Aren’t fifth Fridays great? As you know, here at Mr X Stitch we have plenty of action on the other four Fridays, so when a fifth Friday comes along we get all excited and just have to have a giveaway!

And have we got some juicy prizes for three lucky winners!

First up we have a $50 gift voucher from our friends at Urban Threads who, incidentally, have got a free Valentine’s Day pattern available for download at the moment!

Next up, you could win a free pattern from Stitchalicious! The Virgins Series come from a collaboration with a Berlin-based Chilean artist and come with a offset printed pattern on cardstock, fabric, needle and DMC threads.

As well as being a pattern maker and a Stumpwork genius, Stitchalicious (also known as Alien Ted) runs embroidery classes in Berlin and has got one on 4th February for beginners. There’s more information on her site.

And last, but by no means least, you could win one of Leethal’s Connect the Dots Embroidery kits! Beefranck gave you the full SP on those little beauties earlier today, so you know exactly what you’re going to win already!

“So,” I hear you ask, “what do I have to do to win one of those wonderful prizes?” Well it goes a little something like this…

We want to know what your favourite non-stitchy craft blogs and sites are. We want to get our name out and about on the coolest crafting blogs and although we’ve got a good rep with some of the classic crafting sites, we want more. So all you have to do is leave a comment with the names of crafty sites that you can’t live without.

We’ll keep the comments open until midnight on 4th February at which point we will use a random number generator to pick out three winners. The winner will be contacted by email so make sure we’ve got your address. One prize per winner. Easy peasy.

Good luck!

The folks over at Urban Threads have a free pattern to share – and this one goes all the way to eleven!

This freebie is only available for a limited time, so be sure to go here to get yours before Sunday, January 24th!

The crew over at Urban Threads are celebrating the festive season with a groovy giveaway!

All you have to do is email them and tell them what rebel craftiness you’ve been up to this year. There’s loads of things to win as well – check it out!

• $100 gift certificate for any Urban Threads designs
• Urban Threads hoodie
• Coal (soap, that is)
• Some rockin’ fabric
• Sweet little Gingher stork scissors
• Festive embroidery floss and a hoop
• Decadent hot chocolate
• Your very own furry fanged bunny

Pretty cool! So jump to it! And if you win, come back and tell us all about it!

Our good buddies over at Urban Threads have released a festive pattern free to download from their site, and I’m pleased to report it’s not at all schmaltzy!

The design is free until Friday, 11th December in machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock art formats.

Enjoy this little early Christmas present from Urban Threads!

It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so the folks over at Urban Threads are offering this pattern for free through the end of October.

Go here to get the pattern in hand embroidery or machine embroidery formats, and show your support through stitching.

Over at Urban Threads, they’re giving away a free design to celebrate the birthday of H.P. Lovecraft.

From the site: “This design is available for FREE through Aug. 31, 2009 and is available in machine embroidery, hand embroidery and stock art. Celebrate his birthday by stitching this wicked design, and cool off from the summer heat with some scary-story goose bumps.”

It’s a pretty spiffy design, and it’s free, so go and get it!