Brush Embroidery Winners
March 2025 Soap Challenge
Brush Embroidery is a cake decorating technique that has been translated into a soap decorating technique. The last time we did this technique as a soap challenge was in August 2019. The video and written tutorial is now available in our Tutorial Shop if you would like to learn it too!
The top 3 voted winners in the advanced and winners categories will receive fantastic prizes from our sponsor of the month: Bramble Berry, a company built by makers, for makers. Their mission is to enrich lives by empowering creativity and specialize in the highest quality handcraft supplies. Grand prize winners will receive $100 gift certificates, second place gets $75, and third place gets $50.
All top 3 voted winners in the regular category have the choice of receiving a one-month registration fee for a future soap challenge or one tutorial from a past challenge to encourage more learning!
This challenge has been completely blind, so no names were attached to the entries until now, and no one was allowed to post anything on the internet about their soaps, so if you’d like to find more information about these soaps, check #soapchallengeMar2025! The links go to Instagram or Facebook profiles for those that have them. The photos are not linked to specific posts about the soaps.
Winners Category
Grand Prize
Lisbon
Second Place
Vintage Embroidery
Third Place
Sage Garden
Recognition Awards
Best Technique
Criteria Cohesive soap base design that is enhanced by smooth “embroidery” featuring brush marks
Name Yvonne Liao
Location Taiwan
Link Instagram
Lotus
Best Presentation
Criteria Well displayed soap with interesting presentation and excellent photography (focus, lighting, etc)
Name Lynette Olsen
Location Utah
Link Instagram
Aqua Spring
Best Use of Color
Japanese Print
Advanced Category
Grand Prize
Azure Serenade
Second Place
Don’t Be Koi With Me
Third Place
Moonlit Peacock
Recognition Awards
Best Technique
Criteria Cohesive soap base design that is enhanced by smooth “embroidery” featuring brush marks
Name Nectaria Bogdanis
Location Canada
Link Instagram
Rose Gold
Best Presentation
Criteria Well displayed soap with interesting presentation and excellent photography (focus, lighting, etc)
Name Laura Heckman
Location Oregon
Link Instagram
Rosemåling
Best Use of Color
Criteria Well-mixed, contrasting color palette
Name Christine Young
Location South Carolina
Link Instagram
Hibiscus Water
Regular Category
Grand Prize
Name Georgia Russell
Location United Kingdom
Link Instagram
Prize 1-mo registration or 1 tutorial from SCC
Orange & Neroli Garden
Second Place
Name Jeanne Decker
Location Michigan
Prize 1-mo registration or 1 tutorial from SCC
Lavender
Third Place
Flower Lace
Recognition Awards
Best Technique
Criteria Smooth soap base enhanced by beautiful brushed embroidery design
Name Christa Hendrickson
Link Facebook
Location Washington State
Tiffany Bloom
Best Presentation
Criteria Well displayed soap with interesting presentation and excellent photography (focus, lighting, etc)
Name Tamara “T” Taylor
Location Missouri
Never Seen Before Rare Flowers
Best Use of Color
Criteria Well-mixed, contrasting color palette
Name Nicole Higgs
Location Wisconsin
Burgandy Zen
Great job to all our winners, as well as everyone else who participated in the challenge this month! If you would like to see the rest of the entries, check out these links. The names are now attached. Just click on the title of the entry to see them.
After two months without it, the bonus category has been re-instated, but as a true non-competitive category. No prizes awarded, just purely for fun! See what some of our members made:
Registration for the April challenge opens this Monday, March 31! We’ll be doing beach theme designs. This will be a simple challenge to jump in at any level! Check out the Upcoming Challenges page for more information and sign up to be notified as soon as registration opens.
Here is the soap I made for the April tutorial (inspired by 108 Lab) using beautiful colors and fragrance from our sponsor Nurture Handmade:
