BRD 20th Celebration Giveaway Week 3

Greetings and a warm welcome to all stopping by for a visit. It's another exciting week during the month of April and time for my 3rd giveaway of the month! Friday, April 5th marked the official 20th Anniversary of Blue Ribbon Designs and I am celebrating all month long with a BIG giveaway each week...AND a surprise or two still to come! To everyone that has supported my small business over the last 20-years, THANK YOU! This week is for my cross stitch friends, near and far...

Simply follow the guidelines each week to enter for a chance to win that week’s prize pack! 

✂️This week you will need to enter via the Rafflecopter form below. There are many ways to get entries this week (please know I will be verifying information). One prize pack winner will be selected randomly from all eligible entries.

✂️This week, the giveaway is open to all - the prize package is shipping from me, so international entries are welcome. 

✂️A HUGE thank you to Lady Dot Creates - she provided her hand-dyed rick rack and hand-dyed velveteen for this giveaway (please go follow and support her)! 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

THIS WEEK'S PRIZE:

Blue Ribbon Birdie Prize Package

Everything needed to create a your very own "Blue Ribbon Birdie" Rick Rack Round...these are the exact items I used to create the model for my new complimentary pattern...

✂️One serged 7.5" x 9" piece of 32-count Light Examplar Linen from Lakeside Linens.

✂️10 skeins of DMC 6-Strand Embroidery Floss (only eight are pictured, but the prize package includes all 10 colors!).

✂️One package of Lady Dot Creates Hand-Dyed Velveteen in the color Shallot (Fat Eighth).

✂️One package of Lady Dot Creates Hand-Dyed Rick Rack in the color Chianti (3-yards).

✂️One can SpraynBond Basting Adhesive from Therm O Web.

✂️One package HeatnBond Light Weight Fusible Interfacing from Therm O Web.

✂️One package Pressing Paper from Therm O Web.

✂️One finishing package, including: two precut comic book board circles, two precut batting circles, 8-yards of lacing thread, 4-yards transparent thread, six wonder clips, package of coordinating light blue pins, one tapestry needle, and one sharp finishing needle.

✂️Blue Ribbon Birdie Pattern by Blue Ribbon Designs.

While you won't receive my personal Blue Ribbon Birdie model, you will get everything listed on the pattern to stitch your very own, along with all the finishing supplies! I'd say that is definitely worth entering for....

One winner will be chosen randomly from all eligible entries.

The giveaway will run from 12:00 AM on April 15, 2024 until Sunday, April 21, 2024 11:59 PM.

...and don't be discouraged if you don't win the prize pack - you can download my Blue Ribbon Birdie pattern for FREE. The pattern can be found here:

https://blueribbondesigns.blogspot.com/2024/04/BlueRibbonBirdie.html

GOOD LUCK  TO ALL! 🎉

For more details on finishing supplies I use, visit my Amazon Shop: 

https://www.amazon.com/shop/brdgirl 

Click on the Blue Ribbon Birdie image (full disclosure: as an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases - I only share products I actually use - and I truly appreciate you shopping from my links, thank you). 

Blue Ribbon Birdie - NEW Complimentary Chart

Greetings friends - thank you for visiting my blog today. As you know, I am celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Blue Ribbon Designs this month, with giveaways and a few surprises. Today I'm here to share one of those surprises...a brand new free chart! I want to say thank you for your kind support over the last 20 years, and what better way than to design a new complimentary pattern.

This is a special one and I am calling it "Blue Ribbon Birdie." If you have been following me, then you know I have a signature design series out called "Rick Rack Rounds" - counted cross stitch patterns that feature three round designs finished in my signature style, with rick rack and pins around the perimeter. I have already released five patterns in this series, with more to come. To give you a chance to make one (they are addicting), I decided to design one for my 20th anniversary celebration to give to you. 

You can find the printable PDF chart here:

https://blueribbondesigns.com/free-charts/

I kindly ask you do not post the actual chart on the Internet/social media or on Pinterest - instead, post a photo of the finished piece and/or direct users to this post or my website.

Blue Ribbon Birdie complements all the designs in my Rick Rack Round Series and is finished in the same fashion. Full finishing instructions are included with each pattern in the series (but not with the free design). This free pattern is stitched on 32-count linen (any light neutral linen will work) with DMC cotton floss. For finishing, I used Hand-Dyed Velveteen in color Shallot from Lady Dot Creates for the backing...and Hand-Dyed Rick Rack in the color Chianti from Lady Dot Creates. I used coordinating light blue sewing pins. You can find a complete list of the actual items I use to finish my Rick Rack Rounds in my Amazon Shop  (full disclosure: as an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases - I only share products I actually use - and I truly appreciate you shopping from my links, thank you!). 

Rick Rack Rounds make great bowl fillers or could be finished as seasonal ornaments. The patterns come with a plethora of creative ideas! I filmed a comprehensive FlossTube video showing how to do the finishing on these, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/YkBe77naAZI....and I am working on a fun REEL with some UPDATED finishing tips that will be posted soon. These seasonal/holiday-themed rounds are quick to stitch and easy to finish...and more seasonal/holiday Rick Rack Rounds are on the way!

The signature patterns in this series can be found in my Etsy Shop, in both paper and/or digital format.
Sweet Slice of Liberty: Digital Pattern OR Paper Pattern
Hitchin' A Ride: Digital Pattern OR Paper Pattern

Sunflower Delivery: Digital Pattern OR Paper Pattern

All Spruced Up: Digital Pattern OR Paper Pattern

Perched on a Pincushion: Digital Pattern OR Paper Pattern

For those who have kindly asked if they could purchase Blue Ribbon Birdie in the spirit of valuing my work (💗), I ask you talk about my designs with your stitching friends (spread the word about Blue Ribbon Designs) and/or visit my Etsy Shop to make a purchase...or you can Buy Me a Coffee or shop at Amazon via my link...it is definitely not required or necessary, but truly appreciated - thank you for supporting my creativity and valuing my artistry!💕

Finally - if you plan to stitch "Blue Ribbon Birdie,"  I hope you will share an image of your progress or finished Rick Rack Round (or ornament or your choice of finishing) on social media and tag me, so I can see it.

Enjoy and stitch it with joy in your heart!

Oh and one more thing, if you have read this far and you like Blue Ribbon Birdie, you are going to want to return on Monday to enter my Week 3 Giveaway...it is one you won't want to miss!!🎉