Market Night - Tonight!

Ok, so I probably should have let you guys know about this before hand, but I'll be honest it's kind of been a last minute idea.

I've got quite a lot of ends-of-roll remnants that need shifting.  They are odd shapes and leftovers from when a roll of fabric is finished but its not enough to make up a FQ.  So I decided to host......

What is a Market Night, I hear you ask?  Basically, its like a real shop having a sale, but this one is virtual and takes place in the comfort of your own home!  The event will be run via Facebook as that is the easiest platform for me to put up an album.  There are a number of designer and non designer fabrics going in the album and just to give you a teaser, here are two...

Anthology Fabrics - Raining Rainbows - Dots

Riley Blake - Happy Ever After - Dresses

At 7.30pm tonight (GMT) the virtual doors will open.  I will be putting up an album of our remnants with the size, price and postage.  The first to comment "SOLD"* will then need to send me their PayPal address and I will send out an invoice.  The invoice will need to be paid by midnight tonight to make it fair to everyone as the album will be up until 12pm tomorrow.  

So that's it, simple really!  Click on the picture to go to the event on Facebook and be there at 7.30pm** sharp to take part.  Any questions, please dont be afraid to ask!

Good luck and hope to see you there!!

* obviously the "SOLD" doesnt need to be in capitals!  In the event that two people comment at the same time, the only fair way I can do it is to give it to the person who Facebook puts at the top of the list.

** I may put the album up sooner but please dont comment before 7.30pm. To be fair to everyone, any comments made before 7.30pm will be deleted.  All in the name of fairness!

{Giveaway} A Spooky Bundle!

Its been ages since we've had a giveaway of any sorts, and this ones a good one, even if I do say so myself!

A little while ago, just before my jolly to Weymouth, we reached 6000 likes over on Facebook, or as I like to call them Facebook Friends!

We had a bit of an issue with how to do the Giveaway via Facebook as there seemed to be lots of rules and regulations.  You had to use a third party app, most of which I didnt understand, you couldn't notify the winner via Facebook but had to be by email, well I dont have most of my likers emails so how did that work??  I know we have run giveaways before via Facebook but I didnt want to risk my page being shut down and losing all my lovely Facebook Friends

Anyway, to cut a long and not very interesting story short, Facebook announced within the last 48 hours that their rules have changed and I can now host the giveaway exactly as I want to!!

So here it is lovely bloggy friends....

Its a spooky one!  You can win four FQs of Halloween fabric and six metres of coordinating ric rac and ribbon.  This is especially good if you're looking for inspiration for your Halloween makes this year as the possibilities are endless with this bundle!  Perhaps you could add some black binding to make some spooky bunting for a Halloween Party?

To enter, just pop on over to our Facebook page and like and share the giveaway.  For extra entries, simply follow our blog over on the left or follow us on twitter.

Feel free to comment below or over on our Facebook page and you have until Wednesday 4th September to enter.  Winners will be announced on Friday 6th September.

Good Luck!!

{Whats New} Autumn Feel Fabrics

Oh how I love autumn.  Easily my favourite time of year...summer is to hot, winter is too cold but autumn is just right (in the words of Goldilocks!).  I love the colours that are associated with autumn and when I saw this collection, I new I had to have it in the shop because it would make perfect little dresses for autumn!

The collection is by Sue Daley for Riley Blake Designs and is called Tueigs and Grace (pronounced too-igs? Please correct me if Im wrong!)

Calico in Pink

Damask in Cream

Garden in Pink

Petals in Brown...and my favourite!

The Petals is my favourite and already, I have a picture of a little pinafore dress with tights and boots for the winter for my littlest one! 

So, thats this week new fabric, Im looking forward to the next lot already!

Which print is your favourite??

I Do Like To Be....

Beside the seaside! Sing along if you know it!

So the summer holidays are in their final weeks and we are enjoying the last few days of our holiday in Weymouth. One of the good things about having family all over the place is that you have lots of places to visit, and Weymouth is one of our favourites!  We've played on the beach, danced, laughed, ate a lot of ice cream and had a lovely lovely time.

I've missed my little shop though and am looking forward to getting back to it properly once the new school term starts! I've got lots of plans and of course lots of new fabrics to come.

In the meantime, I thought I'd bore you with a few holiday snaps :)

Love these sand sculptures at Weymouth Beach.  They are out of this world!

Can you believe I saw my very first Punch and Judy show this weekend?
Shocking I know!

These guys make me so happy!!  My handsome hubby, my two little girlies and me
all had an amazing holiday. 

ps Don't forget you have a few more days to use the SUMMERSALE code to get 30% off your order

{Whats New} I hate to be the one to mention it....

But if you havent already seen over on our Facebook page our Christmas fabrics are now in stock!!

I know I know, Christmas starts earlier every year and the summer holidays arent even over yet but I've had these on order since last Christmas!  Things start earlier in the fabric world!

Our first Christmas collection is by Riley Blake and is called A Merry Little Christmas.   I love Riley Blake's designs so it went without saying I was going to order their Christmas range.  The second one I picked was this one by Clothworks...

This one's called Not Even A Mouse and reminded me of my favourite Christmas book, The Night Before Christmas!  Very glad I ordered it cos its super cute and the diamonds are perfect for smaller Christmas makes.

Will be adding Christmas ribbons and other lovely bits and pieces as they arrive but these were the first to hit The Sewing Boutique HQ so thought I'd add them now for you super organised crafters!  We do of course have a section on the website where all our Christmas goodies will appear in one place.

Thats it....I promise not to mention Christmas again until at least October ;)

Summer Sale!

Seeing as all the shops are having their sales and, not one to be left behind, I thought we'd have a very quick sale in the shop!

So grab yourself 30% off all fabrics and sewing supplies with the code SUMMERSALE at the checkout.

All orders will be posted from Tuesday 27th August onwards and the sale ends on Wednesday 28th August so stock up on all your favourite fabrics before it ends!!

Im off on (another) summer holiday now so I wish you all a lovely bank holiday weekend.  Please do keep your fingers crossed for some sun :D

Where Can You Visit Us?

I know a lot of people (me...sometimes) like to see their fabric before they buy it.  As well as feeling the quality of the fabric (as it does vary from designer to designer) you can never be sure the colour on the screen is the same as the colour you will get...which can be a pain if you're looking for something specific for a specific project!

As well as getting The Sewing Boutique name out there, I like to get out and about to craft fayres so customers can do exactly that...see their fabrics before they buy it!

We've got a couple of fayres booked in so far so if you're local to either Abergavenny or Cardiff, come along and see us!

The first one is in a lovely village hall in Clydach, Abergavenny.  Its their Easter Fair so guaranteed lots of lovely spring makes and easter themed games...oh and us!

We've also booked to go to the Cardiff City Stadium Craft & Hobby Show again in May.  We've been twice before and its always an amazing two days with loads and loads of craft suppliers on one floor and dozens of very talented crafters on another floor.  

Tickets are £4 each and we'd love to see you there!

There are a couple of other events we may be attending too but will list them another time.  There is a "top secret" project underway at The Sewing Boutique HQ that I cant talk about at the moment (dont you hate it when bloggers do that!) but may affect how many craft fayres we can attend this year.  More news soon!!