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Mine would be my new magnifying lamp which magnifies 5 times and make things so much easier. Second would be the 2 metres of 32 ct. linen I found at an op shop and cost me $A1

I'm another one who hasn't been on here for quite some time. Due to eye problems I haven't done any stitching in a couple of years but I recently had eye surgery and am due to get new eye glasses shortly. Hopefully after that I will be able to pick up a needle and get on with what I was stitching on...

I've been having those exact thoughts recently. I am waiting to go into an aged care facility and won't have the space for all my finished projects to hang. I have a few friends who are interested in having something of mine to hang on their walls but as I have over 100 finishes here, not all framed...

This is a very true to life rose, thankyou Amanda. I really prefer the backstitched version, but then I prefer to backstitch all of my projects.

I stitched the Merry Christmas, 5 Santa design many years ago (still comes out every Christmas) I'm not sure if I still have the chart but if you are interested I would have a search and mail it to you.

I always had most of my stitching on my walls but will soon be moving into an aged care home where I will be limited on what I can hang. Because of the expense of framing I turned as many of my finished pieces as possible into bellpulls. Recently I had a friend make me a 3 fold screen that will fit ...

I live in Australia and while I haven't ordered from Silver Needle for a while I always found them very prompt with deliveries. They were also good at advising if there was a delay.

It's very much a personal choice. I have stitched on everything from sackcloth to linen, used aida for years but since discovering linen and evenweaves never use anything else. I make a lot of my work into wall hangings and find they hang better in the softer fabrics.

I'm another who has made several afghans in the past and also ran my thread under stitches at the back and then back through at least 3. I wouldn't advise using the sticky backed fabric on the back of the stitching, it wouldn't wash well (learned that the hard way) Also, I always put things I have s...

I'm another who has made several afghans in the past and also ran my thread under stitches at the back and then back through at least 3. I wouldn't advise using the sticky backed fabric on the back of the stitching, it wouldn't wash well (learned that the hard way) Also, I always put things I have s...

Almost 9 months to be exact. Thanks Sally for keeping in touch. DS and I moved into a flat together last November. The week before we moved my notebook died and as reception where we are was so poor I didn't bother looking for a new one until last week. Reception could still be better but at least i...

That is so exciting, Carole. I did a similar trip in 2005 and had a wonderful time meeting friends from a forum we were all members of. They used to have regular get togethers so arranged one for the time I was there. I also stayed with people in their homes. 6 weeks away and I only spent one night ...

You're are the second person I know who was given a huge stash over the weekend!!!! My friend was given so much she had to make a second trip with her car to get it all home. You are both very lucky and I know you will put it all to good use.

The self adhesive felt is plenty strong enough, it's all I ever use for backing single sided bookmarks and ornaments.

I haven't bought anything from them for many years, they were just as bad then.

Once I became an empty nester I decided that for once I would spend on any chart, fabric, accessories that I thought I needed. Now I'm about to move into an aged care home and can't take my extremely large stash with me. I have advertised it several times at extremely low prices and not been able to...

I learned to sew on that model Singer. My mother had all 3 of us girls learning to use the machine at age 7 and by 10 we were making our own dresses with a little help with inserting sleeves and putting on collars. My sister still has and uses the machine. Brings back a lot of memories. Love your ot...

I prefer it without the hearts. I found my eyes going straight to the hearts and away from the beautiful flowers.

My sons were christened in a very old 2ply wool shawl which had been crocheted by my grandmother for my mother's christening. It was quite yellowed but I was amazed by the comments of how lovely it was to see such an obviously old shawl being used. I washed it in wool wash but didn't worry about the...

I mostly stitch large projects and the only one I stitched twice was Teresa Wentzler's 'The Castle" I can't say I enjoyed doing it a second time but it was a specially requested wedding gift. Back in New Zealand I did sample stitching for a large importer of cross stitching supplies, they were ...