Huge Stash Society
Lesley Clark
Just saw this phrase on another post.
Is this what I think it is? You have large numbers of projects, leaflets,
fabric, threads, etc. sitting around waiting to be done?
Please let me join!!!!!
I've got more projects stashed away for SOMEDAY than I'll ever have time
to do in this lifetime and yet I keep adding!
Lesley in Maine
Barbara Joyce
In article <57msnc$l...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, KMK...@prodigy.com
(Lesley Clark) wrote:
I never knew this was a formalized group! However, since I'm older than
most of you, and have been doing needlework since I was a small child,
you'd better believe that I am a charter member of this organization. Why
I keep adding I'll never know, but if I ever move to the boonies, I'll
have enough supplies to keep me going the rest of my life. And we can
still buy groceries, so . . . ;-)
Barbara,
who just finished Amanda's "Baby's 1st Birthday" ornament! Does that mean
I get to start a *NEW* project?
Sharon G
This having to have a huge stash does not stop when you get into the
business and start manufacturing. Your stash just gets bigger and
bigger.
I swear we manufacturers are still trying to buy out other comapnies
skein of floss by skein of floss...all in the name of our personal
stash.
The worst part is you also get addicted to other things...mainly books
(HI LULA). I do not mean 10 or 12 new $50 to $100 hard cover books a
year...more like that in a month sometimes. All in the name of research.
And the magazines and periodicals so we could see how we are all going
to decorate our homes, just incase we win the lottery or marry rich
someday, with current needlework.
And we need our fun projects too. I just started knitting so that meant
I needed all the newest and best needles and other related things that I
pitched a few years ago because I was never going to knit agian. So, a
couple hundred dollars in needles and stuff so I have all the right
things, Yarn for 2 projects so I do not get tired of only working on
one, and 2 new ones coming because I am more than half way done with the
current ones and God forbid, I am without a backup.....
And when I buy thread at a shop I am teaching at, I usually buy more
than I need only because where I live in Pennsylvania does not have a
needlepoint shop within 100 miles(seriously) except what we in the
industry call the "Big Boxes" (Wal-mart. K-Mart ?-MArt etc). And being a
designer does not mean I can make up my mind easier regarding color ao I
buy more colors than I need which brings me to the register buying all
but 6 of the entire color range of Yarn or thread...so what the heck,
just go back and get the rest.
I guess my motto is "There is nothing worse than having money hanging
around".
Kay, the owner of K's Creations (lap frames) was thinking of making
triple wide coffins so we could take our needlework with us when the
time comes. Anyone in that business out there think that is a marketable
idea????
Talked too long!
Sharon G
peg
A friend recently forwarded a message from another group to me and I was
amazed. This person has such a huge stash of fabric for sewing, etc. that
it has to be stored in a storage building. She "visits" her stash on
occasion!
Barbara Joyce
Duh! I meant
Amanda's "Baby's 1st Christmas" ornament. I have 11 months before her
first birthday. This grandmother stuff is so hard! :-|
Barbara
Tara Brayshaw
In article <bejoyce-2911...@dialin5.annex3.radix.net>,
bej...@radix.net (Barbara Joyce) wrote:
> In article <57msnc$l...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, KMK...@prodigy.com
> (Lesley Clark) wrote:
>
> > Just saw this phrase on another post.
> >
> > Is this what I think it is? You have large numbers of projects, leaflets,
> > fabric, threads, etc. sitting around waiting to be done?
So having several hundred charts, many many magazines, boxes and boxes
of floss, and more kits than I care to count would qualify me for a new
club?! Cool, sign me up, do I have to fulfill a quota to remain a member?
(please please let me have to buy more)
A friend and I have decided that we would be terribly dull people if we
didn't delve into everything we get involved with with full force. Why
have just one project going when you can have 10?
Man this group just keeps getting better and better.....
Tara
--
XXX IF I HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY STITCH I'VE MADE I WOULD HAVE LOT MORE FLOSS XXX
Lula
Sharon G wrote:
>
> The worst part is you also get addicted to other things...mainly books
> (HI LULA). I do not mean 10 or 12 new $50 to $100 hard cover books a
> year...more like that in a month sometimes. All in the name of research.
> And the magazines and periodicals so we could see how we are all going
> to decorate our homes,
>
> designer does not mean I can make up my mind easier regarding color ao I
> buy more colors than I need which brings me to the register buying all
> but 6 of the entire color range of Yarn or thread...so what the heck,
> just go back and get the rest.
>
>
> triple wide coffins so we could take our needlework with us when the
> time comes. Anyone in that business out there think that is a marketable
> idea????
Sharon---
I don't think K's triple wide coffin is big enough!!!
I have so many books I really worry about the floors of my studio caving
in!
Then there are the huge piles of magazines......remember that 10 year
stash of Gourmet magazines I gave you? I have since replaced them with
many other piles!
As for threads and fibers---I get one or more of each color of every
thread I might use that's in the market!!
How else can one design without a pile of colorful "inspiration" in
front of your eyes!
I have shelves and shelves full of wools for needlepoint and
knitting---which also provides nice "insulation" for my studio walls!
Sharon---if we ever decided to pool our stashes I bet we'd probably have
the biggest collection of needlework things and books on the east coast!
Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
Sharon G
Regarding the floor caving in because of the weight of the stash...I
knew my brain was in the right place when I bought this house that was
built on a slab. No chance of these floors caving in. And, sadly no
basement to put the stash in.
My studio is 16"' by 46 ' plus any other flat surface in the other 1800
sq ft I live in.
I do not know how my 4 grandparents actually lived in gypsy wagons. They
were gypsys in the pre-Winnebago days in Europe and I imagine clutter
was not anything they had room for. Heck, they did not need a jewelry
box, they wore it all at one time.
Lula, I love my life and have grown to the point that if I want
something and choose to buy a book (or 10) I do it. After living through
the past 18 months and DH's illness, I learned if you want something,
figure out a way to go and buy it and if it makes you happy over a long
period of time, just do it and quit defending your happiness.
Now, let's elect officers here. I nominate Lula!
Sharon G
lamb
I'll second the motion!-Marie K.
Lula
If it's for the officer in charge of acquiring new needlework and art
books---I'll take it!!
Deb B
I love this group! I've found my soulmates! <grin>
When my sister-in-law was here for Thanksgiving, she brought her stitching
along with her. I started showing her my stash of UFO's/USO's, and by the
end of the l-o-n-g parade of projects, I found myself starting to turn
crimson. I was so embarrassed to have *THAT* many unfinished and
unstarted projects.
But then she started showing me all *HER* stuff, and immediately I felt
much better. :-) Having a huge stash of projects ready to go is
comforting in a queer, sick sort of way. If I someday wind up penniless,
I'll still have lots of projects that I can do while I panhandle...
<grin>
Deb
Lee Murphy
Deb B wrote:
I love this group too!!!! My sisters & I come from a long line of
stitchers/sewers/knitters etc. and while one of us prefers to not pick up a needle, my
"other" one & I are truly infected. Now, unfortunately, our mother was NOT a true
practioner - this is true, there are people like this - she buys just enough whatever
for the project AND finishes one before going on to the next. She's always been like
this!!!! And she also has not much interest in food and has been approximately the same
weight since her last child was born (argghhhh 33 years ago!). But we love her anyway!
My sister and I are truly into the stash thing tho, and since we're at different ends of
the country (Vancouver and Ottawa) don't see each other as often as we'd like. But a
ritual part of every visit is a stash raid. We just dive in and try to be ruthless. Any
fabric that you remember from your last visit is almost automatically up for grabs ("but
I really love it, I just haven't figured out what it's right for" is actually a valid
excuse between us!). And we're honest with each other - hey, sometimes you get
something home and after looking at it for a few months you think, yuck, why did I think
THAT would work?! Also she has only boys so I get her blouse & dress leftovers that I
can work into stuff for my daughter; she also has a children's clothing business on the
side (hey, she's only a wife, a mother, a football coach, a church treasurer, a
Children's Hospital fundraiser, and a professional accountant, of course she needs
something to do in her SPARE TIME!) so anything I buy that my kids end up not liking,
she takes for the business. So many happy hours associated with stash!!!! Nice to see
lots of "sisters" who understand! Tnx Vicky
James or Laura King
My sister was a dedicated kit cross stitcher, and had only recently
started working on two projects consecutively, when we went to the
Spirit of Cross Stitch Festival in Sacramento for one day just to see
the marketplace. A few hours, a lot of money later, and she had bought
6 to 8 pattern books, the deluxe set of Artisan scroll rods, and some
magazines. Now she is talking about getting all the DMC floss colors,
and wondering what stores in Reno carry the New Stitches magazine.
However, not to worry, she would have to spend a lot more money than
that to ever approach my stash. But now I can look forward to a
pleasant evening of looking at her pattern collection when I visit.
Laura
Lula
Tara Brayshaw wrote:
>
> So having several hundred charts, many many magazines, boxes and boxes
> of floss, and more kits than I care to count would qualify me for a new
> club?! Cool, sign me up, do I have to fulfill a quota to remain a member?
> (please please let me have to buy more)
You bet!!! This is called The HUGE Stash Society----
Something you might consider since you didn't mention it in you
stash--looks like you don't have enough needlework books!!! <VBG>
Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design----HUGE Stash
Society--Officer-in-Charge of Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions
Sharon R Capps
Lesley Clark wrote:
>
> Just saw this phrase on another post.
>
> Is this what I think it is? You have large numbers of projects, leaflets,
> fabric, threads, etc. sitting around waiting to be done?
>
>
> I've got more projects stashed away for SOMEDAY than I'll ever have time
> to do in this lifetime and yet I keep adding!
>
> Lesley in Maine
My stash has become extremely large since I started reading this
newsgroup. My daughter just lets me keep buying because she knows that
one day all of my stitching supplies will be hers :) Thank goodness my
treasures will not go to the yard sales. Sharon Capps
SSThimble
can I join too? I have filled one room and am now overflowing into the
room my son vacated when he moved out, also have taken over the dresser in
the guest bedroom Good thing I don't have guests very often.
This bings to mind a Star Treck ideom Resistance is futile... You will
be assimilated... Your knowledge will be joined with ours.... sounds like
RCTN to me <vbg>
--
Claudia,
A Stitch in Time Saves Sanity
Lesley Clark <KMK...@prodigy.com> wrote in article
<57msnc$l...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>...
sgcapps
I need to apply for membership. I used to be embarassed by how much I have
that isn't even started, much less UFO's.
I fell in love w/ Barbara & Cheryl's Charleston/Savannah designs -- so did
the DH -- so now I buy them whenever I can find 'em and the fabric at the
same time.
I love some of MLI's designs -- so those have joined the stash.
OOOOOHHH!! Mill Hill Christmas Ornament kits -- I have about 20 of those.
I'm so compulsive that after xmas I sort the beads into my handy-dandy bead
containers (100 for $13 from Fisher Scientific) and categorize the patterns
-- just in case I want to make them up again.
Too many xmas stocking projects to count. I've gone so loopy that now I
have the BH&G set, and about 8 or nine more that I've just picked up over
the years.
DH supports my habit too!! If floss is on sale, he'll drive me 1 1/2 hours
away so that I can get a GREAT DEAL. My mom is coming to Indiana to stay w/
me for 3 wks at Christmas -- DH has suggested that she and I go on a
treasure hunt for stitching stores (we just moved here and I haven't found
a really great one yet, my old favorite in this part of IN closed this
summer).
One of my favorite ways to spend a nasty snowy day is organizing my stash,
planning projects, and wrapping bobbins. I might actually be able to get
more off the USO and UFO piles if I stitched on those days!!
Susan
Carol Light
Lula wrote:
>
> Tara Brayshaw wrote:
> > (please please let me have to buy more)
>
> You bet!!! This is called The HUGE Stash Society----
>
> Something you might consider since you didn't mention it in you
> stash--looks like you don't have enough needlework books!!! <VBG>
>
> Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design----HUGE Stash
> Society--Officer-in-Charge of Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions
Oh - Oh <waving hand> Question from this lady in the back row to the
Officer-in-Charge of Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions:
Can you recommend an art book or two? I'd love input from anyone and
everyone. And while we're on the subject of books, what is everyone's
favorite needlework book? And why?
My favorite (so far, I bought it in '93) is *The Embroiderer's Workbook*
and subtitled *A basic embroidery course, designed to help embroiderers
structure their approach to the craft* by Jan Messent, c1988, softbound,
96 pages, $14.95, ISBN 0-312-02121-6. It is loaded with exercises that
I still haven't found time to do, but she makes you look at one object
so differently. For instance, the same shape of a large tree is
photographed, outlined, in watercolor, machine embroidery, surface
stitchery, and black-and-white-torn-newspaper.
I know that someday I'll have to take the time to do the exercises she
recommends, especially after I came across the following Chinese proverb
a few months ago:
What I hear, I forget.
What I see, I remember.
What I do, I know.
Carol
*It is the repetitiveness of tasks that opens the consciousness to
moments of meditation, contemplation and hopefully elevation.
--Jim Tisnado*
Carol Light
SSThimble wrote:
>
> can I join too? I have filled one room and am now overflowing into the
> room my son vacated when he moved out, also have taken over the dresser in
> the guest bedroom Good thing I don't have guests very often.
> This bings to mind a Star Treck ideom Resistance is futile... You will
> be assimilated... Your knowledge will be joined with ours.... sounds like
> RCTN to me <vbg>
> --
> Claudia,
> A Stitch in Time Saves Sanity
>
Oh Claudia -- That's so funny *LOL* -- The Borg will never look the same
to me. And to think I haven't yet seen the new StarTrek *First Contact*
movie -- will I be able to watch it without giggling?
Lula
in...@aol.com wrote:
>
> I just paused to take a quick look at RCTN and this thread immediately
> caught my eye--I have a homing instinct for like stashers.
>
>
> The thing is I already had quite a respectable stash.
>
> Does this mean if I had bought that one last canvas or more fibers so that
> if I changed my mind I would have everything right on hand I could be a
> designer like Lula and Sharon??
You're on your way Injia!!
The whole thing about the HUGE Stash Society is to acquire more and more
and more......one can never have too much of needlework stuff---you
never know when you are going to need those skeins of crimson silk or
those glittery turquoise glass beads you found in this little shop.
What if you wake up in the middle of the night and get an idea to use up
the marigold yellow DMC 444 and orangey-yellow DMC 972 for the man in
the moon and didn't have any?!!!
Or what if you remembered you needed to make a stitchery gift for
someone and there was 2'of snow outside? Now aren't you glad you have
that HUGE stash to choose from?
Inspiration can strike at any time and one needs to be prepared!
Happy Stitching---Lula---Officer of Needlework and Art Book Acquistions
for the HUGE Stash Society
Ed & Mary Fishencord
I am sure that most of us qualify...but until this move I didn't know
how much "stuff" I had managed to buy. I am sitting in the condo's 2nd
bedroom (the computer-cat-boxes-and-stuff-room). There are 16 book
cartons marked embroidery books, magazines or charts. That's not
counting the two cabinets in the living room with fabric and fiber and
my grandmother's sewing cabinet which is full of more "stuff". But, if
I remember right from other discussions, I don't come close to winning
this contest!
Mar...@imv-mail.gun.de
Your sign: "Huge Stash Society"
from: Fr 29.11.1996
at: 15:41:48
Hello Leslie,
-> Is this what I think it is? You have large numbers of projects, leaflets,
-> fabric, threads, etc. sitting around waiting to be done?
->
I think,I would be one of the *minor* members,as I started building a
stash in March (just in the moment,I started to read rctn,what a
coincidence!!)And my stash is still small and feeble :((,WEll,I do have
some charts now,and and entire year of issues of JCS,and 2/3 of the DMC's
have found their home in some plastic boxes,oh,and not to be forgotten,I
grab every spool of Kreinik's ,I canfind here around as well as Mill Hill
beads - when/if I see some,they are MINE!!
DH thinks,when I go on in this speed,I will have to move under the attic
with all my thingies and boxes,and have my own *studio* there(that
means,he likes better to not find needles and beads with bare feet)
As I am 38 now,I might have still some time to build up stashes whihc last
for an extensive retirement....
Butttt--- last month I was VERY bad,I spent some grocery money on supplies
and at the end of the money there was still very much month left!!!
(Still ashamed,I bend my head ;(( )
So I think,I am a member of this group,and I buy too many expensive books
too; it seems I will still stay *bibliomaniac*, even as I do not longer work in
a bookshop.I can remember times,when (I was not married then!) I spent
about 4/5 of my salary on books each month -- I only had this one spleen
then,no stitching in this time ;)
Oh,I REALLY would like a carte blanche every month!I wouldknow,what to do
with it!!
Happy stitching and chart-hoarding!!
greetings, Martina
Duisburg,Germany
in...@aol.com
I just paused to take a quick look at RCTN and this thread immediately
caught my eye--I have a homing instinct for like stashers.
This Thanksgiving I went to DC and finally got to go to The Point of It
All, a needlepoint store I have long wanted to visit. My friends just
left me there and came to pick me up a few hours later. Wild horses
couldn't drag the total out of me---but I got some of the most fabulous
canvases. Including one of Sharon's bras that I had never seen before--a
southwestern design with a really cute figure with some kind of musical
instrument on one cup.
The thing is I already had quite a respectable stash.
This all reminds me of an "Andy Capp" cartoon from over 20 years ago--I
had it over my desk for years. Andy is lying on the couch and Flo walks
in and says well I've been counting up and all in all you owe 50 pounds.
Andy replies, "Flo I keep tellin ya--If you owe 50 pounds you're a loser,
if you owe 500 pounds you're a businessman, if you owe 5 million pounds
you're a tycoon and if you owe 5 billion pounds, you're a government--I'm
on my way!!
Does this mean if I had bought that one last canvas or more fibers so that
if I changed my mind I would have everything right on hand I could be a
designer like Lula and Sharon??
May your threads remain unknotted.
INJIA
in...@aol.com
Lesley Clark
Glad to see all the "Stashers"!!!!
I've always contended that this is my addiction. along with chocolate!
My boyfreind is threatening to haul in a railroad car to store all my
stuff! We live together in his house. He's afraid that the floor in
the "computer/craft" room is going to collapse into the dining room!
I'm off to the xs shop again on Saturday. There's an Anniversary sale
with 20% off just about everything, this could be bad. I'm going with a
list, hope I don't stray too much!
Lesley
Steve and Terri
Lula (wooly...@earthlink.net) wrote:
: What if you wake up in the middle of the night and get an idea to use up
: the marigold yellow DMC 444 and orangey-yellow DMC 972 for the man in
: the moon and didn't have any?!!!
:
: Or what if you remembered you needed to make a stitchery gift for
: someone and there was 2'of snow outside? Now aren't you glad you have
: that HUGE stash to choose from?
:
: Inspiration can strike at any time and one needs to be prepared!
This need for preparation started me on my most space-consuming stash
-- if a hurricane hits, I'm prepared for it with my treadle and hand
crank sewing machines. If I want to piece a quilt while I'm waiting
for the power to come back on, I've got it covered!
Terri
--
Terri Carl
ter...@neosoft.com
Mary Anne Mayo
Lula wrote:
> The whole thing about the HUGE Stash Society is to acquire more and more
> and more......one can never have too much of needlework stuff---you
> never know when you are going to need those skeins of crimson silk or
> those glittery turquoise glass beads you found in this little shop.
> Inspiration can strike at any time and one needs to be prepared!
I'm really giggling at this thread. I'm mainly a silk ribbon embroiderer
and so, since I also *have* to have as much as possible of everything,
have acquired lots of those really pretty floral boxes in which to place
miles and miles of silk ribbon. Of course the boxes are grouped
according to the ribbon color groups (pastel, jewel, etc.) I also have
to have separate boxes for non-silk ribbon, needles, silk floss, regular
floss, beads, and fabric. All my magazines and transfers are in magazine
storage boxes. I just love to sit on my sewing room (yes, I have one;
it's mine all mine!) and spread everything out and just have a grand old
time.
My DH thinks I'm nuts...
exam...@aol.com
One of my favorite books is The Embroiderers' Story by Thomasina Beck. It
is beautifully writtten and illustrated. Today i just ordered Samplers--5
Centuries of a Gentle Art by Anne Sebba. I can hardly wait to get it.
Ellen
Lula
Wig & Judy Graves wrote:
> I agree 100% Lula; that's why I'm considering starting a second group
> called the HUGE Stash Hall of Fame. That would be for those of us who
> have transcended the ordinary and moved into the higher echelons of
> stash enhancement. You know - like those little old ladies who live in
> great big old houses with about 500 cats & 5000 newspapers? Well,
> change the newspapers to needlework supplies and we just might be in
> heaven.
>
> Judy (who likes to give new stitchers lofty goals to strive for ;D)
Judy strikes again!
LOL---that's going to be me---the lady with the thousands of needlework
and art books---I've never counted my collection but ought to have
someone come over and catalog them as well as rearrange them!
Roger told me I'm going to be in trouble when I start sitting on my
piles of books and using them as major pieces of furniture! He doesn't
know it but I have been sitting on some piles while looking through
other piles of books and sorting through boxes of my fibers and flosses.
Love the HUGE Stash Hall of Fame Concept---A lofty goal indeed but so
much more useful than 5000 newspapers---we are practical needleworkers.
Steve and Terri
Mary Anne Mayo (m...@ora.com) wrote:
: [snip] ... I just love to sit on my sewing room (yes, I have one;
: it's mine all mine!) and spread everything out and just have a grand old
: time.
:
: My DH thinks I'm nuts...
I read this, and immediately thought of my DH's expression when he
realized that after I had gotten all my DMC floss onto plastic bobbins, I
was now reorganizing it into floss baggies. I spent a couple of evenings
of precious stitching time just playing with the floss.
Then again, he already knew I was nuts!
Sharon G
Lula,
I e-mailed injia and told her she really needed to buy a ton of brushes
and every pain in sight first!
We could make her our chairperson in charge of tours. She does get
around and shop a lot. She is also a wonderful stitcher. Does the
smoothest basketweave I ever saw.
Is your DH Roger going to do the newsletter for The Society???
Sharon G
Lula
Carol Light wrote:
>
> Oh - Oh <waving hand> Question from this lady in the back row to the
> Officer-in-Charge of Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions:
>
> Can you recommend an art book or two? I'd love input from anyone and
> everyone. And while we're on the subject of books, what is everyone's
> favorite needlework book? And why?
>
> My favorite (so far, I bought it in '93) is *The Embroiderer's Workbook*
> and subtitled *A basic embroidery course, designed to help embroiderers
> structure their approach to the craft* by Jan Messent, c1988, softbound,
> 96 pages, $14.95, ISBN 0-312-02121-6. It is loaded with exercises that
> I still haven't found time to do, but she makes you look at one object
> so differently. For instance, the same shape of a large tree is
> photographed, outlined, in watercolor, machine embroidery, surface
> stitchery, and black-and-white-torn-newspaper.
>
> I know that someday I'll have to take the time to do the exercises she
> recommends, especially after I came across the following Chinese proverb
> a few months ago:
> What I hear, I forget.
> What I see, I remember.
> What I do, I know.
Hard to decide which book is my favorite needlework book---I have so
many and pretty much like them all.
My favorite all purpose needlework inspiration book is based on quilting
techniques or machine embroidery---Fairy Tale Quilts and Embroidery by
Gail Harker.
It's full of wonderful images of what one can do in multimedia
needlework techniques---similar to your Jan Messent book.
Have to tell about my lastest two book acquisitions---
SILK--Jacques Anquetil---I've been looking at this book for several
months and finally bought it.
Publisher-- Flammarion 1995
ISBN--2-08013-616-X
Price--$60.00
There was an earlier book similar to this one based on a wider history
of silk from other parts of the world I had bought a year or two
ago--this one focuses on European silk history.
SILK is an interesting to read volume on the history and manufacture of
silk with the most beautiful pictures of fabrics and silk bales and
skeins---just looking at it makes your fingers itch to stitch with
silks!
The pictures of the antique silk gowns, embroidered silk pieces and
fabrics are excellent and full of details. Boggles the eye to remember
most of the details are all hand stitched!
My next book is about knitting---Knitting In America by Melanie D.
Falick---Patterns, Profiles and Stories of America's Leading Artisans
Published by---Artisan--1996
ISBN--1-885183-27-5
Price--$35.00
Even if you don't knit---this book is worth reading and looking at the
pictures--all in color and full of inspiration.
I enjoyed reading about the designers and like all designers--we all
share a similar creative vision for our work and goals.
Now that I've seen this book---wish someone would do a similar type book
on American needlework people from all the different needlework
techniques---I think we'd all like to see what everyone is up to, what
they think and where they live, etc.
With lots of detailed color pictures included!
Happy Stitching and Reading---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
Nicole M Bourgoin
Lula wrote:
> The whole thing about the HUGE Stash Society is to acquire more and more
> and more......one can never have too much of needlework stuff---you
> never know when you are going to need those skeins of crimson silk or
> those glittery turquoise glass beads you found in this little shop.
>
> the marigold yellow DMC 444 and orangey-yellow DMC 972 for the man in
> the moon and didn't have any?!!!
I hold up skeins of floss to my computer and think, "Now wouldn't that
be a great background color for my homepage?" And then I look at the
RGB value page (for DMC floss), convert it to hex, and file the number.
If I didn't have all the solid colors of DMC...
--
Nicole M Bourgoin
nbou...@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nbourgoi/homepage.html
Lula
Hi Ellen---
Thomasina Beck is one of my favorite needlework book writers---one of my
all time favorites is her Embroiderer's Garden book. Love the history of
gardens and embroidery together. Very inspirational for needlework art.
Have also enjoyed reading the Embroiderer's Story very much as well as
the beautiful pictures.
You're very fortunate to have found the Anne Sebba Sampler history
book--I have a copy I bought when I first started stitching I found on a
sale table.
Excellent book on the history of antique needlework, with lots of info
on old samplers. Interesting to read.
Wig & Judy Graves
Lula wrote:
> Inspiration can strike at any time and one needs to be prepared!
>
> Happy Stitching---Lula---Officer of Needlework and Art Book Acquistions
> for the HUGE Stash Society
I agree 100% Lula; that's why I'm considering starting a second group
Kevin Salisbury
Carol Light <lig...@lebmofo.com> wrote in article
<32A39D...@lebmofo.com>...
> SSThimble wrote:
> >
> > can I join too? I have filled one room and am now overflowing into the
> > room my son vacated when he moved out, also have taken over the dresser
in
> > the guest bedroom Good thing I don't have guests very often.
> > This bings to mind a Star Treck ideom Resistance is futile...
You will
> > be assimilated... Your knowledge will be joined with ours.... sounds
like
> > RCTN to me <vbg>
> > --
> > Claudia,
> >
>
> Oh Claudia -- That's so funny *LOL* -- The Borg will never look the same
> to me. And to think I haven't yet seen the new StarTrek *First Contact*
> movie -- will I be able to watch it without giggling?
>
> Carol
A little OT:
Star Trek *First Contact* is a must see!
If you get too engrossed and forget Claudia's comments, you will still find
plenty to giggle about!
Action and comedy...what a combo!
Barb
Wig & Judy Graves
Lula wrote:
> Roger told me I'm going to be in trouble when I start sitting on my
> piles of books and using them as major pieces of furniture! He doesn't
> know it but I have been sitting on some piles while looking through
> other piles of books and sorting through boxes of my fibers and flosses.
Actually, I'd say that was very efficient on your part. To borrow from
another thread: Martha Stewart would be very pleased to see you finding
new and varied uses for your stash.
Judy
Lula
Wig & Judy Graves wrote:
>
Thank you for your comment Judy. With the HUGE Stash Society we can now
go into furniture creation by pushing enough stacks of needlework books
together and placing a clean tablecloth over them, we now have the most
flexible dining area.
Due to the winter coming on we've moved large skeins of persian wool
hanks to the external wall shelves to increase our insulation in the
studio!
Happy Stitching from Roger, a HUGE Stash Society supporter aka Mr. Wooly
Lula
That's what I get for having friends in high places! You get
volunteered!!
LOL---now that's interesting--brushes and "pain"--I always change mine
before they give me a "pain"---even your typos are funny
Yes, let's "volunteer" or shall we say appoint Injia---she "won't"
mind---now that we know she'll travel almost anyplace for a good
needlepoint fix we've got our Officer in Charge of Needlework shops!!
Hey Injia--aren't you glad you met us?
As for Roger---he's falling off his chair LOL reading this thread----
and getting in on the act--he even posted a comment to that funny Judy
tonight!
You know---when I was a kid in NYC we used to have these wildcat
longshoremen strikes where they stopped unloading ships in the harbor!
Think about this--just about all the needlework materials we use are
imported--did you all realize that? Canvas and fabrics from Germany and
some other European countries, silks from France, China, floss from
Germany again and France and etc.....At least we'll have Kreinik
metallics and some domestic aida and evenweaves but I think much is
imported.
If they should ever have a prolonged longshoremen strike you have to be
prepared -- that's another reason to have a HUGE stash!
I'm prepared--I buy my canvas by the 55 yd bolts and always keep
emergency 10 yd rolls around in different sizes and colors!!
Sharon your place must look like a canvas warehouse too!
Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
P.S. Sharon--you taking your knitting break? I'm still painting but
obviously taking my middle of the night computer break.
Sharon G
Lula wrote:
>
> Carol Light wrote:
> >
>
> > Oh - Oh <waving hand> Question from this lady in the back row to the
> > Officer-in-Charge of Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions:
> >
> > Can you recommend an art book or two?
>
> many and pretty much like them all.
>
>
> My next book is about knitting---Knitting In America by Melanie D.
> Falick---Patterns, Profiles and Stories of America's Leading Artisans
> Published by---Artisan--1996
> ISBN--1-885183-27-5
> Price--$35.00
>
> Even if you don't knit---this book is worth reading and looking at the
> pictures--all in color and full of inspiration.
> I enjoyed reading about the designers and like all designers--we all
> share a similar creative vision for our work and goals.
>
> Now that I've seen this book---wish someone would do a similar type book
> on American needlework people from all the different needlework
> techniques---I think we'd all like to see what everyone is up to, what
> they think and where they live, etc.
> With lots of detailed color pictures included!
>
> Happy Stitching and Reading---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
Just a thought...What a good project for the Needlepoint Group. Maybe a
series. Since your DH Roger is the Secretary of that group, give him the
job. Did I spell everything correctly this time?
They did one like that in the miniature business back in the 80's. It
was a hard cover that featured 12 Master's in Miniatures of which I was
lucky enough to be included as one of the 12. It is now out of print but
I have an extra copy in my stash.
Sharon G
bearh...@aol.com
Oh I love this topic!!!! My stash wasn't big (in my opion DH feels
otherwise) before I started reading RCTN, but look out I'm on a roll, for
christmas I'm getting 5 kits ,6 leaflets and few other goodies. I just
smile at DH and say that RCTN made me do it
He just shakes his head wondering when to bring in the men in the white
coats and haul me away :-).
Sharon G
bearh...@aol.com wrote:
>
> He just shakes his head wondering when to bring in the men in the white
> coats and haul me away :-).
If the coats are made out of even weave fabric and could be stitched on,
I say bring in the men!!!!
Another point we need to think of...needlework is a relaxation technique
and is reccomended for theraphy. So when you go to the rest home while
you are "out to lunch" (as we say in the Prozac Society) your stash will
only get bigger because you will need to do it for theraphy too (and as
Lula says, sitting on your books).
Sharon G
Lula
bearh...@aol.com wrote:
>
> Oh I love this topic!!!! My stash wasn't big (in my opion DH feels
> otherwise) before I started reading RCTN, but look out I'm on a roll, for
> christmas I'm getting 5 kits ,6 leaflets and few other goodies. I just
> smile at DH and say that RCTN made me do it
> coats and haul me away :-).
Hi and welcome to the HUGE Stash Society----you can tell DH you are now
an "official recognized" member and have to live up to our "code".
I think you're doing great with the Christmas stash!!!
Doesn't it feel good knowing you'll always have some stitching stuff
around to pick up?
Variety of stitching materials is our goal --- stitching for any mood,
any occasion and just for variety!
arlee...@aol.com
As a friend of mine says "she's not going to die until all her projects
are finished!" She's in her 70's
Carol Light
Sharon G wrote:
>
> Lula wrote:
<snip>
> > Now that I've seen this book---wish someone would do a similar type book
> > on American needlework people from all the different needlework
> > techniques---I think we'd all like to see what everyone is up to, what
> > they think and where they live, etc.
> > With lots of detailed color pictures included!
> >
> > Happy Stitching and Reading---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
>
> Just a thought...What a good project for the Needlepoint Group. Maybe a
> series. Since your DH Roger is the Secretary of that group, give him the
> job. Did I spell everything correctly this time?
>
> They did one like that in the miniature business back in the 80's. It
> was a hard cover that featured 12 Master's in Miniatures of which I was
> lucky enough to be included as one of the 12. It is now out of print but
> I have an extra copy in my stash.
>
> Sharon G
Actually, another favorite book of mine which is textile related, on
quilts, is *Art Quilts -- Playing with a Full Deck*. Quilt artist Sue
Pierce invited 53 other quilters to each do one of the cards in a deck
of cards. Besides 54 points of view on what a card looks like, it
explains the technique that each quilter/artist used, a bit about each
person, and how they decided on the design.
Wig & Judy Graves
Lula wrote: (make that Roger wrote:)
> Due to the winter coming on we've moved large skeins of persian wool
> hanks to the external wall shelves to increase our insulation in the
> studio!
>
> Happy Stitching from Roger, a HUGE Stash Society supporter aka Mr. Wooly
Well it's good to hear from the man behind the woman ;D. You know that
saying they teach all the kiddos now: recycle, reduce, reuse? Well I
think you've got the recycling & reusing down, but REDUCE??? Lula would
have palpitations if I even suggested such a thing! How's this:
recycle, reuse, buy LOTS more :D
Judy (whose wonderful DH changed his flight to Florida to one that
leaves at 11 p.m. tomorrow night so that he can watch our youngest play
Santa Claus in the 1st grade play at 7 p.m.)
Carol Morgan
In <32A627...@earthlink.net> Wig & Judy Graves
<wgr...@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>Lula wrote:
>
>> Roger told me I'm going to be in trouble when I start sitting on my
>> piles of books and using them as major pieces of furniture!
>
from
>another thread: Martha Stewart would be very pleased to see you
finding
>new and varied uses for your stash.
>
>Judy
>
"And that's a good thing!"
Linda McIntosh
Do we get a pin or membership card??
I am most assuredly a member of this wonderful group...if there is a new
pattern, I gotta have it...my floss collection is so large, my other
cross-stitching buddies come "shopping" in my spare room. I am so bad, I
purchased from a closing sale - a set of
anchor Persian wool "floss" cabinets & have 'em stacked higher than my head
so each skein of floss has it's own little spot in the world to sleep! And
the gadgets, I am a true gadget-a-holic....is there a 12 step program...but
then again there are worse addictions right?
--
Linda
Remember - Nothing goes right , if your underwear's tight!
mcin...@odyssee.net
Lula
Here are some words of wisdom for the DH's, SO's, etc., of the members
of the HUGE Stash Society......
When you travel---always bring an extra suitcase, preferably empty to be
filled with new stash.
Since needlework materials don't take up much space a folding expandable
bag can be substituted but just in case there are bookstores where you
are going, an empty suitcase comes in handier.
Lula has been known to empty all our clothes,shoes and other personal
things into my army duffel bag and put all her new books and stashes
into the suitcases. She has her priorities in what needs to be
transported home in good condition.
Always make time for any stops off the interstates for needlework shop
stops and bookstores.
I have learned a lot being in the needlework industry with Lula and can
understand why people have to have large stashes of needlework
materials. It makes them happy and feel good.
Happy Stitching,
Roger aka Mr.Wooly
Wig & Judy Graves wrote:
>
> Lula wrote: (make that Roger wrote:)
> >
> > Happy Stitching from Roger, a HUGE Stash Society supporter aka Mr. Wooly
>
> Well it's good to hear from the man behind the woman ;D.
> Judy (whose wonderful DH changed his flight to Florida to one that
andrea tigar
well it will come as no surprise that Sharon and Lula have MY number.
One might doubt my other abilities (if one were misguided), but
there is no question that I am a Distinguished shopper.
Made a call to Needlepoint, Inc. this afternoon to discuss getting
pictures of work by one of my favorite designers. On the to do list
for tomorrow is to call ITs Polite to Point, that fabulous
needlepoint store in Baltimore that sponsored teh consumers night in
connection with the trade show in Baltimore where I met Sharon and
Lula and others and had the most fabulous time. They showed a cup
and saucer from Winterthur that I've been thinking about ever since
and I feel that I really must express my appreciation. And if I get
that done early enough, and they leave me alone at work, well who
knows what I could add to my stash.
I am delighted and honored to be Officer in Charge of Needlework
Shops and I know I will fulfill my duties to the best of my abilities.
Watch this space for more on "Needlepoint Shops I have known"!!
jco...@aol.com
In article <32A1BA...@mail.idt.net>, Sharon R Capps
<srca...@mail.idt.net> writes:
>My stash has become extremely large since I started reading this
>newsgroup. My daughter just lets me keep buying because she knows that
>one day all of my stitching supplies will be hers :) Thank goodness my
>treasures will not go to the yard sales. Sharon Capps
What am I going to do with my wonderful stash - no kids to leave it to. I
guess I'll just take it with me.
Lula
Linda McIntosh wrote:
>
> Do we get a pin or membership card??
>
> I am most assuredly a member of this wonderful group...if there is a new
> pattern, I gotta have it...my floss collection is so large, my other
> cross-stitching buddies come "shopping" in my spare room. I am so bad, I
> purchased from a closing sale - a set of
> anchor Persian wool "floss" cabinets & have 'em stacked higher than my head
> so each skein of floss has it's own little spot in the world to sleep! And
> the gadgets, I am a true gadget-a-holic....is there a 12 step program...but
> then again there are worse addictions right?
Wow---I'm very impressed!!!! You have a whole set of floss cabinets----
with space for each color!! That's a lot neater than my collection! I
have spaces for color families---too much floss and not enough space!
See Sharon G about the membership card---since she started this, I'm
"appointing" her for the job of Membership Chairperson!
Lula
andrea tigar wrote:
>
> well it will come as no surprise that Sharon and Lula have MY number.
> One might doubt my other abilities (if one were misguided), but
> there is no question that I am a Distinguished shopper.
> I am delighted and honored to be Officer in Charge of Needlework
> Shops and I know I will fulfill my duties to the best of my abilities.
>
> Watch this space for more on "Needlepoint Shops I have known"!!
Hi Andrea---
Can't wait to see the reviews! I knew you wouldn't mind! Think of all
that needlework shopping as research----now you can visit all the
needlework stores and know you are doing a public service in reporting
back to us!
Now we have Officer in Charge of Needlework Shops---Officer in Charge of
Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions and I've just made Sharon G the
Membership Chairperson!
Who's next and for what office?
ade...@aol.com
I have always hidden my stash ffom my SH for fear he would know that I
must really be a n obsessive compulsive person to just buy stuff for the
sake of storing it for some possible future use. This is the first time
I have actually *met* peple who are not ashamed of their stash. I guess i
can admit that I am a member too.
I have worried about what would happen if I die first and Dh decides to
clean out my end of the basement. He would absolutlely freak and not know
what to do with it all!!
Adele
Steve and Terri
Oooh, another thing to add to the stash!
Nancy Eddy
ade...@aol.com wrote:
I have always hidden my stash from my SH for fear he
person to just buy stuff for the sake of storing it for
some possible future use. This is the first time I have
actually *met* peple who are not ashamed of their stash.
I guess i can admit that I am a member too.
Isn't it fun? When I first found this ng, I told my DH
about it, and he said "You can't belong, you just buy
stuff and never finish anything." I said, "Yeah, and I
found a bunch of people just like me!" (Of course, we DO
finish things sometimes!)
Nancy Eddy
Sharon G
I always did like Roger's philosophy...he is soooo easy to get along
with. He always sees the practical side of life.
My DH Vince gets on my back constantly about all the stuff I have. He is
a minimalist except when it comes to his tools. I was away on business
one time and came home to a big shock. The neighbor was having a garage
sale so Vince, being the frugal person he is, decided to have one too
and get away with paying for the ad. Now we come to what he sold.
He went through everything and put it out, from excess towels down to
all the spices he said I did not need (he thinks salt, pepper, celery
seed and garlic powder are all the spices one would need. He also thinks
baking soda and baking powder and chocolate are spices so they went too.
But the icing on the cake came when I saw the dish cupboard. There are
only the 2 of us here so he felt if his buddy Charlie came for dinner
that would be a max of 3. So out went all but 3 plates, 3 mugs, 3 of
every piece of stainless, all but 3 drinking glasses and he kept only 1
bowl because he was the only one who ate cereal and never thought one
would use a bowl for anything else. He did not touch the good stuff so
this spared his life.
I had fun shopping the next few days and I guaranty you all, this will
never happen again. I am one hot Gypsy when I get mad and I threatened
to put a spell on his car tires and a few more things if he messed with
me again. My "heritage" does have its advantages at some times.
The only thing he does mention from time to time is this wall I have
which is 8' by 16' solid bookshelves that are double depth and you could
not fit a leaflet into it. He swears the walls are going to come down.
Then he could maybe put to use one of his 30 hammers to repair it. He
has his problems too...tools.
Sharon G
Sharon G
Linda McIntosh wrote:
>
> Do we get a pin or membership card??
>
> Linda
> Remember - Nothing goes right , if your underwear's tight!
> mcin...@odyssee.net
As part of your initiation, you need to add one of my bra and tap pant
canvases to your stash.....like your signature. Another Needlepoint
Designer, who is very proper, once used the expression about some one
ahving their undies in a bundle. She said this while responding to
something serious at a meeting I was conducting. She made me loose it. I
had to do one of those fake coughing things.
Sharon G
Sharon G
Lula wrote:
>
> Linda McIntosh wrote:
> See Sharon G about the membership card---since she started this, I'm
> "appointing" her for the job of Membership Chairperson!
>
know what a good delegator I am.
He Judy (of Wig and Judy Graves). get the printer rolling and you can do
the membership cards. Everyone send Judy $1 to cover the costs of
postage and mailing....she is going to kill me the next time I show up
in Arizona!!!! She could get Injia to defend her in court. I can see
her next project. She will be stitching a Sharon G Voodoo doll that Lula
designs for her.
Sharon G
PS. Cards are a good idea. I once had a friend who had her own fan club
and for 39 cents you could become a member of the Brooke Tucker fan
club. She had a lot of fun with that and had hundreds of members.
mon...@bio.tamu.edu
>Now we have Officer in Charge of Needlework Shops---Officer in Charge of
>Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions and I've just made Sharon G the
>Membership Chairperson!
>Who's next and for what office?
I'll be Stash Botanist--I can (try to) identify the plants in needlework
designs. Just the thing for those wondering WHAT on earth am I stitching in
this sampler?!!!!!
Qualifications: B.S. Ornamental Horticulture, M.S. in Botany in progress,
access to European floras (for id-ing flowers in old bits of needlework),
experience in interpreting plants in heraldic art.
memememememememeeeee
do I get the job?
Monique
Steve and Terri
mon...@bio.tamu.edu wrote:
: I'll be Stash Botanist--I can (try to) identify the plants in needlework
: this sampler?!!!!!
:
: Qualifications: B.S. Ornamental Horticulture, M.S. in Botany in progress,
: access to European floras (for id-ing flowers in old bits of needlework),
: experience in interpreting plants in heraldic art.
:
: memememememememeeeee
:
: do I get the job?
I'll vote for you. But I don't stitch plants I don't recognize (although
I've probably stitched plants no one else could recognize!) You just
don't know where they've been. :^l < nose in the air >
Steve and Terri
Sharon G (sha...@epix.net) wrote:
: As part of your initiation, you need to add one of my bra and tap pant
: canvases to your stash.....like your signature. Another Needlepoint
: Designer, who is very proper, once used the expression about some one
: ahving their undies in a bundle. She said this while responding to
: something serious at a meeting I was conducting. She made me loose it. I
: had to do one of those fake coughing things.
Is that anything like having your knickers in a twist? Or maybe it's
more like having your panties in a wad. Hmmm... a whole new line of
canvases for the Extremely Irritated Needleworker...
By the way, I was already planning to add at least one of those canvases
to my UFO pile, the very next time I make it to Needle Accent. (I *think*
that's where I saw them...) So not only are you a Huge Stasher in your
own right, you contribute a lot to the Huge Stashes of others. Such
Selfless Devotion to needlework!
Marsha
Sharon G <sha...@epix.net> wrote:
*Snippity-snip*
>But the icing on the cake came when I saw the dish cupboard. There are
>only the 2 of us here so he felt if his buddy Charlie came for dinner
>that would be a max of 3. So out went all but 3 plates, 3 mugs, 3 of
>every piece of stainless, all but 3 drinking glasses and he kept only 1
>bowl because he was the only one who ate cereal and never thought one
>would use a bowl for anything else. He did not touch the good stuff so
>this spared his life.
>
*ROTFLOL* This is absolutely one of the funniest things I've ever heard!
Thanks for the laugh!
--Marsha
Nann Blaine Hilyard
It seems that most of you are, technically,
members of the Stitching Division of the Huge
Stash Society.
You need to be aware that you can also be
a member of the HSS, Quilting Division
Knitting/Crochet Division
Sewing Division
Rughooking Division
Beading Division
....and others into whose clutches I, for one,
have not fallen!
Nann
at the library in Fargo
hil...@pol.org
Christina Gigante
>
>Linda McIntosh wrote:
>>
>> Do we get a pin or membership card??
>>
>
>See Sharon G about the membership card---since she started this, I'm
>"appointing" her for the job of Membership Chairperson!
>
>Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
>
>
I would have thought we would each need to stitch our membership
cards!
Christina (not "the" Christina)
--
Christina M. Gigante Northern Telecom
c...@nt.com Mission Park (Santa Clara, CA)
(408) 565-7212
sdko...@aol.com
In article <19961205090...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
jco...@aol.com writes:
>
>In article <32A1BA...@mail.idt.net>, Sharon R Capps
><srca...@mail.idt.net> writes:
>
>>My stash has become extremely large since I started reading this
>>newsgroup. My daughter just lets me keep buying because she knows that
>>one day all of my stitching supplies will be hers :) Thank goodness my
>>treasures will not go to the yard sales. Sharon Capps
>
>
I know what you mean. My mother built up quite a stash a few years ago
when she went through a cross-stitch stage. She is on to other things now
and I know that I am going to end up with her all the stuff she bought
anytime now. I know that there are several UFO's, hopefully they will be
things I will want to finish, since I know I will feel like I need to! I
can be kind of cumpulsive about unfinished projects, once I start one I
feel as if I have to finish it before I start another, and her unfinished
ones will drive me crazy!!
Sarah Koehler / Ferndale WA
sdko...@aol.com
((12 + 144 + 20 + (3 * 4^(1/2))) / 7 ) + (5 * 11) = 9^2 + 0
A Dozen, a Gross and a Score
plus three times the square root of four,
divided by seven,
plus five times eleven,
equals nine squared and not a bit more.
Jon Saxon
Bonnie Moe
My husband would love that idea--he's into trains, does the model stuff
but would love to have a "real" rr car.--But he probably wouldn't let me
use it!
> My boyfreind is threatening to haul in a railroad car to store all my
> stuff!
Lula
mon...@bio.tamu.edu wrote:
>
> >Now we have Officer in Charge of Needlework Shops---Officer in Charge of
> >Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions and I've just made Sharon G the
> >Membership Chairperson!
>
> >Who's next and for what office?
>
> designs. Just the thing for those wondering WHAT on earth am I stitching in
> this sampler?!!!!!
>
> Qualifications: B.S. Ornamental Horticulture, M.S. in Botany in progress,
> access to European floras (for id-ing flowers in old bits of needlework),
> experience in interpreting plants in heraldic art.
>
> memememememememeeeee
>
> do I get the job?
>
Just what we need Monique --- a lady who knows her plants and BTW do you
know your BUGS too?
Welcome to the office! They do have attractive floral decorations in
those old samplers--always loved the stylized carnations(?) in the old
samplers---or are they something else? The saw toothed triangular flower
sometimes in various shades of graduated color? (Your first official
question!)
You know this bug topic may yet come up again when Sharon G unleashes
her new needlepoint bug designs--- certain people on this board have
been bugging her about?
Speaking of those bugs---Sharon---how about a bug rug? You know--a
needlepoint rug to step on?
That would definitely be a stash item to buy!
arlee...@aol.com
One year I declared a finishing year and did nothing but finish UFO's. It
took a lot of will power. That was about 5 years ago. Time to do it
again. My habit is to finish the stitching and then leave it without
doing the framing or making it into something. Last year all those small
things came in handy when I needed 15 small gifts. All those four and 6
in squares that I used to test needlepoint stitches and colors came in
handy to make sachets.
Arlee...@juno.com
Carol Light
Lula wrote:
>
> andrea tigar wrote:
> >
> >
>
> > I am delighted and honored to be Officer in Charge of Needlework
> > Shops and I know I will fulfill my duties to the best of my abilities.
> >
> > Watch this space for more on "Needlepoint Shops I have known"!!
>
> Hi Andrea---
>
> Can't wait to see the reviews! I knew you wouldn't mind! Think of all
> that needlework shopping as research----now you can visit all the
> needlework stores and know you are doing a public service in reporting
> back to us!
>
> Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions and I've just made Sharon G the
> Membership Chairperson!
>
> Who's next and for what office?
>
Hi Lula -- I'll volunteer if I can get the job of Officer in Charge of
Non-Existent Lists for Huge Stashes. I figure that anyone who already
has those nicely organized computer lists of patterns don't need my
help.
Carol Light
Elizabeth Ohmer
Reminds me of what seems to becoming a pretty popular saying:
God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things: at
the rate I'm going I'll never die!
arlee...@aol.com wrote:
: As a friend of mine says "she's not going to die until all her projects
: are finished!" She's in her 70's
Lula
Wig & Judy Graves wrote:
>
>
> > He Judy (of Wig and Judy Graves). get the printer rolling and you can do
> > the membership cards. Everyone send Judy $1 to cover the costs of
> > postage and mailing....she is going to kill me the next time I show up
> > in Arizona!!!! She could get Injia to defend her in court. I can see
> > her next project. She will be stitching a Sharon G Voodoo doll that Lula
> > designs for her.
> > Sharon G
>
> BTW - how are those voodoo doll canvasses coming along ;)
>
> Judy (who's investigating the membership card angle as we speak - but
> don't send money)
I get the impression you'd like a pincushion canvas based on Sharon G?
Can always put her in one of her bra and tap pants outfit!
I'm going to paint a basketful of "little" people designs---the cranky
boss, the MIL, something to keep around as handy pin cushions!
Very useful needlepoint idea and highly decorative in the office.
Lula
Wig & Judy Graves wrote:
>
> and muttering under their breath! I could be in charge of a whole group
> of like-minded reprobates and maybe occasionally (if we all came to a
> stopping point at the same time) we could organize a wave. I'm afraid
> I'm not qualified for much else.
First of all will Robert Tusler be needlepointing with you in this
grumpy group?
Second of all I think Sharon G and I have a much better office in mind
for you than the Grumpy Stitcher's Society---we can always make Robert
the head of this group!
Lula
Carol Light wrote:
>
> Hi Lula -- I'll volunteer if I can get the job of Officer in Charge of
> Non-Existent Lists for Huge Stashes. I figure that anyone who already
> has those nicely organized computer lists of patterns don't need my
> help.
Hello Carol----now official keeper of non-lists---good stash
attitude---we don't really know what we have amassed through the
years--like that feeling of finding treasures whenever we are looking
for something else in the closets or drawers!
I've come across balls of wool colors I "forgot" I had and found
patterns and canvases I haven't seen in years---it's like Christmas
opening up my boxes and finding "new" things.
Lula
Wig & Judy Graves wrote:
>
> married you for your fabulous intelligence! It's clear to me that you
> are a really smart guy, based on your well-thought-out observations. My
> husband just says, "do whatever keeps you out of the funny farm." Which
> is probably enough :D
>
> Judy
Judy, thank for your keen observation. Lula also thought I was highly
intelligent prior to our marriage. I have since proven her wrong.
I am now relegated to cutting needlepoint canvas and evenweave fabrics
on the line, tracing the designs on canvas, and charting the counted
cross stitch designs. I also supervise the Company Mail Room. However,
we currently lack any Mail Room staff.
I will take a copy of your posting to publish in the Needlepoint Group
Newsletter and also hang in my office. Of course the copy in the office
will be enlarged to 12 inch letters because I want to see it from all
sides of the office.
Thanks from Roger aka Mr Wooly
Wig & Judy Graves
Lula wrote:
> Now we have Officer in Charge of Needlework Shops---Officer in Charge of
> Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions and I've just made Sharon G the
> Membership Chairperson!
>
> Who's next and for what office?
I want to be one of those grumpy people who sit in the back stitching
and muttering under their breath! I could be in charge of a whole group
of like-minded reprobates and maybe occasionally (if we all came to a
stopping point at the same time) we could organize a wave. I'm afraid
I'm not qualified for much else.
Judy
Wig & Judy Graves
Sharon G wrote:
> He Judy (of Wig and Judy Graves). get the printer rolling and you can do
> the membership cards. Everyone send Judy $1 to cover the costs of
> postage and mailing....she is going to kill me the next time I show up
> in Arizona!!!! She could get Injia to defend her in court. I can see
> her next project. She will be stitching a Sharon G Voodoo doll that Lula
> designs for her.
> Sharon G
Whoooaa!
My first reaction was ALRIGHT!!! I could finally see the possibilities
in all those "NEED MONEY FAST?" messages that I kept erasing - you know,
piles and piles of $1 bills :D I, too, could spam a million ngs with
news of my discovery: "it really works - get Sharon G to tell everyone
to send you money and watch the cash pour in!" But something about that
part about Injia and court caused me to pause...
BTW - how are those voodoo doll canvasses coming along ;)
BTW (again) - is that Brooke Tucker who makes doll houses??
Wig & Judy Graves
Lula wrote:
> I have learned a lot being in the needlework industry with Lula and can
> understand why people have to have large stashes of needlework
> materials. It makes them happy and feel good.
> Roger aka Mr.Wooly
Marina Salume
*What am I going to do with my wonderful stash - no kids to leave it to. I
*guess I'll just take it with me.
You have all of us! :-) (assuming we don't go first).
Seriously, I actually have a will and it requests that
my books and patterns and fabric be donated to organizations
that can appreciate them--my family wants my finished quilts and
needlework, luckily :-)
--marina
Anya
Wig & Judy Graves <wgr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>I want to be one of those grumpy people who sit in the back stitching
>and muttering under their breath! I could be in charge of a whole group
>of like-minded reprobates and maybe occasionally (if we all came to a
>stopping point at the same time) we could organize a wave. I'm afraid
>I'm not qualified for much else.
>
>Judy
Yaaaay, Judy! I wanna be a Stitching Curmudgeon, too! We can be the
Statler & Waldorf (remember them from The Muppet Show? ) of the Huge
Stash Society and heckle from the audience. Maybe we can get
ourselves a big gilt-and-velvet balcony box from an old vaudeville
theatre, huh? And then whenever the floss tangles, or the scissors
migrate out of sight, or I find another needle with my bare foot, I'll
have a proper venue to grump in.
Hey, everyone's got to have a calling, right?
Ann-Marie
(anya...@mindspring.com)
"I spent the afternoon musing on Life. If you come to think
of it, what a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else,
don't you know, if you see what I mean." - Bertie Wooster
mon...@bio.tamu.edu
>Just what we need Monique --- a lady who knows her plants and BTW do you
>know your BUGS too?
I've taken two courses in entomology, so, yes, I can tell a mayfly from a
springtail from a mealybug....
>Welcome to the office! They do have attractive floral decorations in
>those old samplers--always loved the stylized carnations(?) in the old
>samplers---or are they something else? The saw toothed triangular flower
>sometimes in various shades of graduated color? (Your first official
>question!)
Yes, you find lots of proto-carnations, especially in English designs. They
called their flowers "pinks"--not because they were pink, mind you (which
they were), but because the edges of the petals were zig-zag cut or "pinked".
Think of an old-fashioned pair of pinking shears. Today's florist carnations
are fancy hybrid grandchildren of some of these pinks.
Happy stitching and botanizing...
Monique
(whose current project involves making and dressing 14 5" felt snowmen...)
Roseanne Brown
H>It seems that most of you are, technically,
>members of the Stitching Division of the Huge
>Stash Society.
H>You need to be aware that you can also be
>a member of the HSS, Quilting Division
> Knitting/Crochet Division
> Sewing Division
> Rughooking Division
> Beading Division
>....and others into whose clutches I, for one,
>have not fallen!
> Nann
Well I guess I am in at least four divisions now, stitching, quilting
sewing and rug hooking... wouldn't mind learning the crochet...
Roseanne Brown
Roseann...@rook.wa.com
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* QMPro 1.51 * Wreck the Mall with Cows on Harleys
Lula
mon...@bio.tamu.edu wrote:
>
> Yes, you find lots of proto-carnations, especially in English designs. They
> called their flowers "pinks"--not because they were pink, mind you (which
> they were), but because the edges of the petals were zig-zag cut or "pinked".
> Think of an old-fashioned pair of pinking shears. Today's florist carnations
> are fancy hybrid grandchildren of some of these pinks.
Monique---
That was interesting---I had always wondered why they called these
carnation flowers "pinks" in their descriptions of old samplers.
Were the earlier carnations less "frilly" then? Were they smaller and
not have as much fullness to the surface?
I just like the way the flower has been stylized for needlework---seems
to be the most popular floral motif in samplers stitching.
Lula
<quoted from Roger aka Mr. Wooly in praise of his "great" intelligence>
> Perhaps Lula will stitch it for you?? It's the least she can do ;D
>
> Judy
Hahahaha---moi stitch?
But will consider making this Mr. Wooly's first stitching project!
You're inflating his ego and he'll want a raise! <VBG>
Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
Tunes
ROGER wrote:
> <snip>
> I also supervise the Company Mail Room. However,
> we currently lack any Mail Room staff.
>
> <snip>
>
> Thanks from Roger aka Mr Wooly
Hey Roger!!!
I'll just *bet* that as the Company Mail Room Supervisor (great title)
you don't have *any* problems with insubordination from your staff!!!
Could it have to do with your awesome management and persuasion
techniques? ;D
Toni
Sharon G
:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> BTW - how are those voodoo doll canvasses coming along ;)
>
> BTW (again) - is that Brooke Tucker who makes doll houses??
>
> Judy (who's investigating the membership card angle as we speak - but
> don't send money)
Judy,
Lula does much better with dolls so we will let her do the Voo doo dolls
(remember, I got the bugs)
Yes, that was Brooke Tucker, the famous miniature artist and daughter of
the sctor Forest Tucker (F Troop) that I was refering to.
Now, about the cash rolling in for the membership cards, I think an
Self Addressed Envelope would do but, remember Judy, you are dealing
with the grandaughter of bona fide Gypsies here so I guess spamming is
in my blood somehow. Sometimes it just leaks out... Sorry
Sharon G
Elizabeth Ohmer
Can we be members of more than one division? I'm afraid I fall into 3.
I liked it better when it was just one huge Huge Stash Society, then I
didn't have to admit to having different stashes (to us it sounds great
to 3 huge stashes, but to someone who doesn't understand, well, 1 huge
stash would be crazy enough, let alone *3*! they'd send me away for sure!)
Beth O.
Nann Blaine Hilyard (hil...@pol.org) wrote:
: It seems that most of you are, technically,
: members of the Stitching Division of the Huge
: Stash Society.
: You need to be aware that you can also be
: a member of the HSS, Quilting Division
: Knitting/Crochet Division
: Sewing Division
: Rughooking Division
: Beading Division
: ....and others into whose clutches I, for one,
: have not fallen!
: Nann
:
: at the library in Fargo
: hil...@pol.org
:
:
:
Wig & Judy Graves
Lula wrote:
> I'm going to paint a basketful of "little" people designs---the cranky
> boss, the MIL, something to keep around as handy pin cushions!
> Very useful needlepoint idea and highly decorative in the office.
>
> Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
These would be great - like itty-bitty dammit dolls :D Don't forget to
include a telemarketer and Martha Stewart.
Judy
Wig & Judy Graves
Anya wrote:
> Yaaaay, Judy! I wanna be a Stitching Curmudgeon, too! We can be the
> Statler & Waldorf (remember them from The Muppet Show? ) of the Huge
> Stash Society and heckle from the audience. Maybe we can get
> ourselves a big gilt-and-velvet balcony box from an old vaudeville
> theatre, huh?
Welcome to the club Ann-Marie; maybe we can talk Lula into making Robert
the Fozzie Bear to our Statler & Waldorf!
Course if Robert wants to sit in the back with us, he'll have to mutter
quietly; the whole point is to make people wonder, "what did he say??"
Judy
Wig & Judy Graves
Lula wrote:
> I am now relegated to cutting needlepoint canvas and evenweave fabrics
> on the line, tracing the designs on canvas, and charting the counted
> cross stitch designs. I also supervise the Company Mail Room. However,
> we currently lack any Mail Room staff.
Well, in the words of Thomas the Tank Engine, I guess that makes you a
Useful Engine!
> I will take a copy of your posting to publish in the Needlepoint Group
> Newsletter and also hang in my office. Of course the copy in the office
> will be enlarged to 12 inch letters because I want to see it from all
> sides of the office.
Perhaps Lula will stitch it for you?? It's the least she can do ;D
Judy
Marina Salume
>> Roger told me I'm going to be in trouble when I start sitting on my
>> piles of books and using them as major pieces of furniture!
I've seen several fancy decorating magazines where the very rich
clients used piles of books as end tables! Maybe your house will
end up in Architectural Digest :-)
I'd use books as end tables but my kids would want to make forts
out of them.
--marina
val...@atl.mindspring.com
>
>Now we have Officer in Charge of Needlework Shops---Officer in Charge of
>Needlework and Art Book Acquisitions and I've just made Sharon G the
>Membership Chairperson!
>
>Who's next and for what office?
>
>Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
I have been a bit slow in reading rctn this week so someone may have
already nominated themselves for the position I would like to run for.
So I won't be left out I will nominate myself for two positions. I have
already offered to do this for Lula but I shall offer to do this for each
and every member of HSS. I shall be glad to take care of each and
everyone's personal stash.Say you are going out of town You send me your
stash and I will babysit it while you are busy. I will inventory it (3
patterns for you,1 for me. Oh, you're missing a pattern? No, it never
got here.....must have been lost in the mail.), I will turn it so it
receives the correct amount of sunlight---floss needs a little sunlight to
encourage its happy and distinct colors! I will exercise it.(I shall leaf
through each of your books several times a day.) Those of you who paint
canvases---Lula, Sharon,etc.----I will take care of all paints and
brushes. Anything for our hardworking needlework designers.
The second position I would like to be appointed to is Personal Shopper
for the Huge Stash Society. Send me a list with what you are looking for
and I shall buy it for you. First you send me a check or checks or better
yet a book of checks and a clearly written copy of YOUR signature and I
won't ever have to bother you again. And you won't have to worry,I'll get
everything I,er...you want. I don't mind making sacrifices of my time for
any of you!.
grits
TheBlues
> I read this, and immediately thought of my DH's expression when he
> realized that after I had gotten all my DMC floss onto plastic bobbins, I
> was now reorganizing it into floss baggies. I spent a couple of evenings
> of precious stitching time just playing with the floss.
>
> Then again, he already knew I was nuts!
>
> Terri
Terri, I can picture my DH's expression too :-D But, I would have to point
out to him all of the time he spends reorganizing all of our computer files
(and *he* isn't the only one who has to suffer from this, whereas I am the
only one who has to cope with stash reorganization.)
-- Karin
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too
dark to read."
- Groucho Marx
blu...@iquest.net
TheBlues
> > One of my favorite books is The Embroiderers' Story by Thomasina Beck.
It
> > is beautifully writtten and illustrated. Today i just ordered
Samplers--5
> > Centuries of a Gentle Art by Anne Sebba. I can hardly wait to get it.
> >
> > Ellen
>
>[snip] You're very fortunate to have found the Anne Sebba Sampler history
> book--I have a copy I bought when I first started stitching I found on a
> sale table.
> Excellent book on the history of antique needlework, with lots of info
> on old samplers. Interesting to read.
>
> Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
>
the Library booksale. I got it for $.50. :-) Libraries don't always
realize that the books they purge are out-of-print and sought after. If
you have such an organization locally (most public libraries have similar
support), I would encourage you to check it out because I've found *many*
good stitching books there.
andrea tigar
Relaaaaax Judy. I work for types who create HUGE stashes of money.
You don't think a little ponsy scheme is going to bother me do you?
INJIA
Lula
Tunes wrote:
>
> ROGER wrote:
> > <snip>
>
> > I also supervise the Company Mail Room. However,
> > we currently lack any Mail Room staff.
> >
>
> Hey Roger!!!
>
> I'll just *bet* that as the Company Mail Room Supervisor (great title)
> you don't have *any* problems with insubordination from your staff!!!
> Could it have to do with your awesome management and persuasion
> techniques? ;D
>
No Toni, it's Lula, she doesn't want to do it and she has the awesome
management and persuasion techniques!
Roger aka Mr Wooly
Lula
> From: val...@atl.mindspring.com
> I have been a bit slow in reading rctn this week so someone may have
> already nominated themselves for the position I would like to run for.
> So I won't be left out I will nominate myself for two positions. I have
> already offered to do this for Lula but I shall offer to do this for each
> and every member of HSS. I shall be glad to take care of each and
> everyone's personal stash.Say you are going out of town You send me your
> stash and I will babysit it while you are busy. Those of you who paint
> canvases---Lula, Sharon,etc.----I will take care of all paints and
> brushes. Anything for our hardworking needlework designers.
> The second position I would like to be appointed to is Personal Shopper
> for the Huge Stash Society. Send me a list with what you are looking for
> and I shall buy it for you. First you send me a check or checks or better
> yet a book of checks and a clearly written copy of YOUR signature and I
> won't ever have to bother you again. And you won't have to worry,I'll get
> everything I,er...you want. I don't mind making sacrifices of my time for
> any of you!.
> grits
Gwyn---
LOL----Your heart is as BIG as warehouse!! What selfless devotion to
your fellow needleworkers!
So how can I refuse this wonderful, "selfless" offer?---you are now the
official RCTN HUGE Stash Society -- Stash keeper---accepts "tips" in the
form of charts, floss, fabrics and any other form of needlework
currency! Gwyn will gladly accept books on needlework and art too!
With this office Gwyn will be able to elevate herself to the HUGE Stash
Hall of Fame----in record time.
Now that I think about this, I wouldn't mind having this office
either---except I'm running out of space in my "warehouse"! This is
where Gwyn comes in....
Sharon G
I will inventory it (3
> patterns for you,1 for me. Oh, you're missing a pattern? No, it never
> got here.....must have been lost in the mail.),
You got a little bit of gypsy blood in you too????
You are my kind of person...Ok Lula, the job is hers.
Sharon G
Steve and Terri
Wig & Judy Graves (wgr...@earthlink.net) wrote:
: Lula wrote:
:
: > I'm going to paint a basketful of "little" people designs---the cranky
: > boss, the MIL, something to keep around as handy pin cushions!
: > Very useful needlepoint idea and highly decorative in the office.
: > Happy Stitching---Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
:
: These would be great - like itty-bitty dammit dolls :D Don't forget to
: include a telemarketer and Martha Stewart.
My ex would be a good addition, too (gee, the first time I can remember
saying he'd be good for something!) -- I have a strong notion that I'm
not the only woman who'd love to stitch him up and stick pins in him!
Then again, I don't know how many of them stitch...
Terri
--
Terri Carl
ter...@neosoft.com
Jim and Tina VanHoecke
> Seriously, I actually have a will and it requests that
> my books and patterns and fabric be donated to organizations
> that can appreciate them--my family wants my finished quilts and
> needlework, luckily :-)
>
> --marina
I have actually made my husband promise that if the house is ever on
fire, that he will try to grab as many of my framed pieces off of the
walls as possible. I know I have at least 70 completed pieces hanging in
my house. Of course I would want him to get the children out first, ;)
and I wouldn't want him to risk his life but these pieces are like my
babies. He just laughs at me and says yes dear I will do what I can if
it ever happens. He understands!
Tina, X marks the spot!
Your Name
This could get interesting! I'll take one of those membership cards.
I just added to my bead collection toady as well as my silk fiber
collection and fabric collection. You never know when you're going to need
something!
Lesley in Maine
les...@mint.net
Wig & Judy Graves <wgr...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<32A8A2...@earthlink.net>...
> Sharon G wrote:
>
> > He Judy (of Wig and Judy Graves). get the printer rolling and you can
do
> > the membership cards. Everyone send Judy $1 to cover the costs of
> > postage and mailing....
> > Sharon G
>
> Whoooaa!