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Patterns Patch Cross Stitch Club: Cross Stitch Tips & NewsSaturday, February 16th 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Subject: It's Competition Time... *~~* A recent question in the Cross Stitch Forum (What's a SAL?) created such an interest that one of our stalwart members, Sandye, after explaining what a SAL is, has offered to conduct a SAL at the beginning of next month.Here's Sandy's explanation and offer: "SAL means Stitch-ALong. I joined several of them on another MB (message board) I belong to. Here's an example of how it works:" "The first weekend of every month is our UFO SAL. You choose an UnFinished Object you have that you want to try to get done. You post which project you'll be working on and post a picture of what it looked like before the weekend. You stitch as much as you can on that particular project for the entire weekend (Friday morning to Sunday night). At the end of the weekend, we all post how much we've gotten done, post an updated pic so we can all see our own progress..." "Anytime you get frustrated with the project, or just need a little kick in the rearend to get started on it again, the rest of the people in the same SAL with you are there to keep you on track!" "It's been great! These SAL weekends really helped me stay motivated with my Kitties (a particularly large and difficult project) and now they're done!" "These SALs are really great for motivating you and keeping you going on those tougher projects, or even the ones where you have deadlines to meet that just loom over you!" *~~* I saw a short video recently that reminded me of the time I worked in the university town of Grenoble (South Eastern France). Grenoble is located at the end of a horseshoe valley, nestling against the Alps and enjoys incredibly beautiful scenery. Now for me, something equally impressive was the ability of seemingly all French car drivers to effortlessly park large vehicles in tiny spaces.I never tired of watching the local drivers park their cars and lost count of the number of times I thought, "No way will you get that in there.". Amazingly, once they decided to try they invariably succeeded. So when I came across the clip you're about to see, it seemed obvious to me that at least one French driver had moved to London ~ you be the judge! *~~*
In the last issue of this letter we asked you to help us choose the name for our new 'power point' department. If you remember, Leni, Julia and I were deadlocked over the names Inspirations and Curiosity. We'd like to thank the many of you who voted for being so clear in what you preferred. It soon became apparent there was a clear winner , and that was... ... if you look on the Home page under Resources, you'll find we've already replaced What's In Here? with the new department title. For new readers this new department contains the range of emotive power point presentations we ran midway through. Go take a look (and don't forget your Kleenex!) If you'd like to try and win a fr*e membership, reply to Membership for fr*e with the word 'pennies' in your email subject line (only one entry per reader please). *~~* In the previous issue we also told you about a second new department, which gives all readers the opportunity to have personal cross stitch patterns created for fr&e.We're pleased to announce that Agnes took us up on this offer and one of this week's newly created patterns is the picture provided by Agnes. To read the full details of this new service, go to: Make A Pattern For Me. *~~* It's Competiton Time ~ I Bet I Can Guess Your Number:OK! Let's have some fun right now. As the title of this competition suggests, we're going to play a little guessing game in which you choose a number from a list and by asking you a couple of questions, I'll guess the number you chose. The competition is to figure out how I manage to get it right each time... and the winner will be the first person to get it right, or in the event nobody gets it right , then the entry we think is closest to being right. The winner will receive an in-depth cross stitch report of their choice from the three listed below. PLUS the most way out answer can choose either of the two reports left after the winner has chosen... AND we'll draw one entrant at random, who'll receive the one remaining report. SO! There you have it a bit of fun and three prizes on offer. Put your thinking caps on then go here to pit your wits against mine ~ good luck! The three winners and the solution will be revealed in the next issue of Cross Stitch Tips & News. To play the game again, simply use the same link above. Here's the three cross stitch reports the winner frpm which the winner can choose:
*~~* Next out from the wee book "A Woman's Work is Never Done" by Rowan B. Murphy: "A man loves a woman so much, he asks her to marry ~ to change her name, quit her job, have and raise the babies, be home when he gets there, and move where his job is. You can hardly imagine what he might ask if he didn't love her." ~ Gabriele Burton.*~~*
Membership For Fr^e *~* Alison Taylor *~*
"Well done Alison, you're nearly there! All you have to do is email us to Accept and Activate your prize!" Again we had a lot of entries, so quite a number of you are building up credits and enhancing your chances of being a future winner. Commiserations to those who didn't win this week. But hey, perseverance is a virtue; try again next time ~ it could be YOU! And for those of you who didn't enter, why not? Don't you want this valuable gift? (Please remember! Only one entry per person, per issue.). You've got to be in it TO WIN IT!
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This Issue's Tip:Want Some Help With Enhancing Your Special Cross Stitch Projects?
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Recent ArticlesThese articles are amongst those we've recently added to the cross stitch articles library:Who Else Wants to Cross Stitch on Plastic Canvas? If you haven't yet tried cross stitching on plastic canvas, you should. With plastic canvas, it's possible to create unique cross stitch projects that you simply can't create with fabric. This is because plastic canvas is much firmer than normal fabrics; you can even use it to create three-dimensional projects . . . keep reading Create Your Own Peyote Stitch Patterns Our fascination with creating a fabric by stitching or weaving tiny beads together is not new. The Egyptians created burial garments using an early form of peyote stitch patterns over 4000 years ago! In more recent times the technique got its name from the Native Americans who created beaded items for ceremonial events. Over the years the techniques have changed although the name has stayed the same . . . keep reading Five Years and Five Continents: Completed at Last! "Never again", I said to myself over and over. I must have been out of my mind when I chose Majestic Magnolia, a gorgeous design I simply couldn't resist. It didn't matter to me that I was still a beginner and I had never stitched on linen. I thought I could tackle any project. Today, it's my crowning achievement, one that would take five long years and several trips around the globe to complete . . . keep reading This is just a small sample of the more than 200 cross stitch articles enjoyed by our members. If you'd like to read more, you can join here right now. | ||||||||||||||||||
New Cross Stitch PatternsWe're giving EVERYONE who reads this letter a FREE Bonus cross stitch pattern.Follow the download instructions carefully and Contact me if you have any problems. Some of our more experienced members have asked us to consider providing the occasional design that's a little more "challenging". We've listened and will be listing at least one pattern with embellishments, such as: beads, knots, backstitching, and so on. Here you can view The latest FREE downloads (for members): You'll find additional information and can also leave comments and rank (from 1 to 5) each download, if you so wish.
Please note that you have until the next issue of your Cross Stitch Tips & News letter to download the BONUS pattern. After then it will be available only to Members in the Cross Stitch Library. We're trying to introduce as wide a range as possible in the cross stitch library to cater for all tastes. So if there's a theme we've missed that you'd like to see patterns for, then please drop a quick email to Contact us. To view this week's gallery, here's the link again to view the latest FREE downloads. | ||||||||||||||||||
Cross Stitch Forum PostsThe Cross Stitch forum has continued to post many interesting threads. Three of the most recent are shown below: If you haven't taken part yet, why not take a look and maybe join in. Hey! You might even enjoy it.
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