As I read over all these posts on nit picking, verbage, etc. I wonder how all you ladies have time to do any needlework, crocheting, or knitting. I think enough is enough. It is all so redundant!!! Get a private chat room. Clarice in AZ

For anyone who might run into this thread looking for substitution for DMC 3841 or any other DMC substitution: Try: https://cs-pattern.com/dscp.php?substitute=3841 Notice the substitute parameter at end of link. It'll show you the Chosen color and other matching close to it. If you're not happy...

Santa was good to me and brought me a cozy chair to stitch in and now I am want to reorganize my stash so it is near while I work. I especially want my floss to be at hand. Currently, I have my floss wound on plastic bobbins in a Darice box. This works but I would like something that is more...

I often wondered how to find out how to compare threads for size. There is a book called Threads for Lace, which also includes embroidery threads. Not only do I make lace, but I have been doing my City & Guilds Machine Embroidery. This book has been invaluable to me, especially if I need...

Holy smokes! All I was doing was looking for a movie and where and then my fingers switched to something else and then something else - and Voila! I spotted RCTN! Oh my heavens! How much this group did for me after my beloved husband Dale died. The HUGS Quilt is such a part of my life and...

I added a picture in my RCTNP album of the little sampler I made for my sister and brother-in-law's 50th Anniversary. It was supposed to be an apple tree, but since they live in Arizona, I figured oranges were more appropriate. Lucille

I am going to Rome on vacation. Are there any fabulous needlepoint or embroidery stores that one must go to? Thanks! Ciao!

I have tried various methods of keeping floss for a particular project, and have yet to find a way I find completely satisfactory. I have had cardboard strips with holes in them. I don't like all the ends of the different colours getting twisted together, and find the holes are too close to each...

Last Sunday I went to my first quilt show. I went to look at quilts but if I had known there would be so much embroidery to see at a quilt show I would have gone to one a long time ago. I was surprised at how many quilts there were and the various levels of expertise shown by them. There were...

OK, guys, we are in the midst of the big annual yardsale. I have unearthed the EMIL's Sunbeam MixMaster. #100-86659. It has the two bowls, and various mixing tools. Is this something I stick $2 on, or is it really more of a collector pieces. Haven't a clue, have never used it, but she made...

Other than wishing I'd get a few more calls for subbing, life was cooking along OK. Just need to wrap up some GS stuff and do house work and read and stitch and garden. DS's progress reports were ok, DD was pronounced an "advanced" reader. Then, yesterday, I go down to change laundry loads when I...

I've got all my ingredients except the herb mix I use. I may just mix my own this year. I'm working Monday and then again on Friday so I have plenty of time to get things peeled, chopped, parboiled and roasted to melty goodness. I might even get some real stitching time in.... C

I still have my two purse projects: 1. need a second pair of eyes to look at my backstitching color - which is a good excuse to drive down and see Margaret! 2. The yellow Australian wild flower on yellow. I did a tiny bit of the back stitching and wow is it going to POP when it's done. At...

Congratulations!! Fred http://www.stitchaway.com "Lucretia Borgia" wrote in message ... 55% said no to Sunday Shopping, so there will be none in the foreseeable future.

Hi, can anyone advise me as to what to use to hold my cross stitch taut enough for me to work on. I am thinking about getting a Tapestry frame or Embroidery hoop, but don't know how to use them. (Have only seen pictures of them) Thanks, Jill

On Wednesday, May 24, 2000 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Paul & Christine wrote: Years ago I was able to purchase needlework patterns by Jean McIntosh. They came in a cellophane wrapped package with a tartan background a picture of the pattern. The one pattern I am still in possession of says that...

Recently, I've been discovering wet, as in dripping, mugs in the cabinet. Now, I carefully dry all the glasses and cups before I put them away. HOW THE HELL ARE THEY GETTING WET???? Yesterday, I watched DS open the cabinet, grab a mug, run the tap, drink some water and put the mug back in the...

This is probably an old question hereabouts, but I am tired of never knowing the answer so I am asking it of experts. I have an unabridged dictionary, but it gives no defintion for Aida cloth, just 1)"an opera" and 2)"female name". Both are pronounced Ah-ee-da. Does that apply to the cloth, too, or...

Just announced today -- DMC (including all of their floss lines) has gone into bankruptcy. I imagine a run on most of the needlework stores just to stock up. Anyone heard anything yet? Johanna

Me - I found this tiny Ink Circles chart - it was the address label from when I won one of her door prizes. I'm stitching with a Carrie's Creation called Caribbean Laney. I just finished over the weekend my previous purse project of an Aussie wildflower called a howhai. Have to think about how...