Freedom of Stitch: Where Art & Craft Meet Stitch™ Mixed Media Embroidery Patterns & Workshops, by Victoria Crowder Payne

Freedom of Stitch: Where Art & Craft Meet Stitch!™ Home of the Fearless Stitcher Series: Be Fearless & GO Stitch Up the Place!™ Featuring mixed media embroidery Patterns, & Workshops! WELCOME!! email me at victoria@freedomofstitch.com

NEW ALLIANCE FORGED: Fearless Stitch Coalition!!!

FLORILEGIUM NeedleArts in Parkville MO AND FREEDOMOFSTITCH ARE LAUNCHING SOMETHING AMAZING*** &ENERGIZING*** &FEARLESS*** ARTISTIC NOURISHMENT*** ARE YOU READY TO BLOW THE DOORS OFF YOUR CREATIVE VEHICLE? Photobucket It's fabric&paper... fiber&floss... freestyle&precision... figurative&abstract... books&canvases... IT'S THE BIRTH OF OUR CREATIVE TRIBE... ARE YOU READY TO BE BORN? Workshops, meetups, pow wows to summons your creative mojo. Together we will Be Fearless... We will be artists. Detailed schedule coming in October 2010 -- Themed StitchDowns * stitchtagging * social graffiti jams (all artists welcome) * LifeStitch-n-Spin ft live models & djs to keep the threads spinning -- and MORE MORE MORE..... Don't Sign Up Unless You MEAN it ;0} Link to more info: **Link To Info**

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***EMAIL ME TO REGISTER, OR CLICK *BUY NOW* BUTTON BELOW -- you'll receive a confirmation email in 48 hours with instructions*** ONLINE CLASSES DELIVERED VIA FIBERaRTSmIXEDmEDIA FORUM *Click: **Link To Schoolhouse** for a virtual tour of classes* ***************************** STITCHER'S GARDEN BOOK***: mixed media embroidered journal - 6 sessions $85 Begins October 23 2010 *Click here: **Link To Schoolhouse** for a virtual tour and click Buy Now to register!**
Photobucket *****6STITCHEDSHE'S***** Starts Autumn 2010***** 6 shes ***6STITCHED SHE'S*** 6 sessions - $85 - Begins November 6 2010 mixed media embroidery feat: painting, piecing fabric, paper & sheers, using metallics & wire work, embellishing with feathers, text, & GlOw in the DaRk ThReAds!!! *Click here: **Link To Schoolhouse** for a virtual tour * Click Buy Now to begin your adventure!
************************** ******METALLICS & WIRE WORK for Embroidery NOW REGISTERING LOCAL WORKSHOPS!*** (cuz you know we like getting rowdy with tools!) *** Classes at JoAnn Northland KCMO August - Sept - Oct *** Registration open NOW for brooches, pendants, & bracelets: *Click here: **Link To Schoolhouse** for dates & times* Photobucket ** ************************** ***THE FEARLESS STITCHBUGGING KIT*** (a complete kit for deploying fearless public embroidery -- a thing whose time has come!) Check out the StitchBomb Chronicles **Link To Chronicles**
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WIST… & fence stitching!!

24 Nov 09

This “she” is currently under construction for a **NEW** online class to begin in the first weeks of January;0)
I won’t reveal too much, but if you’ve ever wanted to set sail on a SHE-centered adventure… It’s almost time!
Cameos, profiles, fashionistas, ALL things “she”, combined with all things mixed media stitch…
woo hoo!
It’s going to [...]

aaannd weeee’re OFF!

20 November 2009

When I decided to offer online tutorials at the Hand Embroidery Network, I couldn’t help but ask myself: will it work? Teaching fearless stitch seemed so improbable… but you just don’t know if you don’t ask. Or in the wise words of artist Sabrina Ward Harrison you can’t SEE if you don’t GO.
So [...]

Bah Yumbug Holiday Tutorial

14 Nov 09
If you’re searching for a sassy handmade holiday gift, the Bah Yumbug is here!

Ready to brighten any holiday gift bag or apron, he’s ready for festive action!
This sample is stitched on a muslin bag where I’ve stashed a jar of yummy salad dressing — I’ll stuff the top with fresh herbs & deliver [...]

WIST and Hand Embroidery Network classes are ON!

12 Nov 2009
How can it be November? Seems just yesterday I was putting seedling herbs in the herb patch in anticipation of summer salads…
But HA HA– I’ve managed to FOOL mother nature (sort of) and am planting & tending a Stitcher’s Garden in my book class.  For the last week I’ve dreamt up projects and [...]

SO much to see: exhibits & collabs…

8 Nov 2009
As many of you are aware, there is a limitless supply of cool embroidery going on… and what’s extra cool is that more & more people are not only taking up a needle & thread, but they’re collaborating to bring their work to the eyes of the curious public. Woo and Hoo, I [...]

Online class images… WIST

7 Nov 2009
When I began thinking about an online class, I had no idea what projects to include… but as luck would have it, I’d already amassed quite an array of tutorials and pattern ideas… The Stitcher’s Garden Book Project will include painting, stamping, dyeing, and some dimensional stitch… all good times!  So, What I [...]

Link to updated schoolhouse…

5 November 09   **LINK** for class descrip & upcoming projects… woot woot!

it’s getting closer…

3 November 2009
Can you feel it?
This is going to be so COOL!!

Classes almost ready!!

3rd November 09
Woot Woot! Online classes are moving along — have finished the first session materials, and started slogging away at #2. The trouble with online teaching is that it is very much like making a collage — taking photos, pictures, and posts, and pasting them together into a learning format — but unlike scissors [...]