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The Cross Stitching Awards are voted by the readers of cross-stitching.com, The World of Cross Stitching and Cross Stitch Crazy to celebrate the very best shops, kits, designers and accessories. Click on the links below to find out who's won...
Anna Davenport, Online Editor
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| 2008 Awards Results |
| Website of the Year |
WINNER
Debbie Cripps (Debbie Cripps) |
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“This is our first award, and it feels amazing – my knees are knocking. It’s fantastic to think that people have voted for us." (www.debbiecripps.co.uk)
Runner up: Black Sheep Wool
Runner up: Yiota’s XStitch |
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WINNER
Michael Powell |
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“It’s been a great show, and winning this award for the second year running has been a big surprise – thank you.”
Runner up: Margaret Sherry
Runner up: Faye Whittaker |
WINNER
‘Secret Garden 1 & 2’ (Michael Powell) |
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“I’m delighted! They’ve proved to be very popular kits, perhaps for their timeless quality, as in the children’s book The Secret Garden.”
Runner up: ‘A Windy Day’ – All Our Yesterdays (DMC) |
WINNER
All Our Yesterdays ABC (DMC) |
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“This has been a fabulous show, and we’re very proud to again be picking up this award for Faye Whittaker’s All Our Yesterdays designs.”
Runner up: Christmas Cuddles – Tatty Teddy |
WINNER
Tatty Teddy (Me to You) – Coats Crafts UK |
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“Tatty Teddy has been a firm favourite for many years, but the work we have done recently has reinvigorated him and reinvented an old classic.”
Runner up: Popcorn (Groves & Banks)
Runner up: Winnie the Pooh (Coats/DMC) |
| Online Retailer of the Year |
WINNER
The Black Sheep (Paul & Carol Mulvey) |
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“It’s an honour and a privilege to win this award. Online is the way forward!” (www.blacksheepwools.com)
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WINNER
The Black Sheep (Paul & Carol Mulvey) |
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“My wife Carol couldn’t be here tonight, but she is going to be made up that we won. I can’t wait to tell her!” |
WINNER
Thread Heaven – Siesta (Rob Agar) |
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“We’ve won this award three years in a row now. Thank you very much.”
Runner up: The Daylight Company
Runner up: Celtic Rose |
| Retailer of the Year - Regional Winners |
WALES
Criss X Stitches (Keith & Margaret Lathwell) |
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“It’s the second time we’ve won, and we’re absolutely over the moon!”
Runner up: Cross Patch
Runner up: Michael Powell |
SCOTLAND
R M Hobbies (Robert Main) |
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“The event was fabulous – even better than last year’s!”
Runner up: Elite Designs
Runner up: Nifty Needles |
SOUTH EAST
Threadneedles (Carole Weighhill) |
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“It’s really lovely to know that our customers still vote for us.”
Runner up: Yiota’s Cross Stitch
Runner up: Craft Central |
NORTH WEST
The Black Sheep (Paul & Carol Mulvey) |
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“We’d like to thank our customers for helping us to win this award."
Runner up: The Stamp Pad
Runner up: Sew N Sew |
SOUTH WEST
Material Needs (John & Katharine Edwards) |
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“We were thrilled to win. The awards show has been very exciting.”
Runner up: SD Framing
Runner up: Cross Patch |
MIDLANDS
Sew-n-Sew Needlecraft (Gary & Jayne Laywood) |
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“After a busy year and moving to a larger premises, this is the icing on the cake. Thank you to our customers.”
Runner up: Celtic Rose
Runner up: U-Duit |
NORTH EAST
Cross Stitch Direct (Karen Smithson) |
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“We were delighted to find that we won retailer of the year for the North East, and would like to thank all our loyal customers for voting!”
Runner up: Dainty Supplies
Runner up: Leven Crafts |
EAST ANGLIA
The Work Box (Helen Orrick) |
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“The fashion show was excellent, we loved it! We were thrilled to bits to win, too – thank you very much.”
Runner up: Northgate Neeldecraft
Runner up: Bears and Stitches |
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