Flower Thread

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Hi! I have a few questions about DMC’s Flower Thread. First, what kind of floss is it (silk?) and what kind of charts do you use it in? Also, is it really discontinued? If anyone knows of a website that has any information about it, I’d appreciate that too! Thanks Everyone! Patti — My Thanksgiving page was winner of the month! www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2441/thanksgiving.html visit my website: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2441 and my new Christmas website! www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/5518

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Here is Ginnie Thompson’s Website: http://www.flowerthread.com/ Cathy Miller, St. Louis, MO, Area – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Yes, it is discontinued by DMC. However, there are other brands of flower thread, Ginnie Thompson being one of them. I don’t know if there’s a particular site for Ginnie Thompson’s Flower Thread (anyone else – besides Nan, that is!) Hope this little bit of information helps somewhat. Marci — Brooklyn, New York (lose "myspouse" to reply) Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8574/ "Anything less than two karats is a ‘friendship’ ring."

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DMC’s Flower Thread. First, what kind of floss is it (silk?) and what kind of charts do you use it in? Also, is it really discontinued?

HI Patti, Flower Thread is a matte cotton thread – where you would use 2 strands of floss, you would only use one of flower thread to get the same coverage. I suppose you could use it in any design/pattern where you wanted a matte effect, but off the top of my head, the one designer I know who uses it in many of his designs is Curtis Boehringer. Yes, it is discontinued by DMC. However, there are other brands of flower thread, Ginnie Thompson being one of them. I don’t know if there’s a particular site for Ginnie Thompson’s Flower Thread (anyone else – besides Nan, that is!) Hope this little bit of information helps somewhat. Marci — Brooklyn, New York (lose "myspouse" to reply) Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8574/ "Anything less than two karats is a ‘friendship’ ring."

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My LNS also carries the Eva Rosenstand//Clara Weaver brand of flower thread. The colors are wonderful (soft, muted shades) and they come in these 3" long mini-skeins that look like miniature skeins of yarn – the thread "pulls" out, just like a skein of yarn (am I making sense here?) Did I mention they are the cutest things and I HAVE to have all of them?? Sigh. What IS it about having to collect all these supplies? Addicted in Ca – Pam

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Hi Pam…great LNS. It isn’t local to me but I have gone there anyway. Wow, what a selection!! (Thanks again Karen.) Denise

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Sorry, Nan…no URL. Needlepoints Ltd., Garden Grove,CA @714-894-5242. Next time I go in I’m planning on asking them if they have a color chart…If they do, I’ll pick up one for you and send you a sample (and a whole bunch more for me!) Anyone out there know where you can get this online??? Needlecraft Corner < http://www.webexpression.com/ lists "Eva Rosenstand Floss – $1.49" I don’t know if that’s the same as Eva Rosenstand Flower Thread. Thumbelina < http://www.thumbelina.com/ in Solvang, Cal., used to carry a lot of Eva Rosenstand things. Might be able to get the FT there. Nan Evelyn

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Sorry to follow my on post – but just found this site and the ER and CW links are more global… http://www.shishuu.com/index.html – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My LNS also carries the Eva Rosenstand//Clara Weaver brand of flower thread. The colors are wonderful (soft, muted shades) and they come in these 3" long mini-skeins that look like miniature skeins of yarn – the thread "pulls" out, just like a skein of yarn (am I making sense here?) Did I mention they are the cutest things and I HAVE to have all of them?? Sigh. What IS it about having to collect all these supplies? Which LNS, Pam? Name, URL (I hope!)? Here are the ER and CW distributors – see the bottom of the page of the Aust/NZ distributor… http://users.bigpond.com/witchstitch/ Nan Evelyn BFN OOROO Michelle Northern Beaches Sydney, Australia and sometime Oz-stitch Admin person http://www.crosswinds.net/~ozstitch/index.html

BFN OOROO Michelle Northern Beaches Sydney, Australia and sometime Oz-stitch Admin person http://www.crosswinds.net/~ozstitch/index.html

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Sorry, no color charts or conversion charts for ER/CW to *anything*!!! NPLtd is my LNS, too, and I’ve checked around the web (including Europe), for another customer (both of us occasional helpers/part-timers for Carolyn). Nancy and I have decided that someone’s just gonna have to sit down with the skeins of ER/CW and the DMC and Anchor charts and do it manually. But don’t look to me to do this LOL !!! ~<|:o) Darla So that’s it. We’re all going to die. – Arthur P. Dent remove clothes to respond

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Nope. Eva Rosenstand floss is beautiful (though pricey) but it’s not the same as the flower thread. My LSN carries both & I guess I’m going to appreciate the fact that I have such a great LNS close by. (maybe TOO close). Pam in CA P.S….the flower thread is only $1.10 vs $1.35 for the floss…go figure!

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Here are the ER and CW distributors – see the bottom of the page of the Aust/NZ distributor… http://users.bigpond.com/witchstitch/ Nan Evelyn

BFN OOROO Michelle Northern Beaches Sydney, Australia and sometime Oz-stitch Admin person http://www.crosswinds.net/~ozstitch/index.html

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This topic keeps making me think of my MIL who is always saying to me: "You don’t want to waste all that time on that stitching – what about all the jobs that need doing" – this translates as ‘Caroline, you are such a slob around the house – stop enjoying yourself and do some washing up!’ Caroline Pearce <http://www.compulink.co.uk/~pearce/home.html "Blessed are the quilters – for they are life’s piece-makers"

Well, at least you know enough not to give her any of your stitching as presents. Ann Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.

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Does anyone have hints for using flower thread? I’ve started the July Snowman of the Month and spent more time untangling and unknotting the flower thread than stitching! Just unwinding the skein is a project! Is flower thread always like this? Or am I doing something wrong. Christi Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.

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<<Is flower thread always like this? Or am I doing something wrong. Hey Christi, I just bought *153* skeins of flower thread. After 6 hours, I only have 6 skeins untangled and on bobbins. I’ve decided that the "F" *does not* stand for Flower. The Other Lesa

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Christi, I just spent some time winding flower thread on those cardboard bobbins. What I did, and I think I got the idea from this ng, is take the slips of paper off the skein and put it around my wrist. Then I wound it onto the bobbin (carefully mind you since I had heard the horror stories about it tangling really bad). This seemed to work for me without too much trouble. Hope this helps. Good Luck! Happy stitching! Mary – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does anyone have hints for using flower thread? I’ve started the July Snowman of the Month and spent more time untangling and unknotting the flower thread than stitching! Just unwinding the skein is a project! Is flower thread always like this? Or am I doing something wrong. Christi Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.

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: Christi, I just spent some time winding flower thread on those cardboard : bobbins. What I did, and I think I got the idea from this ng, is take the : slips of paper off the skein and put it around my wrist. Then I wound it : onto the bobbin (carefully mind you since I had heard the horror stories : about it tangling really bad). This seemed to work for me without too : much trouble. Hope this helps. Good Luck! This is the only way I’ve ever found to deal with the stuff if I wanted to wind it on bobbins. (The loop, after it’s opened up, will fit around a paperback book, I think — if you need two hands free for winding, like I do.) Another way to handle it is to cut through all the strands when you get it opened out into a loop, fold it and twist it until it twists in on itself, and stick it in a baggie. That way, when you need a strand you can pull it out of the bundle without it tangling a lot. Good luck! (The results really are worth it!) Terri — Steve and Terri Carl

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I just bought *153* skeins of flower thread. After 6 hours, I only have 6 skeins untangled and on bobbins. I’ve decided that the "F" *does not* stand for Flower. The Other Lesa MMMMMMOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM! Did you hear what she said? But you know what she meant!!!! Punish her! Punish her! Punish her! You don’t make her do anything….. You made me wind the flower thread and even when it got so tangled that it nearly cut off my baby toe, you told me to "shut up and wind." …… <pout (and she left dishes in the sink, too, Mom!) How come you treat her different…. it’s no fair…. Christina

Other Lesa, watch your language. Guys don’t like girls that talk like sailors! I didn’t raise you to talk like that! And it *is* your night to do the dishes. Christina, what have I told you about tattling? And if you keep pouting like that, your face will stick that way and I’ll *never* be able to marry you off! Goodness! Such daughters! As my own mom used to say, I’d trade the both of you to the first tinker who came to the door with a leaky copper pot. Now kiss and make up. Hugs and kissies, Mom Monique

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: Goodness! Such daughters! As my own mom used to say, I’d trade the both of : you to the first tinker who came to the door with a leaky copper pot. Now : kiss and make up. : Hugs and kissies, : Mom Monique Hey Mom, You forgot to tell them: "Be thankful you have floss to wind! There are kids in 3rd World countries who have never been able to wind floss….." "When you are out on your own you’ll be grateful that I taught you how to wind floss!" "When I was a kid I used to have to harvest the cotton, spin the fibers, dye the floss AND wind it! You kids now-a-days are spoiled." Ever helpful 3rd daughter, kujo

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writes: Does anyone have hints for using flower thread? I’ve started the July Snowman of the Month and spent more time untangling and unknotting the flower thread than stitching! Just unwinding the skein is a project! Is flower thread always like this? Or am I doing something wrong. Christi Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.

Christi (and everyone else) I am just finishing a picture of a pair of ballet toe shoes hanging from a nail – done completely in flower thread – and the best tips I have for you are: 1. When winding to a bobbin, **carefully** unwrap the flower thread, and open it up so that it is in a circle. Put this circle over your wrist. Then wind, unwrapping only a little from your wrist at a time. 2. Use shorter (15" or so) lengths instead of 18". The ends will begin to fray and if you don’t finish the piece of fiber off quickly, it will fray **really quickly** and **really far up your thread**. 3. It’s tough to put in a #26 needle, if your fabric will handle it, use a #24. Otherwise, use a needle threader. 4. Use an "away knotless waste knot" to begin your thread. It’s much easier than trying to catch your thread as you’re stitching. If you have any specific questions I’ll try to help. By the way, I really enjoyed working with the DMC version of flower thread. My next attempt will be with the "real" Danish stuff – hope it goes as well. -Ree If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

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: "Be thankful you have floss to wind! There are kids in 3rd World : countries who have never been able to wind floss….." : "When you are out on your own you’ll be grateful that I taught you how to : wind floss!" : "When I was a kid I used to have to harvest the cotton, spin the fibers, : dye the floss AND wind it! You kids now-a-days are spoiled." Not only that, but: "When I was a kid I had to walk to the store, six miles across farmland and a mountain, and carry my floss & fabric back six miles with me." "When I was a kid, we didn’t go out and buy yards of new fabric to quilt, we cut up our clothes (ok, they were mostly your dad’s ugly shirts) to make a quilt." "Someday you’ll have daughters of your own who take over the house with all this needlework stuff! I can’t even see my 1960 green/orange/gold felt wallpaper in the back powder room, you covered the walls with your stitching." Debi Mc — The Needleworker: <http://www.crl.com/~dmcmahon/

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<<Christina, what have I told you about tattling? And if you keep pouting like that, your face will stick that way and I’ll *never* be able to marry you off! Goodness! Such daughters! As my own mom used to say, I’d trade the both of you to the first tinker who came to the door with a leaky copper pot. Now kiss and make up. Hugs and kissies, Mom Monique MOM! I never wanted a sister — can’t you send her back?? The Other Lesa (who only has brothers who *do* talk like sailers — Guess What Mom? I can swear in 7 different languages, want to hear?)

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How come you treat her different…. it’s no fair…. Christina

(playing devil’s advocate here) sing-songy voice on: "neener neener neener, Mom always did like me better" (playing Mom now) "Now Christina, you know, life isn’t fair…Deal with it." Jill

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"When I was a kid I had to walk to the store, six miles across farmland and a mountain, and carry my floss & fabric back six miles with me."

…uphill backwards both ways through a driving blizzard. "When I was a kid, we didn’t go out and buy yards of new fabric to quilt, we cut up our clothes (ok, they were mostly your dad’s ugly shirts) to make a quilt."

Ha! We had to make our clothes out of worn out old quilts! "Someday you’ll have daughters of your own who take over the house with all this needlework stuff! I can’t even see my 1960 green/orange/gold felt wallpaper in the back powder room, you covered the walls with your stitching."

No! Someday you’ll have sons who’ll ask, "wouldn’t it be faster if you used a felt-tipped marker?" Debi Mc — The Needleworker: <http://www.crl.com/~dmcmahon/

Lee — Ms. Lee N. McLaird, Curator of Rare Books & Special Collections Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University

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I am sure that my MIL would be in the running for "World’s Greatest MIL"

Add my DH’s MIL to that contest. (She’s also a pretty great mom too). — "Life is too important to be taken seriously"

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The answer to that is, "Gee, Mom, if it bothers you you’re welcome to clean up anytime!" Then smile and go back to stitching. Sounds to me like you’ve got your priorities straight!! — Cindy "Work is what you do for others; art is what you do for yourself" – Sunday in the Park With George — 8^}

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Gee, I must be sooo lucky! My MIL is a saint! She is so sweet, sometimes I look at DH and I just *know* I married him for his Mother. If we had a contest, I’m sure she’d win for being "the World’s Greatest MIL." Makes me feel kinda bad for people who don’t get along with their in-laws. Well, enough crowing for today Molly (who will share, but not give away, her MIL)

I shouldn’t have responded to this - my comments could go on for days. My MIL is a pip. The lastest is that she and my FIL decided to go on a little trip. This should sound wonderful – 4 days without their phone calls. But, NO!!! First of all, they haven’t any means to get where they’re going – which means DH and I have to drive them. Turns out, the place is about 5 hours from here. But, she doesn’t know where there are going. I finally got a phone number out of her last night and I will call this morning. Wish me luck!! Barb

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "When I was a kid I had to walk to the store, six miles across farmland and a mountain, and carry my floss & fabric back six miles with me." And it was uphill *both* ways! — "Life is too important to be taken seriously" And the snow was six feet deep!

In July!! — Darlene Jones Moscow, ID 83843 http://www.uidaho.edu/~jone9538 "Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that the critics don’t like and cultivate it. That’s the only part of your work that’s individual and worth keeping." * Jean Cocteau *

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Molly, I definitely feel sorry for those who don’t get along with their in-laws. I am sure that my MIL would be in the running for "World’s Greatest MIL" as well. As a demonstration of my feelings for her, the very first significant cross-stitch piece I ever did ("Summer Comes Calling") went to her. (It’s at the framers now, but will be hung above her bed.) –Lance– -==(UDIC)==- www: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lsh5a Life is really just a very large computer game. I just wish it came with a good manual.

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"When I was a kid I had to walk to the store, six miles across farmland and a mountain, and carry my floss & fabric back six miles with me." And it was uphill *both* ways! — "Life is too important to be taken seriously"

And the snow was six feet deep!

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Christi, Join the club, my friend and I just got all the Angels and Wildflowers and most of the threads. I ended up splitting the skeins for us. What a bitch that was. I know just what you mean and I don’t know why it was so difficult. I do know that the flower thread tends to knot up faster than regular floss. You have my sympathy. Kathy

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writes: "Someday you’ll have daughters of your own who take over the house with all this needlework stuff! I can’t even see my 1960 green/orange/gold felt wallpaper in the back powder room, you covered the walls with your stitching."

And don’t forget the ever popular, "I’ll turn this car around RIGHT now!"

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: <<Christina, what have I told you about tattling? And if you keep pouting : like : that, your face will stick that way and I’ll *never* be able to marry you : off! Goodness! Such daughters! As my own mom used to say, I’d trade the : both of you to the first tinker who came to the door with a leaky copper : pot. Now : kiss and make up. : Hugs and kissies, : Mom Monique : MOM! I never wanted a sister — can’t you send her back?? : The Other Lesa (who only has brothers who *do* talk like sailers — Guess : What Mom? I can swear in 7 different languages, want to hear?) MMOOOMMM! She’s looking out _my_ window! Heather, who is unfortunately siblingless and has to make do with adopting other people’s siblings. — Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. – Erica Jong GS/T d- s/+ a– C++ UL P+ L++ !E W++ N++ K w– O? !M V PS+ !PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+ R++ !tv b++ DI++ !D G+ e++(*) h-(+) r+++ x? Voted alt.geek Babe of the Year – 1994

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"When I was a kid I had to walk to the store, six miles across farmland and a mountain, and carry my floss & fabric back six miles with me."

And it was uphill *both* ways! — "Life is too important to be taken seriously"

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"When I was a kid I had to walk to the store, six miles across farmland and a mountain, and carry my floss & fabric back six miles with me." And it was uphill *both* ways!

And "it rained all day, the night I left – the weather it was dry…." <G "We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure; joy follows, like a shadow that never leaves." - Buddha, The Dharmapada

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