Hi, Chelle, did you enjoy your Australian visit? I suppose you went to the AGM, you lucky girl! One thing my mother gave me one year was a lovely box (made by my crafty cousin) covered with coloured hessian material(not too loose a texture) with a paper lined interior. The top cover was padded and a big window cut into the hessian with the edges tucked inside before it was glued on, and Mum's cross-stitch picture was put in. It's still OK 30 years after, except that the hinges (stiff paper along the inside back) are starting to get a bit loose. It just needs dusting with a clothes brush from time to time, or gentle vacuuming to get the dust off the cross-stitch. Another idea I can think of is making your cross-stitch picture the front of a soft material-made packet to keep stocings or underwear in.
Good luck with your ideas. Helene, the froggy from Melbourne >Also, I need some ideas for what to do with completed cross-stitch/embroidery pieces (I mean picture sized, not small bookmark sized) - apart from getting them framed or making cushions out of them. I've done quite a few embroideries over the last year or so and apart from the cost of framing, I don't want to give the same person yet another framed picture year after year. I keep seeing projects I want to do, but would like to do something different with the finished result. http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
