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The Gift of Stitching will cease publishing its bi-monthly magazine on the 1st May 2012.
The last issue will be Issue 72 May/June 2012.
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Our Last Issue - 72 May/June 2012

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1 May 2012
Issue 72 2012 is ready to download.

10 February 2012
New hand made needlework jewellery

New pictures in the Reader's Gallery

A Northern Christmas Expression by Nicole Dostal

I used one element of the project from issue 69 (Nov. 2011) for a Christmas card.

Stitched on 14 ct cream perforated paper with two strands of cotton floss. The red is a hand-dyed thread by Oliver Twist (bought somewhere in the UK), the green is some solid DMC I dug out of my box of embroidery thread. I finished the stitching with a single gold-coloured seed bead size 8/o [a very average seed bead] , sewn on with an x stitch with yellow sewing thread.
To make the card, I used a card blank (purchased for this particular purpose) and double-sided tape. Then I wrote the greeting on the inside of the card and that's it.

Stitched by Mari Voipio, Finland.

International sampler my Australia section

Barb
Hastings Victoria Australia
This is a close up of my Australian section of the sampler( bottom right hand corner )

Entry from Rosella

Think Pink, Kirsten

This is my version of Kirsten's design, 'Think Pink' I decided to finish mine as an Ort bag, well every stitcher needs one, at least there is less mess. ;-)
I got inspired with the finishing instructions from 'Creative Poppy' Thank you.

Think pink by cerato

Pilar from Barcelona, Spain.
Fabric: 32ct ecru linen
Threads: DMC
Finishing: citrouille-pincushion topped with pinks beads .

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The Gift of Stitching is moving foward... us2.campaign-archive2.com Moving forward ... I hope you are well and found some stitching time lately. It has become very cold here and I enjoy snuggling into the couch in the evenings with my stitching; it keeps me warm.

05/13/12 8:07 pm

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