Happy Wednesday, and welcome to the 8th installments of A Stitcher’s Christmas for this unforgettable year of 2020!
Today’s give-away is courtesy of Needle in a Haystack, where Cathe Ray has been busily producing needlework tools and accessories! This give-away includes a nice sampling of them.
I’ll also announce the winners of Monday’s gifts at the end of today’s articles, so read on!
A while back, I highlighted the pin keeps that Cathe has been making, some of which feature my designs.
She has since expanded into other accessories, including tool trays with embedded magnets to hold needles or scissors in place and to keep your work space organized! (Hey, anything to keep organized is a good thing, don’t you reckon?)
Today’s give-away features one of these lovely little tool trays, kitted out with serrated Premax scissors, a set of gold, red, and green #4 Au Ver a Soie metallic braid and two coordinating 100/3 silk threads, a humorous needlebook that reads RIP 2020, and a pin keep kit featuring one of my kaleidoscope designs.
This collection will go to one winner, randomly drawn on Friday morning.
Here are the guidelines for today’s give-away – and I apologize for the repetition of questions on Monday’s. Whoops! Cut and paste isn’t always the best option…
Give-Away Guidelines
If you’d like to participate in today’s give-away, please follow these guidelines!
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 above to go to the comment form. Thanks!
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.
4. In your comment, please answer the following:
Describe the needlework project that’s occupying most of your attention right now!
5. Leave your comment by 5:00 am Central Standard Time, Friday, December 18th. The winner will be randomly drawn and announced on Wednesday 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.
Stitch Palette Winners!
And now for the winner’s of Monday’s give-away – three Stitch Palette e-book bundles, to help you select color palettes for your own embroidery (and other) projects!
The winners are Jo-Anne Manfre, Leann in San Antonio, and Dorothy. I’ll contact you each by email!
In Other News…
To stick with the 2020 Theme, I had a major equipment failure in the studio on Monday, which has brought production to a screeching halt.
Now, you might think this is bad news – and in a sense, it is, because many of you are waiting to order more Christmas towel sets (I’m working on an interim solution) – but usually, equipment failures in the studio end up being a blessing in disguise. I’m always overly cautious when it comes to investing in new equipment. Most favorable equipment upgrades in my studio have been born out of pressing necessity. The results have always been good! It was time to make an upgrade, and now I must. So that’s a good thing!
And besides, the whole thing forces us to slow down a bit, at a time when it’s good to slow down!
On Friday, look for books and kits in A Stitcher’s Christmas, and I’ll see you then!
