I want to shout out a HUGE thank you to Kathy and Beatrice for hosting a fantastic, relaxing, stitchy long weekend!  I took all of my running/walking gear with me and didn’t pull it out once!  I think I really needed that, I have been pushing myself pretty hard lately! Sunset on Lake Ontario Friday evening we all met up at Kathy’s place on the GORGEOUS shores of lake Ontario.  Sadly this is the

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Fantastic Long Stitchy Weekend!

Do you want to get involved in the fight for breast cancer awareness? DMC has two ways you can get involved. First, they have a neat Stitch Pink Needlework Accessory Kit now available at JoAnn Stores

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Stitch for a Cure: DMC Stitch Pink – Updates

Greetings one and all, sorry its been so long since my last update (well long for me at least).  Last week turned out to be a busy and exhausting week (I’ve gone into more detail on it here)!  This week as also been busy thus I’ve not stitched as much as I would like!  Sometimes when I barely get to stitch I wonder if that’s why I’m not feeling rested and happy? This past weekend was the Annual

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A Stitchy Update

I was shopping today in my local mercantile (actually Wal-mart, but mercantile reminds me of Little House on the Prairie and I am being nostalgic today.) They had a huge aisle of Halloween candy already set up. The one that caught my eye was this huge brain-shaped bubble gum blob – gross! I passed two girls as I exited the aisle on my way to the snack aisle – I was on a quest for almonds

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Free Candlewicking Pumpkin Motif

Embark with me on another crafty round-up, if you dare! The theme this time is BIRTHDAYS! We all have them and we all have friends and family who have them – and why not turn our crafty skills to making gifts and purchasing gifts based on our giftees hobbies? Ready? Steady – GO! Get crafting (or shopping) people! Photography: How to Make a Photo Thank You Note Painting: Paint a “Pear Diamonds” Card Miniatures: Small Printable Boxes for Special Gifts Make a Miniature Birthday Cake Fridge Magnet Model Trains: Gift Ideas for Model Railroaders Gift Ideas for Model Railroaders by Price Knitting: Knit a Birthday Cake Rubber Stamping: Birthday Rubber Stamping Ideas Cross Stitch: Birthday-Themed Cross Stitch Patterns

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Hobby, Crafty Birthday to You!

About.com Needlepoint Guide Cheryl Fall has some wonderful, cute designs that I love to ooh and ahh over. And, even better than that, Cheryl Fall has designs for Needlepoint that are also easily adapted for Cross Stitch! Recently Cheryl had not one but two weddings to help with! It’s no wonder that her design skills were tuned to that topic.

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Cut the Cake Ornament

I was hoping to have the “Earth” section of Art Deco Spirits finished this week but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.  Life got busy this week and I can probably count the number of hours I’ve found to stitch on one hand.  I really only have myself to blame I got myself busy, probably worked out/ran a little too much.  I’m feeling a bit burnt out, and just need to try to slow down and

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Art Deco Spirits Update

Flowers are blooming all around – most of them in my little flower bed are from weeds right now, but I still enjoy looking out at them. It has been super hot lately at my house, but it has still been raining, so the grass and weeds have been taking off. We ended up mowing only around the house this past week

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Free Flower Trio Cross Stitch Pattern

This past Friday morning, Christin and I hit the road our first stop was Kingston for a visit with her parents over night.  Then Saturday morning it was back into the car to Knowledge and Needles in Brighton for Ann’s annual open house, I think this was my 9th year in attendance.  This year, Ann had her highest numbers ever, 45 stitchers came by throughout the day.  We stitched, we ate, we

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Knowledge & Needles Annual Open House 2010

StillWater2 shared the following tip for beginning stitchers recently: When I first started stitching, I had problems with what to do with thread ends on the back of my projects. I found the easiest way to fix this was to use the smallest crochet hook I could find and weave those ends under the backs of the stitches and then trim off the tiny ends that are left.

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Cross Stitch Tips for Beginners

It was a busy evening creativity wise! I came home and immediately sat down to make two scissor fobs.  A stitcher I know asked me to make a pair as gifts for her. Then I finished up ‘Tis Green #2 into a lovely biscornu Finally just before bedtime, I finished up my ornament too! LovecR&PStitched on : 40ct linenStitched with: DMC 115

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Biscornus, Ornaments and Fobs Oh My!

After such a long, busy day yesterday (I was home for all of 30 minutes between 9am and 11:30PM) it was nice to be “stuck” in the house by rain and thunderstorms.  This way I wasn’t tempted to do anything else but watch TV (Christin has lent me all the seasons of Stargate SG1 to watch) and stitch. ‘Tis Greenc2010 La-D-Da Just Cross Stitch Ornament Preview IssueStitched on 32ct Queen Ann’s Lace

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Dreary Sundays Are Great Stitching Days

As I’ve mentioned in past entries this year, my desire is to finish the things I have started!  Projects that are sitting in my stitching basket, some for a very long time! First up my small finish!  I can’t remember when I started this, I know it was sometime this year.  For some reason with this piece I just kept dragging my feet!  Well I buckled down this week and got it finished! Welcome

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Another Small Finish

Since coming home, an finishing up Celestial Dragon I have worked on a few smaller things.  I admit its been nice to work on some smaller, more manageable and quickly finished pieces! First up I stitched my ornament from July which I never got to… Celestial Dragon just took too long! ‘Tis Greenc2010 La-D-Da Just Cross Stitch Ornament Preview IssueStitched on 32ct Queen Ann’s Lace

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Some Smaller Finishes & Goals

Yesterday my Mum and I spent the whole day in Vieux Quebec (the old part of the city), here it is at a glance! Charming old buildings in close quarters One of the most photographed hotels in the world, the Chateau Frontenac Goldman!  He was a riot to watch. Sculptures in surprising places Every building is fantastically decked out! On the caleche ride (horse and carriage) our driver was very

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Vieux Quebec At A Glance

For the first week of my holidays I hopped into my car and drove 5.5 hours west from my home to the Port Severn area of Georgian Bay (Ontario).  After Sheila inviting my circle of stitching friends up for a mini-getaway in June, I called her up a few weeks later and boldly invited myself up for a visit during my summer holidays.  I was very lucky, and Sheila agreed for me to come up for a few

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Images From Georgian Bay

Get in a groovy mood as you stitch the free Four Ways to Stitch Peace Sampler . I got the idea for the individual motifs from a friend who was planning a Christmas tree with a peace theme. Then I took the elements and combined them in one simple sampler

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Four Ways to Stitch Peace Sampler

This photo is of my very first Cross Stitch project, a Stamped Cross Stitch sampler with animal motifs and a saying. I was about eight when I finished it. My cousin started the project and I completed it.

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Kid’s Cross Stitch Projects

Back stitch is one of the five basic stitches used in Cross Stitch Embroidery. I enjoy projects with loads of back stitch because it is one of my favorite stitches. In fact, some projects are made up of back stitch only.

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Learn to Back Stitch – Lessons for Beginners

I haven’t done any framing in ages!  Wedding Row proved to be a breeze to frame!  The frame went together beautifully without giving me any headaches, and the stretching went so smoothly.  No tweaking and playing with it for hours on end to get things straight and even. Wedding Row by Bent Creek Frame detail I’ll be giving it to the bride and groom tonight. CD, all the purple netting done now

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Wedding Row All Framed Up