Announcement!

Back "in the day" when I didn't work and had a ton of time on my hands and there was no such thing as digital scrapbooking, I was an avid cross stitcher. Ok, so I have substituted one addiction for another!

I was into the fabrics you had to use 4 holes to make one X (I think it is called "over 2 threads" or something like that.) I had books and magazine subscriptions and tons of leaflets. I had at least 2 cross stitching calendars a year for several years. I made gifts like afghans and tea towels. I cross stitched on sweatshirts using waste canvas for my son. I even tried my hand at duplicate stitch...following the "stitch" of a knit sweater.

Well, alas I have lost my hard earned ability to cross stich like I used to be able to and have little time to take it back up full scale anymore. I have to balance my time between paper and digital scrapbooking, reading and of course, my job. I keep wanting to work on it, but it has been at least 12 years since I did anything of merit. One day I will sit down and pick it back up. I keep promising myself at least.

Which leads me to my announcement. I have a box of patterns I know I will never get to cross stich. Some of the patterns are still in the magazines they came from, while some are just copied patterns thru the years. I will GIVE THEM to the first person who contacts me by email and asks for them. All I ask in return is that you send me a little something by return mail to help pay the cost of mailing them to you. Yes, the box is THAT big.

So, as soon as I press "publish" on this post, I will look to see who asks me first. Remember, I will need you to use my email address that is located on my Blogger.com profile. Just go to my sidebar and click on "view my complete profile."