You know what it'll be don't you Peggy? It may takes us years to get anywhere. We'll have no money, no decent place to live. ~Best Year of Our Lives

WOO HOO!!! I just finished Moira Blackburn's "Three Things Sampler". And it turned out pretty darn well, if I do say so myself (and I do!). Can't wait to get it to the LNS and pick out a frame. I have a place all ready for it in the living room. Now, which of my UFOs comes out of hiding to...

Greetings All, On a recent trip to Michael's I saw some scroll frames that said no basting. I am wondering which frames everyone uses for x stitch? I currently use q snaps but wonder if the scrolls are better. It seems like sometimes my fabric gets stretched funny. So I am wondering if I should...

Okay, I will admit I don't use the sewing machine often even though Mrs. Bruton (Home Ec Teacher) went through alot of trouble to teach me to use one :-) But, I am taking a quilting class with some friends and it was recommended that I get a darning foot and a walking foot. Now is the hard part,...

Several years ago someone on the group described a way of doing isolated cross stitches. Does anyone remember this. I'd appreciate if you could describe the method to me, or direct me to where I might find it. Please send the info to my email address. Thanks, Judith Markus

....I introduced myself. Like others here I have lurked quite a bit but only posted a few times when I felt I could give a good answer or had a good question. I started stitching years ago when I was a kid and I still have the pot holder I made then. Looking at it now, I see that I hand quilted...

You should all be in for a fun trip to your LNS (if you have one) for market day/night etc. I was at the Nashville market with a shop owner and boy did I get in trouble and it hasn't even hit the shop yet!!! It is so easy to say "Include one of those for me too!" I guess I'll be signign over...

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Hey, fellow stitchers, I just re-posted my long list of swaps, this time broken down into 4 sections, on the Marketplace. I got no replies the first time, so... It is a long list, so I hesitate to post it here. Any advice? thanks,

Anyone remember having this as their logo? I too have a couple of Elsa Williams designs put away, both on Irish linen. One is a bell pull and the other a tree of life. Have all the crewel wool to do them with as well. Wonder if I'll ever get them done....maybe someday? Anne Did you finish teh...

Anyone done this crewel piece out of jenny june online?

had to pass this one on ;) A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgery. As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, Cuddles has passed away." The...

Well, all the searching for a crewel tree of life sent me to the Erica Wilson book I found in the library's used book store. (after all, how can you go wrong for a $1.) Lo and behold, I found a letter from McCall's Needlework and Crafts magazine dated 1969 and two pages from a catalog of crewel...

Finally, finally, finally! :-) The dark royal purple, insulated drapes are finished and hanging in the window. Once I was able to get a block of time longer than 30 minutes to work on them, they finished up quickly. And, if I do say so myself, they look quite nice! Now, I just need to do a pair...

Anyone know where I can find a crewel version of the "Tree of Life" I have decided it is perfect to add for our little colonial room....

Hi Guys, Barbara Bush has a pillow that I made (construction only, not stitching)! Does that make me famous I wonder? How did this happen you might ask? Well, my stitchin' buddy (Janet) now works for Plaid Enterprises, the parent company for Bucilla. Last weekend the HIA trade show in Dallas --...

Next week we are going to the Algarve region in Portugal for a 2 week holiday anyone here know of any embroidery shops in the region? We will be staying in a hotel in the middle of the region and plan to wander around so any shop in the Algarve may be possible to visit while we are out and...

YIKES they're not wearing undies!!! -- 8-) Jessamy In the Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a no-strings,

I decided to try my hand at some Hardanger and so have been working my second project which is the Hardanger Box Lid Design of May/June 2003 by Roz Watnemo http://www.nordicneedle.com/free/2003_05/index.shtml . I've been doing it in DMC 504 Perle Cotton #5 and white #8 on moss green Lugana. ...

Um, I'd like to correct myself--those would be the freezing and boiling points of water under standard pressure, not STP since temperature is the variable being measured. blush Earlier I wrote: Thanks for jumping in on this. My computer died while I was working on a reply. I do believe you...