A Challenge!

Hey there all you wonderful stitchy people! Are you up for a fun challenge? Over at Craftster we are doing an altered image needlework challenge. Check it out! If you are not a member of Craftster, go and sign up right now. It's super easy and ten tons of fun!


Special thanks to Phizzychick for making such awesome art! 

Details of the challenge:

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF CRAFTSTER.ORG!

Stitch up an altered photo. You can use any type of material and any type of stitch (embroidery, cross, felt...) and post your entry with picture DURING THE PROPER TIME!  The image can be old, new, but it must be a photo.

The rules:

• The project must contain a photo (old or new) and must have some form of stitching on the photo-see explanation below*-the picture must be incorporated into the piece, not just stitching a frame for a picture
• It needs to be a project you haven't posted on Craftster before.
• Each person may only enter one project
• Entries may be posted between March 1st-7th
• Voting will happen March 8th-15th
• The winner will be announce March 16th
  
  On March 1-7, to post your entry, simply start a new topic on this challenge board (the needlework challenge board). Post a picture and a little bit about the piece. DO NOT POST YOUR CHALLENGE HERE! Easy, peasy!
  
  

* The picture has to be incorporated somehow into the stitching. You can stitch on the picture or sew the picture into fabric. You don't necessarily have to actually sew onto the photo unless you want to but it you also can't just create around a picture.  The picture has to have some sort of stitch involved in it. The picture has to be altered some way.

There will be prizes and you will be featured on Craftster and on Feeling Stitchy. 

October is....

October is winding down but I wanted to remind everyone that is Breast Cancer Awareness month. To raise more awareness I decided to do a Crafty Needlework Challenge on Craftster. There were so many different ideas and such personal stories that I had to share them. The winner of the challenge was Crafty Dame. She describes her work as Deceptive Beauty.

Not only is October Breast Cancer Awareness month but also Domestic Violence Awareness-which brings me to the second part of the challenge. I have never seen such beautiful and strong pieces of needlework.

A big huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the challenge and brought such amazing and powerful statements to the public. If you want to read more about each piece, check out Craftster and if you want to help someone in the community check out your local domestic violence shelters, and breast cancer organizations.