2008 Bookmark Challenge

March 20 - May 8

Celebrate reading and stitching! Join participating independent needlework shops, and stitch a bookmark that will be donated to a library or school to reward reading accomplishments.

It’s a snap.

Step 1: Stitch a bookmark (or two, or three…). Any hand-stitched bookmark counts:

any pattern (one you purchase or one you make up)
on any ground (perforated paper, aida, linen, canvas, etc.)
with any fibers (cotton, silk, metallics, beads, etc.)
using any needlework technique (cross stitch, blackwork, hardanger, etc.)

Step 2: Drop off or mail your bookmark to a participating independent needlework shop between March 20th and May 8th.

Want to do more?

Participate in Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy events at your local needlework shop and/or library.
Teach someone how to stitch a bookmark.
Start a Read-and-Stitch Club.
Spread the word about the program to your friends and family, on your blog, and in your newsletter.
Participate on the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy blog.
Read! And tell us on the blog what you’re reading.

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Raising Money for Literacy

Independent designers donate to literacy projects at least 10% of profits from specially-designed bookmark patterns bearing a Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy logo. When you purchase these patterns, you, too, are supporting literacy.

Funk & Weber Designs