Cross stitch on Ebay

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It would be - if there was anything decent on there! Unfortunately there`s nothing much at all.

Pat P

I've noticed the same thing - not much of interest, but I have gotten a few bargains. Lots of computer gen'd charts and old tat as opposed to vintage charts.

Cheryl

Same here - and most of the computer generated ones make you wonder about copyright issues! Magazines that used to fetch a good price now go for pennies. In fact a lot of stuff never sells at all.

I wonder if (in our case) it`s the recent leap in the cost of postage. Mind you, I understand postage is pretty steep on your side of the pond, too.

Pat P

Yep I hear you. I've been trying to sell off my stash for the last 3 weeks. Not used stuff either all new and if I'm very lucky half will sell at opening bid price. I'm losing money right and left with all the eBay, paypal, and postage fees. If you're interested my seller name is: Jan1228

I know when I first posted original patterns for sale in 1997, I made about $3,000 in the first month. I stopped trying to sell on eBay years ago. You really cannot get the real value of your pieces. I only sell my original drawings that I made up in designing the patterns on eBay. That's about all I can get a decent price for nowadays.

Do you think it is because there is too much on the market these days, or are people devaluing needlework design in general?

Jaenne

I don`t think there`s as much enthusiasm for cross stitch these days. The rage at the moment seems to be stamping. I just can`t summon up any enthusiasm for that, though I suppose it`s OK for people who can`t draw.

These things seem to wax and wane - I expect cross stitch etc., will come back again in due course. Probably when we`re dead and buried someone will find one of our "Masterpieces" and it will start all over again. By then someone will have invented a machine for it, most likely.

Pat P

Around here, stamping is fading out, although I know people who are still scrapbooking. Knitting is the new "thing".

I'm not buying many new charts because there just isn't very much that I really like, and I've got a few years worth of charts I want to stitch in my stash. I'll buy threads, but I'm mostly stitching out of my stash.

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Knitting is the rage here. As a long time knitter, I find it irritating. I don't mind others learning to knit, but my magazines which used to contain stuff that was challenging have largely "dumbed down" for beginning knitters.

I miss my lace and arans! lol

Caryn

I find I am looking for certain pieces - ladybugs (natch) or back issues of magazines, but otherwise - floss, fiber and fabric!

Cheryl

The other thing I am finding is that every time I go to ebay or my LNS (or even not so local NS when I travel) is that everyplace carries the same things. As XS is no longer the "hot" thing, you can't find very much interesting or new. I'm sure it's a catch 22 - the owners don't want to have inventory that won't sell; those of us who are addicts have seen it and don't want to buy the same old same old.

The newer computer sewing machines already can accomplish that: cross stitching by machine. That's been around at least five years, now. Dianne