Hi from a newbie

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aussiestitcher
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Hi from a newbie

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Hi my name is Elaine and i have been cross stitching for over twenty years it has to be my favourite hobby.I was looking through websites to do with stitching and came across your forum and thought it would be great to make new friends that also have a love for cross stitch. :) :)
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Well you've come to the right place!!
Welcome from me in SW France. Stitchers from all over the World gather here! 8)
We are a friendly and often Zany group with lots of things going on!!
We're also very nosey and love to see what newbies are stitching so post up a few pics of your projects and Jump right in and Join us
We never bite Newbies! :lol: :lol:
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wendywombat wrote: We never bite Newbies! :lol: :lol:
No, but they do take bite's out of your chocolate bar :choc: !!! :wink:

Welcome to the forum, have lots of fun here!
Would love to see some of your work when you can.
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Welcome Elaine, jump right in and join the fun! We'll be looking forward to seeing your projects -- are you working on anything special at the moment?

*thinks -- all cross stitch projects are special!*

Well, I mean births birthdays anniversaries retirements or the creation of a family heirloom :-). My stitching is mostly small cards, but I'd love to know what sort of projects you like to do!
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Hello Elaine and welcome :D

What are you working on at the moment? We love to see pictures if you can post them. Jump in and join the fun :D
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Hi welcome to the forum.
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Hello and welcome, we are so glad that you decided to join the site. We love to have newbies come in and soon you will be posting your 1000 th. We celebrate those sort of things here. We are a helpful, nosey bunch so ask questions if you have them, share tips if you have them and let us see what you are doing....if you have some :lol:
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Hi Elaine, welcome to the forum, I hope you enjoy it on here, it is lots of fun :D
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Serinde
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And welcome from the West of Scotland. There are a couple of Aussies and NZ-ers on the forum, so I hope you'll feel at home.
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Hello and welcome from me, too. Glad you have found us! :lol:
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Hiyea and welcome to the forum do hope you have a great time here. :D
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Hello and welcome - I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here.
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Many thanks for the lovely welcome i am sure i will have a great time.At the moment i am stitching squares for an Australian charity that make up cross stitch squares into quilts for sick kids.In between those i am busy making stitching Birthday cards.I will post some pictures as soon as i can. :)
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Oooh a cross stitcher and quilter. We have a thread in the Other Crafts section about that very subject. I look forward to seeing some of your work.

Oh yea, and welcome from California!
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Hey there from a fellow newbie here.
Haven't been here long but have found lots of great stuff.
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Hello! Welcome to the forum! :)
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Hi Elaine,

Great to have you with us! Can't wait to have a peek at your work!!!
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I'm new too, and from Australia :D Welcome!
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