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**

Fall 2010 thru Spring 2011: all workshops updated!! Scroll here to preview:

***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 http://www.fibermixedmedia.com/page/online-classes *Click: **Link To Schoolhouse** for a virtual tour of classes* ***************************** STITCHER'S GARDEN BOOK***: mixed media embroidered journal - 6 sessions $85 *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 - 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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PlayWithNeedles

Welcome to Play With Needles: Where kids meet art, craft, and stitch!

Last Update: January 2010

PlayWithNeedles is all about kids natural inclination to explore and to create–and to PLAY with NEEDLES AND SCISSORS!! Get them started right (safety & proper usage FIRST, play SECOND) with patterns and projects from Fearless Stitcher Play With Needles!

COMING SOON: Project442™

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4Hands, 4Eyes, & 2Needles?

A Fearless Stitch Couples Project of course!! Great for summer — psst… Hey, kids, grab Mom, scream til she purchases a Project442 from Freedom of Stitch & begin your own couples mixed media stitch project!!

Aahhh…a perfect excuse for Grown ups & kids to stitch together…

Even young girls and boys can get their stitch on with a simple running stitch–

and below, little miss is working a holiday sock–it’s so special it doesn’t even need to be filled (except with seed stitches and loose french knots)!

Now browse on down the page for a few ideas, then head over to the GetFearlessStitch *link* and check out the newest PlayWithNeedles pattern: Alphabirds! Birds come complete with lettered bodies from A to Z and a couple of wings choices, this design set could keep ‘em busy indefinitely (think summer break…)

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Now, with a little watercolor pencil and a few threads, this guy REALLY pops!  (many thanks to Miss Trinny, age 7, who colored and stitched this beautiful birdy–NICE WORK GRRRL!!)

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And if your young ‘uns want to try something more complex, how about the Butterfly She:

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(for those inclined to want visuals, I’ve put instructions for creating your own She in Free Tutorials: From Watercolor to Stitch step by step – Butterfly She *link* )

If you’re looking for the less-rodent-y pet, try the Perfect Pet Design Sheet:

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(8.5X11inches) Stitched up (again by Miss Trinny) on a snazzy cushion, I won’t have to feed, walk, or pet them!

Now what are you waiting for? Be inspired. Be fearless. Go visit

GetFearlessStitch  *link* go get the children, and STITCH up the place!! And NOW you can pick up EVERYTHING for $25.00!! That’s right, ALL of the Play With Needles designs, with a few extras to equal TEN patterns for one low price.  woo and hoo — now Get Fearless Stitch!

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