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Prime Publishing Raises Money for ASPCA

Northbrook, IL – From August 22-August 29, 2022, Prime Publishing raised money for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) through its quarterly Clicks for a Cause program. 

ASPCA has worked tirelessly to put an end to animal abuse and neglect for over 150 years. They are a national leader in animal rescue, protection, and placement. The organization also focuses on passing humane laws and shares resources with shelters nationwide.

We shared popular pet-themed DIYs with our readers to help raise awareness for the ASPCA’s mission. Featured craft tutorials included this Homemade Catnip Toy, a Crochet Dog Potholder, a DIY Rescue Dog Blanket, and a DIY Cat Bed.

Learn more about the ASPCA here and how you can help.

Learn more about Prime Publishing’s Clicks for a Cause program here.

h+h americas finalizes partnership with Prime Publishing

Northbrook, Illinois —

• Together we are expanding industry outreach, connecting with our community.
• First international offspring of the world’s leading trade fair “h+h cologne.”
• We are uniting the soft crafts industries In North America.
• More than 100 exhibitors signed up.
 

Excitement is building around the launch of h+h americas, which will take place from June 22-24, 2022, in Rosemont, Illinois. With seven months to go, the organizer reports strong interest among the US and international soft craft manufacturers and already has over 100 contracts. 

Today the organizer announced a new partnership with Prime Publishing LLC, a leading online platform and publisher for the fiber and fabric community with 3 million followers. Prime will use its vast online reach to draw awareness to the h+h americas opportunity, where it will organize networking events and pre-show introduction of top influencers, bloggers & designers to selected sponsors. Prime will also offer an “America’s Best Contest” featuring project designs and the award winners will be announced following h+h americas. 

Says Stuart Hochwert, President of Prime: “We think that h+h americas will provide some great opportunities for buyers and sellers in the soft craft industry. We are committed to assisting this event via five of our sites including FaveCrafts.com; AllFreeSewing.com; FaveQuilts.com; AllFreeKnitting.com & AllFreeCrochet.com that comprise some of Prime’s free crafting, fiber and fabric online resources for consumers in beads, crochet, knitting, and sewing. Our team of editors will be onsite to cover the launch of this event. We are very excited to enter this partnership.”

“Having Prime Publishing as a partner on our side gives us another powerful channel to reach the soft-craft buying community. We are confident this partnership will be valuable in our effort to deliver a high-quality and diverse trade show, design competition, and educational program. We look forward to this co-operation,” says Mette Petersen, President and Managing Director of Chicago-based Koelnmesse Inc.

h+h americas, the sister event of its German namesake, is slated to become the leading U.S. industry event for buyers of home textiles, tapestry, sewing, knitting, crocheting, haberdashery, quilting, needlepoint, and business software and marketing solutions. It will be held in partnership with the Craft Industry Alliance, a membership organization that has served the craft professionals community since 2015.

For more information contact:
Darrin Stern
North American Show Manager
h+h americas
773-326-9925
www.hh-americas.com
www.instagram.com/hhamericas
www.linkedin.com/showcase/hhamericas
www.facebook.com/hhamericas

About Prime Publishing LLC:
Since 2009, a women’s lifestyle content publisher focused on DIY, Craft & Recipe sites, newsletters, magazines, and social media. Fiber (Knit & Crochet) and Fabric (Sewists & Quilters) consumers find project ideas, inspiration, new product information and engaging content on Prime’s sites, seven sewing & quilting newsletters & 9 crochet & knitting newsletters and several social media channels on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube. To request more information about how Prime can promote your brand to Fiber & Fabric consumers send an email to Chris Wright.

About Koelnmesse GmbH:
Koelnmesse is the number 1 trade fair location for numerous industries with some 1,000 employees and representatives worldwide. Cologne, Germany is centrally located in Europe and the Koelnmesse fairgrounds with 400,000 square meters ranks in the top 3 within Germany and top 10 worldwide. Every year, Koelnmesse organizes and conducts more than 80 trade fairs, exhibitions, guest events and special events in Cologne and in the world’s most important markets connecting 54,000 exhibitors from 122 countries with more than 3 million visitors from 200 countries. Koelnmesse has earmarked 700 million Euro towards the expansion of its fairgrounds which should be completed by 2030.

Koelnmesse Picture Material:
https://www.koelnmesse.de/news/bilddatenbank/bilddatenbank.php 

Koelnmesse in Social Media:
www.linkedin.com/company/koelnmesse-gmbh
www.instagram.com/koelnmesse 
www.facebook.com/Koelnmesse
www.twitter.com/Koelnmesse 

Koelnmesse Inc. located in Chicago, IL for the past 19 years is the North American subsidiary and marketing arm of the Koelnmesse Group, one of the world’s leading organizers of international trade shows. Their experienced team of marketing and sales professionals organizes trade shows and events in North America as well as North American Pavilions for US, Canadian and Mexican companies at more than 25 trade shows around the world. 
https://koelnmessenafta.com
https://twitter.com/koelnmesseinc
https://www.linkedin.com/company/koelnmesseinc
https://www.facebook.com/KoelnmesseInc

AllFreeSewing Celebrates National Sewing Month 2020

Northbrook, IL – Prime Publishing’s annual National Sewing Month promotion in September has concluded its seventh year. Throughout the month, AllFreeSewing.com shared a variety of brand new tutorials, projects, printables, and sewing guides.

Along with a few no-sew projects perfect for beginners, AllFreeSewing launched a free newsletter dedicated to no-sew crafting, Simply No Sew. With this newsletter, subscribers will discover how to use up their fabric stash to create stylish DIY no-sew projects—no sewing machine required!

The 2020 National Sewing Month promotion received over 280,794 pageviews and 71,149 entries for the month’s giveaways, which included a Mega Handi Quilter HQ Stitch 710 Machine grand prize worth $3495.

The best of National Sewing Month 2020 included a mixture of helpful resources, projects, and collections. The guide, Sewing for Charity: What to Know in 2020, provided useful information in the time of COVID-19.

The top project was No-Sew Fabric Christmas Gift Tag Ornaments. Readers also enjoyed the printable Sewing Machine Paper Practice Sheets and Sewing Cards for Kids, both ideal for sewists of all skill levels.

“We wanted to welcome anyone, whether they sew or not, to celebrate and learn with these easy and approachable projects and resource pages to help them learn and understand the inner-workings of everything related to sewing and improve their skills,” said Krista Childers, editor of AllFreeSewing and the organizer of the promotion.

AllFreeSewing Celebrates National Sewing Month 2020

Northbrook, IL – Prime Publishing’s annual National Sewing Month promotion in September has concluded its seventh year. Throughout the month, AllFreeSewing.com shared a variety of brand new tutorials, projects, printables, and sewing guides.

Along with a few no-sew projects perfect for beginners, AllFreeSewing launched a free newsletter dedicated to no-sew crafting, Simply No Sew. With this newsletter, subscribers will discover how to use up their fabric stash to create stylish DIY no-sew projects—no sewing machine required!

The 2020 National Sewing Month promotion received over 280,794 pageviews and 71,149 entries for the month’s giveaways, which included a Mega Handi Quilter HQ Stitch 710 Machine grand prize worth $3495.

The best of National Sewing Month 2020 included a mixture of helpful resources, projects, and collections. The guide, Sewing for Charity: What to Know in 2020, provided useful information in the time of COVID-19.

The top project was No-Sew Fabric Christmas Gift Tag Ornaments. Readers also enjoyed the printable Sewing Machine Paper Practice Sheets and Sewing Cards for Kids, both ideal for sewists of all skill levels.

“We wanted to welcome anyone, whether they sew or not, to celebrate and learn with these easy and approachable projects and resource pages to help them learn and understand the inner-workings of everything related to sewing and improve their skills,” said Krista Childers, editor of AllFreeSewing and the organizer of the promotion.

AllFreeSewing Celebrates National Sewing Month 2019

Northbrook, IL – Prime Publishing’s annual National Sewing Month promotion in September has concluded its sixth year. Throughout the month, AllFreeSewing.com shared a variety of new sewing and fabric projects, videos, giveaways, and a charity event.

New for 2019 was the participation in the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge. In partnership with The Quilter’s Trunk, an inspired Chicago sewing boutique, AllFreeSewing collected pillowcase donations all month-long. The goal was to provide some comfort and connection to those in need by making and donating pillowcases to local charities. We received 111 donations to support the local Chicago charity, A New Direction, that helps women and children who have experienced domestic violence.

Along with the charity donations, this promotion received 187,879 pageviews and 50,565 entries for the grand prize, a Janome Sewist 780DC Sewing Machine valued at $1,099.

New tutorials featured during National Sewing Month included a beautiful Poppy Mini Market Bag Sewing Pattern by Molly Freudenberg from Craft Weekly, a Scandinavian Flowers Cushion Pattern by Anna Wilson from Tea and a Sewing Machine, and a Cinnamon Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments Tutorial by Krista Childers, the editor at AllFreeSewing.

AllFreeSewing Celebrates National Sewing Month 2018

Northbrook, IL – For the fifth year in a row, Prime Publishing has joined the sewing and quilting community to celebrate National Sewing Month in September. This month-long event included brand new sewing tutorials, techniques, and instructional videos on AllFreeSewing.com and Facebook. Sewists, quilters, and those interested in learning how to sew were provided with advice for specific machines or techniques, along with free and unique designs to make. Tutorials included the Vintage Christmas Wreath Beaded & Embroidered Ornaments by Anna Wilson, How to Sew on Sequins by Rebecca George, and Easy Sock Snowmen by Jenny Bowden.

Prime Publishing’s National Sewing Month 2018 celebration garnered more than 150,000 page views for AllFreeSewing and featured 14 never-before-seen tutorials from top sewing designers and our in-house team of experts, as well as three Facebook Live videos, which gained 20,000+ views.

We also had several small giveaways during September including fabric and tools, but the most anticipated giveaway was our grand prize of a Janome M7200 sewing machine, which received more than 10,000 entries.

Visit AllFreeSewing to check out some of this year’s hottest projects, including Kid-Friendly Felt Monsters, Vintage Hat and Bag Refashion, and the How to Plan Sewing Christmas Gifts Guide.

AllFreeSewing Celebrates National Sewing Month 2018

Northbrook, IL – For the fifth year in a row, Prime Publishing has joined the sewing and quilting community to celebrate National Sewing Month in September. This month-long event included brand new sewing tutorials, techniques, and instructional videos on AllFreeSewing.com and Facebook. Sewists, quilters, and those interested in learning how to sew were provided with advice for specific machines or techniques, along with free and unique designs to make. Tutorials included the Vintage Christmas Wreath Beaded & Embroidered Ornaments by Anna Wilson, How to Sew on Sequins by Rebecca George, and Easy Sock Snowmen by Jenny Bowden.

Prime Publishing’s National Sewing Month 2018 celebration garnered more than 150,000 page views for AllFreeSewing and featured 14 never-before-seen tutorials from top sewing designers and our in-house team of experts, as well as three Facebook Live videos, which gained 20,000+ views.

We also had several small giveaways during September including fabric and tools, but the most anticipated giveaway was our grand prize of a Janome M7200 sewing machine, which received more than 10,000 entries.

Visit AllFreeSewing to check out some of this year’s hottest projects, including Kid-Friendly Felt Monsters, Vintage Hat and Bag Refashion, and the How to Plan Sewing Christmas Gifts Guide.

AllFreeSewing Hosts Successful Pillowcase Charity Drive

Northbrook, IL – AllFreeSewing proudly wrapped up its month-long Sew-a-Thon for Operation Christmas Child during the month of May. Readers donated a total of 1,102 handmade pillowcases for children in need around the world.

Pillowcases donated to Operation Christmas Child are placed in shoeboxes along with toys, school supplies, and hygiene items to be donated to children in need. Donations will be sent to the Operation Christmas Child Area Coordinator, Betsy Burnett, in Three Rivers, IL. A grand prize package was also provided by Plaid; Burnett is a Plaid ambassador.

“I am amazed at the talent and hard work that our readers put into our Sew-a-Thon”, said Ashley Jones, editor of AllFreeSewing.com. “Because of their sewing skills and generosity, these pillowcases can be used by children as regular pillowcases, bags, blankets, and security items. I’m so excited that we’ve surpassed our initial goal of 1,000 donations.”

Prime Publishing previously partnered with Operation Christmas Child in 2016 to help with shoebox donations and helped 3,965 children. This is the first year that AllFreeSewing has hosted a sew-a-thon on its site.

Learn more about Operation Christmas Child, as well as how to donate.

Read about the wrap-up of AllFreeSewing’s May Sew-a-Thon.

AllFreeSewing Hosts Successful Pillowcase Charity Drive

Northbrook, IL – AllFreeSewing proudly wrapped up its month-long Sew-a-Thon for Operation Christmas Child during the month of May. Readers donated a total of 1,102 handmade pillowcases for children in need around the world.

Pillowcases donated to Operation Christmas Child are placed in shoeboxes along with toys, school supplies, and hygiene items to be donated to children in need. Donations will be sent to the Operation Christmas Child Area Coordinator, Betsy Burnett, in Three Rivers, IL. A grand prize package was also provided by Plaid; Burnett is a Plaid ambassador.

“I am amazed at the talent and hard work that our readers put into our Sew-a-Thon”, said Ashley Jones, editor of AllFreeSewing.com. “Because of their sewing skills and generosity, these pillowcases can be used by children as regular pillowcases, bags, blankets, and security items. I’m so excited that we’ve surpassed our initial goal of 1,000 donations.”

Prime Publishing previously partnered with Operation Christmas Child in 2016 to help with shoebox donations and helped 3,965 children. This is the first year that AllFreeSewing has hosted a sew-a-thon on its site.

Learn more about Operation Christmas Child, as well as how to donate.

Read about the wrap-up of AllFreeSewing’s May Sew-a-Thon.

Seams and Scissors Celebrates National Sewing Month 2016

Northbrook, IL – Prime Publishing recently joined the sewing community in celebrating National Sewing Month. This month-long event brought brand new content to SeamsandScissors.com, the companion sewing and quilting blog for AllFreeSewing.com and FaveQuilts.com. Readers were treated to brand new holiday content, sewing and quilting tips, and an exclusive weekly sew-along for a stylish autumn tote bag. SeamsandScissors also ran a month-long comment contest sponsored by BERNINA featuring their Bernina 215 Simply Red Sewing Machine. This grand prize giveaway with BERNINA generated over 55,000 contest entries and over 1,400 comments.

The sew-along focused on one of the hottest trends for fall, woodland animals. This adorable sewn fox bag captured the whimsy style seen on runways, in magazines, and in quilt studios for Fall/Winter 2016. Popular on Facebook and Pinterest, the free Fox Tote Bag tutorial was just one of many on-trend blog posts that also included stylish fall home décor, easy refashioning projects, and beginner guides to quilting and sewing.

Visit SeamsandScissors.com for the complete Fox Tote Bag sewing pattern, plus dozens of new fall patterns, tutorials, and more from National Sewing Month.