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I just finished Santa Claus. The chart calls for single strand backstitching but it just doesn’t show up well so I’m using two strands for all of it. I’ll run out of some floss in the kit but I have a Dimensions to DMC conversion so it’s not a big deal. (If I was doing the kit as designed, using the...

Impressive for both.

Interesting! How many years would it take to build something like that?

You have a sentry.

alliance

Vow….

Angel wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:16 pm My garden has 6ft walls, I could actually garden with my boobs and they wouldn't notice

Okay, now you’ve made me spit my soda out from laughing.

(I stayed with friends in Bicester, otherwise I wouldn’t know how to pronounce it which means this would have gone right over my head.)

I gave up on plastic bobbins. Like Serindë mentioned, I couldn’t get the end of the floss to stay in the little slot. Stickers wouldn’t adhere and my Sharpie didn’t take well to the plastic. I went back to the light cardboard ones - to the point of winding from the plastic to the cardboard. That’s h...

I love seeing the embroidery grow. I tried my hand at it years (decades) ago and wasn’t very good at it.

(of) liberty

I love that she’s giving it a go. She can just do however many stitches she wants before she feels the need to move on. Just like your project, every stitch is progress, right?? I think it’s important for all kids (and adults) to have a hobby of some kind that allows them to focus on something else,...

They are most definirely itty bitty! My eyes keep reminding me.

And today’s progress. Now it’s time to pack it up as I fly home tomorrow.

I was able to put in more stitches today…little, tiny stitches.

I think this is the third time I’ve used the easy count and the lines do wash out, with a lot of soaking in hot water. For full coverage pieces, it’s just so much easier than gridding by hand. As for the chocolate, yes. Spangler’s draglings love chocolate and it’s featured in many designs. I just lo...

Mabel Figworthy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:49 am Your way is much more exciting, it's true, but probably wouldn't do much for people's digestion...

My thoughts exactly. I’m sure there’s an engineer somewhere whose job it is to determine how fast a restaurant can spin without making folks sick. lol

(roll out of) bed

For my birthday start, I am doing a story keep from Randal Spangler. It’s a SAL with a friend who also started a Spangler design today, Leap Day. I’m stitching it on 25 count easy count, and this is what the design should look like when finished: https://i.postimg.cc/9XpKvG0J/IMG-0048.jpg And this i...

He’s so cute! I really do love these ornaments. Yeah, I’ve said that before but I just need to say it again.

Belly