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for a long time, i’d been really wishing that i had some of that cute goldfish-in-a-bag print by heather ross<\/a> and it is soooooo out of print and soooooo highly desirable that i’d pretty much given up hope.\u00c2\u00a0 until my common threads<\/a> friend amber <\/a>blogged that she had found some.\u00c2\u00a0 i took a long shot and e-mailed to ask if she would at all consider swapping something with me for a piece of her fabric and…. she agreed!\u00c2\u00a0 i made her the needlepoint piece pictured above (the pattern<\/a> is now available for free in my “patterns” section<\/a>, see top menu bar) and just for fun, i also threw in a felted monster finger puppet since she’s a soccer player:<\/p>\n i also recently scored big in another swap with a local friend.<\/a> i’d made her some screen printed linen tea towels<\/a> (hmmmm…. i seem to not have a photo of the completed towels, unfortunately) for a gift for her mother-in-law and in return, she knitted me these cute socks!<\/p>\n thanks, friends, for wonderful swaps!<\/p>\n on a total side note, i’ve been toying with the idea of posting a needlepoint pattern on my etsy shop for sale.\u00c2\u00a0 if i were to do this, do you think i’d also need to include “how to needlepoint” instructions (the way that some quilt patterns on etsy explain quilting)?\u00c2\u00a0 do you think that i should also include instructions on how to make the thing that incorporates the needlepointed piece (i.e. a wallet or the pocket of a tote bag….)?\u00c2\u00a0 do you think that i should put together kits (that include the canvas, the thread\/yarn, a needle, the pattern and maybe stretcher bars if it’s a larger piece)?\u00c2\u00a0 or is this a silly idea?\u00c2\u00a0 if anyone out there has actually ever tried one of my free patterns and has suggestions to improve the pattern format, i’d appreciate hearing them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" for a long time, i’d been really wishing that i had some of that cute goldfish-in-a-bag print by heather ross and it is soooooo out of print and soooooo highly desirable that i’d pretty much given up hope.\u00c2\u00a0 until my … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_ETB_wSU3fUw\/Sq0v_teNQrI\/AAAAAAAAMko\/paWzdfXxZCE\/s720\/IMGP3887.JPG\" "\\"finger")
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