As thanks for your time I am offering a little give-away.

No sewing machine has meant I have been making some little things by hand as time allows.

I have made a sweet little Vintage Valentine Red Toile Hearts Hanger in a lovely rich red Waverly fabric with pretty little mother of pearl buttons as detail and hanging from some vintage pink grosgrain ribbon.

I will have a draw in two weeks time which will appropriately be Valentines Day - Feb 14, from any comments/advice I have received from this post only. Posts will be included up until the draw on Valentines Day itself.

Any posts I make are dated differently to when I actually write them. For example I am writing this at around mid-day Saturday Jan 31, but the Blog time is not in line with Melb, Australia time so will read differently) This is open to all bloggers with any advice. I will send overseas :)

So what do I need in a Machine? .......

Reliability of course!, I sew a lot of lightweight fabrics but also sew things like Barkcloths for simple upholstery items so it needs a little grunt. I have discovered Raggy quilts so it will need to have the potential for a reasonable amount of thickness to the fabric (and a walking foot)

I do not 'quilt' in the traditional sense nor would I use fancy embroidery stitches.

I have to save up for it myself by selling my goods on eBay so cost is an issue.

So I am open to any help you may have regarding preferences. I do not have the opportunity to spend hours in sewing machine shops with two young boys so I am asking for help to find a starting point that will save me legwork.

And as thanks for your time you may be the winner of my little Hanger. I hope you like it.

Please make sure that you have left me some means to contact you should you be the winner, either with a blog of your own or email address.

Thank you all in advance!!

Irene x