&stitches is a brand spanking new e-zine dedicated to handwork - embroidery, applique and the like. The first issue came out this week, and last night I spent a really enjoyable hour or so with a cup of tea and a packet of biscuits (cookies to my US friends) and wished I could embroider as beautifully as Nicole and Carina, the talent behind &stitches. I can't, but that doesn't mean I won't get out my floss and give it a go. There's a pattern by Nicole in Issue 1 that I'd particularly love to have a go at - some stitched text that would make a great hoop for my studio wall.
Inside the issue you will find original patterns for both embroidery and applique, including this trio of fishy friends by Corinne of September House...
...plus there are book reviews, interviews and really interesting features.
I bet you want to have a peek, don't you? Well, you can go and buy a copy for yourself by visiting the website here.
Or you can take your chances and enter my giveaway! You could (of course) go buy a copy for yourself, enter my giveaway as well, and send your prize copy to a friend. That would be a really lovely thing to do, plus it would win you extra friend points, which could be used later in case of an emergency.
Whatever way you do it - enter the giveaway! One person picked by the lovely Mr Random.Org will win their very own digital copy of &stitches issue 1. I'll leave the giveaway open until Monday evening (Jan 16th) UK time and announce the lucky winner on Tuesday morning.
You can get extra entries as follows;
- 1 entry - comment on this post
- a second entry - follow @stitchygeeks on twitter (come back and leave a second comment here to let me know)
- a third entry - follow the &stitches blog (come back and leave an additional comment here to let me know)
Good luck peeps!!!
GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!
194 comments:
Looks like a lovely magazine! Maybe I could learn to do some embroidery other than buttonhole stitch.
Lisa
Lalexander733 (at) gmail (dot)
Oh wow, I ADORE that little koi pattern you featured here!! That's fabulous. :D
I am definitely going to go look up this magazine. Thank you for the heads up, and a chance to win it!
Oh, Mr Random.Org, I am right here!!! LOL...Thanks for the opportunity. Looks like fun. I have to figure out how to print a pattern from an e-zine before I can buy any (more, SHH!)of them!!
Yay. I am absolutely hopeless at embroidery and this e-zine looks fabulous. Thanks for giveaway Katy
I follow atStitches on Twitter now
Now I am a humble follower of AtStitches blog. Now off to add it to my sidebar and tell the world.
The cover is simply beautiful.
Thanks for the giveaway. Loving your Swoon-along, chopping away madly! Lexi
Love the idea of the & Stitches ezine. It looks great. Thanks for the chance to win.
I heard Nicole talking about this didn't realize it was out yet. Can't wait to stitch these fishes!
And I am now also a very happy follower of the & Stitches blog!
I've been wanting to re-learn embroidery. My mom taught me 30+ years ago, and I recently inherited some unfinished pillowcases from that time.
I am heading over to the & Stitches website right after this. I love to embroider, and frankly I would probably get more use out of a e-zine dedicated to handwork than I would from an other craft. Thanks for sharing!
I am now following & Stitches on twitter.
@Jenelle_EandA
I am also now following the &Stitches blog!
I am following &stitches
I love the fish, so beautiful
I have been waiting for a modern embroidery magazine or site!! This is great! Thanks for sharing!
And I just followed the blog! So excited to see what they have!
Mr Random Pick me!
Followed The blog Pick me again!
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The fish are so cute! Thanks so much!
I follow the blog! Thanks for a second chance!
Thanks for the fun giveaway.
Yay for embroidery! I can always use new ideas and inspiration. Thanks for this giveaway!
oohh, it looks like an interesting e-zine!
Just picked up embroidery again and this looks like a fun pattern.
Looks perfect for a rainy day
Thanks for the chance to win! Finger crossed :)
I follow &Stitches on Twitter via @hueisei
Fantastic to have a modern embroidery site.
Have joined http://andstitches.blogspot.com.
Its such a long time since I did any embroidery..hmm. Another thing to add to the todo list!
More digital stitchy reading? Sign me up!!!
Ok I'm following their every tweet!
Please enter me into your givaway. Living out here I miss my magazines and subcriptions are to expensive. Thanks for the shance
It looks like a great ezine!
I follow &stitches blog. Thanks for the giveaway!
I never win these things.....Ah well. It is Friday the 13th.....maybe I'll try my luck anyway!
one of my goals this year is to learn how to add embroidery to my quilting and be more creative with threads/pearle cotton
I would love to win this issue I bet it may be just want I need!
thanks
Kathie
Yes I became a follower of their blog! I follow yours as well as have it on my side bar.
sorry I don't do twitter!
kathie
Oh those fishies. Can they be any cuter?
I'm @sameliasmum - now following @stitchygeeks on twitter.
wow - another fab crafty e-zine by the looks of it....thanks for offering a copy as a prize! Off to have a look at the website now :-) x
Looks a fabulous magazine. Thank you for the opportunity to get my grubby little hands on this *goes off to wash said grubby hands in order to handle fabric*
Have subscribed to their blog feed too - thanks for the redirection - another fabulous blog to read :D
Pick me, pick me, pick me...ok now I sound like a little kid but, pick me! Please?
Looks good. I love to see stitchery making a comeback. There is some nice stuff out here.
Love it!!!!
Thanks for the giveaway!!!
Thank you for a lovely giveaway!
I'm following you on Twitter now.
Looks like a great magazine! Thanks for the opportunity!
I am a follower. Thank you!
And I'm now following your blog! Thanks again!
How exciting - looking for some embroidery inspiration!
Great book! Thanks for the chance!
I follow @stitchygeeks !
......and I follow the blog. I called &stitches a book up there, but I know it's an e zine.
These fishes are sooo cute :) I want to do more embroidery like this.
Susanne
Just started following them (Google Reader).
Susanne
What lovely work on the little fishes - so cute!
Thanks for the giveaway and I'll look up that magazine as well.
I have decided to do more embroidery this year and this book looks lovely xx fingers crossed I win :)
Very cool! I'd love to learn more about embroidery! The little appliquéd hoop is so cute too!
I'm following their blog. :)
I'm following on twitter as well!!
I am new to hand work. I would love a chance to win.
I follow on Twitter
I follow the blog...really like it.
Loving the fish!
Thanks for the giveaway!
jlc053-1@yahoo.co.uk
Now following &stitches blog.
jlc053-1@yahoo.co.uk
Cute koi! Thanks for the lovely giveaway!
I follow Stitches blog now also! thanks!
I would love try embroidering again - it's been a long time since I've tried. Thank you for the chance to win!
I like the fish, they are very cute.
So pretty, beautiful colors. Thanks!
Love the fish!
Count me in please!
I follow &stitches blog!
Would love to win!
Following &stitches blog!
The projects and the artwork look fabulous.
I would love to have this book. I have just started doing embroidery again. It is amazing how much I have forgotten.
What a lovely e-zine! Great giveaway!
Following &stitches blog. Thank you for a great giveaway
This looks like a great ezine. Perfect timing for me since I want to do more hand work!
I followed them on twitter
I am following the blog!
I need to check out these creative e-zines. I like the idea of digital magazines.
I would love to win this! Thanks for the chance!
sweeney.susanna@gmail.com
following on twitter @lafemmeknitkita
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Following the instiches blog through google reader!
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This looks real cool - I love colors.
I am now following & Stitches blog.
Those fish are adorable! And the magazine sounds fantastic!! Thanks for a chance!
Oh What a lovely looking emag. I am really loving hand work at the moment as I have limited time at the machine due to ill health. thanks for the giveaway.
I am now also following their blog. thanks
Oh, this looks like it could be wonderful. I'm still wanting to start embroidery. Love those fishes. Maybe that will be a first project? Thank you for a chance to win.
I now follow @stitchygeeks on twitter (@dlk3265)
I am following &Stitches blog. :-)
Looks like a fabulous magazine - just the thing that's missing from the market!
Awww...those fish are adorable! I'd love to win a copy :)
I'm going to go for the "not buy a copy for myself but still give it away to a friend"-option (should I win that is). There sure a some nice patterns in it.
me me pretty please!
Looks like a fab magazine! More things to add to the ever growing to do list!!
cmcccorriston@hotmail.co.uk
Cool, thanks for the chance to win!
leahthezombie at gmail dot com
I'm following the &stitches blog too!
I would love to win a copy. Thanks for the giveaway.
robyn(dot)geddes(at)gmail(dot)com
I am now a follower of &Stiches.
robyn(dot)geddes(at)gmail(dot)com
thanks for this opportunity, looking forward to winning! Going over now to follow &Stitches...
Oooh sewing - I do that!
I follow on the twit x
I love the resurgence of embroidery, so modern and beautiful.
Following on Twitter!
&theblog of &Stitches!
those fish are very cute.
That looks really interesting.
Thanks for the giveaway! This looks fantastic.
Thanks for the opportunity. Love your blog. Always look forward to seeing your great projects.
JoAnne jbquilt43 at yahoo dot com
Would love one of these, thanks for turning us on to them!
Me, me, please!! Would love to see this!
I've been loving the embroidery I've gotten into since Market!
I went and checked out Carina's blog and OH MY GOODNESS, what gorgeous work. Thanks for passing me along to her. Having only dabbled in embroidery before I'm excited to see what the contents of the ezine are like! :D
And while I don't have a twitter account I DO follow the blog. :)
I follow @stitchygeeks on twitter.
Wow it looks fantastic, I don't do much stitching but my 7yr old has done a bit in the last year so I can be inspired by this and share with her!
thanks
I don't twitter but I'm now following there blog
thanks for the chance to win.
I'd love to have a look...please count me in :o)
I'd love to win a copy. Thanks for the giveaway!
I've checked out the &stitches blog and added it to my reader.
OOOH looks like my kind of book - thanks for the chance to win
I am now a follower of &stitches blog
The sneek peek looks wonderful!
Following on Twitter!
Now following &stitches blog!
Very cool new e-zine!! I am just getting back into embroidery and this is definitely an inspirational book! Thank you for the give-away!
OH yes, definitely added &stitches blog to my list!! (housework will NEVER get done at this point LOL) thanks again for the giveaway!
Now following the blog. Here hoping
Love the e-zine. At least I can do embroidery whilst doing thousand of other things
Ooh! September House patterns are so pretty! I've been wanting to get back into embroidery so this magazine would be great inspiration!
now following on twitter :)
Following the Stitches blog too!
Following the Stitches blog
Looks like a great book!
Following on twitter
I have heard that this e-zine was on the way - thanks for the chance to win one!
Sounds gorgeous Katy, count me in, thanks :)
Following on Twitter!
And following the blog.
LOVE those little fish! I just found a TON of embroidery floss in my mom's closet that she'll never use. It's mine now and I'm ready to go. All I need is a few good patterns like this to get started. Thanks for the chance to win.
I follow you on Twitter now as KShahann. Thanks, peep!
ooh I do love me a bit of embroidery
I love embroidery sooo much! I would absolutely love to try out some new patterns, especially from such an awesome looking magazine.
I love embroidery, I'm now following the &stitches blog - great inspiration.
I like to embroider when there's snow everywhere. Now would be a perfect time to win!
Great giveaway!
I would love to learn to embroider so this would be perfect to get me started.
Thanks for the giveaway, I'd love to try out this new stitchy mag!
Oooh thanks for the reminder Katy, I thought I'd entered ... !!
I seem to be leaning more and more to applique and embroidery recently, so this looks wonderful. I'd love to win!
Following the &stitches blog ... what loveliness!
oh my ... the word verification is 'doomin' !! Hope that's not a 'sign' that I'm out of the running LOL!
And I'm following the twitteriness ...
Love those fishies!
This looks very promising! I love the fish pattern.
I love it...learning a bit of hand embroidery is on my to-do list for this year. This looks like a great place to start!
Thanks for letting us know about it!
Chanda
Would love to peruse this magazine!
I am following &Stitches!
I now follow the &STitches blog.
The magazine sounds like a great read for embroiderers.
Very cute -- I've been enjoying embroidery so much and would love to check this new mag out!
Oh I love books what ever way they come.
Joined & stiches
What a great idea - a modern embroidery magazine to go with my modern quilting magazines!
And I'm following the &Stitches blog now too.
I LOVE those fishies!!!!!!!
I follow!!
I'm so glad I found your blog (via a different blog I subscribe to)! I would love to be the winner of your GiveAway!
Thanks for the chance.
I am following the &stitches blog!
I did go to the Twitter link, but it said the contest was closed. But it also said that I could go to your blog & still enter. I'm a bit confused & just wanted to share that!
Ok, I've got to admit that I totally thought the person in comment #1 said something about a butthole stitch, and I had to re-read the post to make sure this wasn't some kind of embroidery fetish magazine. Even though it's not, I'd still love a chance to win, thanks!
I'm following the &stitches blog!
I now follow the &stitches blog.
this looks awesome! i've barely done any embroidery at all in the past year, because i'm addicted to quilting, but i really miss it. i'm determined that this year i'm going to do more!
love the little fishies. I love to embroider and want to improve.
oh, and i'm following their twitter feed!
and their blog - and now i see who's behind the e-zine, and i'm even more excited! yay!
I love to embroider and am always looking for inspiration so I will enter and have a peek too.
What a great Ezine! Very cool!
That looks dangerously good, I'm teaching my daughter to embroider at the moment so it's a hot topic in our house!
Those fishes look so cute!
Am following on twitter :)
Am following the &Stitches blog
I would love to win a copy and let a friend have a look at it!
I follow &Stitches blog.
Love it, thanks for another faboo giveaway!
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