Flowers - Iris
Brooke
and do a designer searh for The Silver Lining.......they do lovely
floral designs.....I am pretty sure they have some iris designs that you
could consider.
HTH,
Brooke-NC
WildLee030
gorgeous picture from Home Interiors that is framed in white - matting is
purple and white - and displays irises.
I would like to find a few cross stitch pictures of irises, so that I could
accompany my large picture.
Thanks for your help in advance. HAPPY STITCHING!
Kim
Coyotegal3
Coyotegal3
Sorry about that error! What I wanted to tell you is that I did one for my
daughter. I believe it was a Green Apple chart. The artist did a series of
flowers all of which are lovely.
My charts are packed away, but if you cannot locate one, let me know and I
will persuade my husband to get the box for me and I will get more information
for you.
Helen
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Big 3 sites for newbies
http://www.dnai.com/~kdyer/ online stitchers "bible"
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http://powerup.com.au/~sheal/freebie2.html tons of freebies
EAM
The Mary Hickmott's New Stitches magazine had a bell- pull with six
lovely irises last year. Brit Stitch handles their back issues in the US.
-- Elizabeth
wol...@pacbell.net
BritStitch is online at <http://www.britstitch.com/> and there's an
email link there.
HTH,
Nan Evelyn
Skyhooks
Serendipity Designs has a lovely botannical iris, see
<http://www.serendipitydesigns.com/Serendipity_Designs/the_botanical_collection.html>
You could change the blues to just the exact purples you need. Perhaps
this is a possibility. HTH.
Sweet Stitching!!!!
Helen (Skyhooks)
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Jerry and Alda Simpson
you can't find an e-mail or address, let me know and I'll dig through my
stash. I've got a pansy and a tulip from them.
Alda
KTortue
>The Silver Lining was at HOCS winston salem and had GORGEOUS iris.
IMHO, *everything* from Silver Lining is gorgeous. I buy 'em every now and
again for the I'll-never-stitch-it-but-I-love-to-look-at-it pile.
KathyK
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Mike & June Huber
Summer 1997 issue of Needleworker magazine. It's stitched on Lavender
Mist Belfast linen and is based on a watercolor painting by George Chen.
The picture is very soft and lifelike, with some watercolor-ish bits
stitched with one strand of floss (over two) in the background. Stitched
area (on Belfast) is 8 3/4"h x 6 1/8"w Back issues are available from
Needleworker at their website,
http://www.needleworker.com/
June in Houston (not affiliated, etc.--just a happy subscriber)
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
I stitched two of the irises from Mary Hickmott's New Stitches bell pull
on the ends of a table runner, then did Hardanger around the whole
thing. It was *breathtaking*. The photos of the irises in the mag didn't
do justice to the colors when they were actually stitched (I used DMC
floss). They were much brighter and more beautiful in real life.
Sue
> The Mary Hickmott's New Stitches magazine had a bell- pull with six
> lovely irises last year. Brit Stitch handles their back issues in the US.
--
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The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com
Kilmeny Jones
>
> There is a lovely Iris chart (and it's companion Orchid chart) in the
> Summer 1997 issue of Needleworker magazine. It's stitched on Lavender
> Mist Belfast linen and is based on a watercolor painting by George Chen.
> The picture is very soft and lifelike, with some watercolor-ish bits
> stitched with one strand of floss (over two) in the background. Stitched
> area (on Belfast) is 8 3/4"h x 6 1/8"w Back issues are available from
> Needleworker at their website,
> http://www.needleworker.com/
<< snip >>
Just to add to this - I just finished this one, and it comes out really
nicely. It took probably about 4 weeks to do, but that works out to
about an hour a night (if that) Monday-Friday, and around 6 hours total
on the weekends.
Kilmeny
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
wol...@pacbell.net
>The Silver Lining was at HOCS winston salem and had GORGEOUS iris. If
>you can't find an e-mail or address, let me know and I'll dig through
my
>stash. I've got a pansy and a tulip from them.
Marc's email address is <msaa...@aol.com> . You can also get The Silver
Lining's charts from Elegant Stitch, <http://www.elegantstitch.com/>
Nan Evelyn
wol...@pacbell.net
<19990730030720...@ng-fo1.aol.com>...
>IMHO, *everything* from Silver Lining is gorgeous. I buy 'em every now
and
>again for the I'll-never-stitch-it-but-I-love-to-look-at-it pile.
Oh, Kathy, how come you'll never stitch them?
Nan Evelyn, her brow all crinkled up in puzzlement
KTortue
>Oh, Kathy, how come you'll never stitch them?
>
Because I'm not fond of doing that much plain cross-stitch; I like band
samplers and Sue Lentz/Diane Evans type stuff much better.
OTOH, I really shouldn't say "never", as the purple pansies (Peekaboo) do cry
out to be on my wall...no, make that "scream at the top of their tiny plant
lungs!" :-D
Maybe when the Eterna silk arrives.
Kathy K (who now must consider purple silk pansies, maybe on the new 40 count
linen)
Jerry and Alda Simpson
That's the same pansy pattern that I picked up at Winston-Salem. Isn't
it beautiful. He told me he's working on a calla lily for next year. i
can hardly wait.
Alda
wol...@pacbell.net
<19990731043900...@ng-fr1.aol.com>...
>Nan Evelyn wrote:
>>Oh, Kathy, how come you'll never stitch them?
>>
>
>Because I'm not fond of doing that much plain cross-stitch; I like band
>samplers and Sue Lentz/Diane Evans type stuff much better.
>
>OTOH, I really shouldn't say "never", as the purple pansies (Peekaboo)
do cry
>out to be on my wall...no, make that "scream at the top of their tiny
plant
>lungs!" :-D
>
>Maybe when the Eterna silk arrives.
>
>Kathy K (who now must consider purple silk pansies, maybe on the new 40
count
>linen)
Mmmm...that sounds wonderful. I understand about the plain cross stitch.
I'm not knowledgable enough to know myself, but looking at the graphic
of Peekaboo at <http://www.hoffmandis.com> I'm wondering if some of the
specialty/canvaswork/needlepoint stitches might lend themselves to areas
of the Peekaboo design. Or maybe some bands or bordering around it, like
a frame. Or something in the background...some sort of openwork stitches
in a color close to the fabric?
Nan Evelyn
KTortue
>I'm wondering if some of the
>specialty/canvaswork/needlepoint stitches might lend themselves to areas
>of the Peekaboo design. Or maybe some bands or bordering around it, like
>a frame. Or something in the background...some sort of openwork stitches
>in a color close to the fabric?
>
Now there's an idea - borders of fancywork in place of mats, maybe? I'll keep
this in mind.
Kathy K (who's thinking real hard about purple silk pansies now!)
Kathleen Mary
Well, another perfectly good morning Wasted, Have GREAT fun reading all of
your posts - I truly enjoy this place, I admit it distracts me from my
duties and chores,sometimes, but heavens, it' better than TV !!! <guilt,
guilt > But the dishes do need to be done, the other two cat boxes are
screaming to be cleaned and I am sure I should brush my teeth sometime
today - And, NO, no writing other than to you all. Maybe after the chores,
I'll write some ?
I've Got great news. We finalized the Truck's paper work last Wednesday and
have been enjoying our new Truck... a Ford 250 diesel in Deep Wedgwood
Blue. (Hey, it was what they had on the lot. ) IT is what Leon would call a
'hummer' and is quite pretty. I had a little ceremony of putting, in the
front seat, it's first bottle of TUMS, my husband's favorite antacid and I
named the truck Sir Clydesdale. IT is a knight's horse, truly, Leon is a
Knight in his heart, noble and True of speech....Somehow, I see a needlework
picture of a Clydesdale horse and our truck being born in my head. I have
not seen Leon beam so pretty in a while, it's nice to see him have something
he really wanted. It was worth all the little sacrifices. We keep saying to
each other that we can not believe we actually bought such a nice vehicle -
we were both born rather poor and it is by our own efforts (and the
blessings of The Holy ONE ) that we have what we have. WE saved almost the
entire price ! I wish you all could have seen Leon driving it home Wednesday
night - I have rarely seen him so nervous !
I still have not bought anything needlework ... but Leon still has Overtime.
(He took his first day off in Seven Weeks - Thursday ... gee, I wonder why
???) So recruiting him to drive is impossible.
NOW I have shared my news (thanks for putting up with me, people !) I have a
question -
The garage is now a storage area - it is rather small and the Truck does not
fit in it - Would you store fabric in an unheated garage in the North
(rainy) West of the U.S.? MY instincts say no.. mildew and bad smells. Even
bugs maybe. But the temptation is very great, This is a rather small house
(1,000 Sq. Feet.) and storage is always at a minimum... I might even make
the garage a work room of sorts - it is only really cold in the deepest
chill of winter. I have my Christmas decorations out there and I have not
detected any damage. There is NO chance of rain damage, by the way. And,with
the truck parked outside, the garage is bound to be dryer. Well, think about
it and see what you think - I ask because I can not make up my mind. I
admit it IS a risk - the only thing I would not store there are my herbs
which are very precious and expensive. Thanks - Kathy Mary
Darling89
Hi! First of all~ CONGRATUALTIONS!! I too know the joy of a new truck. Last
year when we bought our chevy, I thought Jim(my DH) would die from the sheer
joy of it all!! LOL
Secondly~ I would think that it would be ok to store your fabric in the garage.
What were you planning on storing them in? You could use some of those plastic
containers and that should keep out any dampness that may find its way into
your garage!!
Of course that is only my 2cents....anyone else????
Tracey
Norma Anderson
Darling89 wrote in message
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:Kathy Mary~
Sometimes a plastic box is not as moisture tight as one might think, so you
could get those two gallon zip locks and store your fabric in those, then
put the bags in the plastic box.
Norma
ps, congrats on the new truck!
Old House Stitchery
linen or such in the garage, I would have to encourage you to look for space
elsewhere. I would be heartbroken if I ever found my fabrics with mildew on
them. If you absolutely have to store them in in an area that isn't heated
and cooled, then at least store some kitty litter in an old sock with it.
That will absorb some of the moisture.
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Darling89 wrote in message <19990809145627...@ng-ck1.aol.com>...
>Secondly~ I would think that it would be ok to store your fabric in the
Ruth409028
>(rainy) West of the U.S.? MY instincts say no.. mildew and bad smells. Even
>bugs maybe.
I would think if you bought pallets (or flats as they are called sometimes) and
stack your boxes on that it would help keep the creepy crawlers out. For sure
would keep water out unless it flooded. Frances
Take Jacques out before replying.
Dragonhag
your needlework stash in the garage!
Cram everything, neatly, in boxes in a closet and buy cedar blocks to place in
those boxes. Have DH add shelving above the clothes rod to the top of the
closet. If you use plastic boxes be sure to leave lids slightly ajar (so
everything can breathe) and put a cedar block in each container.
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fran
garage. We stored our sleeping bags in plastic bags the garage in TN
and they mildewed w/in a couple of years. We've never used the garage
to hold the car, so that wasn't an issue. Since you're in the Pacific
NW, the fabric might mildew even faster. I would only store them in
the garage if you finish as a room and run heat and AC into it.
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999 11:46:48 -0700, "Kathleen Mary"
<k.m.h...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>question -
>The garage is now a storage area - it is rather small and the Truck does not
>fit in it - Would you store fabric in an unheated garage in the North
>(rainy) West of the U.S.? MY instincts say no.. mildew and bad smells. Even
>bugs maybe. But the temptation is very great, This is a rather small house
>(1,000 Sq. Feet.) and storage is always at a minimum... I might even make
>the garage a work room of sorts - it is only really cold in the deepest
>chill of winter. I have my Christmas decorations out there and I have not
>detected any damage. There is NO chance of rain damage, by the way. And,with
>the truck parked outside, the garage is bound to be dryer. Well, think about
>it and see what you think - I ask because I can not make up my mind. I
>admit it IS a risk - the only thing I would not store there are my herbs
>which are very precious and expensive. Thanks - Kathy Mary
>
>
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storage unit in the south end of Seattle for almost 11 years while we were
traveling. I had zero mildew. Fabrics etc, were merely in sealed cardboard
boxes. We did put things up on pallets so they weren't right on the cement
floor. Good luck and congratulations on the new steed.
JJ fm Wa