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My grandmother used to do embroidery and felt applique. I don;t remember her doing any cross stitch. My mom used to do crewel, embroidery and felt applique. When I was young, we went through stages of various crafts - macrame, felt applique, needlepoint on plastic canvas (I made LOTS of tissue box c...

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Wow! That's awesome!

I have one and have used it quite a lot. Of course, sometimes I stitch right up to the edge of my frame and then I have to remove the frame before I can get the detailer in there, but it works!

darlenes wrote:

corby_stitcher wrote:I do it this way, - /////// followed by \\\\\\\\\ i find it easier this way being left handed.

I am right handed and do it this way also. I start my piece in the very middle though.

That's how I work too.

I used lots of Kreinik blending filaments, braids, and ribbons in various projects and I love them. The blending filaments add just the right touch of sparkle. I typically stitch with pretty long strands, including with metallics. I just have to stitch a little slower with the metallics. I've used m...

My new cousin Charlie arrived on Nov 3. I went to see him this past weekend. Soooo cute. Guess I better hurry up and finish the sampler so I can get it framed. Its going to look so great in his nursery.


Darenda

Welcome from San Antonio!

Hi all-- my name is Darenda and I like to stitch. To date I have stitched somewhere around 40 patterns-- but since they go out into the world, I can't say for sure. One of the hardest pattern I have done is: http://www.twdesignworks.com/Designs/flb.html" target="_blank" target="_...