Oct 10, 2014

Colorful Stitchery: Review and Giveaway



For me, one of the most fun parts of being part of Creativebug is getting to watch all the teacher trailers.  I feel like I've gotten to know many of the teachers this way, and in the cases in which I've actually met some of these women in real life, it has felt easy- as if I already knew them.  Somehow the team of interviewers and cameramen really know how to capture stories and scenes that are true.   I loved filming mine.

I had a moment of longing and admiration when I watched  the Kristin Nicholas trailer.  Her cold, dark, New England Sheep farm gives way to a bright beautiful home, reminiscent of Charleston.  I love the layers and layers of color and pattern that seem to be on every wall, and seem to penetrate all her design projects in knit and embroidery.  Recently, Kristin reached out to me to ask if I'd like to review her newly re-published book Colorful Stitchery, and of course I said yes.  

The book, no less colorful than Kristin's house, is full of fun, bright projects.  Maybe it's because it is suddenly sweater weather here in New York, but my favorite is this one, that makes use of the grooves of corduroy, which I can't get enough of these days, and thanks to Kristin I can't wait to start stitching on!   Perhaps that new dress that I got yesterday will get a little stripe treatment.


Thanks to the nice people at Roost, I've got a copy for one of you, too!  Tell me what embroidery projects you've got on tap for the fall, and I'll pick one winner to receive a copy.  Entries will close next Wednesday, October 15th  Friday, October 17th, and I'll pick a winner shortly after that. Good luck!

25 comments:

  1. I have a mug rung to make up for a swap for my Modern Quilt Guild and would love to make it special with some hand embroidery. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  2. I'd like to try your cartouche design from Bibliocraft, which I finally got a chance to look at - and it would be lovely to finish my Snow Farm projects one of these days too! Thanks for hosting the giveaway.

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  3. My embroidery project involves some visible ending of a favorite linen shirt. I'm also stitching up a bag I hope to use this winter.

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  4. I'm working on your stitch sampler which is such a blast and a club subscription of yours is on my Hanukkah list :)

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  5. i've been doing a bunch of furoshiki cloths.....some with running stitches, but some with feather stitches.

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  6. I just bought some gorgeous chartreuse and melon DMC to add some straight stitching to the front of a chambray Tova tunic--much like the pillow in the photo. I would love to own this book! Fingers crossed! I love the teacher videos on Creativebug, too--so many lovely people out there!

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  7. I am working on learning the satin stitch by embroidering a phrase.

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  8. Working on one of your samplers. I love it!

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  9. Big stitch quilting on my own natural dye silk quilt, some wool felt applique for a blanket I'm designing, and of course, your samplers are at my bedside table for steady progress on chilly nights!

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  10. I'm going to replicate some embroidery I did on a pillowcase when I was 8 years old. My 88 year young mother still covers one of her bed pillows with that case. I'm going to make a few to give as gifts--- to me and others. I'm so happy to have found you and your work, Rebecca. You and it are very inspiring!

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  11. Working on your alphabet sampler! Love it!

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  12. I have a favourite shirt that I tore a hole in by catching it on the garage door. I have creative mending plans involving stitching around the hole to secure it and then making it into a feature with more embroidery.

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  13. I'm in the midst of your sunburst sampler...it's quite bright and Sunny-just like Florida is right now!

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  14. still trying to finish up a piece i started in June!

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  15. I have almost all of my colorburst samplers to work on...starting from the first one in my subscription, which was the plaid one. I also have a ton of patterns from Sublime Stitching, and I have a fat quarter from A Verb for Keeping Warm that I want to embellish...stupid RSI. If only my day job didn't require so much typing!

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  16. I am embroidering over a shirt that was ruined/changed by bleach. I really like this shirt and thought if I stitch over the bleach stain it will look much better than a plain bleach stain.

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  17. I'm still working on one of your samplers from the Creativebug class. Chuggin' along!

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  18. I'm making embroidered needle cases for my sewing buddies.

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  19. i don't have any on tap yet - i am trying to teach myself how to embroider for the first time

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  20. I am working on leather bags this week, but next week I am going to do some baby moccasins with simple embroidery.

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  21. I'll be working on my Stitch of the Month samplers!

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  22. My daughter is the embroider, she is making something for my birthday later this months, so I don't know what she is making

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  23. Oh DropCloth, I'm late but optimistic! I think stitched ornaments are in the air, along w a flurry of firey flourishing foliage!

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  24. I would like to try some sort of free-form stitch sampler
    thanks for the great giveaway!

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  25. I'm working on a Christmas project? Thanks for the giveaway!

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