CRAFTING BUDDIES: U.S.A. (Long)

[Barb & Rick]

Updated: June 16, 1997

If you are looking for a crafting buddy in your AREA to correspond
with,
and maybe have it develop into a friendship where you can get
together,
then you can e-mail any individual on the following list. If you feel
that you have time for one more friend and would like to be placed on
the list, then please e-mail me with the particulars.

-- USA ----------Sorted by STATE/City-------

Elaine Turner
Area: Auburn, ALABAMA
E-mail: etu...@ag.auburn.edu
Plastic canvas, counted cross-stitch, ceramics.

Kerry Roden
Area: Elkmont, ALABAMA
E-mail: kro...@companet.net
Cross stitch, crochet, and beginner quilter. I also sew for myself
and
for my daughter and son.

Bobbie L. Gay
Area: Tucson, ARIZONA
E-mail: bob...@azstarnet.com
Cross stitch, particularly Theresa Wentzler's designs, and crochet
afghans. Also reading, piano playing, computer-playing and Steve
Winwood Digest (Moderator of 'Smiling Phases').

Gail Rose
Area: Acton, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: penn...@netport.com
Presently I am mostly cloth doll designing - I am the Doll Lady at
Gail's Doll House (http://www.netport.com/pennyluv/).

Stephanie Cowans
Area: Arcadia, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: stephani...@jpl.nasa.gov
Counted cross stitch, and would like to get back into crewel and
needlepoint.

Carolyn Hotchkiss
Area: Burbank, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: smai...@aol.com
Counted cross stitch, needlepoint, crewel, occasional forays into
crocheting. Non-needlework interests include computers, gardening,
playing piano, cats (have 4 and they're spoiled).

Barri (Bear)
Area: Calabasas, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: BearH...@aol.com
Sewing (clothes and decor), cross stitching (my favorite), guilding,
animals, and reading.

Kristine Ogilvie
Area: Concord, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: kogl...@value.net
Counted cross stitch, rubber stamps, crochet. Would love to learn to
tat.

Petey McCune
Area: Corona, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: msp...@ix.netcom.com
Cross stitch, quilting, love to learn hardanger.

Marylou Baffoni
Area: Fullerton, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: MBaf...@aol.com
Knitting, member of TKGA, (The Knitters Guild of America), member of
Knotty Knitters Guild of North Orange County, knit doll clothes for
the
American Girl Doll and TLC 18" Dolls; Decorative Painting (I take a
tole
painting class at The Tall Mouse, Yorba Linda, CALIFORNIA); Home
decorating; Beading (both jewelry & fabric), and Cooking (specialize
in
Hawaiian food).

Sandy Schultz
Area: La Crescents, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: petun...@aol.com
Counted cross stitch, fabric painting, sewing, cooking, gardening. Am
interested in learning more crafts as well. Would love meeting
someone
from any surrounding area (Glendale, La Canada, Burbank, Pasadena).

Michele Hakala
Area: Lodi, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: wine...@inreach.com
Cross-stitch!

Alison Marie Henry
Area: Monterey, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: mlh...@ix.netcom.com
Cross stitch, beadwork (needlework and weaving), weaving in Egyptian
and
American Indian style jewelery, crochet, knitting.

Merry Williams
Area: Oildale, CALIFORNIA (1/2 way between L.A. and Fresno)
E-mail: dri...@bak2.lightspeed.net
I enjoy needlework of all kinds, especially cross stitch. I do
costuming and sewing. Love to share and learn new things.

Kris Jouwsma
Area: Ontario, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: addm...@earthlink.net
Love cross stitch and am really interested in doing some samplers.
Taught myself crochet, but don't do much of it. Also considering
some needlepoint classes.

Misty Simon
Area: Ontario, CALIFORNIA (San Bernardino County)
E-mail: MISTY...@aol.com
Cross stitch, crocheting, sewing, baking and am always open to trying
new crafting ideas.

Debra
Area: Pine Grove, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: cel...@cdepot.net
Cross stitch (celtic designs), crochet, self-taught knitter,
potter/sculptor by day, do Renaissance Faires.

Jan Quilantan
Area: Pomona, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: me...@netvoyage.net
Crocheting, cross stitch, crewel & reg. embroidery, sewing, serging,
polymer clay, beadweaving, teaching self to knit and quilt.

Michele Hinze
Area: San Diego, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: thi...@ix.netcom.com
Cross stitch, ceramics, quilting (newbie), basic crochet & knit.

Tamara
Area: San Diego, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: KGW...@prodigy.com
Cross stitch and hardanger. In my spare time I do genealogy research.
I own The Ultimate Cross Stitch Catalog, a mail order catalog for
cross
stitch supplies. I also host the San Diego Stitchers, an on-line
group
that gets together once a week.

Lorna Valentine
Area: San Francisco, CALIFORNIA (East Bay Area)
E-mail: snee...@viking.dvc.edu
Counted cross stitch, embroidery, needlepoint and sewing. Have
toddler
who effectively prevents doing any of the above.

Denise Lauron
Area: San Francisco, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: DLa...@aol.com
Cross stitch, and am just beginning to paint bisque.

Liz Bowling
Area: San Jose, CALIFORNIA, (SF Bay Area)
E-mail: b-...@ix.netcom.com
I like knitting, crochet, cross stitch, needlepoint, crewel, pulled
work, hardanger, and Steam Locomotives!

Marilyn Safier
Area: West Hollywood, CALIFORNIA
E-mail: msa...@prodigy.net
I do XS (my favorite), pulled and drawn work, crochet, sew, knit. I'm
a
member of the Pomegranate Guild and the EGA. I enjoy doing round
robins
and reading RCTN!

Aj "Feisty Kat" Brokaw
Area: Buena Vista, Colorado
E-mail: bro...@csn.net
Cross-stitch, sewing, general crafts, reading, cooking

Shirah Winicur
Area: Boulder, COLORADO
E-mail: swin...@psych.colorado.edu
Cross stitch, embroidery, applique, fabric painting, batik, sewing,
knitting, crocheting, metalry, polymer clay, beading, and anything
else
that someone would be willing to teach me.

Bonnie
Area: Plainville, CONNECTICUT
E-mail: muf...@usa.nai.net
I do many crafts. I tend to do a lot of crafts with a "cat" theme. I
make folk art type rag doll cats wearing clothes as well as other
animals. I quilt, crochet, some knitting, counted cross stitch both
on
sweatshirts and as framed works. I would love to correspond with
someone with similar interests, especially those who are interested in
kitty crafts.

Kimberly Temple
Area: Wethersfield, CONNECTICUT
E-mail: Cook...@aol.com
Primarily counted cross stitch (samplers), but in between I knit and
do
a variety of other crafts. Would like to learn to crochet and tat.

Micky Schembri
Area: Cooper City, FLORIDA
E-mail: Mic...@aol.com
Smocking, sewing, knitting, cake decorating and silk ribbon
embroidery.

Beverly Mann
Area: Englewood, FLORIDA
E-mail: bm...@gate.net
Cross stitch, hardanger, cooking, family

Virginia Quan
Area: Miami, FLORIDA
E-mail: VCQ...@aol.com
Avid cross stitcher, beginner hardanger, sewing (home decor, ladies'
nightgowns), mother of two boys, trainer/computer support analyst by
day.

Karen Bailey
Area: Stuart, FLORIDA
E-Mail: karen...@aol.com
2 kids, 2 dogs, & my computer.

Tere Fredericks
Area: Tallahassee, FLORIDA
E-mail: Madeu...@aol.com
I adore Florida State football, x-stitching (but not at the same time)
and all kinds of needlework -- put a needle in my hand and off I go.
I
love to sew (hand and machine) and read. I cook -- boy do I cook. My
husband gardens (I taught him how, I'm too busy stitching now). Have
3
cats (all spoiled) 1 dog (ditto) and 4 kids (double ditto).

Cheryl Boop
Area: Athens, GEORGIA
E-mail: cb...@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us
Cross stitch (especially samplers, Shepherd's Bush, TIG, TW); history,
travel. Am currently going back to school for a degree in
Occupational
Therapy.

Margaret B.
Area: Macon, GEORGIA
E-mail: Mar...@Genie.com/Mar...@MSN.com/Tater...@AOL.com
All kinds of needlework -- knitting, crocheting, cross stitch,
embroidery, needlepoint, counted canvas work, sewing.

Jennifer Culver
Area: Marietta, GEORGIA (near Atlanta)
E-mail: Je...@ix.netcom.com/VJD...@prodigy.com
Cross stitch and counted thread work.

Bea Merriman
Area: Oahu, HAWAII (not far from Pearl Harbor)
E-mail: na...@aloha.com
I do lots of cross stitch and would love a friend that would maybe
like
to get together once a month for a stitching session!! OREGON - every
two weeks maybe? Maybe our little group will then expand to several
more!

Darlene Jones
Area: IDAHO (northern)
E-mail: djo...@moscow.com
Cross stitch on aida and am just starting linen and higher count
evenweave. Would like to learn hardanger. Do a little tole painting
and sewing for grandkids.

Cynthia Riddell
Area: Belleville, ILLINOIS
E-mail: cynthia...@f10.n2250.zl.fidonet.org
I live in the Scott Air Force Base and St. Louis, Mo area. I like to
work on Pastic Canvas, cross-stitch and have worked with rubber
stamps.

Dee Rutkowski
Area: Chicago, ILLINOIS (far NW suburbs)
E-Mail: d...@intellistar.net
Enjoy cross stitch and crocheting. Recently learned hardanger and
will
be learning canvas work soon. Married (almost 10 years), two children
(boy age 5 and girl age 2) and one dog (Sheltie age 9). Considering
joining the Embroiderer's Guild.

Bobbie Hall
Area: Chicago, ILLINOIS (Northern suburbs)
E-mail: DRJ...@prodigy.com
Cross stitch fanatic. A bit of sewing and general crafting.

Di Fane
Area: Dixon, ILLINOIS
E-mail: Stic...@aol.com
Love cross-stitch, but don't do specialty stitches. Other interests
include graphic and card making, stationery, etc computer programs,
grandchildren, sports, and collecting Cherished Teddies, Calico
Kittens,
Hallmark ornaments, Barbies, and a few others.

Mary Scherer
Area: Geneseo, ILLINOIS (near Quad-Cities)
E-mail: msch...@libby.rbls.lib.il.us
Cross stitch mostly, sewing some of my clothes when I can fit it in.

Lara Campbell
Area: Urbana, ILLINOIS
E-mail: mo...@firefly.prairienet.org
Cross stitch, beading, ribbon embroidery, flower arranging, potpourri,
painting figures, misc. crafts.

Lea Vollmer
Area: Mt. Vernon, INDIANA
E-mail: lvol...@evansville.net or LMVollmer...@juno.com
Counted thread work, antique needlework, Hardanger & knitting. Oh,
and
how could I forget - *Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate, Ice Cream, Ice
Cream, Ice Cream!*

Kathy Niccum
Area: Seymour, INDIANA
E-mail: sham...@hsonline.net
Counted cross-stitch and crochet, (other non-craft hobbies are
reading,
playing the piano, and spoiling my cat even more rotten than she
already
is!)
Becky Burger
Area: Des Moines, IOWA
E-mail: be...@prodj.com
Stamped & counted cross stitch, love teddy bears & baby crafts. Would
like to learn more crafts, sewing and clothing decoration (especially
on
t-shirts & sweat-shirts).

Brenda Finer
Area: Des Moines, IOWA
E-mail: bre...@dsmnet.com
Cross stitch, rubber stamping, some crochet. I would love to learn
quilting and tatting.

Holly Chittick
Area: Marion, IOWA (near Cedar Rapids)
E-Mail: HBChi...@aol.com
Enjoy cross stitch, rubber stamping, baking, fabric and ceramic
painting, and a little bit of sewing.

Kris Croft
Area: Toddvill, IOWA (Cedar Rapids Area)
E-mail: cro...@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us
Usually stick to cross stitch and the harder the project the better.
Am
interested in learning how to tat. Have been known to knit and
crochet.

Kelly Luljak
Area: Louisville, KENTUCKY
E-mail: man...@iglou.com
Crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, sewing, gluing stuff together,
computers, and books.

Gay Zauler
Area: Louisville, KENTUCKY
E-mail: Sg...@aol.com
Cross stitching, hardanger, and needlepoint.

Sue
Area: Woolwich, MAINE
E-mail: ri...@tidewater.net
Cross stitch. Would like to learn blackwork and other stitches.

Anne
Area: MARYLAND
E-mail: Perse...@aol.com
Cross stitching, general crafts, and reading

Jeanie Thomas
Area: MARYLAND
E-mail: MLM...@prodigy.com
Sewing, teddy bears (creating and collecting), counted cross stitch,
minature Christmas wreaths, and tons of other crafts.

Kim Johnson
Area: Annapolis, MARYLAND
E-mail: Kim...@aol.com
Counted cross stitch!! Would love to learn how to quilt.

Christine Emond
Area: Bowie, MARYLAND
E-mail: bryan...@internetMCI.com
Enjoy cross stitch, reading, and I am learning gardening.

Linda Burgess Saffell
Area: Bowie, MARYLAND
E-mail: bur...@lbur.loc.gov
Mostly counted cross-stitch or Just Nan samplers with pulled thread
and
other fancy stitches. Used to cross-stitch those itty-bitty kits,
'til
I discovered r.c.t.n. and the world of charts and even-weave! Also
returning to some garment sewing and a bit of piecing for a quilt
pillow
top or the like. Try to knit, do Hardanger, fabric paint, and crochet
occasionally.

Pamella Chatfield
Area: East Boston, MASSACHUSETTS
E-mail: pame...@aol.com
Would like to hear from others who do regular, old fashioned, surface
embroidery.

Correna Bitgood-Hutchins
Area: Indian Orchard, MASSACHUSETTS
E-mail: 10361...@CompuServe.COM
Pre K teacher who loves to cross stitch and would love to learn to
tat.

Cheryl Perkins
Area: Medford, MASSACHUSETTS
E-mail: vict...@rpmdp.com
Plastic canvas and cross stitching. I will be learning knitting as
soon
as I learn how to do it. I have a mailing list for Plastic Canvas
lovers.

Jenn Owen
Area: Worcester, MASSACHUSETTS
E-Mail: Jenn...@aol.com
Cross stitch, reading, collecting Boyd's Bears and collecting
Longaberger baskets.

Caren Pelletier
Area: Ann Arbor, MICHIGAN
E-mail: car...@baseview.com
I am interested in cross-stitch, hardanger, and temari balls. I
always
enjoy learning other counted thread techniques too. And I do a little
bit of quilting too. Also, I am vice-president of our local EGA
chapter, so if anyone would like more information about EGA, please
contact me!

Pam Harder
Area: Bay City, MICHIGAN
E-mail: pha...@cris.com
Cross stitching, plastic canvas, sewing, and latch-hooking. Like to
get
together on a regular basis.

Cathy
Area: East Lansing, MICHIGAN
E-mail: TreeS...@AOL.COM
I am moving July to Mt. Pleasant, MICHIGAN. I enjoy quilting,
needlepoint, making clothing, Brazilian needlepoint, and like to try
almost anything new.

Lea Dearing
Area: Jackson, MICHIGAN
E-mail: mde...@ibm.net
I love cross stitch. My favorite designer is Paula Vaughn. I like
country, teddy bear and all the holiday (especially Christmas)
designs.

Wendy Sullivan
Area: Lansing, MICHIGAN
E-mail: sco...@sojourn.com
Cross stitch and custom framing.

Stephenie Labovitz
Area: Lansing, MICHIGAN
E-mail: ad...@msu.edu
Interests: XS, sewing, cooking, (eating), shopping, garage sale'ing,
Red
Wings Hockey.

Lani A. Weingartner
Area: Mount Pleasant, MICHIGAN
E-mail: 34n...@cmich.edu
Cross-stitching, crocheting, knitting, sewing, hook rugs. I
especially
like cross-stitching religious and steam engine items.

Lori
Area: Royal Oak, MICHIGAN
E-mail: Ree...@aol.com
Counted cross stitch and crochet. Would love to learn hardanger.

Sherill
Area: Southfield, MICHIGAN
E-mail: Cross...@eWorld.com
Counted cross stitch, needlepoint, fabric painting and will generally
try any new needle art form that looks interesting.

Bridget McCort
Area: Hopkins, MINNESOTA
E-mail: bmc...@isd.net
I do primarily counted cross stitch though can be caught on occasion
with a fabric paint project or other gizmo, but then I RUN right back
to
my cross stitch. I love walking the lakes, cross stitch, movies, the
ocean though we don't have one of our own here in MINNESOTA and car
trips!

Mary Early Zuhn
Area: Minneapolis, MINNESOTA
E-mail: ma...@armadillo.com
Cross stitch, embroidery, sewing (I do designing and custom sewing for
a
living), beading and all kinds of craft stuff.

Myra Carlson
Area: Winona, MINNESOTA (southeastern)
E-mail: mcar...@luminet.net
Decorative painting (primarily on wood) and a novice at watercolors.

Sonja Stephens
Area: Oxford, MISSISSIPPI
E-mail: shi...@felix.TECLink.Net
Cross stitch, needlepoint, learning cloth doll-making, but would also
like to learn procelain doll-making and learning how to sew,
especially
heirloom items and doll clothes. Also do plastic canvas, flower
arranging, some stencling and am learning cake decorating, quilting,
crochet and knitting.

Laura Landis
Area: Gladstone, MISSOURI
E-mail: Sopra...@aol.com
My interests in cross stitch include the MLI patterns, Shepherd's
Bush,
Just Nan, Charland Designs, and many other designers. I have started
to
learn some hardanger and I love all of the specialty stitches that I
have learned so far. I also collect Boyd's bears and bunnies, cookie
stampers, and Dreamsicles.

Name: Shelah
Area: Lebanon, MISSOURI
E-mail: scar...@mail.llion.org
XS interests include any chart by Paula Vaughan, Miribilia, etc. Love
fantasy stuff. New at designing xs charts. Other interests include
writing short stories and poems, reading books *fantasy, romance,
Christopher Pike*, roleplaying *White Wolf games*, mushing, drawing,
spending time with my two year old and my hubby. Also like cats *have
two of them* and a big interest in names.

Suzanne Sebacher
Area: O'Fallon/St. Charles, MISSOURI
E-mail: SuzSe...@aol.com
Cross stitching, crochet, knit, general crafts.

Marie Zemula
Area: Omaha, NEBRASKA
E-mail: dho...@radiks.net
Crocheting, plastic canvase and definitely cross stitch.

Sharon Arnold
Area: Omaha, NEBRASKA
E-mail: pie...@cwis.unomaha.edu
Counted cross stitch.

Pamela Swancott
Area: NEW HAMPSHIRE (Central)
E-mail: pam.sw...@lakesregion.mv.com
Counted cross stitch, backstitch alphabets and poems (sayings), all
types of crafts, especially "sweats" embellishments and decorations.

Chris Pardini
Area: Atco, NEW JERSEY
E-mail: Bean...@aol.com
Cross stitch Needlepoint and any other kind of crafts.

Jeannette Riviera
Area: Hamilton, NEW JERSEY
E-mail: Jeann...@aol.com
Cross stitch, crewel, some silk ribbon embroidery, would like to learn
quilting in 1997!

Etha Schlemermeyer
Area: Jersey City, NEW JERSEY
E-mail: er...@intercall.com
Any embroidery, especially silk and metal, whitework, blackwork,
would like to learn about brazilian. I am in Manhattan every day.

Area: Manalapan, NEW JERSEY (Near Freehold)
E-mail: HAWAII90@aol,com
I do many needlecrafts and belong to the Embroiderer's Guild of
America.
My #1 passion (for the time being) is xs, but I also love Hardanger,
Surface embroidery, and Knitting. There are many other types of
needlework I will learn in the near future and am taking some at SOCC.
They include: petitpoint, duplicate stitch, Framing, quilting, and
sewing. I am sure that I will add a few as I go along.

Beth Barter
Area: Morristown, NEW JERSEY
E-mail: ba...@cc.bellcore.com
Counted cross stitch, embroidery, needlepoint, floral crafts, fabric
painting, calligraphy, and rubber stamping. Can crochet and knit but
haven't done it in years, can sew but hates hems. Would love to learn
tatting, blackwork, silk ribbon embroidery, any kind of lace and just
about everything else!

Elisa Eiger
Area: Pine Brook, NEW JERSEY (near Parsippany)
E-mail: elisa...@prenhall.com
Counted Thread Work (cross stitch, hardanger, blackwork, etc.);
tatting;
needlepoint; crewel; needlelace (reticella/ruskin lace). Also:
beadwork (loomed, beadweaving); jewelery making; drying flowers.

Dawn Gray
Area: Albuquerque, NEW MEXICO
E-mail: tau...@thuntek.net
Cross Stitching, Cooking, Crafting, Sewing, Reading, Playing on the
Computer

Diane
Area: NEW MEXICO (Taso/Santa Fe/Los Alamas area)
E-mail: Owl...@aol.com
Knit, crochet, sew, embroider, needlepoint, cross stitch, spin, weave,
tat and other things.

Carrie Krause
Area: Buffalo, NEW YORK
E-Mail: Krau...@aol.com
New at sewing and dont know a darn thing Help.

Marny Fischer
Area: Hicksville, NEW YORK
E-mail: msf...@ix.netcom.com
A potpourri of trades.

Lisa LeFever
Area: Ithaca, NEW YORK (Central NEW YORK/Southern Tier)
E-mail: 11...@cornell.edu
I enjoy cross stitch, quilting, making dolls and sewing in general. I
have also done a bit of crocheting and knitting.

Alice Bordelon
Area: Lowman, NEW YORK
E-mail: tej...@servtech.com
Cross stitch & crocheting at times. But mainly do Plastic Canvas
needle work.

Rose Platt
Area: New York City, NEW YORK
E-mail: mic...@kestrel.scs.uiuc.edu
Interests: cross-stitch, friendship bracelets (recently started
experimenting with silk cord instead of floss), knitting, weaving,
lanyard; designing for all of the above. Especially fond of knotwork
and
alphabet designs for XS. Would love to learn more about designing, and
is looking for someone to teach crochet and/or tatting.

Robin Duffie
Area: Niagara Falls, NEW YORK
E-mail: scotr...@aol.com
scotr...@ag.net
Cross stitch, knitting, crocheting, appliqued sweatshirts. I would
like
to learn to tat and find somebody in my area who could teach me.

Doris Castle
Area: Schenectady, NEW YORK
E-mail:qca...@albany.net
Cross stitch, ribbon embroidery photography, aquariums.

Ellen Edgerton
Area: Syracuse, NEW YORK
E-mail: ebed...@mailbox.syr.edu
Crewel work, ribbon embroidery, sampler design

Louise J Weiler
Area: Troy, NEW YORK
E-mail: joh...@rpi.edu
Cross stitch mostly. Have been known to knit and crochet too.

Cheri Branca
Area: Victor, NEW YORK
E-mail: devon_...@mlstand.com
Basket weaving and theorem painting (a 19th century art form of oil
painting on ecru velvet).

Barbara Bandel
Area: Raleigh, NORTH CAROLINA
E-mail: mom...@mindspring.com
Cross stitch stitching on linen and evenweave fabrics, Crocheting
afghans and doilies), Knitting (I like it, but do very little) and
needlepoint.

Christine Crymes
Area: Fayeteville, NORTH CAROLINA
email: Chri...@computerspecialties.com
X-stitching, web page: http://www.computerspecialties.com/christine/

Yvonne Smith
Area: Wilmington, NORTH CAROLINA
E-mail: smi...@vxc.uncwil.edu
Cross stitch, sewing and interested in learning to bead.

Judy Benton
Area: Akron, OHIO
E-mail: jbe...@gwis.com
Sewing, cross stitch, knitting, crocheting. You name it, if I think
its
pretty, I'm into it.

Leala A. Skwara-Feeley
Area: Athens, OHIO (south-eastern Ohio)
E-mail: la...@juno.com
X-stitch, hardanger, regular embroidery, computers - building &
tinkering, reading sci-fi, debating most anything, alternative music,
sleeping

Fran Gilbert
Area: Bellefontaine, OHIO
E-mail: har...@bright.net
I love cross stitch, sewing, quilting, rubber stamps, making and
collecting dolls and my computer.

Sara Dennerline
Area: Cincinnati, OHIO
E-mail: Dand...@worldnet.att.net
Counted Cross-Stitch, Needlepoint, Knitting (small amount)

Claudia Meiners
Area: Cincinnati, OHIO
E-mail: Cla...@fuse.net or Clau...@juno.com
Cross stitch, needlepoint, crochet, crafts, fabric painting, sewing.

Judith Truly
Area: Dayton, OHIO
E-mail: b...@mailhost.dnaco.net
Interested in all types of embroidery, sewing, quilting. Also camping,
hiking, boating, the outdoors, genealogy, junk shops and garage sales,
museums and art galleries. Really can't think of much I'm NOT
interested
in. I just have an insatiable curiosity.

Sue Thompson
Area: Ponca City, OKLAHOMA
E-mail: thom...@pcok.com
Counted cross stitch, crochet, crewel, hardanger, and my first hand-
stitched quilt. I would like to learn to tat and find resources to
learn how to make bobbin lace. I am a secondary English and art
teacher with three children. I would be interested in writing other
needleworkers whether they are in my area or not.

Amanda Allan
Area: Wagoner, OKLAHOMA
E-mail: SuzDe...@aol.com or MFX...@prodigy.com
Cross stitch, reading and taking care of my daughter.

Sandy Borngasser
Area: OREGON (Southern)
E-mail: bor...@gp.magick.net
Cross stitch and beading, reading, and music (especially barbershop)
but
just about any kind of vocal music.

Rachel Morton
Area: Beaverton, OREGON
E-mail: rmo...@admin.ogi.edu
Cross stitched for 20 years. I love it!! I am just now getting up
the
nerve to try out linen and evenweave.

Tyrie
Area: Beaverton, OREGON (near Portland)
E-mail: Tyrie_J...@ccm.jf.intel.com
I have stayed focussed on cross-stitch. I am interested in learning
to
knit.

Beth Roerig
Area: Cottage Grove, OREGON
E-mail: Badc...@aol.com
I enjoy cross stitch and making beaded earrings.

Peggy
Area: Eugene, OREGON
E-mail: a...@ix.netcom.com
I love to cross stitch and would like to learn to quilt.

Trina
Area: Klamath Falls, OREGON
E-mail: jma...@cdsnet.net

Kathy Luevane
Area: Portland/Lake Oswego, OREGON
E-mail: onew...@europa.com
Cross stitching, basic crocheting, just learning to make candles.
Would
love to learn different needlework techniques (blackwork, pulled
thread,
etc.), and quilting.

Rose Balasco
Area: Altoona, PENNSYLVANIA (Central)
E-mail: cam...@aol.com
Cross stitching, sewing, cake decorating and reading.

Marie
Area: Green Lane, PENNSYLVANIA
E-mail: m...@enter.net
Anything to do with cross stitch, and lately have developed a real
love
for linen and the fancy stitches.

Leah Kopcsandy
Area: Morrisville, PENNSYLVANIA
(35 mins. from Center City/Philadelphia)
E-mail: clas...@Princeton.EDU
Cross stitching, knitting, sewing, costuming, needlepoint and stained
glass.

Sherri Wilcauskas
Area: Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA
E-mail: wilc...@sas.upenn.edu
wilc...@dept.english.upenn.edu
Counted cross stitch and needlepoint; beginning to teach myself about
crewel, fabric painting, and sewing; dying to begin machine quilting.

Jackie Kwiatkowski
Area: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA
E-mail: Kmar...@aol.com
Cross stitch, sewing, knitting, crocheting, general crafts, reads
mysteries

Mary Anne Rahm
Area: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA
E-mail: al...@telerama.lm.com
Cross stitch, needlepoint, quilting, English smocking and knitting.
All
are addictions and I jump from one to the other!

Diane Slivinska
Area: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA
E-mail: di...@nb.net
Cross stitch, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, quilting, historical
costuming, sewing, calligraphy, illumination, counted needlepoint,
fabric painting, beading.

Darlene Tulley
Area: Reading, PENNSYLVANIA
E-mail: tul...@talon.net
My interest is primarily counted thread needlework of all types;
counted
cross stitch, Hardanger, Pulled thread, drawn thread, specialty
sampler
stitches, and anything else I can get someone to teach me! I love to
read, when my stitching allows me time; I also enjoy Theorem
stenciling,
and decorative stamping. Also spend time with RCTN :)

JoAnn Amerson
Area: York, PA
E-mail: KPaul...@aol.com
Any form of counted thread embroidery and canvaswork.

Christina Fischer
Area: Providence, RHODE ISLAND
E-mail: aq...@osfn.org
Counted cross-stitch, soapmaking, stencilwork.

Sherri Knutson
Area: Mitchell, SOUTH DAKOTA
E-mail: knut...@mitchell.net
Counted cross stitch, sewing, baking bread (w/new machine!). Am
looking
at getting into hardanger. Have wonderful DH, 2 YO daughter, Chelsea
(the Energizer Bunny with Attitude), and three cats.

Jessica Law
Area: Lexington, SOUTH CAROLINA

E-mail: Jessi...@msn.com
Cross stitch, plastic canvas, needlepoint, and a little hardanger.

Dory Creech
Area: Kingsport, TENNESSEE
E-mail: cre...@preferred.com
Country crafts; cross stitching; small sewing projects such as
snowmen,
pillows, and quilted ornaments; and small painting projects (painting
on
baskets and cinnamon sticks). I would love to share ideas with
others.

Kerstin Tims
Area: Austin, TEXAS
E-mail: ker...@tandem.com
Counted thread work, cross stitch, pulled and drawn thread. I adore
samplers and Christmas charts; and also do quite a bit of sewing.

Oriole Adams-Harris
Area: Dallas, TEXAS (near Mesquite)
E-mail: ORI...@concentric.net
Cross stitch, sewing, gardening, and computers. I'm a children's
clothing designer. Do not have children, married, 3 dogs, 4 birds and
a
cat.

Oma Faye
Area: Dallas, TEXAS (located near Dallas, TEXAS)
E-mail: ir...@sat.net
Woodworking, crocheting, counted cross stitch, plastic canvas, sewing,
and handquilting. Also time on the computer & internet.

Cathy Fields
Area: Dallas-Fort Worth, TEXAS
Email: clfi...@anet-dfw.com
Cross stitch, ribbon embroidery

Nicole Burch
Area: Denton, TEXAS (near Dallas-Fort Worth)
E-mail: burch_...@airmail.net
Counted xs, ribbon embroidery, hardanger, collecting charts

Kathy G. King
Area: Fort Worth, TEXAS
E-mail: jki...@airmail.net
Cross stitching, sewing (garments, mine, childrens, grandaughter, DH),
knitting, reading (trash novels, best sellers), and computing. I
would
like to learn tatting.

Codi Mitchell
Area: Fort Worth, TEXAS
E-mail: C6...@aol.com
I enjoy ccs and have a variety of tastes and am completely addicted to
this hobby. I am happily married with a 19 month old son, who is my
little terrorist with wings and a halo. Knows how to charm your socks
off.

Margaret Sinclair
Area: Houston, TEXAS
E-mail: marg...@aol.com
I'm interested in finding stitching friends.

Catherine
Area: San Antonio, TEXAS
E-mail: k...@texas.net
Cross stitch, reading and learning my way around a computer.

Linda Fontenot
Area: Sprin, TEXAS
E-mail: RXL...@prodigy.com
Sew, make dolls, cross stitch, crewel embroidery, and collect material
for machine sewing.

Cheryl Harrison
Area: Weatherford, TEXAS
E-mail: Baby...@concentric.net
Cross stitch, reading, yardwork and computers.

Deborah
Area: Bear River City, UTAH
E-mail: BBl...@rockymt.net
Counted cross stitch, crocheting, quilting, and sewing.

Laura Miner
Area: Provo, UTAH
E-mail: lmi...@itsnet.com
Cross stitch, some crocheting, general crafts, etc.

Sheli Ellwood
Area: Salt Lake City, UTAH
E-mail: sha...@axxis.net
Cross stitch, needlepoint, spinning, weaving, blackwork, leatherwork,
custom jewelry

Jenny Graves
Area: Arlington, VIRGINIA
E-mail: Jgrav...@aol.com
Cross stitch, crochet, knit (beginner), would love to learn to quilt.

Diane Winter
Area: Fairfax, VIRGINIA
E-mail: Grnd...@aol.com
Cross stitch.

Quindy Moritz
Area: Falls Church, VIRGINIA (Washington,DC suburb)
E-mail: hmo...@wo0033wp.wo.blm.gov (via Husband)
40+ years of experience in tatting and crochet. Expert in pattern
design. Attend many highly competitive juried craft shows throughout
the Centeral Atlantic Area. Tatted Christmas ornaments, earrings, and
doilies. Crochet ladies garments - tops and dresses.

Julie MacLaury
Area: Herndon, VIRGINIA
E-mail: Juju...@aol.com
Crewel, embroidery, candlewicking, and cutwork. Also known to sew,
but
mostly mending lately. I also read, and am trying out gardening.

Nancy C. Miller
Area: Manassas, VIRGINIA
E-mail: nc1...@mnsinc.com
Counted cross stitch, quilting, and am learning hardanger. Would like
to do some silk ribbon embroidery.

Mary Pappano
Area: Manassas, VIRGINIA (approx. 40 mi. W.of Washington)
E-mail: MPap...@aol.com (Husband's Account)
Cross stitch, sewing (home decorating mostly), starting hardanger and
smatterings of smocking, piecing quilts, and "added stitches".
Particularly fond of samplers.

Paige McGhee
Area: Richmond, VIRGINIA
E-mail: mcg...@erols.com
I am an avid cross stitcher, love doing charts from designers like
Barbara and Cheryl and Marilyn Levitt-Imblum. I have attended SOCs
Festivals twice now and am addicted! I would love to chat about
recent
shopping trips and your favorite designers!

Sonji Kratz
Area: Roanoke, VIRGINIA
E-mail: skb...@roanoke.infi.net
Cross stitch, beading, native American pow wows, longaberger baskets,
auctions, etc.

Beth Tidwell
Area: Sterling, VIRGINIA
E-mail: woj...@omd.si.edu
Primarily a cross-stitcher, am just learning needlepoint and other
needle arts. Would love to start or join a group that loves to
stitch,
chat, and have fun!

Susan Fyfe
Area: Suffolk, VIRGINIA (near Norfolk/Virginia Beach)
E-mail: sf...@ix.netcom.com
Counted cross stitch, knitting, crocheting, tatting, quilting, and
beadwork.

Melissa Wyatt
Area: Virginia Beach, VIRGINIA
E-mail: whar...@erols.com
Cross stitch, crocheting, sewing, arts and crafts, and learning
knitting.

Carol Keller
Area: Ellensburg, Washington
E-mail: kell...@televar.com
Cross-stitch, reading especially mysteries, walking, camping, and
learning about the computer world

Rochelle Leger
Area: Monroe, WASHINGTON
E-mail: arl...@Gateway.Uswnvg.COM
Mostly Cross stitch, but would love to learn crochet and knitting;
and would travel within 30-40 mile radius.

Shannon Hillinger
Area: Seattle, WASHINGTON
E-mail: izz...@eskimo.com
Interested in cross stitch, quilting, sewing, needlepoint, lacemaking,
all sorts), crochet, and learning how to knit.

Mary Conner
Area: Seattle, WASHINGTON (North Greenlake Area)
E-mail: tr...@serv.net
Counted cross stitch, sewing and I'd be happy to see and maybe try out
whatever someone else was working on.

Sue Buttram
Area: Seattle, WASHINGTON
E-mail: SueM...@ix.netcom.com
XS, hardanger, some knitting and crocheting, would like to try
quilting,
interested in forming a stitching group would like to get together on
a
regular basis

Kelley Seibel
Area: Vancouver, WASHINGTON
E-mail: kel...@supra.com

All types of crafts. Regulars include cross stitch, needlepoint,
knitting, crocheting, huck weaving, and some sewing. Learning to tat;
want to start bobbin lace, and have first "big" quilt project started.
Am willing to learn new stuff and share knowledge; and would like to
improve knitting skills.

Louise Strother
Area: Washougal, WASHINGTON (just east of Vancouver, WA)
E-mail: jls...@ix.netcom.com
Like to xs, knit, sew, cooking. Interested in learning lacemaking,
have
some quilting planned when I can get to it!

Lexi Reynolds
Area: Appleton, WISCONSIN
E-mail: lex...@peter.atw.fullfeed.com
Smocking, sewing children's clothes, needlepoint, painting whimsical
designs on old pieces of furniture, applique.

Sue Knitter
Area: Cambridge, WISCONSIN
E-mail: Da...@aol.com
Crochet, cross stitch, weaving, sewing, beadwork, quilting, as well as
anything else that sounds interesting.

Jane McClure
Area: Milwaukee, WISCONSIN
E-mail: mccl...@ix.netcom.com (husband's acct)
I like quilting, toll painting, sewing.

Please let me know if I have made any errors, or if you wish to be
removed from the list.

Barb