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THE GREAT PINCUSHION EXCAHNGE

Needlecrafting can often be a solitary hobby – unless you take part in a local sewing group, how can you exchange ideas and share your progress with other stitchers? Instagram and forums make great online platforms for showing off your work – but Janine Vangool wanted her UPPERCASE Circle online group of crafters, with members from across the globe, to enjoy real interaction with each other. Enter the pincushion exchange – a summer project that quickly became a roaring success…

UPPERCASE publishing is a one-woman operation run by Janine of Calgary, Canada. She publishes a quarterly print

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