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Posted by Jinx Minx on November 3, 2009, 8:06 am
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> That's too bad. I've always admired her works even if I was not called to
> stitch them. Mind you, I actually have a few in stash - a couple of her
> freebies and the tea one.
> Now, as what you're going to do next. Have you looked at Martina Weber's
> stuff? Heaven and Earth? Or some of Kustom Krafts pieces? There is another
> European designer I've seen that has a similar style to TW (other than MW)
> but I'm not finding her (him?) right now.
> Cheryl
I liked her miniature ornaments and non-fantasy stuff the best. I think
tops on the list is the fruit bell pull, which I'm only half way finished
with. I certainly have plenty of them to keep me occupied for quite a long
while. I like stitching art reproductions but quality charts are
prohibitively expensive. I've bought a time or two from Heaven and Earth
and they're a "local" company (MN) so I pay attention to what's new with
their designs. I haven't really checked out Martina Weber's stuff, so I
might have to browse around the net later today and check her out. A lot
of Kustom Krafts stuff does not appeal to me at all. I've noticed the last
couple times the Nordic Needle catalog has arrived (I also consider "local")
that my eyes seem drawn to The Victoria Sampler and The Drawn Thread
designs. I may have to switch to stitching samplers!
Jinx
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on November 3, 2009, 8:35 am
On 11/3/09 8:06 AM, in article hcpa0t$hmm$1@adenine.netfront.net, "Jinx
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>> That's too bad. I've always admired her works even if I was not called to
>> stitch them. Mind you, I actually have a few in stash - a couple of her
>> freebies and the tea one.
>>
>>
>> Now, as what you're going to do next. Have you looked at Martina Weber's
>> stuff? Heaven and Earth? Or some of Kustom Krafts pieces? There is another
>> European designer I've seen that has a similar style to TW (other than MW)
>> but I'm not finding her (him?) right now.
>> Cheryl
>>
>>
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> I liked her miniature ornaments and non-fantasy stuff the best. I think
> tops on the list is the fruit bell pull, which I'm only half way finished
> with.
Hmmm - someplace I bought a fruit wreath - Della Robbia style. In fact when
I saw the fruit pull, I thought it might be the same designer. My mother
received the wreath - about 18 years ago when she was in rehab after an
accident. She couldn't walk while the hip healed, but she sure could stitch.
I'd bet she still has the chart...
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> I certainly have plenty of them to keep me occupied for quite a long
> while. I like stitching art reproductions but quality charts are
> prohibitively expensive. I've bought a time or two from Heaven and Earth
> and they're a "local" company (MN) so I pay attention to what's new with
> their designs. I haven't really checked out Martina Weber's stuff, so I
> might have to browse around the net later today and check her out. A lot
> of Kustom Krafts stuff does not appeal to me at all.
In both Heaven and Earth and KK, I don't care for 90% of the designs, but
every so often there is one that really appeals.
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> I've noticed the last
> couple times the Nordic Needle catalog has arrived (I also consider "local")
> that my eyes seem drawn to The Victoria Sampler and The Drawn Thread
> designs. I may have to switch to stitching samplers!
>
> Jinx
I am frequently drawn to them as well.
Cheryl
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Posted by on November 3, 2009, 10:35 am
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>I liked her miniature ornaments and non-fantasy stuff the best. I think
>tops on the list is the fruit bell pull, which I'm only half way finished
>with. I certainly have plenty of them to keep me occupied for quite a long
>while. I like stitching art reproductions but quality charts are
>prohibitively expensive. I've bought a time or two from Heaven and Earth
>and they're a "local" company (MN) so I pay attention to what's new with
>their designs. I haven't really checked out Martina Weber's stuff, so I
>might have to browse around the net later today and check her out. A lot
>of Kustom Krafts stuff does not appeal to me at all. I've noticed the last
>couple times the Nordic Needle catalog has arrived (I also consider "local")
>that my eyes seem drawn to The Victoria Sampler and The Drawn Thread
>designs. I may have to switch to stitching samplers!
>Jinx
If you're thinking samplers, Emie Bishop has some interesting pieces.
I nearly did her Unfinished Sampler, very well named, I have about an
hours work left to do on it lol
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Posted by blkndvudu on November 4, 2009, 9:34 am
On Nov 3, 10:35=A0am, lucretiabor...@fl.it wrote:
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> >and they're a "local" company (MN) so I pay attention to what's new with
> >their designs. I haven't really checked out Martina Weber's stuff, so I
> >might have to browse around the net later today and check her out. =A0 A=
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> >that my eyes seem drawn to The Victoria Sampler and The Drawn Thread
> >designs. =A0I may have to switch to stitching samplers!
> >Jinx
> If you're thinking samplers, Emie Bishop has some interesting pieces.
> I nearly did her Unfinished Sampler, very well named, I have about an
> hours work left to do on it lol
I love her designs thats sad- I actually bought one at Michael's eons
ago for their outrageous price. On my CCS group on Yahoo its been said
that Michael's is phasing out all cross stitch charts and kits.
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on November 4, 2009, 4:11 pm
On 11/4/09 10:44 AM, in article 7ldlnpF3da92qU1@mid.individual.net, "Karen C
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> blkndvudu wrote:
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>> On my CCS group on Yahoo its been said
>> that Michael's is phasing out all cross stitch charts and kits.
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> I think it depends on the Michaels. We have several of them in the
> area, and each has a different flavor. One, I swear half the store is
> flower arranging stuff. Maybe half an aisle of stitchy stuff. Another
> has a good selection of yarn, and OK selection of stitchy stuff. The
> one I prefer (for reasons I don't need to explain here!) has a minimal
> floral department, an OK yarn department, and several aisle of stitching
> stuff.
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> I would suspect that when the managers get moved around, the manager's
> preference will follow him/her, and the floral store will become more of
> a stitchy store (or vice versa).
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Having worked there - it is more what the regional managers think will sell.
Yarn seems to be big locally...
C
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> stitch them. Mind you, I actually have a few in stash - a couple of her
> freebies and the tea one.
> Now, as what you're going to do next. Have you looked at Martina Weber's
> stuff? Heaven and Earth? Or some of Kustom Krafts pieces? There is another
> European designer I've seen that has a similar style to TW (other than MW)
> but I'm not finding her (him?) right now.
> Cheryl