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Good Saturday morning everyone. We got the blood test results for Poppy and she has Lyme's Disease. She goes back to the vet for a urine sample to make sure it hasn't affected her kidneys and she will then be put on a 30 day regimen of doxycycline. Right now she is resting, eating and drinking, and not in too much discomfort. We were shocked to find out that was what they found. Apparently the spring and fall are the worst seasons for ticks and we live in a part of the U.S. where they are very, very bad. We have deer ticks here, small, black, like poppy seeds. Prayers needed for Poppy. Have a good Memorial Day weekend everyone.

Today is Saturday ……………………………………………… Good Morning, MJ 💕

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

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!

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

Can you tell me if this is a counted cross stitch project or a simple cross stitch project? Thank you.

Oh my goodness- I thought I would never finish this! After I frogged the initial letters, I charted new ones on graph paper. When I was stitching them the connections between the letters didn’t look right, so I kept refrogging and stitching until I was happy with the result. Same with the numbers; I had issues with the spaces between and had to keep adjusting them- of course more frogging😆 It will be a long while before I stitch anything else that requires me to put letters and numbers together!!

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

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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.