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Today is Friday …………………………………….……………. Good Morning, MJ 💕

Good Morning All!

Have been busy here with outside work and inside work then was sick for three day ( I over-did the outside work) but did get some stitching in but not much. Just want to see how you all were doing and check in. Going to make a apple macaroni salad today.

Take care and have a great Memorial Day weekend.

Thank you to all our Veteran's that served and are serving now!

Holly

Here is picture me and the driver at a Boston Red Sox game. Go Sox!!!!

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Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your new format for showing new or sale patterns, so much easier to view and make decisions whether they are do-able or not. My late seventies eyes really appreciate the change. Thanks so much.

What is the floss needed for Scarlett House SKU 19 1873

Hello everyone! I'm hoping to start a new project in a couple of months. It's an American flag and is a very wide design -- I'll be stitching it on 16-count fabric ((actually 32-count stitched over 2 threads)) and design itself will be just under 44" wide. Because I seem, despite significant effort, to be unable to properly center a design I prefer to have 3" borders rather than the commonly recommended 2" borders. So, my fabric will be cut about 50 inches wide ((and about 32" deep/high)).

I always use scroll rods, and have 48" wide scroll rods and a floor frame/stand that will accommodate that width.

Because the fabric will be wider than the scroll rod I anticipate having to fold a bit of the fabric over at one end of the rod. It will be bulky but with the total width, I am thinking that while I'm working at one end of the design the bulk won't be bothersome or a problem. Once I reach perhaps half-way across the design, I can re-attach the fabric to the rods so that the folded part is at the other end of the design.

Is this the best approach, or is there something else I should consider? I know that if I'm folding the fabric I can use slightly shorter scroll rods ((don't need full 48" width)) but I purchased the long rods so am likely to use them.

I'm looking forward to starting the project but am intimidated by its size! Been purchasing floss -- almost 400 skeins!! -- a bit at a time for a couple of years to spread out the cost.

Thanks for any thoughts, and encouragement!

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Good Friday morning everyone. This week just flew by in a blur. We are still waiting on Poppy's blood test results and I know it's going to be more trips to the vet. Still stitching about an hour a day and making progress on my arm and on "Lady Seated at her Needlework". I can already tell people are getting ready for Memorial Day because of fireworks. Have a fabulous Friday!

Here is the picture of the castle in Scotland.