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- Vintage Hearts FREE Design and Tutorial! January 30, 2021
- Home & Heart Ornament for You! November 28, 2020
- NEW! Thanksgiving Freebie Chart October 10, 2020
- Flosstube Debut August 2, 2020
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- FREEBIE Chart: Tree of Life October 28, 2018
- Mine or Yours? August 10, 2018
- Color: Red, Pink, Burgundy, or Rose? May 1, 2018
- Color: The Importance of Value April 26, 2018
- The Myth of the Vertical Thread January 15, 2018
- An Ounce of Prevention Prevents Big Disasters November 26, 2017
- To Rip or Not to Rip: That is the Question! November 5, 2017
- Floss Organization: Part One June 13, 2016
- A First Aid Kit for Cross Stitch March 26, 2016
- The Work of My Hands March 20, 2016
- Getting Organized March 6, 2016
- Never Stop Learning! February 27, 2016
- It’s Time to Set the Record Straight January 11, 2016
- Quick & Easy Ornament Finish December 13, 2015
- FREEBIE: Americana Sampler Flag November 11, 2015
- Confessions of a Lazy Stitcher November 5, 2015
- Retreat: What’s in a Word? October 23, 2015
- Or I Shall Be Forgotten August 6, 2015
- Boundless Needlework July 15, 2015
- Mounting Your Needlework the Easy Way May 14, 2015
- Who Do You Trust? April 28, 2015
- Tangles and Knots No More! April 6, 2015
- Stitch with Friends on Facebook! March 9, 2015
- Valentine FREEBIE January 30, 2015
- “Celtic Noel” FREEBIE! December 13, 2014
- Why I Wash and Iron Every Needlework Project December 10, 2014
- An Rx for a Worldwide Epidemic November 16, 2014
- “Give Thanks” FREEBIE! October 12, 2014
- Does Size Matter? October 5, 2014
- Why Does the Back of My Work Matter? September 11, 2014
- Is Your Hobby Really a Labor of Love? September 1, 2014
- But I Don’t Like the Colors! August 18, 2014
- Do You Suffer from Backstitch Procrastination? July 30, 2014
- Stay Connected July 13, 2014
- Do You “Loop” When Starting a New Strand? July 8, 2014
- Instant Gratification! July 7, 2014
Tag Archives: Getting Started
Getting Organized
It all started with a sale at AC Moore on boxes. Organizing my Works In Progress has been on my to-do list. For a year. Maybe two. Maybe forever. But when I had extra time, I wanted to stitch not … Continue reading
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Tagged cross stitch, Getting Started, jean farish, jean farish needleworks, needlework, organizing, WIP, Works in Progress
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Do You “Loop” When Starting a New Strand?
Back in the day, when I was first learning cross stitch, the “loop starting” method was quite the controversy. Like many new ideas, this one got all tangled up in misinformation and the battle between tradition and change. One … Continue reading
Posted in tutorial, Uncategorized
Tagged Getting Started, Loop Method
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