"5. Macinto9sh would make a car that was powered by the sun, wasa reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads" "Because the other 95% were incorrectly marked :^)" Actually, Ellice, I was thinking...Mac owners are smart enough to know...

I was at the Salvation Army store and saw a Pocahontas cross stitch picture beautifully framed for 3.99. And we all know how much a kit and framing costs and just to be given away like that. It would have taken me months to stitch something like that. Some people just don't get what it takes and...

Please does anyone know where I can find a conversion to DMC or Anchor for a Candar (Thomas Kinkade) kit? Also for Dimensions? I know someone told us before but I just can`t remember where! Thanks. Pat P.

animaux I am doing it. I am actually sitting down, using the label maker I had to have (a year ago, but never used it once!) and setting up an entire file cabinet. I am organizing anything else which is craft oriented like paints, Gallery Glass Congratulations. I...

Hello. Does anyone know which Stoney Creek Collection book number that has Peace Rose in it? Thanks, Mira

Has anyone stitched on one of these? I would love to do one, but wondered if there was already a protective covering on the inside of the bag to keep things from snagging the stitched thread or if I have to had a lining myself. Also, I'm really hard on purses. Any suggestions to help protect...

HI, i found a embroidery online web site, contains a lot of embroidery design, very nice, take a look. Regrads Stefanie

Hi Guys, Does anyone know of a source for cones of red/white/green variegated rayon machine embroidery thread? I want to embroidery the SMDGDs name on some holiday tops I bought her and thought doing it in variegated r/w/g thread would be neat. I have some r/w/g variegated cotton quilting thread...

I had an idea that sounded great, but it isn't working out too well - maybe someone here knows the answer. I got some dissolving paper, and ran it through a copy machine to print the pattern on it I wanted to embroider. Then I put a light coat of basting spray on it, and tacked the paper to...

I have been following the thread of stitched pieces that were given as gifts and 'unappreciated'. My question is "Why do we stitch"? Personally, I stitch because I love the 'process'. I have almost no attachment to the finished piece. If a piece is requested, then I will stitch for someone else,...

Well, Santa's little helper has finally started making Xmas gifts for the kiddies. I'm making a little Oriental carpet for my grand-niece's doll house (not the Dec. Piecework one - gorgeous, but if I'm going to spend $150-$200C on materials, I'll keep it for myself, thanks). Any reason why a loop...

Ok ... I've noticed that quite a few people on rctn really hate kits, and I don't blame them at all. I've had my share of disasters with a couple of them also. However, Ladybug Lane is doing some kits (to be out in the next Herrschner's catalog), and we're using only the original fabrics (Zweigart,...

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on. At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the...

Well, sadly my parents are moving from their home of 40 years to an assisted living apartment. It's good for them but just sad to see all the stuff that has to go. I went through my grandmother's stitching and selected some lovely cutwork, shadow work, and a very fine thread lace doily. I don't...

I suppose it is surface work or perhaps appliqué, but I just finished using floss to blanket stitch DD's Daisy (Girl Scouts) petals and center on. The troop is using felt backed with iron on tape. I even matched each separate color piece with the nearest shade of floss. Wonder how many Mom's will...

From: stitcher ..... PS we also give (donate) a very large mature tree each year to Boston Mass, USA as a thank you for help given many years ago following the Halifax explosion. This years tree stood for some 60 yearsI think it was, in a local church yard. I don't live...

I was just reading a news article and I quote," A judge in Taipei, Taiwan, granted a divorce to a couple where the home wrecker was a cat. Chen Tsai-wang, a Panchiao District Court judge, said the husband always allowed the cat to sleep in the same bed with him and his wife. Unfortunately, the cat...

I came across this site yesterday. I had a lot of trouble with it, and so didn't post it then. I kept getting a message for script errors, and am not knowledgeable enough about computers to know what that means. However, it's a hoot, and a bit like time travel back to the...

You are the most welcome, Lula! You deserve every word I wrote. Your journal motivates me to stitch. Why? My shoulders refuse to let me to knit. So the only way to let my needleworker side take me is to stitch. Best: Pirjo

I received an email from Classic Stitches that they are having an online class on cross stitch in January. They plan on covering some of the finer points, so I thought it might be worthwhile. Has anyone tried one of their online classes and if so, how was it? Here is the text of the email for...