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Dilemma - some thoughts appreciated !!!

Okay a stitchy post about something that's eating at me at the moment - I acquired the Mary Queen of Scots chartbook from Charland designs and I am really itching to start it but the silks required (in the UK anyway) are fairly expensive , now the question is what favourite silks of people would possibly give me a similar finish to Au ver a soie but cost a bit less - there is a conversion to DMC but I'd dearly love to use silks , failing that I may just buy enough each month to do a band at a time as a treat - so thinking caps on please all suggestions considered Jan (oh I'll just add I'll probably buy on line as I live in a village anyway but an online shop with cheaper shipping to the UK and that takes paypal is favourite)

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Jan Lennie
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Is your village near me in Bath? If so, the stitch shop on the Podium sells Rainbow Gallery threads. ALso I think that they have/can get soie d'alger

Megwen Bath, England

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Megwen

I didn't think to ask her how expensive they are to ship, but I know my friend, who lives in Ilford, just recently ordered silks from Vikki Clayton

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and is veryhappy with them. I'm having an ongoing love affair with her silks aswell. And she may very well already offer a conversion for the designyou want them for. I'm saving up pennies, nickels and dimes to be ableto get the conversion silks for Long Dog's "Plight of Fancy", myself.Tegan

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Tegan

The Rainbow Gallery Splendor threads are very nice. You can usually find them in a needlepoint shop. They are not as expensive as some of the silks.

Janet

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stitch412

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Jan Lennie

Jan:

You might try Charland herself . Her e-mail is on her website. Hmmmm - ok here it is

snipped-for-privacy@charlanddesigns.com

I used the au ver a soie when I stitched it, but I think the only colour that you might have some trouble substituting would be the overdyed black/gray used for the one-over-one stitching. I also have "Elizabeth" in my stash, but won't probably get around to stitching it for another year or two. When I do, I want to frame and mat it to match "Maria"

Marg

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Bob & Marg Whittleton

The shop used to be on Bridges Street and in the Podium, been there for quite a while. If you let me know what you want, I could shop for you! Make a change not to be spending my money in there!

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Megwen Woodham

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