--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5I00014 Date: 05/13/97 From: DOROTHY FERRIS Time: 09:15pm \/To: PAT KNOX (Read 0 times) Subj: I'm still here are you? Hi Pat, I agree as for the internet. To me it is too big. I did a search for pieced quilts (40586) quilt patterns (4352) and so on. I did find some neat sites to copy patterns from but as for the rest it seems cold not warm and friendly like it is here. I have yet to find any chat rooms! I must be doing something wrong because everyone else seems to find them. Anyways this BBS will go down with the ship before it gives up. I enjoy running my BBS even though the users seem to be on vacation except for the ones that don't have the ternet. Well I am going to try to get more active in this echo again. I can finally walk to the computer at least twice a week anyways. With crutches of course but it's better then not being able to do it at all. Guess I better go. The knee is saying it's time to rest. Dot ... Crime doesn't pay... Does that mean my job is a crime? --- FMail/386 0.98a * Origin: Rainbows End * DeFuniak Springs, Fl * 904-892-5635 (1:3674/2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5I00015 Date: 05/12/97 From: PENNY POWERS Time: 08:05pm \/To: WENDY APGAR (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Thank You [1/2] >>> Part 1 of 2... --=> Wendy spotted Penny, then sent a coded signal about Re: Thank You <=-- Hi Wendy! WA> I'm glad you liked the postcards. I love rubber stamping WA> and the address change stamp hasn't been used much at all. WA> It's funny because I had another friend who asked me to WA> do change of address postcards for her brother and sister- WA> in-law who are moving. Some of them ended up being regular WA> cards because of me running out of postcards. I got WA> paid for some of them and we bartered the rest. It is so WA> nice to be able to barter some of the stuff I make for WA> services (she does my hair for me). That is a good system. I like to carter too. but presently don't have anything I want to give away or trade for..... WA> I'll pick up some more postcards the end of the week, WA> around the 15th and would be happy to make some for WA> you. If you could send $5, along with your address (since WA> I can't remember where I put that stuff!) that will WA> cover the cost of materials and postage. I would WA> do them for you for free if I had the supplies on hand. WA> :-) I am glad you liked them. It is actually the WA> first time I used that corner stamp and it worked WA> perfectly. (And this time I'll put your address where WA> I can find it!) Sure that I can do. I will post you five as soon as my hubby sends me some money hopefully he will post me some tomorrow but I kind of doubt it. we ar two ships passing in the night and I haven't talked to him in a week it seems. WA> Thank you for your insight with the stuff going on WA> personally. I'm trying hard to not post any of that WA> here. I will say that my crafts and projects help me WA> a lot to cope with stuff. No problem.... I really have had some struggles of my own and I know when someone needs a listening ear. WA> My mom gave me a shirt with hearts on it (or did I tell WA> you that already?) and I did sew my heart buttons on it. WA> I had some huge heart buttons that weighed too much for WA> the fabric, but I had some button pins so I pinned WA> one of them to the hat that I wear (because of being sun WA> sensitive) and that was fun. Yeah you told me about that one. I am glad it is finished. I have a band sampler that I am working on and it is going quickly. I hope that I can have it done soon. I want to frame it for my new apartment. WA> I make all different kinds of cards. Right now I have a lot WA> to color because I haven't felt much like coloring and WA> only wanted to stamp! I haven't felt like doing much lately either. I have been very depressed and frustrated about our present move and I have been picked on and teased by my co workers. They are really trying o help but they don't really understand. Sometimes I think they think I am a dumb blonde (I am a burnette) and treat me that way. Oh well it is my over sensetive feelings I guess. Anyway I know I am very depressed and it is taking a toll on my crafting. WA> I make plain note cards a lot. I have over 500 stamps WA> (which amazes me!) I wouldn't have the room for them but WA> a lot of them are smaller. This past month I picked WA> up some of the drawers on wheels (2 large and 2 small WA> drawers), 2 of those and some extra draw sets for on WA> top of them to put my rubber stamps and supplies in. WA> That enabled me to get the newsletter stuff and some other WA> craft stuff up off the floor and onto the metal WA> shelves that used to hold my stamp supplies. They are so WA> much easier to get at now! Good for you.... I am hoping to get some stuff to make my crafts more assessable and hopefull turn some of it into extra spending money for me. WA> I have sold many of my cards to friends and I made quite WA> a few for the "Children's Store" that is run by a few WA> non-profit groups, including a child prevention group, WA> over the Christmas holidays. I'm hoping that come WA> September they will want some more again. I make cards WA> for my parents as well and they buy some of my WA> craft supplies. My sale of cards helps me pay for the WA> card stock and envelopes since I pay for those. Good for you. Hope that it keeps going well and keeps you in paper. WA> Thank you. It's still been really rough and is getting WA> rougher since we have to fight the insurance company WA> now. Hopefully that will not be a problem. >>> Continued to next message... --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 * Origin: South Dakota's first Rush Room (1:288/34) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5I00016 Date: 05/12/97 From: PENNY POWERS Time: 08:05pm \/To: WENDY APGAR (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Thank You [2/2] >>> Part 2 of 2... Awe..... insurance companys..... the bane of every sick person.... they are handy but a pain. Penny Powers Cat lover & child cuddler --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 * Origin: South Dakota's first Rush Room (1:288/34) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5J00000 Date: 05/14/97 From: TAMI COOL Time: 06:53am \/To: STEPHANIE SHAPTER (Read 0 times) Subj: Hello?? SS> I'll bet they are all going to be so handsome!!! How SS> many days are left?!? There are 45 sewing days left until the wedding :) I am now almost done. (I have two ties and a bow tie to make) Phew. But I am thinking of making a "nightie" for myself. I collect antique lace and have so much of it, well, that I thought it might be fun, I have never sewn anything like that before. - Tami --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Cool Family BBS Orting, WA (360)893-3632 (1:138/228) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5J00001 Date: 05/13/97 From: TERESA JOHNSON Time: 06:03pm \/To: PENNY POWERS (Read 0 times) Subj: hey you -> Nope not yet.... things are in such turmoil here and I am really -> getting frustrated.... It will work out I am sure! Oh honey, I know the feeling well!! Work is the same ole routine, sems like it's getting worse though. -> What are you working on craft wise lately...??? I am working on -> some really special cross stitch pieces for my new home... I have I know this is for someone else, but, I had to butt in too! I've been working on granny squares and then ripping them out and starting all over again! Found I gave myself a few too many stitches. Then I gotta get started on Christmas presents. I had just ' *enough* time to do two bookmarks. And it took me two weeks! Amazing! To answer your question about the house...don't know if we got it or not. The guy that was supposed to return the papers to us---well, we haven't heard from. He owns this house with his wife, and they don't get along too well. Oh well. When we do move, I'll let ya know. Did you get my e-mail about the birthday box?? In case you didn't, I LOVED IT!! I've got all sorts of plans......like most dedicated crafters I might add! Talk to you later, Teresa --- GOMail v2.0 [94-0571] * Origin: Cloak and Dagger BBS (217) 337-0816 (1:233/28) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5J00002 Date: 05/13/97 From: TERESA JOHNSON Time: 06:04pm \/To: KATHLEEN HOGAN (Read 0 times) Subj: bookmarks Hiya Kathleen, I just wanted to let you know that my bookmarks are on their merry little way. I'm sorry it took so long, but I just don't know where my time goes lately! So be on the lookout for a brown envelope. thanks for doing this exchange, I had fun with it. Teresa --- GOMail v2.0 [94-0571] * Origin: Cloak and Dagger BBS (217) 337-0816 (1:233/28) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5J00003 Date: 04/26/97 From: ROBIN PAYTON Time: 09:41am \/To: DELIA STARK (Read 0 times) Subj: Bookmark Design Thanks to blood poisoning in my leg, I've spent most of the last three weeks off of my feet, stitching and thinking. I can't even count the number of times I've composed, in my head, a letter of farewell to my Fido friends - more than 100, I'm sure. After all that, I began to realize that the reason this letter is so difficult for me to write is that I don't want to leave. I don't want to go away. I don't want to give up my Fido friends, my "family" here, and the community I've helped to build. If I'd been involved in a club in my neighborhood and the same thing happened to me, I wouldn't move. I might stop participating in the club, but I wouldn't give up my community to avoid a handful of people who didn't like me. I certainly wouldn't give up my family over a spat, either. I'm feeling hurt, betrayed, sometimes still a bit angry, but I just can't work up any hatred. I know that some of the people on these echoes are positively *anxious* to see me shut up and go away, and that maybe I'm not exercising good sense by sticking around, permitting myself to become involved a second time. But, I keep thinking that the "enemy" I know can't be much worse than the "enemy" I don't know. And, I don't hate *anybody*. There's maybe two people, if that, that I would rather not talk to, and I wouldn't be rude to them. So, if they have the problem, why should *I* leave? Yes, I know it seems like I'm still working out something that's been over and done for months now. One of my problems is that it seems to me that I lost *everything* in that incident, yet few people care what it cost me, and some even consider me completely at fault. Before, during and after, several people betrayed me whom I had considered *close* friends, for years. That hurt me a lot. A lot. I don't think anyone will ever know how much, even if they've been watching me work through it. Cross-stitch was more a part of my daily life than my mother, and I lost both in a very short space of time, on top of moving, on top of other trials. I'm *beginning* to be able to write about it without crying - that much loss. Almost six months later, I'm still thinking about it every day. I don't feel welcome in the new echo, nor in the NNG - two out of three NNG officers refuse to talk to me and the source of all offers is Vikki. When somebody tells me I've "gone over the deep end" in the new echo, I see no moderator response to that. So, coming back here, being involved again, is going to be painful for me - just not as painful as giving up everyone who *does* care about me. You get this letter because you're one of the few people who took my words seriously. Nobody had to choose between Vikki and me. They could side with Vikki and still be my friend. I wasn't trying to make everybody hate her, only to receive fair treatment. I knew I was risking everything by speaking up, but not speaking up would have been worse. I'm sorry that fights sometimes occur in public. It wasn't my first choice for help; it was my last. > Hopefully I'm still a friend? If you would be willing to send me the > pattern, I'd love to work it up :-) The only persons who are not my friends here are the ones who refuse to be my friends. I am holding no grudges. All the pain that could be done to me was done. Yes, you'll get a copy. --- FMail/386 0.98a * Origin: Airebor! We're not in Kansas anymore... (314) 240-3945 1:285/84) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5J00004 Date: 04/26/97 From: ROBIN PAYTON Time: 09:50am \/To: GAIL CHURCH (Read 0 times) Subj: Bookmark Echange > I think you are going over the deep end..... I think I'm just beginning to come up for air. Maybe both places seem alike. Go through my last few months and see if you can come back up so quickly - NOT that I would wish it on you. I realize you don't give a hoot for my opinion anymore, but I still think you're a marvelous asset to the community. --- FMail/386 0.98a * Origin: Airebor! We're not in Kansas anymore... (314) 240-3945 1:285/84) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5J00005 Date: 04/26/97 From: ROBIN PAYTON Time: 09:37am \/To: GAIL CHURCH (Read 0 times) Subj: NNG info > I've resent all the offers still available through Vikki Clayton and > the presidents message out via net mail. If you have a working Email > address please contact me so I can update my files. Thanks, Gail! I received them twice. Considering the obvious, I think you can take me off of the club list. --- FMail/386 0.98a * Origin: Airebor! We're not in Kansas anymore... (314) 240-3945 1:285/84) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 172 CRAFTING Ref: E5J00006 Date: 05/11/97 From: JEANNELOU TRUITT Time: 03:16pm \/To: VALERIE MURPHY (Read 0 times) Subj: pets Dear Valerie, I'm sure that your cat keeps you well loved. Does she help you craft? If i have a string or yarn trailing, my cat thinks i am entrotaining her and grabs it. She hasn't had a chance to get at my present project [crocheting lace on a 'ribbon starter' to be sewn on a petticoat] because i do it mostly when i am away from the house. I am expanding my greeting card making opptions, by photostating lots of line drawings on high grade papar then cutting them out and glueing on the front of card stock. Shalom, ll --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#4185) * Origin: Rapid River BBS 715-435-3855 (1:238/350)