‘Giveaway’ Participants and A Sensational Sewing Magazine List!

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The Sew it All Magazine Giveaway is now closed.  There was a total of 20 entrants.  They are listed below (in no particular order) along with their favourite sewing / crafting magazine and I included a link to the magazine’s website.

Have a look and see if your favourite magazine is on the list.  If not, please add it to the comments section.  I would like an inventory of a variety of sewing and crafting magazines that perhaps some of us have never heard of, but that come highly recommended.

The results of the draw will be posted Tuesday, January 15, 2013. The draw will also be performed in a unique and, likely, highly amusing fashion, so you’ll want to check back for the pictures and play-by-play, and, of course, for the winner.  It should be fun!  I will also message the winner directly.  Thank you to everybody for participating!

Sew it All Magazine Giveaway Entrants and Magazine List:

  1. Toni (Threads)
  2. Alice Goins (Sew it All)
  3. ThingsForBoys (Burdastyle)
  4. Sew Exhausted (Burdastyle; The Quilter Magazine)
  5. Belinda (has not read one yet)
  6. Debbie Lauzon (Sew it All)
  7. Linda S (Just Cross Stitch)
  8. Pillows A-La-Mode (Quick Stuff to Sew)
  9. Laura (Vogue Knitting)
  10. Lori Harris (Sew Beautiful)
  11. Cheryl (Quilting Arts; Cloth Paper Scissors)
  12. Johanna (Allt om Handarbete somnad – Swedish; Burdastyle; Ottobre – Swedish)
  13. Inna (Threads; Ottobre for Kids – European)
  14. Carmencitabs (Marie Claire Idées- French)
  15. Fiona (Sew Magazine – UK; Threads; Homemaker – UK)
  16. Judith (Australian Stitches; Threads; Burdastyle)
  17. Chadha (Vogue Magazine; Sewing Today’s Vogue Patterns; Cloth Paper Scissors; Tilda – Norway; Melly and Me – New Zealand)
  18. VivJm (Quilting Arts; Quiltmania)
  19. Lisa A (Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting; The Quilter Magazine)
  20. Helena (Burdastyle)

Good Luck to Everybody!!

Gjeometry’s Picks:  Sew News; Stitch Craft Create; Sew Stylish; Stitch; Where Women Create

Readers’ Picks:  Knitscene; Love of Knitting

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It’s a Bouncing Baby Blog Award. Wait…It’s Triplets!

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I am so honoured and humbled to be nominated for three (3) awards by the lovely and talented Ginger (Sonja) over at GingerMakes, who always responds to my comments and whose posts are delightful.  Many sincere thanks for making me feel welcome into the world of blogging!

The awards are:

Very Inspiring Blogger Award, One Lovely Blog Award, and the Premio Award

For the Very Inspiring Blogger award and One Lovely Blog award, the official rules are:  1) Thank and link back to the awesome person who nominated you.  2) Share seven things about yourself.  3) Nominate ten other bloggers and comment on their blogs to let them know.  The Premio award recognizes people who comment on other blogs.  You nominate the nine bloggers who last commented on yours.

Seven Fascinating Facts About Myself:

  1. My name is Catja (pleased to meet you).
  2. I have a mischievous but ridiculously adorable cat named Leilande (he is also pleased to meet you….as he bats something off your table and it breaks).
  3. I named my blog Gjeometry because I am a bit of a nerd and love the math, geometry and science involved in fabric, sewing and pattern drafting.
  4. I have a 3 year old nephew, Wyatt, who is not a fan of sitting still (most pictures taken of him are blurry).
  5. I am new to both sewing and blogging and am deliciously obsessed with both.  I’m also a fabriholic, but am attending meetings for it.
  6. I have an environmental sciences background and love nature, gardening and animals.
  7. I sometimes run with scissors.

Since I am so new to the blogging community, I am going to combine all the rules and nominate ten bloggers that have commented on my blog and/or whose blogs I find inspiring, entertaining and informative as well as some brand new blogs I look forward to following.  I have very much enjoyed reading and sharing with all the bloggers I have found, so far, and the many more to come.

I know that some of you have already received these awards from others and have gone through the process so please don’t feel any pressure from me to re-do all your hard work.  It’s just my way of saying I appreciate your blogging efforts and I’m glad to have found you. 🙂

Looking forward to more blogging, sewing and sharing in 2013!friendship

I’ve Hunted Down the Fabric for Jungle January!!

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Hello fellow animal print lovers, I have finally found the fabric and the item I am going to make for Jungle January.

Both Sides of Animal Print

Both Sides of Animal Print Fabric

The fabric is a mix of leopard and lion on one side and camel on the other side.  So, we have the jungle and the desert coming together nicely.  It’s called Kashmir (and is synthetic) but has a nice soft feel to it and is fairly thick.  This is the what I’m going to make.  It is a trench style coat from the book Chic and Simple Sewing by Christine Haynes.

Trench Style Coat

Trench Style Coat

I am going to alter it, however, and make the sleeves long and not 3/4 length and I’m going to add a cuff.  I will also make a coordinating tie belt and add belt loops.  I’m excited to get started!

Pattern, Fabric and Notions

Pattern, Fabric and Notions