[UPDATE 12/27/2012] – Congratulations to BurdaStyle member nouvellegamine for winning this giveaway!
Comment on our blog for a chance to win a copy of Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners.
Asian-inspired lampshades embellished with flying fish. Canvas sneakers decorated with pink and white swirls. A pretty pillow adorned with a sleeping bunny, sweetly curled up. All it takes to create these appealing projects—or add charming embroidered touches in no time at all—are a few simple stitches, some easy techniques, and the nearly 30 projects in this book. Begin by learning several styles for outlining, filling, decorating, and appliqué. Find out about floss, fancy threads, fabrics, and needles. Get the scoop on hoops, and the lowdown on transferring your very own designs onto every type of fabric. The fresh ideas, witty patterns, and clever color illustrations take stitchers from novice to accomplished in a blink of the eye!
Click here for purchasing info on Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners
For a chance to win this fun and creative book, please answer the following question in the comments section below: Do you have hand sewn motif that is special to you?
The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 21, 2012 at 11:59 PM (EST). One lucky winner will be chosen.
Good luck!
The BurdaStyle Team
Dec 30, 2012, 05.04 AMby littlewren
My fav is a little bunny that is on the handmade quilt on our bed! I sewed him on a whim and would love to give him some friends!
Dec 28, 2012, 05.48 PMby nouvellegamine
thank you!!! :D I’ve been eyeing this book for a while!
Dec 28, 2012, 05.03 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Thank you all for participating in this comment to win. It has been fun reading everyone’s comments.
Dec 27, 2012, 08.00 PMby OzLady
I do not have a favourite motif but would love to win the Doodle Stitching book for inspiration to help me design my own personal motif! Many years ago I embroidered a small cushion for my first baby, a girl. It was simple stitching with flowers and a verse. My daughter recently became a mother herself to a beautiful baby girl and she also displayed this small cushion in her baby’s bedroom. Hand stitching to me is special and if looked after well can be lasting.
Dec 25, 2012, 03.50 PMby EJEC
A husband and wife’s fingerprints doodle stitched to form a heart)
Dec 24, 2012, 03.35 PMby blueartisan
My favorite that I’ve use a lot has been a modern interpretation on Indian traditional embroidery with shisha mirrors. I just love the bright, bold colours and that shiny mirror that winks as you move :)
Dec 24, 2012, 09.38 AMby Dayo Agbede
I’ve never tried doodle stitching, would really love to churn out the cupcake designs. Dreamy hmmmmm
Dec 24, 2012, 01.32 AMby elaineren
I have fond memories of my first motif…a pink poodle. My cousin taught me the stem stitch :)
Dec 23, 2012, 06.28 PMby Shelly Morgan
Bunting/banners!
Dec 23, 2012, 05.43 PMby chelsea childress
I would say the peacock feather is special to me, reminds me of my little girl. She loves peacocks!
Dec 23, 2012, 05.52 AMby Anarkalisewing
I made a picture of a basket of apples
Dec 22, 2012, 02.20 PMby bttn
Once I embroidered a tricycle for my best friend’s baby, and it turned out just lovely! When it comes to embroider something, I usually ask my husband to help me with drawing, he is a graphic designer, perfect for me, as I can’t draw!
Dec 22, 2012, 10.54 AMby couthyquine
A starfish. It reminds me of the story of the little boy on the beach covered in starfish, throwing them back into the sea. When his father pointed out it was pointless throwing them back, as there were tens of thousands, and what difference could one small boy hope to make? The little boy put another one back in the water, and said “it made a difference to that one!”
Dec 22, 2012, 05.26 AMby Patti Barrett
I’ve only done flowers and swirls so far, but like the look of trees and birds
Dec 22, 2012, 04.16 AMby limer
Yes, they are table coverings hand-sewn by my great aunts. They did a lot of embroidery and tatting. They always embroidered flowers.
Dec 22, 2012, 01.41 AMby Karen Clark
i love anything with spirals!
Dec 22, 2012, 01.30 AMby Justine of Sew Country Chick
I have a baby chicken motif for my blog Sew Country Chick
Dec 21, 2012, 10.18 PMby isidore
I don’t have a motif, but I’d like to start embroidering little things like this on my handmade clothing.
Dec 21, 2012, 09.32 PMby vanessa
My freshman year in college, I spent a painstaking few weeks embroidering “ceci n’est pas une chaussure” on one of my Converse sneakers. It taught me the value of a thimble!
Dec 21, 2012, 09.22 PMby Nianest Alers
Oh I remember I did an angel with a trumpet when I was in 3rd grade, it was my first hand sewn motif
Dec 21, 2012, 08.50 PMby euma
I’ve embroidered a lot of things in my life, since I learned cross stitch and other techniques when I was a child. However, the most recent one was a biscornú I made as a pincushion for myself. (Biscornús are so pretty!).
Dec 21, 2012, 08.38 PMby sprytehart
We hand stitched the ornaments for our Jesse tree
Dec 21, 2012, 08.19 PMby joen
I cross sticked a wreath with a poem about My Mother in it for my mom when I was getting married.
Dec 21, 2012, 08.05 PMby Terri Rogers
I’ve done a fair amount of hand embroidery, but I can’t say that I have a special motif.
Dec 21, 2012, 06.51 PMby nouvellegamine
my bunny jumping in the pocket of my skirt :D It just makes me laugh every time I see it.
Dec 21, 2012, 06.02 PMby tanetane
I’ve only stitched my son’s name onto his clothing. Not really embroidery. I wish we had a special motif.
Dec 21, 2012, 05.37 PMby victors
A bumble bee!
Dec 21, 2012, 05.24 PMby saxysarah
My mom used to do tons of cross stitching so anything cross stitched is a special motif for me.
Dec 21, 2012, 04.55 PMby taysha1128
I don’t have one :-( but I want one…
Dec 21, 2012, 04.55 PMby taysha1128
I don’t have one :-( but I want one…