The lovely Annie from The Village Haberdashery is hosting a fabulous giveaway to celebrate the opening of her bricks and mortar shop in West Hampstead in the New Year.
The Village Haberdashery provides a one-stop shop for the modern crafter with a delightful selection of fabric, yarn, haberdashery and trims.
The new shop hours along with class times will be announced in the New Year, but Annie is holding a preview weekend on the 15th and 16th December for a chance to look around the new shop and get a little pre-Christmas shopping in.
The details:
What: The Village Haberdashery open weekend!
Date and time: Saturday 15th December from 11 to 7, and Sunday 16th December from 11 – 5
Location: 47 Mill Lane, West Hampstead, London NW6 1NB
**********So to the fabulous giveaway**********
Annie is giving away this gorgeous bundle of Centre City…
There are two chances to win this bundle:
1. Leave a comment on this post telling us what crafty skill you would like to learn in 2013.
2. For a bonus entry sign up to the The Village Haberdashery newsletter and leave a comment telling us you have done so.
Giveaway is open to UK and Europe residents only and will close on the 17th December at 5pm (GMT)
Good luck!!



I’d like to learn lino cutting and printing!
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I get Annie’s newsletter!
Fab giveaway – so generous and I have my fingers crossed! I would love to learn crochet in 2013 along with freezer paper piecing.
And YAY – i receive the Village Haberdashery newsletter!!
I get the newsletter
i’d love to learn rug hooking or something special at FQ retreat II :O)
I want to have a go at trapunto next year………
oh…and I get Annie’s newsletter……..
I get the newsletter
I really fancy learning to crochet.
I would love to learn more about making my own clothes, to fit my build properly.
I get the newsletter.
I would like to learn how to sew a fitted skirt.
I am already signed up for Annie’s newsletter
I signed up for the newsletter.
Needle Flelting is on my list to learn.
I have yet to sew a purse. I must complete one in the coming year. Thanks for the chance to win.
I say this every year … but I want to learn to FMQ! This time I really am going to upgrade my machine so that I have no more excuses.
…and already signed up for the newsletter! x
Congrats on the bricks and mortar shop! I’d like to try freezer paper piecing too, as I am enjoying foundation piecing so much! And this isn’t That crafty, but I would like to learn more nuts and bolts of getting my blog to look the way I want it to.
I am receiving the newsletter already!
I’d love to learn paper piecing, i’ve been looking at some projects done with it, they all look amazing…
I need to learn Smart Cutting
I signed up for the NL
FmQ is what I hope to learn next year. A Fmq foot is on my Christmas list.
I’m signed up for the newsletter and can’t wait for Annie’s new shop to open.
i would like to learn to free motion quilt
i signed up for there newsletter
I would love to get better at FMQ………I barely learned how and can only do some basic stuff. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway!
I just signed up for the newsletter. Thanks for a chance to win your giveaway!
I’d like to learn to crochet!
This years would really like to crack FMQ!
I take the newslwttwer
I am going to venture into HST. Thanks for the chance to win.
I’d love to learn how to knit sox, in 2013!
I am signed up to the newsletter
For 2013 I would like to learn more about knitting and perhaps what to do with the starter and ending strings – currently wearing a scarf that I made – strings and alll!
All subscribed!!
My new skill for 2013 is going to be screen printing! I’m dying to giving it a try! Also on the list is to practice and practice FMQ because my skills are not great.
I already get Annie’s newsletter- so looking forward to the shop opening too!
Sometimes I wish I still lived in London…we’re having major building works done in 2013 and so I’d like to learn how to upholster, dining room chairs need some love!
Already signed up to the newsletter – thanks
I’d like to learn free motion quilting.
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I too aim to learn free motion quilting. I’ve been putting it off for far too long as the idea scares me to death, but it always looks SO gorgeous that I simply HAVE to master the skill.
I’ve signed up for the newsletter.
I would like to learn scrapbooking.
I do already recieve the newsletter!
I would love to learn how to make felt
p.s. I get the newsletter too
I’m already a newsletter subscriber
I’d like to learn restraint and finish my UFOs.
I want to learn how to knit socks…I have a pattern, some yarn and a friend on stand-by, I just need some time!
I get Annie’s lovely newsletter!
I would really like to learn more crocheting and try to make some doilies!
I’m already signed up for the newsletter!
I would love to learn how to make a purse.
I already subscribe to Annie’s Newsletter.
I would like to do more quilting. I need to practice everything I learnt this year or it will disappear from my skill bank!
I already subscribe to the newsletter.
I would love to learn more about redesign of clothes. Thanks for this giveaway!
I think I’d like to try my hand at more applique. (pbstrand@msn.com)
I am want to learn freemotion quilting and stitching in 2013
I’d like to learn needleturn appliqué. I just don’t manage to stich the pieces neatly to the background. Help!!
I get the newsletter now.
Seems that I have to go to London on a shopping trip.
ehhh I would liek to learn book binding, well I know the basics, but I would like to learn more about it. As for sewing I want to start FMQ, but I don’t know yet …
I really want to try and improve at embroidery.
And I already get the Village Hab newsletter. It is one of my faves!
Signed for the newsletter – great shop and blog!
Next year I would like to learn origami inspired patchwork blocks
id love to hand quilt
thank you
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I would love to free motion quilt!
susie
oops sorry I don’t live in UK or Europe! I still want to learn fmq !
That’s an easy one… CROCHET!!!
And I’m already a newsletter receiver…
I would like to start learning to do free motion quilting
The craft I would like to learn in 2013 is rag rugging
FMQ. The goal for 2013 is to get good enough that I actually want to FMQ a quilt as opposed to little projects.
I already get the newsletter. Love Annie’s shop!
I’d really love to learn paper piecing and to not be scared if any instructions ask for Freezer Paper!
I am already signed up for the newsletter.
I’d really like to learn paper piecing…like many of the above comments! I’d also like to learn more free motion quilting! Thanks.
I want to learn to FMQ (I said that last year too though!) x
I am already a Newsletter subscriber x
I WILL master crochet in 2013 (having tried many times), plus improve my knitting
I would like to learn how to dye fabric using leaves etc.
I am also a Newsletter subscriber
Tatting would be fun to learn.
I’m planning on learning paper piecing – I already bought the Spacedust pattern to try.
I already subscribe to the newsletter. Wish I lived close enough to get to the shop in the next few weeks.
Hello, I am continuing to do my patchwork quilting, mostly lap quilts, but my aim is to do some hand quilting as up to now I have just used fleece as a backing and buttons to hold the layers together. I have just found this site and have bookmarked it for further reference, as well as sign up to the newsletters. So, here’s hoping I am lucky enough to win the giveaway fabric and lucky enough to visit the shop in the near future!!
I am just starting to learn crochet, so i would like to be more proficient in 2013!
I already get the newsletter! : )
I’m going top do some dressmaking – eek!
I subscribe and am a little grateful I don’t live in west hampstead as I would bankrupt my family is a matter of days!
I quite fancing learning how to crochet or knit this year – or at least brush up on my sewing skills!
I get the newsletter too!
I would like to learn tatting.
I’d love to learn to quilt on my machine, would save stabbing my fingers while hand quilting!