WooHoo! I did pretty well! "Chill" got a 2nd place (I was actually a bit disappointed with this, but didn't see what got 1st for a comparison), "Summer flower box" (the SAL piece) got a 2nd Crocheted bag got a 1st and Reserve champion Crocheted small doily got a 1st I also entered a few flowers...

Hi Gang!, I have been too busy to stitch for a while so here is an update as to what I have been up to or not up to. Employed as a Senior Designer Electrical Aircraft Engineering I have had a fantastic career working on various military aircraft (F101 jet interceptors, F5 jet fighter aircraft,...

Hi, I am a longtime lurker/infrequent poster here on RCTN and I have a question for any needlepointers who may be here. I have a painted canvas in the pattern of a patchwork quilt that I have just started. It is made up of nine blocks; the blocks themselves are made up of diagonal stripes, with...

I was moseying thru some sites one day and came across some designs that I really liked and know my friend, who is very hard to buy for at Christmas, would adore them. However, I forgot to make note of the designer, etc. They were patterns of ladies - elongated I guess you'd say - with big...

What was the most challenging piece people have stitched? I'm looking to start something that's going to make my brain work, and be complicated enough, and detailed enough to look drop-dead gorgeous by the time it's finished. The "off the shelf" projects that are out there today just don't...

Any one looking through the releases? I've scanned about a third of what Hoffmans has posted and I really finding some nice stuff and better yet some new to me designers that get my attention. C

I don't think I'm ordering anything. The only one I really want is a $75 kit. Ouch - even if everything to finish it is included.... so here's what made me take a second or third...

I noticed this morning there were more new posts--actual readable interesting posts and not the idiotic spambot stuff--than there have been for a while. All because Tia Mary took it upon herself to post a good topic to get us all started talking. True, we have wandered a bit from needlework...

Hi i'm trying to make a scarf i'm doing purl and stitch. Can someone please tell me why i keep getting extra stitches? Thanks a bunch Annika

I feel doomed not to start Bagatelle. First, I ordered 32 ct lugana for it from Silkweaver, fabric arrived, but was paler than I expected. Much paler. I sent it back, asked for recommendations for other luganas that might work, got linens recommended instead--at only twice the price! After a...

I know that DMC has stopped selling the Coton a Broder thread to U.S. distributors, and I'm on the prowl for an alternative source -- in the U.K., NZ, Australia, or wheverever else I could do business. (I can only pay with credit cards and I know that can be limiting.) I am interested in a range...

Help! I've been searching stores and the internet for hard to find hand embroidery designs such as eagles, flip flops, peacocks, old floral designs (not Martha what's her name), sports, and a unique praying cowboy with horse. Any suggestions?

Hello, friends - I haven't been around in a long while, and thought I'd pop in and say hello. I'm telling you, full-time work really gets in the way of stitching time! But I keep at it (the stitching, that is), just much more slowly. I've made myself a promise to finish WIPs before undertaking...

Joy Cardin - who hosts 3 hours of talk week days on Wisc. Pub Radio "The Ideas Network", will feature a show Monday morning, February 28, at 6 a.m. CST "Why are so many turning to knitting? After six, Joy Cardin's guest tells us what's behind the knitting craze. Guest: Susan VandeWalle (VAN...

Traveling to the TNNA trade show just held in Long Beach was more of a vacation than I imagined.....the most noticeable treat was leaving 14 degrees, ice and snow to balmy temps, sunshine and waving palm trees of Southern CA. We did some fun shopping at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa...

Hi, I read the review reference De Haviland threads. I thought I would add my experience with you. I have been stitching with these silks for over ten years and have never had a problem with them! So here is a little information on how I use the silks. First treat yourself to a small cube of...

My neighbor just stopped by from the Plant City, FL, strawberry fields with the most wonderful-smelling container of shiny, ripe strawberries!!!! They smell so sweet, DH couldn't wait to sample one. It is hard for diabetics, but a small amount of strawberries he can tolerate! OK, there are a...

11:30 PM 12/23 and still stitching on the client Christmas gifts. No, they're not going to get them in time for Christmas. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader/Translator www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 11/18/13 knit scarf with Berroco Brio #9447 (a very interesting yarn!)

Has anyone tried any charts from the Beautiful Threads designers? From what I can see of the pictures from different web sites, the charts are very elaborate and look almost as good as photographs. Of course, we all know what you see online is not necessarily what you get. If anyone here has...

I think it is a General , all over the globe Phenomena of certain shops disppearing and other shops Appearing . But more than in any other Country USA , merchants are aware of What They can sell well , and which kind of shop is a dead weight ..... thus if Cloth and embroidery shops are...