Christmas birds included in Spoonflower competition....much excitement!

Firstly I should say that I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and are still relaxing with friends and family, we did, very relaxing, lots of lovely presents and lovely food....

I wasn't intending to post again until 2009 but I got an exciting e-mail last night from the people at Spoonflower to let me know that my Christmas birds fabric is one of the 4 fabrics in their weekly design competition.

I'm sure its a bit late for people to be thinking about Christmas fabrics but maybe some people are thinking ahead to crafting in 2009? Anyway I would be really grateful if you could take the time to check out the competition here Spoonflower Competition and maybe add a little vote for my birds:)

Its very exciting for my fabric to be selected amongst so many amazing spoonflower designs, a very good Christmas present.

Christmas.....

Christmashttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/3123532698/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.

The decorations are up in our house and all the orders are completed and off in the mail...phew, so its time to take a blogging break and enjoy the festive season with family and friends.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Jolly Hogmanay and see you again in 2009 with lots of new ideas and Phatsheep developments.

Early Christmas Present!

If you click on the image above and save to your computer then you can print out these cute little robin gift tags.

I was going to keep this Christmas giveaway until nearer the end of the month but I couldn't wait any longer! Christmas is fast approaching and we've started to put up the decorations in our house, I'll post some pics once its started to look a bit better, at the moment there are boxes everywhere!

At Phatsheep we are still busy completing orders, but with the last postal days for Christmas delivery fast approaching orders will start to slow up, its great to be busy but I am looking forward to the Christmas break:)

Advent Calendar

Seabirds Clasp Pursehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/3067081439/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.

Heres a purse I made as a one-off item to be submitted as part of an exhibition currently running at the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

I love to do applique, but I prefer to do only one off projects or limited edition items as the idea that I would have to spend my days appliqueing the same thing over and over again is just to much for my brain to deal with!

If you are in or near Inverness in December I recommend you go and check out the exhibition, entitled 'The Homecoming Advent and Precious Cargo Exhibition'. The exhibition counts down to Scotland's Year of Homecoming, 2009, with a theme of migration, boats and the sea. It is an innovative installation of closed Cargo boxes, one of which opens every day over the festive period. Behind each window is a 'precious cargo' - a 'souvenir' which people carry with them on their travels, prompting memories and reminiscences of home.

I hope my cheery seabirds fit in with the theme! The exhibition sounds like it will be really unusual, I'm just dissapointed I won't get to see it myself. If any of you do go visit I'd love to hear what you thought of it.

Also I should mention this before I forget - I was lucky enough to have been blogged about by the lovely people at Poppytalk while I was away, you can check out the post here.