Tuesday 10 September 2013

You must be my lucky star... ;)

I have never been especially lucky. I've not been very unlucky either, I was just never the winning kind.
But on Sunday, I was super-lucky and won a give-away!

The host of the party was the talented Kathy over at The Nerdy Seamstress- blog.
She has a really fresh blog, and sews up the cutest dresses, tops and other garments. She also draft some of her own pattern, which I think is awesome ;)
I found her blog through the Fall for Cotton-challenge, and really loved it!
Like me, she has only just started her blogging adventure, but I am sure her blog will grow to be an interesting site I will continue to go back to.
If you haven't been at her "place", you should check it out ;)

This post will not be complete without me flaunting my prize! Hah!
I won this super awesome pattern from Colette:


I have heard alot about Colette patterns but never gotten around to buy one, and try it for myself.
I really liked this dress, it has a 40s vibe (which I luuuuv) and a super cute neck line, and interesting curved and gathered details. By the looks of it, I will get plenty of buttonhole-practice too....!

I have lots of green linen I got from my mom, and I think it will be great for this dress.
So this is officially on my to-do-list!

Thank you again, Kathy! You are my lucky sewing star ;)





10 comments:

  1. Congratulations! I'm looking forward to seeing your Ceylon.

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    1. Thank you, Béa ;)I hope you're patient with me, I am not the fastest seamstress in the world :D

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  2. How delightfully cool - many happy congrats, dear gal! I'll never forget the first time won something. It was a jar of jelly beans that was being raffled off for a fundraiser at my elementary school. Guesses (at how many jellybeans were the jar) were $0.25 each and my teacher kindly bought one guess for each student in my class. I guess, if I remember correctly either 501 or 502, and ended up being the only person that was spot on, so I won! I felt like I was carrying a pot of gold as I walked home from school that day with my delicious prize. :)

    ♥ Jessica

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    1. Aww such a cute story, and nice memory to have! Isn't it funny how those little things stick by you, and lasts for life? It feels good to be lucky and get a reward, no matter big or small. It really is the feeling itself that is the prize ;) (New pattern makes it double awesome!)

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  3. Congratulations! Colette Patterns are wonderful works of art and their website has great tutorials and you can check out their blog, Coletterie, have great members that will help with any questions. I can't wait to see the finished project!

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    1. Thank you for coming over! I snooped around on you blog to see what lovely seamstress was hiding behind the nice comment, and I'll be going back!!

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  4. You're mighty welcome! :) I was in the same boat as you were. I've never won anything either. It's okay, I wouldn't call myself unlucky though. :)

    BTW, can you email me your address or a place you want me to mail it to? my email is: thenerdyseamstress [at] gmail [dot]com. I'll be looking for it. :)

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  5. Lucky lady indeed! I have not sewn a Collette pattern yet but this one is truly lovely. Can't wait to see yours made up. Linen will be perfect :-)

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    1. Thank you, Mrs Ooobop ;)
      How nice of you to stop by!
      I've had that linen for years (loooong before I was even thinking I would sew clothes!), and now is the perfect time to let it BE something! It sprung to mind the moment I saw this pattern :)

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