CASE FILE No. 1 · STATUS: OPEN
Cold Case in Room 13
Love true crime? Hooked on embroidery? Combine your two favourite obsessions.
Welcome to Mystery, She Sewed, an immersive stitch-along where you become the detective. It’s part story, part puzzle, part stitchy goodness. Your four weeks start the moment you join, and your first clue is on its way before the kettle has boiled.
$25.00
🕵️ The Case
A journalist vanished from a historic hotel in the late 80s. Her disappearance left a trail of coded embroidery, missing files, and secrets someone wanted to stay buried. Now, decades later, the file lands on your desk.
What really happened in Room 13?
Each week you’ll receive original embroidery designs, printable story chapters, detective worksheets and bonus puzzles to help crack the case.
🎉 What’s included
- 4 weeks of mystery storytelling
- 8 original embroidery designs (2 each week)
- Printable notes and stitch instructions
- Detective’s Notebook pages to track evidence and theories
- A place to swap theories with fellow detectives in our Facebook community
- Crack the case and share a short witness statement to unlock a surprise bonus reward
🧵 A few quick details
- All designs fit a 4x4 inch (10x10 cm) embroidery hoop, perfect for all machine sizes
- You’ll need an embroidery machine (not suitable for hand embroidery)
- Files come in PES, DST, EXP, XXX and JEF (if your machine needs another format, just ask)
- Designed with both beginners and seasoned stitchers in mind
A peek inside the case file
Finished stitch-outs from the first detectives are being gathered for this board. The week 3 and 4 designs stay under wraps, naturally.
Witness statements
“Having taken part in the Mystery, She Sewed, Cold Case Room 13, I thoroughly enjoy this experience and it was something different to do with embroidery. Each week for 4 weeks, you were given an overview of the story, 2 files to be stitched out for the clues (each week), which are very well designed and a riddle. Like a child at Christmas time I couldn’t wait for next instalment. So if you want to try your hand at something different, why not give this a go. Don’t forget as with all mysteries, not all is as it seems.”
Denise, Stitch Detective
📍 Where the detectives gather
Compare notes, share your stitch-outs and swap theories (spoiler-free, of course):
Facebook group: NZ Machine Embroidery Addicts
Instagram: #MysterySheSewedColdCaseRoom13
This isn’t just a stitch-along. It’s an embroidered investigation.
Stitch the evidence. Follow the trail. Solve the case.
Are you ready, detective?
$25.00
Questions from the interview room
I’m a beginner. Can I really do this?
Yes. The designs stitch out without fancy techniques, the instructions assume no experience, and there are no deadlines. If you can hoop your fabric and press start, you can work this case.
I missed the live run. Can I still join?
Always. This case stays open. Your four weeks start whenever you join, so no one is ever late to an investigation.
When do my clues arrive?
Your case opens the moment you join, and your first envelope follows shortly after. From there, a new chapter with two designs arrives each week for four weeks.
What machine formats do you supply?
The designs come in PES, DST, EXP, XXX and JEF. If your machine needs a format that is not on that list, email me before you buy and I will see what I can do.