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I found the cutest little designs through a FB post yesterday. They're a couple of designers from Russia & I'm in love with almost every single pattern they have: http://sa-pattern.com/" target="_blank The bunnies are the cutest things I've ever seen. I also got the "Apple Tea&quo...

I have the floor style LED with a magnifier too and I love it. It also has a bendable arm so I can position it exactly in the right spot, wherever that spot is.

It's got a long name on amazon -- LIGHT IT by Fulcrum 20072-401 12 LED Wireless Magnifier Adjustable Floor Lamp with Adaptor -- but basically it's an LED floor lamp/magnifier with an adjustable arm for positioning. I couldn't live without it, now! My mother came over & loved it so much that she ...

I just discovered all the free Christmas ornament patterns on the Kreinik website. So of course I just spent $40 kitting them up so really, not free after all. But I couldn't resist the silk thread - I've never stitched with silk before!

I only read for about 30 minutes before bed, but I also have audiobooks in the car, since I have a long commute every day. Right now, I'm listening to The Year of Living Danishly, a non-fiction book by a woman who moved to Denmark for a year (so far, we'll see if she stays!). I can't say that's the ...

I don't make my own Christmas cards with stitching (I rarely get to cards at all... I always buy them, rarely send them :oops: ) but I am always making Christmas ornament patterns that I put on mason jars -- or now in a hoop frame, my newest skill! They make great gifts. Plus I sell some of them as ...

I love that! It should say "first I drink the coffee and check the crossstitch forum, then I do the things." That's what I'm doing this morning, at work.

Mabel, that is really, really gorgeous and perfectly stitched!! You do such beautiful work.

My third Wrendale Designs kit arrived today. I'm seriously thinking about starting her after I've finished the duck. I know the perfect wall in the other lounge where she could go :wub: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4223/34972002356_2ce563b3af_z.jpg This is the cutest thing I have ever seen! I neve...

Is that a Canada Goose that your DH arrested? I mean saved? They can be very aggressive and even nasty sometimes though it doesn't look like this one put up much resistance. Glad that he is safe at a shelter now. Carole :dance: I was walking at a wildlife refuge a few years ago and a male goose kno...

That is particularly beautiful! I love bird patterns. I'm sure it will be well received by your Mom. Is it by any chance part of a series? It is, it's a set of 4 different bluebirds. All really pretty - but this is the one my mom picked. Thank you everybody for the kind words! I also had another fi...

Oh that looks lovely, nothing wrong at all. Beading looks perfect. :applesauce: :applesauce: There is no beading - that's why it looks ok! :lol: The itty bitty beads I tried stitching on, I removed. They looked too big. And like they didn't really belong, so I left it without. Good enough! Thanks, ...

I'm calling the bird done. I stitched in the stamens on the right side group of flowers and put on 3 or 4 beads but even though the beads I got were super tiny (I looked in a few stores, they were the smallest I could find and they are indeed really, really small but they're not stitched into their ...

I'm getting there. Problem is, my mom's birthday is Friday next week. I still have to finish backstitching (I've only done the 2 flowers so far), but then I have to sew on the 75 tiny yellow beads for the stamens and put in hoop & finish off the hoop with a piece of white felt blanket stitched o...

That is really gorgeous - well done! And so fast! I love it.

Do you usually stitch with a laying tool? Have you tried it yet? Not usually, but if I'm using metallics, definitely. Also used it when I was trying out rayon thread (never again!). The laying tool does help make more even stitches and makes the overall project look better (to me). If I'm stitching...

Well done, that's gorgeous!

I don't use photobucket now either - it was a real pain :roll: I wonder if others are like me - checking in on their phones and meaning to post when accessing a pc and then forgetting :roll: Yes, I do that too - although I'm not a old-timer to the site, but forget that I meant to do things all the ...

I have used a similar laying tool but it was plain silver... so boring. :P I much prefer the celtic one. I like it because it's malleable so I can bend it around my thumb to fit better so it stays on. It's a little like stitching with a narwhal stuck on my finger, and I have to be careful where I pu...

So with my administrative professional's gift card, this is the stash I bought: http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q497/isaacson72/stash%20may_zpsm6hpfvyj.jpg The metallic thread was in their clearance section - all that for $6! Also, the Home Sweet Home design is up for grabs. I got it in the clea...