I've not been RCTN for a couple of years, so I don't know how many of the old crew are still around, but I just checked and hadn't seen anybody post about this yet. If any of you remember Lollee Roberts, please keep her in your prayers and good thoughts. Her husband died suddenly on Saturday...

Poor you - and poor dog. Mine had a bad tum this week - we kept her on chicken and rice, and precious little of that - and she`s fine now. Still on chicken and rice for a day or two as a precaution - luckily she remembered about the newspaper on the floor from when she was REALLY tiny (she`s only...

Hi the I'm new here, but a regular over at rec.crafts.textiles.quilting. I need some advice please. I'd like to know where are some reliable places to buy counted cross stitch (kits) online. I'm specifically looking for an elaborate sampler (wall hanging) and something beautiful for...

...you are stitching and you try typing on your keyboard through the stitching... I just did that... LOL LOL LOL Stitch Lady I have a laptop sitting next to stitching chair...frequently type one handed while other hand holds the needle! ROFL

Oh, someone else like me!! I feel so guilty when everyone talks about their framing, because almost all of my crossstitch projects are still awaiting that last bit of backstitch, those few beads, that girls head. And they are ALL in a box under my desk. A single xs piece of mine has been framed and...

Ok, so I have a trillion billion UFO's...or at least it seems so. And they are not just cross stitch or other stitching projects. There are quilting, painting, drawing, building and even cleaning projects. So..... I swore to my husband about two weeks ago that August is officially going to be...

Lucille, If the dog had stopped vomiting then I would have continued to feed with boiled rice and boiled hamberger and Pepto Bismo until things settle down at the other end. It does take a bit of time for things to sort themselves out. Prior to the introduction of a de-wormer the analysis of the...

Hi everybody, With my luck, this is a question that only museum employees or needlework historians will know. Have any stitches been lost over the years. I mean, we have cross stitch, algerian eye, gross point, daisy stitch etc. But are there any stitches from history that have been forgotten...

Rather like O.J. Simpson, the 'bushy haired stranger' who according to her had done it never materialized. Suppose it was the same bushy haired man that Dr Sam Shepard (the inspiration for The Fugitive) saw in his house the night his wife was killed? Caryn Blue Wizard Designs

Sheena, I've started collecting little things (not cards for Mum, a hacky-sack for DH) for the stockings and I always keep an eye out for gift ideas. I'll be ordering a pattern book this week for a friend's gift. Mellissa (who should be starting her dad's stocking pattern in...

I have several House Mouse designs, but am not willing to part with any of them at this time!! Haven't stitched 'em yet . . mb

We do that for gardening - set the timer for an hour and drop everything when it goes off - that way you don`t sicken yourself by doing more than you`d really like! I HAVE used the timer for stitching, but normally I like to finish one project before starting another - a part done one never...

"Pat Porter" wrote in message ... One of our grandsons has just started his first tour of Duty in Northern Ireland today, and just had his first welcome, with youngsters throwing rocks at the transport as...

I read on the group months ago about a really nice series of charts that were of landmarks in the DC area -- they were like a pen and ink type drawing stitched in backstitch? Does anyone remember this and can I have the designer's name. I have been hunting them on the web and can't find them :...

Hello! August's free design is now on the website - go to http://www.tompudding.co.uk and click on the 'Free Charts' button. Have fun! Jan

The kits from #39 are on the Country Bumpkin Website - so the magazines can't be far from the shops here in Oz...........and it looks like it is another delight! -- ..·´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ Joanne -:¦:- - -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´ Dasborough -:¦:-

According to my book, Black Walnuts only grow in Southern Ontario. HTH. *Only* in Ontario? Then the squirrel that planted the seed which grew into the black walnut tree in my mother's front lawn in North Dakota must have had *quite* the trip!!! ;-) Not as long a trip as the one that...

Get thee behind me, Dawne - all that chloresterol! You`re just trying to bump me off! Just be careful - I might have to send you a walnut whip! Pat P "Stitch Lady" wrote in message ... "Dawne Peterson"...

Heritage Shoppe is moving its site from one server to another. This might cause problems in that you will not be able to access Heritage Shoppe or its forum for a couple of days. Don't be alarmed. We're still in Oconto, will be for awhile. Heritage Shoppe isn't going anyplace anytime soon. We...

Thanks to Maureen, and the lively conversation over the last couple of days, plus a nudge by Linn in her last post, I spent an hour last night digging out books, an hour this morning stitching, another hour drawing, and more time setting up a page. Not done, yet. grin The whole "roman stitch"...