Hearts

Stitched by adacao

In honor of the Royal Wedding, how about some lovely hearts stitched by Bo? What can I say, I'm a sucker for weddings - there's something so brave and reckless and awesome about saying "I Do" that will always make me shed a little tear at every wedding, no matter how silly or overdone. And I must say Kate looked magnificent. Happy Wedding Day, guys! What did you think of the wedding? :)

Red Category Winner - Rainbow of Stitches Contest

The winner of the red category is Cath from Chunky Chooky.


Describe yourself in 10 words or less.
Optimistic, opinionated, craft- obsessed, vertically gifted, tea lovin', mum, wife.

What inspired your entry?
What I love about embroidery is the most basic of shapes can look amazing just filled in with a few different colours. I wanted a simple shape to fill in that would look good hung on my wall. As soon as I saw the deer silhouette I knew I had to stitch it.

What is your favourite stitch?
Its a toss up between backstitch and long & short stitch

Who or what inspires you to stitch?
I have always wanted to stitch... but wandering around the local craft shop with the Winne the Pooh / teddy inspired stitching...it made me gag ... when I stumbled across Sublime Stitching and Subversive Cross Stitch I thought FINALLY!!! Something I want to stitch! I bought a few patterns and books and set to work.

How long have you been stitching and how did you get started?
I have been doing embroidery for about 6 months. I am still learning and I am constantly emailing stitchy bloggers/ flickr contacts with questions... they have all been so helpful. I got started with a Sublime Stitching iron on transfer...

Are there any stitchers in the Feeling Stitchy Flickr pool you have noticed?
Lovin" Goodgorilla and jammysage

Thanks so much for choosing me as a finalist!
Cath

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The red category was hotly contested. There were a huge number of entries & the competition was fierce.

There's a gallery of red stitchery here which Cath's deer was selected from. I think that they all deserve an honorable mention.

Well done Cath - your piece is beautiful.

Red inspirations

Now, why am I posting these inspiring stitching pics? I mean, red's nice and all, but what could we be up to??? :)

Maybe you better stay tuned for the next 9 days or so, to find out? Hmmm?

In the meantime, enjoy these inspiring red-themed embroideries, created by the wonderfully talented people below:
1. President Franklin Roosevelt by Amanda Jean
2. the tenth doctor by maximum RABBIT designs
3. Rock n Roll embroidery by parrishplatz
4. ASAM = awesome by 14countess
5. Time by metro-station
6. Red Blossom Brooch by Shmemadoo
7. FS Swap buttons by kittykill
8. Pin up Girl 2 by jcgandolf
9. A wee Toadstool by lamdesigns
10. WHAT TIME IS IT? by fortuneless_cookie
11. A little felt cupcake by The Craftaholic
12. Red is so hard to capture by Cate Anevski