"Sharon, I first want to thank you for bringing up this subject of setting goals. It is one that I avoid, and yet know that I need to take seriously. I know that there are things that I want to accomplish artistically, and until…"

"Very clever, love the effect."

"Anneliese, I have read an article about painting on thin batting also, and have thought of trying that. I had not thought of the cost issue, and batting comes in much bigger pieces than sheets of felt. I have a large supply of cotton from my…"

"Hi Sandi, your explanation of how you worked is good. I love the painted background. What I do with my fabric for the stitching samples: I put iron-on batting, quite a thin one on the back (ca. 3 mm) - you thought you might use felt as a backing -.…"

"I want to thank you for the very nice comments. The background is 14 ct. Aida that I hand painted, using Pebeo Setacolors. It was my first attempt at fabric painting. I got the idea of using the Aida from looking at some of the pieces that Sharon…"

"This is really lovely. Beautiful colours and great ways to use the one stitch."

"I really lie what you've done here. Very pretty. I'm curious about the background. Is it painted (or dyed or ??) Aida with felt (the dark green)?"

"eminds me of seaweed under the water with a glow of sunlight in the background streaming hrough the water lighting up the top of the grasses"

"This is a beautiful little picture!"

"It's very pretty, Sandi."

"Hi, here is my experiment with herringbone stitch. I am in Sharon's Personal Library of Stitches class, and this is one of the samplers I made for this week's lesson. All the stitches are herringbone, even the purple grass at the bottom…"

"Hi, I wanted to show the little sample I made for Sharon's Personal Library of Stitches class, using just backstitch."

"Arlene, I find that if I can look at a series of stitch directions and understand how the stitch is formed, then I can sit down with needle and thread and work out a stitch order that is comfortable for me to work. It usually runs in the opposite…"