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End of the Year Give-Away: Embroidery Kit and Needlework Accessories

 

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With 2010 slipping away in a couple days, I thought it a good time to have one final give-away for the year – and to liven it up a bit, I’ve added a few little dandy things. Of course, there’s an embroidery kit (I promised I’d give away another Trish Burr kit last time I gave one away!), and to top it off, I’ve added a few little needlework accessories to the package:

Needlework Accessories

Don’t you think that needlework accessories are an important part of your hand embroidery endeavors? Golly, I do. Little accessories and tools are a pitfall for me. They make embroidery even more pleasurable, because often they’re not only useful, but beautiful, too! Some day, I’d like to have a gorgeous “etui” to store tools and accessories in. I just love things like that.

But I suppose I’m getting wistfully side-tracked. It’s always safer not to mention accessories to me….

Compliments of Trish Burr, I’m also giving away one of her needlepainting kits:

Needlepainting Kit

You might notice that this is just like the kit I gave away at the end of November, so if you didn’t win it then, you have another chance, lucky duck! Now you can follow through with your New Year’s resolution to try needlepainting!

So, today’s give-away includes the needlepainting kit above (which comes with the design preprinted on fabric, all the threads, and instructions), as well as a little collection of needlework accessories from my workbox. All of them are made by Kelmscott Designs – there’s a peacock magnetic needleminder, a butterfly threadwinder, two large thread rings, a 6-slot thread keep, a small thread ring, and three little heart-shaped thread rings.

Needlework Accessories

The thread keeps, rings, and winder are all made from mother-of-pearl, and they are very pretty additions to the hand embroiderer’s workbox.

If you’d like to win this give-away, please follow these guidelines:

1. Leave a comment below on this post on the website (not via e-mail, not on any other post). Folks who receive the blog post in their daily e-mail will need to visit this blog post on the website to leave a comment.
2. Make sure you use a recognizable name to identify your comment!
3. In your comment, answer one of the following questions:

What is your favorite needlework accessory or tool and why? OR What accessory would you like to have, if you could have any needlework accessory on the market today, and why?

4. Leave your comment before 5:00 am CST on Monday, January 3rd. I’ll announce the winner on Monday, and the winner will need to contact me with a mailing address, so make sure you check back on Monday to see if you’ve won!

Note: Unless you want to read every incoming comment on the give-away post, please make sure that the little box under “Submit Comment” is NOT checked. If it is checked, you’ll end up getting everyone’s comments in your e-mail inbox, and then you’ll end up being irritated with me, which will make me sad….

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  1. Thank you for all the magnificant tips and technigues you share daily. I eagerly anticipate your newsletter and glean daily from your knowledge.
    The acessory I would like to have is a magnifying light. Age seems to play tricks with the eyesight.

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  2. My word, how difficult is it to choose one item! I guess my Ezi-Frame from Australia would be hard to replace – but then the Susan Bates hoops are also great…..
    But, the truth be known, my hands and sight are what enable me to stitch, be it embroidery, beading or teddy bears, I thank God for these gifts daily. Being deaf, I know what it is like to loose something you take for granted and treasure the gifts I still have!
    Blessings for an healthy productive 2011 and thanks for your amazing blog!
    Hugz
    Moz

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  3. Oh Mary, What a generous gift to give away. I still want one of these so here goes. Tools I would love to have, well there are so many, a laying tool and well I would also love the thread keeps they are such an elegant way of keeping thread… functional and beautiful all at the same time. Happy New Year to you! 🙂

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