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Forum: Needlework July 29th 07, 07:28 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 33
Views: 1,511
Posted By Bruce
OT OT - he's got a "real" cast

Pat P wrote:
No - the choices are all on the NHS. They`re not plaster any more - I`m
pretty sure it`s fibtre-glass. Nice and light, anyway.

I must confess that I am out of touch as the last...
Forum: Needlework July 29th 07, 02:46 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 33
Views: 1,511
Posted By Bruce
OT OT - he's got a "real" cast

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 7/28/07 11:18 AM, in article ,
"Bruce" wrote:
You get fashionable casts now? Suddenly I feel...
Forum: Needlework July 29th 07, 02:43 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 18
Views: 1,129
Posted By Bruce
Handy hints

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
And we swore that cat brought the live mice/voles/moles just for the
pleasure of hunting in the warm house....

And people use the phrase "dumb animals" !
--
Bruce...
Forum: Needlework July 28th 07, 04:18 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 33
Views: 1,511
Posted By Bruce
OT OT - he's got a "real" cast

thistletoes wrote:
On Jul 27, 5:36 pm, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Still no weight, but DS has a cast now (in black) and says he's much more
comfortable. He's also allowed...
Forum: Needlework July 28th 07, 04:16 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 63
Views: 2,471
Posted By Bruce
How much time do you actually stitch?

bungadora wrote:
On Jul 27, 6:31 pm, Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Not nearly enough! On a good day - 2-3 hours doing something crafty. I found
I can handle my "french...
Forum: Needlework July 28th 07, 04:07 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 18
Views: 1,129
Posted By Bruce
Handy hints

Magic Mood Jeep wrote:
"Bruce" wrote
We found that a cat was the best deterrent. Since the arrival of
Surrey we have neither seen or heard any signs of...
Forum: Needlework July 28th 07, 01:48 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 18
Views: 1,129
Posted By Bruce
Handy hints

Pat P wrote:
Good Lord, Bruce - those bring back memories! Peanut butter is even more
tempting than chocolate for mousebait, by the way!

We found that a cat was the best deterrent. Since the...
Forum: Needlework July 28th 07, 09:24 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 18
Views: 1,129
Posted By Bruce
Handy hints

Some time ago I seem to remember someone in this group asking about a
way of removing scorch marks from linen. In the back of my wife's
favourite cookery book (published in 1927 by the Yorkshire...
Forum: Needlework July 27th 07, 08:14 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 10
Views: 948
Posted By Bruce
Latest Fletcher Saga (27 Jul 2007)

See http://tinyurl.com/2qlawb
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont
(Remove teeth to reply)
Forum: Needlework July 18th 07, 06:56 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 29
Views: 1,219
Posted By Bruce
Good thought please

Carey N. wrote:
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
On 7/17/07 3:11 PM, in article 8v8ni.5349$Gx5.3952@trndny02, "Carey...
Forum: Needlework July 17th 07, 11:12 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 5
Views: 387
Posted By Bruce
Orcadian embroidery

Bruce wrote:
Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 7/11/07 10:04 AM, in article
, "lewmew"
wrote:

On Jul 11, 7:47 am,...
Forum: Needlework July 16th 07, 03:43 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 11
Views: 1,024
Posted By Bruce
Etui

thistletoes wrote:
Does anyone have instructions or a link to instructions for making an
etui? This is a "box within a box". Very old-fashioned and pretty.
I've looked out on the web, but...
Forum: Needlework July 16th 07, 03:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 6
Views: 1,123
Posted By Bruce
Funny name Copy Right ??? because it really means ...

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
I a, looking at this discussions about Copy Right and it realy should
have been called No Copy Right ,,,,or Copy Is Unright or copying is
wrong ,,,,, just a pondering...
Forum: Needlework July 15th 07, 02:39 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 20
Views: 1,096
Posted By Bruce
William Morris designs

ellice wrote:
Following up my own post - kind of weird. It's "Millenia Designs" , and
they definitely have William Morris patterns as cross stitch, and others of
that style. Here the charts...
Forum: Needlework July 13th 07, 09:13 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 28
Views: 1,099
Posted By Bruce
Clean Dog was Possible Pattern

lewmew wrote:
Allura
------
WIP: The Dreamer, Clean Dog
Cross Stitch News:http://csnews.blogdrive.com
NJNeedleworkers:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NJNeedleworkers/
Allura's...
Forum: Needlework July 13th 07, 10:34 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 0
Views: 371
Posted By Bruce
"It's your age" - official!

At last -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6897023.stm
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont
(Remove teeth to reply)
Forum: Needlework July 12th 07, 10:28 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 2
Views: 483
Posted By Bruce
OT - cats and dogs (again)

Seen on the base of a refrigerator door
Dear Dogs and Cats,
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other
dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw...
Forum: Needlework July 11th 07, 03:29 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 5
Views: 387
Posted By Bruce
Orcadian embroidery

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 7/11/07 10:04 AM, in article
, "lewmew"
wrote:

On Jul 11, 7:47 am, Cheryl Isaak...
Forum: Needlework July 11th 07, 10:29 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 5
Views: 387
Posted By Bruce
Orcadian embroidery

This item of embroidery has appeared on ebay - drawn by N Murray, worked
by H Girling on Gairsay in 1948.
http://tinyurl.com/2g4jmr
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay,...
Forum: Needlework July 10th 07, 11:15 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 29
Views: 1,546
Posted By Bruce
When a UK magazine says

LizardGumbo wrote:
Yeah, with the name "calico," I can only think of 19th century
dressgoods. I think someone mentioned Little House and that's exactly
the image I get in my head. I really...
Forum: Needlework July 6th 07, 11:28 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 26
Views: 895
Posted By Bruce
happy, happy, joy, joy

Magic Mood Jeep wrote:
Pamela Anderson and Anna-Nicole Smith are better representations of
"plastic" women - not to mention Joan Rivers!

Or that Trump woman, the one who thought only little...
Forum: Needlework July 6th 07, 04:36 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 26
Views: 895
Posted By Bruce
happy, happy, joy, joy

"anne" wrote:

I'm blocked for a name for my doll -- as I said before, she's
embellished with cheap plastic beads and is my trial run with the
techniques. Beadzilla the...
Forum: Needlework July 6th 07, 03:35 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 52
Views: 2,177
Posted By Bruce
gizmo title sought

Ericka Kammerer wrote:
Speaking as someone who doesn't have it myself, but
lives with it every day, that's not what causes ADHD. I suppose
any of these things that people blame it on could...
Forum: Needlework July 5th 07, 09:47 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 7
Views: 639
Posted By Bruce
? long blunt-point needles ?

Joy Beeson wrote:
So what do I ask for to get long blunt-pointed needles?

A bodkin. If your needlework shop cannot obtain them then try a
fly-fishing shop...
Forum: Needlework July 3rd 07, 12:22 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 264
Views: 12,610
Posted By Bruce
OT: SPAM

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
You can send your rhubarb to me. Wonder if any of the local farmers markets
still have some?

Rhubarb grows like a weed on Orkney, it's almost impossible to get rid
of it...
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