This is to Joanie in Michigan:
I haven't talked much on this list, only joined in December 1998, but would
love to get on the loop, please explain what it is, everyone is so nice and
I have met a lot of people just by reading about them.
Thank you Mary and Monica for a jobe well done.
Marilyn in Oregon
tha
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>
> xstitch-digest Sunday, April 25 1999 Volume 01 : Number
1482
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>
>
> In this issue:
>
> XS: Just a goodby note [[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike & Anita
Hennesy)]
> XS: Cross Stitch Loop
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> Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
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> Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
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> Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop [Connie
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> XS: RE: Cross Stitch Loop ["Sheila Hodge"
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> Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop [Alison Kearney
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> Re: XS: New list [Connie
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> Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
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> XS: Spring Weekend!
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> XS: Re: RE: Cross Stitch Loop ["Lynne Bergman"
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 10:00:48 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike & Anita Hennesy)
> Subject: XS: Just a goodby note
>
> Thought I would do this now, before I forget and this list goes away. I
will
> miss it very much.
>
> Have been on it since April of 97, just after it started up. Have lived
> through all the growing pains, flames, changes. I cannot begin to list all
I
> have learned, and contributed. This list took me from a ho-hum sometime
> stitcher to a raving stitching maniac. Just knowing there was a pile of
> emails sitting up here would keep me thinking about stitching, and
actually
> stitching. Right away I heard about evenweaves, and how nice they were to
> work on. By that first summer I had taken the plunge and discovered the
joy
> of jobelan. I've found new designers I never knew existed, heard about
sales
> and specials, explored new web sites, gotten hints for what to do with
orts,
> learned there are beads instead of french knots, and found out that not
> EVERYTHING you stitch has to wind up framed or made into a pillow.
>
> The VERY best thing I got from this list is a great group of friends who
are
> with me every day on the pc. Most of us came from this list, some have
left,
> some are still here. My world had grown. I will be forevery grateful to
Mary
> and Monica for starting this up. Critics say the internet is a large and
> dangerous place, and that the annonymity of it is what is making this
> country a bad place. Obviously they are not stitchers.... The tools to
help
> us in our daily lives are just that, tools. What we do with them is what
> matters. And this list has helped me grow and change in my chosen craft
more
> than I would every imagined. I will miss every one of you and your cats
and
> your children and your hints and tricks.
>
> Thank you Mary and Monica for a wonderful 2 years.
>
> Anita in Maryland
> waving goodby
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 12:08:04 EDT
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
>
> I was just wondering if anyone on the list was interested in forming a
cross
> stitch loop. Maybe 20-25 people and we would talk about stitching and
stuff
> but also talk about our families and kids and other stuff. Get to know
each
> other on a more personal basis and be more like a family of stitchers.
And
> share cross stitch tips and what we are working on and things like that
but
> also be there for other things too. Is anyone interested?
> Joanie in Michigan who
is
> going to miss the Beakers List very very much and doesn't want to lose
> contact with everyone. Wah!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 12:56:49 EDT
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
>
> An EXCELLENT idea, Joanie! Count me in!!!!!
>
> (Though as a newly-divorced woman, the only "family" I have to talk about
is
> my two cats who like to help me when I'm stitching, by pouncing on the
floss
> before it runs away!)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Karen
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:44:04 EDT
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
>
> I'll go for it, I'm not much of a talker, but would like to meet new
people,
> and learn more about stitching, and also make new friends. I,'m 51 old
come
> June. Married 42yrs, 4 kids 11 grandkids, and 1 bird. I xstitch,crochet,
> knit, and willing to learn just about anything.
>
> .
> Bobbi
Clark
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 14:13:05 -0700
> From: Connie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
>
> Count me in toooooooooo...
> Or I'm also on the Thread perhaps we could all move over there?
> Connie
>
> >An EXCELLENT idea, Joanie! Count me in!!!!!
> >
> >(Though as a newly-divorced woman, the only "family" I have to talk about
is
> >my two cats who like to help me when I'm stitching, by pouncing on the
floss
> >before it runs away!)
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Karen
> >_______________________________________________________________
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:32:16 +0100
> From: "Sheila Hodge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: XS: RE: Cross Stitch Loop
>
> I was just wondering if anyone on the list was interested in forming a
cross
> stitch loop. Maybe 20-25 people and we would talk about stitching and
stuff
> but also talk about our families and kids and other stuff. Get to know
each
> other on a more personal basis and be more like a family of stitchers.
And
> share cross stitch tips and what we are working on and things like that
but
> also be there for other things too. Is anyone interested?
> Joanie in Michigan who
is
>
>
> Yes Please I would be intrested.
>
> Sheila
>
> England
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:41:46 +0000
> From: Alison Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
>
> At 12:08 PM 4/24/99 EDT, you wrote:
> >I was just wondering if anyone on the list was interested in forming a
cross
> >stitch loop. Maybe 20-25 people and we would talk about stitching and
stuff
> >but also talk about our families and kids and other stuff.
>
> What is a cross stitch loop? (Yes, I know what the "loop" method is but
> somehow I don't think that's what you're talking about :) )
>
> Alison
> Alison, Julie and Bru, and now Annie too
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "May I always be the person my dog thinks I am"
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:22:46 -0700
> From: Connie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: XS: New list
>
> Mary:
> I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy Birthday,
> but girl, take five go out and relax a little bit, you deserve it! :)
> Happy Birthday...
>
> Connie
>
> In fact, today is my birthday and I am working on my
> >business getting caught up. I told my husband that I didn't want to go
out.
> >I didn't have the time.
> >
> >If this list is to stay together, like I said before, someone will have
to
> >start one (we can't just change ownership the paperwork is a nightmare).
> >
> >Mary
>
> >>
> >_______________________________________________________________
> >Sponsored by Beakers Graphic Designs
http://www.probe.net/~beakers/ecsp.htm
> >The Xstitch Home page at http://www.probe.net/~beakers/xshome.htm
> >Mary Joseph - XStitch List Moderator - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Monica Sudds - XStitch List Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 21:31:52 EDT
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: XS: Cross Stitch Loop
>
> In a message dated 4/24/99 9:10:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> << I was just wondering if anyone on the list was interested in forming a
> cross
> stitch loop. Maybe 20-25 people and we would talk about stitching and
stuff
> but also talk about our families and kids and other stuff. >>
>
> Thanks Mary and Monica for a GREAT XS list. I have totally enjoyed being
a
> member and hate to see it end. I don't post too often but read it
> religiously and have learned alot. I'm even stitching on linen now, which
> I'd never done before joining this list.
>
> I don't understand how this cross stitch loop would work, but would be
> interested in joining you all.
>
> Carol in Missouri
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 21:37:48 EDT
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: XS: Spring Weekend!
>
> Although living alone and not dating much has its downside, I have noticed
> one benefit: I'm getting a lot more XS done than I did when I was married!
> (Even though I've worked a lot of overtime this month.) Without the
snoring
> to keep me awake half the night, I'm waking up long before the alarm and
> getting in an hour or so of stitching before I have to go to work.
Evenings
> and weekends, I'm not wasting time cleaning up after someone else, which
> gives me more time to stitch (I clean as I go all week, so I don't have to
> spend an hour wandering around the house finding dishes and putting them
in
> the dishwasher, etc.)
>
> I spent much of this afternoon enjoying our beautiful weather (around 80
> degrees!), so have almost finished my three mice Mother's Day piece, and
have
> already selected the next project from my UFO basket: "God Blesses This
> House, But He Doesn't Clean It". (Dirran has already asked me to send her
> the chart when I'm done with it, so I'm going to try to work it up quickly
so
> I can get that in the mail.) Since my resident slob doesn't live here any
> more, I probably don't need that sign any more, and am considering giving
it
> to Kat for Christmas ... her cats have a mortal fear of the vacuum
cleaner,
> so she only runs it once every 6 months out of consideration for them
(that's
> her story and she's sticking to it!) :)
>
> As of 4:30 today, the entire left side of the mice-in-crocuses picture is
> complete, including the backstitch (YAY!!!!!); on the right side, the mice
> and flowers are done (and backstitched!), and I've begun the grass, leaves
> and stems, which probably will be done by tomorrow afternoon. I want to
do
> one more happy dance before this list goes away!
>
> If I finish the mice before I need to come back indoors tomorrow, I am
going
> to work on two UFOs which are complete except for the beads. The cats
like
> to help me too much to put the beads on when they are around, but I can do
> that outside without their assistance. The wind is less likely to spill
> hundreds of beads on the floor than the cats are! So I may get three
happy
> dances in one day. (Is that a record?)
>
> Mary, please do send me, privately, the necessary e-mail addresses and
> information on how we can keep this list going so I can make the
arrangements
> with the same company you're using. For professional reasons, I can't
always
> make an hour every day to handle the administrative stuff, but there are
> enough of us who want to keep it going that I think I can get a group of
> volunteers to rotate the chores. (Ladies, e-mail me privately if you want
to
> take a turn!)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Karen
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 19:01:11 -0700
> From: "Lynne Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: XS: Re: RE: Cross Stitch Loop
>
> Me too! Count me in...
>
> Lynne, from Tucson, Arizona
>
> ~ I like who I am when I love me.~
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Sheila Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 3:40 PM
> Subject: XS: RE: Cross Stitch Loop
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >I was just wondering if anyone on the list was interested in forming a
> cross
> >stitch loop. Maybe 20-25 people and we would talk about stitching and
> stuff
> >but also talk about our families and kids and other stuff. Get to know
> each
> >other on a more personal basis and be more like a family of stitchers.
And
> >share cross stitch tips and what we are working on and things like that
but
> >also be there for other things too. Is anyone interested?
> > Joanie in Michigan who
is
> >
> >
> >Yes Please I would be intrested.
> >
> >Sheila
> >
> >England
> >
> >_______________________________________________________________
> >Sponsored by Beakers Graphic Designs
http://www.probe.net/~beakers/ecsp.htm
> >The Xstitch Home page at http://www.probe.net/~beakers/xshome.htm
> >Mary Joseph - XStitch List Moderator - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Monica Sudds - XStitch List Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >===============================================================
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