Comments are now closed guys - the winners of the Giveaway will be announced tomorrow evening (Sunday 19th January 2014). My thanks to everyone who entered!
There are 2-sets of sewing-items to Giveaway :)
1 for a UK Winner, and 1 for an International Winner.
And here's the list of goodies in my special sewing-bundle of fun :)
1. A really useful mini 'Repositionable Tripod' great for your sewing and craft photos.
(The Camera is NOT included LOL!)
(The Camera is NOT included LOL!)
2. A pair of lovely sharp Thread Snips - just perfect to keep right next to your sewing machine.
3. A packet of Milward Between Hand Sewing Needles.
4. A Tailor's Pressing Ham - approximately 24cm long x 14cm wide x 12.7cm tall (9½ x 5½ x 5 inches).
5. And, finally Tailor's Pressing Ham Holder - to hold your lovely new Ham!
4. A Tailor's Pressing Ham - approximately 24cm long x 14cm wide x 12.7cm tall (9½ x 5½ x 5 inches).
5. And, finally Tailor's Pressing Ham Holder - to hold your lovely new Ham!
BTW - The items 4. + 5. are hand-made by yours truly!
Here's how to enter the GIVEAWAY...
ENTRIES
WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY 18th JANUARY 2014 AT 5.00PM UK TIME. ENTRIES
ARE ELIGIBLE FROM BOTH UK AND INTERNATIONAL READERS. THE WINNER'S NAME WILL
BE DRAWN AT RANDOM. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY 19th JANUARY 2014!
BE DRAWN AT RANDOM. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY 19th JANUARY 2014!
1. Please leave a comment in this post below + state if you are in the UK or Internationally based :).
2. Please, please ensure that I am able to contact you if you're a lucky winner! Make sure
that your comment is associated to your blog/profile. If you want to leave an email address in
your comments feel free to do so - but to reduce the chances of you receiving tonnes of spam to your inbox, please
post it in the style: name[at]domain[dot]com.
that your comment is associated to your blog/profile. If you want to leave an email address in
your comments feel free to do so - but to reduce the chances of you receiving tonnes of spam to your inbox, please
post it in the style: name[at]domain[dot]com.
3. [OPTIONAL] Oh, and do please share what you're planning to sew for your first project of 2014!
PLEASE NOTE: That if I cannot easily find your email address
then you shall NOT be eligible to enter the Giveaway (sorry!)
And, the cool thing is... I'll custom-make your Pressing Ham in fabrics of your choice :) I'll email photos of swatches and colours to the winners. (The Hams in the photos are just a couple of examples of Hams I've already made.)
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Good luck everybody!
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Sounds fantastic, always wanted a tailor's ham. First project this year - and in progress - Vogue trousers V8940!
ReplyDeleteLovely giveaway. I am going to make a gardeners apron type thing!
ReplyDelete@ David Hi David, thanks for entering - I can't seem to find an email for you though (which I need in order for you to be eligible for the Giveway).
ReplyDeleteOooh, what a fab giveaway! Please don't enter me, but just wanted to say that I've just tweeted about it because I seriously love my Claire-made pressing ham. It's brilliant!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing giveaway! And thanks for thinking of those of us outside of the UK. My first project this year is to make a summer skirt (it's summer here!). becsimcowling[at]bigpond[dot]com
ReplyDeleteHamtastic indeed! Wow, that's such a brilliant set of goodies. Please count me in. You should be able to find my email address from my gravatar blog link.
ReplyDeleteI've just started my first 2014 project, a skirt made from some jersey from my Dad's old sewing stash. In fact I've just blogged the teaser for it... It's a quick & easy start to the year.
I would love to win your giveaway. Awesome prizes. I already made my first project this year. A pair of panties from McCalls 5400 bathing suit pattern.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your blogiversary! I'd love to be entered :) I'm currently working on an Elisalex and a Tiramisu, but they are both currently on time out for not behaving themselves, so I'll have to have another go at them soon!
ReplyDeleteOoh please enter me, I'd love a funky pressing ham! Finally got my winter Hawthorn cut out and ready for sewing ��
ReplyDeleteWow what a generous give away! I need a new ham and yours are gorgeous. I am sewing Burda Style 117 11/13 in a sweater knit with leather trim.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome set of goodies - I love the hams! I'd love to be entered - laura.h.sinclair [at] gmail [dot] com
ReplyDeleteMy first project for 2014 will probably be a maxi Anna in a pretty floral rayon I've had around since forever.
Wow, never knew you could get a ham press holder! I am going to be making the Cambie dress from sewaholic. Looking at floral material.
ReplyDeleteLove your hams and ham holder! My first project of 2014 is underway and is the Pauline Alice Malvarosa Dress.
ReplyDeleteGahhh! What an amazing giveaway! I'm in love with the ham press! I think my fist project of 2014 will be one of the patterns I've been hoarding!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! ! I'm not sure what my first project will be, hopefully a skirt I'm wanting to get done!
ReplyDeleteI am on my third project for 2014. I've just finished a bathrobe (blogged) a Scout tee-shirt (about to be blogged) and am currently on Tessuti Laura Pants. This is a very generous giveaway. I love your hams!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 3 years of blogging Claire. I love following your blog and I'm one of your Pinterest followers as well. Please enter me in your contest. You actually make pressing hams?. I'd love to have one of them. I'm reached at fayedoll(at)cox(dot).net. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your third anniversary. This is a fantastic giveaway and I love the idea of a pressing ham holder! I'll shortly be working on a Cami dress and a Miette skirt once I have managed to make a long overdue pincushion.
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely giveaway
ReplyDeletekaren s
twannywun at hotmail dot com
Hello, I am working on a Renfrew variation. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome giveaway! I love that you make the pressing ham! Congrats on your 3rd blog-iversary!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about taking the plunge and making my first pair of jeans as my first project of the year! I've decided to start ambitiously!
My email address is alexandraandthecuckooclock[at]gmail[dot]com
Congratulations on three years blogging! I'd say that your giveaway is beyond "Hamtastic" - I would call it "SUPER Hamtastic"! My current sewing project is Vogue1212 which I will be making up as a raincoat, with an assortment of added details... acorncottageartisanry{at}gmail{dot}com
ReplyDeleteHi, huge congratulations on your 3 year blogging anniversary. Fantastic giveaway... I recieved a new camera for Christmas so a tripod would be ideal! Not to mention that I don't own a pair of thread snips (I've just been using Ikea scissors!)
ReplyDeleteI had a revelation over the holidays about a fitting problem on a recent dress make so I'm returning to the pattern pieces and going to sew it again using stashed fabric.
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ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks for generously hosting this giveaway! I've started off the year with a bang by tackling Simplicity 1872 in silk. Next up is the Victory Roxanne in a rayon challis I pick up at half price from John Lewis.
ReplyDelete(Sorry I forgot to include my email earlier. It's giveaway[at]iristse[dot]com)
Awesome 3 years! congratulations. I've just finished my first two projects of 2014 - S2444 and Papercut skirt, next make in January - BHL Victoria Blazer - a tailors ham would come in so useful - all i have is an ikea tabletop ironing board to work with!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely giveaway. I've already finished my first project of 2014 - a pair of pyjama pants for my husband. He's been waiting over a year for them, so I thought they should take priority.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveway! I finished my first project for 2014, a very useful half slip, I am actually wearing it today with a Tiramisu dress that I made with a very think knit...
ReplyDeleteCongrats! My plan for the first project of the year is a wool coat for the husband, should be an adventure :)
ReplyDeletecandace.steiger[at]gmail[dot]com
When I was teaching High School Clothing construction, my students referred to the seam roll and the tailor's ham as "the ham & the hot dog"! My first project for 2014 will be a new denim bag.Thanks for offering this generous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary! A tailor's ham was on my list of things to make this year but this would be better! First project for this year is to finish the muslin for Simplicity 2444 and then cut into my good fabric for the final version.
ReplyDeleteLoving this prize. I really need a tailors ham and i really don't want to make one, so PICK ME PICK ME>
ReplyDeleteWhat a great selection of goodies! I'd love to win :D *crosses fingers*
ReplyDeleteFreya May
freyamgilbert(at)gmail(.)com
What a great giveaway! I've never seen a holder for a tailor's ham before!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogiversary! I'd love a tailor's ham. My first project of 2014 will be a Briar - once I get to grips with my new overlocker that is!
ReplyDeletejcdt_90(at)yahoo.co.uk
Always wanted to make pressing hams, never made the time :). I just finished my first project(s) for 2014 - Fehrtrade's pb jam leggings and an Y top.
ReplyDeleteWonderful giveaway- I love pressing tools (and all sewing gadgets actually)! My first project for 2014, already comlpeted, was a pair of grey leggings. Next one coming is pyjamas.
ReplyDeleteClaire! You always stun me with the generosity of your give aways!
ReplyDeleteMy first project is an Anna with my secret Santa fabric! I'm in love with it!
Oh, those hams are so cute. Congratulations on your blogiversary! I am going to make Simplicity 1692. I have bought 5 different fabrics already. kj_lamb(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI love your hams! I'm sewing up some bits for Vegas :) or at least making plans
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ReplyDeleteCongrats on your anniversary! Your ham & sausage are so neat! My first project of the year is likely to be a BHL Victoria Blazer, I have the fabric ready to go:)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing giveaway! A tailor's ham has been on my wishlist for years and will no doubt improve the finish on the Sassy Librarian Blouse which I'm currently working on... ameliaevans[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome giveaway. I am all the way down here in New Zealand and have had plans to make my own sewing ham for a few months, just prefer to sew pretty dresses instead. So winning one would be amazing. I am at s.julian[at]xtra[dot]co[dot]nz Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteI've been hanging out for a pressing ham! This is perfect!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday.
Congrats on the blogaversary - I love the hams and could really do with a new one. My first project for 2014 is to make a new quilted lid cover for my old sewing box. Email - amjadattieh at yahoo dot co dot uk
ReplyDeleteBlogiversaries are so fun. Congratulations! I need a new pressing ham. My son took the seam ripper to mine a while back. :( My first project for 2014 will be a blouse. Probably the Grainline Archer. I'm in the US. laura(dot)hojnacke(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI just love to find other UK bloggers. I already made my first item of 2014, a dartless tee style blouse with removable loop scarf. I have plans for all sorts of things over the next few months but am currently hankering after an aubergine ponte dress to wear to work. I am in the UK and my email is ruthiecritchley(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and thanks for including internationals! I will be making the bombshell swimsuit as I am going on holiday to the Dead Sea soon and want to look chic while floating!
ReplyDeleteYou are too, too wonderful! Thanks for opening this up to all of us internationally!!! I adore your hams and would be delighted to be entered. I have just sewn a Victory pattern Nicola as my first project for 2014 and am currently using the Cake Expresso & Cabarita patterns for surf swimming shorts & top. dreamingdashie.blogspot.com.au
ReplyDeleteI am halfway through my first make - a sundress since i am from New Zealand and i am on summer holiday. I would love to win a tailors ham as i was talking to my mum the other day how useful one would be. Email is sandramargaretmabey (at) gmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversarry ...
My first project of 2014 will be to finish my grocery shopping ... I have made 38, about 7 left ...
We will hand them out to the church ladies in March, so plenty of time left lol ...
Thanks for the chance ...
Melani (international)
hippolicious (at) hotmail (dot) com
Ooh, I love the tailor's hem! I've been thinking about making one myself, but for now have always been too lazy and used a bunched up towel instead... I love how sewing/pressing appropriate your fabrics are!
ReplyDeleteMy first big sewing project will be Thurlow trousers, since I need more nice trousers for my new job. I'll probably finish the red corduroy skirt that I cut out in December first, though. Also, I'm international. ;)
Congratulations and yay! What a wonderful give away. I'm an international reader (Australia) and my first project of 2014 was a colette laurel.
ReplyDeleteSewnbyelizabeth(at)gmail(dot)com
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ReplyDeleteWow What a lovely giveaway, Yay
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and Happy Blog Anniversary
I'm sara from Indonesia (Internasional)
kttazure86(at)gmail(dot)com
My first project of 2014 will be to finish my pacthwork tab case soon ... even I'm new sewer but I'm so exciting to begin a new project.
Thanks for the chance ...anyway I love that pressing ham, I would be happy to have as soon present gift like that. thank you so much. - See more at: http://sew-incidentally.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-ham-tastic-giveaway.html?showComment=1389089869120#c1260078611819720564
That's indeed a hamtastic giveaway!! Happy new year, btw! And those hams look real cute! You made those ham holders yourself? wow!! I've been using a new training potty from IKEA and it seems to work in horizontal position, not vertical.. and I'd love a ham holder. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm from Canada, so yeah, international category.
Thank you!
misskayosis [AT] GMAIL [dot] com
Oh, what a gloriously generous give away! I am in the USA, so that makes me international. My first sewing project for 2014 is a little dress (Simplicity 1705) for my 3 year old granddaughter.
ReplyDeletebecky [at] mckeent [dot] com
This would be amazing I have always wanted a tailors ham.
ReplyDeletemy email is grace cunningham (at) hotmail.co.uk
My first project is hopefully going to be a red velvet dress
I love your ham holders, so clever! My first project of the year is a fancy birthday dress. I'm hoping to finish it up by the weekend. :) I'm in the international category, and my email is purlsandpleats [at] gmail [dot] com.
ReplyDeletePosting again (first one deleted) with the correct email address!!!! Lovely giveaway. I have already completed my first sewing project for 2014 - two protective cases for portable DVD players that two of my children got for Christmas. Next will be something for me ;) My email is lyndelou2{at}gmail{dot}com. Thanks
ReplyDeletePressing ham please. and if I do not win, I will like to buy please. I am in the process of making a toile du jour dress, and I am local. lol
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I was just thinking that I would like a pressing ham . Your hams look lovely though (oh that could sound a bit rude :S) That ham holder looks genius!
ReplyDeleteFor my first project this year I'm making Simplicity 2444.
My email is asimplefibrelife(a)gmail(dot)com
Good luck everyone!
Congratulations on 3 years of blogging, a fantastic effort. Thanks very much for a great giveaway to celebrate. I have made a blouse and have nearly finished a second one this year. I am in Australia and my email is lizsews (at) gmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI'm in the USA and I have to make the hubs a quilt! Ddebra33 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteHappy blog birthday from a UK reader. I love your hams! I have quite a few projects on the go at the moment. I am finishing my first ever quilt for my MIL (been a bit scared about the actually quilting), taking part in a Doctor Who quilt along for my eldest and I have a whole heap of clothes sewing to do. I think the first thing I will do is a nice mid length skirt for myself though.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the anniversary :o) would love to win one of your hams!! jmurdison(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteOh my I just found your blog today and now I need to go back and read through !
ReplyDeleteWhat a generous offer, your hams look fabulous, I'd love one.
First project of 2014 is underway. Jalie 2911
You ought to be able to get me email from clicking on my name, but just in case lonelysecretary1 at hotmail dot com
Wow, what a great giveaway! I am a UK reader, and my first project for 2014 was a Colette Laurel sewn in Liberty needlecord, made on New Year's Day! I'm hoping next to make an Elisalex dress to wear to a wedding in March, and the tailor's ham would come in handy for pressing it nicely.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! I'm a Swedish reader and my first project for 2013 is a cross stich birth record for my oldest. It might not be the first I finish though, but I haven't worked out a clothing plan yet.
ReplyDeleteMy email is escorpio at spray dot se
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Happy blog anniversary! I came from pinterest looking to make my own tailor's ham, don't mind winning one though. I'm internationally, from the Netherlands. I already made my daughter 2 pair of of pants and a piece of underwear. I also made a toddler mei-tai to carry a doll. My mail-adres: aafkejongsma@ gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway! I keep putting off making a ham and have just been using a roll of paper towels wrapped up in a dish towel:( I am in the US. For 2014 I am finishing up Vogue 8945 and then I'm making what I hope is a cozy Simplicity 2289. My email: collectedyarns@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteI might be a little late, but I would like to win as well! This is an amazing giveaway! I am just working on a McCalls shirt dress, it is my second version and should hopefully come together very quickly. I live in London :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blogiversary! Please enter me - I'm in desperate need of a pressing ham! Currently sewing 3 renfrews in a bid to start 2014 by sewing practical wardrobe fillers.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and what a wonderful giveaway! I'm an international reader and I'm currently working on the Sewaholic Cambie dress.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Tina S
Ham without eggs is the same as a pressing ham without a holder! I am making a blouse from a vintage pattern. I would love to be entered into your giveaway and thank you in advance Nora
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your blogiversary! International reader. I am gearing up for my weekend sewing course / fitting course at the end of this month. :-)
ReplyDeleteHello and great giveaway Claire! You can find me at margueritedesigns.blogspot.co.uk. I've just written a post about the Zandra Rhodes Couture Course. Hope you find it useful ... Anyway, I'm hoping to sew a coat anytime soon as part of my soon to be announced, 'Year of the Coat!'. Then a Cambie hopefully. Best wishes, Diane.
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