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Win Tickets to Sewing For Pleasure, Embroidery & Stitch and Hobbycrafts!

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Win tickets to Sewing for Pleasure, Hobbycrafts and Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch!!

Between 21-24 March, Birmingham NEC will once again play host to three wonderful creative shows.

This year the show will include a selection of costumes that have featured in some of the most famous Jane Austen adaptations including the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth (they have the white shirt!).

Sewing for Pleasure features more than 150 stalls filled to bursting with irresistible products, inspiring displays and expert advice.

For those interested in ‘Make Do and Mend’ a visit to the Sewing Hub is a must. Experts are on hand to give valuable advice and practical workshops.

After all that you can pop into the second show Fashion, Embroidery and Stitch where you can enjoy free catwalk shows throughout the day.

Finally a trip across to Hobbycraft where you can indulge in workshops covering everything from beadwork, jewellery making, stamping, card making, embossing, pyrography and papercraft.

To top it all you can even visit for free if you are one of the 10 lucky winners of our latest competition.

We have 10 pairs of tickets which gives you access to all three shows to giveaway.

How to Enter

Leave a comment on this post, it’s as simple as that!

For an extra entry do any of the following:

  • Tweet about the comp using hashtag #aecomp
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Like our page on Facebook
  • Follow using Feedburner or BlogLovin

The competition will end at midnight 7th March 2013.

For full details on all the shows visit their website here.

Note. Images kindly provided by the organisers.

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Competition Winners – Sewing For Pleasure plus two more shows!

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Our most recent competition has now come to an end. Five winners have been picked at random and have won tickets to Sewing For Pleasure which also includes entry to Fashion, Embroidery and Stitch and Hobbycrafts. So without further ado the lucky winners are:

Entry no. 2 – Abi Rolfe
Entry no. 4 – Max Longhin
Entry no. 13 – Erica Price
Entry no. 25 – Sue Bastock
Entry no. 30 – Lucy Pasifull

Congratulations to all the winners!

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Win 1 of 5 pairs of tickets to Crafts for Christmas!

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The festive season may not be upon us just yet, but if you’re a craft enthusiast then you have to start thinking early to make or buy handmade gifts and decorations. To help you along the way we’re giving away five pairs of tickets courtesy of ICHF to attend this years Crafts for Christmas fair!

Running from 3-6 November at the NEC in Birmingham, Crafts for Christmas has over 200 people exhibiting their fabulous and unique wares. There’s also an amazing food and drink aisle sure to tempt with handmade chocolates, marmalades, cheeses and wines.

The fair also incorporates Hobbycrafts and Art Materials Live, so if you fancy making your own gifts this year then you’ll find every supply imaginable.

How to Enter

Step 1. is mandatory and entries will not be valid unless this is followed, extra entries without step 1. being fulfilled will unfortunately not count.

Step 1. Follow this blog publicly (using either Google Friend Connect, Bloglovin or Feedburner on the right) and leave a comment mentioning you are following the blog (current followers need only comment). Remember to leave me a way to contact you if you win.

Extra entries – for each extra entry leave a comment to let me know:

1. Tweet about the comp for an extra entry

2. Follow us on Twitter

3. Like our page on Facebook (links on the right)

The competition will end at midnight 27 October 2011.

For further details on the event or venue please visit the ICHF website.

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