Start your engines and stitch into gear with our sale Transportation leaflets and kits! You'll have fun "choo-choo"-sing from this collection of "wheelie" cute projects!
On Sale through June 26th!
Cross Stitch Floss Sale!
Stock up now, and you'll always have floss available for when you get the itch to stitch a new project!
Save 15% on all Floss the entire the month of June!
Little House Needleworks Sale!
Stitch a tribute to wonderful days gone by with these Americana and folk art cross stitch designs!
Save 15% on Little House Needleworks Patterns all month long!
PARCHMENT PAPER NEEDED FOR NANTUCKET BASKET CROSS STITCH PATTERM SKU 2552
WHAT COLOR PERFORATED PAPER DO I NEED TO PURCHASE FOR NANTUCKET BASKET SKU 2552 ? IS " PARCHMENT" A COLOR ? I DON'T SEE IT THANKS , ETHEL
Uh-Oh
I hope the site isn't being hacked. The "test data" posts are multiplying as we speak. Don't open one of them. This seems to always happen on a weekend or in the middle of the night.
Emoticons.. emojis.. whatever they're called now
How is everyone making all of those little smiley faces and pictures? I'm still stuck in ASCII time. (: Yes, I know my smile is backwards. I've tipped my head to the right all of my life. The backwards smile is right side up for me.
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GOOD MORNING - What's on your mind SUNDAY
Good morning this rainy Sunday! We have a cool front coming and our garden just soaked up all that much needed moisture. The farmers here are worried about a drought. Today will be an inside sort of day and I should be finishing up page 5 of "Gypsy Firefly". Wishing you all a good day and a peaceful Sunday!
Hong Kong
Iād like to take you down memory lane again. This is one of my most treasured memories simply because it is so unique. Itās in the early 80s before Hong Kong had to be given back to the communist regime. We were there on business. Our clients who were a Chinese husband and wife wanted us to experience something most tourists would never encounterā¦ā¦.dinner on a small sampan. We walked along the harbour and the sampan owners were surrounding our hosts with offers to take us out, all in Chinese naturally. A sampan was chosen and off we went. In our eating area there was just room for a collapsible card table with 4 none matching garden chairs. The cushions on them were embroidered with Merry Christmas, Sleep Well and so on. The table cloth was brown wrapping paper and our table napkins a roll of orange toilet paper. We were given chop sticks and a spoon. Now in military order the little food sampans arrived along side , the nuddle boat, the shrimp boat and they kept coming. Our little table was packed with the most delicious food. While we ate and soaked up the ambiance the woman that had the boat watched TV in what we took to be her living quarters. At one point a bamboo blind was rolled down and the unmistakable sound of somebody urinating was heard. I donāt remember if we drank wine or beer with our meal. We we finished eating we were sailed back to the harbour. Truly a magical experience.
SHERRY!
Hope your move has gone well so far, Sherry, although Iām sure you are thoroughly exhausted! I hope they donāt find you in an empty room somewhere sitting on the floor in the corner sucking your thumb! Drop us a note when you can - weāre all thinking of you! Cynthia
Christmas
I want to send a Christmas card to anyone who wants one! Anywhere in the world. Email:pamelastine11@yahoo.com I will not give out anyone's address. This is for my eyes only.
Ridge Filler
If you have ridges in your nails, here is the best product Iāve found to hide them. The ridges can be caused by many thingsā¦in my case meds.
ROLL CALL....
Hey y'all!! It's a hot Thursday afternoon, and it's dragging for me....so I thought it might be fun to start a little game, if you will. Where are you stitching from?!?! If you don't want to say the city, just the state, or country. I'd just like to get to know everyone a little better š
So I live in Petaluma, CA....I'm about 45mins north of San Francisco. I've lived in the bay area now for about 23 years.
GO!!!!
Boy Scout badges
Good morning all. I have been looking for patterns for the Boy Scout Eagle Scout badge (post 1989, when it was changed) and the 2012 Centennial Eagle Scout badge for several years. I have the book āEmblems of the Boy Scouts of America in counted cross stitchā by the Vanessa-Ann Collection published by Zimās Inc. in 1986. I was able to re-work the pattern colors for the rank badges to match the changes from The BSA. I have also tried (and failed) to create them on my own using a pattern creator website. I just donāt have the skills. ANY suggestions would be helpful. Thank you.
Hello all!
Has anyone done this carousel by Kooler design ? I was wondering what kind of stitches are involved. Thank you Pam
Completed finally
Completed for my wife who is a quilter, now to get framed for the state fair.
Pleasant Words - Unburied treasure!
I'm so excited! I have finally uncovered the sampler I finished in December 2019. Where was it? In the Alone with God bag. It was folded up all small so I didn't see it when I was looking for the Alone with God pattern notes. Pardon the deep wrinkles. Those won't iron out because, well, ironing beads flat just doesn't work. It's going to be a job for Soak detergent.
The pattern is by Noteworthy Needle, officially named Gracious Words. I was looking for a brighter colored pattern, but this one was too relevant not to stitch. I also prefer the King James Version of the bible so some words had to be changed around. Of course I had to bead "Pleasant words" and "sweet to the soul."
Now I'm going to have to really study up on framing so I can get Pleasant Words on the wall. I already have the frame. I beaded/stitched Pleasant Words and Alone with God for myself. I feel kind of guilty! Has anyone else stitched a big sampler for themselves? How about *two* in a row for themselves?
The Bead-Stitcher is back!
I am about to stitch my first beads on Alone with God in over two years! The muffin tin has been filled, and I'm ready to go!
Beading 101 for those interested.. buy a mini muffin tin with 12 bowls and put in liners that are held down with a little lump of sticky tack. Label the bowls *before* putting in beads. I use yellow masking tape to write the symbol, the bead number, and a code word for each. When I'm working with dense areas with many colors, I highlight my pattern. Then I can memorize about five code words at a time. If you're in my sewing studio, you'll hear me saying "blue, green, blue, slash, blank" stitch "blue, blue, blue, slash, dark," etc.
After you tape down the masking tape, which doesn't seem to stick long term like scotch tape, you're ready to fill your muffin tin with beads. Then the fun begins!
Horse Pattern Sale!
āStirrupā your stitching with these āgallopingā cross stitch designs!