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Hello Paula, hope you'll find time to stitch and to show us some of the things you are/have been doing! The lighthouse sounds good -- always an intriguing subject, I've seen designs with them in a storm or very calm with a sunset behind them, bustling or very still and quiet and isolated -- hmm, hav...

I don't think there is a need for blended threads. Personally I think that they have enough color shades available that there is just no need for blending. Just my personal pet peeve. I don't like blending for the sake of it (you know, 'let's see how many different techniques we can get into this s...

Just wondering what others use to keep their fabric taut while stitching. I started out using those hoops you tighten with a screw on the top (the hoops were plastic -- I never really liked the feel of the wooden ones). Then recently I discovered flexihoops and I love them! As I do mostly little stu...

What a lovely present, I'm sure it'll bring (happy) tears to her eyes! Knowing that someone found you so special they wanted to make something like that for you is such a great feeling. (One of the great things about stitching, I think -- the opportunity to give really personal presents) Such lovely...

I find that Tandem Cottage ( http://www.threadsite.co.uk/tandem ) are very good, with low p&p and a good selection of everything, and especially for Aida they are cheaper than Sew and So (for evenweave S&S is usually cheaper). 14ct Aida 110 wide £11/£13 per metre 16ct Aida 150 wide £11.50...

What is your favourite topic to stitch? Judging by the bulging folder that holds the many many designs I've cut out of years and years of second-hand magazines (thank you, eBay) in fairly well-defined ccategories, mostly flowers and animals (especially butterflies), although I like some geometric sh...

I'm afraid our Alfie (ginger ex-tom and very affectionate) brings his presents in the shape of mice and frogs, sometimes still alive so we can rescue them, sometimes not, alas -- one day when he was still little more than a kitten he tried to drag a pigeon through the catflap! Our real test of affec...

the ones i like are the ones you get inthe shops with the threads already there and all you have to do is xstitch lol :) I tend to prefer chart-only things as I've got such a lot of DMC already, and I like choosing my own fabric to go with designs, so kits don't really work for me (unless that's th...

I guess I never really noticed the designers of the patterns before, just looked at the patterns. Me neither, although lately I've been looking with desirous eyes at some of those John Clayton circles, not to mention that tall narrow design of his with the tulips and the windmill (did I mention tha...

I mentioned this in a reply somewhere, but thought it merited a separate thread :-) For editing pictures for a website (making them smaller, brighter, cropping them, rotating them etc.) I use a very small, very easy and completely free program called Irfanview. What may be especially useful for othe...

I managed to get hold of two small 'alphabet afghans', you know, the ones with a big panel in the centre surrounded by 26 squares, and I've found a wonderful floral alphabet to use with one of them -- it's going to be my long-term project, I think, and will end up as a keeping-my-legs-and-feet-warm-...

the silver lining to your move from the Netherlands is *having to* indulge your stash habit. It's a hard job, but someone's got to do it... :lol: I know, I know, it's agony... :-) What I do find, though, is that although it is easy and convenient to buy things on the internet nowadays, what I reall...

What my question to the legal people was, if I stitched a card or a hanging and donated it to the church or a school and they sold it to help raise money for a specific event did I need to get permission to have it sold and the majority said no permission was needed. Yes, that was exactly the sort ...

I took her on-line course "Personal Library of Stitches" offered through www.joggles.com. Not too expensive, six weeks and lots of good material and explanation. Sounds like a good idea! I'm trying some other things later this month when I will be visiting the Stitch & Craft Fair in L...

Thanks Rose, that makes things a lot clearer. Now all I have to do is find out who owns the copyright of all those things I've stitched...

Glad you all like the peacock so much -- it's one of my favourites and as it was made into a bookmark and given away as a birthday present I think I'll just have to stitch another one... Originally it was full cross stitch only and outlined in black or dark grey backstitch, but I found that by filli...

Does anyone know of a cross stitch or general needlework club within cycling distance of Dunchurch (just south of Rugby)?

What fabrics do other stitchers like to work on -- and do you have one particular favourite or does it depend on what you're stitching? I like Aida for bookmarks and some cards because it's nice and stiff and with a bit of Vilene on the back it doesn't fray (I've even used it to make a sort of puzzl...

Eek! Am I doing something wrong? I started a gallery but the thumbnails look greyish beigish.

You must set up a gallery so we can see your work. Oops -- I just attached some pictures to a post, is that not the right way? Sorry if I've been going against the rules! I'll try and find out how to set up a gallery, sounds like great fun -- so that means I can see lots of other people's work too,...