Hey Linda,
A familiar voice of words, it's me AKA sewbyjoan on ems. And yes
thanks for those wonderful exchanges! I din't know you had your own
group. you are a busy lady! Well i guess we will see each other on
one of the forums

Joan P in Pa, USA

--- In michaelpowellcrossstitchart@..., "Linda"
<cariad837@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Julia,
>
> Thank you for the warm welcome. It's not often I'm first at
anything
> so curiosity got the better of me and I have to ask - how long has
> the button been on the website?
>
> I don't know if I should admit to this here but, I didn't used to
> like Michael's designs! My sister was the one who said she thought
> they were nice, something different (this from someone who stitches
> Heaven and Earth Designs and Teresa Wentzler's pictures). So I got
> one of the magazines that had one of Michael's designs in and
studied
> it. From then on, they have definitely grown on me. Quirky is
just
> to my liking right now! Lighthouses are even more to my liking! I
> love anything to do with Cornwall and the seaside in general. But
I
> also love Christmas and anything with lots of nice bright colours.
> The only thing I'm not too sure about is the longstitch. I realise
> it wouldn't look right as backstitch as it would lose some of the
> impact, but I'm not good at getting things framed straight away
> because of the expense. So my finished pieces tend to hang around
a
> bit and I'm worried the longstitch would get pulled out of place.
>
> That said, I've still yet to stitch one. I've downloaded the free
> charts from the website, but some of them aren't too clear so I'm
not
> sure which one will be my first MP design to get stuck into. I'm
> just really drawn to the snowy/Christmassy ones! My sister likes
> foreign countries and Wales so there's plenty for me to choose from
> as presents for her!
>
> My current WIPs (well the main ones anyway - I have about 30!) are
> mostly small things for exchanges at EMS cross stitch board because
> I'm one of the staff members there in charge of organising the
> international exchanges. That's great fun! I also have my own
> Yahoo! Group which started because a couple of friends and my son
> wanted to do a Round Robin! It's all sort of snowballed from there
> really.
>
> I have to admit now that I don't have much patience for knitting.
> Shame really. My Mum used to knit my son all his winter woollies
but
> since she passed away 3 years ago, he hasn't had any new ones. I
> really must get the old needles out again, but I find I don't have
> time to do big elaborate designs and I get bored with plain stuff.
I
> guess it's one of those sacrifices I'll just have to make! As it
is
> I already can't get enough stitching time! LOL But I don't think
for
> one minute that I'm the only one in that boat!
>
> It's interesting how you got into designing. I just fiddle about
> with shapes and colours more than anything. Sometimes they fall
into
> place and sometimes they don't. For me it's something I've always
> wanted to get into, and since the blossoming of the biscornu craze
in
> the cross stitching world, I've found something I can do! Who
knows
> where it will lead?
>
> Anyway, that's enough waffling from me. This has to be one of the
> longest posts I've ever written! LOL
>
> Thanks again for welcoming me to the group!
>
> Best wishes,
> Linda x
>
>
> --- In michaelpowellcrossstitchart@..., julia rees
> <juliaruth71@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Linda and welcome. Congratulations on being the first person
to
> join the group via the new link on the website! Now that the
button
> is there I am hoping that we will attract lots of new members.
> >
> > I knit too, my yarn stash is something that we only talk about in
> hushed tones :))
> >
> > I got into designing by accident really. It started with people
> asking me to stitch something for them with simple things altered,
> like adding names. Then someone asked me to stitch a design "but
> please leave out the cat because I don't like cats". So I had to
> design something to fill the space. That made me realise that this
> was something that I could do. Eventually I was able to start
> selling my designs to some of the cross stitching magazines. I was
> so chuffed the first time I saw myself in print! Now all my work
in
> done for Michael, but I sitll do special pieces for family births
and
> weddings.
> >
> > Keep encouraging your son to stitch! My 19yo has done several
> pieces in the past, but stopped when he discovered girls and
> motorbikes.
> >
> > Are you stitching one of our designs at the moment? I'm not,
> because I am busy with the designing, but I have every intention of
> doing the new Venice tryptich once it is finished. It is going to
be
> stunning!
> >
> >
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/user/juliaruth
> >
> > Please consider supporting this charity walk in my son's name,
> raising money for CancerResearch UK. Thank you.
> http://www.justgiving.com/blackscardiff
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Linda <cariad837@>
> > To: michaelpowellcrossstitchart@...
> > Sent: Tuesday, 10 July, 2007 10:32:31 PM
> > Subject: [michaelpowellcrossstitchart] Hi all
> >
> > Just found this group through Michael's website. I'm 41 years old
> and
> > divorced. I have one 11 year old son who also stitches, and one 7
> > year old black kitty who doesn't! I've been stitching for the
best
> > part of 20 years and also knit and crochet. Have an ambition to
be
> a
> > designer of some sort in the near future but am finding website
> > building a bit of a challenge!
> >
> > It's very quiet here so I guess everyone's really busy
stitching...
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Linda x
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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