The Polished Button giveaway winner

Big thanks to everybody who entered The Polished Button summer giveaway. The winner is Tatiana who wins a metre of this fab cotton sailboats fabric...

…and a set of four hand covered red and white striped buttons

Wahay! Congratulations Tatiana, please email me your address and I'll arrange for your prize to be sent to you. Thanks again to everybody who entered, and to Ruth at The Polished Button for such a great giveaway. x

The Polished Button summer giveaway

The sun is shining over the UK - FACT! To celebrate this phenomenon, I've teamed up with The Polished Button to bring you a rather lovely summer giveaway. If you're not familiar with it, The Polished Button is a one-stop shop for vintage-inspired sewing. They stock a great selection of vintage and retro-style dressmaking fabrics and patterns like this 1940's shirt dress (swoon!)

Or this 1970's shirt pattern, view 3 in particular. In fact, see the girl modelling view 3?  Well it is, in fact, ME!  

She also stocks all kinds of buttons, including Liberty covered ones!

Owner Ruth kindly let me choose something from the shop for a giveaway, and as there's been a lot of sailor talk on this blog recently (here and here) I decided to take the nautical route. So one lucky winner will receive a metre of this fab cotton sailboats fabric

and a set of four hand covered red and white striped buttons.

I can think of SO many things to make with that combination!

To enter the giveaway all you have to do is take a look at The Polished Button website and leave a comment on this post telling me what your favourite product is. The giveaway is open internationally and closes at midnight GMT on Friday 8th August. Please make sure you leave your email address if it's not linked to your Blogger profile so I can contact you if you're the winner. 

Thank you to The Polished Button for the giveaway and good luck everybody!

Cherry giveaway winner... and a tutorial

Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments about my Anna dress, I really do appreciate them. Thanks also to everybody who entered the Polished Button giveaway - I'm so pleased you liked the look of the gorgeous vintage inspired goodies in the shop. 

The randomly chosen winner of a metre of cherry print fabric, along with a metre of cherry bias binding is … Amy from Almond Rock! Yippee and congratulations! Please email me your address Amy and I'll forward your details to the Polished Button. 

Don't forget, readers of my blog can still claim a 10% discount on all purchases from The Polished Button. Just enter the code Jane10 when checking out of the site. The 10% discount code is valid until the end of August.

One last thing - if you have a burning desire to make yourself a set of placemats (and let's face it, who doesn't?) then get yourself over to the My Daily website where you can find an easy peasy tutorial written by my very own self. 

I'll be back soon with something gingham! x

The Polished Button summer giveaway and discount code

School's (almost) out for summer and the sun is SHINING, so what better way to celebrate than with a giveaway! I've teamed up with The Polished Button to offer you a lovely hand picked treat to kick start your summer. The Polished Button is run by Ruth, a former costume designer and vintage clothing dealer who has put together a small, but perfectly formed selection of vintage inspired sewing goodies on her website. The idea is to offer a 'one stop shop' for sewers including authentic and retro style fabrics, vintage and retro patterns (including a great selection of 1970's sundresses) and haberdashery all in one place. 

It was a tough job choosing items for the giveaway as there are some lovely pieces in stock, but somebody had to do it! These fabrics caught my eye…

1950's floral barkcloth

Red and white floral striped cotton with lace trim

Nautical print polycotton

…as did these darling 1930's floral buttons….

But you all know I have a weak spot for a cherry print, or indeed anything cherry inspired, so in the end I settled for this crisp, summery cherry print fabric. 

Ruth is very generously offering one winner a metre of the cherry print fabric, along with a metre of this lovely cherry bias binding. 

To enter the giveaway all you have to do is take a look at The Polished Button website and leave a comment on this post telling me what your favourite product is.  The giveaway is open internationally and closes at midnight GMT on Sunday 28th July. The winner will be chosen at random.

But that's not all, if you're not lucky enough to be the winner, don't despair! Readers of my blog can still claim a 10% discount on all purchases from The Polished Button. Hoorah! Just enter the code Jane10 when checking out of the site. The 10% discount code is valid until the end of August.

Thank you so much to Ruth from The Polished Button for offering this awesome giveaway. Good luck everybody!