Plush Addict: New Sponsor, Massive Giveaway and more!

I am happy to announce a new sponsor, Plush Addict.  I limit my sponsors to three and I like a mix of quilting and dressmaking and Plush Addict definitely ticks both those boxes with an enormous selection of both.  And there's more with waterproof, absorbent and many other different fabrics for many purposes (remember the bamboo towelling I used for Kiss Me Quick?) plus patterns,  haberdashery and more.  It's always good to start a sponsorship with an in depth visit to the business and the people behind it and a giveaway helps too- in this case a hefty bundle of Flurry by Dear Stella worth over £50 as well as a voucher to be won over on my Instagram.  I am handing over to Kellie for the introductions, I'll see you at the end for the giveaway!

"I always describe the start of Plush Addict as a “happy accident”. To cut a long story short I found myself unemployed and pregnant and with too much time on my hands I dusted off the sewing machine to make pretty cloth nappies for our baby-to-be. It was hard to get modern cloth nappy making supplies in the UK from one place so I decided to plug that gap and the idea took off from day one. These days we sell oodles of different types of fabrics, haberdashery and patterns online based out of a warehouse in sunny Kent."

"Although we started off with some very niche fabrics, today we have a huge variety of quilting and fashion fabrics and haberdashery. We stock over 2,500 quilt weight cottons including the entire Kona Cotton range (that’s 303 colours!) and we have one of the best flannel selections in the country. We also carry a huge range of Shannon’s Cuddle range plush fabrics (you might know it as “minky”) and have recently added some extra wide 90” which makes the most buttery soft quilt backing you ever did feel.  For dressmakers we have a fantastic range of needlecord, denim, interlock, jersey, ponte roma, chambray, wool, double gauze, cotton lawn and lots more besides (I’m hoping to keep expanding the dressmaking range so if you have any requests then please let me know.)"

"I used to manage a customer service team for a software company so offering the best customer service I can has always been part of my make up and is really important to me. We offer a generous loyalty scheme called “Plush Points”, same day dispatch and free UK postage for orders over £40. I know from experience how difficult it can be to buy fabric online so we’ve made requesting a colour match really easy – just leave us a note in a special box at check out and we also offer a no quibble free UK returns service.  The readers of Sew magazine have recently nominated us in three categories in the 2014 British Sewing Awards and I couldn’t be more thrilled. We’re up for Best Online Retailer, Best for Customer Service and Best Sewing Blog (although I’m sure there are more far deserving winners of the blog category than myself, ahem!)"

We have a brilliant team of local ladies that help get our customer orders out of the door quickly and I have managed to rope lot of my family in too! My mum is our chief remnant officer (we don’t mess with her remnant corner, it’s sacred) and she double checks orders before they leave us to help pick up any mistakes. My sister in law looks after most of our customer queries and she also does a grand job of our accounts.   My husband Jon has a technical background so he manages the website side of things.  I am third in from the left in the staff pic below!"

"We’re hoping to take office space above our warehouse (fingers crossed for January) so we can offer workshops and classes. People keep asking us to open up a shop, which we’re flirting with at the moment. We are an online only business 99% of the time but you can make an appointment to come and have a wander in the warehouse and we hold regular open days which now have quite a following. We always lay on tea and cake for the weekend events and there’s a calendar published on our website. Our next open day is on  December 6th and I’m absolutely delighted that Katy Jones from I'm A Ginger Monkey and Editor of Quilt Now magazine will be joining us with her new Priory Square fabric line for Art Gallery Fabrics. We'll be adding mulled wine to the usual tea/cake refreshments to help welcome in the festive spirit so come and meet Katy and start the Christmas festivities!"

(Here's a peek at the GIVEAWAY prize!) 

"I’m absolutely delighted and flattered to be sponsoring Kerry’s blog, I’ve been an avid reader for a while now. As a celebration and thank you we’re offering a great giveaway here and on Kerry's Instagram @verykerryberry along with a 15% discount from 1st-8th November inclusive with the code VKB15 for Kerry’s readers on everything across the site. Do  drop me a line if you have any suggestions of things you’d like to see us stock, or have any questions."

Kellie has a bumper givweaway prize on offer for you: a massive Flurry 18 Fat Quarter Bundle!   To enter the Flurry giveaway, visit Plush Addict, look around the website and comment below which item or items you would buy right now.  What do you need? Christmas supplies, dressmaking pattern and fabric, kit to give for a Christmas gift? Leave a comment and tell me!  You have from  1st-8th November inclusive.  Open to UK and Europe only (discount code is open worldwide). 
  

Extra entries:  Have an extra entry if you follow Plush addict via their newsletter,  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or Kellie's blog.  
Have an extra entry if you follow me via Twitter, Instagram or here.

You have up to three chances to win this enormous stack of Flurry worth over £50! 
I must be able to contact you so I need to be able to find your email via your comment.  Winner will be notified by email and also announced here Nov 9th.  Good luck!

And there's more, Go to my IG account @verykerryberry for a further giveaway to win a £25 voucher to spend at Plush Addict.