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Wool Felt
Need a source for just a few yards; the local fabric store just looked at me funny. Cheryl
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Making up surface embroidery
I've finished up on a surface embroidery project that I'd like to make into a traveling jewelry bag. This project started life as a crewel design, but I changed all the threads over to ones that could...
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metallic thread
Can somebody point me to good information about metallic threads. I am cross stitching some xmas ornaments and would like to add some sparkle and glitz. The problem is that I don't know which weights...
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19 years ago
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ads: OT?
Admittedly it has been some time since I posted here, or was able to scan the postings. It's hard when the 'puter won't leave its packing box. However, I thought that advertisements were discouraged...
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19 years ago
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Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's on it's way...
Well ... I know I'm tootin' my own horn here, but we do have "Hoppy Easter" (under the Pillow Talk section) with a bunny with a basket of eggs, and there's a couple of religious items (Fishers of Men...
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19 years ago
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OT Blogging questions
I've spent a good chunk of my weekend trying to set up an account with BlogRolling so that I can let it manage my blog links on my own site. Despite multiple attampts with different email addresses...
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19 years ago
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tatting vs crochet question
I can half way decently crochet, if I put my mind to it. Saw ad in paper for tatting classes - think I could make a successful student? I know nothing about tatting, except one uses a bobbin affair,...
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19 years ago
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Couching cords
I have yet another question [insert an emoticon here] I'd like to use a cord created with my handy dandy cord doohickey to create a handbag on a piece of freestyle embroidery. I'm stumped about how to...
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19 years ago
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soft hands for silk work
I guess I got into a pickle this last week as I was soooo happy to finally find a product that worked and the silk thread did not snag on my hands. I brought it to the EGA group and set it on the Show...
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19 years ago
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Galleon and Sea Monsters
Has anyone done the counted cross stick by Counted Illuminations called Galleon and Sea Monsters? It is by Patricia Andrle. I am almost done stitching it and have found so many mistakes in the chart....
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19 years ago
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ot some old songs
some of you might want to reminisce when you are stitching--I thought this was great! Baby Boomer Songs It was fun being a baby boomer... till now. Some of the artists of the '60's and 70's are...
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19 years ago
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Bead question
Other than price and quite likely quality, are there any differences in the seed beads sold in the needlework department and those sold in the beading department of craft stores?
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19 years ago
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COMPLETELY OT HAPPY DANCE
DD is strutting this AM - last day of the season and she scored her first goal! Mom and Dad are proud! Cheryl
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19 years ago
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Tatting instruction
I live in the Boston area and want to learn to tat with a shuttle. I'm usually pretty good with learning stuff from books, but I have to confess shuttle tatting has me at a standstill. I understand...
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19 years ago
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OT: Animal Planet
I guess I could make this on topic since there are so many of us who stitch while watching TV, but it really isn't about stitching. The woman who, as a girl of 14, was responsible in a round about way...
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