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| Volume VIII, Issue 4 December 2007 Flying Threads
I Have This Disease...The need to justify my actions. I stand before you and proclaim that I have O.C.S. Yes, ladies and gents, I have the Obsessive Complusive Stitching disease. I am sure everyone has heard of it. It is right up there with every other disease. Unfortunately there is no cure except to keep stitching and finish those UFOs.However UFOs never get done, because there is a new design which has just been released and needs to be stitched. For example, the latest from Victoria Sampler, Heirloom Nativity. Cathy called and described the chart. As she is describing the chart, I have very fond memories of my mother and what Christmas meant to her. I whip up the dial up Internet - soooo slow and wait patiently for the photo on the website. I call Cathy back and order in more than my usual because I want customer satisfaction. In other words I can say those famous words, "Yes, here is the chart and accessory packs". Back to me and my disease. It is so bad that I cut the fabric, serge the edges and hang it in the back so I can start to stitch as soon as it comes in. When it arrives a couple of weeks later, I quickly sort out the threads and go into a dream like state feeling the silks and oohing over the colours. My fave is the Gloriana Bellagio. Whip the fabric on to the rollers and lets start. Send child labour out to blow up each page to ledger size. Makes it faster to do the fancy stitches. Okay forget the meals, grocery shopping and house work. Not that I ever dust. I am stitching along doing each row. The cross stitching slows me down so I leave the row of Wise Men and that camel midway. Memories flood back when I did my ceramic Nativity Set and the OCD in the mid 80’s. And that is a story about colour co-ordinating everything, especially the Wise Men with their camels. Back to the sampler. Now you need to remember that I am so excited about stitching, I neglected to read how to use the over dyed floss in the rows of cross stitching . All of a sudden you cannot see the camel, the donkey fades into the background and Joseph looks a bit funny. As I have become almost compulsive about the colours, I cut out and restitch just so it looks right and you can see the figures. For the hardanger section, I was counting every whip and took my time. Amazing the picture is now completed and on display in the store. Note that is displayed on the rods and will be framed in the new year. Now is there another picture I can do or should I look at an UFO? Decisions, decisions and even more decisions. What's NewAlso from Victoria Sampler, Cathy Jean’s Home for the Holidays done in Weeks and Gentle Art Sampler threads. In a winter scene, a young boy is dragging a Christmas tree towards a snow covered log cabin. Also Victoria Sampler has Ornament Finishing Part 2. The latest issue of Stoney Creek Magazine. And from Australia Inspirations Issue #56 is available and Australian Smocking & Embroidery Issue #80 which includes a pink tote bag to celebrate 20 years of publication. The Sweetheart Tree released the Twelve Days of Christmas as individual charts with 3 embellishment flowers in each chart. If you want to quickly learn some different stitches, Elizabeth Needlework Designs released three new designs—Christmas Alphabet, Old Stone Church and Stitchin’ Friends. From Glendon Place, a beautiful Christmas scene called The Nativity. For the mystical stitchers, Dragon Dreams has Santa’s Dragon. Cross My Heart has a cute design called Christmas Dinner with the animals following Santa. And Lynne Nicoletti has Cats Fortune Teller.Contact Info
Hamilton, ON Canada Phone: 905.318.8254 Email: inquiries @ gthreads.com Business Hours Memo
DonateUnsure about saving or throwing away gently used items. Lets save the environment and help out those hard working volunteers. My favourites are the women’s shelters and the knitting volunteers who do scarves, hats and mittens for the less fortunate and teddy bears for Doctors without borders. Remember, my hoarding just became someone’s gold.Holiday Hours Breakdown
Christmas Presents for You! (It's Sale Time)
Limited Quantities. Applies only to in store items. Sorry, no rainchecks. ClassesNeedlin’ Nellies — Sat. Jan 12, Feb. 2, Mar. 1, Apr. 5, May 3 and June 7Time is 9:30am to 12:30pm Have a problem with your current project. French knots, Colonial knots, and those pesky beads which add sizzle to any project, Flo is available not only to help you with your problem but also to give out time saving techniques. Just let us know when you register in advance what help you need. Cost is $10 for the lesson. New Techniques - Sat. Jan. 19, Feb. 9, Mar. 8, Apr. 12, May 10 and June 14 Time is from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Choose one from the following:
Seating is limited & only registration guarantees a seat. No refunds unless cancelled Stocking Stuffers
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