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He was nice to me today He brought me Sean's valentines pressie a calligraphy set and book on learning it


He also brought me a long stitch kit off minij Thankyou

Oooh, are we gong to see pictures of Sean's calligraphy in the Other Crafts section?

Mabel Figworthy wrote:Oooh, are we gong to see pictures of Sean's calligraphy in the Other Crafts section?

I should think so once I get the camera sorted ( I have two wips I need to put up in the sal for some motivation )

Its something he's been wanting to try for a while so I hope he likes it

It's a lovely hobby; I'm rather sorry I don't seem to get round to it anymore . Should he ever want to learn gilding, tell him I'll do him a workshop

Whats gilding if you don't mind me asking please?

Using gold leaf to decorate your calligraphy. You can use it as part of a letter (usually a big initial), or as part of the decoration around a letter, or anywhere really . It doesn't show up very well on photographs (especially not when I take the pictures...), but here are a few examples:

Oh wow thats stunning I'm pretty sure he'll want to try that once he gets the knack of calligraphy

The postman brought me some lovely Alyce Schroth hand-dyed silks! Unfortunately the shop (in America) charged me for the heavy silk while sending the fine silk -- a difference of more than $1 per skein! I'll give them a call tonight.

Mabel Figworthy wrote:It's a lovely hobby; I'm rather sorry I don't seem to get round to it anymore . Should he ever want to learn gilding, tell him I'll do him a workshop

Please, pretty please could I have a lesson on gilding as I am renewing my interest in calligraphy.

Rosemary

The virtual postperson did. I mentioned on the other group that SusanF and I belong to about a HAED pattern I'd been looking at for a while. Well, Susan sent it to me in exchange for a kit I sent her a while ago. She is soooo sweet!!! Now it's off to Joann's today since they are having a sale on their DMC. Won't be starting it for a little while, but it never hurts to have everything on hand--especially when it's on sale!

Dawn, glad you got the kit OK,

Mabel, when you first said about gliding I thought you were talking about gliders (planes) I know you are a lady of many talents.
I had never heard of it as a craft, it looks beautiful

Midge sent my prize for winning the Countries Bingo - what a pleasant surprise!!

WITH THE MOST DELIGHTFUL HAND MADE CARD!!

Linen, aida and a fabulous selection of threads, including a DMC linen thread which I have not yet tried. I know they've received mixed reviews, so I am looking forward to making up my own mind.

Thank you, Midge!

XX

RosemaryH wrote:Please, pretty please could I have a lesson on gilding as I am renewing my interest in calligraphy.

All are welcome --just let me know beforehand that you're coming so I can get tea an biccies ready (and possibly some ...)

This morning I finally got my magazine with Nora Corbetts Halloween Fairy (trick or treat) in it, so now once ive finished all the wips i got..haha..I will start on her! (could take a while)

I got a love teddy DMC kit from minij this morning, from the trade/sell section Thankyou so much hun its lovely

Today I had a lovely post! Not a bill in sight!!
But instead a gorgeous red metallic thread from Rosemary and 4 wonderful pieces of fabric from Agi.

Thank you so much both of you, you're really kind!

Mrs Postie delivered a lovely red and white plastic hoop frame from Threadbear. Thanks very much it is exactly the same size as the green ones that I have been using.

Rosemary

a missing thread for the mystery sal

when i say missing, i mean the kids put it somewhere and instead of looking for it, i ordered another one off ebay

Last week I got my scroll frames that my mom ordered for me for my birthday. I've always used hoops but I am really liking the scroll frames!!!

No, he hasn't.
I am waiting for Dawn's cow ATC and for a lovely book Nettie has sent to me and none of them have arrived yet. Post between UK and Hungary is crazy, normally things arrive in 2-3 days, but just once in a while it takes them 3-4 weeks to come. And there was one order from Sew and so that simply disappeared.