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Well after much putzing around, my first short-long stitch piece is up. The stitching is less than ideal, but I thought I'd put it up. Even though I'm not happy with this piece, now I want to do more! I think the next one will be with DMC and linen though. A bit easier to manage for old Stumble...

Hi all, So, do to the gorgeousness of Donna's Poseidon, and my DH really thinking it is cool, I'm also doing it. Seems Donna and I are having some weird shared taste - it's the 2nd of 3 of the same pieces we're doing/have done. Anyhow - mine is on "loch" hand-dye from Picture this plus, which...

Hi everybody, It's been a couple of years since I've posted here, and my life has gone completely topsy-turvy since then. My newsgroup provider disappeared, and I never got around to finding a new one, but I didn't really have time, what with school, internship, and a new relationship. I'm...

These were large posters that were meant to be colored in by older kids with fine markers or colored pencils? The brand was "DoodleArt" (I think) but danged if I can find anything more complicated than "velvet art" posters (aka fuzzy art). I had several as a kid and of course they are long gone,...

So, how much fabric to people REALLY leave on the sides of their project for framing/finishing? I usually go for 5", but I finally decided to try a scroll frame, and it's not quite big enough. I'm working on Mirabila's The Dreamer at 28ct, and the stitching width is about 12". My frame's 20"....

I'm working on a pattern that calls for "Alternating Back Stitch". The diagram and stitch directions are clear but, I am wondering why use this stitch? Does it serve a purpose or accomplish something that regular back stitch does not? Just wondering Mag

friend and I were discussing needlework we'd made as gifts and would never do again. Hers: a baby quilt, with embroidered sections = mother was evidently not appreciative. a wedding sampler - seems that after the divorce, she was afraid the bride had tossed it, custom frame and all. Had wished...

(Written at 9 AM, but I can't get online to send it! The static on the phone line is so dreadful I could barely hear Mom, so no wonder AOL can't "hear" through it to connect!) We are having heavy rain with winds gusting up to 66 MPH. Part of the neighbor's tree is on my roof. For now, I...

Mommy is going to kill me. She had her pencil 6 inches away from her stitching, but then I started wrestling with my sister and we not only got the two closer than they were, but we got pencil all over her stitching. Eraser just smears the grey around the fabric and doesn't do anything on the...

Hi Guys, OK -- it's just about official -- I get to go to The Netherlands and somewhere 3 hours north of Prague with DH next month. Once he gets me the names of the towns we will be staying in I'll post and ask if anyone knows anything about those areas and can recommend any stitchy sort of...

Stitcher ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with In my rambles today, had to drive hubby over to Lee Valley, I noticed that a Michael store to set to open April 8th It is over past chapters beside Old Navy R Socrates speaks to jury...

Believe it or not a post about embroidery :) I just finished my "slip" of a red-winged blackbird. It is to be appliqued onto a National Tapestry being created by the American Embroiderer's Guild. It will consist of 5 large panels representing the various areas across the country. No man-made...

I have recently lost a baby to a cord accident in utero. I was wondering if anybody could recommend a chart or a sampler design etc that I could use as a tribute to my baby. I will know what I'm looking for when I see it, but I would really like something that is significant to the fact that he...

Finally! http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/05/20/bonds.714.ap/index.html?cnn=yes -- Karen C - California Finished 4/8/06 - needlepoint calendar canvas for June WIP: Getting all the UFOs done, July birthstone, Flowers of

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I'm just so dang proud of myself I had to share. http://www.effervescentdesigns.com/portfolio.htm Also, DH and I are in the process of figuring out vacation time and stuff to go to Hershey for CATS (Nashville's show is too soon). I miss the Des Moines show, but I shot myself in the foot with...

I suddenly realized how the colors of my newly renovated house & new additions remind me of what I wear! Also recall some interior designer saying to look into one's closet to help decide what colors to choose to paint one's home. We signed the building contract on my birthday in early April then...

DH and DS have new cell phones and they are looking for ringtones. Cheryl

It's been challenging (and rewarding) experimenting with non-floss threads, beads, and ribbons. Yesterday, I started a carousel design that appeared in Inspirations magazine using wool.... my fingers went aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh ... my brain, otoh, was/is stressing because the color scheme I'm...