Pagoda Craze Contest, Win One Year Subscription

July 13th Update: Judi from Perth, Western Australia joined the Pagoda craze. Check out her finished pincushion below. Thank you so much for the photos Judi.

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July 11th Update: My initial plan was to give away some stash but I decided to just give one year subscription of The Gift Of Stitching magazine instead. This way, the prize will be recieved by the winner asap. So come on, send me a photo of your finished pagoda or simply leave a comment to be included in the draw.

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Though I already posted these photos at my TCN blog, I thought it's worth to re-post them here. Wanna know what make my days lately? Stitchers all over the globe emailing me photos of their pagoda pincushions - one of my original finishing technique. Thank you so much ladies.

July 2nd: Stitched by Anne Marie of France

July 3rd: Stitched by Chizue of Japan

July 5th: Stitched by Brenda of London, England

July 9th: Stitched by Marie-Christine of France

July 9th: Stitched by Linda of USA

July 13th: Stitched by Judi of Perth, Western Australia

Aren't they simply pretty-licious pincushions? I would love to see more of your works so please keep the photos coming.

DETAILS OF THE CONTEST:

Prize: ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO TGOS MAGAZINE

Due Date: July 31st

Draw Date: August 1st

THE RULES:

1. Stitchers who completed any of my pagoda pincushion and emailed me a photo will have 2 chances of winning.
2. For others who wants to join the fun, just leave a comment and tell your friends about the contest.:)

This post will be updated as I recieve more photos.

Happy stitching everybody!

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PARTICIPANTS AS OF JULY 9TH:

Anne-Marie (2), Chizue (2), Brenda (2), Lillie (1),

Marie-Christine (2), (Linda (2), Paul (1), Janet (1),

Astrid (1), Rhea (1), Judi (2)

* originally posted on 07/06/09

Great Monday Mail Day: Surprises From Dinky Dyes

I wish you can see how big my smile is after opening a package from Dinky Dyes. Jo sent me her entire line of silk threads! How cool is that? I had to admit I drooled over them for alonngggggggg time. LOL

Thanks so much for the threads Jo. I'm now reorganizing my new designs and will definitely stitch them with your fabulous silks. I can't wait to see a finished piece.

I hope everybody's having a great stitching day!

Initial Theme MA's From Malaysia

Monday is one of my favorite days when it comes to mails. It's one of those days when I recieved surprises (at least most of the time).

Lillie of Malaysia stitched a fabulous "Initial Theme MA" for me, in red shades. She's a great stitcher as well as a great finisher. Part of the exchange rule is to include some stash and she pampered me with those. I love everything Lillie, and thanks so much for stitching a wonderful MA for me.

Another "Initial Theme MA" that arrived on Monday was from Aw of Malaysia. It looks like Aw knows that I'm on purple galore lately. I even sign-up for a color exchange (at FIT Group) and purple was my choice of color. Aw stitched both my initials, which is an option in the exchange rule, and did a great job both on stitching and finishing. She also sent me a lizard key chain and a ribbon work which according to her was done by her DD's. So sweet of them, if only I could give them a hug right now. Please tell your DD's thank you so much. I love what they did for me and I love it very much.From the bottom of my heart, thanks so much for these MA's ladies. I will treasure them forever, as well as the friendship we have.

Happy stitching!

An Award And Other Stuffs

Astrid emailed me over a week ago about this award -Have a Wonderful Day Award. Unfortunately, I was extremely busy finishing some models that I didn't able to post about it right away. Thank you so much for the award Astrid. I am honor that you included me in the list.

There's a lot of blogs from all sorts of crafts that I admire therefore picking only 8 is extremely hard. Therefore, I'm giving this award to everybody who wanna grab it and please post it on your blog.

I ordered another batch of books from CVCEGA and I got them all in the mail few days ago. They range from needlepoint, hardanger, cross stitch and reference books. I enjoyed browsing them but one of my fave from this batch is the "Free Embroidery Stitches by Mary Hickmott". The pocketbook size is perfect to carry in purse.

Needlework Books from CVCEGA

My fingers has been busy stabbing linen the last two weeks as I had to finish some models for magazine publication, and some exchanges. My models went in the mail by mid-week, and now I'll be able to work on the next batch. I'm currently finishing some models for Embroidery & Cross Stitch magazine, which has been long overdue. The finishing technique I'm trying on is kinda new to me, and that slows my production. As I've mentioned before, I wanna perfect my technique so I can answer any queries from cutomers. It's the main reason why I prefer to do my models, though there were times that I'm considering hiring stitchers to increase my finishing time. Maybe in the future...:)

July Packages

We have lots of mulberry trees in our yard and there's this particular tree that gives us lots of them each year. Last week, me and DH picked a lot as majority are already ripe. By the time we stopped picking, our fingers are kinda purple already as they stain.

2009 Mulberries

That's all for now everybody! A wonderful stitching day to all!

Initial MA Theme From Malaysia

I recieved this wonderful MA from Joanne of Malaysia last Monday. She stitched both my initials and were both adorned with flowers, perfect for summer. Thank you so much for stitching this for me Joanne. I love everything in it. The stash will be use pretty soon. I love those sheep clips, they're so cute.:)

Initial Theme MA from Joanne of Malaysia

Recieved July 6th, 2009

Happy stitching everybody!