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GREAT B-day gift!!
Hi Guys,
I have THE bestest friends who give me wonderful b-day gifts (yesterday was my b-day)! Janet gave me a gift cert. to CATS and you gotta know I LOVE that! She's done this for me several times and it's absolutely fantastic!! My other friend, Valerie, is the one I have been introducing to various types of needlework things that do NOT come in kit form! She started doing needlework about 15 years ago when she & her DH lived in Germany. Kits were the only thing available at the military base store so that's what she worked on. Well, when I met her about 3 1/2 years ago and found out she did needlework, we started to have stitch & bitch sessions. She was intrigued by all the "different" stuff I did -- very little of it in retail kit form. She still stitches on aida only and that's OK. What's great is that I have gotten her to start using some metallics, blending filament, beads, etc. and do a few decorative stitches that are suitable for aida. So -- this is all going somewhere -- honest :-)). DH and I were over at her house for a birthday treat and to get my present. I open up this gift and it's a new type of hooked rug. You cut strips of fabric and hook them onto the rug backing with a special crochet type hook that has a large eye on the opposite end. First you thread some cording through the eye and then tie it to the corner of the backing. Then you use the crochet hook to bring loops of fabric to the top of the backing and you keep the loops on the shaft of the hook. Once you get about half dozen of the loops on the hook, you draw the hook all the way through pulling that cord through the loops. The cord is what keeps the loops on the top of the rug. Looks like a lot of fun and I plan to bring it with me to Charleston CATS. This rug was not my only gift tho (it was what the doggie gave me). There was also a nice gift bag with some tissue sticking out of it and what looked like the tops of a magazine. I was right -- it was a really nice machine embroidery magazine with some fun projects and interesting articles. There was also a really neat pattern for a bargello piece called Ice Crystals by Susan T. Kerndt. It's really a neat pattern but it's done in blue -- I.A.P!!! I'm all excited when I see it though and tell Valerie that I will just have to do it in purples. I tell her all about how I will take the chart with me to CATS and buy the stuff I need there and will make sure that I show it to everyone! So -- Valerie gets this funny smile on her face and tells me that's nice but that there is something else in the bag. So I reach in again and there's this rool type thing. Turns out that the brat has also bought me a LOVELY piece of PURPLE canvas to use for the design!!! By this time, I am in awe! All of this from a woman who is still a bit dubious about adding beads to a project! I was soooooo pleased that she not only knew I would want to do it in purples but that she took the time to get me a piece of canvas to use!!! So -- I'm wrapping up the canvas and getting ready to put it and the chart back in the gift bag when she tells me there's still something down in the bottom of the bag. I dig around a bit and pull out another wad of "something" -- I unwrap the "wad" of something -- there are ALL of the supplies I will need to do this project -- IN PURPLES! She said she spent hours in the owner of the LNS down in FL (near her MIL's home when she was there at Christmas) picking out the stuff for this project! The supplies include a skien of Caron Waterlilies (silk), a skien of Thread Gatherer (Silk 'n Colors), a skien of Caron Impressions (silk & wool), a card of Rainbow Gallery Splendor (silk), a card of Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid, a spool of Kreinik #4 braid and last but not least a packet of Mill Hill beads!!! All of this from a woman who is not comfortable using beads on a simple project!! I was literally in tears! It was such a great surprise! This is the type of gift that you might expect from someone who is an experienced stitcher. Valerie isn't a novice but she IS a newbie to stuff that is not in a commercial kit! I think the fact that she took the time and went to all the trouble to make sure she changed the blues to purples is a BETTER gift than all of the supplies! She said that the shop owner started to pull the colors listed and Valerie stopped her immediately and said "NO BLUE -- my friend hates blue -- it has to be purples" -- LOLOL! VBS -- I am just sitting here with this big sappy smile on my face, happy as a pig in slop that I have such dear, wonderful, thoughtful friends! Am I lucky, or what?!?!?!? :-))))))) CiaoMeow ^;;^ .. PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their WHISKERS!! Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs! |
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Well, well, well,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY even if I am a few days late. Fred http://www.stitchaway.com If you are on thin ice you might as well dance! W.I.P. - "Fiddler on the Roof". W.I.L., "Romantic Venice", "Ocean Princess", "Southwest Charm", "Rainbow Trail", "Indian Pottery", "One Earth", "Spirit of the Full Moon" and "+?", "+?", "+?". |
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That is truly wonderful! If you *ever* get tired of your friend, pass
her up this direction. :-) My b-day is this weekend... Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote: snipped a lot of enviable stash gathering -- Brenda Lewis WIP: "Pink Baby" photo frame, Candamar |
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Well then a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you too Brenda!
Fred http://www.stitchaway.com If you are on thin ice you might as well dance! W.I.P. - "Fiddler on the Roof". W.I.L., "Romantic Venice", "Ocean Princess", "Southwest Charm", "Rainbow Trail", "Indian Pottery", "One Earth", "Spirit of the Full Moon" and "+?", "+?", "+?". "Brenda Lewis" wrote in message ... That is truly wonderful! If you *ever* get tired of your friend, pass her up this direction. :-) My b-day is this weekend... Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote: snipped a lot of enviable stash gathering -- Brenda Lewis WIP: "Pink Baby" photo frame, Candamar |
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On 1/6/04 11:16 PM,"Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply"
posted: I have THE bestest friends who give me wonderful b-day gifts (yesterday was my b-day)! Janet gave me a gift cert. to CATS and you gotta know I LOVE that! First, Happy B-Day to you. And what a great gift. She's done this for me several times and it's absolutely fantastic!! My other friend, Valerie, is the one I have been introducing to various types of needlework things that do NOT come in kit form! She started doing *snip* So -- this is all going somewhere -- honest :-)). DH and I were over at her house for a birthday treat and to get my present. I open up this gift and it's a new type of hooked rug. You cut strips of fabric and hook them onto the rug backing with a special crochet type hook that has a large eye on the opposite Sounds really interesting - and another, different project. How creative. This rug was not my only gift tho (it was what the doggie gave me). There was also a nice gift bag with some tissue sticking out of it and what looked like the tops of a magazine. I was right -- it was a really nice machine embroidery magazine with some fun projects and interesting articles. There was also a really neat pattern for a bargello piece called Ice Crystals by Susan T. Kerndt. It's really a neat pattern but it's done in blue -- I.A.P!!! I'm all excited when I see it though and tell Valerie that I will just have to do it in purples. I tell her all about how I will take the chart with me to CATS and buy the stuff I need there and will make sure that I show it to everyone! *snip* So -- I'm wrapping up the canvas and getting ready to put it and the chart back in the gift bag when she tells me there's still something down in the bottom of the bag. I dig around a bit and pull out another wad of "something" -- I unwrap the "wad" of something -- there are ALL of the supplies I will need to do this project -- IN PURPLES! She said she spent hours in the owner of the LNS down in FL (near her MIL's home when she was there at Christmas) picking out the stuff for this project! The supplies include a skien of Caron Waterlilies (silk), a skien of Thread Gatherer (Silk 'n Colors), a skien of Caron Impressions (silk & wool), a card of Rainbow Gallery Splendor (silk), a card of Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid, a spool of Kreinik #4 braid and last but not least a packet of Mill Hill beads!!! All of this from a woman who is not comfortable using beads on a simple project!! How wonderful and amazing - your friend cares so much, and you've made such an impression on her growing needlework skills. kit! I think the fact that she took the time and went to all the trouble to make sure she changed the blues to purples is a BETTER gift than all of the supplies! She said that the shop owner started to pull the colors listed and Valerie stopped her immediately and said "NO BLUE -- my friend hates blue -- it has to be purples" -- LOLOL! That is a true gift in her showing you how well she knows you, and taking the time to do that. BTW - when you finish it, I bet Sue Kerndt would love to see a picture of the piece. Sue is in my ANG chapter, and I've been in one of her pilot classes, think we're doing another this spring. She's a great teacher, has so much knowledge, and likes when we do things in a couple of different colorways - and then she gets to see what they look like. FWIW, Sue is the one who taught me the Japanese lacing technique for canvas (laced 2 sides, tacked 2 sides - on stretchers). And she had a great method for protection of the piece - using a plastic bag - cut off the zipper, split it into 2, and stitch it in the far margin - like overlapping book leaves that open from the middle. Works like a charm, and really costs almost nothing. VBS -- I am just sitting here with this big sappy smile on my face, happy as a pig in slop that I have such dear, wonderful, thoughtful friends! Am I lucky, or what?!?!?!? :-))))))) CiaoMeow ^;;^ You are lucky, but I'm sure that you're just as good to these friends as they are to you ;^) Again, happy Birthday! Ellice - who also loves purple |
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Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:
VBS -- I am just sitting here with this big sappy smile on my face, happy as a pig in slop that I have such dear, wonderful, thoughtful friends! Am I lucky, or what?!?!?!? :-))))))) CiaoMeow ^;;^ You most certainly are!!! Happy birthday, Mary!!!! -- Joan See my first-ever design he http://www.heritageshoppe.com/joan.jpg "Stitch when you are young and poor, frame when you are old and rich." - Elizabeth's (rctn'r) sister's MIL (Barbara Marr) |
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