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Is Cross Stitch Coming Back?
04/23/08 13:31:07 | 0 Comments
Recently I spoke with several of my wholesalers as well as with other vendors...asked them if they thought that cross stitch was 'coming back in fashion'. They felt that it was.
In the mid to late 80's, in the larger populated areas, there was a die-down of cross stitch as a medium in the craft area. This went hand in hand with crewel embroidery, and many other types of crafts. Sales went down dramtically for the publishers as well as for the designers and for decades, they... -
Binding Your Cross Stitch Cloth Edges
02/09/08 16:26:26 | 0 Comments
For the Newbie.....When I first started to Cross Stitch, I really didn't know anything about the material, what it did, how to handle it, how to keep it clean etc. I was unaware of how easily it pulled apart to be honest. At first, I just merely rolled it up on one side and worked with it from one edge. Later on, I just taped it. Neither is really convenient because the rolling marked the material wrinkled and messy, the tape makes it bulky and stiff. But without any other methods, or... -
Cross Stitch Books You Can't Live Without!
02/02/08 14:41:40 | 0 Comments
Here are some great books that you might want to add to your cross stitch library....ones you might not want to live without. If you are like me, you even hang on to the ones that are out of print.
The Cross Stitcher's Bible
New Cross Stitch Patterns
02/02/08 14:05:46 | 0 Comments
I've just posted new cross stitch patterns at www.rawhidestudios.com/cross-stitch but quite a few of these charts are only available only as set of one. Some of them are quite complicated and time consuming, but when completed are absolutely gorgeous!
If you're an accomplished stitcher, the main difficulty is time. For the neophyte, I would not discourage you, but really, I'd rather reccomend a smaller...
