http://shopping.originpublishing.com/chart.asp?ID=545 These look VERY MUCH like Donna Vermillion's International Teddies. I don't HAVE mine, they are in storage in Florida, so I can't look. Anyone have them and can compare? I *have* written Ms. Vermillion via her website to advise her of...

Hi Guys, Janet asked me to talk to Kim (from the old Fabrics2U shop) about stuff she lost in the fire. I can't remember Kim's new website name so could someone please post it? KIM -- if you read this, could you please e-mail MOI?? Thanks bunches & CiaoMeow ^;;^ .. PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ ...

I was visiting some one in the hospital the other day. Looking at the dividing drapes, this thought bloomed: Hmm - I wonder if the textile designer was influenced by William Morris? Maybe it really needs to warm up so I can get in the garden. Cheryl

Just got back from picking up three pieces which I had framed. So pleased. The first two are two of the freebies given out at the 2001 Creative Sewing and Needlework festival in Toronto - Teresa Wentler's "Tempest" (also available IIRC on her website), and Jennifer Aikman-Smith's "Spot" (little...

Hints for stitching with silk--When working with silk, you can use the following hints to help avoid possible fuzziness. Start with shorter lengths. Pull the thread straight up and down through the canvas. Cover the area you are not stitching. Use tissue paper tacked on. When you roll the piece...

It's so good to be back! After I changed ISP I was not able to find the newsgroups. I am gradually getting more computer literate and now I'm back with you! I have not had much stitching time in the last year, too busy with a move, new job and home renovation. Since coming to Alabama two of...

LOD for me: "He wants us to do things together, Jill." Oh, and then, "So he does." I have had a horrid week for the past month. I LITERALLY laughed out loud at Jill and Kay. It was wonderful!!! Tere

Does anyone have a good resource for ordering wall frames when you need an unusual size? I have two odd sized finished cross stitch projects and can't get the sizes I want in my local stores. Any ideas? I've googled around a bit and haven't had any luck. Naturally I don't want to pay a...

Hi Robin! Have not heard from you for a while. How is life? As you see, stitching is back in my life. I do not know how much you have read this or RCTY, but I knit at home and stitch when I visit somewhere. And today I am gonna stitch at work too. I have done that few times. Phew, the customers...

Reading the thread about mistakes on charts etc. made me think about a couple I struggled over. How about those of you who have found mistakes, describe the mistake...just the mistake and not the name of the chart or charter. I'll start with two: first, the flower that half of the petals were...

I am having a deck put in our yard and been looking for yard furniture. I found exactly what I want in a catalog for a store "Picket Fence". Have any of you ordered from there and if so would you please let me know about the experience? I don't want to spend several hundred dollars ordering from...

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Sorry to repeat it, but under the "Gridded evenweave" header, didn`t thin it would be noticed1 Just had look at www.balkan-gallery.com and there are some FANTASTIC designs!!! Pat P

Someone , I think it was Dianne?, mentioned that working with silks will definitely get fuzzy. Now I am wondering because I have not had that problem yet and wondering if which end of the strand you pull from might aid in keeping the silk less fuzzy. Any comments from you experts? Does stranded...

www.balkan-gallery.com - supplies pure cotton 22 count evenweave, with a pale yellow gridline, if anyone is looking for it. Pat P

Does anyone else have a problem with the John James petits breaking often? A friend has gone through several packages like they are water. One needle won't last long enough to stitch one 5X7 kit because the eye breaks off. Meanwhile, my Susan Bates needles last through several projects. I even...

I used to have a canvas bookbag that I loved, but it got damaged beyond repair so I'm going to make one myself. I've found a few places that sell plain canvas bags, and with my BIL's help I'm going to xs a scene I have in mind on fabric and then stitch it to the bag. BIL is a great artist, so...

Has anybody else stitched Mirabilia's Cinderella and noticed a lot of mistakes? I am surprised, because usually Nora's charts don't contain many, and this has a bunch. Some she apparently caught on the way to the printer, because the legend shows three different symbols for DMC 413. But there...

We're offering everything in our catalog at 10% off for 24 hours just to reward you for changing your clocks. This includes new blackwork charts from England, new gadgets, our silver bodkins (now back in stock), our new Knotwork Alphabet book, 2 new Doors of Kew charts and a new Variety...

Hi Guys, I am TOTALLY bummed! I finished the birth sampler for DD early last autumn and put it away for safe keeping. I was getting into the heavy holiday work and knew I wouldn't have time to do the finishing until the spring. Well, spring is here and now I can't find the *#$*#$^& sampler! I...