Join the Cindermice Stitch-Along!

Kit subscriptions are now on sale at Cloud Craft!

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First up, I have made a cute little video to tell you all about how the stitch-along is going to work:

 

I just love clunky stop motion!

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So would you like to know more?

In a nutshell, the Cindermice Stitch-Along is a series of exclusive needlework projects, designed to help you hand-stitch the most beautiful collection of heirloom ornaments in the run up to Christmas. I have been loving watching all of your #whatdelilahdid makes on Instagram recently, and I thought it would be a lot of fun for us to all make something at the same time. So the idea with this is that we will all stitch the designs together and then share our progress and finished ornaments on Instagram - I can't wait! The official tag is:

#cindermicestitchalong

The result of a collaboration between me and Nicole Twena (the brains behind modern needlework emporium Cloud Craft), the stitch-along will pair my cute Cinderella-inspired character designs with Nicole's supremely high quality stitching supplies: a match made in heaven.

I have carefully designed the projects to be suitable for adventurous beginners and above. A little sewing/embroidery experience will certainly help you, but you don't need to know any specifics because I am making video tutorials for every step, so you can stitch right along with me and see exactly how it's done; no need to decode complicated diagrams or written instructions - hurrah!

Nicole will be producing three exclusive, limited edition kit boxes for the stitch-along, each of which will contain all the materials you need to make one of the characters. You can subscribe to the whole series or order just one box. (The pattern and basic instructions will be included with each kit, together with codes for the online tutorial videos, but you will need Internet access for the full experience.)

The exact contents of each box will be a surprise, but I can tell you that they will include beautiful 100% wool felt and DMC threads, to ensure that your ornaments continue to look amazing for years to come. Cindermouse here will be the first design in the series, but the other two characters will remain a secret until the boxes start dropping through your doors - it's more exciting that way!

Subscriptions are available anywhere in the world. Further information on the technicalities of subscribing to the kits can be found here.

Nicole and I have worked very hard to make these subscription boxes really special, but we know that not everybody will be able to sign up for kits. Therefore I will also be making the projects available as PDF Pattern downloads to coincide with the delivery of each kit, so that we can all stitch together. If you would like me to email you when the patterns are ready to order then please sign up to our Cindermice Newsletter here.

We are really excited about this project and can't wait to get started. We hope you will join us!

Delilah x

Ps, if you have any questions about the stitch-along that haven't been answered in this post or on Nicole's FAQ page then please leave me a message in the comments below and I will get back to you there, so that we can keep everything in one place. Thank you!

Comments

[Chrissie Crafts]

Oh my goodness! This is so sweet! You had me at the first photo of that pretty little Cindermouse, but the video - eep! I can't wait til October! Now to pop over to Cloud Craft to sign up...This will be fun on IG! Best, Chrissie x

[Delilah]

Yay! Thanks Chrissie! So happy you're going to be joining us. October is my favourite month of the year anyway so this is going to make it even more awesome than usual. I am so excited to see everybody's pictures! x

[liz n.]

How big are the little mice? My mouse-crazy niece would love doll-sized mice, and I'm thinking of ordering just the patterns and enlarging them. Is it possible to order only the patterns?

[Delilah]

Hi Liz,

The decorations are very small; designed to hang comfortably from a tree/door handle/etc. Each character is between 12-14cm tall and 6-8cm wide (excluding the hanging loop).

There's no reason at all that you couldn't scale them up to make dolls, though keep in mind that I have simplified the patterns as much as possible to keep them from being too difficult to put together as little ornaments, so whilst the limbs etc. are *positionable*, they are not articulated/fully movable. You would also need to alter a few other details to make the pattern into a child-safe toy, and if you wanted the clothes to be removable etc. But if you are a reasonably experienced stitcher the alterations wouldn't be difficult at all and the main shapes would work perfectly well.

The patterns will be available on their own in October, after the kits have been posted. You can sign up for our updates newsletter at http://www.whatdelilahdid.bigcartel.com/the-cindermice-stitch-along if you would like to be notified when they are available.

I hope that helps!

[Jill Wyse]

Just ordered mine :) very excited to see what the other characters will be
Jill x

[Delilah]

Thanks Jill!

[chiara]

I finally gave in, too much cuteness!
plus October is my birth-month, how could I not shoehorn this into a birthday gift to me that will last three months?! 😜
can't wait to join you in the SAL, thank you so much for organising this!

[Delilah]

Hurrah! Lovely to have you with us Chiara, and happy birthday for October :)