I want to do a design with the words "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." The wording itself won't be a problem. Anyone got any ideas for something to surround this saying? It's for a college-aged male--someone to whom I gave a really hard time this summer so I told him I'd stitch...

A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then...

Since this has to do with a thimble, maybe it's actually on topic One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "My dear child, why are you crying?" She replied her thimble had fallen into...

Has anybody ever dealt with ZeAnn's Needle Arts of West Valley City, Utah? I'm looking to purchase some things from them, and was wondering if anybody had anything to say about this shop. Thanks in advance, y'all. Sorry I've been so quiet lately, but real life has been busy. Becky A.

Hi all, I hope it is ok with everyone to share my freebies with you. I've got 22 freebies at the moment (and I add more on a regular basis) and anyone can download them with no sign up or registration. Visit this link: http://yiotas-xstitch.com/osCommerce/freebies.php

Anyone have the one, two issues back, with the peacock on the front cover? Will swap stash or cash for it. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 12/25/07 -- several scarves for kids in Kosovo

What was used to build an edible tower almost 5 feet tall in 2003? Everything in my webstore is clever and fun, including the trivia question above. You get a free gift for the correct answer, no shipping, no strings, no kidding. Click on the link to see how to enter (sorry, responses to this...

Hi everyone, A companion to the hot iron transfer tutorial... It is a 'tinting fabric with crayon tutorial'. I've had several questions emailed to me about the process and thought that it would be a good 'separate' post. I wrote about it here and left references and...

So this work is finnished ,,, all i have to do is fold it two use the extra length i cut , to cover the back ,,, and add some loops and it is finished , it`s `fellow` woven part will now get the last touches , and the work will be laid in my Ready works closet ... Like any new work it has taught me...

I found a great buy for fifty cents at our local thrift store today. They have a bin where you can pick up odd balls of wool or craft stuff that people have donated. I bought a round tablecloth that had a stamped cross stitch design and the design is called Blue Phlox. Someone had completed...

As of this writing, I have two family dachshunds, circling a "dog carrier" containing an adorable black and white puppy. This is in my living room, yet!! The neighbor, who lives with his wife in their MH next to us showed up at suppertime with the D*mn puppy. Totally adorable, and Bob had no...

There was a tradesman, a painter called Wayne, who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often would thin down paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Baptist Church decided to do a big restoration job on...

(Ah, bliss, we're having cooler than normal weather this week, only 93!) LOL! I immediately tried to think "What color blue is 93?" Linda in Columbia, MO

Hi everyone! I believe that you know that the "Three Yellow Roses" is a FO. Now I begun another project. It is called "Two Little Roses". Those names are not official, they are self-made. But they tell about the projects, that is what I'd like to believe. Best: Pirjo ***** My knitting...

OOooooooh, I promised myself I wouldn't get on here until AFTER I finished my work for the day, but this is just too good to pass up. I bumbled into some beautiful old needlework today at: http://www.mallettantiques.com/textiles/textiles-needlework.asp and I have to wonder if some of these works...

I am just finishing a Lavender and Lace Angel and would like to know when attaching the beads to a project should you use a thread close to the cloth or to the bead? Or a beading invisable thread (that aren't really invisable). Thanks Tammy

One of the Canadian women's hockey team that won the gold medal at the Olympics yesterday, Coleen Sostorics, lives on a farm near a small Saskatchewan town. Her mum didn't go to Italy--she doesn't like flying--and so is at home doing the farm chores. Yesterday a reporter called her to ask how...

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I'll the first to report. There more shops be than last year and I did some buying today.Found a ladybug needle threader by "My Big Toe" to go into my etui. I bought a dowry box at 1/2 price. I has a small defect, but I have been eying one for a long time. I think the "Sanctuary" will fit in it...

QUOTE OF THE DAY " A little lemon and seltzer will remove those pesky ink stains after you've been fingerprinted. " -Martha Stewart -- Finished 3/17/04 -- Elmo WIP: Fireman's Prayer, Amid Amish Life, Angel of Autumn, Calif Sampler, Holiday