I did some sewing and it is give away time!

Crickey, we're still a bit hectic around here.  But, fingers crossed, everyone seems to be on the mend.  Including me, I can now speak without croaking and can blow my nose without my ears whistling (that was very disconcerting!) - I'm hoping that I won't cough so much tonight and that I'll be able to sleep properly, that would be really lovely.

But it is a beautiful sunny day and I'm feeling energetic for the first time in a few weeks so life is good!

I've made a few little gifts for friends over the last month or so.  Pot holders made with some of my favourite scraps.  I love eking out the last of special fabrics.  I tried a spiral quilting pattern and really liked it. I would love to try it on a proper quilt but I'm not sure I'm brave enough.

This little pencil case is for my mum's great niece (also known as my cousin's daughter!) for her Christmas - mum and I reckon she's quite a grown-up little girl so I tried to make it girly without being babyish.

Remember the green tomatoes?  They did get turned into chutney.  We've just opened the first jar (the recipe recommended waiting a couple of months, at least, before eating) and it is yummy.  I picked the remaining tomatoes towards the end of October and made another batch of chutney today.  I think some will be given as Christmas gifts.

I bought this wonderful glittery fabric to make a dress (Made by Rae's Washi dress - I'll post about it separately).  The fabric is Gilt Trip - Buds in Metallic by Dear Stella, and it came from The Village Haberdashery.  It isn't at all typical for me but there's something I just love about it - maybe the buds?  I'm rarely a glittery, and almost never a gold, sort of person.  But, hey, it is good to be a bit different for a change. I have some left over.  Most of it will be a Christmas twirly skirt for Islay, some went to make this pouch which is a gift and the rest................

...............made another zip pouch for my give away.  Yay, finally!

For the give away there is the zip pouch and a little lavender bag - stuffed full of lavender and made with Liberty on one side and linen on the other.  I wanted to add a couple of other goodies and so found some treats from local small businesses  - the most delicious raw chocolate by Ailey Mae (and bought at local deli Hilary's) and gorgeous cold pressed soap by The Edinburgh Natural Skincare Company (bought at Haddington Herbals).  Four local businesses supported!

And to win all you have to do is leave a comment and hope that Mr Random Number Generator likes your comment number.

The give away is a small way to say thank you to all the lovely people who visit my wee blog.  I love my bloggy friends and comments often make my day.  I love writing this little blog, and I get so much pleasure from reading other people's too - I know for sure that my sewing wouldn't have improved the way it has done over the last couple of years without the blog world, there's so much inspiration and help out there.

But, please, if you are a first-time visitor or long time lurker don't be shy about entering too - I'd love to hear from you, even if only this once. I'm a dreadful lurker on other blogs and I would be delighted if you fancied de-lurking!

I'll leave comments open until a week today (Wednesday 13 November) and I'll let you know the winner soon after.  Good luck!