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Collecting Cross Stitch Magazines

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489

Summary:
Some people have a passion for cross stitch and devote their attentions to their handicraft and create marvelous items for family and friends. Some of these people, typically women, have been collecting cross stitch magazines for years because they love the patterns that are included in each magazine issue.

Some of the patterns that people find by collecting cross stitch magazines through the years might include quilt blocks. These quilt blocks will simulate a real quilt b...


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Article Body:
Some people have a passion for cross stitch and devote their attentions to their handicraft and create marvelous items for family and friends. Some of these people, typically women, have been collecting cross stitch magazines for years because they love the patterns that are included in each magazine issue.

Some of the patterns that people find by collecting cross stitch magazines through the years might include quilt blocks. These quilt blocks will simulate a real quilt block that someone could spend hours cutting shapes for and then stitching the shapes together to form blocks. The quilt patters will be very colorful and can be made to fit any theme in the home.

Many people will display the cross stitch items under glass for guests to view when they visit their homes. These patterns are conversation pieces and people will typically say that they have been collecting cross stitch magazines for years and that this particular pattern was from an issue that belonged to their Mother. The stitched pieces have to be thoroughly cleaned before hanging or they will also display patterns of oil that was on the hand while it was being stitched.

Many Brides will begin collecting cross stitch magazines a year before their wedding date. They use the patterns inside the cross stitch magazines to create personalized gifts for the wedding party and to stitch pieces of their wedding outfit. Many Brides choose to create lacy photo frames that they can use to hang some of their wedding photographs on as a background material.

There are many areas of the home that can be decorated with cross stitch work. Many Brides take great pleasure in seeing their handiwork adorn the walls of their first home. They might create a beautiful bird sanctuary for the bathroom walls, and turn their new kitchen into a fruit orchard. Their husbands will see the value of their plan and might even urge them on with collecting cross stitch magazines of patterns that they would enjoy seeing in their work shop or den.

People that are intent on collecting all issues of cross stitch magazines might pursue the matter by searching the aisles at flea markets and thrift stores. They hope to find back issues of the magazines so that they can boast that they own them all, and have enough cross stitch magazines in stock that they will be able to share their favorite cross stitch magazines with their closest friends.

Collecting cross stitch magazines is a great hobby and one that will help people in expressing themselves. Cross stitch magazines have the ability to amuse and delight everyone that comes in contact with them because all of the information is helpful and useful. The items that crafty people create through the years through cross stitch can be handed down to their children, or saved as an heirloom that can be given to the next cross stitch enthusiast in the family.