Connect with Mr X Stitch!

by Mr X on 20 May 2013

If you like needlecraft you should Heart Mr X Stitch!

In the exciting world of the interwebs, sometimes it’s tricky to stay in touch with everything that’s going on. Fortunately, there are lots of ways that you can connect with your favourite contemporary embroidery website! Check them out!

First and foremost is the Mr X Stitch site, bringing you two posts a day with all the stitchy goodness you could ever need! The easiest way to get new posts delivered to your door is via our RSS feed.

For the umpteen million people on Facebook, there’s our Facebook fan page, with all the posts and random bits of chit chat you could ask for!

Follow Mr X Stitch on Twitter! Everyone else is!

Get down with Mr X Stitch on Google Plus! We’ve also started an Embroidery and Needlecraft community on there! (Not sure what we’re doing on there – maybe you can help us work it out!)

The Phat Quarter on Flickr is the place to share pictures of your work, and every Fifth Friday you can take part in our legendary stitchy swaps!

We’ve got some awesome boards on Pinterest, so you can while away the hours looking at lovely pictures of terrific textile treats!

If you’re a deviantArtist you can share your work on our Phat Quarter Division over there!

We’ve got a Newsletter, which is going from strength to strength and keeps you abreast of our news and competitions. Join our mailing list to keep up with the gossip!

And don’t forget, you can contact us with artist recommendations, nice words or interesting ideas! It’s great to hear from you!

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If you’re in the New York City area on June 6th, don’t miss out on an amazing poetry + embroidery event in Brooklyn.

Iviva Olenick poetry event

As part of her EmbroideryPoems #BrooklynTweets project, artist Iviva Olenick is hosting a poetry reading and musical performance. As poets read and musicians play, embroiderers will stitch snippets of lyrics and verse to create new, “found” poems.

It should be a boundary-pushing, artistic night. Come join in!

Here are the details:
Thursday, June 6, 6-9pm
@61 Local, 61 Bergen Street near Smith Street
F/G to Bergen Street

Read more about Olenick’s project on the New York Times Magazine blog.

(P.S. I’ll be there stitching, so please say hello!)

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Stitchgasm! – Cross Stitched Dale Cooper!

by Leighlalovesyou on 20 May 2013

Another Stitchgasm from Mr X Stitch!Diane…I see before me a cross stitch of my own face. Damn Fine!

Dale Cooper by Mosh Stitch

This amazing cross stitch of Dale Cooper is by Mosh Stitch.  She has also stitched Iron Man and a Storm Trooper!

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