EDIT: This give-away is now closed and five lucky winners have been picked from comments below and on Instagram, using random.org.

 Congratulations @anna_jo_sews, @chloelallen, @new_vintage_sewing, @seamsoddlouise and @vapy99, I'll be in touch on Instagram to ask for your full names and postal/email addresses!


Friends, I have an exciting give-away today, but first, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took part in my #VPJuly fortnight on Instagram. We posted almost 850 fabulous photos between us, fuelled by generous prizes! The year-long vintage stitching inspiration continues of course - you can still join the #VintagePledge and don't forget to check out the competition on Pinterest.

Back to the give-away!

Who here has been lamenting the lack of Great British Sewing Bee (GBSB) action on our tellies this year? Well, GBSB is back with a LIVE show at London's Excel from 21-24 September! It hosts hundreds of workshops, demonstrations, fashion galleries, catwalk shows and drop-in clinics, as well as over 200 exhibitors selling specialist dressmaking and textile supplies.

So, if you're in the UK and fancy spending a day re-stocking your fabric stash and mastering the art of dressmaking with the TV show's judges and contestants, keep reading...


GBSB LIVE TICKET GIVE-AWAY
  • I have 5 pairs of tickets to give away to 5 lucky UK readers only
  • The tickets are only valid for the Thursday and Friday of the show (21-21 September)
  • To enter the give-away tell me what you love about the GBSB in a comment below
  • The give-away is open until midnight (GMT) on Sunday 30 July

Good luck!
Friday, July 28, 2017

Yasss! #VPJuly is (almost) here! Whether you're taking part in the #VintagePledge or not, I hope you can join me for a fortnight of photo fun on Instagram, from Monday 10 July to Sunday 23 July. There are crazy cool prizes up for grabs and everyone's invited, regardless of where you are in the world!


#VPJuly 2017


#VPJuly takes place on Instagram, where I'll be posting daily photo prompts on a vintage theme. To play along, share a related/relevant photo each day and make sure you tag it with #VPJuly (instead of #VintagePledge). On prize days (shown with a * above) make sure you @ mention the relevant sponsor and at the end of the day I'll search the hashtag and pick a lucky winner...whoop!!!

To clarify: Take part in the Instagram challenge this month with #VPJuly. Share finished projects and work in progress this month and throughout the year with #VintagePledge.


#VPJuly Sponsors/Prizes









#VPJuly wouldn't be half as fun without prizes and this year we have both returning sponsors and new ones, all very generous with their offer! Use #VPJuly to be in with a chance of winning and make sure you tag the relevant sponsor in your Instagram posts.

The prizes are: £30 to spend at Til The Sun Goes Down, 5 reproduction patterns of your choice from Simplicity UK, £25 to spend at Sew Essential, £25 to spend at Girl Charlee UK, 3 patterns & 4m of fabric of your choice from Stoff & Stil UK, 4 PDF patterns from Sew Over It, £30 to spend at Beyond Measure, and £100 worth of vintage-inspired dressmaking fabrics from Minerva Crafts.


Don't forget that you can sign up to #VintagePledge at any point during the year. Make the pledge your own and join me for as much or as little of the activity as you like. To check out the competition following our dedicated #VintagePledge Pinterest board, with details of how to become a pinner here.

Happy #VPJuly everyone!
Friday, July 07, 2017
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