what are you working on
Brynn Robbins
I'm not going to list all my UFOs (use your imagination - there are
plenty of them). I rotate my projects too but differently than any way
I've seen anybody else post about. I pick one new project and two UFOs
to stitch on. I stitch on each one for a week at a time (sometimes I
fudge a little bit) and I stitch on just those three until all of them
are done. Then I pick a new one and two more UFOs. So my current
projects are:
1) Wool reproduction sampler from 1995 SOX at VF
2) Nantucket Rose
3) A Christmas stocking for me (JUST FOR ME!)
Brynn
deb...@pobox.delnet.net
Anyone up for another round of what are you working on? I figured
this would be a good time since all the holiday stitching is
(allegedly) over.
I am currently working on:
1) Summer beauties(humming birds)
2) a wedding sampler for my sister
3) Garden Verses (Mirabilia)
4) Rose Carousel Horse (Dimensions)
5) Overwood (Jean Hilton needlepoint)
6) Stack of Snowmen (Homespun Elegance)
7) Hardanger samples
8) Winter Sampler
9) Noah’s Ark (Dimensions)
10) kimono (Creative Needlart?)
11) Strawberries Forever (MLI)
12) Summer Comes Calling (LA)
13) With my Needle (Just Nan)
14) a poinsettia ornament
15) Children’s Garden (MLI)
16) Twined Heart (Shepher's Bush)
17) Blue Moon Angel (MLI)
18) August quilt (Paula Vaughn)
19) Celtic Christmas (MLI)
20) Nantucket Rose (MLI)
21) Peacock Tapestry (TW)
22) oriental fans (?)
23) Hearts and Lace Sampler
24) blueberry homecoming (MLI)
Yes, I really am currently working on all of these. I've set up a
new rotation system so that everything gets worked on at least once a
month but some of them get worked on quite a bit more. I started
about ten of these since Christmas. I can never decide what to work
on first so I just work on all of them.
I've also got Innocent Guardian and TW's English Garden Sampler
waiting in the wings.
Debbie Y.
sgcapps
deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote in article <5cart6$4...@news2.ee.net>...
> Anyone up for another round of what are you working on? I figured
> this would be a good time since all the holiday stitching is
> (allegedly) over.
okay, I'll play too...
currently working on, not just planning to in 1997...
1. Peaceable Kingdom (TW)
2. BH&G xmas stocking w/ fireplace (can't remember the name right now)
3. blackwork pillow-top from a book (taking design and repeating it) --
black on mushroom lugana
4. Hummingbird w/ pink flowers (Crossed Wing silk gauze)
5. Queen Street Alley (Barbara and Cheryl -- gets worked on the least --
DH has requested that I hold it back until I get the gifts finished)
planning to work on during 1997
a. Windswept Santa from Dimensions (about 1/2 to 2/3 done)
b. the music room stocking from BH&G
c. a piece of drawn thread -- can't remember name, its a sampler done on
natl linen w/ ecru thread
d. Flower Power (it's georgous and I kinda like doing some silk gauze
work)
e. xmas stocking for DH -- artic animals and santa -- from a kit but I
changed fabric to navy aida
f. another stocking that DH likes -- cresent santa in the recent stitchery
mag -- done on black (yes, he's a sadist)
g. odds and ends such as little ornaments, silk ribbon pins, and tiny
samplers for gifts
Goodness gracious I'm going to be busy, I'd better stop reading and start
stitching!!
susan
Marge Parker
My UFO's are piling up too! I've now got a pretty good pile of knitted
items for the grandchildren for Easter/Spring and am just about to
start the embellishment on them with embroidery. This posting on what
are we working on made me go look ...
6 dresses
4 romper sets
9 cotton knit short-sleeved tops in various sizes
4 skirts w/matching tops
3 sets baby jogger-style outfits
Then there's the yarn sitting there waiting to be knitted for the
baby's (4 months old) 3 sleeper sets that has bunnies & baskets
embroidered on them. This is just the embellishment stuff. Then
there's the 2 needlepoint chair seat covers I've been working on
since my youngest grand-daughter was born over 2 years ago. :) My
main problem is I like to `dabble' in all the needlearts. <g> We
won't even count the pile of clothing that needs mending.
Sigh ... one of these days.
Marge
btl...@ibm.net
Wow. I am speechless. You would find me a little boring...I have only 3
projects in progress at the time being, one of them I wouldn't have
started, except we were going to the in'laws, and I needed a portable
project! A (short :) ) rundown:
First, my son's chessboard. A blackwork, lengthy project that I am
still working on the most. (from Newstitches magazine)
Second, what I call Goose Lady, from MLI, Butternut Road. This is more
of a project for me, my own enjoyment.
Third, a dime store special of two chickens. Very terrible graph, hard
to work, my husband has done more work on this one than I have.
That's about all, I am more of a one project at a time person, altho I
do usually have two or three going. I like to have a small portable one
for appointments, travel, etc. so I will be starting a perferated
plastic flying pig soon.
Chamberlain
Don Schooner
deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote:
>
> Anyone up for another round of what are you working on? I figured
> this would be a good time since all the holiday stitching is
I'm currently working on TW's English Cottage Sampler. My soon-to-be
next project is Prairie Schooler's "The Bremen Town Musicians" (One of
my favorite childhood stories---I was lucky enough to find this.)
Someday I want to do a pheasant picture for my husband, and I'm in love
with TW's English Garden Sampler.
--Susan *<)8^D
Paige McGhee
deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote:
Debbie,
GOSH!!!! and I though I had a lot of UFO's@!! My father bought
me Blueberry Homecoming LAST Christmas and I still have not started
it!! Got to do that, I am currently working on :
(counting needlepoint and CS)
1) Sam Hawkins - Hummingbirds
2) Marty Bell - Santuary
3) Barb & Cheryl - Rainbow Row
4) Post card bear in the bee hive by Prairie Schooler
5) Needlepoint "mini rug"
6) Drawn thread Tote bag (ANG project)
7) Needlework - Tea Pot Cottage (ANG project)
I think that is about it... I have plenty of projects I have
bought fabric and thread for but.. they do not count until I actually
start stitching right <<BBG>>.
Paige
> 24) blueberry homecoming (MLI)
> Yes, I really am currently working on all of these. I've set up a
>new rotation system so that everything gets worked on at least once a
>month but some of them get worked on quite a bit more.
Paige McGhee
mcg...@erols.com
Mechanicsville, VA
Your Name
In article <32E925...@Mindspring.com>, us03...@Mindspring.com says...
I'm workigg on (and have been for six months) the Sprint Tulips cushion
in the May/June 96 issue of Needlecrafts Cross Stitch Collection. It is
beautiful, but I'm really getting sick of it! I need a pep talk to get
back on it. I'm almost afraid to start another project for fear it will
become a UFO! I'm also doing bookmarks for our confirmants this Easter.
We have six and I thought a bookmark for their Bible's would be nice.
Amy in Florida
Perry and Lauri
deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote:
>Anyone up for another round of what are you working on?
Sure!! I am currently working on MLI's Angel of Spring. I just started
her on Wednesday.
Lauri
Ina Pearson
I am currently working on:
1. MLI's Fairy Dreams (3/4+) done
2. 17th Century-Style Band Sampler - Designs by Gloria &Pat (6 of 50
bands done)
3. Parlour Ribbons - Just Nan ( doing the beading)
4. Pulled thread samplers for EGA individual correspondence course (
1/2 done with first sampler : )
5. Test run of a proposed new correspondence course
6. In 3 weeks I will be adding 2 Kay Stannis pieces - Prelude and
Overture, which she will be teaching. I may be in over my head here,
since I have never done any silk and metal work, but am going to give
it a try.
To think that up until this fall I only worked on one project at a
time!!
Ina P.
David Stevens
Hi
I currently have these projects in the works:
1. Santa of the Forest (MLI, for a shop)
2. Midnight Enchanter (Dimensions chart & charms, for DH)
3. Winnie the Pooh and Piglet kit (for DS)
I also need to find time to do a couple of bookmarks
and a tee shirt before the end of the month.
TTYS,
Amy
Nicole M Bourgoin
In <01bc0a3d$b3fbd5c0$0100007f@ansley> "sgcapps" <sgc...@kconline.com> writes:
>deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote in article <5cart6$4...@news2.ee.net>...
>> Anyone up for another round of what are you working on? I figured
>> this would be a good time since all the holiday stitching is
>> (allegedly) over.
What am I working on? My Web pages, mostly, but that isn't stitching.
Current project: "Magic in Motion" kit by Dimensions. I screwed up a
whole row, but I'm repairing the area around it. I just don't have the
time to rip up.
UFOs (summer stitching)
Fairy Flora (repairing errors in skirt; wings and wand)
The Castle (backstitch)
angel bear kit (finding lost floss)
Just finished:
Green Apple's Windflower Fairy
Will start after Fairy Flora is finished:
either Fairy Moon or Unicorn
>planning to work on during 1997
>a. Windswept Santa from Dimensions (about 1/2 to 2/3 done)
I want that one, but I'm not sure about *another* kit. Maybe I'll get
it for Christmas, like the bear kit:)
>b. the music room stocking from BH&G
>c. a piece of drawn thread -- can't remember name, its a sampler done on
>natl linen w/ ecru thread
>d. Flower Power (it's georgous and I kinda like doing some silk gauze
>work)
>e. xmas stocking for DH -- artic animals and santa -- from a kit but I
>changed fabric to navy aida
>f. another stocking that DH likes -- cresent santa in the recent stitchery
>mag -- done on black (yes, he's a sadist)
>g. odds and ends such as little ornaments, silk ribbon pins, and tiny
>samplers for gifts
That many stockings? I've had one unfinished kit in my closet for 3
years. My mother bought it for me, and I didn't like it. She said that
she'll finish all my UFOs when she retires. I really hope so; if true,
we'll be up to our ears in framing and finishing next summer. I'll do a
stocking during fall semester for myself. If I only bring one project
to Iowa with me, my studies will be safe.
--
Nicole M Bourgoin
nbou...@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nbourgoi/homepage.html
Thutmosis
Let's see...I'm currently working on "A Time to Dream" by Paula Vaughn.
(I've been on this one awhile, but I'm about two-thirds the way done). I
just started "Rose of Sharon" by Mirabilia last month (on my new Lokscroll
that I just love!). There are a few UFO's in my stack that I won't
mention (I don't want to even think about that! :-) )
Dana
kbean
> deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote:
>
> Anyone up for another round of what are you working on? I figured
> this would be a good time since all the holiday stitching is
Hi! I don't post very often, but this looked like a good thread. I am
working on an antique heart roll by Shepherd's Bush. It is a very
small valentine's present for a friend. I hope to finish it this
weekend and start The Silver Needle by JustNan. Last weekend I did a
small valentine's sampler from The Drawn Thread.
The only thing I have left in my "to do" stack is one of the duck stamps
by Pegasus. I had so much trouble reading the pattern that I put it
down! I am not sure I will ever finish it. *sigh* I did finally finish
EarthDancer tho so maybe some day! :-)
Karen
TxDove on #stitch
Wendy Weber
Wow -- this thread is just in time -- I've just started a bunch of new
stuff:
1) TW's The Storyteller, for the boyfriend -- course I had to buy a
scroll frame, linen, new needles, floss bobbins, and so far, thirty
new skeins of floss. I've even managed to get about twenty stitches
in the linen so far.
2) Lilac Studio violas -- which is pretty much a USO.
3) TW's Just Cross Stitch Christmas ornaments -- also pretty close to
unstarted
4) And, our old favorite - the Cotton Scrap-yarn baby blanket from
hell.
(Wow, it sounds like I'm on my way to stash society membership)
Wendy (the wannabee)
Brynn Robbins
Well I was going to try not to say any more about this but this
recent post had an interesting angle I hadn't thought of before. I'm
sorry I didn't get the name of the poster but I marked my newsgroup read
before I could pour over my copy of "The Proper Stitch" to respond. I
also received several responses, including an email from Christina, on
taking into consideration the effect you want to achieve. Thanks to
everyone who gave my poor overworked brain even more to think about.
I looked at the antique sampler on page 40 of the book under my
magnifier (any letters suggesting that I might just be a wee bit
obsessed please send to my husband since he is already convinced of
it). It is impossible to tell in most of the stitches, but the stitches
in the name Frances and in the letters OCT of the date seem to me to be
stitched the way Darlene O'Steen suggests. I have no way of knowing if
she based her diagrams on this or any other sampler but I would assume
that she did. I think the book is wonderful. Any other admirers of
Darlene's book care to look and see what they think?
Brynn
Teresa Hooten Kozempel
Well, since everyone else is listing their projects, here's what I hope
to get to in 1997 ( I know I won't finish all of these, but hope I get
enough done to at least be started by the end of the year):
A stole for a friend's ordination to the priesthood in May (1/3 finished)
A sampler for dh for 20th Anniversary (just begun)
A sampler for daughter's graduation in June (just needs washing and
framing)
The Quiet Hour sampler for a friend (two bands to go!)
MLI's 1994 Christmas Madonna for special aunt- just begun
A Christmas Wish for "surrogate" Mom- just begun
MLI's Angel of Mercy- about 1/3 done
A large wall hanging, using an afghan, to include all of the MLI
Christmas angels
MLI's Mother Tree
Just Nan's "Star of Light"- taking a class in February- can this be done
in one class?
MLI's Spirit of Christmas
MLI's Celtic Christmas
SB Santaberry Pudding
MLI's Provence Sampler
P Buckley Moss's "The Newborn"
I already have the materials for all of the above- but in looking at this
list in print, I guess I'd better hope that I get to all of this by the
turn of the century :-)
Teresa/LadyDoc
laki...@aol.com
In article <5cdchn$v...@camel2.mindspring.com>, wwe...@atl.mindspring.com
(Wendy Weber) writes:
>
>4) And, our old favorite - the Cotton Scrap-yarn baby blanket from
>hell.
Ooooooooooh, this sounds interesting. Tell me more!
Lisa
Larry Anderson & Diane Hare
Brynn Robbins wrote:
> also received several responses, including an email from Christina, on
> magnifier (any letters suggesting that I might just be a wee bit
> obsessed please send to my husband since he is already convinced of
Brynn,
"Hi" again.
I got one from Christina too. I think that she might well be a very NEAT
lady, in ALL the admirable senses of the word. :)
Obsession? At least you don't have your nose in novels with FABIO on the
cover and sleep with one under your pillow "to dream on", now THAT'S an
obsession with which a DH could reasonably have a problem. We, however,
have enthusiastic, pure, HEALTHY interests. {how do you make a smug
smiley face?}
Diane Hare/MS.HARE foxn...@goldrush.com San Andreas, CA
snotmyfault
---
heck, I'll post 1/2 this to the LIST too!
Larry Anderson & Diane Hare
Brynn Robbins wrote:
> I looked at the antique sampler on page 40 of the book under my
> obsessed please send to my husband since he is already convinced of
Obsession? At least you don't have your nose in novels with FABIO on
the cover and sleep with one under your pillow "to dream on", now
THAT'S an obsession with which a DH could reasonably have a problem.
We, however, have enthusiastic, pure, HEALTHY interests.
{how do you make a smug smiley face?}
BTW, has anyone translated any of those charming covers to stitchery?
I've been tempted to embroider key motifs from the ATTACK OF THE FUZZY
BUNNIES on the back of a jacket, but can't decide between the
Rambo-esque
bunny with the machine gun and the French lop with the handgun.
Brynn Robbins
I'd go for the Dwarf Netherland Blue holding the Holy Handgrenade of
Antioch.
Brynn
Sally Klem
In article <19970125210...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
laki...@aol.com wrote:
Hmmmm! Must be the one for little devils! :) Sally in IN
Chris Braun
>A sampler for daughter's graduation in June (just needs washing and
>framing)
What have you done for her? I'd like to stitch something nice for my
niece's graduation (Kelley of the injured hands), and haven't found
anything intended for the occasion other than cutesy "the tassel is
worth the hassle" sorts of things. I'd love ideas!
Chris
Larry Anderson & Diane Hare
Brynn Robbins wrote:
> Diane Hare wrote:
> > BTW, has anyone translated any of those charming covers to stitchery?
> > I've been tempted to embroider key motifs from the ATTACK OF THE FUZZY
> > BUNNIES on the back of a jacket, but can't decide between the
> > Rambo-esque bunny with the machine gun and the French lop with the handgun.
> Brynn
Oh yes, wonderful idea! It could be done in double-running stitch on
cotton gauze with counted darning-stitch fillings.
There are sooooo many projects, so few fingers and toes to do them with
....
Judith Truly
--
Judith Truly
e-mail: b...@dnaco.net
fax: (937) 222-8309
Well, I guess I'll add my 2 cents worth. Currently working on:
Wool shawl w/Victorian houses around border (waste canvas)
Smokey Mt. Cats
Cross My Heart Hummingbirds
Paula Vaughan's "Tea, Roses & Romance"
Country Bride Appliqued Quilt
A knit sweater
Mike Vickery's Pansy Sampler
Christmas cards and ornaments for next year
And, of course, my Cathedral window angel quilt.
Whipple
Chris Braun wrote:
> I'd like to stitch something nice for my
> niece's graduation (Kelley of the injured hands), and haven't found
> anything intended for the occasion other than cutesy "the tassel is
> worth the hassle" sorts of things. I'd love ideas!
>
> Chris
I have a book called "It's the thought that counts" by Gloria and Pat.
There's a chart with a saying in it that might be good:
THAT WOMAN IS A SUCCESS...
Who loves life
and lives it to the fullest;
who has discovered and shared
the strengths and talents
that are uniquely her own;
who puts her best into each task
and leaves each situation
better than she found it;
who seeks and finds
that which is beautiful
in all people...and all things;
whose heart is full of love
and warm with compassion;
who has found joy in living
and peace within herself.
- Barbara J. Burrow
The chart has a little flowered border along the bottom. It's cute.
- Rebecca in Sacramento -
James or Laura King
What an eclectic group of stitchers hang out on this newsgroup. So many
designs that I haven't seen have been mentioned. I will add my current
projects to the list.
These are listed in the order of who is currently getting the most
attention, although I try to use a 10 hour rule, sometimes I lose count,
and other times I just don't want to stop on a given project until I
reach a certain point.
1. TW's Storyteller
2. New Stitches Snakes and Ladders gameboard
3. New Stitches Celtic Convolutions on a prefinished carryall bag.
4. BHG's Christmas Greeting Sampler
5. Ginger and Spice Acorn Sampler
Laura King
CHRIS MURAWSKI
>
> Well, since everyone else is listing their projects,
These are in progress - actually started -
1. Marie's Sampler - by Sam-CLoth Designs
2. Whitework III - by Sam-CLoth Designs
3. Lois-4 - by Something Different
4. Celtic Christmas - by MLI (just the beads are left)
5. Tea Sampler - by Nutmeg Needle
6. In Progress EGA sampler - each newsletter brings a different band
This is pretty mild for me. I once won a contest for having the most
unfinished projects (12) currently in my stitching bag.
Indy
Brynn Robbins
Larry Anderson & Diane Hare wrote:
>
Then I thought of that butterscotch bunny rabbit in "Roger and Me"
wrestling away the wooden mallet from the woman who is about to bonk him
in the head with it. This I would definitely love to see in cross
stitch.
Barbara Bandel
Here are my top priority projects:
1. Maureen Appleton Rose Wedding Sampler for my son and his fiancee.
Actually, despite my prior complaints, I'm on a roll now.
2. Band sampler Round Robin piece I received today
3. Linen sampler Round Robin piece which needs to have a Teddy Bear
on it.
4. And the REST of THE STASH - which is very extensive.
Barb Bandel
mom...@mindspring.com
Brian & Deborah Frost
Time for me to jump in! Since reading the recent posts on the 10 hour rule
I have arranged my projects so I do one every night of the week, in
addition to my robin. I love this system since it helps me move along on
some pieces that I haven't touched in a long time. Here's what I'm working
on:
1. Marriage Blessing (Leisure Arts, and my baby step into linen)
2. Espresso Yourself (ASN, Coffee...Coffee...Coffee; almost time a happy
dance with this one!)
3. Friendship Quilt (Janlynn kit from when I first started 5 yrs ago)
4. Garfield...What's Your Sign Libra (Millcraft, Inc -- also 5 yrs ago!)
5. Shells (another Janlynn kit from 4 yrs ago)
6. Pansies and Woodland Scene (frpm "Pansies in Profusion", an experiment
with an Aida doily)
7. TW's Fantasy Triptych kit (my big step into linen!)
I also have a stash that is waiting to be worked into the rotation --
recently purchased Earthdancer and MLI's "Angel of Summer", as well as Sue
Hillis' "Needleworker's Samper" and Linda Meyers "Handmade Treasures".
The kits kind of stare at me balefully since I've ignored them for so long,
so I'm trying really hard to get them done this year. My incentive is what
lies ahead in my stash!!
Happy Stitching All!
Deborah
kpaul...@aol.com
In article <32ea93e5....@news.mindspring.com>,
braun...@mindspring.com (Chris Braun) writes:
>
>What have you done for her? I'd like to stitch something nice for my
>niece's graduation (Kelley of the injured hands), and haven't found
>anything intended for the occasion other than cutesy "the tassel is
>worth the hassle" sorts of things. I'd love ideas!
>
>
Chris - Charland Designs has a "gorgeous" graduation sampler with a little
silver diploma charm. We carry it at our shop and it makes me wish I knew
someone who was graduating - I'm dying to stitch it. Guess I'll have to
wait until the year 2000 when my niece graduates. Oh well, maybe I should
buy it now?
"Friendships will last if they are put first." Anonymous
JoAnn
Wendy Weber
laki...@aol.com wrote:
>In article <5cdchn$v...@camel2.mindspring.com>, wwe...@atl.mindspring.com
>(Wendy Weber) writes:
>>
>>4) And, our old favorite - the Cotton Scrap-yarn baby blanket from
>>hell.
>Ooooooooooh, this sounds interesting. Tell me more!
>Lisa
It's really not very interesting --- when cotton sweaters were really
big a few years back, my sisters both bought a lot of cotton yarn and
knitting needles and tried to make sweaters. (Assuming it must be
easy, since sister Wendy can do it) Anyhoo -- they gave me their
sweaters to finish, but they had gone out of style by the time that
they gave up on them, so I have a ton of pastel cotton yarn that I'm
knitting up in alternating diamond two-sided argyle things on an
extremely long pair of circular number eight needles. I started it as
a baby blankey for my nephew (who's now two years old) and I turn to
it only when it's important for me to have yarn in my hands, without
having to pay much attention. The current measurements are 66 inches
wide by 30 inches long, but when you're knitting something that wide,
the rows take forever -- and it's not very portable, and since my
diamond color blocks are about 1-foot wide, I currently have eight
skeins hanging off of it, so I'm getting lots of practice with
tangles. Don't have a clue what I'm going to do with it when I finish
it -- maybe someone will have another baby by then.
Wendy (Curator of the Home for Unknit Yarn and Detangler
Extraordinaire)
Steve and Terri
sgcapps (sgc...@kconline.com) wrote:
[clipped the first part of a list of current and planned projects]
: d. Flower Power (it's georgous and I kinda like doing some silk gauze
: work)
Wow! The *whole thing* on silk gauze!
I have two questions:
Where do you find pieces of silk gauze that big?
and, how do you hold it? (The small pieces of silk gauze I've seen come
stapled into a mat-board frame.)
Terri
--
Terri Carl
ter...@neosoft.com
AChrist787
I'd like to know where you found the silk gauze as well. I haven't been
able to find any in the states.
Anne Christopherson
"Old roses are full of instructions on how to live right."
iluv...@aol.com
Is the silk gauze 40 ct.? How large a piece does it take? Is it mounted
on mat board? Thanks
iluv...@aol.com
Hi, Try Ginger's. I think she has it.
Rita
GingerLRRH at Ginger's Needlearts
5322 Cameron Rd
Austin,TX 78723 -2419
1-800-982-8444
ash...@aol.com
In article <19970126195...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
achri...@aol.com (AChrist787) writes:
>I'd like to know where you found the silk gauze as well. I haven't been
>able to find any in the states.
>
>
You can add me to that list too. The source I used to get silk gauze from
went out of business, and I'm down to my last couple of scraps. I need
more!
Asha
Susan L. Farber
Currently on scroll bars and in the rotation:
1-"Amid Amish Life - Tending the Garden" from CS&CC;
2-"Flower Power" from Crossed Wing;
3-"Baby in a Basket" from TIAG;
4-"Santa of the Forest" from L&L; and,
5-"Floral Welcome" from Cross My Heart
All that's left on "Tending the Garden" is the backstitching (should
finish today!!) I'll start "Visiting the Neighbors" when "Amid Amish
Life" comes back up in the rotation.
"Rose Duet I and II" (a series of 4 botanical style roses), "Pansy
Bouquet II" and "Snap Dragons" all from the Lilac Studio are likely
to be started this year. MLI's "The Bride" is in the USO pile right
behind the florals, then I think "Santa's List" from Treasures in
Needlework and "From the East" also from Treasures. Will probably
throw a couple of easier ones in ("Spring on Logan Creek" and "Winter
on Logan Creek" from CS&CC)
--
Sue in Concord, NH (su...@xefarber.mv.com)
"Lower your expectations - life will be simpler"
dawnb...@aol.com
This has been such a fun thread to read. My list:
1) Marty Bell's Miss Hathaway's Garden
2) Donna Vermillion Giampa's Heirloom Bouquests--trio of florals, largest
one aready hanging on my wall, 2nd one half done, 3rd one will take #2's
spot in rotation
3) Carolyn Shores Wright's Summer Beaties--one of the hummingbird scenes,
almost done
4) Angela Pullen's Merry Christmas from Just Cross Stitch, barely started
5) Flower Power
6) 1996 commemorative sampler from SOCS, to go into rotation *sometime*
7) Bear Blocks Wreath from BHG Christmas book--portable project, only
worked on away from home
Recently purchased and to add to rotation in March/April (after I move),
all for specific spots in the new house:
MLI Sweet Dreams
Pat Rogers' English Alphabet
Paula Vaughan's Good Neighbors
WAY to much to do, to little time to do it!
Dawn
Whipple
> Lisa
>
> "What's it going to do - nibble my bum?"
"I've soiled my armor, I was so scared!!"
- Rebecca
laki...@aol.com
In article <32EA95...@goldrush.com>, Larry Anderson & Diane Hare
<foxn...@goldrush.com> writes:
> I'd go for the Dwarf Netherland Blue holding the Holy Handgrenade of
Antioch
Wait, wait, I must have missed something!! WHAT is this all about?
bearh...@aol.com
Since everyone else is .... so will I
TW' "Fruit Bell Pull"
MLI "Enchanted Alphabet"
TW'"Peaceable Kingdom" ( just started)
Christmas Ornaments
Mirabilla "Santas Magic"(just bought the last skien of floss)
my own design ( really walking on a tight rope here)
and last but not least (Oh My),
TW's "Father Winter" ( still need to find all the floss)
In addition to all of this there are various other "small"projects mixed
in there.Plus I also sew ,quilt and am building a dollhouse. I guess you
can tell sleep isn't *real* important :>).
Bear
Evelyn Chagnon
iluv...@aol.com wrote:
>
> Is the silk gauze 40 ct.? How large a piece does it take? Is it mounted
> on mat board? Thanks
Dear Rita,
Silk Gauze comes in a variety of counts, starting with 24 count and
working upward, to the finer counts (40 is one). It comes by the yard
and is cut to size. It is mounted onto a mat board to facilitate
handling and stitching. It is too fragile to stitch unmounted, as it
ravels verrrrry easily. Edge Taping, as with heavier canvas, is not
acceptable for a variety of reasons, ie. fragility and cost! Binding,
as with linen, is not feasible, either. The availability is becoming a
problem, as Kreinik, the primary importer to US, has lost their source.
They do offer a poly silk but I haven't ordered any yet. I still have
one source for silk gauze but their supplies are running low, also!
Working on silk gauze allows the stitcher to do very fine count without
going blind...it is very open and translucent, so you can "see the
needle" as you come up from behind. Also, because the silk gauze is so
lovely in appearance, it provides a good bridge between counted work on
linen and needlepoint. You get to do fine count, you can do continental
or basket weave (half the time and work per stitch) but you don't finish
the background. I have one piece framed where I mounted the linen top
mat also behind the stitched gauze. It created an illusion of the
flowers "floating" on the background. Hope this has helped...e mail me
directly if you want further information re. silk gauze.
Needles, AYE!
evelyn
Pat Timpanaro
>What have you done for her? I'd like to stitch something nice for my
>niece's graduation (Kelley of the injured hands), and haven't found
>anything intended for the occasion other than cutesy "the tassel is
>worth the hassle" sorts of things. I'd love ideas!
How about just stitching something that Kelley would like, in her
taste? It doesn't have to be graduation-related. I know I would
rather have something with universal appeal than a graduation-specific
design. You could put something on the back saying that it was
stitched with love by her Aunt Chris in commemoration of her
anniversary.
Pat Timpanaro
Neon Flamingo Designs
neon...@crl.com
Jill Spreenberg-Robinson
Well, all you list-makers finally got to me, so I attempted to fool
myself into believing I was organized by making a list of the projects
I wanted to complete in 1997. Bad move - I'm seriously depressed now
that I realize how much 'stuff' I have waiting for me to do... ;)
Anyway, here's what I'm actually working on:
1) My first hardanger project, which I began last year but which got
interrupted by a baby, a wedding, and Christmas. I've converted the 36
inch square Hardanger Tea Cloth in CSS magazine to two 16 x 20 inch
rectangles for my glass-topped coffee table (I'd rather cover it than
dust it). ;)
2) Three more 'Christmas in my Heart' hardanger hearts by Emie Bishop.
These are the annual (beginning in '92) ornaments that are pictured on
greeting cards. I made 9 of them last year - 3 of them were ready in
time for Christmas '96, 3 were a couple weeks late, and 3 are completed
for Christmas '97 (I'm actually ahead!).
3) Seven to eleven Mill Hill beaded ornaments for my son (2) and the 9
assorted nieces and nephews - depending on whether I want to make them
for all of them, or for just those on my side whose parents actually
appreciate the effort (hint, hint)...Two are done, 5-9 to go...
Some I'd like to start this year:
1) Baby's 1st Christmas cube ornament for my son - he'll be 10. ;)
There's no statute of limitations on these things, is there?
2) 'Primitive Landscapes' by Homespun Elegance - all three.
3) Three beaded MH Treasured Holiday Sampler kits that DH and DS got
for me for Christmas.
4) Beaded 'Noel' bellpull from MH 'Christmas Jewels'
5) Design a mini sampler to insert in the top of a wooden needle case.
I'd like to do pulled stitches...
And the UFO's I'd like to finish this year:
1) Crewel stocking of Santa and animals (kit) for DH - he's never liked
the Statler and Waldorf (Muppet) one so this is a replacement. It's
been a UFO for several years now. :/
2) Crewel wedding sampler for us. This was also a kit, and was
actually completed and hanging up (for 16 years, mind you) - until I
made another for my newlywed brother last year and noticed how crummy
the satin stitching on ours looked. So, I frogged it but haven't
stitched it back - yet. Okay, so I really am nuts...
3) Add more reindeer to the duplicate stitch sweater I started in
'95...3 down, 5 to go...
Now you see why I'm depressed...So what am I doing here at the
computer? ;) Gotta go - with January nearly at an end, can December be
far behind?
Jill
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jrsp...@siu.edu
Whipple
Larry Anderson & Diane Hare wrote:
> I got one from Christina too. I think that she might well be a very NEAT
> lady, in ALL the admirable senses of the word. :)
Yep. Christina is a gem. Undoubtedly.
Rebecca in Sacramento
naomi pardue
Perry and Lauri (per...@tcd.net) wrote:
> deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote:
>
> >Anyone up for another round of what are you working on?
>
> Sure!! I am currently working on MLI's Angel of Spring. I just started
> her on Wednesday.
Sleeping Beauty.
Naomi
Beverly W. Shimada
I love this thread! I love reading what everyone else is working on.
My current projects are:
(1) "Sewing the Seeds". This is almost done-maybe one more
week. This is a gift for my office mate, and has a lot of backstitching.
Will make it into a tray.
(2) Angel of Love. My oldest "current" UFO. Need to work on
this as soon as I finish (1). I think I'll do the other side of the cloak
next, as the sleeves are driving me batty. For my niece.
(3) Hardanger Sewing Case from JCS last summer. I'm just
stitching it together. Should be done soon. Used green Davos and Antique
Rose Watercolours.
(4) Crocheted baby hat for my niece.
(5) Ornaments from La Broderie. These are satin stitched onto
Wood Violet Jobelan in Passion Waterlilies. I'm using other Waterlilies
to make additional ornaments. They are so pretty! and really easy and
fast. Yesterday at Cross Stitch Only I got some more Waterlilies to
stitch some more of these (at $3.75/skein, who could resist?).
Waiting to start:
(1) Cornfield from recent "Needlework" (I think) magazine. A
very realistic design, in surface embroidery.
(2) Celle Sampler from Permin.
(3) Vest, using pattern from The Needleworker from last
winter.
(4) EGA Beginning Ukrainian GCC.
I guess that's about enough!
Beverly
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Beverly Wilson Shimada bshi...@phoenix.princeton.edu
Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research
Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey, USA
and...@eco.twg.com
This is actually a good thread to reply to and say... I have officially
broken my New Years promise of not starting any more new projects.
In order to find something suitably thoughtful for Valentines I have
decided to make a quickie design for my bf. It is just his university logo
from a cross stitch book I got from a friends mother. Boy, that sounds
complicated! Since he is moving to Portland, OR (ie far from home) I
thought he might like a reminder of where he went to school. So there you
have it... my broken resolution.
I did just finish the RR sampler from hell so I am feeling proud that I get
to mail that off in time. I am also 2/3 finished an old RR that got
temporarily lost in the mail. I hope to finish that up tonight and send it
off to the patiently waiting owner.
Then on to the next RR sampler that should be arriving soon, and those 2
UFOs that I really really should get done. White Tiger by Ross on a
sweatshirt for my bf and A Child's Prayer from Just CrossStitch for my
mother.
Then of course, my brother is getting married, so Ive pulled out the
Antique Wedding Sampler by CrossMyHeart and looked it over. Darned good
thing I have like 7 months to do this. It could take that long according to
the chart.
*sigh* When am I going to get a chance to do those 2 USOs of Winnie the
Pooh and Tigger. hmmmm... ok, I have more then just those 2 USOs but those
are the ones I really want to get done.
Well, just a short list of the things Im working on... and its great to see
what others are working on too. Some of the projects other people are doing
give me hope that I should have no problems finishing up my things.
Andria
Kin of Sinn
1. Linda Reeves, Samplers of the Month, done all on one piece of fabric
2. Just Nan's Catnip Tea
3. Cross my Heart's Angel with Scroll ornament kit
4. Crossed Wings's barn owl without the barn for a round robin
5. same owl with the barn for myself ;-) (hey, if I've got the floss
out already anyway....)
6. the &(*)$% hand-quilted wall hanging
7. the big quilt
8. a sweater for my sister
9. a pair of mittens (that I probably won't be able to use until next
year ;-) )
10. a granny-square afghan
--slc
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Sharon L. Casteel cast...@mail.utexas.edu
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that
something else is more important than fear. -Ambrose Redmoon
Barbara Savak
I have lots of UFO's and USO's but my current pile includes:
1. TW's The Storyteller
2. Days of Olde Christmas tree skirt
3. A Christmas wreath sweatshirt
4. A bookmark for my MIL's impending birthday
5. Ornaments
I'm trying to use the 10 hour rotation rule and feel like that has helped
me get more done without getting bored.
Barbara
ven...@aol.com
Greetings!
Well, depending on if she's graduating from high school or college...
Here's what I did for my brother when he graduated from HS.
There's a chart called something like memorable moments or something. it
is one page and it is of a graduation cap with the actual graduation
tassel on it. The cap is done in the school colors, but I also added
matching blending filament.
The tassel is attached on the cap where it would normally go. I put his
name, date and school on it. It turned out really nice. Never got it
framed. I just stretched it and tacked a mat over it. He loved it! Cried
even...*grin*
You may be looking for something a bit more elaborate, but it's an idea.
Venecha
~DragonSpirit
An open door is an invitation for the cats to come in...
A loose screen is definately an open door.
luc...@aol.com
I have too many UFO to list, <blush> but thought you might
be interested in a chart I have almost finished by Teresa Walsh
called Peaceable Kingdom Picture. I saw TW's Peaceable
Kingdom on the WWW yesterday and realized that these are
different work--different artists. The one I have is of children of
all races, lots of animals--a giraffe, and elephant, a pequin,cats,
dogs and a tiger-- a real fun piece.
What is unique is that one of the children in the picture is in a
wheel chair and another one is walking with crutches. This is the
only chart I have ever seen which shows folks using assistive
devices and it is wonderful. I am making it for myself, but I
think a lot of folks might also want such a piece either for
themselves, or because they have a child who is handicapped
or they teach special children in school......or even because
they teach or have children period. My kit was published
by Candamar Design.
<3 Sondra
Brynn Robbins
Because off all the dissension we've been experiencing lately due to
posts that are offensive to some people, I've been amusing myself by
coming up with some off topic codes we could use to eliminate the
problem.
For your consideration:
OTC: Explicit Christina references; viewer discretion advised posts
OTD: Mommy, this dinosaur has no <anatomical reference>! posts
OTK: I'm talking about my kitty cat now posts
OTM: Those wretched little mice won't go into the humane trap; what
do I do now? posts
OTP: My doctor told me not to drive with my <anatomical reference>
for six weeks posts
OTS: Congratulate me, I haven't smoked in <fill in blank> weeks! posts
OTX: I cut off all my toes last night and they've all grown back;
quick call Scully posts
Can anyone think of any more of these codes that are bound to irritate
the ... wait I just thought of another one!
OTH: Lookout! I'm about to irritate the hell out of somebody posts
Brynn
Michelle Kurmas
> deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote:
>
> Anyone up for another round of what are you working on?
>
Okay, I'll play too......
I'm working on Jeweled Stitches from 1996 SOXS class. I finally got around
to putting it on the scroll bars so I could work on it.
I just bought the last of the supplies for Just Nan's Perserverance, so
I'll be starting that soon.
I'm need one more skein of silk and then I can start Just Nan's Silver
Needle and I have all the floss pulled for TW's Rocking Horse "Dancer" (a
special request for my daughter), but I need to get smaller side bars for
my scroll rods.
Plus I have my RR to work on......
That's a lot for me......
--
Happy Stitching!
Michelle Kurmas
kur...@worldnet.att.net
ven...@aol.com
Well, I suppose I should re-bore you guys with what I am *Still* working
on:
MLI Angel of Love (almost ready for beading)
Alphabet RR
Peacock Tapestry (can't seem to get this one back into the rotation
*wink*)
After Angel of Love is done, going to start:
Angel of Hope (for sick grandpa)
My Lady's Garden (for mom)
MLI's The Wedding (for dh on anniversary in 2000)
Any ideas for anniversary Next year??? Help!
Venecha
Larry Anderson & Diane Hare
Brynn Robbins wrote:
> * * *
> the ... wait I just thought of another one!
> OTH: Lookout! I'm about to irritate the hell out of somebody posts
But of course, there must be
OTO - Another post solely to gripe about OT posts.
To quote from another group:
> "[The new rules] should say, somewhere, 'UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY YOU
> POST FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF COMPLAINING THAT ANOTHER POST OUGHT NOT TO
> HAVE BEEN POSTED!'" -- Joy Beeson
-----
Relative to supporting your local full-service needlework store. I'll
buy black cotton floss where-ever it's convenient.
And yes, there's no frustration like asking for "linen" and being shown
cotton, and asking for "silk" and being shown rayon. It's right up there
with mail-ordering #36 and receiving something with a 34x33 count ...
arrrrgh!
And I'll cherish places that offer real support, five minutes of REAL
help when they've nothing better to do (when you're first customer all
morning) will make me more willing to pay a premium price than "We're
having a class on just that thing next {whenever}" ... $30 plus
materials.
Sorry about that ... I'd been driving 40 miles to my favorite yarn shop
and I just heard that it had closed. I don't know what I'll be able to
do to find a similar one. I need to look at new books and magazines
before I buy ... can't afford not to . . . Barnes and Noble doesn't
have everything for everybody in DEPTH.
Diane Hare/MS.HARE foxn...@goldrush.com San Andreas, CA
snotmyfault
Graham Seel
In <01bc0c56$033113c0$LocalHost@wildrose> "Michelle Kurmas"
<kur...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> writes:
>
>
>
>> deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote:
>>
>> Anyone up for another round of what are you working on?
to tell you about my current projects.
1. Celtic Christmas, didn't get too far with this before Christmas so
it is "resting" now.
2. E.G.A.Mystery Sampler, a really long band sampler that we started
almost a year ago, I got behind on this & I am madly trying to catch
up.
3. Year of Childhood, 12 small designs of children 1 for each month I
have finished up to July. My daughter has claimed this when I am
finished.
4. Year of Flowers, flower of the month designs I have done up toMay
on this one.
5. Peacock Tapestry, just started this one, joined the "support" group
for encouragement.
6 Victorian wedding sampler, just started.
7. 25th Anniversary sampler for SIL & BIL, also just started.
I have a project for each day of the week but I usually work on onetil
I get sick of it then switch to another.
In my USO stash I have all of the MLI angels, and a lot of Dawn Lewis
samplers. One day when I retire I will get to them <VBG>
Margaret
Liz Bell
FLOWER POWER on SILK GAUZE....am I reading this correctly????? Is someone
REALLY doing this...
Bowing in humility and awe...
Liz
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| A year from now, | LIZ BELL <>< | |
| what will you | lb...@austin.ibm.com | WISH you had done? |
|_____________________|_____________________________|_____________________ |
Geoffrey Nash
I just finished Just Nan's True Friends last night. It looks far
better than in the leaflet picture.
Now I'm only working on:
MLI White Lace - just started
TIAG Strawberries Forever - half way
Permin of Copenhagen Shopping Street - a few stitches
Victoria Sampler Silk Wisteria - half way
Elsa Williams The Happy Hands Sampler - half way
Dimensions Castles in the Sand - a bit done
Mill Hill Strawberry Basket - few stitches
Stumpwork Rose - half way
Framecraft Floral Greetings card - all but letters
Two silk ribbon cushions - from a class where I did very little
One silk ribbon sampler - from a class about 4 years ago
One smocking sampler - from a class last year
One french knot picture - from two years ago
One fairy picture - a few years ago
Myart Tiger Lily crewel embroidery picture - from years ago.
I was thinking with the ten hour rotation which is about a week's
stitching for me that I wouldn't get back to a project for 10 weeks
and that seemed like a long time but when I see the above list I'm
going to get back to some projects alot quicker than I have been
doing.
Phillipa (off to the shops to look for back copies of the Cross Stitch
Sampler magazine)
>In article <32E925...@Mindspring.com>, us03...@Mindspring.com says...
>>
>>I'm not going to list all my UFOs (use your imagination - there are
>>plenty of them). I rotate my projects too but differently than any way
>>I've seen anybody else post about. I pick one new project and two UFOs
>>to stitch on. I stitch on each one for a week at a time (sometimes I
>>fudge a little bit) and I stitch on just those three until all of them
>>are done. Then I pick a new one and two more UFOs. So my current
>>projects are:
>>
>> 1) Wool reproduction sampler from 1995 SOX at VF
>> 2) Nantucket Rose
>> 3) A Christmas stocking for me (JUST FOR ME!)
>>
>>Brynn
naomi pardue
naomi pardue (npa...@indiana.edu) wrote:
I'm sitting here reading about the dozen or more projects that each of
you are working on at one time...
How do you keep track? I LIKE being able to look at my chart and say
"Hmmm... dot, that means white, and reach for another legnth of white
floss. But if you are doing 10 different projects, how do you even BEGIN
to remember this stuff, or keep track of the bundles of floss, or, for
that matter, ever finish one?
I do have a couple of unfinished projects, some that will probably never
be finished, and one that just needs some lettering, but really, I can't
imagine trying to do that many projects at the same time. I mean,
doesn't it get frustrating to never finish anything?
Naomi
(Anxious to go home and pick up Sleeping Beauty, whch she hopes to get
finished by the end of winter.)
Judith Truly
--
Judith Truly
e-mail: b...@dnaco.net
fax: (937) 222-8309
Margaret: That "when I retire" stuff is a myth, you know. When you
retire,you do other things - Start a new business, take on extra
volunteer stuff, decide to move, travel, clean house, take up a new
hobby etc. There's NEVER enough time in a day for all you want to do.
Going to a job every day has nothe=ing to do with it. Judith
Steve and Terri
naomi pardue (npa...@indiana.edu) wrote:
: I'm sitting here reading about the dozen or more projects that each of
: you are working on at one time...
: How do you keep track? I LIKE being able to look at my chart and say
: "Hmmm... dot, that means white, and reach for another legnth of white
: floss. But if you are doing 10 different projects, how do you even BEGIN
: to remember this stuff, or keep track of the bundles of floss, or, for
: that matter, ever finish one?
I keep all the supplies for a project with a project -- if I wanted to
take it somewhere, all I'd have to do is pick it up, stick it in something
and go! I use Loran project cards and precut floss, and I write the
symbols for each color next to the color number and the floss on the card,
so I don't have to even look at the color key on the chart. It's really
not that hard to go from piece to piece -- especially since I don't pick
up more than one piece in an evening -- or three or four. The exception
is when I stitch over my lunch hour, or when I go to bed. And the same
thing applies about the floss card -- and I think being in a separate
place helps too, if that makes any sense.
: I do have a couple of unfinished projects, some that will probably never
: be finished, and one that just needs some lettering, but really, I can't
: imagine trying to do that many projects at the same time. I mean,
: doesn't it get frustrating to never finish anything?
Actually, since I usually have at least one big project going, it helps me
get through it. If I couldn't work on anything else before I finished the
MLI design I'm working on, I'd go nuts! Being able to finish a smaller
project every couple of weeks or so makes a lot of difference -- and
knowing that I'm still making progress on the big pieces at the same time
helps, too.
Besides, now and then I just get frustrated -- I'll make a mistake in
counting, and have to rip out some stitches, and I just don't feel like
it! (I frequently end up stitching after the kids are in bed, and I
should be too, but I just want to spend some time doing some stitching --
and waiting for Politically Incorrect to come one!) So I put the piece
away until the next time around, and work on something else. Then, when
I'm ready to stitch on the piece that needs frogging, I'm much more
patient with it -- the frogging is just something I have to do to enjoy
working on the piece again.
This is just the way that works best for me...
Terri
--
Terri Carl
ter...@neosoft.com
Dorsey
Way to go Brynn!!!!!
What about:
LMLF/FS: Love my lap frame and or floor stand.
--
Dorsey
Enjoy life's small pleasures
and the big ones will find you.
Brynn Robbins <us03...@Mindspring.com> wrote in article
<32ED3F...@Mindspring.com>...
> Because off all the dissension we've been experiencing lately due to
> posts that are offensive to some people, I've been amusing myself by
> coming up with some off topic codes we could use to eliminate the
> problem.
> For your consideration:
>
> OTC: Explicit Christina references; viewer discretion advised posts
> OTD: Mommy, this dinosaur has no <anatomical reference>! posts
> OTK: I'm talking about my kitty cat now posts
> OTM: Those wretched little mice won't go into the humane trap; what
> do I do now? posts
> OTP: My doctor told me not to drive with my <anatomical reference>
> for six weeks posts
> OTS: Congratulate me, I haven't smoked in <fill in blank> weeks! posts
> OTX: I cut off all my toes last night and they've all grown back;
> quick call Scully posts
>
> Can anyone think of any more of these codes that are bound to irritate
> the ... wait I just thought of another one!
>
> OTH: Lookout! I'm about to irritate the hell out of somebody posts
>
> Brynn
>
Steve and Terri
Jill Spreenberg-Robinson (jrsp...@siu.edu) wrote:
: Anyway, here's what I'm actually working on:
: [clip]
: 2) Three more 'Christmas in my Heart' hardanger hearts by Emie Bishop.
: greeting cards. I made 9 of them last year - 3 of them were ready in
: time for Christmas '96, 3 were a couple weeks late, and 3 are completed
: for Christmas '97 (I'm actually ahead!).
I found two of these -- how many are there? I did the one with the
spray of flowers with a silk ribbon bow across the top (for DH's
grandmother) and I've found the one with the red crystal heart on it,
but I've never seen the others. Do you (or anyone else) know if any
others are still available? (These are great little projects -- I used
the one for DH's grandmother as a sort of special holiday greetings
card...)
Sandra C. Taylor
I always enjoy this thread because it amazes me to read
how many projects most of you are working on simultaneously.
I just stitch one project at a time and am currently working
on Buttoned Yule by Shepherd's Bush.
Sandra
Anya
My turn . . .
Just Nan's Catnip Tea
TW's Rocking Horse "Sweetheart" (as a baby announcement)
Linda Driskell's Heirloom Sampler-in-a-Year
DVG's 12 Days of Christmas
Fairy Tale Stockings -- all three (from issues of The Needleworker)
Flying Santa (one of Lula's!)
At the SBS sale at Angels Landing, I got a couple of charts that seem
bound and determined to worm their way into this list, too -- Ming
Peonies and Ming Orchids. Not to mention Thea Dueck's Summer Dreams.
And a straight-stitch-only project called Misty Morning from the Jan.
'97 issue of Needlework (another UK magazine I cannot resist).
Technically these are USOs, but I'm sure they'll change to UFOs in the
not-too-distant future! %-)
And yes, I think the 10-hour rotation is the only way I'm going to
manage this. My USO pile seems to have gremlins in it -- charts and
projects keep leaping up and squeaking "me next! me next!"
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
Ronced
I was thinking the same thing myself. I am just the type of person who
has to finish one thing before I go on to others. (It's just how my mind
is programmed)
Also, I find if I put a project away for even a few days, and start
something I may enjoy a little more, it would be hard to go back and
finish the first one.
Oh, well, I know we all do things differently, but just thought I'd give
you a vote for your way of thinking.
Carol D.
Pat Thompson-Dumas
Hi, Carol -
You wrote:
> Also, I find if I put a project away for even a few days, and start
> something I may enjoy a little more, it would be hard to go back and
> finish the first one.
>
> Oh, well, I know we all do things differently, but just thought I'd give
> you a vote for your way of thinking.
> Carol D.
You know, I used to feel the same way, but I've found now that I'm able to
work longer and happier, without a feeling of "Dear God, I'll be ninety when
I finish this..." when I can mix and match what I'm working on.
For example, I have TW's "Rapunzel" about 1/3 finished, done on 32-count
linen, which is a bit rough unless in bright daylight; I have TW's "Night"
about 1/3 finished, on 28-count Jubilee and much easier on the eyes; needed
a break from the intensity of both so I finished backstitching an "Old World
Map" from a 1993 calendar that I started last year on 18-count light blue
Monaco; am starting MLI's "Children's Garden" because it will be an easy,
"take with me" project and I have a fair amount of traveling to do this month
and next...
This way I have something for every stitching mood. And I can watch the
progress on the them all! (I also like the fact that all of them have
very very different color combinations).
Just my .02.
Happy stitching,
Pat
--
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Mountain Lake Public Broadcasting | doesn't mean there really ISN'T
Pat_...@WCFE.pbs.org OR | something wrong with the server!"
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Marsha
Brynn Robbins <us03...@Mindspring.com> wrote:
>Because off all the dissension we've been experiencing lately due to
>posts that are offensive to some people, I've been amusing myself by
>coming up with some off topic codes we could use to eliminate the
>problem.
>For your consideration:
>
>OTC: Explicit Christina references; viewer discretion advised posts
>OTD: Mommy, this dinosaur has no <anatomical reference>! posts
>OTK: I'm talking about my kitty cat now posts
>OTM: Those wretched little mice won't go into the humane trap; what
> do I do now? posts
>OTP: My doctor told me not to drive with my <anatomical reference>
> for six weeks posts
>OTS: Congratulate me, I haven't smoked in <fill in blank> weeks! posts
>OTX: I cut off all my toes last night and they've all grown back;
> quick call Scully posts
>
>Can anyone think of any more of these codes that are bound to irritate
>the ... wait I just thought of another one!
>
>OTH: Lookout! I'm about to irritate the hell out of somebody posts
>
>Brynn
How about OTL: Humorous post here, with possible laughter or smiling
intended; not for the humor-impaired.
Thanks, Brynn, for getting my day off to a smiling start!
--Marsha
sgcapps
Steve and Terri <ter...@neosoft.com> wrote in article
<5cg3bk$m...@uuneo.neosoft.com>...
> sgcapps (sgc...@kconline.com) wrote:
> [clipped the first part of a list of current and planned projects]
>
> : d. Flower Power (it's georgous and I kinda like doing some silk gauze
> : work)
>
> Wow! The *whole thing* on silk gauze!
>
> I have two questions:
>
> Where do you find pieces of silk gauze that big?
>
> and, how do you hold it? (The small pieces of silk gauze I've seen come
> stapled into a mat-board frame.)
>
> Terri
>
>
okay Terri,
after i posted I started thinking,.... maybe I'm confused, maybe it isn't
silk gauze. I thought it was because it's Crossed Wing and because the
photo on the web (sorry, I can't remember which of us rctners put her's on
the web) looked like silk gauze to me. But... wouldn't it beautiful done
that way. And heck, I'm an engineer (biomed) maybe I can come up w/ a way
to hold it and a place to buy it.... If I do, I'll keep everyone posted....
In fact I'm putting a post-it note on my monitor right now...
Susan
> --
> Terri Carl
> ter...@neosoft.com
>
Teresa Hooten Kozempel
Since the title to this thread is Graduation design(What are you working
on) and I posted that I was doing a graduation sampler for my daughter, I
began to wonder if I started this sub-thread. Anyway...
I took a copy of the school shield in black and white to Office Max and
had them enlarge it three times.(That's how many times it took to get the
image the correct size for the graph paper I had.) Then I traced the
outline of the shield onto graph paper. I then filled in the chart
myself, working from the enlargements. I got out my handy-dandy book of
alphabets for XS and charted her name and graduation date. I then planned
the layout wiht the shield at the top and the wording below. I chose my
colos for the project by matching the school colors. Oh, and I decided on
the size of the chart to match the fabric I wished to use.
The finished project is a 11 x 14 design area, done on 10 ct cream/gold,
with navy blue perle cotton (school colors are navy/white). I'm going to
have it framed in plain gold. It really is wonderful- much better than I
thought it would be when I started.
Hope this idea helps anyone looking for something unique.
Oh, and I wil make a good copy of the chart and donate it to the school-
maybe others would want to reproduce the same thing for their kids.
Teresa/LadyDoc
Judith Truly
--
Judith Truly
e-mail: b...@dnaco.net
fax: (937) 222-8309
Hey Teresa: Your chart sounds great. Congratulations! And what a good
idea to donate a copy to the school. Judith
Amy K. Morgan
scta...@ix.netcom.com(Sandra C. Taylor) wrote:
>I just stitch one project at a time and am currently working
>on Buttoned Yule by Shepherd's Bush.
I wish I were this disciplined! I'm working on 6 things right now,
and am thinking about adding yet another to the bin.
I bet your house is clean, too... ;-)
Amy
Mother of John (7/31/95) and Joseph (10/25/96)
lynnxs
I also only work on one piece at a time, (currently MLI's The Teacher)
and my house is A MESS!!!
Lynn
Suzanne Dunford
AAAAAA! You can't include non-cross stitch items in your UFOs! I mean,
then I'll feel REALLY guilty. And here I was all excited that I didn't
have ten UFOs, so I felt like I had license to go get more projects. :)
Suzanne
Kin of Sinn wrote:
>
> deb...@pobox.delnet.net wrote:
> >Anyone up for another round of what are you working on?
>
> 1. Linda Reeves, Samplers of the Month, done all on one piece of fabric
>
> 2. Just Nan's Catnip Tea
>
> 3. Cross my Heart's Angel with Scroll ornament kit
>
> 4. Crossed Wings's barn owl without the barn for a round robin
>
> 5. same owl with the barn for myself ;-) (hey, if I've got the floss
> out already anyway....)
>
> 6. the &(*)$% hand-quilted wall hanging
>
> 7. the big quilt
>
> 8. a sweater for my sister
>
> 9. a pair of mittens (that I probably won't be able to use until next
> year ;-) )
>
> 10. a granny-square afghan
>
> --slc
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sharon L. Casteel cast...@mail.utexas.edu
>
> Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that
> something else is more important than fear. -Ambrose Redmoon
Ellen Henderson
Naomi and Terri,
When my mother taught me to sew in the 5th grade, I was not allowed to
start a new project until I finished the one I was working on. This
lasted as long as I lived with my parents which was until I was 18 and
went off to college. After that, I only finish a project if I need the
clothes to wear or am giving the needlework project as a gift. My UFO
pile really started about 7 years ago when I told my mother I would
embroider a whole quilt top if she would quilt it. I finished the top
about 5 years and about 125 skeins of floss later. She quilted it
immediately (of course), and now I've had it for 2 years waiting to bind
it. It is very beautiful, but I don't get very excited about binding it
since I can't use it because my 3 cats would surely wreck it. I also
have at least 6 projects started. 2 pretty much just need the outlining
and ribbon embroidery completed. The other ones are at most half-way
completed. I tend to do large projects which become tiresome after a
while, so having a few going at a time really cuts down on the
monotany. My only problem is sharing skeins of floss between projects.
I like your idea about the floss cards and color keys. Some of the kits
I've purchased have the floss cards supplied and I mark them with the
color name and appropriate symbol. I also use the snack size ziploc
bags especially for TW projects. I mark one set of bags with the color
name ( and number) and symbol. I mark another set with the symbols for
the blended colors. I string them together in the order on the leaflet
with heavy thread and needle leaving a little space for manuvering and
knot both ends. This is an easy way to keep track of everything and not
waste so much when you pick up blended thread and wonder what colors are
in it.
Ellen
Jill Spreenberg-Robinson
There are five (so far):
1992 - a mirror-image leaves & berries design w/a bow in the middle
1993 - a lacy one with a simple floral spray w/little stitched hearts
1994 - a mirror-image leaves w/bows & a stitched heart in the middle
1995 - the spray of flowers w/silk ribbon bow you mentioned
1996 - the candles & red crystal heart you mentioned
> I did the one with the
> spray of flowers with a silk ribbon bow across the top (for DH's
> grandmother) and I've found the one with the red crystal heart on it,
They're quick and fun, aren't they? :) The nine that I made last year
are:
4 of the 1992 heart,
3 of the 1993 heart,
1 1994 heart and
1 1996 heart
> but I've never seen the others. Do you (or anyone else) know if any
> others are still available? (These are great little projects -- I used
> the one for DH's grandmother as a sort of special holiday greetings
> card...)
Nordic Needle sells them (in packages of six). But, my local shop
special-ordered the six-packs of them for me and is selling the rest...
Jill
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>
> Terri
Jill
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btl...@ibm.net
Brynn Robbins wrote:
> OTS: Congratulate me, I haven't smoked in <fill in blank> weeks! posts
> OTX: I cut off all my toes last night and they've all grown back;
> quick call Scully posts
>
> Can anyone think of any more of these codes that are bound to irritate
> the ... wait I just thought of another one!
>
> OTH: Lookout! I'm about to irritate the hell out of somebody posts
>
I needed a laugh today, knew I would find something of value on this
newsgroup! Thanks, Brynn!
Chamberlain
deborah hogsden
Its a bit scary when you start looking at all your UFOS
but here goes:
French Breakfast Sampler ...just about finished
English Breakfast Sampler ...just begun
Sunflower Sampler
Sunflower cushion needlepoint
Edward a train for the US readers for the almost 3 yr old
to go with Thomas just finished
Herb wreath
Antique store by Permin
Beatrix Potter Alphabet Sarah is now five
Parrot needlepoint my own ist design only six years in the process
Nanci Rossi Noah's Ark
An extremely old Marjolin Bastin Baby thrushes in hedgerow
and last but not least a table cloth i started 12 years ago for a friends
wedding a heavy Germanic design out of a old burda mag
can't wait to start my latest a Liz Turner Diehl 16th Century
English Knot Garden if anyone has done this and has any hints
i would be grateful
oh well post-grad studies start next month so time will be even more
precious so better get going
deb in nz
dhuff...@aol.com
I can't remember if I delurked on this newsgoup or not. but here goes.
I've been stitching about 12 years really seriously since I joined EGA.
The projects I have currently going are
The Pineapple Bellpull from Fine Lines Magazine
Introduction to Stumpwork Sharon Cohen, Bird, flower, grapes etc.
At guild today I taught a stumpwork project which was 3 balloons. It went
over very well. Of course while there (our first meeting this year) I
picked up:
The Tree Of Life Sampler the one where profits go to breast cancer
research. We are doing this as a two month project. I'm stitching mine
for a dear friend who has been battling breast cancer for 6-7 years and
now has it in her hip bone.
We also got the instructions for the GCC Drawn Thread Sampler/Notebook.
We will be starting this as soon as the supplies are gathered.
I'm awaiting the mailings from the Sampler Gathering and Soxs so I can
sign up for more projects and do some major shopping so that will just
about take care of my year in stitches
PS. I love this board and flash session each day so I can keep up. It's
great
Donna
Karen Novakoski
My friend at the Uni. of Texas is getting her PhD. this year( sometime)
and I am currently working on a band sampler that will commemorate her
degree. I have a row of chili peppers, texas hats, longhorns, mortar board
and two pretty stitches (Queen, and something else I haven't gotten to yet!)
combined with her name, Uni. and date. Looks ok and I think she'll think
it's pretty cool!
Karen
SOCCRAPPEL
I really feel better knowing how many things everyone is doing at once.
Its like the old saying, it takes 10% of the time to do the first 90% and
90% of the time to do the last 10%. My wife is always trying to make me
feel guilty for wanting to start something new before finishing one
project.
My current list: (some active, some not)
MLI Guardian Angel- been doing this one over a year, getting close
PBM Nurses- started this one some years back, haven't worked on it in a
while
School's Out- a kit from Bucilla- this one doesn't take too much
concentration so its good to do to just relax.
Soon to began one of the Chapel Series from PM.
Good stitching everyone.
Paul
Torrance, Calif.
zic...@aol.com
In article
<Pine.GSO.3.95.970127...@tucson.princeton.edu>, "Beverly
W. Shimada" <bshi...@phoenix.princeton.edu> writes:
>
> (5) Ornaments from La Broderie. These are satin stitched onto
>Wood Violet Jobelan in Passion Waterlilies. I'm using other Waterlilies
>to make additional ornaments. They are so pretty! and really easy and
>fast. Yesterday at Cross Stitch Only I got some more Waterlilies to
>stitch some more of these (at $3.75/skein, who could resist?).
This sounds really fun, I love working with Waterlilies! Was this a kit
or a chart, and is it available through mail order???
Laura
Revathi Subramanian
I just finished a long stitch picture of "Thomas the Tank Engine" for my son who is almost
4. I am itching to start one of Thomas Kincade's kits ( I have 'Beside Still Waters' and
'Emerald Isle Cottage' in my USO pile) - I finished a needlepoint eyeglass case earlier
this month - My son wants me to stitch the picture of a car - looks like I have to start
the 10 hour rotation system! It is fun to read this newsgroup and listen to all of you
'needlework crazy' people!
Revathi Subramanian
San Diego, CA
Persephon9
birth sampler, baby bibs with cute vegetables (they have faces etc...),
easter
eggs, a really gorgeous "art deco" style design of a maiden on the moon.
It is done on black 28 count, I bought it, and am now wondering if I will
finish it before I am 90, has anyone worked on 28count black before? Is it
very difficult?
mass...@aol.com
Here's what I'm working on:
1. Round Robin - first rotation was in January; just received the second
samler.
2. Floral afghan from Cross Stitch Sampler - started in 1991 (I WILL get
this done)
3. White Pointsettias in a basket on red fabric - very pretty!
4. A Mickey and Minnie picture for my little cousin
5. A chatelaine
6. Sweetheart Tree band sampler from the stitching getaway I attended last
weekend
7. Shepard's Bush Merry Angel
8. Backwoods Snowman pillow
9. TW's stained glass ornaments
Monica
CHRIS MURAWSKI
luc...@aol.com wrote:
>
> In article <19970129181...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
> perse...@aol.com (Persephon9) writes:
>
> >inish it before I am 90, has anyone worked on 28count black before? Is it
> >very difficult?
>
> But, quite beautiful. <3 Sondra
Try putting a white towel/sheet/pillowcase on your lap while you stitch.
Also some people prefer natural daylight only. Depends on your eyes.
Indy
ja...@ziplink.net
In article <01bc0d1d$3bd24560$0100007f@ansley>, "sgcapps"
<sgc...@kconline.com> wrote:
<snip>
And heck, I'm an engineer (biomed) maybe I can come up w/ a way
> to hold it and a place to buy it.... If I do, I'll keep everyone posted....
> In fact I'm putting a post-it note on my monitor right now...
> Susan
Susan,
In Australia I was able to buy silk gauze in whatever size I needed from
the store at the end of my street! I used to just baste it to a mat I'd
fashioned from "korflute", which was a kind of corrugated plastic
available from hardware stores, and usually used for temporary signage.
Lightweight and cheap by the metre, and easy to stitch the silk gauze
onto. Dunno if this helps you though!
I know I can mail-order the gauze from my South Australian store, but
perhaps there's somewhere closer to my new home? Let me know ifyou find a
US supplier!
jenni
luc...@aol.com
DesignNut
Black fabric of any kind is much easier if you have the piece backlit.
Just have a lamp handy between you and the stitching and you will find it
much easier to see where the needle is supposed to go.
I just finished two elephant pieces (9 months of sheer
hell...joy...whatever) and couldn't have done it without the light.
d
Rosemary Peeler
Hey! I was thinking of including the housework - might be the only
way it'll get done.
Suzanne Dunford wrote:
>
> AAAAAA! You can't include non-cross stitch items in your UFOs! I mean,
> then I'll feel REALLY guilty. And here I was all excited that I didn't
> have ten UFOs, so I felt like I had license to go get more projects. :)
>
> Suzanne
>
Rosemary in Sydney, Australia
Deborah Meinhart
I just started Midnight Enchanter (a wizard) on 28ct. black jubilee.
When I was shopping for the fabric I looked at the jubilee next to some
28ct. black jobelan. When I looked at the jobelan I said,"Does this
actually have holes in it??" (and the fabric lady laughed and said,"and
you were thinking of doing it on 32ct??" (which they can't get any
more)). The holes in the jubilee were much easier for me to see
though. I'm not sure why I can see jubilee better because it is not a
particularly openly woven fabric, but for me it is an improvement over
the jobelan. So, what I'm trying to say is if you haven't bought your
fabric yet make sure you look at all the blacks available and maybe one
will work better for you than another.
And I agree with Indy, put something light underneath, wearing light
grey sweat pants while I work on it works well for me. I also use a
halogen light turned up very bright right over my head. I'm probably
getting a tan while I work on it too! <g>
Deb
--
Deborah Meinhart d...@pmei.com
Current stitching projects: Midnight Enchanter, Canvas Stitch Sampler,
The Castle, Chief Seattle's Testimony, Good Neighbors, Gomshall Flower
Shop
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CHRIS MURAWSKI wrote:
mdun...@aol.com
In article <01bc0d87$50793cc0$053061cb@hog>, "deborah hogsden"
<dhog...@clear.net.nz> writes:
>can't wait to start my latest a Liz Turner Diehl 16th Century
>English Knot Garden if anyone has done this and has any hints
>i would be grateful
>
>
Deb - in NZ -
I am about 2/3 done with this piece and it is beautiful - and the
specialty stitches make it fun to work on - I get tired of just x's....
My only comment would be to thoroughly read through the directions and
make sure you understand what information is pertaining to what portion of
the design - the color/symbols, stitches used, stitch diagrams and master
chart are on different pages and since there are so many it may be easy to
confuse yourself. Other than that I've had no difficulty - and since
there is a good variety of colors, fibers and stitches it makes it easy to
maintain interest.
Can't wait to finish mine - I have the companion medieval herb garden too!
Melissa
win...@prairienet.org
Jill Spreenberg-Robinson wrote:
<snip>
>>'Christmas in my Heart' hardanger hearts by Emie Bishop.
: These are the annual (beginning in '92) ornaments that are pictured on
: greeting cards. <<
I used one of these (don't remember which year's design) as
the basis for my DSis & DBIL's wedding sampler - built a band
sampler above it, and included one of the Bible readings
from their service.
I agree, they're lovely.
Kate in Il
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EUtz
Currently, I'm still working on the gargoyle project, and it's getting my
sole attention, 'cause I've been told that the show opens in "early 97"
and I want it done for opening night (whenever that is, grrrr). I have,
however, got my rotation set up for when I finish :)
1) TW's Mermaid
2) Lone Deer/Songalese's "The Hunter"
3) BH&G's Christmas House (my first Hardanger)
4) Black Swan's "Cymberleah"
5) a Dimension kit of a Puma/Mountain Lion
6) a kit (forget the mfr) of two pheasants.
Hmm. One more project, and I'll have one for every day of the week. Of
course, then I'll hear "Must be <insert day>, Elise is working on that
<insert project subject> again."
Elise
Dorsey
Hi:
Another trick is to stitch with a light on the undreside of piece. If your
working on a floor stand, that snake light we were all talking about can be
wraped around and place so that it placeces the light in just the right
spot. You can see the holes in the fabric really easy.
--
Dorsey
Enjoy life's small pleasures
and the big ones will find you.
CHRIS MURAWSKI <C-JMuraw...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
<32F011...@worldnet.att.net>...
PWilliams
I currently only have 2 that I'm working on.
1. Delft Blue China and Flower Still Life -- all shades of blue
with a bit of an accent in yellows, a mass of quarter stitches.
2. Celtic Christmas by MLI.
Had many more UFOs but finished them up before Christmas, and now I'm
trying to set a good example for young daughter. She, too, has a pile of
UFOs, and if we both had them all out at once, the clutter around here
would be unbearable.
Pat
Connie Brake (Friends University)
What am I working on?
We'll the only thing that I'm really "in progress" on right now is MLI's
Wedding for my sister (married last June) they are already expecting so I
guess I'd better start thinking about a baby thing of some sort (small
this time), and I recently found out that I'm expecting again, so I need
to come up with something for my baby and I spent my Christmas gift
certificates on all the supplies to stitch a Looney-Toons afgan for my
SIL's High School Grad gift.
And being 10 weeks pregnant with a one year old and working full time I'm
lucky to get in an hour of stitching a week, heck we're lucky to have
clean dishes and underwear around here :-). It's really hard now that I
can't leave anything out or Jeremy will have my thread from one end of the
house to the other (I have a very odd cat - she's never bothered it). I'm
hoping to retire and stay home with the kids when this baby comes in
August. MAYBE then I'll have time to stitch, but I doubt it. I think that
it's going to be a few more years before I'm back up to pre-child
production.
Connie
"Wishin' I was Stitchin'"
in Wichita