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Carole, I had two main reasons for wanting it. I am prepping for a new start at the beginning of the year and it will be my first time stitching on either 25 or 28 count. Going to do the Prairie Schooler alphabet all together on one piece of fabric. Pretty good sized piece and for the size I want I ...

Does anyone use a clip on light? I work with q-snaps and there are so many online to pick from but I am having a hard time to tell if they would clip well to the snap and how bright they are. Any links to what does work would help. I have even seen some that dim that caught my eye but some are quite ...

I have an android and was looking at a floss checklist right before Christmas. You have to purchase it and when I checked for last update it was quite some time ago so I was hesitant thinking it may be outdated. I ended up using Google drive and just importing an old spreadsheet and updating it to ...

I ended up contacting 123stitch and they have some amazing customer services. The issue was different suppliers and different dyes used to color the fabric. All of the fabric is beautiful. I am working on a piece on 32ct but I cannot stitch on it with my glasses on I am near sighted (my eyes tend to ...

I ordered myself a small pieces of both 25ct and 28 ct mushroom colored Lugana fabric to do some test stitching on and see if my eyes could tolerate the smaller counts for a project I have in mind. When I got to looking at the pieces the color difference between them is quite dramatic. One is a very ...

I love these stands Rose. I have the original one with the adjustable base. Clamps for my q-snaps and a 13" scroll frame. It will hold clamped on both sides up to an 8" and 11" q-snap (6"is to small) and if I happen to want a bigger one I can attach the extra upright arm from the scroll frame to one ...

Stitcher's station in Hillsboro Il is definitely worth a stop looks small from the outside but its 2 floors jam packed with goodies. The owner is very sweet and helpful too :-) I live a lot closer to her now but when I lived over by the river it was well worth the hour long drive just to visit. I ...

Me too mystonique its like are skin is almost to acidic and tarnashes the metal. I do the same as you and have a slight nickel allergy to go with. Wonder how many of us with this problem are having needle issues as well?

This thread got me looking also as I have been having trouble with breaking too. I have used piecemaker needles with my quilting and can vouch that they are good my quilt needles do bend but with quilting to me that is preferred and I will reach for them over a new one every time. :) I don't think ...

That is so sweet I love it!

That just blew my mind amazing! She has to be parking to the right to keep her threads straight. Seems she is starting her threads differently too I couldn't quite make out how though. Thanks for sharing I think it is amazing how we all have our own little ways of stitching even though we are all ...

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I will just have to keep looking. I'm afraid I don't have the budget or the room for a floor stand right now thats why I thought a lap stand would work better for me. I am also afraid the K's creation one I linked may not work for me either. I went to there site ...

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Re: Burlap?

I put a thread up in the wanted section for a pattern and there is one at this site very affordable. I am wondering I seem to remember reading here that there was a thought they had went out of business and had not taken down there site yet. Has anyone ordered from these guys recently or know if ...

Great find Yagami! I will start a thread and see if anyone has ordered from them recently for some reason I was thinking I read somewhere here that they may have went out of business and not taken there site down but that is one I didnt find on my searches. Thank you will see what I can find out.

Yes that first one you listed it is Precious Moments and I am a collector have been since I was a small child my mother and grandmother started me out that is why I had particular interest in that one certain pattern.

Several months back I looked at the O'holy Night Advent Calender from dimensions on a website I ended up bookmarking well the kit is discontinued now from my looking it seems it has been retired since 2010 I was not aware when I first looked at it that it was retired or I would have bought it then ...

If it is like the tissue box covers I have made with 4 square or rectangular pieces to form the sides I always start with the color used the most preferably the upper right hand corner. That first stitch I leave a good sized tail and then just stitch over it if you want leave a little extra and ...

Yes it makes perfect sense. Thank you Karen