Endangered Animal Stitching Challenge

I'm excited to explore some awesome animals in this stitching challenge! I'm hoping to raise awareness around these animals, the struggles they face and how we can help them out! And I'd love you to join in!

August 2021 is Stitch a Rusty Patched Bumblebee Month!

As part of the 2021 stitch an endangered animal a month challenge, it's stitch a Rusty Patched Bumblebee month! We will be stitching these beautiful endangered bees, found in the US. This is open to all bumblebees as well. All bumblebee populations have been in decline in the US over the last two decades by 93% (www.denverpost.com) So all bumblebees are struggling from pesticides, climate change, habitat loss and desease.. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust works to protect and preserve bumblebee habitats, so I will be donating proceeds from my embroidery to them to help these little beasties out. To join in with the challenge stitch your own Bumblebee! It can be as simple, complicated or abstract as you like and tag and dm me and use the hashtag #endangeredanimalchallenge when you share it on instagram so that I can share your work in my stories. If you're not on instagram, feel free to drop me an email with an image of your stitch work at rabbithatdesigns@gmail.com with your name if you'd like me to include it. If you don't feel like stitching, another way to join in is to share the embroideries, facts and/or raise awareness by sharing these creatures on your instagram, website or when you're chatting to friends and family. I'm so excited to see your animal stitches! Let's do this! Happy stitching and sharing. Do reach out to me if you have any questions....rabbithatdesigns@gmail.com. For each animal embroidery I donate 100% proceeds to WWF and related conservation and ecological organizations that work with endangered species and wildlife, other stitchers have done the same or picked a charity that works directly with the animals we are stitching. This is a totally optional part of the challenge, but feel free to reach out to me if you want more info on this part.

Here are the Endangered Animals I'll be working on each month, I'd love you to join me !

Next Up - August: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
September: Karner Blue Butterfly
October: Forest Owlet
November: Red Wolf
December: Narwhal

Check out stitches from previous months below!

July 2021 Nuttall's Sheep Moth

How lovely are all these Nuttall's Sheep Moths from July's endangered animal! For a closer look at these beauties and their awesome stitchers zoom in for the names above the images or find the post on my instagram. My Nuttall's sheep moth is now up on my etsy, all profits will be donated to the Xerces Society who work to protect and preserve moth habitat.

June 2021 Regent Honey Eater

Such a beautiful collection of Regent Honey Eaters this month! Thanks so much to everyone who took part. To find these embroideries and their awesome stitchers, zoom into the image to the left or check out the post on my instagram. My regent honey eater is on my Etsy, all proceeds will be donated to the Society for Ecological Restoration to help these and other vulnerable species out.

May 2021 Bonobo

This month it was all about bonobos and oh my aren't these all lovely! To find the original stitchers check out this post on mu instagram. Thanks so much to you awesome stitchers who took part. I feel like bonobos were quite a tricky one to stitch as well, so it's been awesome to see these. My bonobo embroidery is now up on my Etsy, all profits will be donated to WWF to help bonobos and other vulnerable species out.

April 2021 Kakapo

April 2021 was all about these beautiful flightless birds found only on an island off New Zealand. Kakapo month was a blast with so many lovely entries to the challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who took part! To find these kakapos and their awesome stitchers, use the tags on this post on my instagram.

March 2021 Elephant Shrew

Such a lovely bunch of elephant shrews! How great are all these elephant shrew inspired embroideries and wips. It's been a blast seeing these beauties come to life and to spend time working on this awesome little creature. To donate to help elephant shrews check out the African Wildlife Foundation.

February 2021 Endangered Penguins

How awesome are all these penguin stitches! To find the original artists of each hoop, check out the post on my instagram and zoom in for names above the images. Thanks so much to everyone who took part in the challenge! It's always so cool to see these animals coming to life out there! My penguin stitch is now available on my Etsy, all proceeds will be donated to WWF to help these species out.

January 2021 Panda

Such a great way to start 2021 with all these beautiful pandas! To get a closer look at these you can check out the post on my instagram and zoom in for the name of each creator above each panda. Thanks so much to everyone who's been stitching and sharing your beautiful pandas!

January 2020 Tiger

Wowsers! Stitch a Tiger Month started us off with a bang. What a beautiful series of tigers. Thanks so much to everyone who took part and for all your beautiful tigers. Together we raised lots of awareness and even some money for WWF to help them continue their conservation efforts! To check out the awesome stitchers who took part and a closer look at all these tigers find the instagram post on my feed and follow the tags.. All tigers are on the endangered list with the Malayan and Siberian tigers in most need of our help. What a beautiful beast to start with! If you want to support WWFs conservation efforts for all these awesome species you can buy my tiger hoop on my Etsy and I will donate all profits to WWF!

February 2020 Pangolin

Oh my! What a beautiful collection of pangolins stitched this month. This was such a weird and wonderful creature to work on. Thanks so much to all the stitch magicians who took part! It was such a joy to see all these pangolins come to life. To check out these awesome stitchers and to get a closer look at these pangolin find their original pages check out the post on my instagram feed and follow the tags! Pangolins are often under the radar as an endangered animal, especially in the USA. This month's challenge raised some much needed awareness of these creatures and their struggles and money for charities working towards protecting these wondrous beasts! If you want to support WWFs conservation efforts and help all these awesome species out you can buy my pangolin hoop on my Etsy and I will donate profits to WWF!

March 2020 Amur Leopard

I was totally blown away again by the beautiful stitches that came to life as part of the Amur leopard stitching challenge. Such a gorgeous collection. You can check out all these beautiful leopards and their awesome stitchers by clicking on each leopard to the left! Amur leopards are the rarest cat in the world with only a few left in the wild. Conservation efforts in recent years have started to see their population bounce back. This month so many stitchers shared awesome facts about this species the struggles they face and how we can help them out! If you want to support WWF you can buy my leopard hoop on my Etsy and I will donate 100% profits to WWF!

April 2020 Plains Bison

I was totally mind blown again by these beautiful creatures coming to life out there! Thanks so much to everyone who took part in plains bison month for April's stitch an endangered animal a month challenge. Check out all the beautiful bisons and their stitchers by checking out the post on my instagram and following the tags! Together it's been so great to share facts and raise awareness of bison and the importance of protecting this awesome ancient species. My bison stitch is up on my etsy, all proceeds from this hoop will go to WWF, click on the image below to find him.

May 2020 Blue Whale

Wowsers! I've had so many awesome submissions for blue whale month! It's been so amazing to see all these stitch whales come to life out there! Find the original whales and their stitchers by checking out the posts on my instagram and follow the tags!

June 2020 Orangutan

Orangutan month has been a blast. The orangutan is an especially tricky animal to stitch so an extra huge thanks to all the awesome stitchers who took part and stitched these beautiful orangutan inspired stitches. Click on each of the orangutans in the gallery to find them on their original pages and find their awesome stitchers! Stitch an orangutan month coincided with so much important and overdue reckoning in relation to racial justice, so it started a bit later than usual, to enable more attention for the Black Lives Matter Movement. For books, reads, resources and awesome creators, activists and artists from the BIPOC community click here.

July 2020 Rhino

July was all about rhinos! Check out all the beautiful rhinos from this month by zooming into the image on here and find all the original posts and stitchers by following the tags on the instagram post! Few rhinos survive in the wild due to incessant poaching and habitat loss. The Black, Sumatran and Javan rhinos are critically endangered. WWF are working to conserve rhino habitat and work with communities to protect rhinos and they are very gradually regaining numbers. My rhino embroidery is now available on my Etsy 100% proceeds will go to WWF.

August 2020 Dolphins

August was all about endangered dolphins! As with every month I was blown away by all the beautiful dolphin stitches. You can find them all on my instagram by following the tags on the dolphin share post. All dolphins are impacted negatively by human pollution, fishing industries and harmful interactions with boats. Endangered dolphins include the la Plata dolphin, Indus River dolphin and Hectors dolphin. WWF are working to protect dolphins and conserve dolphin habitats. This dolphin embroidery is now on my Etsy, 100% proceeds will go to WWF to help dolphins!

September 2020 Saola

September was all about saolas! How lovely are all these stitch saolas. Check out the post on my instagram to find all the saolas and their talented stitchers on their original pages. Soalas are critically endangered and very rarely seen in the forests of Vietnam and Laos where they live. WWF are working to protect sails and their habitats. My saola embroidery is now available on my Etsy, 100% proceeds to WWF.

October 2020 Sea Turtle

How beautiful are all these sea turtles for sea turtle month! Sea turtle month has been so lovely and soothing seeing all those blues and ocean colors! You can find all of the original sea turtles and stitchers by clicking on the post in my instagram feed. My sea turtle embroidery is now up on my Etsy 100% profits will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund who are working to protect sea turtles and their marine habitats.

November 2020 Elephant

Elephant month has been a blast! How awesome are all these elephant stitches. Check them out on their original pages by finding. the post on my instagram and following the tags! Thanks so much all you wonderful stitchers who took part and shared your beautiful elephants! Every month I'm blown away by all the embroidered animals. My elephant embroidery for the challenge is now up on my Etsy, all profits will go to WWF!

December 2020 Polar Bear

How lovely are all these polar bears for the last month of the endangered animal challenge this year! It's been such a wonderful thing to have so many awesome stitchers take part in this challenge this year. I can't thank you all enough for helping to raise awareness of all these beautiful species under threat. You can check all these polar bears out on their original pages by following the tags on this post in my instagram feed.