Christmas giveaways!

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Our first seven months or so here at The Drapery have been an adventure, a huge thrill, a big learning curve and, we are delighted to say, a promising success. Thank you to all our lovely, lovely customers who are allowing us to make this dream a reality!

As a thank-you we have two special Christmas giveaways.

 COLETTE PATTERNS BUNDLE

Firstly, we have a set of every Colette pattern we have in store: that's nineteen patterns, people! Approximate value $475, crikey! In fact, Colette accidentally sent us a few more patterns than we recently ordered, so we checked with them, and no-one's out of pocket, and they said we could keep them and maybe do a giveaway. Great idea! So here it is.

OAKSHOTT BUNDLE

Secondly, we have a gorgeous bundle of 16 'fat 8ths' from the Oakshott 'Impressions' range of hand-loomed crossweave quilting cottons. Two metres total, valued at around $60. These would make a beautiful quilt all together or a great addition to any quilter's stash.

We'll have two separate prize draws, and you can enter for whichever one you prefer when you make any purchase in store. For online customers, if you would like to be entered in the draw, please mention which bundle you would like to win in the 'note to seller' when you make an online purchase.

We'll be drawing the winners on Saturday December 21st, 2013. So come on in and make sure you're in the running!

- Jane & Fiona xx

Comments

  1. Inder-ificDecember 6, 2013 at 11:37 AM

    Whoa. That is almost worth the cost of a flight from California to Adelaide! I'm there!!!!

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  2. MTB GirlDecember 13, 2013 at 2:12 AM

    Drat, I forgot to put in an entry when I picked up my felt and stuff for the iPad cases :(

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    1. JaneDecember 13, 2013 at 5:45 PM

      email us your details and we'll add you to the draw!

      Delete

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