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MARCIA HINES TO SHINE IN VELVET REWIRED – in Brisbane from November 17! 4 Doubles to Giveaway!

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>> We have 4 double passes to giveaway to this fab show! <<<

How to enter: Leave a comment to go into the draw to win these tickets! We will email the winners closer to the time.

Updated: The passes to giveaway are for the show on Sunday, Nov 20th, at 4:30 PM.

Break out the sequins and prepare to dance BRISBANE because VELVET REWIRED the show opens from 16 November in the Raine & Horne Wynnum Spiegletent at the Wynnum Fringe, ahead of a season at Sydney Opera House.

It’s a love letter to DISCO and you HAVE to be there!

VELVET REWIRED is a big, bold, and beautiful production staring the iconic MARCIA HINES.

The show features 17 major hit songs that dip deep into the disco psyche and are universal in their joyousness – including If You Could Read My Mind, Born to be Alive, Everybody Dance, Shake Your Groove Thing, It’s Raining Men, Don’t Leave Me This Way, Turn the Beat Around, No More Tears (Enough is Enough), He’s The Greatest Dancer, Boogie Wonderland, Disco Inferno and Boogie Wonderland.

It is inspired by Studio 54, a club famous for its wild parties and hedonism, but also ultimately for its cultural acceptance and equality on the dance floor.

Wynnum Fringe Garden – George Clayton Park on the shores of Moreton Bay

Tickets are on sale at  wynnumfringe.com/event/velvet-rewired/

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/velvettheshow/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/velvettheshow

Web: http://velvetrewired.com.au/

Ticketing link: https://wynnumfringe.com/events/velvet-rewired/

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Pencil Cross Stitch Patterns

Last year I shared my cute pencil cross stitch bookmark pattern, so I thought this year maybe I would look for more pencil cross stitch patterns to celebrate back to school or the writer in your life. 

If you’re looking for a fancier version of a pencil bookmark, check out this pretty one from Embrovera. It has pretty flowers and hearts around the pencil with a stitched border. It measures 27 by 86 stitches and comes out to 1.9 by 6.1 inches, or 4.9 by 15.6 cm, stitched on 14 count fabric. 

Speaking of flowers, there’s also this floral pencil cross stitch design from Oh My Stitches Shop. The pencil is black on this one but you could make it any color you like. It measures 37 by 102 stitches and uses 17 colors. On 14 count fabric it is 2.36 by 7.08 inches, or 6.71 by 18.5 cm. 

If you want to stitch a pencil that’s a cute teacher gift for back to school, try this one from Daily Cross Stitch, which features a pencil stretched into a heart shape and a heart shaped eraser. It calls for 11 colors and is 65 by 52. On 14 count fabric that comes to 4.64 by 3.71 inches, or 11.78 by 9.42 cm. 

There’s also this cute chubby pencil with the word learn from Stitch Gallery PDF that would be cute for a teacher (or a homeschool classroom). It looks like it uses five colors and the designer suggests using a piece of fabric that’s around 7 inches/17.6 cm square for this project. 

How about a teeny tiny pencil cross stitch pattern? This one from Bella Rose Craft also includes a wee apple design, and these mini patterns would be cute as a necklace or keychain charm. And at 7 by 13 stitches you can finish this one up in no time. 

Stitch the pencil alone or with this cute collection of school supplies that includes a glue bottle, crayons and calculator. The pattern is from sosacaetano, and it would be so cute for a classroom or stitched on a card. The full design as show is 6 by 1.75 inches (15.24 by 4.44 cm) on 14 count fabric.