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Raine's Tree of Stitches French Knots

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I have finally managed to download the instructions for Abi Gurden's Tree of Stitches found here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheStitchSpecialists/

Woo hoo! :dance: I'm a total dunce at Yahoo message boards and it has taken me days to figure it out, but I did it! I'm exhausted.

Now I need to pick fabric and thread. There was never a moment of hesitation in my mind about color. I'm a lifelong pink fanatic so I'll be having a cherry blossom pink tree. But will it be silk or something else? I'm such a newbie I think I'll go for a 28 count linen instead of something finer. I've never tried hand dyed linen before, so I'm thinking about it. Maybe a sky blue with clouds in it. So much fun!
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So glad you've got the pages all downloaded and I hope you have fun sorting out what fabric and threads you will use!
I can't wait to start on mine, but will have to wait a bit longer for some of my threads to arrive. I may just get going on it soon though, as I will be using a few variety of threads for mine!
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I can't wait to see yours. I should get started on mine. I only have some of the threads though i am pretty sure of my fabric. Haven't ordered any silks yet cause I've been dilly dallying I guess. :oops: In the meantime, I am just loving looking at all the others. Once I take my first step, I'll start an SAL too. At least I could get going on the first few parts. and I guess if I get impatient on thread there is always old reliable DMC regular.

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The frugal bug bit me tonight and I went shopping in my stash. That's always so fun. I have everything I need (not necessarily want) so I'm ready to start. Unfortunately I didn't have any 28 count so I'm going to have to work with 32 count, but I'm used to it so I think I'll be okay. :dance:
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Can't wait to see your Tree grow Raine! It's so much fun to all be stitching the same design together - but they will all be individual to us! I shopped from my stash too and discovered some threads I hadn't had the opportunity to use yet so it was as if they were 'new' anyway. Looking forward to seeing pics as always....... :wub:
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Alrighty! :dance:

Here's my Part 1. I'm using leftover Wichelt-Permin 32 count linen in Antique White that I used in my "What Cancer Cannot Do" project and many of the Silk Mori threads I've accumulated in delicious pinks and burgundies. I even have a frame that will work with this that I bought for something else it turned out not to work with, so this project is 100% stash! I love it! The trunk is a rich warm brown with golden highlights, but, as usual, my photography skills didn't pick that up. :roll: Must use your imagination. :D

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Nice start.Look forward to seeing what other colours you use in yours.
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Great start, lovely rich brown!
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Great start, and pinks and burgundies sound lovely!
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lovely start!! :applesauce: :applesauce:
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:applesauce: Beautiful start, I love the rich brown color. Looking forward to the next update.

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Excellent start! :applesauce: :applesauce:

I've just spent an hour creating a Yahoo account so I can join this group too! :shock:
Not the simplest process as you said! :roll: :lol:
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wendywombat wrote:Excellent start! :applesauce: :applesauce:

I've just spent an hour creating a Yahoo account so I can join this group too! :shock:
Not the simplest process as you said! :roll: :lol:
I know! I'm so glad to hear I'm not the only one! @rotfl:

But it's so worth it!
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You have to be sure to check your spam folder for the confirmation emails. I hardly ever get spam in my gmail account which is the one I use for forums and stitching stuff and didn't check it for like 2 days and thought I wasn't accepted to the group and there it had been sitting.

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Yep, mine was in spam too. I had further trouble getting that other form I can't think of the name of right now :roll: and the passwords but all's well that ends well.
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Oooh! Another one! I love all these different approaches to the same project! :wub:
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:wub: beautiful start--that brown is so rich looking!! :applesauce:
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Raine wrote:Yep, mine was in spam too. I had further trouble getting that other form I can't think of the name of right now :roll: and the passwords but all's well that ends well.
I applied as well but so far nothing. I delete spam folders so may have missed it. On the actual group it says still awaiting owner approval, so dunno!

EDIT: Got the e-mail. I feel like I've just been to a job interview! :thinks: :lol: :lol:
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Lovely start!!!!! :applesauce:
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Great start Raine, looking forward to seeing more of it, pinks and burgundies sound great!
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