Bosnian Federation Officially Reclaims
Suburb After Weekend of Arson, Looting
(Sarajevo, March 19) Muslim-Croat Federation police drove into the former Serb district of Grbavica Tuesday, uniting Sarajevo after nearly four years of war and putting an end to a Serb terror campaign of looting, arson and rape. To the waves of a few early risers, 100 federation police drove over the bridge from downtown Sarajevo shortly after 6 a.m. The handover came just hours after departing Serbs tossed grenades and set more buildings ablaze before fleeing Grbavica, the last of five Serb areas handed over to the federation. NATO-led troops seized 12 arsonists and a Bosnian Serb policeman who tried to rape a woman at gunpoint Monday, but Serb police freed them immediately.
"Federal police will guarantee full security for all people here. We donít expect any problems," Sarajevo police chief Enes Bezdrob said Tuesday as he arrived. The chains around Sarajevo have broken "absolutely and definitely," he declared.
A Few Serbs Still Remain
Most Serbs have left Grbavica, part of an exodus that has turned Sarajevo, once multi-ethnic, into a much more Muslim city. Still, with Sarajevo united, a key provision of the U.S.-brokered peace accord has been achieved. The mixed federation police force75 Muslims, 20 Serbs and 5 Croatsimmediately broke into groups of threes and started patrolling the district. For Abdulah Alajbegovic, a 57-year-old Muslim, and his wife, Mileva, a 64-year-old Serb, the arrival of the police brought overwhelming relief. "For me, the last four years were hell," he said. "Today is my second birthday, like Iíve been born again." During the war, Alajbegovic said Serbs tried to kill him several times and once hung him, but let him down. During the past few days of arson and looting in Grbavica, he and his wife remained barricaded in their apartment. It took 30 minutes for them to remove the barricade Tuesday morning.
During Mondayís melee in Grbavica, international soldiers and police monitors ducked in and out of burning buildings, trying to rescue the besieged residents intent on staying. Serb gangs responsible for the arson had sought to scare the last diehard Serb residents into fleeing. Sarajevoís reunification is an especially bitter blow to the Serbs, who had besieged government-held sectors of the capital throughout the war. In addition to Mondayís anarchy, three rapes and 25 fires were reported on Sunday, according to U.N. spokesman Sylvana Foa in New York.
France Condemns Violent Serb Retreat
France condemned on Monday the forced exodus of people after Bosnian Serb areas were transferred to Muslim-Croat rule in Sarajevo and deplored the slow arrival of international police. "We condemn any violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina and we regret the population exodus,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Jacques Rummelhardt told a news briefing. Rummelhardt said France hoped the force of 1,700 international policemen, which is expected to train the Bosnian police force, would be deployed rapidly. Diplomatic sources said only about 300 policemen, one third of them French, had arrived to date.
Weekend from Hell as Grbavica Serbs Burn and Shatter Hope
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The SEC on Jan. 31, 2017, issued Release No. 33-10297, Order Regarding Review of FASB Accounting Support Fee For 2017 Under Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002, to approve the fees from public companies that the standard-setter for U.S. GAAP uses to support its operations.
As has been the case in recent years, the SEC noted that the fee is subject to the sequestration process established by the Budget Control Act of 2011, which caps the spending for government agencies. The FASB and PCAOB are not government agencies, but because the support fees that underwrite their annual budgets must be approved each year, the federal government has determined that they are subject to sequestration.
In Release No. 33-10297 the SEC asked the FASB to assess the financial reporting taxonomy, or data tagging information, for submitting financial statements to the SEC in the extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) and submit the findings before the SEC considers next year’s support fee. The market regulator also asked the FASB to keep it apprised about its efforts to fill vacancies on the accounting board and the efforts to improve the FASB’s standard-setting process.
Release No. 33-10297 also instructs the FASB to submit quarterly updates to the SEC regarding the findings of a review of the accounting board’s Investor Advisory Committee. The SEC asked for information about the panel’s recommendations on standard-setting activity, funding, membership, and meetings.
The annual accounting support fees were established under Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and make up the FASB’s largest funding source.
The SEC said it reviewed the 2017 budget of the FASB and the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF), the FASB’s parent organization. Under Section 109, the fee cannot exceed the accounting board’s recoverable budget expenses.
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Top a freshly baked Cardamom Cake with this punched up glaze for a not-too-sweet boost to your day.
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unsweetened cocoa powder
milk, plus more if needed
- In a small bowl, whisk together sugar, espresso powder, and cocoa powder. Add milk and stir until just thin enough to drizzle, adding a drop or two more of milk if needed.

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Real Wedding: A Marine Inspired Wedding Day in Devon with a Charlie Brear Wedding Dress
Their Devon-based day was a relaxed affair, with guests hitting the dance floor for a fun-filled evening - they even drank the bar dry!
The couple enlisted their help of their friends and family to make their wedding day extra special, featuring handmade bridesmaid dresses, a cake made by a family member and amazing homemade decorations.
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How they met
Olivia and Tim met while studying marine biology at Plymouth University, and their degree choice paved the way for both their proposal and their wedding theme.

"I had planned the proposal to be marine themed, and I took the opportunity while visiting my brother on the volcanic island of Montserrat in the Caribbean," explains Tim.

"Olivia and I both still love marine biology and being in the ocean. We were snorkelling among the coral and fish and I pulled the ring from my shorts, dove to the bottom and came up with it saying I’d just found it on the bottom of the seabed. I then asked Olivia to marry me and in her excitement she didn’t say anything except asking “did you just find that? Really?” We got there in the end!"
The Pinterest inspiration
"We didn't particularly have a theme, but there were elements of the sea than ran throughout," says Olivia.

"We had watery blue wedding stationery, that we created ourselves, based loosely on our love of the sea."

"I love any excuse to craft and make, so I used the wedding as an excuse to get crafty. I held a crafter-noon with my friends, where we had lots of fun dip-dying coffee filters to create alternative bunting, an idea we saw on Pinterest."

READ MORE: 12 things to ask your guests to help with for your wedding

"Liv planned the perfect wedding by Pinteresting the hell out of it," says Tim.

"Her Pinterest board is a thing to behold!"
The table names
"We decorated and named our tables after whales and sharks," says Olivia.

"Years ago, Tim randomly came home from a vintage fair with a box full of model whales and sharks from the Monterey Bay aquarium – little did we know they would adorn the tables at our wedding!"

READ MORE: 24 Unique Wedding Table Name Ideas
Olivia and Tim held a traditional church ceremony, followed by a reception at Kingston Estate in Totnes, Devon.

"We added vintage bottles and sea themed books to the tables to decorate, and we used brown parcel paper as table runners," explains Olivia.

"Our venue was relaxed and informal, with the decorations inspired by nature and the sea."
The bridal bouquet
"I absolutely loved my bouquet," enthuses Olivia.

"It was big, loose and natural. I wanted locally grown, british, seasonal flowers – so this dictated what was in the buttonholes and bouquets. My big bouquet gave away my nerves, shaking as I walked down the aisle to Tim."

"My bouquet was made up of cream, green, and purple flowers, tied together with long trailing silk ribbons. It was stuffed full of different hellebores, purple snake head fritillaries, white ranunculus, cream daffodils and purple jasmine with purple and green foliage, including some olive branches – a little nod to my name. I loved my bouquet so much that my sister took it home to press and dry the flowers as a keepsake, which now hang on our bedroom wall."
The Charlie Brear wedding dress
"My dress was from the Charlie Brear boutique in London. One of my sisters had arranged a few dress fittings whilst I was on a trip to see her in London. After high tea at Charlotte Street Hotel, we headed to Charlie Brear, light headed and full of cake," says Olivia.

"One thing I knew I wanted from a dress was minimal fuss; I didn’t want a big train as I am clumsy and would probably trip up! I’m also 6ft and felt like a slim fitting, column style dress was best for my body shape. The dress was a cream silk with a lace overslip, which had a unique striped pattern on the skirt. I added a cap lace sleeves and wide champagne silk sash which was tied in a loose bow at my back."
Homemade bridesmaid dress
"My very clever auntie made the bridesmaids dresses," shares Olivia.

"I found the dress pattern whilst visiting Liberty of London and loved the Wildflower print as it tied in well with the wedding flowers – loose, natural and British. We added a pop of colour with some cobalt piping and matching cobalt shoes. I loved their dresses – I wanted my bridesmaids to be comfortable and to able to wear their made to measure dresses again."

READ MORE: Beautiful blue wedding shoes
The wedding cake
Olivia and Tim also enlisted a family member to make their wedding cake.

"I made my sister’s wedding cake for her wedding in 2013 and shereciprocated by making our wedding cake," says Olivia.

"She iced the cake with buttercream and decorated with edible flowers and gilded nuts using edible gold paint. The cake flavours were carrot, lime and coconut and lemon; it was served during the evening and was inhaled so quickly by our guests – we nearly missed out completely!"
The wedding breakfast
"We wanted a relaxed approach to the food and opted for a selection of canapés as the starter, skipping straight to the main once seated," Olivia explains.

"We ate slow cooked porchetta and lamb (why have one when you can have both?), alongside vegetables and roast potatoes, all served as sharing dishes at each table. We then followed with sticky toffee pudding and Eton mess for pudding."

We love the unusual menu card idea of writing your menu onto a blackboard - definitely saves money on stationery costs!
Words of wisdom
"Remember that it is your day and a day to celebrate your love – make sure the day reflects both of you," says Olivia.

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A pell-mel 'Young Frankenstein' at Kennedy Center Opera House
By Peter Marks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 18, 2009
"Young Frankenstein" is the whoopee cushion of American musicals, an island of inanity in a sea of silly. Built by Mel Brooks to capitalize on the fond associations with his 1974 movie of the same title ("Frau Blucher" . . . "Neighhh!"), the show is a juvenile jaunt down memory lane, the kind of place where no joke about penis size goes untold.
You smile, even laugh, a little at the familiar gags that play out on the stage of the Kennedy Center Opera House: the migrating hump of excitable Igor (Cory English); the demand by the increasingly mad doctor (Roger Bart) that the name is pronounced "Frahnkenshteen," and best of all, the efforts by the clumsy Monster (the fabulous Shuler Hensley) to display Astaire-like savoir-faire in a black-tie sendup of "Puttin' On the Ritz."
Beyond the staging of key movie moments, though, "Young Frankenstein" is pretty lame stuff, a far lazier translation than composer Brooks and his co-librettist Thomas Meehan achieved with the priceless musical version of his subversive film comedy "The Producers." While the screwball score of Brooks's freshman megahit served the story grandly, the new songs concocted for "Young Frankenstein" sound curiously dashed-off, assembled from outdated do-it-yourself kits. That the post-coital number for the monster's new girlfriend (Beth Curry) late in the show is a paean to erectile endowment -- and titled "Deep Love" to boot -- provides evidence that a mandatory cap on phallic jokes should immediately be imposed.
It pains a Brooks fan to speak in any way less than worshipfully of a god of his childhood. In high school, my friends and I took turns quoting choice bits from his movies (and those of the other cinema deity, Woody Allen). This occurred in the Mesozoic Era of American comedy, before "Saturday Night Live" -- yes, such a time existed -- when Allen and Brooks were our mischief-makers in chief, unfolding anarchic styles that gave new, absurdist twists to the manic energy of the Borscht Belt.
It's great that after all these years, Brooks is still in the hunt, and that the performers of "Young Frankenstein" distill their share of that signature Brooksian commodity, barely contained hysteria. This makes all the more frustrating the limp transformation of his brilliant movie parody into a pandering, noisy smorgasbord of winks, leers and snickers.
The musical's touring production, directed and choreographed by Brooks's "Producers" collaborator, Susan Stroman, bears close resemblance to her version that closed on Broadway in January. Robin Wagner's scenery -- much of the show is set in the ghoulishly trendy suburb of Transylvania Heights -- gives the proceedings the look of a cheerful Saturday morning cartoon. Distressingly, one of the show's craftier technical effects, the video projection of a forest journey for the robust Act 1 number "Roll in the Hay," has not made it into the Opera House. Neither, alas, has actress Sutton Foster, whose acrobatics gave the song a kind of all-American sizzle. (Her successor, Anne Horak, sings prettily, even if there's a deficiency here of comedic impact.)
Only Bart, the memorable originator of Carmen Ghia in "The Producers," and Hensley, who won a Tony as Jud in the Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!" some years back, re-create their lead roles from the original company of "Young Frankenstein," and one hopes both are making a ton of money. Bart, who has that gift of seeming at once ironically detached from and charmingly engaged in acts of dementedness, puts his own stamp on a role that for decades belonged exclusively to Gene Wilder.
Under padding and green makeup, Hensley still creates a fully fleshed-out character; somehow even the jerky limb movements convey something endearingly human. His physicality, balletic in its ungainliness, fuels the musical's funniest sequence, which the actor performs in tandem with the exceedingly well used Brad Oscar. It's the scene in which the blind hermit, played by Oscar, has his prayers for companionship answered when the monster bursts into his cottage, and a series of classic slapstick bits ensue.
For long stretches, however, "Young Frankenstein" feels as if it is lurching from one ill-conceived number to the next. "The Brain," for instance, is a wooden ditty introducing us to the doctor; "Please Don't Touch Me" is a stilted dockside song for Curry's Elizabeth, having to do with her premarital vow of chastity. The generic "Transylvania Mania," meanwhile, is a weak production number that sends us uncertainly into intermission.
Things do percolate more entertainingly in Act 2, primarily because the momentum is all about getting to "Puttin' On the Ritz," the number in which Bart's Frankenstein shows off his monster to the public. Of course, the sequence has been lifted completely from the film -- another sign that the musical is, like Frankenstein's experiment, an iffy act of reanimation.
Music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan. Directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman. Sets, Robin Wagner; costumes, William Ivey Long; lighting, Peter Kaczorowski; sound, Jonathan Deans; music direction, Robert Billig; orchestrations, Doug Besterman. With Joanna Glushak, Jennifer Smith. About 2 hours 35 minutes.
'Frankenstein' gets 2nd chance
By Lavanya Ramanathan
Friday, December 11, 2009
Can the road zap new life into "Young Frankenstein"?
When Mel Brooks's raunchy, made-for-Broadway musical comedy arrives at the Kennedy Center next week on a national tour, that will be the question on more than a few lips. The musical was the much-anticipated follow-up to the megahit "The Producers" but ran for only 15 months on Broadway. Not bad, but certainly not "The Producers" either. And critics were not kind, suggesting that the show didn't deliver on its $450 top ticket price.
"We were hurt by finances and by the economy that hit us the exact time we opened; there were circumstances that kept it from selling as many tickets," says the show's director, Susan Stroman, herself a "Producers" alum. "I think for Mel, he had such a success with 'The Producers' -- it broke all box office records, it broke theater award records and now it's played all over the world -- I think people had a hard time seeing this as its own entity and its own story. Maybe they wanted 'Producers 2,' but instead they've got a big ol' monster."
"Young Frankenstein" is now leaner and more seasoned, and most important, much of its stellar Broadway cast signed on for the second go-round. Tony-winning actors Roger Bart (Dr. Frankenstein) and Shuler Hensley (the Monster) stuck with the show as did standout Cory English (Igor).
The musical is based on Brooks's Oscar-nominated 1974 film of the same name and hews closely to the innuendo-loaded original as it tells the tale of brain surgeon Frederick Frankenstein, who arrives in Transylvania to claim the castle he has inherited from his grandfather. When he discovers the nature of the experiments taking place there, he must decide whether to realize his grandfather's dream or cut and run.
Bart knew Brooks from his two stints in "The Producers" and thought he might land the role of Dr. Frankenstein's humpbacked assistant, Igor. Instead, he was approached to play the lead role.
Playing Dr. Frankenstein "certainly wasn't what I normally do, which is 'funny sidekick,' " Bart says. "The opportunity to wear a hood over my head and be hunched over and have a big bump on my back and cross my eyes at every opportunity -- that's very appealing to me." But Bart acquiesced and has played the role made famous by Gene Wilder since "Young Frankenstein" debuted on Broadway in late 2007. Where Wilder was wild-eyed and wry, Bart has the clean-cut bearing that befits the doctor's Ivy League pedigree.
To cast the role of the Monster, Stroman looked for a different set of qualities altogether.
"We had a lot of just big guys come in. It wasn't enough," she says. But with Hensley, they knew they had found their man. He had won a Tony for his work in "Oklahoma!," and it just so happens he's 6 foot 3.
"He has not only the comic chops to do the Mel Brooks material, but you really feel for the monster," Stroman says. (Shuler's costume -- 6-inch-tall monster boots and a 2-inch prosthetic forehead -- helped transform him completely into the formidable Monster.)
Bart and Stroman both say they have relished the chance to take the musical on the road.
"There's a wonderful science and math to comedy," he says. "So the one thing that has changed is how well honed from sheer practice the show is. And the show has grown. We've let the story take over and be the star of the show."
"For me to stand in the back of a house and see the audience laugh is so fulfilling," Stroman adds. "I love the show, and I love having a second chance to do it."


Taiwanese investigators have arrested the developer of a 17-story apartment building that collapsed in an earthquake at the beginning of the month. Approximately 40 people were killed when the building collapsed, there were only two other deaths in the entire city. The charges are suspicion of criminal business misconduct resulting in fatalities. Mainland China has been notorious for shoddy construction practices, and those practices have been blamed for the death of thousands in Sichuan Province during the 2008 earthquake. [Source: The New York Times via Geoengineer.org. Image: Anthony Wallace/Agence France-Presse â€” Getty Images via NY Times]
A deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22, killing at least 147 and with around 200 still missing. Many buildings have been badly damaged or destroyed and residents also had to deal with large quanities of mud and water which was a result of the liquefaction. The same region was affected by a 7.1 magnitude quake in September of 2010. That earthquake was centered deeper and farther from the metropolitan area so there were fewer casualties and less damage. But many buildings that had recently been repaired, or were even still under repair were devastated once again. Some early reports were calling this earthquake an aftershock of the September earthquake, but maps I’ve seen (at right) show pretty clearly it was a different fault segment that ruptured during this earthquake. I have a collection of links below that might be of interest. My heart goes out to the people of New Zealand affected by this disaster.


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Georgiana Mușat is a film critic established in Bucharest. She just finished the Film Studies MA at the “I.L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film. She is a weekly columnist for Scena9 and also collaborates with Acoperișul de Sticlă, Films in Frame, FILM Magazine, and is one of the authors of Realitatea Ficțiunii. Ficțiunea Realului, as well as Romanian Cinema Inside Out: Insights on Film Culture, Industry and Politics 1912-2019. She is urrently working on various video essays and her thesis on female robots.
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By Janita Kan
North Dakota has been designated a “Second Amendment sanctuary state” after its governor signed a proclamation reiterating the state’s support for gun rights.
The proclamation signed by Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday declares the state’s intention to combat any attempts by the federal government to limit the ability of its residents to own or use firearms as protected by the Constitution. Calls to pass gun control measures escalated in recent weeks following deadly shootings at a supermarket in Colorado and a FedEx facility in Indiana.
President Joe Biden and Democrat lawmakers have announced plans to introduce measures seeking to control the sale and use of guns and firearm parts such as magazines across the country.
Biden in an announcement on April 8 declared shootings a “public health crisis.” He directed the Justice Department to issue a proposed rule aimed at curbing the spread of so-called ghost guns, or guns that are made from build-it-yourself kits.
The government will also in the next two months issue a proposed rule declaring that a pistol equipped with a stabilizing brace will be labeled a short-barreled rifle, and will publish model “red flag” legislation for states.
Other actions include investing in “community violence interventions” meant to curb the spike in murders and shootings across the county; issuing an annual report on firearms trafficking; and nominating David Chipman as the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
Burgum said that the proclamation sends a message to the White House and Congress that North Dakota will “firmly resist” any attempts that they say would infringe on the right to keep and bear arms.
“Both the U.S. Constitution and North Dakota Constitution recognize our citizens’ inalienable right to keep and bear arms, and designating North Dakota as a Second Amendment Sanctuary State sends a strong message to Congress and the White House that we will firmly resist any attempts to infringe on those rights,” the governor said in a statement.
The White House did not immediately respond to The Epoch Times’ request for comment on the proclamation.
Along with the proclamation, Burgum said he had also signed into law several bills passed by the state legislature seeking to protect the rights of North Dakotans to possess and carry firearms. Some of the bills seek to expand constitutional carry and hunting rights in the state; make North Dakota a “Stand Your Ground” state; protect residents access to gun businesses; and provides local fire and EMS employers an option to have an armed responder for defensive purposes.
Burgum’s announcement comes on the same day Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law a bill that would render it a “Second Amendment sanctuary state.” Meanwhile, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts earlier this month signed a similar proclamation.
A proclamation is a public or official announcement by a senior government executive that seeks to raise awareness of an important issue or celebrate a milestone.
North Dakota’s action also comes on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up a major National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed lawsuit that challenges a New York law restricting individuals from carrying concealed handguns in public.
Jack Phillips contributed to this report.
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Find the latest news articles of CEHI here.
The Community Eye Health Institute (CEHI) developed a district eye care plan that is aligned with the National Health Insurance initiative of the South African Department of Health, using the tools, principles and techniques taught in our Community Eye Health courses. This was based on a district eye care situational analysis for Gert Sibande District in Mpumalanga, South Africa conducted in July 2013.
The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness conducted a RAAB Training of Trainers workshop in Woking, south of London in the UK between 16 and 22 June 2014. RAAB stands for Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness. The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) is a standardised method to conduct a population based survey on blindness and visual impairment in a defined population. The Director of the Community Eye Health Institute, Mr Deon Minnies, was one of 11 participants targeted to increase the capacity to conduct these highly economical, efficient and valuable blindness prevalence surveys in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia.
The Community Eye Health Institute (UCT-CEHI) engaged into consultation with the Mpumalanga Provincial Eye Care Programme about district eye care planning for Gert Sibande District (GSD), one of the 11 pilot sites of the South African National Health Insurance (NHI).
The Community Eye Health Institute (UCT-CEHI) and Fred Hollows Foundation commenced a partnership to deliver management training to eye care workers in sub-Saharan African eye care programmes.
The Community Eye Health Institute launched its newsletter, CEH-iNews this month to provide a platform from which to tell success stories in eye care services on ground level. This will serve to improve communication amongst eye care staff across the continent with the aim of sharing best practices, learning from others and networking.
Another eight Community Eye Health managers obtained their Postgraduate Diploma in Community Eye Health (PgDCEH) in 2011. Although seemingly a small number, the PgDCEH helps to ensure that there is a steady increase in trained community eye health (CEH) managers in the sub-Saharan African region. The shortage of managers in CEH in the region is critical, resulting in poor service delivery, especially to the blind and poor.
The Community Eye Health Intitute was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Mpumalanga Department of Health in Nelspruit.
A record number of delegates participated in the annual Community Eye Health workshop for Last year, eight opthalmology registrars from five South African universities participated in the Registrars' Vision 2020 workshop (attendees pictured alongside, with the course convenor and two delegates from the Western Cape Department of Health).
Eight more students obtained their Postgraduate Diploma in Community Eye Health (PgDCEH) in 2010. The PgDCEH is a unique programme that trains participants in Vision 2020 programme management. Vision 2020 is an initiative which aims to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), in collaboration with the World Health Organisation launched this initiative in 1999.
The first ever Community Eye Health mini-conference was held at Pienaardam Leisure Resort near Middelburg in Mpumalanga between 30 November and 2 December 2010.
The 6th annual Registrars Vision 2020 Workshop was held at the CEHI Training Centre from 13 to 15 April 2010. The lead faculty was Dr Karin Lecuona. A total of 10 Ophthalmology registrars representing 6 South African universities participated in the workshop
The Director of the Community Eye Health Institute, Mr Deon Minnies, was honoured by the Ophthalmic Society of South Africa (OSSA) for the role he played in preventing blindness in South Africa. Mr Minnies received the award, the Citizen's Award, during the Grand Dinner of the OSSA Congress which was held at Sun City.

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My mother recently told me she didn’t think she’d be driving much longer. Her health has declined, and I’ve worried about her safety behind the wheel, but I’ve been reluctant to broach this sensitive subject with her. It’s difficult to acknowledge that we can no longer do what we once found easy. My mother complains that her back and knee and hearing issues make her life more narrow and less interesting. “There’s nothing to look forward to anymore,” she tells me from time to time. I try to encourage her as best I can, but I can see that age is taking a toll on this once healthy, vibrant woman who loved to drive as much as I do.
This week’s story, “Giving Up the Boat,” by long-time student Patricia Milligan, captures the poignancy of letting go when the reality of life’s circumstances makes holding on no longer tenable. Pat enhances the wistful tone of her story by framing it with her own lovely poetry. Her memoir PAT’ch-Work Essays, a combination of narrative, personal essay, and poetry, was published in 2009.
GIVING UP THE BOAT
by Patricia Milligan
Life is a winding river with no visible beginning or end. As I travel homeward I have no idea of its length, for it is uncharted. All humans navigate their way as best they can, some enjoying the adventure, others not. It is not the end of the river I fear, but the indignities and deprivation to be endured before my voyage is complete.
As I sail the seas of life,
I hear the Sirens’ song.
Lord, please lash me to the mast,
And keep me safe and strong.
On this third day of the vacation we called our “sentimental journey,” John and I returned to the house on Winding Way to have an early dinner in a local restaurant with my sister Gwen and her husband George. We planned to go out for tomato-pies. Tomato-pies are a treat John and I remembered as being available in Trenton, but not attainable elsewhere. In California, pizza replaces pies. On tomato-pies tomatoes, cheeses and oil top thin crust. The warm mozzarella cheese stretches out in long strands, juicy tomatoes contain pulp, and the fragrant olive oil drips on your fingers and runs down your chin when you take a delicious bite. I enjoyed the memory.
My brother-in-law, George, faced a dilemma. He had been released from the Fox Chase Cancer Hospital in Philadelphia, but he remained weak and unable to make the preparations his boat required each spring before he put it into the water. George loved his boat, acquired after several upgrades. He knew well the difficulties in maintaining it. Rather than sell the boat in a bad economy, he had decided to give it to his older son, Gary. Some things in life we must give up, even when we want to keep them.
We saw our nephew Gary’s pick-up truck in the driveway. He had come to assemble the tools he would need to get the boat out of dry-dock and into the water. While my sister talked to John, I retreated to the back yard where George sat on a bench with his legs crossed and his head in his hands. Diagnosed with lymphoma, George, always so strong and healthy, had many things to consider. He sat up alertly when he heard me close the screen door. “George,” I said quietly, “am I disturbing you?”
“It’s OK, Pat,” he replied. “Come on out.” Sadness blurred his blue-gray eyes, but his voice was cheerful.
I walked around the pretty yard, admiring the rhododendrons, beautifully pink, shining in the late afternoon sun; then I sat on a chair across from him.
“How are you holding up?” I asked, before realizing he would not give me an answer. Men rarely describe their pain or suffering.
“I’m fine. Gary is getting the things he will need to put the boat in the water.”
“I know. He’s in the crawl space under the house,” I said. “I saw him when I came out. He’s taking a lot of stuff. It’s good he has a truck.”
“Sailing a boat is complicated.” George smiled, lifting his eyebrows. “Gary’s up to it, and I’m not. I decided the best thing to do is give him the boat. I won’t be able to go out by myself for a while anyway. My boat will be in good hands.” He rubbed his empty hands together and glanced at his watch.
Sometimes, I thought, we are defined by our possessions. John is defined by his golf clubs, I, by my books, and George has been defined by his boat. Losing or having to give up our possessions is a disaster. Our possessions contribute to our identity. Without them we feel exposed or naked. I saw in George’s face what he could never express in words.
Gwen did not share George’s love of boating. “Too much work, and too much money,” she declared. Together they spent summers at the Jersey shore where they kept a small summer home. George worked on or sailed his boat, while Gwen made friends with neighbors or read a book. Escaping the worst of Trenton’s heat, both enjoyed the scent of aromatic scrub-pines and the murmur of the Atlantic Ocean.
“Gary seems to have inherited your love of boats,” I said.
“I guess,” he admitted. “He will take good care of it, and we will go fishing together when I am well again.” George smiled again, determined to be pragmatic.
Gary’s life experiences differed from his father, I thought. Unlike George, married 54 years to my sister (and I know Dorsett girls are not easy to live with, for John occasionally reminds me), Gary was divorced by his first wife, but now seems happily married to a beautiful woman and has two handsome children. As a special education teacher, Gary does not earn a lot of money, but he has many interests and hobbies, and seems happy enough. Happiness is not a condition easily worn or displayed by my family. We suspect joy is a precursor to misery, and showing joy tempts the devil. Gary would regret his father’s need to give up his boat, but he would appreciate and care for it. He knows his father worked hard to afford the boat he is being given.
We heard Gwen calling us to come inside, and George held the screen-door open for me. Inside Gary continued to pull equipment from the open crawl space. “Do I need this, Dad?” he questioned, holding up a gadget I could not name.
“I’ve used it several times, so you might as well take it,” George replied.
Gary put the tool with a pile of other instruments he was taking to his truck. After he finished and had loaded the truck, Gary reported to the living room where we were assembled. George handed him the keys and papers needed to get the boat out of storage.
“You will be going out in the boat with me before you know it, Dad,” Gary said.
“Sure,” said George, remembering he had at least six weeks of chemo-therapy ahead of him. Thinking about the future was painful. Reminiscing about the past was futile. One must live in the present and adapt to existing circumstances. George has much to think about, but he will make the best of whatever a loving God expects from him.
“We’re going out for tomato-pies, Gary. Do you want to come with us?” Gwen asked.
“Can’t. I’ve got school tomorrow.” Gary replied. Removing his car keys, he put the boat keys in his pocket. “Thanks, Dad,” he said as he waved goodbye to us.
The emptiness in the room seemed palpable. We had witnessed the end of an era in a man’s life, and we could not know what was around the next bend of the winding river. We will all have to surrender something and eventually everything, for we know, “… we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” (Timothy 6:7)
Meanwhile, I enjoy the pleasures of my possessions, family, and friends.
Lord, don’t let storms rock my boat.
Keep it sturdy and afloat.
But if it should get lost at sea,
Please dear Lord, hang on to me.
I believe my brother-in-law may have had similar thoughts as we left the house on Winding Way for tomato pies.

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The outgoing United States Ambassador, Atul Keshap paid a courtesy call on the Leader of the Opposition and the Tamil National Alliance, R Sampanthan on Thursday (5) at the office of the Leader of the Opposition, in Colombo.
Expressing his views on the current state of affairs Sampanthan pointed out that the Government is yet to accomplish most of its commitments to the international community.
Highlighting the commitments made by the Sri Lankan Government in the cosponsored Resolution adopted at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2015, Sampanthan said: “the Office of the Missing Persons was established after a long delay, the Reparations Bill is not yet passed, no steps have been taken to address the Accountability issues, the Commission on Truth Justice Reconciliation and non-Recurrence has not been constituted, the Constitutional process took a positive start but there seems to be a delay in taking it forward”.
Given that there had been plenty of work done around the framing of a new Constitution for over 25 years, I don’t see any justifiable reasons for delay in this. Our primary interest is in the best interest of the country, and everyone in this country will benefit from a new Constitution said Sampanthan.
The vast majority of the Tamil people want a solution within a united, undivided Sri Lanka. There are sections of people who adopt a hardline view, but the only way to silence them is to deliver on the promises Sampanthan pointed out.
We have been absolutely reasonable in our demands, he said, if the Government does not deliver the Tamil people are not going to be second-class citizens in this country.
The Ambassador pointed out that as far as the United States is concerned that the UNHRC Resolution remains operative and it is fundamental for several bilateral relationships.
He said the objectives of the country should remain positive in order to achieve peace and reconciliation. The positive image that the Government of Sri Lanka has in the international stage should not be taken for granted. He highlighted that Sri Lanka will be able to attract more investors and have more economic benefits if it adopts a new Constitution.
Further, he said the United States of America will remain fully engaged with the progress made by the Sri Lankan government in the future. He thanked Sampanthan for his support during his tenure as the Ambassador.
Sampanthan appreciated the role played by the Ambassador and his team and the US State Department with regard to Sri Lanka and appealed that the same level of engagement should continue with all parties in the future.
TNA Spokesman and Jaffna District parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran was also present at the meeting while the Ambassador was accompanied by Deputy Chief of Mission, Robert Hilton and Ms Joanna Pritchett, the Political Officer.

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According to Outbreak News Today, an article by Harold W. Manter from the Laboratory of Parasitology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and affiliated zoologist, Daniel Brooks warns that humans can expect more illnesses like Lyme disease to emerge in the future, as climate change shifts habitats and brings wildlife, crops, livestock, and humans into contact with pathogens to which they are susceptible but to which they have never been exposed.
The expert admit we are losing the war against emerging pathogens and especially infectious diseases carried by ticks.
The authors explain that most Ixodes ticks spend more than 95% of their lives on or just below the ground surface digesting a blood meal, moulting, in diapause or seeking a host.
The conditions at the ground are critically important to tick survival and population explosion which has been observed by the generations of families that have lived in the Northeast.
My mother was born and raised in a small town near Sunday River Ski Resort in the western mountains of Maine. She was a tomboy and remembers spending hours in the woods and around the lakes and never seeing a single tick.
Now ticks are not only common in the western mountains of Maine, but each year the number of people diagnosed with Lyme disease continues to grow – even by CDC standards. And the population of ticks in coastal Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts are far worse than ever before.
According to “Climate, environmental and socio-economic change: weighing up the balance in vector-borne disease transmission“, Manter and Brooks report that research conducted on Ixodes scapularis around the time of the discovery of Lyme disease, indicated that tick populations in coastal Massachusetts, USA, were only found after mild winters.
The article at this time, I. scapularis in the northeastern United States appeared to be restricted to coastal southern New England, a zone of relatively cool summers and warm winters compared with inland sites. These observations led to the conclusion that extreme cold and heat were unsuitable for this species, limiting its distribution and affecting its population dynamics.
At the time of these observations, researchers mistakenly considered their study organism a distinct, northern species of tick that had been named I. dammini. Only later, when it was revealed that the New England ticks under study belonged to populations of a widespread species,I. scapularis, were many of the conclusions revised.
The presence of I. scapularis in much colder climates of Minnesota and Wisconsin and in much warmer climates of Georgia and South Carolina provided evidence that the species tolerated a considerably wider range of conditions.
Additionally, Changes in habitat mean animals are exposed to new parasites and pathogens. So the ticks that are feeding on the same animals, are picking up more diseases and passing them on to human hosts whether they are aware of it or not.
Certainly it is hard to miss a 106 degree fever, but even so, my grandson has been to the ER several times with fevers over 105 – one time included seizures, and the doctors did not look for any reason beyond encephalitis. Could he have Relapsing Fever?
But when the ER doctor says everything is OK it is a lot easier to believe than that your child has a tick-borne disease.
The Royal Journal also features a study by researchers at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY, which demonstrate that in the northeastern United States, warmer spring temperatures are leading to shifts in the emergence of the blacklegged ticks that carry Lyme disease and other tick-borne pathogens. At the same time, milder weather is allowing ticks to spread into new geographic regions.
Cary Institute ecologist and co-author of the study, Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld notes, “Nearly two decades of data revealed climate warming trends correlated with earlier spring feeding by nymphal ticks, sometimes by as much as three weeks. If this persists, we will need to move Lyme Disease Awareness Month from May to April.”
Risk of tick-borne illness is shaped by complex interactions among pathogens, ticks, and host animals. Take the case of Lyme disease: blacklegged ticks acquire the bacterium that causes Lyme when they feed on small mammals that harbor Borrelia burgdorferi. Ticks seek a single blood meal at each life stage: larva, nymph, and adult. Larval ticks are only born free of the Borrelia bacteria if the parent is free.
If the parent is infected, it has been recently discovered that the larval ticks are infected too.
Tiny infected larval and nymph ticks pose the greatest threat to people because they are so small as to be almost microscopic.
Dr. Taal Levi of Oregon State University led the emergence analysis; he performed the work while a Postdoctoral Associate at the Cary Institute. Levi explains,
“Understanding when ticks are active, and at what life stage, is essential to predicting tick-borne disease spread. Pathogens that cause a lasting host infection, such as the Lyme disease bacterium, benefit from a lag between nymphal and larval feeding. The same might not be true of other pathogens, like Powassan virus, that are transmitted when larvae and nymphs feed simultaneously.”
“Results suggest that significant climate warming may reduce risk of anaplasmosis and the Powassan virus, but increase Lyme disease risk, particularly in the Upper Midwest where tick feeding patterns are likely to become more asynchronous.”
With Ostfeld emphasizing, “Here in the Northeast, warming is already having an effect, and people need to be tick-vigilant before May, as potentially infected nymphal ticks are searching for their blood meals earlier and earlier.”
It is clear that vigilance, protection and extreme caution needs to be observed by any and all who venture outdoors in early spring, but even in the height of summer or late fall or early winter, the risk still remains.
Parham PE, Waldock J, Christophides GK, et al. Climate, environmental and socio-economic change: weighing up the balance in vector-borne disease transmission. Philos Trans R Soc Lond, B, Biol Sci. 2015;370(1665):20130551.


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Back in April I started a series about the different Cotton Mako’ thread weights to explain the place each thread weight can have in our textile tool kit.
The thread I wrote about then was Cotton Mako’ 40 , so this time I want to highlight what can be achieved with Cotton Mako’ 28.
Cotton Mako’ 28 is on the thicker side of the Cotton Mako’ range, making it perfect for traditional hand quilting.
I’ve always found that the threads, in other brands, that are especially treated for “hand” quilting are stiff and springy and seem to have a mind of their own that doesn’t necessarily match with how I want the stitches to form.
So I love the way Cotton Mako’ 28 sits in the needle neatly, and the stitches form without any twisting or tangling.
Like all the Mako’ range the 28 weight thread is mercerised, but does not have any of the waxing or glazing that can make those other threads so difficult to handle when hand quilting.
Because the thread has not been waxed or glazed, Cotton Mako’ 28 is also suitable for use as a machine quilting thread.
In fact, it’s slightly thicker nature means that motifs and feature designs show up very nicely on the quilt top.
However, I always think of Cotton Mako’ 28 as more than a quilting thread.
Try using it for hand & machine blanket stitch applique.
or machine embroidery
or hand embroidery.
My cross stitch has been stitched with a single strand of Cotton Mako’ 28 on size 14 Aida cloth.
And the most surprising use of all, given the slightly thicker nature of the thread.
Some people choose it as their preferred hand piecing thread, especially if they use a small running stitch.
So, like all the threads in the Cotton Mako’ range, the Mako’ 28 is very versatile.
Once you have some in your thread stash you will keep finding more and more reasons to use this great thread.
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Well, well…lookie what happened! Many of you got interested in cross-stitch!! I got a lot of questions about cross-stitch after I’ve been blogging about it lately. I honestly think cross-stitch is super hot and popular right now because of covid. It’s an easy hobby to do with minimal entry cost which is awesome.
“Jo, after looking at all the various blogs of quilters who also do cross-stitch, I’ve decided to pick cross-stitch up again. I’m struggling with working on linen, even though I have 2 large pieces that I did in my younger years that are on linen.
Your pieces are beautiful, I’m starting small with ornaments, so hopefully, I can get back in the swing of things. Thanks so much for the inspiration.”
This is a common problem. I had the problem myself. I started cross-stitching in the 80s using Aida. I loved it. I did a big Paula Vaughan piece. All of her cross stitch had quilts in it. They were beautiful. I stitched this one….
When the kids were little I stitched a lot. As they aged, I quit cross-stitching and moved to quilting. When I started cross-stitching again, I was terrible at it.
I didn’t want to stitch on Aida so I bought linen. I could not do it. I bought a pattern and everything I needed. I sat down to try, no luck. I felt like a clumsy ox. I just couldn’t wrap my head around seeing two threads and stitching over them. I quit.
Kelli bought a project at the same time and with her, it clicked. She was showing me what she was doing and I was so sad I couldn’t make mine work. Fast forward to me seeing this piece.
I loved the words on the bigger piece. I was bound and determined that I was going to figure cross-stitch out. I really wanted that stitched and in my house.
I looked up a shop that had it and found one an hour from my house. YAHOO!! Kelli and I went. I got the stuff. I told the shop owner my problem and she said get a good light with magnification.
I bought one immediately. I have this…Here is an Amazon link for it.
This didn’t make it a breeze, but it did make it easier.
I still struggled and was so slow, but I found I could do it with magnification. My first piece was far from perfect…but it was okay and I was proud of myself. I wanted to quit a couple times but spending the money on the lamp kept me in the game. I didn’t want to spend that money for nothing.
Here are some things I learned.
-The more you cross-stitch, the easier it is to see the threads. As with anything practice helps you improve.
-Once you get a few stitches into the piece, other stitches are based off the first stitches so, the more you stitch on a piece the easier it gets.
-You do get muscle memory when stitching. Your hand learns about how far the next stitch is going to be away.
So..stick with it.
“Do you have a specific magnifier you could recommend? Maybe that’s my problem.”
I think this is the same Judy who wrote the first question. I do have the magnifier I showed in the photo above. When I first bought the lamp, I used magnification ALL OF THE TIME. If I did one stitch, I used it.
Time has passed. I’ve practiced more. I not longer use the magnification portion of the lamp unless I’m stitching one floss thread over one linen thread on 40 count. Most everyone needs a magnifier for that.
My eyes are so trained now that I can stitch in the doctor waiting room without the best light. Of course, I try to sit by natural light, but, I can easily do it and I’m stitching on 40 count which is a “more advanced” linen.
You eyes truly do learn.
I stitched for awhile on 28 count…I moved to 32 and this year I finally took the dive and moved to 40 count. The reason why?? I wanted to stitch this…
By accomplishing this, I’ve gotten to a place that I want to be with my stitching. I’ve always dreamed of stitching samplers. Now, I can and I’m so glad I put in the hard work and fought through the frustrations of re-learning to cross-stitch. It was totally worth it!
“How do you know where to start on linen or working over to? Top, middle and how to determine where? Love the over two look, but just don’t know how to start a piece..thanks Jo!”
Becky this is something I struggled with when I started too. A lot of people say fold your fabric in half and half again to find the middle and start there. I hated that.
Kelli helped me learn to start in the upper left hand corner. This is what you need to do. Figure out who is going to finish your project once it’s done. If you take it to a framer, they want 2-3″ on each side of extra blank fabric. If you do it yourself, you can do 2″ for sure. So find the size of your design and add about 4″ to the width and length. That’s how big you need your fabric to be.
For example you are working on a piece that has a design size of 4 x 6. You would fabric that is 8 x 10. We added 4″ to each number. That is giving 2″ of room all around the design. Now measure 2″ in from the top and 2″ in from the side and this where to put your first stitch.
They make cute corner gauges like THIS ONE from Etsy.
You can lay this in the corner and easily see where to put your first stitch. But it isn’t anything you NEED.
“I am getting back into counted cross stitch and, while I have several good local quilt shops for quilting supplies, I find that availability of cross stitch supplies is lacking in my area.
Do you buy your linen cloth locally, near where you live, or through internet shopping? If it is through internet shopping, could you recommend a vendor? Or several, if you have more than one? Also, do you use DMC thread, or something else. When I cross stitched in the past, DMC was it…now there seem to be other brands, but I don’t know anything about them. Any information you could pass on would be very greatly appreciated. Because there is such a difference in price between DMC and the other brands, I would like to get an opinion from someone I trust to give me an honest assessment. Thanks so much!”
Well…that’s a lot of question. Let me see if I can tackle them one at a time.
Cross-stitch has taken off crazily in 2020. So many people like me and some of you who cross-stitched years ago are trying it again. I think many people got “locked up” because of covid and are wanting hobbies again. It’s wonderful.
That means, getting cross stitch supplies can be challenging. There aren’t a lot of local shops. Local shops don’t always have what we need. Shops aren’t alwasy open. Linen and floss production was effected by covid and they’ve never truly caught up. So…the first thing I want to tell you is this. Even if you try to find things online, it will likely mean ordering from more than one place.
So, I’ve had luck ordering from
–Needlecase Goodies on Etsy. Nancy owns this shop. She’s an Iowa girl and has top notch service. I’ve personally met Nancy and recommend her 100%. Her service is top notch.
–123 Stitch in online. They are good. I like the fact that if you find a chart that you like, you can often click a button and order the whole kit. That’s awesome and convenient. Shipping has been as good as can be. They have the option that if something isn’t in stock, you can be notified when it comes back in stock via email…quickest shipping anywhere.
–Fat Quarter Shop. The same Fat Quarter Shop you may have used to get quilting stuff. My personal experience is that I have waited a bit for things to get to me. It hasn’t been the post office’s problem, the orders just don’t get processed quickly…but they have a pretty good selection.
-My local shop Stitchery Nook is an hour away from me. I don’t like making the drive or going out for that matter, so…I call them or order online. I love the gals there. They have an online shop so anyone can order from them. They are pretty quick with turn around unless they don’t have it in stock.
-I’ve gotten so I am stitching more samplers. Samplers sometimes need silk thread or a different linen that isn’t stocked everywhere. For that, I’ve started using The Attic out of Mesa Arizona. They don’t have an online shop really. I just email them what I want and they fill the order. It’s not a good site to “browse”. You have to know what you are looking for.
I have ordered once from Kitten Stitcher/Shakespeares Peddler. I have good luck there too.
There are others that I hear are good…I’ve not tried them.
The Silver Needle
Dying to Stitch
Now for floss. When I was first stitching back in the 80’s, I was all about DMC floss. That’s what there was. Now I’ve dabbled in other floss…
There are three main brands of cotton floss that many call “Fancy Floss”. They often have a little variegation to them. The brand are:
Classic Color Works
Weeks Dye Works
Gentle Arts (GAST)
There really isn’t a big difference between them except, Classic Color Works’ thread is already cut into lengths. Some people love that. I like it but the lengths seem a little long for me but it doesn’t stop me from using it.
Now…I took some pictures so you can see what the variegated thread does.
Check out the row of green diamonds. Can you see the slight color variegation? I think that adds so much to the piece. That row runs all the way across the piece. As a quilter who is used to mixing fabrics, I like the variegation.
Check out the red fruits on the tree…see the variegation. I like it. The fruit seems more like we would naturally see fruit.
Check out the light greenish color around the flowers. See how it looks moteled? I love that variegation. It gives the whole piece a little more depth.
For some things, I think paying the extra money for the “Fancy Floss”, is totally worth it.
For other pieces like what I stitched below…it’s not worth it and really the amount that is stitched in each color is so little that the variegation wouldn’t even show so I would not use fancy floss in a piece like this.
So…I use a mix. Some designers stick mostly with a single company. Some mix and match. I appreciate Teresa Kogut designs as she will pick seven Fancy Flosses and then DMC the rest.
Some designers like the one who did the “my soul” in the above picture called for Fancy Floss for that…Hmm. I don’t think it’s necessary.
The good news is that many give the option to use either and I often do mix and match. I’m trying to get better about substituing something different if I don’t want a certain color. For example in this..
I stitched this but don’t have purple in my house so I changed out the purple. This is much more fitting for my decor. I’m so glad I did.
I’ve watched floss tube and many talk about stitching with silk. To date, I haven’t tried that. It’s even more expensive than Fancy Floss. I did kit up a project that uses 5 silks as a treat for my birthday. I haven’t stitched on it yet but hope to soon.
I watch a floss tube by Brenda and Serial Starter. I think on every single episode Brenda (who I love) says, stitch what you want to stitch with. It doesn’t matter if it’s DMC, Fancy Floss, Aida or Linen. It doesn’t matter if it’s samplers or small pincushions. Stitch what you love. Stitching is supposed to enjoyable. I totally agree.
The longer I am stitching, the more my tastes are changing. I don’t recommend going whole hog and buying lots. Two years ago when I really jumped into cross stitch, I never dreamed I’d be stitching what I am now. I made the mistake of buying to many supplies that were 28 and 32 count. I bought to many charts that I am not longer interested in. Happily, I have sold them for about what I paid for them on a Facebook group called Stash Unload cross stitch only.
Now I’m trying not to buy too much of what I love now…and that’s samplers.
There really has been a lot of interest in cross stitch here on the blog. If I got enough interest, I would be willing to see if I could get someone to put kits together and we could all do a cross stitch along…in cross stitch world, they are call SALs (Stitch a Longs). We could all stitch the same thing. It would be small and I’d shoot videos to give you an idea how to do it from start to finish…let me know if that sounds interesting. It would be an easy beginning project.
46 thoughts on “Ask Jo: Cross-Stitch”
When I was doing counted cross stitch thirty – forty years ago I found a good many patterns in the Leisure Arts magazine. Don’t know is they still publish free patterns are not. Probably are available on Etsy or eBay. My sister always did the P. Buckley Moss pictures…beautiful! It is a very enjoyable art craft.
Cross stitcher 48 years ago! Finished a bell pull and need to have it assembled. No one around here. Any shops that do that? Nervous about sending it in the mail ! Too many hours invested. Thanks. Also eyesight much worse. Haven’t used the fancy floss. Appreciate your article.
Cross Stitch is my passion. I’ve been doing it for many years. Started out in the early 80s. Made stockings for my children, then grandchildren, now Great-grandchildren.
I get a lot of my supplies through Herrschners. Also DMC.
Getting ready to move and I packed all of my cross stitch supplies into one bin so that I can start that again…I think I’ve taken about a 25 year hiatus, but would like to take it up again. I do have lots and lots of books and pamphlets, though, that will not make the trip. There are just way too many of them and I decided that I can only take those that I believe I really want to work. I, too, put cross stitching aside in favor of quilting, but I think quiet evening times might just be the right time to start again!
Thanks for the information. I started crossed stitching 40+ years ago..in my early 20’s. Of course over the years my tastes have changed. Then quilting took over and cross stitch went on the back burner until 2020!!! I picked up a piece I started 6 years ago and finished it. Then another finish and even finished them to be displayed. And it felt so good. I’m currently working on the same Newcastle Bouquet you finished. I’m working on 40 ct and boy it’s hard right now. I invested in a magnifying lamp too. I didn’t start in the left corner but instead am working on the border. My big fear is that it won’t match up…ugh. But I will persevere. I also made project bags, thread drops, cabochons..at least my stitching projects look pretty!!!
Oh Karen! You encouraged me by telling us about your finish! I have 3, yes 3, big pieces in progress that I really want to finish. It can be done!!! I really want to use some lovely thrifted variegated silk to stitch up some Irish blessing samplers, but I refuse to start one until after I have a finish.
Hi Jo! A SAL with a smallish to medium project would be a great idea and I’d participate. I do have a tip to pass along. I think I heard on Brenda and the Serial Starter. If you use a normal sized post-it in the corner, that should give you 3” in from both edges as a place to start. Thanks for all you do with your blog. You’re a blessing to us all!
Hi, if a pattern says the sample/picture is stitched on 40 ct, or something else, can that same pattern be stitched on 12, 14, 18, etc?
Yes Janet. You can stitch it on anything you want. It might change the finished size of the project is the only concern. I bought the chart “Consider the Lillies”. The designer made it for 28 count but when I do mine, it will be on 40 count.
Janet- it CAN be stitched on whatever “Evenweave” fabric you’d like. BUT, the stitch count determines the size of the finished piece. So for example, if you stitched a project over 2 threads on 40 count linen that had a stitch count of 240 (H) by 360 (W), the stitched are would be 12” by 18”. If you chose to stitch that same project on 14 count Aida cloth, the area would measure @17 1/8” by 25 3/4”. It all depends on the intricacy of the chart and the look you want too. An example would be the sheep virtue that Jo did and pictured above. It could become very pixelated if you changed the fabrics to something that would make it larger.
Sorry for rambling, but wanted to cover all the bases on the question!
I have ordered from Silver Needle and really like them. The first time I ordered a few charts(the “hope” virtue and a christmas ornament) and linen. They came and I thought “what was I thinking?!? When I saw the linen. But in 2020 I picked them up and have been working on them.
Late in the fall last year I had bought a halloween chart from a quilt shop I enjoy shopping at. They don’t sell the fabric. So I went to the Silver needle website. I wasn’t sure what to get for the look I wanted so I sent them a question. In a few days they called me and we discussed the options. I made a choice (28 ct linen) and I was very happy with it when it arrived. I have been stitching on it and agree with you, Jo that you start to get a feel for where the needle should go. I do still check periodically!
I haven’t stitched since the 80s and my older eyes really struggled too. With your encouragement and a magnifier I pressed on. My first 2 small projects were so so, but you’re right, you really do get better with practice. I’m blessed I have a shop within a few miles of my house, and ladies that have been so helpful. Thanks so much for sharing pictures of yours, I can’t wait to move on to bigger projects.
Hi Jo, I would love to Sal! I took up cross stitch again after about 30 years when I saw several of your samplers. I’m still using Aida but will try linen when I finish my current project. Love your blog! Thanks for sharing your life and family. And Happy New Year!
I think a SAL sounds like fun! I took up cross stitch in ‘88. I’m pretty sure I still have all my cross stitch magazine subscriptions through the years. I used Aida cloth back them, in various counts. I preferred the details of those patterns that used 1/2 and 1/4 stitches for the details it gives. I have been thinking about starting again, goodness knows I have the supplies! I even found my special cross stitch stitch removing scissors the other day when purging things from my studio baskets. Must be a sign!!
Now you have me thinking about starting cross-stitch again! I have SO many patterns, fabric, floss that it wouldn’t take much to get going. I have a lot of pieces that I finished years ago and never framed… including some of those Paula Vaughan designs. I bought a lot when I worked at a shop that carried quilting and cross-stitch supplies… but at least I got a discount! LOL!
Like so many others, I too cross stitched in the 80’s. I bought a small kit a couple of years ago and made so many mistakes, I stopped. I am still interested though. I would like to do a SAL. I gave all my projects from the 80’s away so have none left.
I have been cross stitching for many years now and like most of your readers I started on Aida. If I could give a few hints from my experience to those who are struggling with linen I would say first of all don’t think that pieces done on Aida are inferior in any way. They are just different. If you hate working on linen but like working on Aida then carry on with what you are doing. It should be enjoyable not an ordeal.
To work on linen don’t buy pure white. It’s hard on the eyes and will show up every mistake. Antique white is a better choice but I always feel that samplers look nicer done on darker fabric as the antique ones would have been. Get a good magnifier I have one that I hang round my neck and work in a good light. Lastly and I feel this is the most important stretch the area you are working on on a good tight frame. I use the coloured plastic ones that are meant to be used as frames and take your work off the frame when you stop working on it. I have never found that the stitches get crushed and I have made dozens this way.
Samplers look lovel on linen but pictures look nicer on even weave as you don’t get the thick threads that are part of the charm of linen but can spoil the look of a picture.
What a lecture, do hope it helps. I have had hours of pleasure cross stitching so don’t give up.
Amazingly enough, I first started cross stitching when my mom sent me some smalls that were Christmas ornaments when I was stationed in Antarctica over Christmas back in the 80’s. Since then I have cross stitched ornaments every year for family and made larger projects for our homes. I’ve really enjoyed cross stitching – very relaxing – and now my grand daughters “sew” with me.
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I love the idea of a SAL. I’m sure whatever design you choose will be perfect finished as a gift for my mom!
A SAL is just the nudge I need to get me started cross stitching again. Count (no pun intended) me in. BTW I love Brenda and the Serial Starter and have watched every episode after stumbling on to their Utube. It seems to me that their go to linen is mostly 40 count. Unfortunately, I live in an area that is void of cross stitch shops and will need to depend on on-line shopping – thus I don’t have the ability to look and feel before making purchases. Terry
Hi, Jo. I only want to add a couple of things to your excellent explanations, especially for those who have resumed cross stitching after many years away.
1. The “fancy floss” and many of the overdyed fabrics are not colorfast like DMC. Back in the 80’s when we stitched on Aida with DMC, it was common practice to wash our finished pieces, but that isn’t recommended if using fancy floss or overdyed fabrics.
2. The 123Stitch website has some really good informational tools available, including how to calculate fabric size, etc., under the Free and Fun tab. It’s not really hidden, but I don’t think it’s an obvious place to look.
3. Yarntree.com also provides a lot of good resources.
There are so many more options these days that it can be overwhelming when you first come back to stitching. I only skipped the 90’s, resuming in the early 2000’s, but I remember being intimidated by all the new things. The main thing is to stitch what you want, on what you want, and with what you want.
When it comes to magnifiers, I had very poor luck with the ones that hang around your neck and prop up on your chest. By the time I got the light where it needed to be, I still couldn’t see due to reflections from the light on the magnifier. And if it’s not comfortable to hold the project where the magnifier is, you’re out of luck. Lamps with a magnifier like you use, or with magnifier surrounded by the light, seem to be OK, but more and more I find myself putting readers on over my regular glasses.
Another tip I just learned recently – if you grid your fabric, use fishing line. I’ve been using sewing thread but fishing line would be even less likely to be snagged by your needle when you don’t want to remove the grid lines yet. And there are absolutely no worries about pen markings ever coming back in the future.
Thank you for the links to suppliers. My “local” LNS retired last year, SO glad I splurged on fabrics and threads then, but still nice to have options. Needlecase Goodies… Nancy… I wonder if she’s the same person that had a LNS in Cedar Rapids by the name of The Needlecase years ago?
JustGail…YES, it is the same Nancy and she is providing the same great service with her Etsy shop. It’s really a popular shop.
A SAL would be just the thing to get me started again. I haven’t cross stitched for years. I have really enjoyed seeing what you have been working on….just my style. I vote YES!
Does anyone know who might be able to create a cross stitch design – I have 2 sayings that I would love to work up into cross stitch pieces.
There is a program called PCStitch. It is a computer program that you can design software with. They have a limited version on their site for free.
What is the difference between cross stitch and needle point? I just started doing cross stitch??? I picked up a neat little project for a vintage Valentines Day storage jar, the lid is supposed to be cross stitched with a beautiful heart design. It was the first time ever doing this type of thing (hopefully I did it right) and now I’m addicted. Looking to improve, learn terms, tricks, stitches, whatever else will help me. I always buy vintage cross stitch/needle point/crewel pieces when I see them in the thrift stores. I think it’s amazing the talent and time involved on some of the completed ones I’ve come across!
Laura I think they are both very similar. Needlepoint canvas is stiffer and done with wool.
With needlepoint, you cover the entire surface with stitches, both the designed area and also the background. There are hundreds of different stitches that cover a large number of threads as you work. The cross stitch can be worked on needlepoint canvas.
Cross stitch leaves the background unstitched so the background is the fabric.
Love your blog ! So much info., inspiration, and generosity !!
Just curious to know the designers/websites and pattern names of the 3 pieces you show here. I’d love to do them all … especially the sampler … ESPECIALLY after 2020 !!!!
Thanks again for all you do here.
Be well and safe,
Anne Marie the pieces are:
Seeking Refuge by The Scarlett House
Sheep Virtues by Little House Needleworks
Gratitude by Lizza Kate
I am currently working on Heaven and Nature by Teresa Kogut
Thanks so much !!! Be well and safe…..
I have been doing counted cross stitch for over 40 years but IAM also frustrated by the difficulty in obtaining the supplies and patterns that I want to stitch. I have a library of cross stitch books and patterns that just about fills 3 two-drawer filing cabinets! I would love to get connected with a service that supplies charts no longer in print stitchers to offer up my inventory and help. Is there a service like this? Thanks for any help available!!!
I know Blackbird Designs has a group that allows people to borrow out of print charts but I don’t know any other place. If you want to sell them, there is a group called stash unload on Facebook.
I love to cross stitch. I have been counted cross stitch for a long time. I make a lot of them and I give them to my family for presents. I ordered from the Stitchery Magazine. Thanks for the other stores online to try.
I loved counted cross stitch as a kid, but switched to making suits and dresses for work, then to quilts for retirement. I ordered an easy kit with 14 count aida. About right for my old eyes. Then I bought a magnifier lamp and it’s the cat’s meow. So I ordered a couple couple cross-stitch books from Thriftbooks, and picked out a William Morris design, sweet. I found the evenweave fabric but not the DMC threads yet. I also think it is muscle memory, hope I get some of that
Muscle memory is right Rebecca…It really gets easier and easier.
Where do you get your projects framed, pillows stuffed, and wall hangings stitched?
I frame small things myself. Big things go to either Total Framing or to The Stitchery Nook in Osage Iowa. I stuff my own pillows and do my own wall hangings
Thank you for all your help. I like your advice about figuring out how much fabric you need and adding 4 inches to get 2 inches of border. Then I can start in the upper left-hand corner rather than in the middle. The advice about pulling the thread from the numbers end of the DMC floss was very useful.
I am doing the Blessings stitch along on 14-count Aida. It is going well. I have finished 3 of the pumpkins and have started working on number 4. I left out the Blessings letters so that I will display it.
I am feeling more confident cross stitching.
I found that I needed to grid my project after making mistakes (Ripping them out) without it. Then I had to redo my grids because I miscounted them.
I have used Easy-count grid lines by R & E Designs (100 yard roll) for gridding (Similar to fishing line) . It is red and works very well. I use a pattern of stitches — one run over 6 cross-stitches and leave 4 cross-stitches blank.
I would be interested in doing another stitch along. I would also do it on 14-count ‘Aida’.
I am planning to start and complete a carousel horse on 14-count ‘Aida’ that will measure 11″ by 12″. I have bought a 14.5 ” by 18″ ‘Aida’ fabric so that I can start at the upper left-hand corner.
I have 2 other big cross-stitch projects to do. One is a carousel horse and one is Santa with polar bears. I started them in the middle, which has been confusing. I also want to do a stitch-along of the periodic table.
So I plan to cross stitch for a long time.
Suzanne…it sounds like you have some fun projects in place!!


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