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That stand looks very nice indeed

Received my second shipment of Vikki Clayton silk monthly, purples and violets

The Vikki Clayton silk sound very nice!!

I finally found a place that sells Madeira floss at a reasonable price ($.60 per package instead of the $1.80 or even $2.00 I've been seeing) and received my order today. Is it just me or they do look brighter than DMC?

Theresay wrote:I finally found a place that sells Madeira floss at a reasonable price ($.60 per package instead of the $1.80 or even $2.00 I've been seeing) and received my order today. Is it just me or they do look brighter than DMC?

that is great!! fantastic price on them, where did you find it for that price, inquiring minds want to know

karen4bells wrote:

Theresay wrote:I finally found a place that sells Madeira floss at a reasonable price ($.60 per package instead of the $1.80 or even $2.00 I've been seeing) and received my order today. Is it just me or they do look brighter than DMC?

that is great!! fantastic price on them, where did you find it for that price, inquiring minds want to know

Thread Express. They also carry lots of different silk floss and hand-dyed/overdyed threads.

Thank you so much for the link! I'm definitely going to have a look at that site!

Got 11 tubes of Aida 14 ct and 1 of Aida 18 ct just now, from ebay. Kitty is curious.

beautiful stash and very pretty kitty!!

What pretty colors those fabrics are. Do you have plans for each one?
And what a pretty kitty. No way you can keep them away.

Carole

That's a lot of Aida, and such pretty colours

I don't have plans for all of them yet. It was a lot sale and I was almost out of my huge piece of white Aida, so I thought "Why not?". They're all 15x18 pieces. Now I need to find a nice lot of evenweave.

The mauve looking one will be used on the Owl SAL from Oakhaven though, I'll stitch it for my husband's grandmother, as she collects owls.

Not exactly the Postman, but the new Michaels near my house (only 5 minutes away) had the grand opening today and a 50% off coupon for one item today and 40% for one tomorrow and 50% off next week-end. So I will be making several trips. Got the evenweave for my HAED pattern today. 25 ct. It said white, but I got a more offwhite and think it will still be fine. The girl at the checkout asked what I was doing and said she cross stitches and has seen many of the HAED designs but hasn't had the courage to try one yet. I told her this would be my first and if it goes well that I was going to be truly addicted. I am already trying to figure out how they would go on my "infamous" afghans, but that is way into the future. I'm afraid I will need to be saving up for frames. Anyway, I am excited about the pattern and the fabric. Now I need to go back and read the threads with all the tips for doing HAEDs and evenweave. I am thinking that tent stitch 1 over 1 would be different. I'm also thinking since evenweave is on sale that I might get another one just for practice. Well, just talked myself into that for tomorrow. At 40% off it would still be a good deal.

Carole

It's nice that you met a fellow cross stitcher at a local shop...I never had such luck!

That's great Carole! I'm taking a trip to Michael's this weekend as well, to get the rest of the threads for my first HAED, I hope there's some sale going on when I go. And I hope they have all the numbers I need.

Got another evenweave to practice on but better than that just downloaded the freebie from HAED. In celebration of fairy day. It came in an email. And also notice of a sale coming up.
which will last until July 4 and be the last one until Labor Day. I AM SO TEMPTED. I also have to sign up for BB there. But I guess that goes on another thread.

I do have a few more coupons for Michael. They say that only one per day can be used but when I was checking out an asst manager said they could ring items up as seperate transactions. So now I am thinking some of the jewel DMC packets. They are so lovely. I'm not sure where I would use them, but I just love them. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Carole

I just received some wonderful surprise threads in the mail!! Glow in the dark and sparkley green silk braid.

I'd like to thank the member that sent them...but I only have a last name! I'm sure she knows who she is though...so THANK YOU!

I got a lovely present from a lady on ravelry today! Three hand knit dishcloths in pink and white varigated yarn and a set of pink fingerless gloves she made for me! She also sent me all the remaining yarn from the gloves for just in case repairs they may need and a skien of varigated pink sock yarn too!!! Not stitchy related, but a wonderful gift!!! I am abolutely over the moon!

What a lovely present Angel!

I got an ebay "pressie" today - for £11, 42 skeins of threads, some waterlillies, many Needle necessities variagated hand dyed, Weeks dye works and other wonderful speciality threads! Bargain, and I'm really pleased, and a bag for it to all go in as well!

Niki x

Oh it was, she called it my box of pink and I adore every bit in it ^_^ The most wonderful thing is, we've only known each other a couple of months! So I'm delighted to recieve anything from her, let alone something so wonderful and personal and hand made!

Oooh that sounds like a wonderful package!!!

karen4bells wrote:I ordered some nice booklets from 123stitch last week and had them within 2 days!! Here's what I ordered



The middle one is a wedding sampler than I intend to stitch up for my brother's upcoming wedding!!

Verra nice Karen.. I recognize that first chart! I can wait on mine and we can do it together if you want. I haven't touched it since my last update- just the stitching on the N is finished. No gold border, no beads yet. I don't have any schedule for this one- if it's done for this Christmas.. or the next.. its for me.