Good morning, and welcome to Installment #2 of this year’s Stitcher’s Christmas – a series of delectable needlework give-aways leading up to Christmas!

Today’s give-away includes a gorgeous kit, silk ribbon collection, and books, courtesy of the Queen of Silk Ribbon, Di van Niekerk! More details below…

I’ll also tell you the winners of Monday’s give-away, so make sure you read through to see if your name is on that list!

Also, I’m going to tighten up the give-away guidelines, so please read those carefully. Thanks!

Ahhhh… there’s just something sumptuously glorious about silk ribbon, isn’t there?

And no one quite does silk ribbon like Di van Niekerk. If you have never visited her website, do! It’s had a bit of a refresh this year, and it is a treasure trove of silk ribbon embroidery information, supplies, kits, books… you must visit, especially if you love ribbon embroidery, florals, dimensional needlework, and the like!

Today’s give-away is for two winners. Both winners will receive a signed copy of Di’s beautiful instruction and project book called Little Flowers:

The first name randomly drawn will also receive Di’s kit, Tea in the Garden:

You can read all the details about the kit here on Di’s website. It’s a gorgeous little kit, perfect for beginners or even more advanced stitchers who just want something dreamy and fun to do.

The second winner will receive a full color collection of silk ribbon:

This particular color collection is called Lady in Red, and you can read about it here. It includes 16 packets of ribbon in assorted sizes.

Give-Away Guidelines

If you’d like to participate in today’s give-away, please follow these guidelines. No, really! Do! It will save me so much time – and it will give you the confidence that you did it right and you’re in for the draw!

1. Please leave your comment below, on this article on Needle ‘n Thread. If you are reading this in the newsletter, you can reach the comment form directly by following this link. Comments left on any other post on Needle ‘n Thread or sent by email are not eligible. Please do not leave your comment as a reply to someone else’s. Replies cannot be included in the count! If you are unsure how to post a comment without replying to someone else, please just click the link provided just above to go to the comment form. Thanks!

(A Tip: Leave the little box at the end of the comment form unchecked for these give-aways. If people reply to your comment, you will receive their replies in your email. If many accidentally reply, you will get many emails that you may not want.)

2. Make sure you leave a recognizable name or nickname on the “name” line on the comment form. Anonymous comments don’t count. Please do not leave personal information like email addresses, mailing addresses, or phone numbers in the “comment” part of the form. When you do, I have to go in and edit that information out – unless you want spam, or strangers picking up your phone number, email address, mailing address (which you don’t, I’m sure!).

…but please do make sure that your email address is entered correctly on the “email” line of the form. This is not visible to anyone but me, and it is not used for anything except the purposes of this give-away (if you win, I need to be able to contact you).

3. You may only enter once.

3. In your comment, please answer the following question:

What do you love best about Silk Ribbon Embroidery? If you’ve never tried it, what draws you to it?

4. Leave your comment by 5:00 am Central Standard Time, Friday, December 4th. The winner will be randomly drawn and announced on Friday morning, when the next give-away in the series takes place. I will also contact the winners by email.

Please note that your comment may not appear right away on the website. I review all the comments that go on the website, to keep unseemly content off the website. If your comment does not show up immediately, please don’t fret. It will show up as soon as I have a chance to moderate comments.

Colour Complements Thread Winners

And now, for the three winners of Monday’s give-away, courtesy of Colour Complements.

The winners get a little shopping spree on the Colour Complements website, which you’ll find here. They can pick out five of any skeins they’d like to try. Yum!

And the randomly drawn winners are:

Pat, who has been immersed in stitching Christmas ornaments for 15 grandkids.

Venessa, who loves blue, white, and silver for Christmas, and stitching ornaments.

Barbara, who goes with the classic red and green for seasonal colors, with a little gold or silver added.

I will contact each of you by email – please respond ASAP.

Coming Up

On Friday, we’re going to Italy! Oh yes, we are! So do show up!