Needle storage and use

Right - you get no satisfaction out of that feeling at all. Sure.

Elizabeth

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=46rom the4 above mentioned mags i know only PIECEWORK , which i joined from the first PILOT edition, I enjoy the articles more that the `how to` parts,,, and love it . mirjam

Dianne , you AMAZE me by by this

Isn`t this a BIT Harshly said ,, How do you explain the MANY MANY people on all sewing/needlework/knitting /crochet ngs lists etc..... who are discussing making the above mentioned items.? Many of whom are from USA!!! Printing a Mag needs loads of money, the Internet has taken away a Big part of the people who used to buy those mags , hence they print less , and some of them were combined.

That is another problem , many of the people who indeed can afford or will spend money on a mag , are the people WHO WORK Long hours for their living, and thus when they want to make something , they have to choose a shorter term work ITEM .... mirjam

I think Pieceworks works because of the smaller projects. And Just Cross Stitch recently had a drawn thread sampler that I'm itching to try. And their series on knots was great. Despite the title, their spectrum is getting wider.

My are bare - but by choice. Curtains and contemporary don't work (at least for us).

Oh and thank goodness for that. (giggling - I remember doing making pleats of all sorts and being so grateful when I was done.)

A friend was cleaning and gave me a bunch of her old magazines -- Stitcher's World, Just Cross Stitch, and at least one other series whose name escapes me at the moment. She knew I don't count but thought I'd find things that I could morph. She was right ;-) More importantly, however, were the designs that had step by step finishing instructions which I so desperately need.

I gotta ask y'all -- how many snowmen, witches, santas and teddies is too much?

I get Inspirations direct from OZ and consider it mind candy even though I'm getting a bit tired of pastel-ish bullion rose motifs. I just renewed my subscription to Classic Stitches, more mind candy, and love the ads, wish the cut thrus by Bothy Threads were available in the states. Yeah, I could order directly from them but overseas deliveries seem to go awol unless I pay priority shipping.

I'm with Anne on this question. I have stopped getting all US magazines except for Sampler and Antique Needlework Quarterly. And the occasional issue of Piecework.

My preference is now to hunt out the international mags. Stitch, Mary Hickmott's New Stitches, and Jill Oxton's Cross Stitch and Beading.

Why? Because they inspire me. These magazines are showing new designs, new ideas, and are just so beautiful. I may not be interested in every project, but I can admire the work that has gone into them and color combinations and the different techniques they are demonstrating.

I have noticed that across all genres the UK magazine seem to be better - the photographing mags, the scrapbooking and papercrafting, and even cooking. They all have large glossy pages with tons of photographs. Great design elements, entertaining writing. I'm not sure at all why this is. But I can certainly appreciate it.

Donna in Virginia

I've also been impressed with "Needle Pulling Thread" from Canada. At least from briefly flipping through it in the store - haven't read it cover-to-cover. They seem to have a variety of techniques and a variety of people doing them.

Sue

Anne - Check this site - some of them are available!

Check Brit Stitch for the Bothy Threads stuff. I have one! C

Me too, except at this point I just get Needlepoint Now, the guild magazines, Threads, and Quilter's Newsletter.

All good points. It's been a few years since I've subscribed to any stitching mags, save the guilds, and those listed above. Being lucky enough to have large bookstores which stock international mags, I'll browse there, and pick what has enough to be interesting & of value. Similarly, I buy knitting mags - if there's enough in them, or something striking - not just another shawl or pullover with a cable . But, I buy the magazines which have something inspirational, or of reference. I do tend to buy Belle Armoire for inspiraton. And, sometimes travel mags - for photo references to add in the library of inspiration.

I wonder if it's that US mags are assumed to have larger distribution, and are a bit less pricey. Even some of the UK magazines, IMHO, are full of the equivalent of lots of little twee cottages, simple flowers, teddies, snowmen, and generally lots of cute little things. Doesn't do it for me. But, I'm happy to have access to Inspirations, and XS & Embroidery. Sometimes I'll even get Japanese mags - especially for textile art and quilting - can't read them, but the pix are glorious.

Ellice

We actually have some of their kits in the shop. We have the Fairy Hill, the town views, had the lighthouses. Carry them regularly - very nice, whimsical kits with all you need.

ellice

Those themes do seem to run constant - some one must like to stitch them. Honestly, if JCS continued a steady diet of those, I'd have dropped it.

Personally, that one is the best of the current crop of newer magazines.

Cheryl

And it isn't because the magazines aren't being offered other types of designs by us designers. They just seem stuck on seasonal/holiday and cutesie stuff these days.

It's really frustrating from this side of the street too. If I can kick my scanner into working again and get time to re-do my website, maybe I can put up a few of the "rejects" I think you folks may appreciate more than some of the magazine editors did. Maybe I can get some feedback on whether or not the stitching public wants what I'm designing rather than what the mags are buying.

Either way, it would be nice to find out if I'm offbase with this stuff and should join the cutesies instead.

Nyssa, with some new designs, but no takers At River's End

I can tell you that I'm not happy with what the magazines are buying. The original CS&CC/CS&N, I have sticky notes all over them. The new ones, there are some I don't have a single thing I would even consider stitching.

I had hoped when CS&N came back that they'd stick to the same thing that made them successful first time around. No such luck.

Maureen has told me to stop buying cross-stitch magazines on my occasional trips to Kirkwall; they all seem to be awash with flower fairies and Disney characters plus an occasional seasonal item that is not dissimilar to the one produced 12 months previously.

I've love to see them.

Cheryl

You make me wish there was a pill I could take to cure my counting dyslexia. I love your stuff!!!