May CM Blog Giveaway

Sorry for the slow start on this giveaway readers but its been a hectic month!

This month we have a really fantastic prize and one I would absolutley love to win.




Julie (gypsyj) has donated a set of 250ml Sun Print Dyes. These are the dyes that Julie uses to create her wonderful printed fabrics that we all salivate over!



They come with an instruction sheet and Julie has some more instructions on her website at www.rainbows-end-studios.com.

So thank you to Julie for her lovely donation and leave a comment - winner drawn at the beginning of June.

April CM Blog Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to Krissy for winning the wonderful April giveaway donated by Lissy!

Thanks everyone for entering and stay tuned for Mays great giveaway!

April CM Blog Giveaway

Hi everyone,

I hope you have had a wonderful and relaxed Easter and are enjoying the school holidays.

Its that time again to announce this months giveaway and I would really like to thank Lissy for her wonderful prize donated for this month.

Introducing Marina the Mermaid. She is made from cotton tricot skin and filled with wool fleece. Her clothes are made from hand dyed velour and hair hand dyed wool yarn. Silk ribbons and wool felt finish off her decorations.

Her mermaid clothes are removable and Lissy will also add a second set of clothes for a quick change.

Isnt she adorable!!!



So please leave a comment and I will draw the winner at the beginning of next month!

Good luck!

March CM Blog Giveaway Winner

Congratulations goes to Carolyn! Well done!!!

Stay tuned for the April giveaway.

have a wonderful and safe Easter xxx

Congo Congo Congo!

Well today marks the opening of the Crafty Mamas Market Place congo cart!

A number of the locals at Crafty Mamas have opened stores to sell to you the best that hand made has to offer.

So if you want a bargain head on over and check us all out....here!

March CM Blog Giveaway

Thank you so much to Nat for this wonderful giveaway!

For the March give-away, MoederKip (which can be found also at www.moederkip.com.au) is offering an outfit from our new playclothes range


The winner can pick either:


*Raglan sleeve dress with co-ordinating leggings; or


*Contrast-cuff play pants with co-ordinating t-shirt


This colourful, comfortable, and durable range is designed with playtime in mind


Available in a range of colours (and with sizes from 2-5), all items are made from high quality cotton-elastane featuring:
* Fabric UPF rating of 50+, offering very high sun protection;
* The addition of elastane means that the garment will not only stretch in every direction (because kids don’t only move one way!), but it will also bounce back into;
* shape (no sagging or bagging!).
* Soft yet strong





So leave a comment and at the end of the month of of you lucky people will be the winner:)

Getting To Know You ... A CM In Profile

Wow where did February go! Well to start March heres another profile...


Getting To Know You ...Sandy...



1. What is your name and what do we call you at Crafty Mamas?

Sandy and Sandy - Whenever people forget my name I tell them to think of the beach.

2. How long have you been around Crafty Mamas and how did you find us?

I think I’ve been here for a couple of years now. I found CM through another forum- Simple Savings.


3. What makes you a Crafty Mama – ie what is your activity(s) of choice?

Have you got all day? I think I’ve tried just about everything in the crafting world! A Jill of all craft but mastering only one right now, and that’s felting. I had dabbled for a few years but have just recently gotten serious about it.

4. Some people collect fabrics, others patterns…what’s you addiction in the crafting sense.

Fibre, mmmm, fibre….

5. What’s your creative space like?

I’m lucky enough to have a room all to myself. It’s usually pretty tidy, sometimes…

6. What’s your favourite crafty tool ?..ie your machines and why?

I would have to say, right now it’s bubblewrap lol. Needed for agitating the fibres to felt together. Also felting needles, which is what I used to create both Turtle and Bunbun in the picture. I also have a nice janome 6600p sewing machine and an overlocker that I’m ashamed to say gets used so rarely, I couldn’t even tell you the brand.

7. Tell us about the most dedicated act of crafting you have performed ie sewed all night, drove 2 days for a craft show…something bordering on silly!

Sorry, can’t think of anything.

8. Do you have a blog/website/business/etsy you would like to plug?

I’ve just started a new blog that will showcase my creations, whether they be for sale or just for fun/gifts- www.hobgoblinhouse.blogspot.com . Please bear with me, it’s only newborn

9. If you were stuck on a desert island and had the choice of three things to take what would you take (doesn’t have to be crafty)?

An endless supply of books, a fishing line and a hammock.

10. OK – some one word answers to wrap up:

• Diamonds or Pearls? Pearls
• Coffee or tea? Coffee
• Sweet or savoury? Savoury
• Night owl or early bird? Early bird
• Left or right handed? Lefty

February Blog Giveaway Winner

Congratulations goes to...

Mary!

Congratulations and I just know you are going to love love love this skirt!

Stay tuned for the March giveaway!

Getting To Know You ... A CM In Profile

Sorry for the break between profiles - but getting back into the school and life routine has been busy!!!

Getting To Know You - Mandy




1. What is your name and what do we call you at Crafty Mamas?

Amanda, I’m known at Crafty Mamas as Mandy or Mum of Eight.


2. How long have you been around Crafty Mama and how did you find us?

I joined up in 2008, but it took me a while to pluck up the courage to join in. But I can be found here most days. I found Crafty Mamas after searching the internet for something I needed for my sewing room.


3. What makes you a Crafty Mama – ie what is your activity(s) of choice?

I love to make clothes so sewing is my craft of choice although I have done a bit of quilting and I will try anything once. My favourite thing so far is the wedding dress I made for a friend.



4. Some people collect fabrics, others patterns…what’s you addiction in the crafting sense.

I’m glad you’re not asking my Hubby this question.. I have patterns, fabric and lots of sewing gadgets. So you could say I collect it all.

5. What’s your creative space like?

My sewing corner is organised chaos. My husband and kids fixed up a corner in his work shed so that I could have somewhere of my own to create, but it has slowly spread from there to the house also. So I’m all over the place now.


6. What’s your favourite crafty tool ?..ie your machines and why?

This is a really hard question my machines I think are my favourite tools in my sewing room as they allow me to try lots of different things. With my machines I can do pretty much anything.


7. Tell us about the most dedicated act of crafting you have performed ie sewed all night, drove 2 days for a craft show…something bordering on silly!

Just recently I spent all day until about 1.30 in the morning sewing school bags for my kids, and when I was eight months pregnant with my last baby I travelled to Canberra with a group of Craft crazy women on a bus to spend the day walking around the Craft and Quilting Show, loved it. Wore me out for a few days.


8. Do you have a blog/website/business/etsy/madeit you would like to plug?

I have a store on madeit, www.madeit.com.au/madebymandy


9. If you were stuck on a desert island and had the choice of three things to take what would you take (doesn’t have to be crafty)?

Mp3 player full of music and books, chocolate and family


10. OK – some one word answers to wrap up:

•Diamonds or Pearls? Pearls
•Coffee or tea? Neither 
•Sweet or savoury? Sweet
•Night owl or early bird? Both
•Left or right handed? Right

February CM Blog Giveaway

Ok...did I just type February...oh my !!

Ok this months a keeper! Up for grabs this month.....



The Redondo - hamdmade and dyed by Sara from willow & moo.

The skirt is made from Studio Tantrum's Redondo pattern. The skirt is cotton poplin which has been dyed with fiber reactive dyes. The colors will not fade or wash out.

The skirt has purple waistband.

The skirt is lovingly constructed in my smoke-free and pet-free home. All seams are serged and topstitched, and the skirt is finished with a rolled hem in orange thread.

It is a size 86/92 (size 1/2.

To be in the draw for this amazing piece of craftsmamaship then leave a comment and I will draw the super pucky winner at the end of the month.

You know you want it.......:)