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I did not want to spend too much on storage, better to spend it on stash! so I use a few of these plastic drawer towers.
like this

shorter than 3" its trash, longer it stays. unless its frayed or worn of course.

when I make more mistakes that correct stitches, the frogs send me to bed.

Something similar to AmandaG' s use of magnets in her paper doll project? You'd have to change the back of the button a bit- maybe just snip the loop and glue a magnet. this is what I was thinking. another magnet idea would be to have a magnetic strip behind the fabric where the buttons would be pl...

just caught up with this thread. the kings and queens project is looking fabulous, and great to get the mini history lesson with each!
the teddy bear is soooo cute

I leave the threads I am working with just dangling off my scroll frame needles on,I dont really have a problem with them tangling. the ones that will be parked for a while, such as when I reach the bottom of a page, I wind them up into a neat loop and tie them to the fabric with a spare bit of flos...

new start, a mini and and update on Grandma's bouquet. the new start is a kit from dimensions, Peace ornament . Im not crazy about their kits, I find myself editing it with fractional stitches to smooth out the edges. this set of ornaments will likely be the last of their kits for me. http://i1068.p...

well I have not been with this forum long and I have already discovered and fallen in love with HAED, (my first HAED is waiting for thread and fabric) I discovered scroll frames and floor stands, how I managed with only hoops before Im not sure. I found out that hardanger is not just boring white on...

largest was 350 x 500 stitches on 14 ct aida. due to improper storage the piece was ruined and I am restarting it on 18 ct aida.

I stitch every stitch of one color in a 10x10 square, then park the thread in the first stitch of the next square down. of course, its not always perfect, and I will stitch outside the current square when its only one stitch in the square beside. I dont want to start and end a thread for one or two ...

1.favorite is 1046

2.yes I had to look it up, but I knew just where it was in my floss box

3. my favourite to work with is, actually I dont have a favourite for working with. whichever is the prettiest in a pattern is usually my favourite. I favour deep purples, reds and blues.

Welcome to the dark side! we have chocolate.

my first HAEDs are also in the mail, but thats becase I dont have a working printer. cant wait to follow your progress!

the way you are currently stitching is the way to use less. it is frustrating to run out of thread from a kit, usually they have extra are you leaving long tails in the back (running under more than a few stitches)? or have you cut threads due to impossible tangles? :thinks: sorry but those are the ...

YAY! just bought the top 3 off my wishlist
the accolade
ornament abundace of joy
ornament not a creature was stirring
the ornaments will be done on 60ct silk gauze the regular chart on 25ct evenweave
yay for sales!

very helpful! never heard of VC HDF before, but Im loving the straight across conversion. thank you

sheiladderr wrote:so excited. Got a pattern and can't wait to get going on this! I promise to post pics as I proceed with this (assuming I can figure out why the pic didn't show up in my o.p.).

cant wait to see progress!

as for you pic posting problem, take out the "IMG=" in your op and it would work.

I abandoned a project due to a big error, ( a few thousand stitches missaligned by one stitch) but aside from that fiasco I frog every little error, no matter how long ago it was made or how many stitches surround it. my mother left a barely noticeable error once, just one stitch in a confetti heavy...

I can find a thousand conversion charts to switch DMC colors to Au Ver A Soie (I want to do a silk on silk petit point) the problem is non of the charts I found include dmc numbers under 209! does anyone know the Au Ver A Soie equivalent to DMC ,156,159,160,168, and 169? any and all help is apprecia...

am I the only one who was not happy with my order exprience from everything cross stitch? they sent my order in a timely manner, but only half of it. it took another 3 packages to get the rest of my order, and over 2 months wait. it wasnt large items either, just floss. I like 123stitch for thier fa...

I like backstitch because it means Im almost done, I also love seeing the picture "pop" as the backstitching gets done.