and the winner is . . .

I waited ten days 
(ha, appropriate I thought)
but now we have a winner for the 

10 years blogging giveaway

MARIA  !

Congratulations Maria,

and please send me your address !

ready for the draw . . .

Sorry for the others . . .
(there will be something like this  some other day
and then you may win ! )

Have a good week everyone !

giveaway at last

I already said
that November is slow for me
but now I'm picking up the pace again !

The last Stitch Club workshop
by Ali Ferguson
who told us (in her wonderful Scottish accent) how to make a book from scratch.
(I'm busy, but am not able to show anything : gifts in the making)

I also knitted socks as a present for a dear old friend
(and she doesn't know yet . . .)

And at last there was time to work on the

GIVEAWAY  !

Ten years of blogging went by
but I had to postpone this celebration
because I was simply TOO busy
with my Textile Jewels for Pink Ribbon.

It all started (after reading / following lots of blogs about art and stitching)
with a leap of faith to participate in Jude Hill's online class
"Patchwork Beasts"
Someone in that wonderful stitching community convinced me
that blogging was easy-peasy . . .
(and the rest is history !)

"Stitching is done with the heart"

(+/-  7 x 24 cm)
GIVEAWAY !

   the start                    and                 finished        

There are hearts, one with an indigo dyed striped moon,
on a piece of break-down-printed sturdy cotton,
rainbow kantha stitched,
and a bit of my "magic thread".

You can probably understand why I had to "borrow"
Jude's black-and-white nine patch :
she is the source !

Thanks
(again)
Jude !

If you want to participate in this fun play
please leave a message in the comments.
I will be drawing a "winner"
in about ten days.

Happy stitching to you all !

WOW !!!

November is SLOW

I know that by now :
all the hustle and bustle,
the soaring energy of every day's pressure
to deliver a new Textile Jewel
that is just what October means to me
. . . . .

I even promised a giveaway by now for 10 years blogging ...

I haven't that ready yet
because something more important came along


(someone desperately in  need of some good vibes)

So you still have to wait a bit longer for that !

BUT
now all the Jewels have been sent
to their new owners
I can say this October gave

a splendid result for PINK  RIBBON  !

€ 700,-

I want to thank all those lovely customers
who made this possible,
because there were MANY extra donations !
(and we topped it up to a round number)

 SIMONE  , SANDRA ,
ALET , SIETS , 
 ELKE  , TWINK ,   MADELON , 
JOLAN , BAUKJE , JOKE ,
JOEKIE , ELLY ,
LEONIE , KAREN , DEA ,
MORAG , PETRA ,
LARISA , INGRID



THANK YOU ALL
VERY MUCH !

I am very happy :
it was really worth the effort !

Clever readers might ask :
why not 31 names . . .
well.
because some people just did their
"Christmas shopping"
right here !

;-)

don't forget . . . . .

Tomorrow a lot of Pink Ribbon Jewels
will go in the mail.
They go to their new owners.
I think they will be happy :
as the "real thing"
is  always  better  than the picture !

But
there are still two lovely ones
that need to go to a new home too !

NO :

This one is SOLD too   ;-) 

This one is SOLD !

Two more options
to increase the amount of money
that I can transfer to  PINK  RIBBON  !