The 'Stitching Around The World' Project
Watch all our videos below!
We started this project during the Covid19 Pandemic as a way to share what you were all making while you were stuck indoors; it's been so inspirational to see stitchers from all over the world come together that we have continued to make these videos! We now combine this with World Embroidery Day every year, check out the details below...
World Embroidery Day: Tuesday 30th July 2024
Thank you to everyone who has sent us videos for this years World Embroidery Day! You can see all of the wonderful pieces in our Stiching Around the World video up on 30th July 2024, World Embroidery Day!
Stitching Around the World for World Embroidery Day 2023 - Number 7
Welcome to our Stitching Around the World video made especially to celebrate World Embroidery day! The response the this years video was amazing; over 34 participants (several in one video), 11 countries and 6 continents; thank you to our participants: Jane, Patricia, Emma, Shay, Bernard, Liz, Kerrie, Conny, Lili Angel, Cécile, Lisa, Eliese, Maggie, Kana, Pauline, Darren, Sharron, Janet, Mary, Cerise, Lara, Lori, Carolin, Jenny, Djordje, Christine, Kristen, Eloise, Helen, Linda, Keenan, Rachel, Karen and Mary. We'll do it all again next year!
Stitching around the world for World Embroidery Day 2022 - Number 6
Welcome to our Stitching Around the World video made especially to celebrate World Embroidery day! It's always inspiring to see what you are making and this one is no exception! Thank you to our participants, Jane, Kana, Sumita, Punya, Mary, Raffaela, Amanda, Keenan, Linda, Dianna, Dikla, Charlotte, Cheyenne & Fuzzy Bug, Gautam, Amy, Heather, Amy B, Danielle, Karen and Teresa.
Stitching around the world in 2021 - Number 5
Welcome to our 2021 Stitching Around the World video! Lockdowns may be easing everywhere but the needles are still working hard! Thank you to our participants, Alexa, Rachel, Celia, Jane, Mary, Odette, Lucie, Kristi and Kana covering four different continents who sent in videos of their wonderful work.
Stitching around the world at Christmas!- Number 4
We have made it to video number 4 and this one is our seasonal one! Thank you to our participants, Francesca, LLinos, Celia, Amanda, Jane, Kana, Odette, Sokhna, Dianna, Cheryl and Angela covering five different continents who sent in videos of their beautiful projects.
Stitching around the world in Lockdown - Number 3
Welcome to the third Lockdown video! Thank you to Carolyn, Brenda, Truus, Lucy & family, El, Lori, Natalie, Cheyenne, Joan, Jean, Jane, and Gautam who sent in videos of their projects, contining to keep us united!
Stitching around the world in Lockdown - Number 2
Welcome to the second Lockdown video! Thank you to Donna, Barbara, Amanda, Cheyenne, Sandra, Kathy, Joni, Angela & Sandra who sent in videos of the fantastic projects they are working on, helping to continue uniting stitchers wherever they are in the world during lockdown.
Stitching around the world in Lockdown - Number 1
Here is the result of our call to stitchers around the world! Thank you to Kim, Angela, Stephanie, Caroline, Gautam & Hema, Linda, Karen, Shannon, Luisa, Jane, Donna, Sandra & Michael, Hazel, Linda, Maura, Gracie, Claire and Patricia who sent in videos of their wonderful projects, helping us unite stitchers wherever they are during lockdown.
Calling all stitchers around the world!
Send us a video of an embroidery project you have made or are making and we will compile them all into one video and upload onto YouTube for World Embroidery Day! Anything that involves a sewing needle is great, and it can be something you are working on now or something you have finished. We welcome embroidery beginners especially, it is really inspiring to see people starting their embroidery journeys so do show everyone what you are making! And if you have participated before then you are very welcome to do so again! Maybe you would like to show us one of the earlier pieces you were working on finished....
Entreis for this years videos are now closed, thank you to every one who has sent in their videos, we will do it all again next year! Video will be up on my YouTube channel on World Embroidery Day 30th July 2024.
This is how to join in:
- Make a video about one minute long (on your mobile/cell phone is fine) in LANDSCAPE FORMAT - see below. Check out the videos above to see how others have done theirs.
- In your video tell us who you are and where you are in the world (you can just give your first name and country if you want to).
- 'Hi my name is Sarah, I'm in Nottinghamshire in England...'
- '¡Hola! Me llamo María y estoy en Madrid en España...'
- Show us the project you are working on and give a brief explanation of what it is and why you are stitching it; anything you're working on that involves a needle & thread!
- Please do not add any music, or have music playing in the background (to avoid a YouTube copyright strike on our channel!)
- Please don't add personal social meida links, YouTube channel links, website links etc to your video, you can email those to me here and once they have been verified they wll be added to the description below the video so you can share your work with viewers.
- Click on the link button below to upload your video and send it to us via Dropbox and we'll do the rest!
- Carry on stitching!
See lots of videos on embroidery on our YouTube Channel here (subscribe and click the bell to get a notification when we post something new).
Sample format
Please send your videos in LANDSCAPE FORMAT not portrait, or we may not be able to see your lovely stitching!
Send us your video here!
How to make a video!
Follow these instructions for how to make your video on your smart phone:
- Open the camera on your phone. This is a little camera image, something along the lines of the one in the first image below.
- Once you have opened up the camera there will be another image that looks like a video, tap on this (you may notice the screen format change), see image 2 below.
- If you only have one camera on your phone (on the back!) then, making sure it is in landscape format, point it at your work and press the big (usually red!) record button to start filming. A timer will appear to tell you that the video is recording. Press the same button to stop the recording once you have finished. See image 3 below. We can do any editing required so don't worry if the start and finish isn't quite how you would like!
- If you have a front facing camera as well as one on the back you can use this one so we can see you! You need to switch to this camera; this image is usually a camera with some arrows on it, see image 4 below. Once it has switched to the front camera you should be able to see yourself on the screen! You can prop the phone up against something so it's nice and steady while you record. You can then repeat the instructions above to make your video.
- Once you have finished the recording the video will save to a video file.
- Click on the 'SEND YOUR VIDEO HERE' link here or above, to send via Dropbox (entries closed for 2024). You are then asked to choose your file. A list of places where your video will be will appear so choose the video section on your phone and click on the video you just made (if you aren't sure where it is, try FILES, see image 5 below).
- The video will appear as a link in the box, see image 6 below.
- Dropbox asks you for your name and email; this is so they can ask you if you would like to sign up to Dropbox once you have finished but you can just say no (it is free if you are interested)! Click UPLOAD and you are all done!
- If you are having any trouble making or downloading your video, please contact us here for help
