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Old January 7th 04, 05:16 AM
Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply
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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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Old January 7th 04, 07:12 AM
Fred
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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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Old January 7th 04, 10:14 AM
Brenda Lewis
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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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Old January 7th 04, 12:23 PM
Fred
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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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Old January 7th 04, 02:13 PM
PaulaB
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Yes, that truly is a wonderful, thoughtful gift from a friend who
showed she really cares! Happy birthday, dear! :-))) Paula B.




ekoluvr (Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply ) wrote in message ...
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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Old January 7th 04, 03:35 PM
Ellice
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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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Old January 7th 04, 05:30 PM
Joan Erickson
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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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Old January 7th 04, 06:07 PM
Ericka Kammerer
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Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:

First, Happy Birthday! and what a lovely friend you
have, there.


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.



Hmmm...why the cord? I can understand the concept
that it keeps the loops from pulling out, but people have
made hooked rugs like this without cord for, what?, centuries?
I've never heard of them having a problem pulling out.
Sounds interesting, though.

Best wishes,
Ericka

 




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