Hi Gail,
I hope by now that your Fidonet is back and working.
 GC³ As for ribbon embroidery I just bought some cute frames.  The are pewter 
fr
 GC³ about 4 x 4 and have a small cat sitting on a ledge looking out a 
window. T
 GC³ are quite unique and I though of making a small rose garden in the 
window w
 GC³ silk ribbon. Make a nice little picture.....
          Crying with envy......sob sob
 GC³ I came across a couple of Pattern books called Ribbon Embriodery from
 GC³ cross-stitching by Jeanette Crews Designs.... Victorian Elegance with a 
lad
 GC³ hat with ribbon roses on it... a parasel with roses.... and victorian 
shoe
 GC³ roses and a flower basket with roses.... The other is called 
Hosewarmers...
 GC³ a Welcome sign with cheribs... a window box with dangling ribbon 
flowers...
 GC³ A wreath on a door... and a mail box with ribbon flowers up the post...
 GC³ Haven't done any yet but they look quick to work up.
      Sounds wonderful. Gives me something to strive for.
 GC³ I have a email friend in Singapore that sent me a very good mag called:
 GC³ Stamping and papercrafts. It is an Austrialian publication. New on the 
mark
 GC³ One of the many projects was using a rubber stamped image and then using 
ri
 GC³ embroidery to fill it in! The example was a topiary tree. The trunk and 
flo
 GC³ where done in silk ribbon and beads where added for a look of elegance. 
The
 GC³ was a button. Another example was a large stamp of a
 GC³ house. Emboridery floss was used to outline the stamped image. Very
 GC³ interesting!
    GOT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS MAGAZINE!!!!!!!
 GC³ An article on making paper too! Even a pergamano bookmark, how to make 
pape
 GC³ roses, paper tole, quilling, scherenschnitte, calligraphy, decoupage, 
nd
 GC³ making envelopes! Lots of advertising for all the products used in the
 GC³ projects.It is a wonderful mag and worth every cent if you can find it!
    And all this too.  Isn't life great!!!   :-)
  OH Gail you have me drooling!!!!  You hit on my two favorite things.
I'm just trying to teach myself ribbon embroidery.  It is very slow going.
I started my first project last night.  I got to where I had to make a
twisty ribbon rose and had so many problems.  Is there some kind of trick
to this rose?  I've had trouble finding a book that explains the stitches
in a language that I can understand.  I can't stand this technique they use
of "go up thru A, down thru B, over to C etc...  I need more clarity than
that.  Is there a "Ribbon Embroidery for Dummies" book?
Now that I know you are into RE and RS I am going to be Emailing you with
tons of questions.  I hope you don't mind?!
I just checked my Email addresses and I don't have yours.
Would you send it to me?
My Email address is HCbVALRE@AOL.COM
ttyl.......val
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