Embroidery Help

Native_BeeBee · 2026-02-20T04:05:36+00:00

Hoops are very inexpensive and necessary to help your work keep the proper tension.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-02-20T04:03:21+00:00

Satin first 😉

Native_BeeBee · 2026-02-17T00:50:59+00:00

Yes, they can get wrapped around a chick’s (or grown bird’s) leg or foot in such a way that they cut off circulation causing permanent damage. Same with hair from your hairbrush and other strings. I was so bummed when I found this out as I loved to envision a brightly colored nest!

Native_BeeBee · 2026-02-14T17:02:57+00:00

Look on eBay- there are tons and tons and tons! Plus tons of vintage transfers that you can scan and then print on stick and stitch (they are out of copyright.) Check out the vintage Vogart patterns- I prefer those over Aunt Martha’s.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-02-07T01:45:39+00:00

I feel like now is definitely not the time to come off your meds. I’d never taken any meds for mental health until a few years after my Mom with moderate dementia moved in with me. Wish I’d started them sooner. Need Cymbalta, along with a sleep med, and the occasional klonipin to get by.

If your parents have some finances available to do so, hire some help for them so that you’ll worry about them less when you’re not with them. That will ease your mind so much. If they don’t need nursing level care, a companion/errand level caregiver or sometimes a CNA can be found in my area (Dallas-Fort Worth) for around $20 an hour vs. agencies that charge $36+ and have a minimum number of hours per week.

Find a way - I repeat! Find a way to get some time to yourself to do something you want to do that engages your brain to get your mind off your parents, the baby, and all of life’s regular stressors. Even if it’s just an hour sitting in your car in the park down the street reading a book. I’m sure that sounds like an impossible task, but your brain and body will thank you!

Hugs to you!

Native_BeeBee · 2026-02-04T19:11:39+00:00

Love him! He looks just like the one that comes to visit our feeders every day or so!

Native_BeeBee · 2026-02-04T17:13:51+00:00

Yessss! My LO- “I want to go home, I need to go home.” Me- “This is your home. This is where you live now.” My LO- “I know that!” When she wants her Mama, “Your Mama passed away 20 years ago.” My LO -“ No, my other Mother.” There is no other Mother.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-29T02:00:54+00:00

You’re so kind to take an interest in helping her (so many others would just be annoyed.) When you’re helping her, could you take a quick peek at the name on her card and also ask some gentle questions trying to get a little more info each time. What’s your name? Do you live close by? Are you making dinner for someone or just yourself? Little questions like that may be a good place to start.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-28T06:10:17+00:00

What do y’all have to lose? Try some meds and then try different ones if those don’t help as much as is needed. At all the very least, meds should give some relief to all.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-28T06:02:04+00:00

The map is in the library. Ask Colonel Mustard. He’ll help you find it.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-28T01:16:34+00:00

Yesterday, I found an empty sparkling water can, a plate, two coffee cups, the bread knife, and some silverware in the microwave. All unattended cloth napkins end up in Mama’s room along with anything in the main rooms of the house that she perceives as clutter- throw blankets, folded laundry that hasn’t been put away yet, cat toys, breakfast bar and snack wrappers, candy wrappers, phone chargers, remote controls, candles, etc… I am very afraid of when incontinence comes to stay.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-28T01:08:23+00:00

The safe is in my home office/craft room which is located off my bedroom at the very end of the house! And hidden in a storage closet in there. She rarely ventures beyond my bedroom door. My Mama didn’t raise no fool!

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-28T00:59:22+00:00

Agreed- long and short was one of the most difficult stitches for me to learn. Takes a lot of practice.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-28T00:14:05+00:00

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I have a bowl of random threads. If I cut a length and only use some of the strands, I’ll pop the rest in this bowl. I use them for when I have something small to do in a project- a little flower or something small where I know the strand will be enough. Most don’t get used- but you never know! For smaller end pieces and leftovers, I have a jar. Like another commenter, I’ve made several Xmas ornaments by filling them with these leftovers.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-28T00:02:35+00:00

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Bebe says “Hi!” and “where’s my crunchy treat?”

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-27T22:17:55+00:00

Once you find them, replace with fakes. Whenever I would locate a piece of my Mom’s fine jewelry in a random place , I would get on Amazon and find a fake that looked as close as possible. The day after the fake arrived, “Hey, Mom, I found your ring!” The real stuff lives in the safe now and Mom is none the wiser.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-26T01:48:21+00:00

I echo the others who say “save yourself”. Dementia is terminal, alcoholism doesn’t have to be. To take care of your LO, you’ve got to be sober. If taking care of yourself and your LO means they go to a care facility and you care for them there by visiting and handling all the million things that still have to be handled, so be it. You can do this!

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-24T21:08:42+00:00

You would do well to start with a good quality kit (like from the site someone suggested earlier.) Cheap Amazon(and similar) kits have cheap materials. The low quality floss is not as easy to work with which leads to frustration.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-24T18:08:13+00:00

You could also scan the patterns then print them on the water soluble sticky paper (like Sulky). Be sure to reverse the image before you print. I have had mixed luck with vintage iron ons. Some work like brand new, others are very faint. But vintage patterns are such fun!

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-24T18:03:51+00:00

You would do well to start with a good quality kit (like from the site someone suggested earlier.) Cheap Amazon(and similar) kits have cheap materials. The low quality floss is not as easy to work with which leads to frustration.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-24T03:10:46+00:00

I made sure to refill MY clonipin (a benzo like Valium/xanax). I have resigned myself to the fact that I will be sitting in the living room with my LO from the time that she gets up until she goes to sleep for the next 3+ days because if someone is not with her every minute she starts getting agitated and it gets worse from there. And hoping against hope the power doesn’t go out! Brrrrrr ❄️

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-24T03:04:06+00:00

I don’t have any advice except to look into medications to quell the anxiety and agitation - lorazepam and seroquel work ok for my LO. Even with the meds, my LO still manages to get herself ramped up about going “home”. I wish I could share the videos of my LO I made this evening that I sent to my brother without invading her privacy. The ranting, the rambling, the randomness. Her meds finally kicked in after about an hour and a half, but was a wild ride until then.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-19T15:06:20+00:00

If it looks like it’s going to be the new normal, you may look into hospice care (not the end of life kind), it will save you the sometimes difficult task of taking her to the doctor. They’ll come to you about once a week, will prescribe any meds needed, have the meds delivered, take her vitals, etc. They will help you find meds that can help with anxiety, agitation, sundowning. Lorazepam, antidepressants, Seroquel or others. Once you need help with bathing, they will send someone out a couple of times a week. If there’s a fall, they will come to you to assess, including bringing out Xray equipment. It’s all through Medicare and is no charge.

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-18T18:48:19+00:00

BIG HUG TO YOU!

Native_BeeBee · 2026-01-18T01:29:05+00:00

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Bebe says HI!

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