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New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:34 am
by stitchingjoy
Hello everyone. My name is Joy and I'm looking to start on cross stitching again. Last time I cross stitched was, 10 years ago. I've made many small projects and left them in my home country.
Coming to USA 15 years ago, I realized that, there are not a lot of actual cross stitch boutiques with huge selection of patterns and supplies. I've never seen a decent shop here in Los Angeles. Michael's..., yeah I'm not going there anymore.
Nice to meet you everyone!
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:28 am
by vanessanjf
Hello and welcome
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:09 pm
by rcperryls
Hello and welcome from South Carolina. I hope that you will start stitching again and show us some of your work. It is hard to find a good local store that carries supplies and patterns. Michael's leaves much to be desired. If there is a Joann's near you or a Hobby Lobby, you could try those. For the widest variety, on line stores may be your best choice. One, here in the States, that gets wonderful reviews is
123 Stitch. Looking forward to getting to know you.
Carole
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:45 pm
by Cecilia
Welcome back to cross stitching and the forum.
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:20 pm
by calico
Welcome! I took a 10 year break also but now I'm back with a vengeance!
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:49 pm
by Emma1977
and welcome to the forum
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:24 pm
by gothgran
Hi Joy
Welcome to the Forum. I am surprised you do not have any stitching shops where you live . When I visited the USA about 20 odd years ago I found loads of patterns and threads in supermarkets, We were on the East coast if that makes a difference.
I've found the net pretty good for threads.... Ann
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:49 pm
by Parksfarm
Hi Joy, welcome to the forum!
Not sure exactly where you are in the LA area, but this is where I used to shop when I lived in So Cal... It used to be a really great shop and judging by its website, it still looks pretty good!
http://www.needlepointsltd.com/home1.html" target="_blank
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:53 pm
by cat53
Welcome!
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:34 am
by Squirrel
Hi and Welcome to the Forum and Welcome back to stitching.
How lovely that you have found some good stitching supply shops around you. we love to see pics of WIP's so looking forward to seeing your work too.
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:19 am
by stitchingjoy
Thank you for the warm welcome!
I'll check out the Garden Grove shop soon enough, when I venture out in the area.
Already have my eye set on a project I needed to do..., but I'm still looking/finding where to get the pattern for it.
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:26 am
by Rose
Not sure how helpful this is since the shop is up here in Nor Cal. But this is a great shop and they do ship to you. the ladies are very helpful and do all sorts of activities during the year. You can get their news letter if you are interested.
http://www.needlestack.com/" target="_blank
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:58 am
by dawn0621
Hi, welcome from Sacramento! Happy stitching!
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:34 pm
by Wandatoo
Welcome from Ontario, Canada!
A lot of the shops in Canada and the U.S. have disappeared or reduced stock like Michaels and Walmart. Online stores are your best bet these days. Try those already suggested, plus
http://www.123stitch.com/.
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:24 pm
by JA Fan
Another welcome from Ontario, Canada!
Re: New Member from California
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:54 pm
by geekishly
Welcome to the forum and back to cross-stitching.