hand embroidery thread

Anybody out there still hand embroider pillowcases or tablecloths? I found some at a yard sale and will never use it all. I am just keeping some to tie a few quilts. Pami

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Pami
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I still enjoy doing hand embroidery when we go camping. It keeps my hands busy. I still have the pillowcases I started working on last year and I hope to finish them this summer. It relaxes me. I have lots of embroidery thread, and I inherited what Grandmother and also mom had so I have plenty. And occasionally I will see some at a yard sell that is almost a give away. Barbara in SC

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Bobbie Sews More

I still like to do pillowcases and such. I like to tie quilts so I use it a lot.

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Boca Jan

Where can you even buy the iron ons my mom used to get. Years ago she bought them in Woolworths. Pami

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Pami

You are looking for Aunt Martha's transfers Pami. Here are some:

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I bet there are lots of them on Ebay. hth, Taria

ps-I gotta ask, what kind of cake did you have?

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Taria

And here comes old Cranky Pants Polly with a warning. Don't think you can take special care of your hand embroidery by washing it with Woolite. It's been years since I destroyed a piece that I'd spent hundreds of hours on with the gentle, cold water wash. They may have improved their formula by now but I'm not forgiving or forgetting. The verse on the piece says "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." I really should get over the pitiful faded look of it and go ahead and frame it. So often, I need that reminder. Polly

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Polly Esther

TSWLTH also has some of them. (good way to use your 40% off coupon ME-Judy

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ME-Judy

I read something on a kit that included the thread the other day: It said that thread is being dyed in a different way than it used to, for environmental reasons, and to expect the thread to run, even though it their previous threads, did not. And to handwash it first to keep the colors from bleeding. Pfft. I do respect the manufacturers for being environmentally-friendly, but what a PITA.

Sherry

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Sherry

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