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Saturday, August 18, 2012

My New Felt Project is finished!

hooray!!!
after a crazy amount of hours sat in front of the computer I am Amzagingly excited to finally spill the beans about my New Felt Project.....
....this, my lovely customers, is my new range of felt!  Just look at those colours!!
When I started selling felt about 6 years ago the felt I chose to sell was hard to find, it was a new product that no one had used very much and it was really good quality combined with value for money...over the years the amount of felt sellers has increased (a lot!) and so has the price of felt...a while back I did a deal with my supplier to be able to offer the same low prices by ordering in large quantities...but I needed something new.....
 And after 11 months of searching, planning, having meetings and sending a billion emails I finally found it!
This is Premium Wool Blend Felt.  It is 40% wool & 60% Viscose....Not only has it got 10% more wool than my original felt, it's also softer, stronger and MUCH better quality.  It's still a natural product and there will always be slight differences in weight per colour BUT Premium Wool Blend Felt is much more consistent, and the colours...they are amazing!...and the best bit?  The prices have stayed exactly the same!  Better Felt & Better Colours all for the exact same price....can you tell why I'm so excited!
 The manufacturer is dyeing my felt to order .... it took me FoReVeR to finalise my 45 colours....some of the original colours have been bid a fond farewell....some have been reproduced because I love them, and there are NEW colours too!
I *think* my favourite new colour is *Sea Green*....
 ...but it could also be *dark thistle*.....
 ...I am rather fickle!
 All the same felt sizes are still available....the ever popular Mini Rolls are cut and rolled....
 12" and 24" squares are available individually like before
 and there are new colour packs too...10x colours in different sizes
the rainbows are all cut and stacked ...and now come in 4 sizes: 4", 6", 9" and 12"
Yay! The Fantastic New Felt has Landed!!
oh and the original felt?  that's all been popped in the sale section with 10% off, and once it's gone it is gone for good!
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In other paper-and-string news I have also added all my new Christmas Mini Kits to the website, updated the free craft kit & loyalty card offering AND added two new BIG Christmas kits too!
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The Freebie Extravaganza starts today.....here's the deal:  every day I shall blog about a different new item/range in detail...if you like it and would like to win it, you leave a comment on that blog post...and on Bank Holiday Monday (27th August 2012) I will draw all the winners.
How exciting is that?
9 days , 9 chances to be a winner.... you can enter all 9 freebies if you like!
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Today's freebie is for a set of 5 Mini Rolls.....To enter leave a comment and list your favourite 5 colours in your comment, and if your comment is the winning comment that's the colours you will receive!
RULES
One entry per person
Your comment must contain your list of 5 felt colours
I MUST be able to contact you via your comment
I will post worldwide
Number of Winners to be announced:  1
See you tomorrow for The Freebie Extravaganza: Part 2
FREEBIE HAS CLOSED AT COMMENT 114





114 comments:

  1. I would love to win this!! Fab colours. No doubt I will 'need' to buy some. Sue x

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  2. Lovely colours. My 5 colours are teal, sea green, turquoise, coral and dark thistle. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  3. OMG what have you done???? Seriously, my heart is beating so fast! Congratulations! My 5 colors are bright pink, lilac, sea green, coral and lemon! Contact me at athinakarg@hotmail.com

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  4. Choosing 5 colours is a job in itself but a decision is needed.
    So:
    fuchsia,dark thistle,lilac, plum & rose are my current favourites.
    Lovely!

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  5. Utterly gorgeous! My favorite five are chartreuse, brilliant blue, purple, coral and mustard. Beautiful!

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  6. Congratulations on the new line - it looks amazing. I think my favourites are Burgundy, Dark thistle, Cornflower, Mint and Raspberry. Hard choice though! Thank you

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  7. Well done! It all looks amazing :)

    My favourites are: blush, cornflower, mauve, raspberry and pale mint!

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  8. Oh yum! Dark thistle, plum, coral, rose and green....sizzle! All look absolutely gorgeous...well done!

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  9. Hello I love and envy you and your work. You are like living my dream:) and now my favourite colours are lemon,mint,navy,fawn,grey. I am from turkey istanbul. You said thisnis international,right? Waiting for good news. Love from istanbul. Asli (atolyemiskin.blogspot.com)

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  10. Beautiful felt! My color choices are russet, thistle, lemon, lilac and moss. I forsee a purchase from you in the near future regardless of whether I win this freebie.

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  11. This is exciting news! I have never come across (and I'm sure you know this!) felt as good quality as what you have been selling - and now it's even better!! Such lovely colours, hard to choose, but my faves are moss, ice blue, dark thistle, chartreuse and lemon. Thanks for a chance to win. ellemorescott@tiscali.co.uk

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  12. Anonymous7:28 pm

    ^_^ WOW !
    I'm willing to try it!
    emerald
    moss
    naural
    mint
    white

    eri-ca
    atlivedotit

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  13. oooh how exciting. another reason to spend more money before school returns .
    5 favourites....brilliant blue, turquoise, thistle, sea green and fuschia.
    But love them all really x

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  14. Anonymous8:44 pm

    Ow wow count me in!

    Joyce

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  15. monica8:50 pm

    Me gustan todos, es super dificil decidrime pero lo haré. elijo: turquoise, mint, lilac, chartreuse and fuschia

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  16. monica8:53 pm

    Me encantan todos los colores, me es super dificil decidirme pero he elejido el turquoise, lilac, mint, fuschia y chartreuse

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  17. Anonymous9:00 pm

    Wow, you have been busy. I have spent the afternoon finally taking over the spare bedroom to make a sewing room- have caused chaos in the rest of the house and I fear my children and husband think they may be next to be tidied. Still have made room for more kit - favourite colours are cornflower, fushia, dark thistle, plum and turquoise.

    Thanks for chance.
    Paula_allard@hotmail.com

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  18. Wow - how lovely!!!! Took me awhile to chose, but - teal, sea green, lemon, chartreuse and brilliant blue! Jo x

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  19. Beautiful colors for beautiful creations!
    My colors are apple, sea green, moss, ice blue, galaxy.
    My email is softer@otenet.gr

    Thank you! :O)

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  20. What an amazing freebie.
    My colors: rose, blue, mint, lilac and sea green.
    contact me martabaunilha(at)gmail(dot)com

    kisses from Portugal
    Marta

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  21. Such a beautiful collection of colours. Thank you for the chance to win. My favorites are dark thistle , plum, cornflower , sea green, teal .

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  22. Such a beautiful collection of colours. Thank you for the chance to win. My favorites are dark thistle , plum, cornflower , sea green, teal .

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  23. Anonymous11:06 pm

    It's hard to choose!! Here's my fav colours : Dark thistle, turquoise, fuschia, brilliant blue,rose

    egabaru(at)ymail(dot)com

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  24. hi,

    this is Cagla from Turkey. I like all the goods you are selling; ribbons, buttons and of course felts. These are my favourite colours: sea green, teal,rose, apple and pink. You can contact me at: caglaguler@ttmail.com
    Thanks for giving a chance...
    best wishes

    Cagla

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  25. Wow!! You have a really great gift for us!! I love the colours you got! And i totally love all your little felt creations!! The colours i like a lot are Dark thistle, fuschia, plum, lilac and mauve!! Yup! Purple fun!! haha!
    email: pippotina@yahoo.gr

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  27. My colors would be dark thistle, sea green, brilliant blue, and fuchsia. I have really enjoyed your journey with your business and I wish you much success!

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  28. I would love to win! My favorites are: plum, purple, thistle, bright pink and coral!

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  29. Awesome giveaway!!! These are my favorite colours: dark thistle, ice blue, lilac, plum and seagreen!!

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  30. OMG!!!!! I already have plans for the felt if I win!!!!! They're awesome!!! TY for this freebie!!! My favorites are: mint, pale mint, turquoise, teal and coral!!!!
    My e-mail is :

    kaliandra77@gmail.com

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  31. OMG how exciting!!!
    my 5 Colors would be
    Biscuit,Galaxy,Coral,Lilac,Pistachio
    LOVE THE NEW FELT!

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  32. Anonymous8:25 am

    The new felt looks so fluffy!

    My favorite colors are:

    teal
    plum
    coral
    emerald
    dark thistle.

    paumareynoso@yahoo.es

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  33. Ooh, the new colours look fab! I'm sure I will be ordering some soon. My fav colours are: dark thistle, cornflower, fuschia, teal and plum. Thanks for the chance of winning! xx

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  35. In some ways it is better to have 45 colours than 65, you still get a full range of colours, but don't have to make so much space for it all.

    I like the bright colours: red, fuschia, dark thistle, teal, brilliant blue.
    t_poortman at hotmail dot come

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  37. Wow-ee some great colours.

    After much consideration my favourite five are as follows: coral, pistachio, baby pink, sea green and lilac.

    Phew, that was hard! They are all great colours.

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  38. Love the new range. Fab colours as always. Can't wait to get crafting again. My five fave colours are: Teal, sea green, fuchsia, coral and chartreuse. Not an easy choice by any means.
    Sara x

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  39. Anonymous12:42 pm

    Gorgeous!!! You have been busy! If lucky any cupcake colours would be great!thanks for fab freebies chances!!!!
    Juliexoxo

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  40. What gorgeous felt colours. You've been working hard on this I can see. They are 'Lush'
    My colour choice would be: white, teal, plum, purple and brilliant blue.
    Thanks for the chance to win.
    Ann.

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  41. cher83:13 pm

    Would love to win!
    cheryl anne davies at hotmail dot com xx

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  42. I would love to win this!
    I like the colours: lilac, sea green, cornflower, brilliant blue and moss. My e-mail in my profile.

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  43. So hard to choose!!!
    Apple
    Coral
    Cornflower
    Dark Thistle
    Teal

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  44. Thankyou so much!.......Ooooh the sea green, turquoise, ice blue, pistachio and pale mint....are subtly beautiful........so pretty!

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  45. Anonymous5:34 pm

    My little daughter and I just love working with felt. We buy our felt from you already, but would love thistle, lilac, lemon, rose and moss. I just love your freebies!
    Kim Daltrey (chris.daltrey@hotmail.co.uk)

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  46. Anonymous6:25 pm

    Hello! Loving the green selection - especially sea green, pistachio, emerald and apple, and also the dark thistle
    Thanks! keweller@gmail.com

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  47. Would be soooo happy to get coral, fuchsia, cornflower, chartreuse and teal..Or any other, because they all are so beautiful..
    ievinch.blogspot.com

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  48. Anonymous8:10 pm

    My fave colours are sea green, apple, baby pink, brilliant blue and fushia! my email: yazzymcc@hotmail.co.uk
    Thanks for the chance to win! xxx

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  49. Anonymous8:40 pm

    first of all let me thank you for this chance to win some amazing freebies! i like all the colours but my favourite have to be ice blue, pale mint, cornflower, pink and turquoise... thanks again! :) oh yeah, and my email is cutechloe1993@gmail.com

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  50. ea green, turquoise, ice blue, pistachio and pale mint would definitely be my favourites. *fingers crossed* :)

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  51. Brilliant giveaway. My favorites are: dark thistle, plum, russet, mustard and charcoal. My email is: eve@minifelts.co.uk

    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  52. Kate O'Neill10:35 pm

    Awesome giveaway - my colours are teal, sea green, dark thistle,plum and emerald

    kate78oneill[at]gmail[dot]com

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  53. WOW!!! All looks amazing. You work so hard. I would love to be in with a chance of winning. My 5 fave colours are chartreuse, coral, fuschia, lemon and sea green xx

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  54. Beautiful colors.
    My favorite colors are;
    sea ​​green, fushia, pistachio, mint pale, pale mint.
    Thank you.

    ludamiano@yahoo.com.br

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  55. Decisions Decisions! I haven't worked with anything other than the felt you can get at hobby stores, so working with something different would be amazing! I'm going to have to take a look at your etsy shop, and see what I can find! Kinda hard choosing five different colors, but I'm in a "candy corn" sorta mood right now, so I would have to say I would love your natural, lemon, yellow, mustard, and orange colors. They do look yummy enough to eat!

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  56. oh! and my email is savedbygracedesigns @ gmail . com, just remove the spaces. Thanks!

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  57. oh this is so lovely! thanks for all the hard work you have done!!!

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  58. The new colors are gorgeou!!! My favorites are sea green, dark thistle, light yellow, orange and coral.
    Thanks,
    Paola

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  59. Wow! Loving your excitement about your new felt, I can't wait until I need some more from you. As they're my favourite of your colours I will be purchasing;
    -Pistachio
    -Ice Blue
    -Mauve
    -Baby Pink
    -Lemon

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  60. New colours, new fun! Thank you for the fab giveaway. I think that my favourite colours are coral, sea green, teal, turquoise, and plum.
    ks(dot)eyles(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk

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  61. Wow! Loving your excitement about your new felt! Can't wait until I need some more from you. As they are my favourite of your colours I will be purchasing;
    - Pistachio
    - Ice Blue
    - Mauve
    - Baby Pink
    - Lemon

    eggplant1972@gmail.com

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  62. My colors are fuschia,lilac,rose,natural and dark thistle.Thank you Sarah!
    handmade000@yahoo.gr

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  63. Anonymous8:21 am

    WOW! How lucky you are to work with such amazing colours! Count me in!
    janinemullin(at)gmail(dot)com

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  64. Ohhh So hard to choose, but I think I'd go for:

    Apple
    Brilliant Blue
    Sea Green
    Dark Thistle
    Teal

    Thanks, Simmi :-)

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  65. Oh, what lovely new colours! And my 5 favourites are : sea green, lemon, dark thistle, lilac & biscuit. Thanks for the chance to win :-)

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  66. Just catching up saw blog update number 2 and neeeeded to see what blog post number 1 as all about and I love the mini roll idea!

    Thanks for the chance to win!
    Dazie
    x

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  67. Love this! My faves are: Sea Green, Coral, Rose, Pale Mint, Ice Blue.

    Thanks for the chance to win, Estelle x

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  68. Anonymous11:59 am

    You can never have too much felt!
    chartreuse, plum, dark thistle, teal and charcol for me!

    lotenzoidatyahoodotcodotuk

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  69. Loving all the new colours...my 5 favourites have to be mint, sea green, teal, turquoise and white.

    amandajgill@hotmail.com

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  71. Lovely colours. Blue is my favorite. Tks for the chance to participate.
    Kisses

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  72. Hmmmm...I'f go with:
    thisle
    teal
    sea green
    mustard and
    fuschia

    thanks, keri
    keri (at) twolittleflowers (dot) com

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  73. How can it only be Five favourite colours? I love them all!!
    I think to match todays mood I'd have to pick:
    Dark Thistle
    Chartreuse
    Fushia
    Thistle
    Teal

    Fabulous give away :) x

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  74. What a wonderful giveaway,thank you for the chance! If I won I would choose red, white, turquoise, fawn, and galaxy.
    ~Stevie
    ne14whips6@yahoo.com

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  75. Anonymous5:45 pm

    Im so excited for this competition!

    My choices are

    -Bright Pink
    -Sea Green
    -Purple
    -Red
    -Apple


    Lucy

    lucy(dot)joanne(at)live(dot)co(dot)uk

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  76. wonderful colours. My favs are: dark thistle, biscuit, fuschia, lilac and mauve. Thanks for the chance of winning!

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  77. Hmmm, that's tough...I'll go with brilliant blue, chartreuse, thistle, plum and charcoal. :)

    leahthezombie at gmail dot com

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  78. Anonymous9:13 pm

    Wow!! my favourites are Thistle, Coral, Teal, Rose and Sea green xx staceycatlin at hotmail dot com

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  79. Cute ,mini rolls!
    My colours:
    brilliant blue
    plum
    sea green
    orange
    coral

    Thanks,
    Hajni

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  80. hi
    im from malaysia
    i would like to have
    sea green, dark thistle, mauve, raspberry and pale mint!

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  81. gorgeous this freebie!
    I would win these colours (I need for Xmas!) : red, white , blue , dark green, light green
    thank you, marta
    (martalaspertini@yahoo.it)

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  82. Ooooh, look at all those yummy colours!! My faves are chartreuse, dark thistle, lilac, mustard & sea green. :)

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  83. Anonymous11:51 am

    Congratulations, all the colours look lovely, I can't wait to try them the quality looks great. Hard choice but my favourite colours would be:

    White - Blush - Pistachio - Yellow - Grey.

    Mea :)

    yorkshiremix [at] aol [dot] com

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  84. oops. blame that last one on preggo brain... forgot to say my 5 favourites. lol
    bright pink
    turquoise
    2nd purple from the top on your swatch card
    middle bright green
    raspberry

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  85. my favourite colours are sea green,dark thistle ,lilac,coral,blue ..thanks

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  86. I LOVE your "rainbow"!!! =^__^=
    My favourite colours are
    Brilliant blue
    Purple
    Sea Green
    Turquoise
    White

    Thanks!!!
    Manu
    manu@artecuore.it

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  87. My favourite colours are purple,lilac,pink,sea green and turquoise.
    Thanks

    Eliana

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  88. It has to be baby pink, ice blue, pale mint, pink and lilac. I just love pastels!

    imogen-on-a-keybaord.blogspot.co.uk

    immi.head@hotmail.com

    xx

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  89. Choccy4:36 am

    OMG!!!!!!!!!
    I LOVE THOSE FELTS!
    Hope to win this freebies :)
    My favourite color are lemon, fawn, fuschia, apple and pale mint

    ilovechocolate_97@yahoo.com

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  90. All lovely colours, hard to choose! My favourites are Brilliant Blue, Fushia, Sea Green, Teal and Turquoise.

    Thank you
    Sam
    samstone68(at)btinternet(dot)com

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  91. Che colori meravigliosi! A settembre, al rientro dalle vacanze, dovrò fare un po' di acquisti ;)
    I colori che preferisco sono:
    Dark thistle
    Cornflower
    Ice blue
    Mustard
    Purple

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  92. the colors are all beautiful ... if they win I would love the pastel colors

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  93. Ohhh! I would pick Sea Green, Apple, Dark Thistle, Bright Pink and Orange.

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  94. Oh lush, 40% wool. Think my 5 colours would be baby pink, charcoal, cornflower, ice blue and lilac. Guess I need a new colour chart now

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  95. , apple, cornflower! Rose, fuchsia, teal

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  96. Only 5!! I Love all...
    Ok
    Coral, dark thistle, Lilac, lemon, turquoise

    Thanks for the chance.

    fandinop@gmail.com

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  98. love this love this love this...
    all colours are beautiful

    minamisensei@gmail.com

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  99. My colors are apple, sea green, moss, ice blue, galaxy.

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  100. I love them all! But if I HAVE to choose 5 I'd say Cornflower, Sea Green, Russet, Rose & White.

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  101. So hard to choose!! I think sea green, hot pink, royal blue, grey and white would be my choices.

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  102. Anonymous7:01 am

    It's hard for me to choose but i really love Burgundy, Dark thistle, Cornflower, Mint and Raspberry

    cikhnn@gmail.com

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  103. Oh, how gorgeous!
    My favourite five colours are sea green, coral, biscuit, baby pink, and bourneville :)
    Thanks so much for this opportunity!

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  104. I love all the colours- You choose! I love the turqouises, thistles, cornflower blues and those dusty pinks- It reminds me of my honeymoon in Scotland.

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  105. Oooh - so many pretty colours, I would love to take the rose, turquiose, teal, cornflower blue, and brilliant blue off your hands. I'm really loving all the wonderful giveaways :-)

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  106. So hard to choose only five of my favourite colours, but I think they'd have to be blush, red, teal, fawn and fucsia!

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  107. Buneez8:23 pm

    omg too many to choose from!, but if pushed lol my current faves are teal, brilliant blue, turquoise, sea green and a pop of fuschia :) Thanks muchly
    eeztay@hotmail.com

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  108. Oh hard choice but I think
    Raspberry
    Dark thistle
    Teal
    Biscuit
    Russet
    Thanks for this chance
    Hugs
    Pene

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  109. COLOURS: orange, fuschia, coral, brilliant blue and chartreuse

    Thank you!!

    love
    Jannie
    www.knutselfrutselen.blogspot.com

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  110. Anonymous5:14 pm

    Hello Sarah, my favorite colors of felt are: moss, mint, turquoise, sea green and ice blue
    b.salce@alice.it

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  111. It was so difficult to choose just 5... but I'd love to win some pastels

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  112. Wow, what a fantastic prize! So difficult to choose just 5 colours, I think my favourites would have to be dark thistle, lilac, rose, sea green, teal or ice blue.
    Mandy (jazzygoblin@hotmail.com)

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Thanks! Sarah x