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I have a GK on the go at the moment although I have not picked it up in ages. I also have several HAED wip's. I can tell you that the GK patterns are expensive but the detail is stunning. The blending of colors puts more depth into the pictures in my opinion. I recently purchased a Scarlet Quince pa...

I bought a pair of magnifiers that clip onto my glasses. I also have an ott light and with both of these I am able to stitch on 25 and up count. I am ok without magnifiers on 22/18 count but the higher counts are a little harder. I found my magnifiers at Hobby Lobby, they weren't expensive and do a ...

I am doing a MS for a girl at work. Like some others have said it does look blocky now. I am hoping to get more done and hold it at a distance to see if the colors blend more. I haven't gotten very far but did work on it last night and to me it still looks blocky. I have also done Golden kite and HA...

I wanted to add that I don't like working with Krenik so I substituted Rainbow galleries Petite treasure braid for the Krenik it works really well, my only suggestion on using this is to only use 1 strand and use short lengths so it's easier to work with.

I wanted to let you guys know that GK has patterns only for sale so the price that was 509 is for the entire kit. I haven't gone to the GK site but I imagine that the price for the pattern only is around 78-90 us dollars. Also if you just get the kit you can used whatever fabric you want and thus yo...

i am working on a GK now. If you research the WIP's it's Arab tent. I have not worked on it for some time but I will get it done someday. I also have many HAED's in the works. I find both are about the same to work on the only difference in the GK is that is does have blended threads. Other than tha...

If you have an existitng account linked to your bank account you should be able to just transfer to your account. I have a paypal account and have been selling my wares on e-bay and when I need money sent to my account all I do is transfer it to my checking account, it only takes about 2-3 days and ...

Wow what a great job and the frame is just perfect for it. I bet your dad loved it. And congratulations on the twins.

Have you posted on the HAED bb too? There are some people that are willing to part with charts.

I bought Eternal Promise some time ago and want to start it really badly but I have so many other WIP's that it's going to have to wait until I get some others done. I will be watching your progress on that

You can also try needle in a haystack. They are so wonderful to work with I have ordered from them many times.

thanks for the links I now have the encyclopedia on my kindle.
And just to let you guys know Kindle does have a text to talk feature so you can listen to the books......

I am doing several haed's right now one on 18 count one on 25 and one on 28. For the 25 and 28 count I am using 1x1 and I find the coverage just fine.

I am working on several projects and I use a hoop about 6 inch diameter. I have tried q snaps but find that this little hoop works just fine it keeps my fabric taught and I don't have to keep readjusting it as I stitch. I have to move it around but I always take my fabric out of the hoop when I am n...

Have you tried the Scarlet Quince site?? I think Golden kite has this pattern too but I am sure it's more than 39.00. Good luck finding it.

I did a Shakespeare wedding sampler 2 years ago ( you can seeit on the sal"s) It's from rosewood manor. It has beads but I was in a time crunch and wasn't able to put them on. It worked up quickly too.

Have you posted on the HAED forum??? A lot of times if you ask someone somewhere may have that pattern and are able to part with it.

I have never used Michael's. I have used Joann's and Hobby Lobby and both times I was very pleased with what they did. We used to have a place called framers workshop where you could do your own or have them do the framing for you and I had several pieces done there that were absolutely beautiful. A...

I am also the victim of my CC having fraudulent charges. I purchased a pattern in Feb and I got a call from my bank on weds of last week asking about some purchases. Well you guessed it I didn't make those purchases, and the only thing I had used this card for was to purchase a chart. There are othe...

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