Aurifil’s 2012 Designer of the Month B-O-M Kicks Off Today!
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Today marks the beginning of Aurifil’s 2012 Designer of the Month FREE block of the month program. The designer line up is pretty amazing — these are some amazing stitchers, y’all! Each month one of the designers will share a stitchery project with you with a focus on what the month is all about. Sherri Falls of This and That has designed a finishing layout and by this time next year (assuming you keep up!) you’ll have a cute wall hanging to add to your décor!
Aurifil’s focus on embroidery this year showcases their terrific 12 wt thread, which is perfect for embroidery of all types as well as big stitch quilting, sashiko and fine crochet! The thread comes in luscious colors and is equivalent to two strands of regular floss. I love it because it is spool wrapped allowing it to be kept neat and untangled!
These monthly stitcheries will be small and achievable by even the most novice stitcher, and there will be prizes involved! Participants may post photos of their completed blocks stitched with Aurifil 12 wt thread each month to the Aurifil Flickr site and be eligible to win Aurifil threads! Stitching fun and prizes…count me in!
I’m excited about doing this block of the month and thought it would be fun to gather a group to work on it together. We’re kicking off this fun year-long project with a “get started” session later this month to work on the January block. If you’re new to embroidery we’ll teach you different methods of transferring the design to fabric, basic embroidery stitches and other tips and tricks. (Check the Class Calendar for details.) Then if you’d like to work on the projects with us each month, you’re invited to join The Stitcherhood for our regular monthly meetings on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 6PM (you don’t have to do this project at The Stitcherhood…bring any stitchery project you have in the works!) We will have the 12 wt thread kits for the first couple of months’ projects available later this month, and will continue to make the thread kits available throughout the year as they become available from Aurifil. These kits will be available in limited supply — call us at the shop if you’d like to pre-order!
Here’s the designer line up for the year and links to each designer’s blog so you can get to know a little about each of them.
January … Roseann Kermes from Rosebud’s Cottage
February … Sherri Falls … This and That
March … Victoria Findlay Wolfe … Bumble Beans Inc
April … Gail Pan … Gail Pan Designs
May … Anna … Thimbleanna
June … Pam Viera-McGinnis … PamKittyMorning
July … Sarah Fielke … TheLastPiece
August … Bari J … BariJ
September … Amy Ellis … Amy’s Creative Side
October … Amanda … Mrs McPorkChop
November … Emily Cier … Carolina Patchworks
December … Liz Hawkins & Beth Hawkins … Lizzie B girls
January Block “Snow Bird”
by Roseann Kermes of Rosebud’s Cottage
(photo by Roseann Kermes)
Let’s get this party started! Head over to the Aurifil blog to download the January block from Roseann. And while you’re there, be sure to read the interview with Roseann. She’s a very creative and inspiring woman!
Melisa
P.S. Be sure to call the shop to sign up for the “getting started” class and The Stitcherhood meeting!
Brand new spool of Aurifil thread – can you tell I couldn’t find the beginning??? After about 15 minutes I turned into the “Thread Slasher” and this is the result! <sorry for the blurry photo!>