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merry, merry

No matter how organised I think I am, the lead up to Christmas often feels like a race in these last few days. To make things interesting, I have a wonky internet connection and a cold, but the cookies are baked, presents all taken care of and the mince mixture for the pies is busily soaking away in the kitchen as I type. I hope your preparations are on track too. Thanks so much for visiting here during this past year, thanks for the encouraging comments and the friendship. Wishing you all a very merry, very relaxing and very safe Christmas. xo

done, dusted

Yipes. Almost two weeks since my last post. Like everyone I've been wound up in the end of year tornado - concerts, school events and Christmas catch ups. I was worried there for a while that my three outstanding sewing promises weren't going to happen. But today the stars aligned and Henry had a glorious 2.5 hour nap while Audrey was off decorating the Christmas tree at my Mum's. Bunny, Red Riding Mouse number two, and supersized giraffe Betsy are done and dusted. Big sigh of relief. Now I can think about Christmas.

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Thankyou for playing along with the giraffe give-away! That was fun. Harold has found his new home with Jill. For everyone who asked about getting hold of a copy of Homespun outside Australia, it can be found here. Failing that, after three months I'll be able to distribute the pattern myself, so please check back if you're interested.

homespun harold

 

Lookie what's at the newsagent's today - the December issue of Australian Homespun with one of my creatures on the cover (squint! he's the giraffe there on the left!) There's an article inside, including a pattern to make Harold, as well as this nice spread of him.

 

I put this pattern together months ago, and Harold arrived back on our doorstep a couple of weeks ago. An old friend.

 

So, to celebrate his publication and, more importantly, as a small way to say thankyou to you for taking the time to stop by here, I'd like to give Harold away to a new home. Just leave a comment on this post before 9pm, Friday December 5 Adelaide time. Leave a favorite link, a hello - whatever, and I'll use the ubiquitous random number generator to choose a winner. Fun! And thankyou again. I'm so very grateful for all the like-minded, kind and incredible people this blog has led me to these past (almost) five years. Please, comment away!