Elephants On Parade

Holiday Party at Sew To Speak
Tomorrow - 10 - 5 PM

Stop by this Saturday for some holiday treats.

Voting for your favorite elephant contestant will end promtly at 1:30.

At 2 o'clock we will announce our winners and prizes will be given.

Thank you to all who participated. Your softies have been enjoyed by the masses.

Happy Holidays from Anita, April, Janelle, Emily, Mary and Sydney at Sew To Speak.

Make way for Elephants...

Our Annual Holiday Softie contest is here again! 

You may remember our previous softie contests. This year's theme is ELEPHANTS! Deadline for entries is December 10th.

Here's how it works:
Stitch an Elephant and bring him or her in to Sew To Speak by December 10th. We will have customers, including you, vote for their favorite elephant and on December 17th, from 2-5pm we will host a Holiday Party, the votes will be tallied and winners will be announced!

The official Contest Rules:
1. Elephants must be sewn. They can have other embellishments (embroidery, crochet, and etc.) but the body must be sewn.
2. They can be as small as you like but no bigger than 30 inches long.
3. You can use a pattern, book or create your own softie.
4. Softies must stay at the shoppe until Saturday, January 7th and then they are yours to take home.
5. Your elephants need to be given a name, so we know what to call them ;)
6. All entries must be in by close (5pm) Saturday, December 10th.

THE PRIZES!:
1st place will take home a $30 gift certificate
2nd place a $20 gift certificate
3rd place a $15 gift certificate

Craft A Kitty!

Holiday Softie Contest!

Some of you may remember our previous softie contests, last years Make a Mouse or 2008's Sew a Sheep. They were both so much fun and now it's time to do it again! This years theme: Craft a Kitty!

Here's how it works: Craft a Kitty and bring him or her in to Sew To Speak by December 4th. We will have customers, including you, vote for their favorite cat. On December 18th, from 2-5pm we will host a Holiday Party, the votes will be tallied, winners will be announced and prizes given.

The official Contest Rules:
1. Kitty's must be sewn. They can have other embellishments (embroidery, crochet, and etc.) but the body must be sewn.
2. They can be as small as you like but no bigger than 30 inches long.
3. You can use a pattern, book or create your own softie.
4. Softies must stay at the shoppe until Saturday, January 8th and then they are yours to take home.
5. Your cat must be given a name, so we know what to call them.
6. All entries must be in by close (5pm) Saturday, December 4th.

Prizes:
1st place will take home a $50 gift certificate
2nd place a $25 gift certificate
3rd place a $25 gift certificate

The cats featured here were made by Martha West using The Three Faces of Steve cat pattern from the book Denyse Schmidt Quilts.

We can't wait to meet your cats and kittens!

You can bring them in as soon as you like (officially due December 4th), we love to see them gather.

Meow.

Softie Contest

Make a Mouse!

Some of you may remember last years Sew a Sheep, Holiday Softie Contest... it was such a fun event that we've decided to do it again. Yet this year we're asking you to Make a Mouse! or you can make many mice if you like.

So here's the deal:

Make a Mouse and bring him or her in to Sew To Speak by December 5th. We will have customers, including you, judge the mice. On December 19th, from 2-5pm we will host a holiday party, the votes will be tallied, winners will be announced and prizes given.

Here's the official Contest Rules:

1. Mice must be sewn. They can have other embellishments (embroidery, crochet, and etc.) but the body must be sewn.

2. Mice can be as small as you like but no bigger than 30 inches long.

3. You can use a pattern, book or create your own softy.

4. Mice must stay at the store until January 9th and then they are yours to take home.

5. Your Mouse or Mice must be given a names, so we know what to call them.

6. All entries must be in by close (5pm) Saturday, December 5th.

Prizes: We've upped the ante this year!

1st place will take home a $50 gift certificate

2nd place a $25 gift certificate

3rd place a $25 gift certificate

The winner's will also be photographed and published here for everyones blog viewing pleasure!

We can't wait to meet your mice, so get to making and bring them in as soon as you like, but no later than Dec. 5th :)