Looks fabulous! Love all the neat stuff that's going along with the book. I just printed out the freebie project to make the thread/pin holder. Looks like a nice sit down project for the evening.

I'd love to learn more about hand sewing! This looks like a great way to do that.

I love hand sewing.  One of my favorite things to do is collect unusual buttons of all kinds.  When I want to sit in a quiet setting, or if I am waiting for an appointment, or just feel like walking to the park, I can take a few buttons with me and change buttons on a sweater, jacket or just use them to embellish a project.  Since I love to knit and knitting is a form of sewing only with yarn and a needle, I am used to taking a knit project with me as well, whereever I go.  It's just as easy to take a small case with needle, thread, buttons.  I love the feel of the thread & needle in hand and manipulating it for hand embroidery stitches.  I found that many times I was torn by my desire to stay home and sew or choosing to accompany my husband on errands or just take a drive.  Now I don't have to choose.  While he drives, I can sew, knit, embroider, change buttons.  Added bonus, I can sew all the way back home!  

Sewing something by hand for somebody special is such a great way to show you love them.

Hand sewing relaxes me. Count me in.

I'd love this set as I'm just starting to hand sew. It's so great.

I am planninh on taking a hand sewing projewct on my vacation next month, I'd love to win this!

This is awesome! I'd love to win...my hand-sewing skills are seriously lacking and I need to improve them. :)

I have done a little hand-sewing here and there and I would love to learn more techniques and enjoy some inspiration along the way.

It's time to pick this week's winner. Our random number this time is 7, so the Freebie Friday winner this week is vickivictoria. Congrats!

Vickivictoria, look for a message from me (click "conversations" in the upper right corner of the site) in a few minutes!

Thanks for participating in Freebie Friday, everyone! Good luck next time!

I just joined this morning and am very excited to have found this web site.  To bad I missed the StitchBlog, it would have been nice to meet Susan Wasinger.  It would be great to win her book as I love to hand sew.  Being a newbe I hope you will include me in the drawing.

So far, your web site is great.

Thank You

Wish I had more time to read this blog.....looks like there is a boat load of info.  Hand sewing adds class to any garment.

What a great gift this would be to share with my teenage nieces when they come to visit this summer.  They both love to sew.  

I love all of the projects ya'll have, keep up the great work!!

What great projects!  It will be fun to do some hand sewing and make some of them!  Thanks for the great giveaway!

I have always made handmade gifts and learned to sew by hand at an early age, but it seems as I got older and busier, hand sewing went by the wayside.  I only recently began hand sewing again and crocheting in an effort to stop smoking.  I fogot how wonderfully therapeutic hand sewing was.  I always have a small portable project with me when I go to my children's activities and I have been amazed at how many children ask if they can learn or try.  I think they are always amazed that you can make something without using electricity.  I would love to show them the book and ask them if there is a project they would like to try.  

That would be very nice to win.  Hand sewing is my favorite way to sew although I haven't had the time to do it lately.  It is so portable.  Also you get people asking what are you doing?  And some of the time you can find someone who would like to learn the art of hand sewing.

I would love to win this kit. I am just starting to sew and I don't know how to use a sewing machine yet. I know how to do simple sewing but need a really good book to show me how to do it the right way. I searched all over for a book like this and they are so hard to find on just hand sewing. This book would help me tremendously to get my new projects and ideas on the right path. I am so happy that I found this site and I know it will be a great help to me reading all your topics on sewing. Thank you for making this site available to all of us!