here's a site that has some of the characters in a graph. I have used the Elmo one on the back of a sweater. Also used her penguin for an afghan - nine squares - 5 penguins/4 solid. Here is a link that might be useful: Shona's Place

Hi: Have you checked this site for Taz, Looney Tunes and Sesame characters. I know they are meant as cross-stitch, but I have used lots of cross stitch patterns into sweaters and squares for childrens blankets. The site is http://www.breienmetplezier.nl/Breipatronen/TV.htm Have a look and see if something will work out. Patricia

Hmmm. I have never had anything mission, so in my head I must have been scaling it down. When I saw the dining room pic, it reads as heavy and substantial, while the hutch is more slight. For me, when I look at the pics, the scale isn't working. I have no problem combining the different woods. The buffet looks like a danish-modern piece, which I have a great fondness for, and which I definately consider mcm. It doesn't feel at all to me like HW, but then again, HW is not my thing, which is gooooood, cuz it's $$$$$$ :-) I believe the heaviness of the mission would make the buffet feel downright ethereal. I called my sister just now, who loves danish modern more than I do, and asked her if danish modern can go with mission. She said NO. In fact, she screamed it at me. My ears are still ringing. She said that she feels that in a house decorated in mcm, you could possibly have ONE mission peice, but when you have mission as your style, she feels it looks best to stick to only mission, or other heavy, rich styles, like a rustic leather sofa or such. Things with a big physical presence, which danish modern does not have. Like she said "danish stuff floats!" :-) So that's my take...although I don't know if it helps :-) I THOUGHT that the buffet would work, but in my head, I was picturing mission being more slight. I don't know why. I have just never had anything mission and was not picturing something so substantial. I guess I always have to see pics! THAT SAID, I truly, truly believe...that if you really really love pieces, and you feel that they go together, you will find a way to make it work. Or rather, not care if they work or not according to others. For example, I always hear the if you have shorter fingers you should not wear chunky rings. I have kind of broad hands with shorter, stouter fingers, and I proudly wear the chunkiest rings with the biggest rocks I can find, like my canary cubic circonia that goes to my knuckle. I love the huge, unabashedly fake vintage rings, despite the fact that the would no doubt "work" on someone with longer, more slender and sculpted fingers. Pish. The rings are mine now. Those ladies will have to get their own. I do like the hutch very much. And I like your dining room set. But after seeing the dining room set, I am not loving the combination :-( I wish I had been right in saying that they go together...but at least I learned something more today. Which is ALWAYS a good thing. Joanna

That was a cool old video Alisande. But the crisis could have been averted for baby had mommy provided the milk nature gave her. Felt kind of bad for the babe at the end who had simply had a bottle shoved at her. No cuddling. Sigh. Actually dairy farming has not changed all that much. My friend lived on one 40 plus years back. I recently visited a cheese factory which had a piece on how the milk got to the factory. Not much different from the video the old days of my friends farm. Just more product control and testing.