Art, patterns and techniques
Country Bumpkin announces Reach for the Stars, An International Smocking Competition. CB’s e-newsletter says,
… Read More ...We are delighted to promote Reach for the Stars 2011 through Australian Smocking & Embroidery. With great prizes to be won, this competition is
Needleprint blog is giving away five pins “based upon Ann Trump’s Ackworth Sampler and made as a special limited edition handout for the first Ackworth gathering in 2006.” Go to the blog post to enter before September 13.… Read More ...
Here’s a rockin announcement from Kreinik Thread Blog:
… Read More ...Stitcher’s Workshop and Kreinik have teamed up to bring you a challenge! Design a piece (think ornament) that, when stitched on 40ct silk gauze, will fit in a 2″ round area.
So, you already know today is Stitch in Public Day, right? If you didn’t already have plans to join the movement, MrXStitch and beefranck are willing to bribe you. They created a flickr group for uploading photos of your … Read More ...
Crazy Quilting International is on a quest for more followers. If you choose to follow, you not only will receive all the benefits of CQ news, information, and ideas issuing from this great organization, but also you’ll have a chance … Read More ...
Don’t miss the great giveaway on Gerry Krueger‘s Older Rose blog. Prize 1 is one of Gerry’s elegant high-rise pincushions. (I don’t think I could stand to stick pins in it. It could stand around in my studio for … Read More ...
We’re giving away two copies of Jane Dunnewold’s Art Cloth at 8:00 a.m. (Central USA time) on August 31. Go to the original blog post to enter.… Read More ...
Aneela of Comfort Stitching is giving away two copies of her sweet original pattern, Be-witched. But you have to hurry. Go to Aneela’s blog post to enter before 4:00 p.m. GMT, Wednesday, August 25.
Looking for more Halloween Embroidery Patterns? … Read More ...
It’s time for Creative Cross Stitch Challenge #8 at The Gift of Stitching. Stitch and finish this border motif and you could win Mill Hill kits from Traditional Stitches! Get all the details from the GOS blog post. … Read More ...
When Andrea Zuill (Badbird) puts together a stitching competition, you know you want to be there. And that’s what’s happening. Create a work from one of Andrea’s free embroidery designs and upload it to flickr in one of the contest’s … Read More ...
Lynn of Happiness is Cross Stitching is celebrating her second blogaversary with an awesome giveaway. You’ve seen Lynn’s meticulously finished handmade trinket boxes featured on CraftGossip before. This time, she has made a Marie Antoinette-themed silk box and she … Read More ...
Georgia Seitz is passing the word that the Palmetto Tat Days Scholarship Fundraiser Quilt is ready to be raffled. She says,
… Read More ...Over 70 international tatters have been working on the scholarship fundraiser crazy quilt for Tat Days 2010. It
Oooooo! Look what Melissa Crowe (Checkout Girl) is up to: She’s sponsoring a contest that combines her two great creative loves — embroidery and poetry. She invites us to embroider a poem and submit a photo to a … Read More ...
Orna Willis of Ornaments blog is giving away another of her exquisite handmade needlepoint and ultrasuede accessories. If you’d like to have this beautiful case for your glasses, go to Orna’s blog post to enter. She hasn’t named a … Read More ...
These Lucky Little Pigs are the newest machine-embroidery collection from Anja Rieger Design. The patterns will be available on Anja’s website beginning Thursday, July 29. In the meantime, you could win these six samples, embroidered on washable felt and … Read More ...
