My power and water just came on a little while ago. I'm ok and just waiting now for the telephone to work so I can start to get things done. Great to hear that Gillian and Deb are ok too. Lucille "Deb" wrote in...

I am getting ready to stitch this for my nephew and his wife who are doing two years of missionary work in Honduras. The mission he is working with focuses on children. In the chart there is a figure of an old person (can't really tell if it is male or female). I would like to leave that out...

Help! I've run a quick Google search, but people here *always* know the answer - is there a conversion chart from Thread Gatherer threads to DMC? Thanks! Linda

I was just wondering, what everyone does with finished xstitch projects, other than the usual: picture, ornament, pillow etc., I haven't been doing this for too long, and I figure in 30 years, I won't have much wall space left, so I was hoping for a few ideas about what to do with various finished...

My cousin and his wife are expecting their first baby in November. My mother asked me today if I was going to stitch something for the baby (this cousin is her godson). I told her I was going to crochet a baby afghan, like I did for my cousin's older sister's twin sons 8 years ago. My mother...

Good for you Gillian - I can't imagine how you maintain your sense of humour thru all this - I could only hope that I would. We had a power outage 2 years ago - bad snow storm - I was worried about my Mother who is always frozen stiff anyway cuz of medications - the house cools down very quickly...

Hi everyone, I am doing a little survey. You could influence the way I present information in my next embroidery book! I am trying to decide how to do my step-by-step stitching instructions. For any of you who have seen either of my previous books, (Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, Mountmellick...

At yesterday's EGA SIG meeting, someone was working on a blackwork design for her Master Counted Thread Stitching certification which was absolutely gorgeous!!! The technique intrigues me because it's so 'clean' as opposed to my usual freestyle whatever works projects. If y'all could point me to...

Does anyone know of a source for this thread in the US? I've tried the usual online and close-by sources but no luck. I've seen it advertised by a UK group and an Australian group but I'm hoping there's a closer source for me. I'm looking for gold tambour thread. Thanks! Mari

So glad to hear that. has she (Jeanne) gone by now? I gather that hurricane Karl gave Scotland a sideswipe today, in it`s dying throes. I expect the wind, such as is left will get to us tomorrow. Pat P "Deb" wrote in...

There are so many fun bags in the shops right now. I love the Vera Bradley ones, but they're too pricey for me. Does anyone have any suggestions for turning a surface stitchery project into a bag - are there any patterns or directions out there? Any suggestions as to what handles / fasteners...

Well, Jeanne changed courses again. the eye is supposed to come through just south of us. We have sustained winds of 445 mph, with gusts around 55-60. The worst is yet to come. Apparently she cane ashore at almost the same place as Frances, as a category 3. I haven't been up too long yet, bit...

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I'd like to do a sampler for my DFIL, who's the gardener in the family, but most of the garden designs I've seen are very feminine. He mostly does vegetable gardens, with a few flowers around the house, so flower and herb motifs wouldn't really suit him. I looked briefly in Hoffman with...

A few years ago I purchased a few of these leaflets by Curtis Boehringer. I don't know the name of the series but I know there were 12 total and each one represented a month. The front had the month spelled out, the back a symbol appropriate to that month, and the inside a sampler in the shape of...

Hello. I would like to start a Blackwork fan frm New Stitches magazine issue 70. This project calls for a 5 skeins of white Coton a Broder. My question, what is this skein? I never heard of it. Is this different from Pearl cotton? How much each skein...

Hi Guys, OK -- so I know I can go to RCTY with this question but I *know* all of you already. Besides, I know there are a lot of knitters and crocheters here and those things *are* needlework :-)! I am looking for a source of angora yarn in some shade of turquoise or aqua and white. I Googled...

A few years ago I saw a cross stitch kit advertised of a selection of Butterflies on a panel to represent a collectors tray , I wish I had bought the kit then but I had other projects on the go, does any one have a chart of this please?

We were scheduled to leave this mornng for the north-east. Still here near Lakeland (sigh), . the car is hitched to the RV in case the saturadt 5am forecast is good. other wisw, I guess we sit this one out. Have an event inYork, PA, to be at on Monday, and several family things up north...

Has anyone had any trouble with the Joseph's Coat website? www.josephs-coat.com I put an order through in August and they charged my credit card, but nothing has arrived. I sent two emails to the email address and no response. I called the number on the website and it is disconnected with no...