Craft Forum / Textile / Needlework / July 2009

Yesterday, my Mom and I tried to remember the rules to a double deck rummy
(including jokers) game that we learned in the mid 1970's.
Basically, the first deal was 7 cards and you had to get 3 or 4 of a kind to
make your first play. The  second you needed a run of 4 (2,3,4,5 of ...

Just finished "The Thirteenth Tale", which I highly recommend to all the
Jane Eyre fans out there.
Finished about an hour ago, Naameh's Kiss. Same world as her Kushiel's
series, but set several generations after. I suspect a few more books to

I ordered the fiber pack for Celtic Wings from hand-dyedfibers.com.
These are from Victoria Clayton. upon checking out I spied a $6.00 US
Deitrius bag of silk ends. the approximate weight was 25 gms. It weight
closer to 30 gms by my scale. The following pictures shows what I

Yes?
No?
Should I try for a tally folks? I was going to garden, but family stuff got
in the way.

If you like miniature things, you might be interested in this.
A coworker sent me the link to a site where someone has stitched a
bunch of miniature characters from (mostly) pop culture: music groups
(e.g. ZZ Top...really cool!), couples, the Breakfast Club, Maria von

I got this blog link from a crazy quilt group I belong to = I am inspired.
http://birdnestontheground.blogspot.com/
And she does lovely work
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Last night, after showing a friend and his daughter (one of DD's BFF's), my
garden in the rain and digging her her own daylily and a quick supper, I
drove over to a stitching friend's house for a "Partylite candle party".
Still raining and now with lots and lots of wind. (this is ...

"Forty post-menopausal women with type 2 diabetes are needed to test
whether flavonoid compounds in chocolate can reduce the risk of heart
disease."
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8162886.stm>

I am now a card carrying member of the prestigious UFO club.
UFO 1 -- I took a silk and metal class with Kay Stanis at a recent seminar.
It's unlikely that I'll ever finish it -- the silk is really hard to work with.
UFO 2 -- Verana, a Brazilian embroidery design -- I have just one ...

I don't think there is anything I can do but I thought I would ask.
I am working on woodland enchantress which is 14x16. I stitch everywhere.
First one corner than the other.
Saturday was a beautiful day I sat and stitched for 4 hours in my garden.

I saw it in a gift shop - two pink lady slippers* with a deep green
border.  Should do up in about a week.  I WILL omit the words "Lady
Slippers" tho at the bottom, hence saving time and floss.  (I hate
writing on a piece of needlework, kitchen caddies and the like).

So who wants in?
And who will make the tea cozy? I would, but my sewing machine is deader
than a door nail.
Cheryl

Usually when Donna comes up north, she's straight out with family and kid
things. So when she called Wednesday, was I free on Thursday and I was....
So she got here around 10 for tea and Danish and we walked the gardens.
Which despite the weeds, look pretty good right now. Then we ...

Just wanted to let everyone know that DS is recovering quickly with the help
of his Rx meds.
I have my purse project and a sketch pad for the crazy quilt design for the
long drive to get DD to camp. (I'm making DH drive).

She's here dropping DD back at school and visiting her sister who lives in
NH.
So, I'm off to the grocery store for Benadryl for the DS with poison ivy,
some good munchies and something that catches my eye for dinner....