All posts tagged: Dewsbury

Giveaway Time! How Far Would You Go?!

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Remember I said there’s going to be a prize for someone who couldn’t make the #sewdowndewsbury meet up? Well there’s going to be 2! The ladies who attended were such a generous bunch, here’s what you could win in the giveaway…… All you have to do is guess the total number of miles that everyone travelled to get to Dewsbury. There’ll be a UK winner and an international winner. I’m going to share the goodies between 2 winners. The whole lot of prizes weigh in at 7 pounds, so when I’m putting the 2 prizes together the UK one will have the heavier gifts. Also, if someone wins the international one and they live in Australie I won’t give them Chris’s wooly hat! Please leave your guestimate in the comments below, and maybe say where you’re from and how far you’d go to have a fab day with sewing crazy ladies! The giveaway will close on Friday 17th March at …

#sewdowndewsbury – only 9 sleeps

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#sewdowndewsbury – A Giveaway for those who can’t make it!

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Last year when the Spoolettes got together down Dewsbury for a day of sewcialising I ran a little competition/giveaway and prizes were awarded to 2 ladies who guessed the closest to the total mileage of how far everyone had travelled. Tialys (international winner!) guessed 655 and Sam (UK winner) guessed 666. The total mileage was 671. This year there will another giveaway with the same format, but the prizes will be different. Attendees are taking part in a goodie bag swap and quite a few have said they will bring something extra on the day for the Giveaway Prize Goodie Bag. So I will make up 2 Goodie Bags … one for a UK winner and one for an international winner. The contents of the goodie bags are totally unknown at the minute, but I imagine they will be totally amazing! After the meet up I’ll open up the giveaway and you’ll be able to leave your guess of how far everyone has travelled in the comments. To help you I’m going to add a list of who’s going and links to their blog …

Save The Date For The Next Dewsbury Meet-up

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Yay! It finally arrived at 11:19 last night! The email letting me know for definite the big changes that would affect my shift pattern and when they will take affect from. That can only mean one thing… A date for the next Spoolette’s meet up can now be set! I didn’t want to do it before knowing as I’d be gutted if I arranged it and then couldn’t even go myself! Saturday 25th February 2017 We’ll be meeting at the same cafe as last year but in the afternoon instead of going to Weatherspoons I’m thinking we might go to the pub at the train station instead. I’m going got make a trip to Dewsbury in the next week or so to let Fabworks and Lucky Fashions know to expect a stampede of fabric starved ladies, and to check out meeting places. If you’ve not been before it’s a time to spend a fews hours laughing, admiring and stroking (clothes of fellow Spoolettes) and generally having a fab day with people who you’ll feel you’ve known for …

Dewsbury Makes Linky Party!

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On the 6th February the Yorkshire Spoolette’s gathered in Dewsbury for their 2nd meet up. We had a great day and came away with bags full to brimming with scrumptious fabric. Once the shops closed we hit Weatherspoon and it was then that I set a challenge for everyone to make something in the next month with something bought on the day. So here we are! A linky party of all the gorgeous garments made, and Amanda’s dishcloth! If you didn’t join us but have made something with fabric bought from Dewsbury please add your link. Links can be from blog posts, instagram or just photos. It’s easy to do, so link away!! The link will be open until 7th April – another month to get sewing and share with us your fab makes! If anyone knows why you can’t view the pictures without clicking the link please let me know as it’s driving me crazy trying to fix it!!

Don’t Forget To Enter The Comp’!

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Seventeen Yorkshire Spoolettes gathered last Saturday in Dewsbury. Did you manage to come up with a guesstimate of how far we all travelled? If you’ve not why not have a complete random guess or have a look around the blogs for some clues. There are 2 prizes up for grabs. The person with the closest answer in the UK will will receive a £25 voucher to spend at Fabworks, with free P&P. Thankyou Fabworks! The person with the closest answer outside the UK will receive a surprise parcel from me. Leave your answer (in miles) below in comments – the total we all travelled to Dewsbury. Please state if your are inside or outside the UK. Closing date is midnight GMT 14th February 2016 I’m sure you’ve all read lots of posts about our meet-up, but in case you didn’t here are links to my follow spoolettes blog posts about the day. Amanda from Sew Deputy Karen from Wakey Makes – Karen’s First Ever Blog Post!! Hila from Saturday Night Stitch Margaret from The Crafty …

The Yorkshire Spoolette’s 2nd Meet-Up

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Well, I needn’t have worried! All those restless nights were worth it! I even dreamt one night that I couldn’t even blog about today because I forgot to go! It wasn’t just me who was a bit nervous. I mean, we hear it all the time on the news. The dangers of meeting strangers online that might not be who you think they are!! Gosh, if our kids had known what we’d been up to today!! So at 10:30am I met with a lovely bunch of ladies, who did not feel like strangers at all, and we didn’t stop talking or shopping until 4pm tonight! We gathered together at Kenny’s Bistro – a newly opened cafe that’s done out lovely and very reasonable – 85p for a toasted currant tea cake!! More money to be spent on fabric!! The staff were lovely and didn’t mind us rearranging the table and chairs so we could all gather round. We had a little fabric and pattern swap whilst I worked out some of the milages how far those on …

The Yorkshire Spoolettes – Who’s Going & Something For Those Who Can’t

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It’s only 9 sleeps until the Yorkshire Spoolettes meet up in Dewsbury. Thankyou to all of you who said you can make it. There’s a great bunch of ladies going but unfortunately due to distance there’s a whole lot of you who can’t. That got me thinking, and I contacted Fabworks to see if they would like to sponsor a competition on my blog for those who can’t go, and they said YES!!! So, here’s out it will work. I’m going to let you know who’s going to the meet up. You need to work out (or guess!!) the total mileage travelled to Dewsbury by all who attended on the day. The mileage will be worked out from each persons home to Fabworks. I’ll list who is going. Then you can look them up and come to some sort of figure of how far you think everyone has travelled. On the day of the meet up I will ask each one how far they’ve travelled and work out the total mileage. To give you a …

Calling All Yorkshire Spoolettes!

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I’m feeling a bit nervous writing this post. Arranging a meet-up is a lot like arranging your own birthday party and hoping someone other than your mother and your best mate turn up! Then there’s the venue and the food to worry about. And what shall I wear??? But when I really think about it, there’s nothing to fear. I’m just feeling a bit nervous. I’m praying it doesn’t snow and that no one’s child-care arrangements fall through. If they do, bring the kiddos – I’ll do my Nanny McFee bit whilst you shop! For those who can’t make it, Fabworks are now online so there’s still lots of bargains to be had!! Lots of Scuba I’ve noticed! The staff there are all proper seamstresses too, so they’re really helpful if you contact them and need help with your fabric choices. So here’s our itinary. It’s the other way round to last time because Fabworks close early at 2pm on a Saturday and it would be a bit daft if you didn’t get …