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Doing her part to get people stitching, Heather Holland-Daly is an up-and-coming cross stitch designer whose unique designs will make you want to grab a hoop and some colorful thread.

With a background in theater, Heather, 40, of Bellville, Ill., has taken an interesting career path from the stage to retail to becoming her own boss as the owner and creator of her very own cross stitch design business called Monsterbubbles. On this episode of CraftSanity, Heather shares the story of how she's got into the craft business.

Visit monsterbubbles.com to check out her design gallery and read more about the designs below.

This Week's Project: Download the "Spring Flowers" pdf. It's a free cross stitch pattern from Heather.











This Week's Contest: Win this Monsterbubbles cross stitch kit which includes the pattern, screen, beads, wood frame and bottle caps. You supply the thread. This is design is based on one of Heather's tattoo. To enter leave a comment on the blog and copy/paste it into an e-mail to Jennifer along with your full name and mailing address. The deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 14.


And the winners of the Episode #48 contest are...
Congrats to Adriana of San Jeronimo Aculco, Mexico and Deb Sawyer, of McKinleyville, Calif., who won the drawing for copies of the fab "AlternaCrafts: 20+ Hi-Style Lo-Budget Projects to Make" by Jessica Vitkus. Thanks to Jessica and STC Craft for sponsoring the giveaway.


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Taking Names: Who do you want to hear from next? Send your comments, guest and show topic suggestions to jennifer@craftsanity.com.