Monday, May 7, 2012

1st Birthday Giveaway!

This month we celebrate our first birthday here at The Sewing Library and to really make it a huge celebration we have a MASSIVE prize to giveaway!
So now to the news you've all been waiting for... I am so please to finally announce that our FANTASTIC prize is none other then the very sexy Singer Limited Edition 160 sewing machine!!!!!!


The giveaway commences NOW (Monday, 7th May) and concludes on Sunday, 20th May 12.01am US EST (due to Rafflecopter settings). The winner will be drawn at random and announced within 24 hours from the close of the competition. To enter 'like' ALL the wonderful sponsors below on Facebook. Please note - YOU MUST LIKE EVERY BUSINESS TO HAVE A VALID ENTRY. We will check that ALL pages have been liked.  Your entry will be invalid unless you have done so (you can 'space your likes' during the course of the competition but please ensure you like them all). Simply scroll to the very bottom of this post (past the lovely logos) and enter via Rafflecopter.
Want more chances to enter??  Simply share or tweet the giveaway, or even follow this blog to improve your chances. Way too easy!!

Now this giveaway wouldn't be possible without the wonderful support from some great friends I have made during the past twelve months. I would love to thank the following businesses who have sponsored this giveaway:












Good luck everyone!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway


137 comments:

  1. What a fabulous giveaway, my fingers are crossed!
    Kate x

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  2. Done! What a great giveaway. Happy Birthday TSL :)

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  3. What an amazing prize! Thanks ladies!

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  4. What an amazing prize! I am so excited to be included in such great company of all these amazing sponsors!

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  5. WOW!!!! what a fantastic giveaway!!!!
    all the best for everyone.... but fingerscrossed for me too :):)

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  6. oh boy... what a workout that would get... you ladies are all so awesome and there will be one lucky person at the end of this thats for sure.
    Thank you for an awesome giveaway and good luck everyone.

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  7. The link toMelisa Jane is not working

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    1. Thanks for the heads up Janet, I am correcting that now. Blogger definitely gave me a run for my money this morning with this post. x Renee

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  8. What a beautiful machine and a beautiful Blog! We're so excited to be apart of the Sewing Library and this amazing giveaway! Good luck to everyone! x pink tulip designs x

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  9. Such a fantastic give away. TSL gave me back my sewjo - happy birthday and thank you :D

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  10. Beverley
    A fantastic prize to win.

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  11. Links to Kylie's HandMade Gifts and Pink Tulip not owrking also. I went to the trouble of checking out everyone's pages and leaving them a note... (not that I regret it of course) before I discovered how the entry works!!!

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  12. this would have to be the MOST EXCITING giveaway EVER!! My everything is crossed xx Best of luck everyone!!! Kylie W

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  13. This is AWESOME, congratulutions and Happy birthday from your newest fan! Miss Kirsty from Miss Kirsty's School of Dance xxx

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  14. Thank you So much Renee for your wonderful page, it has been very inspiring for someone like me who is just starting out in the FB business. Without your page I would never have ventured out :) Thank you again and good luck everyone. xx HAPPY BIRTHDAY TSL from Tanya's Taggies xx

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  15. All liked! What a wonderful selection of pages. Thanks for the chance to own one of these beauties, I'm in love :)

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  16. Rebecca AinsworthMay 7, 2012 at 12:04 PM

    Awesome prize and thank you to all the business for giving us all the opportunity to win this machine. Creativity through any art form, such as sewing is a wonderful way to self express our own ideas!!

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  17. I think I'm drooling. I'm so excited!

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  18. Can't wait for this to be drawn. All fingers crossed.

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  19. Happy 1st Birthday TSL!!! What an amazing giveaway! Good luck everyone :)Fingers crossed for me :P <3 Kaylene F

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  20. Best ever competion yet!!! Love TSL and all the sister groups :)ood luck everyone!! Leonie x

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  21. wow this is insane !! what a stunning prize. Thank you for the opportunity

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  22. Such a great giveaway, and such an awesome group to be a part of!

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  23. Amazing Giveaway! Fingers and toes crossed!

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  24. As an extremely bored housewife I have often floated away in thoughts of getting creative and hand making items but I would never be able to afford a decent sewing machine so to win this would really be like a dream come true! All my fingers and toes a re crossed.! Thanks for the opportunity :) xx

    Shantell Acebedo

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  25. What a massively generous giveaway. You're fab! Thank you for the opportunity to enter. x
    Deb

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  26. Wow what an amazing Giveaway, found lots more great business's thanks :)

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  27. Awesome giveaway...thanks for the opportunity :)

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  28. Fingers crossed, what a fantastic give away :)

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  29. Done Thanks for hosting such a great comp. x

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  30. What a fitting way to celebrate such a wonderful group and all its achievements. I am so proud to be a sponsor of this event! Big hugs and good luck everyone. XX Mich from www.fb.com/lillimaydesigns

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  31. What an awesome prize, it reflects how great your page is. The sewing Library is fantastic

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  32. Wow! What a competition, thanks so much everyone for your generosity in this giveaway. Everyone has been liked:) xx

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  33. This is an amazing competition! Thank you to all the sponsors & TSL for the opportunity :D

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  34. SOOO COOL :) All liked :) I really want !!

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  35. oh boy!!! truly hope to win this one...ive always wanted one !! great idea

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  36. Oh WOW - what an awesome prize! A huge thankyou to all the fantastic sponsors who have made this giveaway possible.

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  37. what a awesome prize, wow!! plus you have introduced me to some new facebook friends

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  38. Such an awesome prize. Thankyou for such a great giveaway!!

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  39. OK I think I liked them all...will have to double check though! Also tweeted, FB'd, pinned, and will blog tomorrow! So excited! :D

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  40. OMG just thought that I should start sewing again but I threw out my old sewing machine. Turn on Facebook and there is a sewing machine giveaway! Is the the universe talking to me? Sure hope so! Fingers are definitely crossed xxxx

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  41. WOW.....so many awesome pages I never knew about! That's what I love most about these birthday celebrations happening all over Facebook...the wonderful discoveries I make.
    Happy 1st Birthday to The Sewing Library!!!!!

    Amanda Petersen

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  42. Fantastic prize!! tweeeted and fbooked! And added you to my google reader!

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  43. This machine is just so gorgeous, well done to Singer for bringing out a retro design... I love it. I have my fingers crossed

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  44. Good luck to everyone that has entered!! I am sure the lucky winner will really enjoy using this fabulous sewing machine!!

    Goodluck,
    Kylie from Kylie's handmade Gifts

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  45. Very exciting! Fingers crossed...
    Jani from Sew What? Handmade by Jani

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  46. Amazing giveaway, and an amazing group. Happy 1st birthday - I look forward to joining in many more birthdays in the future!

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  47. Mandee MCN McHardyMay 7, 2012 at 9:56 PM

    What an amazing achievement! Thanks for the opportunity to share this special occasion with you & thanks for the heads up to some fantasic pages <3

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  48. Wowee, He is beautiful!!! Am I allowed to call this baby "he". Sleek and sexy, would love to win this gorgeous machine!
    Some of these pages I'm an existing liker but now I've found some fantastic new ones too!
    Happy 1st Birthday and if I win, I'll make the cake:p
    xxx

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  49. Happy Birthday, thanks for the opportunity, but shouldn't we be buying you the presents? lol Luck to everyone who entered.... may the best random win :)

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  50. LOVE TSL sooo much!!! and thank you Renee for this amazing giveaway.....Please....please....please, let me win, lol. I like all the pages above & manage to spend few $$ :) they all amazing!!

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  51. Done! Indeed an awesome giveaway :) Fingers crossed the giveaway gods are on my side ;-D

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  52. I think I have done it all right....fingers crossed!!!
    Good luck to everyone :)
    Heather

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  53. What an amazing give away!

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  54. Oh my gosh what an awesome give away... good luck everyone!

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  55. I really want to get the SEWING MACHINE. I wonder if there's white???
    but theblacks nice.

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  56. Would love to win.Have seen in person and they are gorgeous!!

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  57. The giveaway is amazing, you are all so wonderful and generous. Best part is all the new pages though, loving going through them all <3

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  58. Looks like a beautiful machine. Thanks for the opportunity to win and I love that I have new pages to go look at.

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  59. This is the BEST giveaway! fingers crossed (and thanks for the opportunity to enter) xx

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  60. Mmmmm would love that shinny new machine in my studio <3 Gret giveaway and great page Xx Kaye King

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  61. What an awesome giveaway, and a great way to find some fantastic FB pages too. Thanks.

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  62. What a great giveaway, good luck everyone :)

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  63. Thank-you for the opportunity everyone <3 <3 <3

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  64. Wow it would look so beautiful next to my 1935 Singer sewing machine that I treasure. Fingers crossed.

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  65. Wow! Fantastic prize! Happy Birthday TSL x
    Meli Searle

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  66. A wonderful prize, everyone deserves to win x

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  67. It's beautiful!! and lots of wonderful site to check out too.
    Happy B day TSL!

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  68. Thanks for this great competition - I have everything crossed :-)

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  69. How Fantastic! Congrats on your 1st Birthday!! I am currently restoring an original from 1912 this would be great cause I could actually use it!!

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  70. wow great competition and and huge HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!! !!

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  71. I love this competition and your site. I would love to give a new sewing machine to my daughter, so she could enjoy sewing as much as I do.

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  72. This would replace the much loved American Singer sewing machine I had to leave behind in California when I moved back home to Australia after 15 years away

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  73. What a lovely machine! Thanks for the chance to win, wish I could have sponspored!

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  74. Fingers X'd :) Congratulations on a wonderful year!! xo

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  75. Congrats! What a great prize too!!

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  76. Done!! Was a fan of some of these but have also found some more great viewing!!

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    1. Done, Fingers crossed :)Beata

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  77. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win that wonderful machine (I'm quite in love with it and might have to put in an order with Santa if I'm not the winner - LOL)

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  78. That was a fun exercise on a super slow internet connection, i have been drooling over this beautiful machine for a while!

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  79. Ok, I think I have commented to the wrong place before. Anyway here I am and just wanted to say that I love my Janome's

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  80. Wow, thanks for a great giveaway! Happy 1st Birthday as well!

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  81. Awesome prize, happy 1st birthday. I have everything crossed, do you know how hard it is to type? lol Hugs Naomi

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  82. Yay! How sexy is that sewing machine! Good luck to everyone!

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  83. im a new follower...fingers crossed! marcella

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  84. Thanks for an awesome page and a wonderful prize!

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  85. That is one sexy sewing machine! Thanks for the chance to win.
    Cheers, Lis.

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  86. They are all cute and like them all......

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  87. Oh gosh I would love to win this gorgeous machine!!

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  88. Thank you for this, now I have so many tabs open of beautiful pages I didnt realise were there bfore. I am going to enjoy looking at them all. Love your poage too now I have found you. Blessings

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  89. Thank you Renee, you're doing a wonderful job! Love your page & your honesty. Take care xo

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  90. Thanks for the chance to win this beauty! Good luck everyone!

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  91. What an awesome competition,just a lovely sewing machine,fingers crossed for me..Happy Birthday..

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  92. Happy Birthday ! !
    Love Love Love this machine, shared on facebook :D
    Good luck everyone !!

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  93. I am trying to enter - I have already liked all the pages through FB, and now I see that I should of been using the thingy-ma-jig (technical term...lol) above... when I click on the +1, it does nothing??

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  94. Fingers Crossed ! Great pages .. on the hunt for things to buy for our baby

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  95. Entered all but twitter. Such a pretty machine! Mine was just burnt in our house fire so I'd love it!

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  96. Wow! Looks just like the beautiful old singer machine.....but shiny! I'm sure I could give it a good home ;)

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  97. Thanks for the opportunity! Happy birthday, TSL!!

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  98. What an awesome sewing machine, mine decided after daily use for 18 months that it wasn't going to work anymore. This prize would be much loved in my house :)

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  99. Such a fantastic give away, happy birthday.

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  100. Amazing prize! Thank you and good luck to everyone!!

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  101. What an absolutely inspirational giveaway! Let's get crafting ladies!

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  102. Happy 1st Birthday TSL .... may we all enjoy many more :)

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  103. done and rechecked. Fingers crossed!

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  104. OMG just thought that I should start sewing again but I threw out my old sewing machine. Turn on Facebook and there is a sewing machine giveaway! Is the the universe talking to me? Sure hope so! Fingers are definitely crossed xxxx Don't know why it didn't have my name on it ! Whole body crossed now and I am glad I checked. I actually bought some patterns the other day now I just need fabric and a machine LOL!

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  105. Double checking all my "Likes" are in order :)

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  106. I thought for sure that I'd commented...but anyway, Congratulations on your birthday!! :) I think this giveaway is awesome, and aside from Liddle Pea, all the others are new to me :) Thank you for the opportunity to discover so many new pages :)

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  107. Crossing all my parts. Good luck everyone!

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  108. aaarrrrggggghhhhhh, if only I tweeted ;) Fingers crossed and good luck to all!!

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  109. Hi I am following the sewing library via google friend connect.

    syeda_lubabah@hotmail.com

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  110. It is not letting me Like" Melisa Jane on Facebook. It says "like" public profile and then when I click it says, error.
    syeda_lubabah@hotmail.com

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  111. I sew almost daily and have been so inspired by all the sites you have listed here. Incredible talent and beautiful products. Everyone should be very proud of their accomplishments. Winning this machine would be so amazing. Just looking at this machine brings back the greatest of all my memories, sewing with my grandma. Good Luck all, whoever wins this, is one very lucky lady!!

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  112. wow what a give away lets hope i am lucky :)

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  113. First of all HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TSL!! OMgosh I have been eyeing off this stunning machine for a little while now! I would love to start sewing! What an amazing competition! Very very kind of you all! Eeekk I have everything crossed! Good luck to all! xxxx

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  114. Awesome giveaway, I hope I entered it right :)

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  115. What a great prize! I'm so excited!

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  116. That is such an awesome sewing machine! Here's hoping!

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  117. Fingers crossed I've entered properly - if not, then at least I've discovered some awesome new businesses via facebook!
    Thanks to this awesome group for inspiring me to start sewing again!!

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  118. Phew! Just saw this fabulous competition at the last hour! Hope Ive done it all right & goodluck everyone :-) x

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  119. WOW...what an amazing prize!! I would do cartwheels if I won this :)

    Debbie Mowatt-Gee

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  120. What an exciting give away..........got to be in it to win it I guess, good luck everyone.

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  121. Yay !! Cool prize. i hope i win. thanks erin for letting me know about it

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  122. What a great prize this would be easier to sew with then my 20 year old clunker. Thanks for the competion. Happy 1st Birthday

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  123. what a great prize good luck to everyone

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  124. Can't wait to see who wins this fabulous machine. Love the old fashion design with all the modern features. Who will the lucky person be?? Good luck to you all :)

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