Yesterday morning, DS's signicant other sent me a link in an email titled "If ever there were a cross-stitch project for me," just sharing a joke. (She's not a stitcher, but she's a crafty in other *good* ways, LOL!) It was a bookmark that said, "F*** Off, I'm Reading", so for a last-minute gift I...

I got three ribbons! Two second-place ones and a fifth-place. The fifth-place was in special category: Christmas ornaments; I don't thing regular categories go "down" that far. I'll try to get photos soon on my r.c.t.n.p. Not there yet - I'll have to borrow DD's camera. sue

If your DD liked that poster, she might also be amused by this: http://www.nostalgicneedledesigns.com/nostalgicneedledesigns2007jan_103.htm It was love at first sight for me, and I shared it with DD, who said "It would make a really neat ornament without too much tweaking (hint, hint)." Subtle,...

I've been watching and watching, and it's finally posted! Emie Bishop has a new "Christmas quilt" design ready for release. You can see it he http://www.emiebishopdesigns.com/newsletter.html Gorgeous...ornmaents or bellpull...where to begin? enjoy, sue (Happy to Enable!)

What has been your experience with Light Effects floss? I just saw an adorable fairy pattern and thought about doing it for DN for Christmas. It has lots of beads, but I'd put it in a pillow and substitute knots for the beads. Thought that doing them in Light Effects would be neat - a little...

The church I used to belong to 20-30 years ago closed down, and there were two Hardanger pieces I'd made for them that were offered to me for my current church. Well, the pastor and head of the altar guild were *thrilled* to get them, and I just spent an hour with them trying ifferent...

Don't know if it's already been discussed...anyone seen this one yet? I know a few of you will start stitching it soon as you can get your hands on it! http://www.prairieschooler.com/santas.htm sue

Remember how I just said I'd come to peace with not rushing my "And a Forest Grew" and decided to forgo this year's state fair and wait until next year? I was doing a normal Happy Dance because I finished it on Friday night and left it at the LNS on Saturday night. Well, imagine my surprise...

Has anyone seen a pattern for an art deco or Charles Rennie MacIntosh style Christmas stocking? sue -- Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen The Magazine of Folk and World Music www.dirtylinen.com

I stand in awe....total, absolute awe.... http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2007/07/the-worlds-biggest-stash/ -- Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen The Magazine of Folk and World Music www.dirtylinen.com

Just saw the new charts of hoffmandis.com, and Xs and Ohs has a new "Hockey Santa Stocking" chart: http://www.xs-and-ohs.com/Catalog/B-Christmas/xo3B-230.html enjoy! sue --

Blessings to you all! You bring me inspiration, laughter, perseverance, knowledge, celebration, strength, and deeper thought/appreciation for many aspects of my life. I treasure our little online community. Merry Everything to you all! Sue --

I remembered a needlework calendar that I downloaded last year, and found the new version for 2006 (www.goldenkite.com). I'm printing it out so I can keep track of my rotation, and maybe set goals (like writing on a particular weekend, "finish XXX UFO." We'll see if that helps me stay "on task" and...

I was browsing online and was led to the Victoria and Albert website, and while looking the articles on it I found this video: http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/video_casket/index.html I hope it works for you. I'd seen this casket in Piecework magazine a year or two ago, but the video...

I was just looking at the Baltimore Museum of Art website and noticed a new exhibit opening tomorrow. It's a 10-foot by 7-foot Chinese embroidered silk panel. The exhibit is called "In Praise of the Prince of Fenyang: Decoding a Chinese...

I may have posted this a year or two ago, but can't remember! Anyway, I was poking around the Maryland Historical Society website, and came across their online exhibit about Baltimore album quilts. I was fortunate to have seen this exhibit in person a few years back, but I'm glad to see they've...

A neighbor just alerted me to an upcoming exhibit of Maryland schoolgirl samplers at the MD Historic Society in Baltimore, and there's a symposium in April. Check http://www.mdhs.org/sampler.html Looks interesting, but a little too expensive for me just now! I'll have to be satisfied with just...

There's something about live music and stitching...I've sometimes remarked that a perfect afternoon is sitting outside at a music festival, stitching in the natural light and hearing live music. Well, yesterday was a variation on that theme. The church down the road has a free Sunday afternoon...

I picked up my copy last weekend. It's interesting to see how ideas switch from year to year...sometimes it seems like designers' minds collectively move in one direction, just coincidentally. This year there are only two overtly religious-themed ornaments - the one by Shepherd's Bush, "Sweet...

A couple of weeks ago there was some chatter about doing a bookmark SAL. Don't know if anything came of it, but I just discovered the bookmark series by Michael Powell that might be of interest for something different: http://tinyurl.com/mb8nwf (not interested in joining, just enabling...