Who's a lucky girl then?

Here I am, sitting at my desk reading about mythological blacksmiths as usual, and I've just received two emails from two bloggers in New Zealand! I like to see what other crafters are doing in my region, so when I saw the long lists on giveaway day I honed in on my fellow ANZACs. And not only have I discoved some lovely new blogs to follow, I have also won two giveaways! I'm too lucky, tee hee!

The first message to arrive was from Cat of Cat Taylor Designs. Cat produces gorgeous craft for markets, retailers and her online shops on etsy and felt NZ. I know the shops have been busy this week, because I spied these lovely envelopes on Tuesday, saw them in the shop and thought "I'll go and buy some, but I'll wait in case I win them in the giveaway".  You fool, you say. And sure enough, they've been sold. But wait- I did win them in the giveaway! Yay! And also this cool sewing-themed pop-art coin purse, very appropriate!

I'd like to tell you about some of my favorite things on Cat's blog, and I will do that when the giveaways  arrive, because I'll take a picture of them here.

I'll also be blogging more about Deb's blog Works in Progress- a topic with great resonance here at Camp Bellgirl as I have so many WIPs myself. Deb did two giveaways, one for all and one just for her followers- and I won that one! I'm delighted to be the winner of a copy of Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke's book Material Obsession. I'm a big fan of the book since I got it from the library to make the Bug's Avalon Quilt.

Deb is quite a quilter, and is taking part in the Bloggers Quilt Festival, so follow the link to see her quilts. Deb is also a dab hand with a vintage sheet or pillowcase, and has several tutorials on crafty, thrify ideas with vintage linens. I'll blog more about them in a forthcoming post. But be sure to keep an eye out, because to celebrate her 600th post, Deb is doing another giveaway- a vintage sheet quilt! you won't want to miss this. Thank you Deb, I'm chuffed to bits!