Some of us have been lamenting the lack of surface embroidery kit options. To add to the list of available embroidery kits for surface embroidery, I offer you the following link. By Ann Chaves, of Inglenook Textiles in California. I just found this today, I had been to a website (this...

Hi! I was cruising ebay and found a needlepoint pillow by Erica Wilson called "french flowers". The copy said it was based on a design in the MOMA's collection. The ebay listing is for a nearly completed needlepoint pillow. I really like the colors in this designs, it's the color scheme I am...

This past weekend I was helping my 11 yo with a little XS project, a freebie chart of a cardinal. As I was doing so I told her that doing needlework has really helped me with my stress levels. Her dad and I have been separated for nearly four years. She's my oldest of four and I often notice...

Hi! It's been raining, and raining, and raining, and raining here in Minnesota - ENOUGH ALREADY!!! We had a cabin-fever weekend and I was struggling to keep my children busy. I was also trying to complete an embroidery project. Well, my children - three of the four - decided that they wanted...

Hello: If Sue Dawson is still on this list, I would love for her to post an answer to a question I have about the types of threads used in linens during the "arts & Crafts Era" (early 1900s). I did a search of the archives and found posts from several years ago in which she said that she was...

Hi! I am new to this list. I recently started doing crewel embroidery and have discovered it to be a "crewel addiction" :-). I did a search and read some past posts on crewel embroidery - for now I have been learning the ropes with some "vintage" Erica Wilson and Elsa Williams kits which I got...

Hi again! I am so glad to have found this list, I hope the crewel embroidery gals whose posts I read in the archives are still on this list! Okay, being a newbie to embroidery in general, and starting out with the genre of crewel as I am, I have a burning question... I bought a few books & kits...

I just wanted to share on here that a special shopowner has passed away. Donna Ashley of And Needlework in Middlefield, Ohio, died last week after a long battle with cancer. She had written me in June to say that she had sold the shop contents to someone in Maine, because her health had declined...

Hi everyone, just discovered this site and hope to get as much feedback as possible. I'm new to the site, but also reasonably new to the whole needlecrafts scene. My sewing extends to basic mending/alterations and I've tackled a little cross stitch kit which I really enjoyed, even though I ran out...

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I am new to the group and live in Texas. I have been looking for with no success a pattern of a pop-up camper (some call it a tent camper). I saw on eBay a lady was selling one in a kit but is was a travel trailer. It shows 6 different campers styles were available on the package. The kit looks...

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I AM BACK IN BUSINESS. Just a quick note to let you know i am back in business again. I have my own website selling my counted stitch designs. The address is www.heirloom-embroideries.co.uk. I would also like to say thankyou for your support in the past. Best wishes Carol

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Clear liquids all day today, plus the "purge" ucky stuff. I don't care what they say, there is NO way to improve the taste of Fleet phospho-soda. After having 3 of these procedures before the age of 35 -- The Fleet phospho-soda is slightly easier to get down if it's cold (this was the 1st...

Back briefly (work slowed down to the point where I can think about stitching again) -- thanks for giving me the oomp to get going again grin. Current WIP: Mickey & Friends (leisure arts) various Santas from my library of Christmas ornaments a purple iris from Silver Lining Deepest Love from...

Hello, been a long while since I've posted much -- been more absorbed in my work and in crocheting/knitting. But... I'm doing a happy dance. I finished a Mirabilia mermaid (Deepest Love) last week -- purchased w/ a Christmas gift certificate at end of 2002, the friend who gave me the gift...

I remember (but don't ask me how many years ago it was) someone asking about simple Chinese characters being charted for counted cross-stitch. I'm interested in knowing if they exist or if someone could point me in the direction of a good character for a baby girl that's being adopted to the...

1. Finish Redbirds and Raspberries 2. Finish Mickey Mouse and Friends 3. Work on a 'new' project in waiting (WIP sitting in the closet patiently waiting attention) Figured out today that I'll be spending a lot of time on planes next week -- stitching & reading time wry grin. SGC

On Monday, April 21, 2014 9:44:15 AM UTC-3, wrote: Some lovely pics of her work at rctnp - I should have made that, lovely work lol Thanks Sheena- keeps me out of trouble. :-)

Hello. I've recently returned from northeastern Thailand with a large load of exquisitely handcrafted silks. The silks are all medium weight (2-ply), extremely iridescent (dual-toned) and they are 100% handwoven silk. The texture and lustre of the fabric is truly exceptional. My entire collection...