Finally, the builder has finished working on our house!!! They did the last major work the day before Thanksgiving two months later than we expected!! It amazes me how the builders thought we'd accept a quickie job where they only buffed and coated the floor.......we weren't happy with...

Since I'm thinking about this, has anyone used a tambour hook to stitch or bead with yet? For many years, I've heard about tambour hook embroidery and wishing I could find such a hook. Then last summer I was excited to discover Clover was selling tambour hooks but so far haven't had the time...

Greetings to all, I haven't been around most of this year due to being overwhelmed with too many deadlines, working on several projects at once, as well as reconfiguring my latest Mac....upgraded to a G-5 iMac desk unit this past April, my first one as I've been a laptop user from the very...

It's not my purpose to write an article comparing 18th century lifestyles to our 21st century daily lives but to make a general comment on an interesting book I picked up two months ago about 18th century needkework techniques.........this is one of the most fascinating, interesting needlework...

Yesterday I got a quick glimpse of the Fons & Porter show. I wasn't able to watch much, as we were getting ready to go out for the day. But, in the limited time I was able to see the show I saw them use some sort of tool that attached to a sewing machine that allowed a person to sew...

I'm trying to put together fibers for a new project on Congress Cloth - rather than buying more stuff for my stash, I am pulling older fibers out of the drawer. I found two that are the perfect colors, but I an not sure if I can use them on the Congress Cloth. The first is Rainbow Gallery Silk'N...

Wed Mar 10, 8:04 pm ET WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. – Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town. An unknown person dubbed The Midnight Knitter by West Cape May residents is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness. Mayor Pam Kaithern says...

This is going to sound a little gross. Since I had not been stitching for quite a few years, I have had my extra blank needlepoint canvas stored in a back closet. Well, it seems tha the floor under that closet has rotted and being in Florida, the cockroaches have been coming in. They've left...

We're planning/hoping to build a house in the next few years and I'm working on our house design now. I'd love to have a sun room for stitching, but the current plan would only have a space on the South East corner. But since we are in the very earliest stages - thinking about what spaces we need...

Hi all.Stitcher from GA here! Been cross stitching for about 15 yrs. Had to put it away for awhile but will be starting on a new project soon. I am recently married to a big comic book fan and I found a Superman pattern . I hope to have it done by christmas or at least close. Hope you all don't...

good morning! i am searching for a rubber ducky cross-stitch pattern that i can use on an ag=fghan for my 2 year old granddaughter. have searched high and low and can't find nary a one. any ideas on where to look? thanks.

I need to paint some perforated paper and am not sure which type of paint to use. I was thinking spray paint might be best since its thin and will run through the holes. Anyone have any suggestions? thanks!

I'm about to start one of Mirabilia's pattern, Titania. I have cross stitched with beads as embelishments, so i'm a little lost here. What kind of thread do I use? how are the beads stitched on? Can anyone help? Thank you. Elizabeth MacLeod

Has anyone done the pattern of the Hardanger Wedding in Treasures in Needlework issue Summer 1993? Maybe I am blind but I do not see the center marked on the pattern. IE Where do you start????

I wondering about the bleeding from the thread, if any. Also how they work on linen 36 count.

Hello all, I recently received a wonderful gift. A friend had inherited her mother's stitching stash but didn't have any use for it, so she have it to me. I received many baggies containing fabric and threads with labels on them like LAS #3 - GEMS, but no pattern or information about what LAS...

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I have a Viking Freesia 415 and I'm trying to use the one-step buttonhole foot, which I haven't done in a really long time, practicing on scrap of the garment material, including interfacing. The rows come out two close together to cut between without ripping threads on one side. How do I avoid...