needlework resolution for 2005
gweh...@bellsouth.net
I'm resolved now to do 30 minutes a day, no more, no less and I'm
hoping this plan will get projects to completion sooner. Working in
big spurts seems to be working against me.
Another resolution- I won't buy anything new until on hand projects are
done.
Darla
>I'm getting bogged down and not enjoying the needlepoint much lately.
>I'm resolved now to do 30 minutes a day, no more, no less and I'm
>hoping this plan will get projects to completion sooner. Working in
>big spurts seems to be working against me.
This one's reasonable, and reasonably keepable. For me, it's "average
at least one working length (about 22" typically) of floss into
*some*thing per day." And yes, I keep a year-long tally of working
lengths consumed.
>Another resolution- I won't buy anything new until on hand projects are
>done.
*snerk*
Okay, how about vicariously? I have a $25 LNS GC from my best friend.
I just prowled Hoffman's and didn't see a thing that called to me. I
have fabric and fibers up the wazoo. I have a floor stand and a table
stand. I have lamps and magnifiers. I have an assortment of QSnaps.
They don't have an inhouse framer.
Darla
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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
i willuse my Knitting sewing and embroidery needlesc, my loom , my
crochet hooks and lots of materials that i have and make as much craft
and art things as i can ,,,
mirjam
Karen C - California
<dar...@mindspring.clothescom> writes:
> I
>have fabric and fibers up the wazoo.
Have you seen the new ones with the iridescent fiber woven in? I have some
old/cheap Aida with metallic that I'm going to experiment with -- I have some
fabric dyes that require the finished piece to be placed in an oven pre-heated
to 350 and then turned off, and there is some concern that even though the oven
is turned off, that the ambient temperature will melt the metallic.
I'm thinking <she says with an evil, enabling gleam in her eye> that St.
Petersburg would look fabulous on black with iridescent (stars twinkling in the
sky), and since the iridescent only comes in white and natural, if I can do it
safely, to dye the white stuff black. Theoretically, this should dye the
fabric, but not the iridescent.
You can get Pebeo Transparent dye at Michaels if you decide that I'm right, and
your LNS GC should just about cover the necessary yard of fabric.
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Saphira D Eragon
1) Stitch 3 before I buy 1 (in the hopes of eventually having the stash take
up less space....sighs)
2) Finish something, anything, no matter how small
3) Stitch even throughout the coming semester from he## (17 credits of
nursing school so I can be done)
4) Enjoy myself
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Cheryl Isaak
"Darla" <dar...@mindspring.clothescom> wrote:
> On 31 Dec 2004 16:57:54 -0800, gweh...@bellsouth.net wrote:
>
>> I'm getting bogged down and not enjoying the needlepoint much lately.
>> I'm resolved now to do 30 minutes a day, no more, no less and I'm
>> hoping this plan will get projects to completion sooner. Working in
>> big spurts seems to be working against me.
> This one's reasonable, and reasonably keepable. For me, it's "average
> at least one working length (about 22" typically) of floss into
> *some*thing per day." And yes, I keep a year-long tally of working
> lengths consumed.
>> Another resolution- I won't buy anything new until on hand projects are
>> done.
> *snerk*
> Okay, how about vicariously? I have a $25 LNS GC from my best friend.
> I just prowled Hoffman's and didn't see a thing that called to me. I
> have fabric and fibers up the wazoo. I have a floor stand and a table
> stand. I have lamps and magnifiers. I have an assortment of QSnaps.
> They don't have an inhouse framer.
> Darla
Darla,
How about the Norden site?
http://www.nordencrafts.com/NewDes.html
Enabling away!
Cheryl
Cheryl Isaak
Mine, more time stitching, teach DD to do simple sewing and finally finish
her afghan.
Cheryl
anne
learn to cross stitch
learn huck weaving on monk's cloth
learn the 'right' way to do blackwork
Most importantly, I resolve to continue to have fun with my needles!!!
--
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Gillian Murray
aftenoon, and stitch!! It sounds simple, but I am easily distracted by this
wretched computer! I WILL finish the Atlantic Seaboard Sampler, and the
Claire Murray "Cat and Pansies" pillow before I start anything else. I have
a complex wedding sampler to stitch, and will jump onto that when the
previous projects are done. The Sampler may be for their first anniversary
next July, but more likely to be done for their Second in 2006.
I also want to finish several of the UFOs this year. Some just have beads to
be added, and others are well over half-way completed.
Not stitching, but I WILL lose 14 lbs before my birthday in June!!
Gillian
Lucille
"Lucretia Borgia" <Lucreti...@florence.it> wrote in message
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> >Here's a few of mine:
>>
>>learn to cross stitch
>>
>>learn huck weaving on monk's cloth
>>
>>learn the 'right' way to do blackwork
>>
>>Most importantly, I resolve to continue to have fun with my needles!!!
>
> a new project starts with a course in April - big sigh - it's silly
> because some of them only need a couple more hours work, how much
> nicer can it be to keep finishing something ?
I'm going to try to keep to my resolution to finish the two things I'm
working on before I tackle the new for me hardanger embroidery piece that
arrived in the mail yesterday.
Would anyone like to bet the farm that I actually stick to that resolution
for any length of time;^}}}}}}}}}}
Lucille
Phyllis Maurer
Mine is that I will go back to a technique / stitch that I've decided I
HATE, and give it another try.
Phyllis
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Jeanine3
and magazines from which I never stitch anything. I'm going to
concentrate on acquiring only Italian needlework information this year.
Sounds so good, doesn't it? Mwah, ha, ha. The first new issue of
Inspirations will probably do me in - but until then...
;-)
Jeanine in Canada
Brenda
fascinating!
Karen C - California wrote:
> Have you seen the new ones with the iridescent fiber woven in? I have some
> old/cheap Aida with metallic that I'm going to experiment with -- I have some
> fabric dyes that require the finished piece to be placed in an oven pre-heated
> to 350 and then turned off, and there is some concern that even though the oven
> is turned off, that the ambient temperature will melt the metallic.
>
> I'm thinking <she says with an evil, enabling gleam in her eye> that St.
> Petersburg would look fabulous on black with iridescent (stars twinkling in the
> sky), and since the iridescent only comes in white and natural, if I can do it
> safely, to dye the white stuff black. Theoretically, this should dye the
> fabric, but not the iridescent.
>
> You can get Pebeo Transparent dye at Michaels if you decide that I'm right, and
> your LNS GC should just about cover the necessary yard of fabric.
--
Brenda
Brenda
stitching on DD's Christmas stocking again. That is, when the rash on
my hand isn't so painful that I can't stand to hold the project. I
guess it would be nice to finish the stocking this year but I'll settle
for half.
--
Brenda
Darla
California) wrote:
>I'm thinking <she says with an evil, enabling gleam in her eye> that St.
>Petersburg would look fabulous on black with iridescent
But Karen, I already have a handdyed Lugana 32 in Kiwi Illusions "Blue
Ice" all ready to go for St Pete.
The Lady Gardener
took a beating on 14 december when i was diagnosed with a tongue cancer
(non-smoker & light drinker). Date of surgery is 13 jan. looked at the
bright side, lots of time for stitching as i recover - then took nephew to a
playground on 29 Dec and fell and broke my right wrist. Wrist is now pinned
back together, but stitching plans are out the window!
I'm glad to see the back of 2004!
Joanne in West Australia
ps sorry for non-capitals typing one handed is not my forte.
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Gillian Murray
"The Lady Gardener" <Nos...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I was planning on this being the year I finish all the UFOs. However that
> took a beating on 14 december when i was diagnosed with a tongue cancer
> (non-smoker & light drinker). Date of surgery is 13 jan. looked at the
> bright side, lots of time for stitching as i recover - then took nephew to
> a
> playground on 29 Dec and fell and broke my right wrist. Wrist is now
> pinned
> back together, but stitching plans are out the window!
>
> I'm glad to see the back of 2004!
>
> Joanne in West Australia
>
> ps sorry for non-capitals typing one handed is not my forte.
>
I hope all goes well with the surgery, and your recuperation, I shall be
thinking of you. I am sure the recovery time will SEEM longer, since you
can't while away the hours stitching; however, yu can always fondle the
floss and call it therapy.
What a bummer having a fall like that. I sometimes thing how true the
saying is "It never rains but it pours".
Gillian
Florida
Sherri W.
gorgeous, and I was wondering if it's available as a chart only, or if
the expensive kit is the only option. The different fabric choices
discussed previously sound very tempting, but if I have to buy a kit,
then there'll be a fabric piece going to waste....
Thanks! Sherri
Darla wrote:
> On 01 Jan 2005 07:26:11 GMT, kmc...@aol.com.LuvXS (Karen C -
> California) wrote:
>
>
>>I'm thinking <she says with an evil, enabling gleam in her eye> that St.
>>Petersburg would look fabulous on black with iridescent
>
> But Karen, I already have a handdyed Lugana 32 in Kiwi Illusions "Blue
> Ice" all ready to go for St Pete.
> Darla
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Katherine Hutter
stitching, but truly finishing them), and to learn cutwork and
Mountmellick this year. I want to do more tone on tone work. And to
spend as much time stitching as i have been knitting. I love them both
but knitting has been easier on my hands lately so I've stuck with
that more. But I miss the stitching.
And last is to get rid of the patterns I will never do. It took me a
long time to go through my stash to find s New Year's project that I
realized I had too many patterns I no longer like. I finally settled
on stitching "Haiku" and began that yesterday.
Katherine
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:53:20 GMT, Lucretia Borgia
<Lucreti...@florence.it> wrote:
>>Here's a few of mine:
>>
>>learn to cross stitch
>>
>>learn huck weaving on monk's cloth
>>
>>learn the 'right' way to do blackwork
>>
>>Most importantly, I resolve to continue to have fun with my needles!!!
>
Dianne Lewandowski
piano student's father had cancer of the tongue last year. He is fine,
now. It was a bit of a recovery, but you'd never know there was any
problem, now.
Hugs to you, and may this all go by swiftly!
Dianne
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Karen C - California
<philant...@verizon.net> writes:
>I just saw this St. Pete's design in yesterday's Stitchery catalog. Very
>gorgeous, and I was wondering if it's available as a chart only, or if
>the expensive kit is the only option. The different fabric choices
>discussed previously sound very tempting, but if I have to buy a kit,
>then there'll be a fabric piece going to waste....
>
No, it's not available as chart only, and apparently TG doesn't release charts.
Stitchability in the UK has it with linen or with Aida, and the exchange rate
on the day I ordered got me a 20% discount over The Stitchery (which only has
it with linen).
The fabric won't go to waste -- you'll put it aside and think of something else
to do on it. It's huge, so just about anything else you could think of would
fit on it.
If you like Darla's notion of doing it on Sky, you can just buy a bottle of
blue Pebeo Transparent dye at Michaels, and create your own blue sky with white
clouds. Pick up a couple skeins of white floss, so you can critique the shade
of blue you're getting before you dab it on the fabric.
Lay a trash bag on your table, as wrinkle-free as you can get it. Dampen your
fabric and lay it on top of the trash bag, as wrinkle-free as you can get it.
Mix a bit of the dye with water in a paper cup. Take a sponge brush and dab it
on the fabric. The water in the fabric will wick the dye into adjacent areas,
so you don't need to paint the entire fabric. Let it dry overnight. If you're
not happy, wash the color out and repeat from Step One. If you are happy, heat
the oven to 350, turn it off, put the fabric in, and in 15-20 minutes, the
color will be permanent.
Karen C - California
<dar...@mindspring.clothescom> writes:
>>I'm thinking <she says with an evil, enabling gleam in her eye> that St.
>>Petersburg would look fabulous on black with iridescent
>But Karen, I already have a handdyed Lugana 32 in Kiwi Illusions "Blue
>Ice" all ready to go for St Pete.
And I'm sure that would be lovely. But wouldn't black be even more striking?
<leading Darla down the primrose path>
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
> I was planning on this being the year I finish all the UFOs. However that
> took a beating on 14 december when i was diagnosed with a tongue cancer
> (non-smoker & light drinker). Date of surgery is 13 jan. looked at the
> bright side, lots of time for stitching as i recover - then took nephew to a
> playground on 29 Dec and fell and broke my right wrist. Wrist is now pinned
> back together, but stitching plans are out the window!
>
> I'm glad to see the back of 2004!
>
> Joanne in West Australia
>
Joanne -
Sorry to hear of your unfortunate events but join us online - typing
one-handed is fine! - to chat as you recover. Just because you can't
actually stitch due to your bad wrist, no reason to go cold turkey. You
can still talk about stitching and enjoy it vicariously!
Will continue to send healing thoughts your way.
Sue
Jeanine3
gotten rid of an issue of a magazine, only to search it out and buy it
again, years later at a much bigger cost. Sigh. What I need to do is
_not_ go to the LNS or bookstore when I'm restless and unwilling to work
on existing projects. That's when I impulse-buy magazines with pretty
pictures. My friend the therapist says "recognition of a behaviour
pattern is the first step to correcting it" - LOL! I recognize most of
my impulses but it never seems to stop me continuing on with them.
-- Jeanine in Canada (who has ordered one Italian stitching book online
already - but no magazines so far. - Only 363 more days to get through
until the end of the year!)
Tara D wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 17:39:03 GMT, Jeanine3 <jea...@netscape.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I've resolved to stop collection free patterns that I'll _never_ stitch
>>and magazines from which I never stitch anything. I'm going to
>>concentrate on acquiring only Italian needlework information this year.
>>Sounds so good, doesn't it? Mwah, ha, ha. The first new issue of
>>Inspirations will probably do me in - but until then...
>>;-)
>>Jeanine in Canada
>
>
> Hehe. Been there, done that. Years ago, I simply subscribed to
> needlework magazines with abandon. Then I realized the same as you, I
> had magazines that held little or no interest of patterns I wanted to
> do. Since then the rule of thumb has been that there has to be no
> less than 3 patterns in a magazine for me to buy it. There is the odd
> one that passes the rule, but I've probably collected less than 10%
> the number of magazines in the past 10 years than I collected over the
> 3 years of subscriptions. I'll tend to buy a compilation book over a
> magazine these days.
>
> Tara
Dianne Lewandowski
> -- Jeanine in Canada (who has ordered one Italian stitching book online
> already - but no magazines so far. - Only 363 more days to get through
> until the end of the year!)
Ahhh, but those Italian stitching mags are awfully hard to resist!
By the way: I found out the answer to reed stitch. If you want a
diagram, email me.
Dianne
Darla
>Been there, done that. Years ago, I simply subscribed to
>needlework magazines with abandon. Then I realized the same as you, I
>had magazines that held little or no interest of patterns I wanted to
>do.
While I have a half a dozen or so others--definitely fewer than a
dozen, even after more than 20 years of XS mags--in my stash, I've
only actually stitched three designs from magazines.
...although I suppose I could argue that "Amid Amish Life" is actually
3 designs. ;->
Debra
1 I will try to finish the Kats by Kelly Winter Games before this
winter is over. (Yes I am that slow a stitcher.)
2 I will finish the quilted wall hanging for the bathroom.
3 I will try to use my stash rather than buying new materials.
4 I will work on at least one UFO or WIP during the year.
5 I will finish planning and begin sewing Bill's Space Quilt.
Debra in VA
Debra
<Nos...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I was planning on this being the year I finish all the UFOs. However that
>took a beating on 14 december when i was diagnosed with a tongue cancer
>(non-smoker & light drinker). Date of surgery is 13 jan. looked at the
>bright side, lots of time for stitching as i recover - then took nephew to a
>playground on 29 Dec and fell and broke my right wrist. Wrist is now pinned
>back together, but stitching plans are out the window!
>
>I'm glad to see the back of 2004!
>
>Joanne in West Australia
Where there is a will to stitch, there is a way. My best friend cross
stitched after her car accident. She had a broken right hand wrist
with an external fixator bar from her hand to mid-forearm. Yep, she's
right handed but she got around the problem. She got someone to put
material on a hoop, propped the hoop on her leg and leaned it on the
fixator bar, and stitched left handed. By the time the bones in her
wrist knitted she could almost stitch as fast left handed as she can
right handed, and she had found a way to put new projects into a hoop
for herself. I've done something similar when I've had my carpal
tunnel or tennis elbow act up. I just place the hoop so it spans the
gap between my tummy and my leg while I sit with one knee raised up.
I stitch with whichever hand that doesn't need the heating pad.
Yes, it's painfully slow at first, but you will find a position that's
reasonably good for you and slow progress is better than none. It
only takes a day or so to get used to stitching this way and then you
start gaining speed. Filling a needle one handed is a challenge--try
sticking the needle into a chair arm while you thread it. Just keep
thinking to yourself, "Other people found a way to stitch one handed
so I can too."
Debra in VA
Ruthie
You're in my prayers!
Ruthie in Colorado
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Darla
wrote:
>I've done something similar when I've had my carpal
>tunnel
Am I the only person who's never had CT problems from stitching? I've
even stitched with the CT brace on. But oh! the mousing! Or entering
data on the keypad!
Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply
>Am I the only person who's never had CT problems from stitching? ........
The onlly time I have ever had CT problems is when I try to stitch in hand
for too long! If I use a hoop, frame or The FANTASTIC StitchAway Fabric Mount,
I never have a problem. Now that I think about it, I have a problem when I am
using the "sewing" method when stitching in hand. I just finished a big
needlepoint model stitching project for Bucilla and it was stitched in hand. I
never had a problem with CT because I couldn't use the "sewing" method of
stitching. HMMM hadn't thought of that until now!!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
.
PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
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Karen C - California
<dar...@mindspring.clothescom> writes:
> But oh! the mousing!
That's where I noticed it. Our firm used WordPerfect for DOS, so most of my
day was spent with keyboard commands. But I had to use the mouse to go online,
and after just a few minutes, my right wrist was screaming. I don't know
whether it was that particular mouse or whether it would happen with all
mouses, but it forced my wrist to an odd angle.
That's why I have a track ball at home.
jv
bills themselves as a professional researcher could give such obviously
incorrect information.
First of all, these fabrics are not new... they've been around for
quite some time. Black Swan Designs published "Aurora" in 1995 on
Jobelan Silver Lurex. Even the opalescent fabrics have been around for
several years.
Secondly, I did a quick check on four sites and found that The Blended
Needle, Silkweaver, Sugar Maple Fabrics and Picture This Plus ALL have
dyed fabrics on the opalescent. PTP even has black-based ones that may
work for the design in question if black is what is wanted.
Please be more careful with your sweeping statements before you have
people who are new to the craft wasting yards of fabric on dying
attempts when they could have spent a fraction of the money to have a
professional give them the piece that they want.
Karen C - California wrote:
> Have you seen the new ones with the iridescent fiber woven in? I
have some
> old/cheap Aida with metallic that I'm going to experiment with -- I
have some
> fabric dyes that require the finished piece to be placed in an oven
pre-heated
> to 350 and then turned off, and there is some concern that even
though the oven
> is turned off, that the ambient temperature will melt the metallic.
>
> I'm thinking <she says with an evil, enabling gleam in her eye> that
St.
> Petersburg would look fabulous on black with iridescent (stars
twinkling in the
> sky), and since the iridescent only comes in white and natural, if I
can do it
> safely, to dye the white stuff black. Theoretically, this should dye
the
> fabric, but not the iridescent.
>
> You can get Pebeo Transparent dye at Michaels if you decide that I'm
right, and
> your LNS GC should just about cover the necessary yard of fabric.
>
>
Anne Tuchscherer
Meredith
I got my laptop two years ago.
Meredith
jv
some people here.
P_B_S...@cox.net
The needlework is the fun part. Sometimes I think I enjoy the process
more than owning the piece afterwards!
P_B_S...@cox.net
I am going to work on the surface work Jacobean silk piece 30 minutes
each week day but won't get that done this year with that.
I love intricate difficult pieces and this is one. I want that
textile.
I am doing the Leon Conrad Elizabethan Elegance series at my leisure .
I have no need for the textile but doing it for fun.
I have an Erica Wilson "country life" surface work in the wings to do
and not adding anything new because have knitting going also at the
moment. I am doing a rather intricate mohair scarf at the moment to
help along this old brain and keep it newer!
I
P_B_S...@cox.net
chart for the weekdays. I have no control over weekends at all in my
home! I have organized the day so that I have one hour of stitching
and one hour of reading every day. The house maintenance is organized
as well and with this big home, that takes 3 hours but I move like
crazy. I call that my exercise as well and now skip the gym and
driving time to there. I thought the gym would be good socially but
everyone comes and leaves quickly with our busy lives and it led to
zilch ... Cooking is one hour. With things organized ON PAPER, I was
able to actually accomplish this...Hope this might be of help to you if
you are seriously wanting stitching time. If you wait until all of the
work is done, you will never stitch. I did that for years. OR if is
so late at night and you are sooooo exhausted by then, you don't want
to do it.
Bungadora
whenever possible. That includes working on UFO's. Looking at last year's list
(and I will keep a list for this year too) I finished 27 projects, including
the knitting, beading, embroidery as well as the trellises I made to imprison
the cats in the back yard, which makes it a somewhat liberal definition of
projects in terms of this group, but it all takes time.
Dora
Darla
>Please be more careful with your sweeping statements before you have
>people who are new to the craft wasting yards of fabric on dying
>attempts
Yes, we can't have them croaking over changing fabric colors!
Sherri W.
Thanks for this wealth of advice and information---the new furnace has
cut WAY into my fun money for the next few months, but I'll keep an eye
on the kit and the fabric-dying possibilities for when I'm able to spare
the pennies....
All best, Sherri
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