I am kind of in a quandry. I have gone through 7 different silk companies and can not find the hues that coordinate with the DMC choices on my Tree of Life I have discussed previously. Now I am wondering if I should just go ahead , against my best judgment, to do the piece in DMC or Anchor. I...

Hi all! Hope I don't offend anyone by asking this question as it's not totally stitching related. My daughter is having her very first baby in May, and we're so excited that we ... or me exactly ... could just burst! (It's a boy and his name is John). Anyhow, I'm looking for an "old fashioned"...

Hello Dear friends. I'm from Poland and ofcorse stitching... My hobby is crewel, surface embroidery, welcome to my photos! And this is my work and some patterns skanned...Aramis -- http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wojtekstr/my_photos

Just as above, a new author, a new direction Too frozen to garden, plenty of stitching time, but need a new "bed time story". Mysteries, historicals, futuristic, fantasy... The best of the most recent

It depends on the variety or cultivar of tulips. Many of them will flower early, mid-season and late. If you say so! lol These were planted by the previous owner, I keep meaning to add more bulbs, but never manage to remember I meant to during the right time in the fall! I am hopeless!

From Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for 3/5/04 Wool is scratchier than most fabrics because it stimulates two types of nerve endings at once. The pressure of the wool again your skin activates the itch nerves and the individual fibers tickle the nerve ending that are wrapped around your hair...

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I am looking for a couple of the Calico Crossroads Kats by Kelly patterns. I would love to find these because I have recently adopted two black cats (Oscar and Felix, the Odd Couple)and they are so wonderful. I wanted to stitch all of the Calico Crossroads pieces and put them up around the house. I...

There were three Medieval kingdoms on the shores of a lake. There was an island in the middle of the lake, which the kingdoms had been fighting over for years. Finally, the three kings decided that they would send their knights out to do battle, and the winner would take the island. The night...

Hi, I usually don't cooment on these things but here I must . The lady is incredible - great mind and has helped a lot of people . But, she broke the law ! She knew the rules and she broke them . It is not just her that was found guilty but the other gentleman too . She has to pay the price...

http://tinyurl.com/2b447 I got this catalog in the mail yesterday - check out these scissors! Cheryl

THANKS to you oh Ellice. These are wonderful sites and something will work for sure. Barbie

Hi All, Looking for free Judaica patterns...anyone know of any? We've been invited to attend the Seder at a friends' home and would like to stitch a small gift to bring. -- WIP: Celtic Christmas 25th Anniversary Sampler

I want to copy the needlepoint seat on an antique chair. Part of the background appears to be worked in variegated yarn in shades of brown and bronze. Can anybody tell me if there is such a thing as variegated persian or tapestry yarn? Peggy ( a long-time lurker who has asked for help from this...

Hi Guys, There is a thread going on over at the AOL needlework board about backstitching. The question about what the "rule" is came up so I thought I would ask here as I know we have a number of people who are certified to do judging. When a piece is entered in competition is it the rule that...

I'm just testing to see if this sends using shawnews instead of CIS.DFN.DE and Outlook instead of Netscape... Maureen

Yes, but DoratheXmaself and my full name on the same day? Dora One of the tools spammers use is an autogenerator for address also. It creates addresses out of random letters/characters, with known domains, and they figure many of them will be "good". Also, known addresses from one domain will...

I will be in Laurel Maryland next weekend (sadly, for a funeral). However, there may be a few minutes to add to stash. Anyone know of any good needlework shops there? Thanks for any help..... (fading back into lurkdome)... Ellie in Ohio

I am so bummed today. We found out that an expected IRS refund has dwindled from $1013 down to $112.** ... and because we e-filed and had the return e-deposited into our account, that $112 had $64 of fees taken out of it . Turns out that that child tax credit check last summer was the problem. ...

A few weeks ago I posted the following query: I decided to try my hand at some Hardanger and so have been working my second project which is the Hardanger Box Lid Design of May/June 2003 by Roz Watnemo http://www.nordicneedle.com/free/2003_05/index.shtml . I've been doing it in DMC 504...