So many Mysteries... so little time... A Giveaway

Has anyone else noticed lately that there are A LOT of mystery samplers and other mystery pieces going around?
I know Martina at Chatelaine has done them forever but recently a few other well known designers got on board.

I happen to have a duplicate (yep I actually bought the pattern twice... apparently I was really excited about it) of the first part of a mystery that was released in the last year. And I'd love for it to go to a fellow stitcher and follower!

But here's the catch. It's a mystery right? So I'm not going to tell you what the mystery part 1 sampler is, or who the designer is. Sound like fun? Wanna get in on it?

To enter the giveaway 
Just follow these rules: 
1) Be a follower of my blog
2) Leave a comment on this post (and only this post counts) that you want to be included in the draw. Please put your email address in the comment or ensure your profile is viewable and your email is shown on it.
3) Wait until Friday, June 21 to see if you won! (entries will close Thursday, June 20 at midnight MST)

One entries not enough?
Here's how you can get more:
1) Tweet about this blog (ensure you put in @epicstitching so I know you did it)
2) Tweet about my Etsy store. (same deal put in @epicstitching so I know you did it) Etsy store link is: http://www.etsy.com/shop/epicstitching
3) Post on your blog about this giveaway with a link back to this post (comment that you did so please so I am not searching forever).

That's all there is to it! Pretty easy? I hope so. 

A couple of things to note: I will ship anywhere in the world. The pattern is brand new and is only part 1, but it can be stitched up on it's own and still be very cute. 

Baby Piece Complete & new home mess.

Well May has turned into quite the month. We've been in the new home for one month this past weekend and so far we have had:
- one laundry room flood; new pipes were required to fix it
- one bathroom sink leak; fixed with a new washer
- a backyard full of what we think are dew worms (making it all lumpy and yucky)
- someone break into our truck out front of the new home (only stole a couple cables no big deal)
AND
just got rear-ended in said truck last Tuesday.
*sigh*
So... you could say it's been a bit of a challenge.
Being a home owner is waaayyyy more work than renting and well just kind of stressful all the time. I feel like we will be fixing things in this home forever! (there is more to the story here but until lawyers settle it I cannot discuss it).
But screw all that, let's talk about stitching!

I've got the baby piece I was working on complete! And have started the 'un-shareable' piece as well. But I have a smaller piece on the go that I will share in the next week or so that is my "break" piece from the 'cant show you' one; so there will still be updates to come.
I'm hoping things start to become less crazy and a little more manageable. We will see.
Here is the baby piece. I signicantly changed this piece to fit the size I wanted and put in the motifs I wanted as well. But love the way it has turned out. Colors were all chosen based on earth palette and what I had available in stash. It's on a 28ct Cashel Antique Linen. I'll be framing it here soon and sending it off to the baby it belongs to (who just turned 1, gah bad). I'm glad to see it done up and can't wait to get it in the mail off to baby.
(name is obscured for privacy sake).

 

 

Thanks for visiting! Hopefully I will have some new, better stories in the next couple months! 

I'm coming back... I promise!

I know you're thinking geez Mel a whole month and it's not like you were even in Europe this time.

Forgive me everyone it's been crazy. We've had some set-backs with the new home (though we are living in it and mostly happy with it) that have just eaten up time.

I will be back this weekend. I hope! With a new finish (baby piece). The next piece I have coming up is going to be a secret, can't be shared here piece. My apologies. But I'll try and update you all on different things that are a happening.

Thanks for continuing to follow me and read these! 
Mel.