Do you know what this is?  Maybe you own one already.

My latest discovery is an expanding sewing gauge, and I can tell that it is going to reduce my frustration levels and improve my finished products enormously!  It is used wherever you need to mark anything that is equidistant, like buttonholes, buttons, pleats, etc – I am sure that I will find other sewing applications for it as well.  I can’t believe that I have taken so long both to discover this and to actually buy it!  A girl has to have good tools.  Edited to add:  for the Aussies that now realise that they too NEED one of these, I bought mine online from Punch with Judy.

There are a few fantastic giveaways happening in the blogosphere at the moment – check these ones out and if you’re quick you may even win!

Bronwyn at Whippet Good has a giveaway of lots of handcrafted goodies for her 100th post:

Emma at Scrap Bag has a Kaffe Fassett fabric giveaway for her 100th post:

and Betty Jo at Lino Forest has a beautiful brooch giveaway for her 200th post!