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

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...

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.

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Hello Everyone I became vegan a while ago and since one of the practices of veganism is to forego wool I have to give up my beloved Appletons (sob). What I would like to know is how feasible it is to use DMC instead of wool on larger gauge canvas. I know I will need lots more cotton but if I...

Holy cow! Is this the Nathalie who used to post here? If so, why am I not surprised? On 29 Jul 2003 10:43:45 -0700, (Lady Mamid) wrote: From : http://www.chia.net/mimick/ydg This is to let all know that I am no longer being employed by NDMDC.com or Nathalie Forster as...

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...

So I'm surfing through some needleworking blogs. Found a posting with a WIP picture of a design I thought intriguing. Wanted a better look, so went to designer's website (had it bookmarked). The picture in a word SUCKED!!! I can't emphasis this enough, it was bad! So I returned to the orignal blog,...

I have a question about Aida cloth. I bought a small kit to do while I acted as an election judge back in March. It was on 10 count Aida. It had an I Love the USA theme. I loved it; it was easy on my eyes and very easy to do. Now this question has come up. When I went back to a project on 14 count....

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...

As it is SNOWING AGAIN. And there is no school So, the DS will sleep late, the DD is going to be made to go back to sleep. I'm going to read and stitch and try and keep up with the housework Cheryl