--=> Christi spotted Penny, then sent a coded signal about Good News! <=--
    Hi Christi!
    
 CW> Go to your local copy shop and they should have empty ream boxes. they
 CW> are sturdy and pack a bunch.  Butterfly shaw dancer turned out fairly
 CW> well she would have been prettier if I could have found the suede to
 CW> match the four hundred colors from DMC.  so I stitched in the fringe.
    Couldn't fins any suede the color you wanted huh!  THat is terrible.
    I have only seen three colors of suede so I supose it is pretty
    limited.  What color would you have used if you would have done it
    in suede?  I wonder if you could have taken doe suede fabric and cut
    it in to very skinny strips if you could have stitched it with
    that... ?  Oh well it was just a thought and It is all ready done.
    
 CW> but she still turned out.  I put a rossette in the corner with a
 CW> butterfly in the center all in beads.  then on each side I placed some
 CW> hand painted butterfly buttons.  No I did not get her back yet .  she
 CW> will go straight from the framer to the contest. I will be getting her
 CW> back March the 9,1997.  I will know by the 7th if I have won anything.
 CW> this is a tough contest there is only 150 entries and there are no
 CW> repeats of stitch pieces. so say I enter earthdancer there would not
 CW> be another one eligible to enter.  Which I like that. because at
 CW> Rockhomme they tell you that but when I entered Earthdancer two years
 CW> ago there was three entered.
    Well I know I will be glued to the echo on the 9th to see if you
    posted a message about how you did.  Wouldn't it be tougher if
    there were even more pieces to choose from, or is it the more the
    better the chance?  Well I am excited for you and I know you must be
    very proud to design your own piece.  BTW was this contest just for
    first time designs or designer?
 CW> I am interested in knowing if there is as much blending of threads in
 CW> the storyteller as there was in the castle?
    As a matter of fact there is tons of blending threads.  There is a
    total of 83 colors for the whole piece and just in the dragons fore
    arm I think I counted 14 different colors to stitch a three inch
    area.  Most of that of course is two colors for one stitch.  Anyway
    it is beautiful and I can't wait to finish it.  I have almost one
    half of it done.  Probably more like a third.  I thought the castle
    looked so much easier to do after working on this piece for awhile.
    I wish I know how she tkaes and choose her threads to get the
    desired affect of color.  I think that is the creative part of her
    designs.
    
 CW>
 CW> I shall let you go and do not wear yourself out packing.  good luck.
    I am not..... but I am getting discouraged.... My hubby leaves today
    and I have have to stay behind for another three months.  He gets
    all the fun stuff.  I really am going to miss him even though it is
    only 100 miles.  And three months is not a long time but it is if
    things go bump in the night.  I have my bedroom all packed except
    for my clothes and bed.  And I have my son's bedroom done except for
    a little in the clost and his clothes and toys.  I am cleaning out
    his room because  am going to use it for sotring all our boxes as we
    pack them.  I am hoping to get more done this week.  I have so much
    I have to go through and it is frustrating when you have to work and
    clean and feed everyone.  Oh well moving day will be hear soon....
Penny Powers 
Cat lover & child cuddler
                               
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