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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

SBQ

Weellll I've got a headache tonight, it could possibly elevate to migraine status ... if it wants to. For the first time in four weeks I trained at Taekwon-Do. That was nice, well see how my foot feels tomorrow.

Last night I finished row 3 on Montreal Sampler by Jeannette Douglas and made good progress on row 4. If I'm lucky, with what little time tonight I might finish row 4.

I had a question from Liz on my last post : Q - Must confess that I haven't heard of Jeannette Douglas, not sure if she is available in England. The picture that you have posted of something is really gorgeous, is that a JD design?

Gosh Liz, I'm not sure if JD is available for purchase in the UK or not, but you could easily order her designs online from North American Shops. Here's a link to her website for you to check out her awesome designs. Yes the picture I posted is JD's Montreal Sampler.

Now time for SBQ...
Q :Do you or have you stitched with over-dyed threads? (Weeks Dye Works,The Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Six Strand Sweets, etc.) If so, what is your opinion concerning them? If not, why not?

A : Oh baby, yeah I use over-dyed threads! They're getting harder and harder to avoid these days, so many designers are making use of them. Having stitched Chatelaines and Jeannette Douglas Designs I've worked a lot with them and many of their designs are exclusively overdyed threads. Sometimes if a design needs a little pizazz I'll add in some overdyed threads. I think by now I've used most of the threads on the market.

3 comments:

Karen said...

Sorry to hear about your headache. I had a migraine today myself. Dreadful things, aren't they? Hope you're feeling better!!

Mel in Dubai said...

Sorry about your headache - hope it didn't migrate into a migraine and you are okay now?

Jeannette Douglas designs are available in the UK at Sew & So - http://www.sewandso.co.uk/man28-239.html :)

Not affiliated with them in any way - just a happy customer :)

Nice new start by the way!

Unknown said...

I didn't know about Sew & So over here, but I can tell you that Wye Needlecraft in Bakewell, Derbyshire, stock JD things and they do mail out too. www.wye.co.uk hope that helps for Liz.

I've got Northern Lights to start, but I can't find that howlite polar bear charm anywhere :(