Thanks Hilly for your great letter:
I just want to say I’m LOVING all the studio postings. I am a sock knitter (on a 102 year old sock machine) spinner, weaver, collector of cool things. And I’m genetically disorganised, I swear when organisational skills were passed out I was off somewhere else looking at cool stuff! LOL. Anyway, last night I finally had a vision of how to organise a ton of stuff and I’m excited. Keep up the good work, I visit your site every day. Hilly [thanks Hilly]

Jen from Indie fixx is offering a fun free download “Bee Mine” especially for your valentine.

Jess is giving away a new bag she designed called the “Clutchlet”.

Urban Threads are giving away a mother lode of craft goodies.

BurdaStyle are looking for Aussie based volunteers to help out for a few hours each day with the BurdaStyle stand at the Stitches and Craft Shows. It would mainly be while I attend to the workshops and fashion show. email Nichola at nikkishell@burdastyle.com Show dates: Melbourne – 11th till 15th March Brisbane- 29 April to 3 May: Sydney – 19 to 23 August.

Amy at Hallmark magazine blog is giving away 2 free knitting books . Hurry one day to win these two books, winner will be chosen on Thursday October 2, 2008 to enter – More info and to enter here.

Creative living media – the people who publish down under quilts Magazine, and lots more too – recently put their print magazines into digital format and are giving them away for free including over 12 months of past issues – sign up here.

Creative media are also sponsoring a fabulous Australian tour of Gees bends quilts as part of their quilts indulgence festival – the quilts are touring to Brisbane and Sydney.
Details:
Brisbane – 10-12 October – RNA showgrounds, Gregory Terrace, Fortitude Valley.
Sydney – 31 October – 2 November – Canterbury Racecourse, King Street, Canterbury.

Ruffled feathers blog is giving away three hand knit scarflettes to celebrate the fall season: runs September 21 to 29. To enter you need to take a picture of of your feet. More info here: LINK

Canberra event: one-of-a-kind family expo: 9 November Canberra: at the National Zoo & Aquarium: The Expo is being organised by Family Business Australia (FBA), the not-for-profit peak body of family businesses and private enterprise in Australia. FBA hopes to raise awareness of the economic and social role that family businesses play in our community. You can find out more about the Expo here LINK. Opportunities for small businesses to be involved: stand prices: $195 :: showbag inserts $50 :: a stand in the Virtual Pavilion: $135 – virtual Pavilion stands include 3 links to your website. Registration deadline 30 September.