Is there ANYONE on this group going to the Stitching Jubilee in Lancaster, PA in October? Registration started last Tuesday, anyone taking classes? In the old days, there was lots of talk on this board about folks going to Spirit of Cross Stitch, Heart of Cross Stitch, and CATS. Seems there...

I don't know how many of you have heard of this yet but I just received an invitation to join a yahoo group for this. It is a new stitching festival being put together by Marilyn of Stoney Creek and it is going to be the first weekend in October in King of Prussia PA near Valley Forge. They do...

I've been away for a bit, but haven't seen any posts on the Stitching Jubilee by Marilyn of Stoney Creek. It is at the beginning of October in Valley Forge, PA. Anybody here going to be there? Marianne T.

Anyone here planning on attending the Stitching Jubilee in October? Anyone nervous that registration is supposed to be June 2nd and that the classes are not yet posted? I've been trying to find out from the Jubilee when the classes are going to be posted, but have come up against a brick...

Yipee!!!! Registration for the Stitching Jubilee in Lancaster, PA in October begins tomorrow!!! Who on this list is planning to attend and take classes? Marianne T.

Hi, all! Well, I'm having a marvelous time with my first cross stitch piece, which makes me think ahead to future stitching joy! :) Tempest in a Teacup is about 5" x 5", so I'm stitching on the 8" x 8" fabric in hand. This is working out great for me, as I enjoy the feel of the fabric...

Well, today we started with talking about laying out a pattern for their bookmarks - using a real, from the library, paper bookmark. Most were "freaked" by the idea of a stitch area of 15 stitches x 45 stitches. Until some one cut out ( I didn't tell them to, but...) a piece of plastic canvas to 15...

Hello All, Stitching muliple pages of Pinn-Eight Immortals I could use some help with stitching muliple pages. This pattern has four pages across and five pages down. What would be the best and easiest way to stagger the stitches so I donot get a line showing the the page changes in my work? So...

Hello, everyone, know it's been a while since I posted and I know you've all missed me terribly right? LOL I've just been too preoccupied with other things to keep up with RCTN, though I've finally skimmed through all the posts for the past few months. Haven't been doing much needlework myself,...

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

When you're using a 28 count evenweave fabric, do you always stitch over 2 threads? This may seem like a dumb question, but I'm really not sure. All of my stitching before has been with kits or whatever that tells just what size fabric to use and how many threads to stitch. It just seems like a...

A woman whose talent and skill I admire almost always does her free style embroidery on a sandwich -- ground, thin batting, thin fabric backing. I thought I'd try that but I'm having a big problem -- I have to really, really, really work to get the needle through all the layers. I'm using no...

My mailbox was calling to me today ... "open me," it said. Inside was Classic Stitches that was begging to be free ;-) It had an awesome stumpwork on the cover. I doubt if I'll eventually do the sun goddess on painted canvas but the face is saying 'do me!!! do me now!!!' In a nutshell, running...

Hi everybody! This is a little different than recent posts, so I thought I would start a new subject. In a month, I will be going on my honeymoon to Niagara Falls via train. (I know, I will freeze my butt off :) ) The train trip is about 7 hours each way, so you can bet I am bringing stitching. ...

Hello everyone, I like to finish my stitching other than putting them in frames and stitching in clothing comes to mind. I already bought the t-shirt and waste canvas, my questions for all stitchers concerned who done this befodid you attach an interfacing at the wrong side of the fabric so it...

I recently sailed on the QE2 for the first leg of the world cruise, and took a smallish (45") piece of whole cloth quilting with me. During the 2 weeks on board (New York to LA), I would take it with me to work on in the late afternoon outside the Grand Lounge, listening to rehearsals for the...

I recently sailed on the QE2 for the first leg of the world cruise, and took a smallish (45") piece of whole cloth quilting with me. During the 2 weeks on board (New York to LA), I would take it with me to work on in the late afternoon outside the Grand Lounge, listening to rehearsals for the...

I have a medium-weight linen shirt that contains just enough spandex to make it slightly stretchy. I want to do some surface embroidery on it, and I'm looking for recommendations for stabilizing the fabric. I'm thinking of basting (not ironing) onto the wrong side a piece of interfacing,...

I don't know that this is exactly the same sort of stitching as has been described previously, but there is a website: www.tokensandtrifles.com that has perforated paper for stitching on for sale. It has very pretty borders, many of which can also be stitched. There was an ad for them, plus a...

Here in Portland we have a woman's shelter who could probably use such things to help the women and children who come to them for help. I have done work with them in the past, and they are a great place-really dedicated to helping women and children who have been abused turn their lives...