New Toy

I have a new friend.......

...................I think I will called him Bernard, Bernie for short. I don't think that I have ever told you of the frustrations I have had with my old machine. Which was really not my old machine...it was only about 5 years old at the most....but I have NEVER liked it. But as you know sewing machines cost a lot of money and it is very self indulgent to just say you don't like it and get a new one. So I have persisted.......for around 5 years. Let me tell you when my husband came home from the accountant with the message that I HAD to buy a new machine BEFORE the 30th of June....well, I needed little encouragement and began a search for the perfect machine. (Or as close to it as possible) I have heard many many tales of the wonders of the Bernina Aurora 440QE, and so far they are proving all true. I did have my sights set on the Bernina 820 (google it, it will blow your mind) but the budget just didn't stretch that far just at the moment. But having said that, when it really came down to it....there were only 2 features on the 820 that I really coveted and they were not worth an extra $4000. (If you are interested they were a built in walking foot and a 10"throat.) I am battling along with the Stitch regulator foot: I am told practice makes perfect when it comes to free motion. (Thank goodness I just got a new bolt of calico.) I have a couple of quilts here that I am itching to get onto, I guess I will get to the point where the calico will get boring, LOL.

BFN

And the winner is.............

I found myself a random number generator (http://www.random.org/) and have been issued with the number 25!!!! Comment 25 was from.................... Debby in the Netherlands......congratulations!!!

If you could email me with your address Debby I will get your parcel off to you by the end of the week.

Thank you everyone for your interest and words of encouragement. I will have the patterns in my ebay shop by the end of the week. Why not drop by and see it and the other goodies I have. (Patchwork Promises ebay store!!)

Oooooopss.....

.........I forgot to do the draw....LOL!!! Stay tuned back with a winner real soon.......

Its GIVEAWAY time!!

To celebrate the launch of my patterns I am going to give someone a gift!!! I have a Pattern, handle and fabric pack for the Patchwork Carpet Bag to give to 1 lucky person. It is the same as always.......leave a comment and tell your friends. The winner will be picked by a random drawing Next Sunday the 14th of June. Entries will close on that day at 6pm!! Winner to be announced by around 10pm that evening.

Good luck!!!!

A week of ups and downs.......

Firstly there was the Ringwood Church of Christ bi-annual quilt exhibition where I premiered 3 things. My new sign......see how awesome it is. My newly acquired Credit Card facility. (Made a massive difference to sales) And 3, yes 3 patterns designed by ME!! (More about them later) I had such a FABULOUS time, and although it is work....it hardly seems like it. So that was the good thing.........

.......the not so good was the demise of my much loved and used laptop!! Serious hard drive failure....and at this point I am not sure whether to repair and try to recover the info or just start again??

But it does leave me in a sticky spot regarding Pay it Forward. You may think I am just saying this but I was going to FINALLY prepare my gifts for the 4 ladies that signed up with me. But all the address info I had collected is now ever so securely locked on my failed hard drive. I would really appreciate it if the following girlies can email their snail mail info to me, again. (Boy I hope you guys still read my blog!!)

Jasmine, Ozjane, SueBK, Pamela

Thank you.......