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On the funny side, one of the Cattitudes books has a grey cat behind a red "Beware of Dog" sign, and is subtitled "… and don’t trust the cat, either!" On the weird side, Stoney Creek put out an insect sampler, which has an earwig Kilmeny Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi all, I had another thought enter my mind. I am curious what the weirdest, silliest, funniest pattern you have ever seen and/or stitched, is? The one I saw is at a LNS near the village I used to live in and it was a cross stitch pattern of a worm. I do not know who the designer is. That is too long ago. But it has always stuck in my mind. I wish now I had the money so I could have bought it… Nathalie
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I’m partial to the one I’m working on now. It’s from a Leisure Arts book and the pattern is two gray bunnies with a sign that says "This house is protected by Killer Dust Bunnies".
Hey… I’m doing that one too… (it’s my travelling piece.. the smallest of all my WIPs right now)…..! Mine has two bunnies around an Aunt Tizzy (?) in her bathrobe. I used sparkly fringy stuff for her slippers and fuzzy whisper for her robe collar. Too cute. Sally
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It’s the one with the mice skating with their bras in their hands. It says something like "take your bra off, it drives the cats crazy". I LOVE IT!!! Can anyone help me with the designer name on this one? Kris…:) Was that the complimentary pattern issued by Twisted Threads several years ago?
Yep, it’s a Twisted Thread chart called Drive the Cats Crazy. It’s done on an extremely bright pink fabric from R&R with Sampler Threads and a pair of really cute rollerskate buttons. There’s a mouse zipping along on rollerskates with the saying "I love to take my bra off and drive the cats crazy". I actually finished this one; it worked up very quickly. Kathy K — X/USA/S/-/-/-/27B/Monolog in Blue, chameleon freebie/X,Bw,D,P/E,L/D,S,Od/:-P~ /S/M+/B/b/R-/S/K-/E+/L/G-/Wo/Sam Elliott/David Weber/pizza
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I just saw this pattern — it’s called "Frog Music." You’ve heard of kitten-on-the-keys? Well, this one is frogs-on-the-keys. As soon as I saw it I thought "weeeeeiiiirrrd!" It’s quite colorful, actually, and if you like frogs … you can see it at http://www.cross-stitch.net/ (first page) –Rosaleah (Come to think of it, I may get this one to work up for my DH, a published music critic who has a frog collection … weeeeeeiiiirrddd!!)
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi all, I had another thought enter my mind. I am curious what the weirdest, silliest, funniest pattern you have ever seen and/or stitched, is? The one I saw is at a LNS near the village I used to live in and it was a cross stitch pattern of a worm. I do not know who the designer is. That is too long ago. But it has always stuck in my mind. I wish now I had the money so I could have bought it… Nathalie
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Can somebody help me with the name to this design? It sounds so cute. Beth – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -(Kathy Koestner) writes: It’s the one with the mice skating with their bras in their hands. It says something like "take your bra off, it drives the cats crazy". I LOVE IT!!! Can anyone help me with the designer name on this one? Kris…:) Was that the complimentary pattern issued by Twisted Threads several years ago? Yep, it’s a Twisted Thread chart called Drive the Cats Crazy. It’s done on an extremely bright pink fabric from R&R with Sampler Threads and a pair of really cute rollerskate buttons. There’s a mouse zipping along on rollerskates with the saying "I love to take my bra off and drive the cats crazy". I actually finished this one; it worked up very quickly. Kathy K —
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I have a leaflet of four stitcher birds, which is just hilarious. Species: Evenweave Fabric Stabber. Migration pattern: to/from LNS Habitat: cluttered nest Diet: anything someone else prepares Latin Name: Avid Needleworker
Hey Karen, I actally got this as a present for my Mom back in 82. She still has it, and if she ever decides to get rid of it, I will be right there with my hot little hands to grab it. You know, I should borrow it to do these for my cluttered nest. I do love them. Elizabeth
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I designed this leaflet years ago while I was free lancing for Designs by Gloria and Pat, and I still have ten copies in my stock. Since I’ve already promised one copy to Rita, because she signs herself "The Alabama Evenweave Fabricstabber," the first nine people who send me their snail mail address will receive one free in the mail.. My sense of humor is a little quirky, and I doubt that you’ll actually want to stitch one of the designs, but they’re fun to look at and have in your stash. Yours, — Martha Schmidt http://needlemaid.home.att.net – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have a leaflet of four stitcher birds, which is just hilarious. Species: Evenweave Fabric Stabber. Migration pattern: to/from LNS Habitat: cluttered nest Diet: anything someone else prepares Latin Name: Avid Needleworker Hey Karen, I actally got this as a present for my Mom back in 82. She still has it, and if she ever decides to get rid of it, I will be right there with my hot little hands to grab it. You know, I should borrow it to do these for my cluttered nest. I do love them. Elizabeth
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I love quirky!!! If it’s not too late, my snail addy is: Jackie Tindall 105 Killington Williamsburg, VA 23188 TIA! Jacqueline Tindall
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Martha I’d love a copy if they aren’t all gone! Ellen Schell 10644 Tancred Street Northglenn CO 80234 Course, I’d have to do it just to show my husband I’m not a completely unidentified species! Thanks for your offer (even if I don’t get one, it was SO nice of you to do) Ellen (in Denver) – When the going gets tough, the tough use duct tape
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I love quirky!!! If it’s not too late, my snail addy is: Oh please, please – Jackie and MommaSchell, PLEASE don’t make your snail mail addresses that available to ANYONE! They look to be actual street addresses rather than nice, fairly safe box addresses. Yes, this is OT, but it’s important enough that I’m going to get up on my soapbox (heavily reinforced, of course, as I, too, am a woman of magnificent size). PLEASE think about information security for you and your families – and do it before you have reason to regret what information is available to others. Once information is out, you absolutely cannot get it back – and there might easily come a time when that’s a problem. Some of you know that my daughter and I were targeted by a stalker who started online and then moved things to the "real world" back in 1996 – he’s still out there. Now I work with Women Halting Online Abuse to help others who are being harassed. I get cases just about every day in which someone is being harassed, and whenever the harasser CAN get the person’s phone number(s) and snail mail addresses, the harassment usually moves offline, as well. Just this week I heard from several women who are being harassed because of someone who took a dislike to them on the message boards at EBay and started sending them email bombs (trying to fill up their email boxes so they couldn’t use them any more) and then started making harassing phone calls and threatening remarks about knowing where they live. (Are you aware that ANY registered EBay user can get your contact info just for asking if you are a registered EBay user? They don’t have to be involved in a transaction with you to do so.) Another fellow is being harassed because he entered a negative remark in a seller’s half.com feedback after receiving a pirated CD from the man rather than the promised original CD he thought he was buying. In a third case, a woman was tracked down by a freak who’d had a crush on her back in high school (15 years ago) and is determined that they’re going to be together now – and he was able to get her work and home addresses and phone numbers quite easily on the net. Yet another woman has a man threatening to kill her 4-year-old daughter because he apparently didn’t like her email address. In another case, people who disagreed with fellow’s views posted on a message board about a TV show are trying to get him fired by repeatedly ordering various sorts of sexually explicit materials and sending them to him at his his work address. None of these people thought anything about, for instance, posting on the net using their work email addresses, or mentioning that their kid goes to such and such a school in Podunk, TX, or that they go to a particular church and are always there late on Wednesday nights for choir practice. Now they wish they could take back that information, and it’s too late. Use a drop box address for everything instead of getting things at your home or work address – really, they aren’t very expensive (check with Mailboxes Etc. and similar places – they actually have a better track record of not giving out info on their customers without proper legal paperwork than the US post office does – I don’t know anything about the post offices in other countries). If you must give out a valid phone number – say, because you are doing business on EBay or elsewhere – get one at EFax.com or Onebox.com and use it. There’s a great book called Not an Easy Target by Paxton Quigley that I wish everyone would read "just in case." There’s more info on my web site at http://www.technomom.com/privacy.html if you’re interested. Cyn (putting away the soapbox)
Cyn, I didn’t snip any of your posting because it is so important, and some new servers may not have passed along the original. There’s a short section on not posting personal information in Kathy’s most excellent *weekly* posting, "Welcome to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework." Folks, everybody really should read the whole "Welcome" posting at least once…and the *posted-twice-a-week* "Newcomers to RCTN – Please Read!" posting, also. C’mon, read ‘em…pretty please! 
Nan Evelyn
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|I’m partial to the one I’m working on now. It’s from a Leisure Arts book and |the pattern is two gray bunnies with a sign that says "This house is protected |by Killer Dust Bunnies". <delurk My mother bought a little cross-stitched piece many years ago (before I became addicted to said craft) that has a little mouse holding a feather duster. Beneath the mouse it says: You can touch my dust, but please don’t write in it. Quite appropriate for both of our homes – wish I could buy the pattern so I might stitch it for my house… Erica </delurk — Replace NOSPAM with nortelnetworks to reply The opinions expressed above are those of the author and not necessarily those of Nortel Networks. "If you can see the obstacles, you’ve taken your eyes off the goal."
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The funniest… A hunter and a HUGE moose. The hunter says: Bend down, so I can get a shot at you or, still a moose involved (a swedish cartoon), sitting in a tree, hiding from the hunter and saying: Can’t they cope with the sauce… Elisabeth WIP: Lily Table Topper (own design), Morning Dew Drop (Pinn-Stitch)
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I have a leaflet of four stitcher birds, which is just hilarious. Species: Evenweave Fabric Stabber. Migration pattern: to/from LNS Habitat: cluttered nest Diet: anything someone else prepares Latin Name: Avid Needleworker It haunted me from 1982 (when I was too poor to buy anything I wasn’t going to stitch as a gift) till a couple years ago (when I found it for $1 in the clearance bin). I doubt I’ll ever stitch it, but I do haul it out from time to time to snicker at it. — Finished 7/30/00 – Teen Creed WIP: #1 – getting my health back wedding sampler, California Sampler, Holiday Snowglobe, America the Beautiful (Nimble Needle), antique green doll (Vervaco) Don’t risk your on-line privileges! I report all Spam.
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I looked in my mailbox today, and there it was, a wonderful booklet from Martha Schmidt! "Classic Oriental Designs"- one I didn’t already have, and the designs are wonderful. I love oriental stuff!!!! I think I will have to do the fish first (: THANK YOU!!!!! – Ruth Mays Cinnaminson, NJ The trouble with being an adult is that it takes up so much of my time…
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I would love to have this leaflet, so if it is not too late, please send one to: Elisabeth Helsing Falev
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