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...

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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...

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...

Tamara" wrote in message ... It struck me this morning what a simple pleasure kitting up is. Sorting out the fibres, attaching them to project cards, getting the fabric ready, winding yard into balls for knitting. Nice,...

I must admit, I loved the use of crochet on the Hello Kitty shoulder thing LOL. It beats pineapple doileys! http://www.glamguns.com/hk47.html Gill

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...

When ever i go and visit in a cloth shop, i ask if he has an end of bolts, and esp ends of printed cloth , that are many atime a bit off color , or even have only part of the printed pattern .. This kind of cloth is my favorite for my Applique +Embroidery wall works. A monochotomatic of any sort,...

Did anyone in this group go to CATS Nashville, and if so, how was it? Marianne T. (eagerly anticipating CATS Hershey)

New machine embroidery designs sets uploaded to aHey embroidery http://machine-embroidery-designs.us These are multicolored very beautiful birds designs for 5x7 hoop size available in ART v1-v4, EXP, HUS, JEF, SEW, PES, PCS, VIP, XXX You welcome to DOWNLOAD my NEW...

(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

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...

Dear crochet-knitters and crochet-lovers great news ! http://www.crochetmania.com Are you looking for exquisite crochet patterns? Do you want to start learning how to crochet? THIS is the right PLACE.

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

We looked out our back window today and saw, over a 6' wood privacy fence, our neighbors big black labrador retriever -- up in a tree looking into our back yard. He had climbed a tree near their side of the fence, and was alternately rubbing his neck on the wood to scratch it, and just looking...

The Thames Valley Police approach a naked man crawling along the motorway with a naked woman on his back. Constable: Evening, sir. And may I ask what you're doing? Naked man: I'm going to a masked ball. C: Yes, sir, and what are you going as? NM: A tortoise.

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...

Hi there, I am wondering where i could get those 16/0 charlottes beads online?? well... some might called it true cut. I have been trying high and lows for them. Thanks alot in advance...:) Smiles, Irene G.

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