I was going to wait until Monday, but I have so many irons in the fire going at once, that I focused on this to get it off my plate so I could quit worrying. A new e-zine is born. You can view the first issue at: http://www.embroider-now.com I have to tell you, there's been so many generous...

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In using Kreinik braid, the braid seems to b e three strands twisted. Do I use just one or all three as blending filiment. All three seems very heavy. George -- There is no such thing as being beneath one's dignity to put in an honests day's work. Work *is* what gives us our dignity, as well as...

As some of you may know, Monica Ferris ( Mary Pulver) is on a book signing tour of the midwest. Tonight she was at a signing hosted by my LNS, Fibers & Frames in West Allis, Wi. ( A suburb of Milwaukee). What an absolute delight!!! Monica's sense of humor, gaciousness and genuine love for her work...

Ok - this is related to my other question - I have an idea for a border based on something I saw in a calendar of Frank Lloyd Wright sketches. I don't plan on it being an exact "copy" of the inspiration, but it is close. How shaky is that ground? Thanks in advance! Cheryl

I love potato chips and have been looking at the chips cooked in "olean" a brand name for olestra. There are half the calories in olean chips than regular. I got some, they were okay. In about 15 hours I started having major gastrointestinal problems. I spend most of the next day and a half, in...

Is anybody on this list planning to visit the Callaway needlework exhibition this weekend? It opens on Sunday. I have four pieces entered in the competition and would love to know if they've won any ribbons. If you're going, I'd really appreciate it if you could keep an eye out for my name and let...

I am looking for a Winnie the Pohh Birth Announcement in counted xstitch. I have searched so many places my eyeballs are reading to fall out:) Does anyone know where I can find it? Thanks, Barbara

We have lift off !!!!! The 'pretty lady' is winging her way back across the pond and should be with Felice in the next week . I was sad to leave her but pleased to be a part in this special project . I've not done nearly as much as Tia but hope my contribution is okay. Take care and slante Jan

This is not cut in stone. It is an attempt to come up with some "ideal". Something to ponder. It has to do with: If I was headmistress of a brand new needlework school, how would I set up the curriculum, and how would you get to the next grade level. Note that I didn't say: cross stitch, or...

I found the best hand lotion at www.hosssauce.com , it got rid of the cracks and dryness I was having. I think it's called Exotic.

How nice to see a mention of Donna (Simply Old Fashioned) on this board! She inspired me, in 1995 when I was thinking at the time, about creating counted cross stitch patterns of heritage sites here in Manitoba. I first read about her in 1995, when browzing through a 1993 issue of BH&G - Country...

From: Tara D Hmm, I didn't have that much of a problem. ........ Then you're better at it than MOI or you used much smaller cording. The lat one I did was the one for the magazine and the cording was fairly heavy -- at least 1/2" and more likely 5/8" -- made of three strands of...

Hearing the story of the laying tools in a lengthy thread, I have decided that I will go in search of these tools. I use cheap crochet needles as laying tools. I will look on ebay first. Also, I have found some very beautiful scissor fobs on ebay that are reasonably priced. In the same thread I...

Hello, I am a learning hand embroiderer and would like to hand sew my new nephew's name onto a lovely cotton wrap I bought for him, using cotton threads (DMC). Could anyone recommend a stitch (I have a book of stitches I can use to learn how) that will not look too bad on the back and is good for...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone on the list has stitched the "American Sampler" by Sandy Orton? I was going to start last year but life got in the way. Now I am ready but have so many questions. Does anyone know of a online sample or tutorial of the Queen Stitch? Is it recommended I "graph"...

I need the chart for the cherries picture. Longaberger sold the four fruit picture cross stitch kits at the Homestead. They are now retired and I didn't get the chance to get the cherries kit. All I really need is the chart and I would be happy to pay for using it and send it back to you.

Ok - I spotted this in the Herrschners catalog and fell for it! Any thought on the designer? The kit is cheap enough, but I really want the chart alone! http://www.herrschners.com/products/product.aspx?sku=181064&q=nx181064&tab= Thanks Cheryl

I've been kicking myself for years because at one time I had a magazine, probably a BH&G magazine, that had a pattern in it for a lovely sweater crocheted using DMC Cebelia with cross stitched flowers and leaves on the sweater and buttons that were made by cross stitching on linen and then covering...

I can see the only one who got wrenched by my fibbing and revealing was Mirjam. Which is amusing to be sure!! It's amazing how that person can only see one side of most arguments, and yet rails at you for being less than totally honest in order to appease a difficult woman long enough to...