winner of my angel giveaway  :-)

I wrote all the names out on pieces of paper (many of them twice) & folded them up 4 times & popped them all in my old vintage enamel teapot ... the Mr got to draw the name out yesterday ...

My beautiful Peace Angel will be flying over to live with Shane at

roseslaceandbrocante.blogspot

Congratulations to you Shane & I shall be emailing you for your address details.

But I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all of you that entered my little giveaway ... 
I have never had one before but I must say, I really enjoyed it . . .  your lovely comments & all of you stopping by & taking the time to enter ... thanks SO very much & I shall definately be doing this a little more often now  :-)

from Pinterest

Continuing on from my Raggedy Angel last week, I came across another naked raggedy body in my sewing room mess the other day ... I do not know who this pattern belongs to ... I have a doll like this myself, bought for me by my Mum many years ago on a trip to Australia. 
A customer once asked me to make one for her so I made up my own version of the pattern 
(though mine has turned out much fatter I notice)

I particularly love Raggedy Annes & it has taken me a great deal of willpower over the years Not to begin a collection of them

I have had to quickly pop this little sweetie in the Cottage as she was beginning to look right at home on my couch !!!

 When I first began blogging just over 2 years ago I won a giveaway from Louana from here ... I won her gorgeous little bundle of fat quarter vintage sheet fabrics - it honestly made me SO happy - you can read my post about it here

I had great plans for these vintage sheet fabrics  ...  but had never actually done anything with them ...
so yesterday I had my first attempt at making a roundie cushion from this gorgeous book

As it required some mathematics to work out my dimensions, I had been procrastinating for a good long time.  
(My Maths teacher did not sit me down the back of the class for no reason at all you know - maths was never, ever my forte) 
However ... I must say ... I was most chuffed with my first attempt

I just love my new roundie ...  what do you think ???

As I didn't have a round inner (as the pattern stated) ... I simply drew around a large round tray I had & then stuffed the inside with fibre fill (you stuff it from the middle, under the button closure)

I am currently mid way through my next attempt in which I have drawn around a (very) large round enamel basin & am making this one up in darker colourings using some gorgeous vintage sanderson fabrics from my treasured stash ... I shall share it with you next post I promise  :-)

Last week while waiting in town for an appointment, I popped into my local Animal Care Op Shop ... it was my lucky day as I came across these little treasures buried under a pile of old sheets

I must confess ... they didnt quite look like this when I purchased them  (in fact they rather changed colour after a good soak)

Though things are really brown & tired looking here now, I noticed my lillies had opened in the corner of my native garden & snapped these pics last week

click on the collage to enlarge them

The white seems to really stand out against all the green of the natives & I love their fragrance

Well dear friends, I must away as The Mr & I are milking this weekend & I will be late & get a "telling off" again !!!
Thanks again for your visits which mean so very much to me

I just always LOVE this little quote from the film "The Help" ... how very true 

Wishing you a great week ahead - & some creative time would be just that extra special   :-)
with much love & friendship to you all
Julie x0x0