Sorry, Karen, I missed your birthday, sooooo, Happy belated birthday to yoooouuuu, Happy belated birthday to yoooooouuuuuu, Happy belated biiiirthdaaaay, deeeaaaar Kaaareeenn, Haaappyyyy belated biiiiirthdaaaay tooooo yoooooooooouuuuuuuuuu! And many moooooooore! I hope you had a wonderful...

Hello folks: We are trying to find out the origins of the following http://picasaweb.google.com/Keep.Earth.Clean/Textile_w_unknown_origin# We think it dates back to a great aunt's purchase in mid 1800's, possibly in France or England. Comments would be appreciated.

A friend of mine recently gave me some vintage buttons from her mother- in-law. I would like to use them on a sampler. Does anyone know of a saying about buttons I could use? I did a google search and just got sayings written on current buttons. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Janet

Hi Everyone, I purchased this issue to read, (and make a list) on the airplane going home from vacation. Comparing it to issue's in the past, I am not pleased. Besides the ornaments themselves and picking out which one's I want to do in the current year, I enjoy reading the stories from the...

Hubby at the airport boarding a plane right now. It's time to stitch. My dearest has left the hot and humid D.C. area for hotter and drier Phoenix. Got 3 days without him. Other than buying a battery for the new used Mazda, I've got no plans.

Hi Guys, DH is going to NYC next week and I could go with him *IF* I can find something to do that will keep me busy for the day on Wednesday (Wed. 27 Feb.) and not wear me out too much. You have to remember that I have NEVER been to NYC and I have arthritis in both knees and hips and lower...

Henrietta K. Thomas is proposing a new big 8 group in news.groups. She needs some evidence that people who are already on usenet might actually read and post to such a group. If you have any interest in a group supporting visually impaired persons, you may want to take a look at the RFD and make...

O.K. I have 10,000 WIP's but Mar-Bek's Nativity is calling out to me. Can anybody tell me how long this project will take me to stitch? A friend of mine who keeps good track of her time came up with something right around one year of evenings. The whole project took her several years,...

I ordered from them on the 30th of June, and still have yet to receive the merchandise. I don't know if the Post Office lost it, or it never got shipped. I guess I'm going to have to call their customer service....sigh. I've had problems with Herschnerr's being slow as well. One time I...

We're again having terrible brush fires here in Southern California and folks are losing their homes and most of their possessions. I thought it a good time to restate our disaster policy: If you suffer a disaster (fire, flood, earthquake, etc.) and lose your needlework supplies we will simply...

Ok, I have been looking for books everywhere I can think of. Here's what I want....simple Hardanger Christmas ornament patterns, preferably the kind that turn into those tiny little pillows. I made about 1/2 a dozen or so this past Christmas, but I want something different than the same...

Hi Julie, Sorry if I misled you. But unfortunately I just don't want to get your hopes up unnecessarily. You could do a search on Peg Fraser, Sarah L Ricketts and Persephone Designs if you're interested in Australian well knownish cross stitch designers. Yvette No, no worries there...

Was wondering if anyone knew anything about Firefly Designs. Found their website while surfing and saw some beautiful kits. When I sent them an e-mail it came back undeliverable. Thanks, Charlene

Just a little hockey, even though I have to drive to Malboro on Sunday. But otherwise, it's reading and stitching. I have "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society", "Kushiel's Chosen" and stitching. The DH will be away for a few days and except for hockey, the kids and I are going to...

I'm sure this will spark a mayo-vs-salad dressing type of discussion, but here goes: Is it customary to tip a pet groomer? Do you tip the person who provides occasional services to your pet? (Please chime in quickly; Taz is in for a bath/nail clipping today (Fri) and I didn't think...

My friend sent this to me so I thought I would share :-) Kristy For those of you who have lived in Texas, you know this is true. They actually have a Chili Cook-off about the time the Rodeo comes to town. It takes up a major portion of the parking lot at the Astrodome. The notes are from an...

I just found this one and HAVE to do it for DD: http://www.weavershand.com/ArelateStudiobunny.html (Oh, dear...when oh when will I have time to do it?) sue

Finally got a chance to update my Freebies page with a new Hoppy Summer froggie, bikini and all. Added some perforated paper embellishments to this one...flip flops, pail & shovel, dragon fly, sea star, lady bug...Had fun with this one. Brooke Nolan Brooke's Books...

Hello, I've been a lurker for a long time but this is my first post. I hope someone can help with this question. I received the Loretta Spears Mystery Six as a gift quite a while ago. It laid unused until I finally decided to work it. It is just lovely and I decided I wanted to order more ...

I am new to cross sttich and feel dumb asking this but I was wondering when you use waste canvas on a garment do you still use a hoop ?...it seems so stiff .....any hints from anyone ? Thanks Cheryl