November Giveaway

I think I will continue last month's theme and stick to Christmas charts for my monthly giveaway. There is still time to incorporate them into a stitching rotation in time for a Christmas finish. And, of course, some folks enjoy stitching Christmas themed charts during the holiday season itself. I will be giving away the charts only [charms not included since I used them when I stitched the pieces] of Sue Hillis' Annual Charmed Santas: Gingerbread, Birdhouse, Noah's Ark and Stitcher. I believe the charms are still available from Sue Hillis' website. But, while the charms are very sweet little embellishments, the designs stand quite nicely without them. There will also be a mystery bonus ... another Sue Hillis Christmas season chart which shall remain unidentified to surprise and [one hopes] delight the winner. These charts are sized to fit into standard frames ... 8x10, I think. So if you are looking for ornaments, these aren't for you.

The usual conditions will apply:

---post a comment in the section below about why you would like to receive this giveaway.
---all stitcher's [international, Canada and USA] may participate.
---include your e-mail address if clicking on your name will not lead me to a profile that includes that information
---please commit to passing these charts forward or donating them to a women's shelter or prison when you are through stitching them ... this is unenforceable, I know, but my goal is to share my love of stitching with others who may not have seen some of my favorite designer's charts. I have been alerted to so many lovely new-to-me designers by reading the blogs of others that I would like to return the favor. Believe it or not, the very popular and widely known Sue Hillis was one of those 'new-to-me' designers which I discovered through the Eva's blog. Those of us who don't live near an LNS and shop online tend to revisit our established bookmarked sites and sometimes miss out on the wide variety available to us. Even when we visit broader sites like the Online Needlework Show, time does not permit looking at everything so we tend to scan those we think most likely to interest us. It's a rather hit or miss process!