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The new year is starting... I have started a new alphabet for you guys... we
will proceed the same as last year... one letter per week... the letter will
be sent as an attachment for those on Individual Email... all others will
have to come to the group to get it... Since we are now over 8500 members
here... traffic can be something else when it comes to try and download from
the group... so I strongly suggest you switch your settings to Individual
Email... if you need help.. let me know...

As we did last year... when the alphabet is complete... you will be given
ample time to verify if you are missing any letters... but when that delay
will be over... the alphabet will be removed to be sold on the website... So
as was my suggestion last year... Please... download each of the letters as
they come out so you do not end up with missing letters in the end...

You will find the letter A of Winter Wonder attached to this email if you
are on Individual mail on my group ... I hope you enjoy it...




Happy New Year... and may this year be the most wonderful yet... LOL


Marie
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I'd have to agree, although I had the best of both
worlds, a job flexible enough to allow me to do
everything my youngest did. My oldest, I was not so
lucky with. I worked full time, was a single mom and
yet, he still turned out more than OK.
Now he and his wife have decided they will find a way
for her to stay at home. She was laid off and that has
given them the time to work this out since she is
looking, but is also collecting unemployment at this
time. Since she was laid off I have seen the stress on
their marriage cut in less than half and although
she's always been a nice person, she is more organized
and she even calls him honey now. She has patience
and has the time to do things with their 3-year-old
she's never had time for before. Their daughter is
adopted and they worked so hard to get her I hated to
see her have to leave her and go off to work.
My daughter, expecting any day, and her husband have
decided unless there is absolutely no way around it
she will not be going back to work either. I support
stay-at-home moms 150 percent if they can possibly do
it. We worked really hard at this women's lib thing,
but my biggest feeling was always I wanted to make the
world a better place for my daughter so she would have
the opportunity to decide what she wanted to do.
Congratulations on your decision.
Susan



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Both Karen and I would like to extend a Happy New Year to All....
and we are ending and beginning a brand New Year with a "Buy One and
Get one Free Sale" from now until 1-5-2005
We have added a few new sets, so when you get a chance stop by and
see them all!

Regards
Deb & Karen

That would be great if you can find away..I went to work for SWB n Beaumont Tex. when I was 18 and as time went by the money and benefits got better and better and I just could not every find a way not to work.I also worked to jobs while still married ( my ex seemed always to be out of work or getting pay cuts and he had to collage ed..).I actually quit two times but always had to go back to working out of the home..I tried the baby sitting thing I love my sons dearly but I am not a nursery worker..lol..They did not turn out to bad one has 2 degrees and a partial of his master, one has changed from a high stress management job to just being a employee which was good for him but not so good money..My youngest was on the deans honor roll at OU for several years and has a great job in Dallas and is working toward making it possible for his wife to stay home with their 4 mo old son and 19 mo old daughter..It may not have been as bad as I thought..Some how children to survive if they are
loved enough and know your are doing your best for them..Judith

My name is Marilyn and I'm from Philadelphia PA USA.

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Friends, I have just uploaded new bowls and doilies to
You will love these matching doilies
and bowls with a lacey botanical theme. I have also uploaded a
freebie to each of these four sets for you to download and enjoy.

Warm Hugs
Daleen






Hooked on Embroidery, Owner

I am on individual emails and I didn't receive the letter. :o(

Hello all, I am in search for Lace Bobbin designs. Does anyone know
of any? I hope to make bobbin case and pillow covers.

Thank you
Rebecca

Hello all

first a short reminder that the special on the lace ensemble Tulipfancy ends
in a few days...


and I want to wish you a very joyful New Year... hope 2005 brings peace to
your hearts...

Marie
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Laura,

Have you contacted the company that made your computer and asked for the
back up disks? When I bought mine it came with everything installed and I
just contacted HP and they sent out the backup disks to me - free.

~~Connie~~
Come Sew With Me
www.amongcountryfriends.com - country patterns for dolls, critters & more
www.sonshineseedco.com - inspirational patterns for primitive stitcheries
and folk art quilts
www.sherlockdesigns.com - web design at affordable prices
www.grandmasbuttonbox.com - needful wares for your country & prim decor
www.raggedygazette.com - Free patterns, craft projects, recipes, crafting
tips, contests, and so much more fun.

Sue

Condolences to you on the death of your mil.

I would also like to thank you (and the other moderators) for all the
work you do on our behalf.

Thanks

Pam in UK

Friends I just uploaded the bibs and spit towels for the 5x7 hoop.
The neckline of the bibs changed to 6cm in diameter. If the
dollmakers request the 4x4 sizes I'll do that too. So do let me know.
I hope you have a wonderfull and Blessed 2005
God Bless
Miems

Below is a copy of a message from my Yahoo Group
I am running a
contest, the prize is my booklover designs. People who respond on
my group with thier favorite reads of the year will be entered in a
drawing for the designs. Only responses on my group will be entered.

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Hello all, as you can probably tell from my designs, I'm an avid
reader. The contest of the week is going to be a drawing from all
the people who respond with thier favorite books of 2004, and give
us mini-rewiews or why they liked them. The prize is a set of my
Booklover Designs, which you can see at www.dirtcheapdesigns.com

For years I've kept a book journal of all the books I've read during
the year. It's fun to look back and remember the books I've
enjoyed, kind of like looking through a photo album.

Here are my Best Picks of the year: (these are all books I rated a 9
or ten on a scale of 1-10)

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (she's a literary detective, she
goes inside of books, very imaginative)

Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde, sequel to above.

Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinesella, the author of the
Shopaholic series, I don't read much "chick lit" but I love this
author.

The Circus in Winter by Cathy Day, a series of inter-related stories
about the circus and it's performers.

The Dogs of Babel, by Carolyn Parkhurst, this was a very odd book my
husband read it and hated it. A man is searching for the cause of
his wife's suspicious death. Only his dog witnessed it and he is
trying to make the dog talk.

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, a story about a woman who
servives the plague in 1666, sad but very well written

Eragon by Christopher Paolini, this has to be my favorite of the
whole year. It was written by a home schooler and self published by
his parents. The son of the author of Skinny Dip Carl H-something,
got it published by a big time publisher. It's very much like Lord
of the Rings, basically it's about a dragon. It's going to be a
trilogy and I'm looking forward to the others. Nothing like a good
book with a story behind the story.

Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg, Red Hatters will love this
story, a woman is trying to come to terms with growing old, she
takes off and the book is her letters to her husband and her journal
entries. I've read this twice so far, and it's on my shelves to
enjoy again. It's a very quick read.

Nine Parts Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine
Brooks. She wrote Year of Wonders, but this is non-fiction. She
served as a journalist in the Middle East, and these are her
encounters with women and men in those countries. Very interesting
in today's climate.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni, this book has a fair amount of
foul language, which I don't care for, but it was very interesting.
It was also very sad, because it's a story of two boys from
Afghanistan. It's well written and a page turner. Its a best seller
on Amazon.com

So there you see, I'm a very eclectic reader. What are your
favorites? I'm going to draw a name from all the people who respond
with thier favorites of the year, and I'll let you know next week,
to give everyone on vacation a change at the prize. Happy reading,
and sewing, Karen Horvath

I am using PE design and block punch. So I have learned something today.
Thank you,
Cherry

I too use the folders with a theme, then sub folders so I can find designs without hunting through thousands and some designs are in several folders ie. Redwork Santas are in Redwork, and the Christmas sub folder Santas. I was attempting to burn back up cds only to find out a virus had attached itself to one of the files for my burning software and my virus protection detection had deleted it. Since I bought my computer from a rental place, it didn't come with the original software cd's, and now I am saving toward buying the software from the maker. I think the main thing in organizing your designs, is to find or develope a system that works for you. I know some people find my folder system to be a headache, and just stick designs for all occasions into folders with the creators name. That would never work for me, but I do have folders for my favorite digitzers, as it is easier for me look for their designs that way.

Laura in OK




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what is designer's gallery? is it a program that you buy? if so where?

~~Connie~~
Come Sew With Me
www.amongcountryfriends.com - country patterns for dolls, critters & more
www.sonshineseedco.com - inspirational patterns for primitive stitcheries and folk art quilts
www.sherlockdesigns.com - web design at affordable prices
www.grandmasbuttonbox.com - needful wares for your country & prim decor
www.raggedygazette.com - Free patterns, craft projects, recipes, crafting tips, contests, and so much more fun.

i am
needing to get up to speed on design placement as i
want the linen to remain intact in the middle with the
designs on the border of the fabric.

Cheri,

I am wanting to do a table runner like you are talking about. I have thought it through, and here is what I have come up with. Since I am planning on useing FSL designs I will stitch them out on WSS, rinse them out, and let dry. Then I'm going to put a hankerchief hem in fabric. Now I will lay out the FSL pieces so that I can get the exact placement I want, trace the outline, and cut out leaving a scant 1/4 inch extra fabric. Net using a satin stitch sew the FSL pieces in place. I know I need to learn actual design placement, but right now life is hectic, so I look for ways to help prevent failed projects and keep everything going smoothly in my sewing area.

Laura in OK


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hi this shielabryant have prayers for you and your family take care hon

Whatever you do, have a back-up to your designs on floppy
discs. In transferring from floppies to Buzz Explore, I found
that several floppies had disintegrated to the point where the
designs were no longer available to me. My most important
designs were safe, thankfully.
Now, I keep a few on floppies, but they are in B.E. and also on
CD back-ups. No one knows how long the CDs will last, but
should last better than the floppies.
I expect to start thinning in B.E. some day this year and shall
discard what I don't like any more. But those designs may stay
on CDs for a while.
I keep reading that floppies will be extinct in a few years and I
wonder what those of us with machines that use floppies
rather than CDs will do. At my age, I can't really see the prices of the
new machines. Unfortunately, unlike computers and TV sets,
the prices don't seem to come down. I quess we're a 'captive
audience'. My DH keeps telling me not to worry.
Good luck!
Ruth
Ruth

Laura, staying home with my sons is the biggest regret of my life..I had no choice.

I have only been able to stay home since July 2003, so I understand how you feel. During the time between my husbands I never worked less than 2 full time jobs, went to school, and at times added part time jobs so that I was often gone 20 hours a day. DS stayed with my parents, and I missed so much during that time. Now he is closer to my mom than to me, but I had to what I had to do. Now I'm making up for the lost time, and I truely admire the working moms that I see at all the activities, because I know what a strain it is for them physically to have a full time job, then run to this meeting, that ballgame, or sneak in to be ringside at a stockshow. Right now we are considering me going back to work, but we have crunched the numbers, and decided that if I have to do something to help out financially we are going to figure away for me to be a WAHM (work at home mom). That way I can still be available to the kids and work around their schedules.

Laura in OK


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