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Old June 23rd 09, 07:58 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Nancy
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On Jun 23, 9:06�am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 6/23/09 8:50 AM, in article
, "Nancy"





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On Jun 23, 7:23?am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I've been stitching away at a baby dragon alphabet. I've also spent a little
time on Bouquet for Cheryl in the DMC variation dark green. I've also got a
purse project that hasn't been touched since lacrosse practices ended. But
since DD is going to a lacrosse clinic, I guess I'll have the chance.


Cheryl


While I haven't stitched since before the deluge last week,
I've been working on Little House Needelworks "The
Bookshelf."
I've spent my time cleaning up the yard and the
basement after 4 inches of rain in less than 6 hours
made quite a mess. �We had a river going down the
street, over the curbs. �Fortunately we're on the high
side and only had water that seeped below the window
wells and the usual back wall of the cellar. �Neighbors
lost furnaces, and pile of stuff.


Nancy in Pgh, City of Champions


Get dry there Nancy and hopefully you can stitch soon.

Cheryl- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks.
With no rain since Sat and 80+ temps we are drying out.

Today I finally visited the only LNS left without driving
clear to the other side of Pittsbugh. It's all
needlepoint with almost all painted canvases. But...
I discovered they have Watercolors and other specialty
threads I was figuring I'd have to order online. I picked
a colorways for Laura Perin's Winter Wind. As soon
as I make more progress on the xs I'll start it.
Too bad they didn't have any charts.

Nancy in Pgh, City of Champions
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Old June 23rd 09, 10:29 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Susan Hartman
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I'm making a real effort on finishing "And a Forest Grew" in time for
the state fair this year. We'll see....it can always go next year! VBG

I'd like to change the wording on it, and the past two weeks there have
been alternate bible verses read in church that I like better than the
Genesis verse on the chart. We'll see - I'm keeping my ears open!

Also crocheting a beautiful baby blanket. I try to do a little on each
project every day.

sue




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Old June 23rd 09, 11:29 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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I'm still working on my stuffed Nativity set. I'm close to finishing
the first side of the 2nd shepherd so, once I finish his other side, I
think all I have left is the 3 wise men and 2 camels! WooHoo!

On a related note, our county fair starts Wed. and I got the pic of
the St. Bernard, "Chill" back from my coworker to enter. I may also
enter one of the Laura Perin SALs I did, haven't decided, and maybe
some peonies, which have *finally* started blooming, about 2 weeks
late.

I'm saving the Nativity set to enter all at once in the "Christmas"
category next year.

Joan
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Old June 23rd 09, 11:30 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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On Jun 23, 7:50*am, Nancy wrote:

I've spent my time cleaning up the yard and the
basement after 4 inches of rain in less than 6 hours
made quite a mess. *


Ooo, I don't envy you! At least you were fairly lucky. Make sure you
let everything dry completely! I'll be sending good thoughts your
way.....

Joan
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Old June 24th 09, 12:23 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Gillian Murray
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NDJoan wrote:
I'm still working on my stuffed Nativity set. I'm close to finishing
the first side of the 2nd shepherd so, once I finish his other side, I
think all I have left is the 3 wise men and 2 camels! WooHoo!

On a related note, our county fair starts Wed. and I got the pic of
the St. Bernard, "Chill" back from my coworker to enter. I may also
enter one of the Laura Perin SALs I did, haven't decided, and maybe
some peonies, which have *finally* started blooming, about 2 weeks
late.

I'm saving the Nativity set to enter all at once in the "Christmas"
category next year.

Joan

JOan, my dear,

Don't you also need to bring in Noah with the Nativity, then you could
have two of every animal. I am sure you have time.

rd&h

Gill
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Old June 24th 09, 12:29 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Cathy from KY in CA
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On Jun 23, 4:23*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I've been stitching away at a baby dragon alphabet. I've also spent a little
time on Bouquet for Cheryl in the DMC variation dark green. I've also got a
purse project that hasn't been touched since lacrosse practices ended. But
since DD is going to a lacrosse clinic, I guess I'll have the chance.

Cheryl




I recently finished "This Heart of Mine" by Ink circles. I stitched
it on white fabric with DMC 930. I looks like a
Dutch tile.

I then stitched Sue Hillis "Do not mistake endurance for hospitality.
Am going to display this prominantly!!

I have 2 1/2 bands left on a Long Dog Sampler band sampler that was
published in 2007, in four parts, in The Gift of Stitching
magazine.

Am gathering my supplies to get started on "The Blue Ribbon Sampler"
by Mary Ollwyn. This is going to be a lengthy.....and VERY
EXPENSIVE ...project!!

just me,
Cathy from KY in CA

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Old June 24th 09, 02:35 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Nancy
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On Jun 23, 6:30�pm, NDJoan wrote:
On Jun 23, 7:50�am, Nancy wrote:

I've spent my time cleaning up the yard and the
basement after 4 inches of rain in less than 6 hours
made quite a mess. �


Ooo, I don't envy you! �At least you were fairly lucky. �Make sure you
let everything dry completely! �I'll be sending good thoughts your
way.....

Joan


Thanks.
Fortunately only a box of old college textbooks, some rags,
and the concrete floor (my parents never finished the
basement) were the only things to get really wet. I should
have thrown out those textbooks years ago. So next
garbage day....out they go.

Nancy in Pgh, City of Champions
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Old June 24th 09, 04:21 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Liz[_2_]
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Default So - what are you stitching

On Jun 23, 3:29*pm, NDJoan wrote:
I'm still working on my stuffed Nativity set. *I'm close to finishing
the first side of the 2nd shepherd so, once I finish his other side, I
think all I have left is the 3 wise men and 2 camels! WooHoo!

On a related note, our county fair starts Wed. and I got the pic of
the St. Bernard, "Chill" back from my coworker to enter. *I may also
enter one of the Laura Perin SALs I did, haven't decided, and maybe
some peonies, which have *finally* started blooming, about 2 weeks
late.

I'm saving the Nativity set to enter all at once in the "Christmas"
category next year.

Joan


I'm working on a wedding gift for a girl I've known since she was 5
years old.
I stitched something for her older brother and sister when they
graduated from
high school but just didn't feel any inspiration when she graduated.
I'm combining bits
and pieces from several different booklets with a quote that a library
patron brought to us
to identity. In the middle is a quote from Anais Nin: "And the time
came when the risk
to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to
blossom". On each side
will be a white trellis with "climbing rosebuds" climbing up. Along
the top will be a fully bloomed
rose. The trellis came from one book, the rosebuds and viney thing
from another, the rose on top
from yet another and the alphabet from one of my many alphabet books.
I'm using a Light Taupe
32 cnt Lugana that I found in my stash. The finished size will be
right around 10 X 12. I actually called
her mom a few weeks ago to see if Anita has a favorite color rose but
didn't get a call back and didn't
pursue it so I'm doing the roses pinky/red as charted. It was easier
than having to change colors and
then remember which shade was which. :-)

The wedding is this weekend but is a few hours away so the parents of
the bride are having a pot luck
BBQ on August 29 for friends and neighbors who can't make it to the
wedding.

As far as county fairs go, I was going to enter a couple of items but
DH is having a total knee replacement
on July 14 and the day to stand in line to enter items is July 19th.
If I had had my heart set on entering, I would
find a way to do it but . . . . . Now I'm thinking of the stitching
time I'll have when DH is in surgery. Hmmmmm; I
wonder if the surgical waiting room has good lighting??? :-)))
According to his "joint replacement binder", the
procedure should take about three hours. Once I know he's out of
surgery, I'll go down the road to donate plasma (gotta pay those
bills) and then go back to the hospital when I'm done and he should be
waking up a little more. Last time he had
surgery, about 24 years ago, he had a really high threshold so that it
took LOTS of anesthetic to get him out and then
took him a loooooooong time to wake up.
Liz from Humbug
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Old June 24th 09, 12:04 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Cheryl Isaak
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On 6/23/09 2:58 PM, in article
, "Nancy"
wrote:

On Jun 23, 9:06?am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 6/23/09 8:50 AM, in article
, "Nancy"





wrote:
On Jun 23, 7:23?am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I've been stitching away at a baby dragon alphabet. I've also spent a
little
time on Bouquet for Cheryl in the DMC variation dark green. I've also got a
purse project that hasn't been touched since lacrosse practices ended. But
since DD is going to a lacrosse clinic, I guess I'll have the chance.


Cheryl


While I haven't stitched since before the deluge last week,
I've been working on Little House Needelworks "The
Bookshelf."
I've spent my time cleaning up the yard and the
basement after 4 inches of rain in less than 6 hours
made quite a mess. ?We had a river going down the
street, over the curbs. ?Fortunately we're on the high
side and only had water that seeped below the window
wells and the usual back wall of the cellar. ?Neighbors
lost furnaces, and pile of stuff.


Nancy in Pgh, City of Champions


Get dry there Nancy and hopefully you can stitch soon.

Cheryl- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Thanks.
With no rain since Sat and 80+ temps we are drying out.

Today I finally visited the only LNS left without driving
clear to the other side of Pittsbugh. It's all
needlepoint with almost all painted canvases. But...
I discovered they have Watercolors and other specialty
threads I was figuring I'd have to order online. I picked
a colorways for Laura Perin's Winter Wind. As soon
as I make more progress on the xs I'll start it.
Too bad they didn't have any charts.

Nancy in Pgh, City of Champions


I used to have a crazy quilt store fairly near by that had Weekes and GAST
and Caron and her own flosses (dyed to go with her favorite fabrics). She
had beads and charms and buttons. But her little town square decided to go
upscale and she couldn't afford her rent anymore and she didn't want to do
the e-business thing.

So cherish this place.

Cheryl
(the damp)

 




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