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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Needlework Club in The Villages

The Villages' Daily Sun, a newspaper for a retirement community in Florida, has an article about their Needlework Club. They imply that there are men in the club as well, which always intrigues me. I'm finding out that a lot of older men do handwork of some type; it's the younger ones who shy away from the hobby. I wish that wasn't the case.

Posted at 10:16 pm by Allura
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Some embroidery things

From Michelle at Applie's Place comes several samples of her embroidery. She has a wonderful hardanger name tag, an embroidered needlecase, a pincushion, and one of her current projects, a horse.

Posted at 10:21 pm by Allura
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Mini Challenges

Aniza of The NeedleStory has several small pieces she finished up. Summer Scene from The Drawn Thread, a freebie from Indigo Rose named Twilight, and Shepherd's Bush's Pansy Roll.

Posted at 09:17 pm by Allura
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Glow-in-the-dark cross-stitch

BoingBoing and Craft: both have blurbs on Subversive Cross Stitch's new kit, a glow-in-the-dark design by Ray Fenwick. BoingBoing's link takes you to an interview with the artist. The actual design is here.

Posted at 08:41 pm by Allura
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Smalls!

The World's Largest Collection of Smalls is a shared blog showcasing all sorts of "smalls". Contributions must be finished in some way other than framing (which tends to turn things into "larges" I suppose). There's prizes for the 1000th and 2500th posts, too. It's growing into quite a collection!


Posted at 08:32 pm by Allura
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Saturday, August 04, 2007
Random Thoughts

Lisa of Plain Jane Creations found a UFO (Unfinished Floss Object) hiding in a basket. It's a sampler called Random Thoughts from The Drawn Thread.

Posted at 04:21 pm by Allura
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Cool Cross Stitch

Feeling Stitchy, the blog for the Embroidery Flickr group, showcased some nifty cross. I was particularly interested in the herringbone patterned buttons, and following up on that link led to Pin Pals's flickr group, particularly their cross stitch section. They make loveley stitched pendants, buttons, etc. I love seeing little useful bits of stitching.

Aside: Many apologies for being so behind lately. Been having some flare ups of health issues. If you want more excuses, they'll be in my personal blog (link on the side). :) 


Posted at 03:40 pm by Allura
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Monday, July 16, 2007
PatternsOnline Update

From last week's Patterns Online update, comes this nautical collection of signal flags and sailboats. The designer is Bennie Harman, who has a pretty wide selection up on PO, including some very funn "samplers," such as the "Three Wise Women..." and also more serious designs such as some still fruit still life designs and country style samplers.


Posted at 10:22 pm by Allura
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
Snow

There's a community blog titled Freebie Gallery for posting well, finished Freebies. Heather just posted a cushion using a free design from Whispered by the Wind. It looks great on the red she used, but I'd love to see it on a navy blue, too.


Posted at 02:12 pm by Allura
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Cross Stitch Exchange LJ Community

If you're interested in a group for exchanges and round robins, there's a LiveJournal community called Cross-Stitch Exchange dedicated to just that. They've just started a fall/Halloween themed exchange.

Posted at 02:02 pm by Allura
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