Brit Bee news and a Giveaway

The month of July has been good to me as I was lucky enough to receive commissions for three bags,  ( I will publish a pattern for the 'I'll see you later' messenger bag and a tutorial on the zippered inside pouch in a few weeks time) sold a quilt via my on-line shop, past my 100th blog post and 200th follower and to top it all basically had Christmas every other day with my fellow Brit Bee members producing truly astonishing results with the fabric and brief I gave them. And to celebrate this I am offering a fantastic giveaway sponsored by Oakshotts. But first some words of gratitude to my fellow Brit Bee Ladies.

So far I have received 16 of 22 blocks (my own blocks are still missing too) and I thought this is enough to share with you a possible layout.
Isn't this stunning ?

When I set the brief for the Brit Bee I never ever imagined in my wildest dreams that I would end up with such a wonderful sampler quilt. It has everything; the most gorgeous shot cotton one can find and a truly contemporary mix of blocks that all have a personal touch from each Brit Bee member. For that I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

The red in the quilt is called  'Cranberry' and I already used it in my 'Cranberry Crush' quilt that I love and adore. The white is called 'White Sand'. Over the past year I have ordered a number of shot cottons (here and here) from Oakshotts and Michael has been fantastic in advising me and his customer service is nothing short of perfect. I met Michael last year at the Quilt Festival in Birmingham. Oddly enough I didn't remember meeting him but he did and told me so when I spoke to him on the phone the first time. He has customers from Germany and we must have talked a little about me being originally from there.

Oakshott specialises in colourful shot cotton weaves that are ethically sourced from along the Malabar coast of South West India and I cannot emphasis enough the vibrant colours and quality of the shot cottons.


Michael has agreed to sponsor my giveaway with this superb set of fat 8th shot cottons called 'Sunrise'. Michael and his team are of course again at the quilt festival this year and their stand is H25 where you can visit him and have a chat and a good look at his fabrics (and don't forget to say hello from me).

Here are the conditions for the giveway:

• the giveaway will be open from Monday the 1st August until Sunday the 7h
• the winner will be drawn and announced on Monday the 8th
• no contact-email no participation in the draw (if you don't have an e-mail on your blogger profile visible you need to leave one in the comment)
• all are welcome to participate, nationals, internationals, E-Ts, ghosts etc. 
• to participate you have to sign-up to Oakshott's e-mail newsletter that you can find here. Let me know that you did so with a comment on this post. Michael will sent out a newsletter soon with special offers for the festival that I am sure you won't want to miss
• for a bonus point you can follow me on either my blog, facebook or twitter and leave me a comment that you do so now or are already doing so

Good luck !!