Enter the 2009 Stitches Golden Needle Awards™ and show off your embroidery and digitizing skills and creativity! Finalists will be selected by a panel of veteran embroiderers and digitizers – and then we're opening the voting to Stitches readers. Winners will be featured in the November 2009 issue of Stitches and online. So, select the entry category that fits your skills, and show us your talent.

Compete in these categories (top prizes for each category):


EMBROIDERY AWARDS
Sponsored By:     Stitches Editors’ Pick
(Stitches editors will select a grand prize winner out of all the top embroidery winners) $250 Gift Certificate (merchandise of winner’s choice), sponsored by Vantage Apparel (asi/93390), and an ASI Decorator Membership (one year), sponsored by Advertising Specialty Institute


   
Sponsored By:     Design of the Year, Artistic, Corporate and Fashion
$250 Gift Certificates, sponsored by Madeira Co.
   
Sponsored By:     Design of the Year, Technical, Corporate and Fashion
$250 Gift Certificates, sponsored by Brother International Inc.
   
Sponsored By:     Best Use of Stock Design
$250 Gift Certificate, sponsored by Gildan
   
Sponsored By:     Best Multimedia Design, Corporate
$250 Prize Pack, sponsored by Hilos Iris

Best Multimedia Design, Fashion
$250 prize pack, sponsored EnMart


   
Sponsored By:     Best Single-Color Design
$250 Gift Certificate, sponsored by Broder Bros. Co. (asi/42090)
   
Sponsored By:     Accessories, Fashion and Home
ASI Decorator Memberships (one year), sponsored by Advertising Specialty Institute
   

DIGITIZING AWARDS
Sponsored By:     Stitches Editors’ Pick
(Stitches editors will select a grand prize winner out of all the top digitizing winners) TwillStitch Pro™ (retail value $799) from Stahls’ ID Direct, and ASI Decorator Membership (one year), sponsored by Advertising Specialty Institute




   
Sponsored By:     Design of the Year, Artistic, Corporate
$250 Prize Pack sponsored by American Embroidery Supply

Design of the Year, Artistic Fashion
12-month subscription to Wilcom ConceptShare, and Solo Plan valued at $264 (www.wilcomconceptshare.com), sponsored by Wilcom




   
Sponsored By:     Design of the Year, Technical, Corporate and Fashion
12-month subscriptions to Wilcom ConceptShare, and Solo Plan valued at $264, sponsored by Wilcom


   
Sponsored By:     Best Multimedia Design, Corporate and Fashion
12-month subscriptions to Wilcom ConceptShare, and Solo Plan valued at $264, sponsored by Wilcom, and ASI Decorator Memberships (one year), sponsored by Advertising Specialty Institute




   
Sponsored By:     Best Single-Color Design
12-month free subscription to Pulse Microsystems Ltd Embroidery i2 (www.embroideryi2.com), a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator/CorelDRAW, sponsored by Pulse Microsystems Ltd; and an ASI Decorator Membership (one year), sponsored by Advertising Specialty Institute


   
Sponsored By:     Best Home Accessories Design
$250 Gift Certificate, sponsored by Pro Towels Etc. (asi/79750);ASI Decorator Membership (one year), sponsored by Advertising Specialty Institute




   

Entry Deadline: June 17, 2009