Saturday, 23 October 2021

Pumpkins and Autumn Giveaway

We're nearing the end of October already!  Today we had a family pumpkin carving afternoon and here is the result of my own efforts on our doorstep this evening:


I do love carved pumpkins!


In fact I just really like pumpkins, to look at, to carve... or to eat!



To celebrate pumpkins and the beauty of autumn,
I decided to have a giveaway

of....

yes, of course, a pumpkin shuttle!



This lovely shuttle is made from a vintage pumpkin purée advert.
I really like the contrast of the golden orange pumpkin on a black background.
Very striking.

To have a chance of winning the shuttle,
all you need to do is leave a comment.

(to make it easier to count for the draw, I will not answer comments on this post,
but I thank you in advance for your comments and for participating)

I will hold the draw on the 31st of October.

Best wishes,
Frivole

52 comments:

  1. Very impressive carving! We eat pumpkins here but don’t carve them.

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  2. Wonderful carving. We have only done the simple carving. None recently as the kids are all grown. We live on a dirt road and no one to see the pumpkins but us. We eat them in stead, yummy.

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  3. What aq fabulous craving you did on the pumpkin.
    Your shuttle is beautiful please could you add me in your prize draw

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  4. Cool Pumpkin!
    Would love to win that shuttle!
    Love Pumpkins!
    Marilyn

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  5. We also carve pumpkins. I love the look of the shuttle and would love to win . Rosmarie

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  6. Love the pumpkin and that is a beautiful shuttle!

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  7. What a beautiful pumpkin. You are very much an artist.

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  8. Amazing carving job on the owl pumpkin - spooky and artistic! Beautiful pumpkin shuttle too.

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  9. Bellissima questa navetta proprio i colori dell'autunno.Certo tu sei bravissima a farle mi piacerebbe averne una in omaggio da te visto che non riesco mai a trovarne una sul tuo sito.AUGURI di buone feste dalla Sardegna Cecilia Porseo Ciao ciao.

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  10. I treasure the two shuttles I have tht you made. I would love to own the pumpkin shuttle too. Yu are the reason I started tatting. Your work s so inspiring.

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  11. I’m so impressed with your carving! Mine never turn out that well.

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  12. Ah yes, such a lovely pumpkin shuttle. Perfect for a giveaway and perfect to come live with me! Fingers crossed 🤞 that the odds will be in my favor.

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  13. I love your pumpkin! And that shuttle is darling!

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  14. The pumpkin and the shuttle are both works of art!

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  15. Your pumpkin carving is amazingly beautiful. How lovely that you share your talents and patterns. The shuttle is beautiful. It is very interesting about what it is made of. Please expand your description about the vintage pumpkin advert. Thank you.

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  16. Beautiful shuttle! That carved pumpkin owl would look great as a stamp as well. Have a lovely autumn!

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  17. The pumpkin shuttle is beautiful! What a stunning carved pumpkin! I'm legally blind and have to hold things a band's bredth away from my nose to see them well, so carving pumpkins is definitely out for me, but I appreciate your talent!

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  18. You are a pumpkin LOL yes amazing!
    Truly appreciate your talent in designing Tatting shuttles.

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  19. I've never seen such a gorgeous carved pumpkin before! That is simply stunning! The shuttle is adorable and it would be so much FUN to tat with it. I don't carve pumpkins, but I DO cook them, then make pumpkin pies and sweet breads with them, sometimes pumpkin soup, too. At our house we tend to prefer the sweet pumpkin goodies instead of the savory ones.
    StephanieW

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  20. Amazing pumpkin carving - your range of talents is not only very impressive, but inspiring. The shuttle is beautiful -- a very generous giveaway!

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  21. What a beautiful carving! The shuttle is beautiful too, of course :)
    Thank you for the chance to win, and Happy Halloween!

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  22. Stunning carved pumpkin! So beautiful with the light in it...
    And what a generous giveaway :-)
    Thank you for your inspiring work!

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  23. How lovely, and how kind of you. Thank you for your blog posts, always brightens my day.

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  24. Gorgeous shuttle! I'm just now getting back into tatting after a 2 year break (hand and eye issues). Hoping to achieve completing some of your patterns. They are all so very beautiful! Thank you for all that you do.

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  25. Amazing carved pumpkin and a fabulous shuttle.

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  26. Beautiful shuttle. Very festive for the harvest season.

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  27. What a very creative and charming giveaway! I'd be honored to win this shuttle!

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  28. Very talented carving of the pumpkin! Happy Halloween. I love the tatting shuttle and I have never seen a shuttle so beautiful and functional. I love your work. Thank you!

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  29. i knit pumpkins all the time. Love the shuttle.

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  30. Amazing carving on that pumpkin.I'm lucky if the standard triangles for eyes and nose turn out! The pumpkin on the shuttle reminds me of "country fair" pumpkins

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  31. Pumpkins and Halloween aren’t really observed here, but I do love the shuttle! I’d like to add my name to the draw please.

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  32. Dave is the pumpkin carver here. No matter how I try, my pumpkins are always a mutilated mess! I do enjoy making pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread, especially pumpkin bread! Please put my name in for the shuttle drawing. It's adorable!

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  33. What a lovely pumpkin, the ones we get here are quite thick skinned and of course we only get to practice carving once a year so my attempts are poor. In previous years I just used a black marker on the outside and used the pumpkin for baked goods in November. Please do add my name to the draw.

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  34. Zwei wunderschöne Shuttles. Passend zu Helloween!!
    Ich bin kein Kürbisschnitzer. Dein Kürbis gefällt mir sehr gut.
    Ich liebe deine Shuttles

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  35. These Shuttles are unique and beautiful tatting with them will bring joy and pleasure That you for sharing. Sabira

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  36. Your owl pumpkin is so cute. I love the pumpkin on the shuttle! Halloween is my favorite and I love all things fall. I have really enjoyed your blog it is very inspiring.

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  37. Wooow I really love the shuttle. Congratulations!

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  38. What a lovely pumpkin shuttle. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  39. I love the vintage look for this shuttle. The pumpkin is carved magnificently too!!

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  40. Your owl is lovely and so are the shuttle pictures. I would love to win the decorated shuttle. You are very generous.
    Julie

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  41. What a gorgeous shuttle! I would love to enter.

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  42. Absolutely amazing pumpkin carving! And beautifully painted pumpkin shuttle! I'm keeping my fingers crossed until your drawing.

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  43. I wonder if one afternoon was enough for the engraving. The shuttle is wonderful.

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  44. I absolutely love the pumpkin carving. The shuttle is gorgeous. My daughter has asked me to tat her a set of snowflakes for her tree this year, last year was a knitted tree skirt. Love your work!!

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  45. Oh, your pumpkin is stunning. I love the shuttle, it is a work of Art!

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  46. Beautiful pumpkin shuttle! Beautiful tatting, as always, too!

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  47. What a wonderful carved pumpkin!!it is really art,such as all your works are…..and the shuttle is beautiful!!

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  48. Hubble, bubble, tatting trouble,
    Bobbin fly and pumpkin bubble.

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