Does anyone know who makes that adorable white bikini with colored hearts all over it? I keep seeing this bikini/bathing suit on TV (on celebs) and love it. I have had no luck finding out the name brand. Anyone have a clue?? Thanks a bunch -A

Hello I have gone overboard on my ebay bidding and ended up with many duplicate issues of magazines. I'm interested in trading any of these for other magazines or leaflets. Please contact me at dot com (remove the nospam). These are all Cross Stitch and Country Craft...

hi Im a failry new stitcher and have a question can anyone help... Im just finishing Dimensions Elegance of the Orient (kit 3795) and have a question. Im working the design on 18 count aida as supplied and have got as fas as the blue twisted lazy dasies in her hair, and here the problem lies. the...

as ive been away from the group, can someone please enlighten me, im assuming it has something to do with firefighters

In the past, I've seen a few posts recommending a new book and I can't seem to find the title. It was something like "Painting with Thread" or "Painting With A Needle" or something similar. Does anyone know the title? Thanks in advance! Dianne Siebold

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/subcategory.asp?CategoryID=1045&SourcePage=category_main.asp Coleman has many different battery-operated lanterns ranging from tiny ones on AA batteries to monsters requiring 8 "D" cells. Perhaps the people who like their lanterns could give more...

I think this issue of Piecework may be my last. Just does not have enough counted thread for me. It seems like "The Needleworker" section is now gone, which was the only reason I was subscribing. Does anyone know if it is gone for good? I am really looking for a magazine like "The...

Would be interested in hearing from other stitchers who are using this count as to some charts they are stitching. Bev -- http://bevxs.tripod.com/tuck_pillows.htm

maybe this is of topic but am i the only bloke in the group or are there any other gents here? I have been sewing (badly) for about 5 years and have stuck to oriental themes so what are you blokes doing and how did you get started? (its my wifes fault, she started me but now shes stopped sewing...

Good Morning everyone. I have decided that I am no longer going to by "The Cross Stitcher" and need some suggestions on other CS magazines what are good. I remember in a previous reply that Stitchers world (Not sure if right) was good. Can anyone give me some recomendations and if possible when...

I swear this piece is jinxed! Several years ago, a friend asked me to stitch a kit for her. Right about that time, I went into relapse. To get it to her quickly, I asked someone else to stitch it. After some major frogging, it was done and mailed, but never received. When I started feeling a...

How can it be that I love embroidery of almost any kind, I love all stages of quilting, and I love knitting, but I hate, hate, hate sewing Halloween costumes?? I hate fiddling with the patterns, I hate reading the patterns, and I hate running this stuff thru my sewing machine. Anybody else out...

Okay, All, can Nun's Stitch be done on the diagonal? I am doing a Xmas ornament and can do the vertical and horizontal. However, I would like to do a peaked top, with two rows of Nun's Stitch meeting at the top. The sides will be cut and the bottom will be fringed. Can the top be a peak and...

How do you all cope with what I call End-of-Work Fatigue? That stage where you're getting to the end of a piece and you're at the point where you're fed up with it! I seem to stop enjoying it at that point and it becomes a chore. Any suggestions? -Morgana -- "It is our choices, Harry, that show...

Can someone give me a good, reliable, online source for black 28 count linen or evenweave fabric? One that accepts U.S. funds and doesn't charge the earth in Shipping charges? TIA SueS

I took a Hardanger class during October, and the instructor sent us off with a coaster design and the suggestion that we start on a project quickly. So for a change, I listened and on Saturday I started on a coaster. I haven't decided if I'm passionate about it. I find it easy and haven't decided...

I saw this on the goldfish newsgroup! and thank you Gunther! is it for real - I have no clue! Cheryl (paste!) I'm heartened to see that folks like this still exist, and are driven to answer Life's Great Mysteries. http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~bwilson/herring.html

I'm looking for a cute baby cross stitch pattern which I can do for a coworker of mine who is pregnant. I did a google search for free baby patterns and found a few that were quite adorable. The problem is most of them have some type of religious theme.... angels, noahs arc, childs prayer etc. I'm...

Who can recommend London shops for cross-stitchers? Have no particular needs, but am avid sampler-maker and don't like to travel w/o stopping in at needlework shops along the way. TIA

Avid Sampler-maker visiting London in winter. Please recommend shops in central area and don't-miss museum collections to visit.