tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77715210676625007622024-03-14T03:19:14.501-07:00Artsy-fartsy. A little bit gutsy... ...and everything in betweenscraps of thought with little bits and pieces from a cross stitchers lifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-34776349014124316952013-06-23T17:32:00.000-07:002013-06-23T17:32:01.058-07:00Stash results from Hong Kong trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
These are the things I ended up getting from the little Hong Kong shop and Page One bookstore. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stash I bought for Sandee, my lovey's sister. :) She wanted christmassy and foodie patterns.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-24218210167496660442013-03-10T03:11:00.000-07:002013-03-10T03:11:56.542-07:00Mirabilia dream coming trueA year ago, I made a wish... it was a dream of mine to complete the Mirabilia patterns.... I thought I could do it at least in the next 5 years. Trade, buy, hunt... there were, after all, more than 100 patterns.<br />
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Who'd have thought that in a years time, I'd be able to complete it?!<br />
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It's not yet complete... I'm still missing 11... but imagine!! I'm beside myself with delight. Only 11 more to go and I'd have them all. I'll only have to wait for the monthly releases after that.<br />
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I was even able to get the rare Seaside Kingdom. Oh yeah! So happy about that one.<br />
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Just wanted to thank all those who helped me in my quest of completing the set. :)<br />
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** I've yet to finish my first Mira-- my Fairy Idyll is still idle.. but once the 'hunt' is over--- I get more time stitching rather than internet surfing, looking at ebay or cross stitch sales.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-4572343185410577932013-03-06T05:29:00.003-08:002013-03-06T06:30:11.648-08:00Stash hunting .... in Hong Kong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With the help of Faye Whittaker and Wheng White... I got directions and found the beautiful cross stitch shop that I went absolutely nuts over.<br />
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It's called FRAMES UNIQUE. Owned and run by Elana Chua.<br />
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I know I'm not the only one who has been searching hong kong for stash... so.... I thought I'd document my hunt for you.<br />
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Take the MTR to Prince Edward station (even if the address says Mongkok, go to Prince Edward--- lessens your walking) (trust me-- if you're in HK, you'll be walking. A LOT. Shortcuts are your best friend).<br />
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Take B2 exit and when you come out... walk to the corner in front (around 7 steps) then turn left. You'll see this green squat square building. Cross the street to the back of it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the silver barred door to Wing Ying Bldg. It's usually closed. You'd think it was dark and closed. Just press the button on the left (2) or knock (there's usually a chinese guy manning the table inside-- he'll open the door for you).<br />
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*** If you're allergic to cats or have asthma- -stay away (for your health). Elana has 6 friendly and lovely cats who have free reign over the place. Personally, I loved the fact that the cats were there. Made everything feel so nice and homey. But I understand that there are some folks whose health might be at risk with all the cat hair and dander in the air. ***<br />
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I now have 3 weeks to go before I need to have this framed for my mums birthday.<br />
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Yesterday, we had our post-valentines E@K Meet. As always, we had food and lots of fun. And yes, we had our EXCHANGE OF HEARTS. The assignment from last month was, to stitch something with a heart then finish it off as a product. It was a success! Some girls weren't able to finish but promised to complete them by next month so we placed their names in the drawing. Next months goal is to make hooplah's!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By special request, Stitchpert Honey gave lessons to newbies in the group. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of our heart exchanges.... frames, pincushions, door hangers, keychains, a bag and a bookmark.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a small turn out...maybe because of the rainy weather recently. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And yes... an E@K Meet is never complete without laughter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quelly, Kathie and Genn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucky Mamila got the pincushion I made. </td></tr>
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After the E@K Meet, my Panda and Genn rushed to Meralco theater to watch THE MAGIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS with abs-cbn's Philharmonic Orchestra. While walking up to the Meralco building, we passed a dead frog on the road. After 3 steps, Genn and I simultaneously stopped and turned back. It was the perfect photo op. Haha!<br />
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Only stitchers can understand the FUNNY in FROGS.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OSH stands for ONLINE STITCHING HOUR. Our little group has this weekly now. Where we post our current place in our projects, stitch madly, then post our projects every hour after that. Yes, we flood our group wall but it's fun. Makes us want to really make a dent into the patterns we're stitching up.<br />
** Photo taken by Genn Delizo**<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My darling lovey Panda who's always there for me-- even if he doesn't know how to do a single stitch.</td></tr>
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If you're like me and you stitch with a furbaby nearby... btw, that's my baby Dollar who sleeps next to me in bed. Where was I? Oh yes... stitching with a furbaby. Those of you who do this, know it's almost 99% sure you'll end up with strands of pet hair on your project or worse yet, inserted into your stitching.<br />
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From experience, I've come up with two solutions. And no... it does not mean banishing my baby to another room.<br />
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Keep a scotch tape dispenser or a lint remover roll next to you at all times. Then all you have to do is regularly go across the top of your project area (especially the part where you're stitching) with the sticky papers--- and voila! It picks up your pet hairs.<br />
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IF you've already stitched hair into your projects... you can try pulling out strands of hair using tweezers. So yeah-- you'll need a magnifying glass and tweezers.<br />
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Maybe it may be too late (and you don't have the patience to go through your giant projects anymore). All you gotta do is think this way.... you're preserving your pets DNA for the future. hahaha.<br />
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At least this way, in future projects, you can prepare the lint remover or scotch tape when you stitch a new project.<br />
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Hope it helps! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-44752923460271324372013-02-17T02:47:00.001-08:002013-02-17T02:47:38.837-08:00Jackpot!! Seaside Kingdom<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is actually my second Seaside Kingdom. I now have two... One for myself, and one which I'll probably sell or auction off in the future. As always, whatever I generate from auction or selling stash just goes to getting more stash.<br />
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Right now, I'm eyeing the Disney Dreams Collection.... I can't figure out which one I like best-- Peter Pan or the Little Mermaid.... I did see someone trying to make a Sleeping Beauty one but I don't like the faces. I do love Sleeping Beauty though. It's my favorite Disney cartoon of all time.<br />
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I never would've thought I'd be able to get one... let alone two Seasides... I guess what my friends call me is true-- I'm a natural hunter. Haha. I always joke about calling me Katniss, stash hunter.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-52291553680054016332013-02-16T19:23:00.002-08:002013-02-16T19:46:05.814-08:00E@K Meet January Post Christmas Celebration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(L-R: Me, Myla, Lara, Quelly and Kathie)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh yeah-- that's me... I almost always pull a funny whenever I catch a camera aimed at me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonding and a little show & tell.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the lovely DMC staff giving us an update on their coming plans: a Stitchers Camp during the summer and a contest!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our christmas raffle. All items donated from various stitchers. We all went home with something nice!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gen showing off her cute Precious Moments finish.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More show and tell....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of you may be friends with this guy in the facebook groups... this is Richard Huang. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeya and Kathie going over someones stitching.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group shot... we can't fit in the DMC store anymore!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All smiles. :)</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-77068375188320424852013-02-16T19:09:00.002-08:002013-02-16T19:09:49.231-08:00WIP: Fairies in my garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last year, I saw the finished project of Fairies in my Garden in a cross stitch magazine (I don't remember which one). I was so enamored of it, that I set out on a hunt to get the book. Finally found it. </div>
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It took me a handful of months to start it... actually, it was when I left all my other WIPs at the office and I was suffering withdrawal symptoms from stitching that I suddenly decided to start on this one finally. </div>
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I know there's a huge jump.... I think I forgot to take pictures in between...</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-52074509073738621422013-02-16T18:49:00.001-08:002013-02-16T18:49:54.306-08:00WIP: CougarStarted this November 2012... I don't remember the exact date.<br />
It's to be a gift to my Uncle Joe in San Francisco whose house has a South American theme going on.<br />
According to him, he has a wooden carving of this very same cougar. :)<br />
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This is COUGAR by Sue Coleman.<br />
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<span id="goog_932156673"></span><span id="goog_932156674"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-85460462288807757552013-02-16T18:33:00.003-08:002013-02-16T18:33:38.122-08:00WIP: RosesI'm stitching this up for my mum :) Thought you'd like to see the magic as it happens....<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 5: I got 3 leaves!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 6: I had to frog... *sniff*. Turns out I'e been stitching the wrong shade of green on the leaves so had to take it out and change to the correct shade. </td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-92200323882502060072013-02-16T18:02:00.000-08:002013-02-16T18:05:18.358-08:00How you doin?It's been awhile since I posted. I know... I know. I should do it more often. I just get so caught up doing so many things.<br />
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I finally managed to get almost all the must-have patterns I want. Wahoo! Yes, I sort of emptied my bank on that one. But I'm happy so.... go figure. :)<br />
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With all my patterns collected, I've started shopping hand dyed fabrics. Man! They're expensivo!!! I bought 3 and decided, at this rate, I won't be able to afford watching movies or eat so I stopped there.... (I can still drool and have eye candy watching the sales going on in the facebook groups).<br />
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Here's my stash so far.... They're starting to look like a condominium towers being stacked up one after another. I sometimes just spend an afternoon sifting through them like Golum fondling the Ring.<br />
"My precious.....". Having a blast and dreaming about them.<br />
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I've also been stitching up a storm... at least for me anyway. Way more than I did last year. Somehow, I've dwindled down in trading and stashing so I could concentrate more on stitching. </div>
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I've narrowed my WIPs down to 5.... </div>
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here they are at their current stage as Feb 17, 2013:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fairies in my Garden by Joan Elliott</td></tr>
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I'm doing my best to rotate on them on a regular basis but as of now... I'm focusing on the Roses. I've 1 month to finish it before my mums birthday. So far... I noticed that majority of my works are given to other people... I've nothing on my walls so far except a little Joan Elliott I finished the other year.</div>
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Hoping I'd get to stitch for myself soon. But for now-- I enjoy stitching for my loved ones. The cougar is a request and will be a gift to my Uncle Joe. The Roses, as I said, for my mum. The rest-- are mind, hence slow going.</div>
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And with that.... though I know I have a lot of backtracking to do, here's a song for you.<br />
I sort of ended up making it up as I found myself frogging and taking out stitches I put in by mistake.<br />
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The FROGGING SONG by yours truly (with the help of my loving Panda).<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">(Singing to the tune of THE FARMER IN THE DELL):</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">A Panda original: THE FROGGING SONG</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">A-frogging we will go. A-frogging we will go</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hi ho the derry-o, a-frogging we will go.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Never stitch while sleepy. Never stitch while dizzy.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Or Hi ho the derry-o, a-frogging we will go.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Learn to count your stitches. Learn to count your blocks.<br />Or Hi ho the derry-o, a-frogging we will go.<br /><br />Learn to mark your place. Never move your gaze.<br />Or Hi ho the derry-o, a-frogging we will go.<br /><br />Here we go again. Oh darn this is a pain! Now…<br />Focus, concentrate-- a frogging we will go.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-56130288387160242692012-09-28T17:20:00.002-07:002012-09-28T17:20:15.068-07:00Proud we are, and Thrilled we becameThis appeared in the November 2012 issue of Cross-Stitch & Needlework.<br />
The magazine is now safely in my Pandas hands and I await to receive it in November. Still...he went ahead and shared a pic of a page that he knew we were excited about.<br />
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I had heard earlier from a facebook friend that she saw my name in this magazine... so the Panda went out to hunt for it. True enough, my name is here... along with the picture of my group. AWESOME!<br />
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This was a response I made to their survey question last June... it took 3 months before it popped out. But so cool to be chosen and printed!! :D<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-40645565771035948912012-09-28T17:08:00.002-07:002012-09-28T17:08:36.647-07:00Desperation can make you grasp at anything.Ok, there's an ongoing topic in one of my facebook groups. They're all agog about a current Cross Stitch Crazy magazine being sold on ebay... it's now up to 24 quid.<br />
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So far, I've seen them call the bidders "SILLY", "LAZY", "HAVE MORE MONEY THAN COMMON SENSE", "NOT IN THEIR RIGHT MIND".<br />
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Sorry, but I'm offended for whoever is bidding for it.<br />
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It's not me. The magazines arrive 1 month later in singapore so my lovey Panda has been going to the bookstore every weekend waiting for them. He knows his assignment well. (thank you lovey)<br />
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Still, going back to my original topic...<br />
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I tried butting in and explaining... MAYBE the bidders are from other towns/countries who can't get the magazine and don't know HOW to order it from the publisher. Heck, until I had the facebook groups, I might've been one of those bidding for it. As it is, now I know better. I look for bargains and I know who to contact if I need patterns. But the poor souls who are bidding... they don't know they're being laughed at.<br />
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It's just not right.<br />
People judge right away without knowing facts.<br />
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Someone was quick to judge the seller for being mean and selfish because the price is now at 24... not knowing it started at 99pence.<br />
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They start calling people lazy saying they can just get the mag from a bookstand... as I said, what if there's none wherever they're from? What if they don't know how to order from the publisher? They called them silly... that they have more money than sense.<br />
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I'm an ebay-er. My collection got BUILT from trading and buying from ebay.<br />
On behalf of the bidders, whoever they are, all I can say is this:<br />
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MY MONEY. MY CHOICE.<br />
If they want to plunk down 100 quid on it, let them. It's their choice. It's their money.<br />
Stop calling them names.<br />
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I've normally found this particular facebook group a joy to enter. But not for this week. Until that thread is buried... I won't be entering that group anymore.<br />
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There are now a handful of groups I refuse to enter... because of all the drama. Copyright infringement this.... scammer that.... now, in a once peaceful and happy group, they're laughing at some ebay-ers.<br />
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It's called being in a CLIQUE.<br />
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Just because you know ALL about things, doesn't mean everyone else does.<br />
Give people some slack. If they want to spend their money on things that you know YOU can get cheaper doesn't mean they know how or where to get them from.<br />
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That being said, this particular happy ebay-er settles down to breakfast.<br />
What a way to start the day. Instead of patterns, I saw name calling.<br />
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Sigh.<br />
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My friends were all like "why didn't you tell us?!?!" because I knew of this months in advance. And I'm like "coz they made me promise not to". LOL!</div>
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Other than online, who'd have thought we'd find a group of people we'd love to hang out with that loves stitching the same way we do? We got lucky. This is our second monthly E@K Meet and the fun just continues!!</div>
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Here's My Panda's elder sister (who happens to love stitching too) checking out her stitchy goodies from the exchange gift game. </div>
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This is Honey. One of our stitchperts who has the patience to teach anybody who asks.</div>
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This months gang going nuts!</div>
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It's really really hard to find books or patterns here (that's not from our local DMC store). So he and I really scour booksales for preloved ones or we get them from other sources like online shopping or trading with other stitchers in other countries. This time, we just switched books. He had two Vanessa Ann's and I had 2 of the Beautiful Cross Stitch. Perfect Trade! </div>
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Just to show that the E@K Meets have purpose.</div>
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Previously, all her project "backs" would look like the one on the left.</div>
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Yup. The colors are sometimes more vibrant in the back than the front because she'd use up so much thread. This time... after Honey taught her last month to tuck-away her back... look at how neat (and how much thread she's saved) it's become. </div>
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So get ready to stitch up some bookmarks, keychains or small kits!! We have just 3 weeks to finish them!</div>
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Here you go... another 'photo' blog. Some have been curious on how to get a little bit more organized in their stitchy stuff. I'm just sharing my ideas and the tips I learnt from other stitchperts. Hope it helps! </div>
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Materials needed: Your thread skein, a bobbin (plastic or paper) (I prefer nice white ones so the colors pop and they look neater) and scissors. Optional: a nice show on your tv or laptop to watch while you BOBBINIZE.</div>
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(take note: only remove ONE label from a skein at a time. It'd be disastrous if you suddenly went trigger happy and removed all of them....now how would you figure out which number goes with what thread?!?)</div>
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See? Simple, right? Now you can stick with this... OR... go a little step beyond....</div>
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... I like going a step beyond by cutting out the back so it'll flatten better....</div>
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Tada! Still with me so far?</div>
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(I like having the holes on the right side... and I do this for all the bobbins so they're uniform).</div>
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Before, I would just wind the entire thing wholly but then I got a tip from my stitchpert friends Yeya and Honey to cut them already in the desired length.... so it'd be easier to get and you maximize the entire skein.</div>
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This is my ideal length... wind the thread from the top of your finger...around your elbow and back up.</div>
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What: A local stitching group composed of filipinos from all over the metro (and beyond)</div>
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Goal: To help spread the love of cross stitching.</div>
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Fact: This was our FIRST meeting and it was a success!!! :D</div>
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Of course, as always, what stitchy get-together would be complete without food? We had a massive potluck resulting in a fiesta... it was such a big spread, people kept going back for seconds, thirds, fourths... (I know I went back for Rene's spaghetti at "least" 4 times).</div>
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Nothing cements bonding better than food. And after the food... it's free for all. People overcame their shyness and asked the stitchperts to show them the how-tos of cross stitching. Little circles, group sessions were made on the spot. </div>
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Big or small, it doesn't matter what size you're project is... we appreciate each one.<br />
But be ready... the first thing people usually do is FLIP IT to check out the back. Hence the tutorials.... everyone wants to know how to do a neat back.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Nina and her mum Jen. Love of stitching gets passed on from one generation to the next. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Nina getting a tutorial from Big Nina</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some had already left by the time we got this picture going... but it was a full fun day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the members, Tet, couldn't make it and sent over brownies and butterscotch bars (yum!). The fun part, she sent a note and decorated each bar with an X. That's 36 bars!!</td></tr>
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No, he doesn't stitch. But he's fully supportive and that's what counts. </td></tr>
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What is E@K for?<br />
We want to spread the love for cross stitching and OOMPH up the skill level of each one.<br />
And basically, to find friends who enjoy the same thing as we do. :)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-82259299031261177222012-08-29T02:14:00.000-07:002012-08-29T02:14:13.908-07:00Latest Job: HobbesI'll let the pictures speak for themselves.<br />
This is my latest project. Making this for my Panda for his birthday...but due to an unfortunate fall, I sprained my wrist and wasn't able to finish it in time for his birthday. I'm still doggedly trying to finish it. The brace has been off a couple of days and I'm trying to zoom as fast as I can but with utmost care to railroad and tuckaway my back.<br />
No... I haven't finished my other WIP's but this one is close to being finished... making this my first for 2012. Rawr!!! Yeah!!!<br />
Give me a week more and it'll be done! Woohoo!<br />
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I've had people ask me where to buy the pattern and if I'd sell it after I'm done with it. I actually converted a comic strip into a pattern... but I don't think I can sell it. Copyright belongs to Calvin and Hobbes' maker. I just wanted to make it as a gift for my Panda who loves them. </div>
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Anyway, hope you enjoyed seeing him come alive little by little :)</div>
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My little group of stitchy friends and I have gotten into the habit of celebrating our birthdays at our local DMC store. (yes, they lovingly let us and we in turn lovingly support them 100%).</div>
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Last June was my turn...and given how I love to have fun, I had party hats, loot bags, kiddie tablecloths... and we potlucked ourselves full. </div>
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The Little Mermaid design was in honor of the Mermaid SAL that is ongoing... the Looney Tunes in honor of the latest series that DMC has launched here... every little thing had a meaning. And it was so much fun!</div>
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Ofcourse, it wasn't just food... we brought our stitchy stuff to show and share. No get-together is complete without some form of "okrayan". (**okrayan- critiquing). </div>
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But it's all done in good faith. :) End goal being us laughing and our stitching improving. </div>
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Here are some pictures to show you the fun we had during my birthday. And no... I'm not 12 (though the hats may say otherwise). Multiply that by 3 and you'd roughly get to my age. LOL!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their gift to me. Stitched by Honey, beaded by Yeya, framed by Rene and all around supported by the rest. I'm treasuring this forever!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake from Angel. Thanks Gel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loot bags filled with either beads, patterns, thread heaven, tiny hoops, invisible thread for beading, fabric.... I prepared a month in advance and shopped for this party :D</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is HONEY. One of the stitchperts. She taught me how to TUCK AWAY and generally is my stitching mentor. :)</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771521067662500762.post-11121895279974849112012-08-29T01:34:00.003-07:002012-09-23T17:17:16.097-07:00These stitchies gave me the itchies.I realize it's been quite some time since I've updated my blog. A lot has happened. First, there was another local stitchy get-together by DMC Philippines. This was when they launched their Team Manila patterns. I'll be updating a little bit at a time as I don't want to jumble everything up.<br />
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Sheer loyalty to my local DMC makes me temper my words... before anything else, I want to say I LOVE DMC. But I don't want to sugar coat and pretend I like the latest designs.<br />
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The patterns are designed by Team Manila. Funky designs for Printed shirts. Yes, it promotes the country. (Of all people, you'd hear me cheer for that. Go PHILIPPINES!!) Yes, we hear you say you were targeting the youth. But here's my constructive thoughts on it:<br />
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Cross Stitching is done by those who want TIMELESS designs that would stand the test of time. If you were targeting the youth, the patterns are great but it would've been better making them into SMALL KITS instead. I don't think the youth, especially teenagers, would take hours of their life stitching the same color... over and over again. It's like a poster! I know I wouldn't have the patience for it. You're talking thousands of stitches...on the same color. Now on the other hand, if they had made patterns of the actual sceneries or landmarks... then, it would be worth stitching such a big size. But why would we want to stitch up a poster? I wouldn't even buy the poster, let alone stitch it up. Designs like Team Manila's belong on the funky Tshirts they were originally designed for.<br />
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Whoever approved the team manila designs and decided to make it into BIG poster sizes... hmm... may I suggest asking/making a survey of the local stitchers and asking them what they would want to stitch/spend on? I can't believe no one thought of making them into small kits-- since they did say they're targetting the youth. These are team manila designs...I've seen their SMALL posters in their shops. I wonder why the marketing person/folk decided to make it as a BIGGER cross stitch pattern. Bet he or she does not stitch. Or else she'd know how...err... mind-numbing it is to stitch the same color for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours...<br />
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Here are the pics so you can see for yourself what I mean... take note-- each project is huge... forgot the stitch counts but let's just say it's more or less 200++ x 250++ stitches...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this sign post. If they can make the arrows into a shirt or better yet a bag, I'll totally buy it. </td></tr>
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Now, with all that being said, I do want to say DMC came up with a brill plan. They called me aside and asked me to form a local club. A local stitching club. And with the people that came to support DMC that day, we decided to call the club EKIS@KARAYOM (literal translation is X's and Needles). </div>
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We brainstormed on the name and voted for it. And decided to meet once a month, every 4th saturday. </div>
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If it weren't for DMC, our little stitching group wouldn't have grown so fast. So... thank you DMC for the idea. :) I'll do my best to promote Cross Stitching and bring it back to the forefront of craftsmaking. </div>
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Oh! Here's our beautiful DMC girls. The women who have wholeheartedly supported us and who keeps us smiling. (*clap-clap-clap*)</div>
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And here are the folks who helped form EKIS@KARAYOM. :)</div>
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